TCESDAY, MAY 29, 1953 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE N Lk TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1951 ?AGE FIVI SCHOOL BORED HIM: A Morgan Builds Alumni Organization By RONA FRIEDMAN Though he thought school was a bore and decided not to return after completing grammar school,. today Bob Morgan is Assistant General Secretary of the Michi- gan Alumni Association. Since he was tall for his age, when he left school Morgan had no trouble getting his first job. He began work with a railroad company as a switchman and fire- man. However, after a year Mor- gan's father firmly suggested that he return to school. By that time the young man had discovered that working wasn't any more fun than school. THROUGHOUT his next 18 years of hard work including fre- quent trips and speeches for Alum- ni Associations, Morgan's unruf- fled exterior and keen sense of humor remained intact. Donning his tortoise shell glasses and lighting a cigarette he sits down every morning in his office in the spacious Alum- ni Memorial Building to read the steady stream of mail from alumni bearing postmarks from all parts of the world. A University graduate himself he says, "The students today have a much more serious attitude to- wards education than in my own college days." Sports have always played an important part in Morgan's life. He played center on the 'U' foot- ball team in 1930 when the team won the Western Conference Championship under coach -Harry Kipke. In 1928 and '30 Morgan was champion heavy weight boxer on campus. --Daily-Don Campbell BOB MORGAN ... reluctant schoolboy turned Alumni secretary * *. * ( Michigan as an education major he became line coach at Denison College in Granville, Ohio. He was also assistant high school prin- cipal in Akron, N. Y. before re- turning to the University in 1935 to his present job of building up alumni organizations. Then the pattern of his life underwent an abrupt change. In the fall of 1936 Morgan was stricken with polio and was par- AFTER GRADUATING from Top CASH Prices Paid for your used TEXTBOOKS Sell them now before they're out of date ... Sell at FOLLETT'S State Street at North U. * * * alized from the neck down. He recalls that at the time his life appeared shattered. "I loved to play golf," he explains, "and was an active participant in all sports. Overnight all my means of locomotion were taken away. I was desperately afraid I'd be- come a liability to my family and society." He attributes his phenomenal come-back to the "excellent treat- ment" he received at the Univer- sity Hospital. His alumni'"job has kept him in close contact with college sports and athletes and he rarely misses any of the football games. "I am unalterably opposed to athletic prowess alone which totally disre- gard scholastic achievement." When he retires, Morgan plans to buy a deluxe house trailer and travel throughout the country and eventually take a trip to Europe. While he is traveling he intends to continue strengthening alumni contacts for the Unversity. OUR STOREWIDE CLEARANCE SALE CONTINUES Drop in for that graduation or wedding gift ... Save 20 to 50( on many items in our regular stock. We have a limited number of Air Force and Army Officer's Insignia Sets available for that commissioning ceremony. "Howe of the Offhial Michigan Rill " L. G. BALFOUR CO. 1321 South University Ann Arbor, Michigan 21 Cadets To Receive Top Honors Twenty-one Air Force ROTC cadets will receive commissions in the United States Air Force in a ceremony at Ferry Field at 4:45 p.m. tomorrow according to Capt. Eugene C. Maxam ,Air Force Pub- lic Relations Officer. Those cadets receiving commis- sions are: Edward M. Pickett, '53, Richard A. Conover, '53, James R. Holway, '53L, Ray S. Tittle Jr., '53BAd, Russel H. Baily Jr., '53, Winfield S. Bauman, '53BAd, Dan- iel G. Dow, Grad, Bertram R. War- ry, '53, John P. Degnan, '53BAd, William W. Burke, '53BAd, John C. Gray, 53BAd, and Peter B. Thorpe, '53. The following cadets will also receive comniissions: John R. DesJardins, '53BAd, James E. Douglas Jr., '53 BAd, Michael M. McKone, '54L, James D. Butt, '53E, John W. Webster, '53, War- ren P. Williamson, '53E, Sidney B. Pachter, '53, Russell C. Baum '53BAd, and Richard L. Smith '54. At the same time Richard E. Balzhiser, '54E, will receive the American Chemical Association Award and William F. Palluth '53E, will receive the Convair Award as the outstanding cadet of the corps. Organ Recital To Be Given By Students Organ students of Robert Noeh ren of the music school, University organist, will give a recital at 8:30 tomorrow in Hill Auditorium. Selections and performers will include Bach's "Fantasia and Fugue in G minor," played by Jane Townsend, '54; "Allegro" from the First Trio Sonata by Bach, performed by Diane Meger, '56; Buxtehude's "Prelude and Fugue in G minor," played by Richard Harper, Grad., and Bach's "Chorale Prelude, 'Num komm der Heilen Heiland' " played by Mary Catherine Hutchins, '53. The recital will be open to the public. Officials Plan Union Addition Officials of the Union are now discussing a possible addition on the second floor of the building, directly over the present swimming pool, to provide added space for present activities. The flooring at the first balcony level would not do any damage to the pool, although it would elim- inate the high-diving platform on the balcony around the pool. Bids for the flooring, which would be an extension of the bal- cony, have been under considera- tion by the Union finance commit- tee. Bids will be due early next month. Plans for the flooring have al- ready been drawn up. Jewish Center Plans Open House To introduce the new Jewish Center to the people of Ann Ar- bor, the Beth Israel Jewish Com- munity Center, 1427 Hill, will hold an open house tomorrow at 8 p.m. Various aspects of Jewish life and culture will be presented. Rabbi Hershel Lymon, director of Hillel, will talk on, "This We Affirm: Highlights of the Jewish Faith." By HARRY LUNN With a notebook packed full of photographs of cleanly designed, sharply executed Philippine wood carvings, Mutual Security Agency technician John Risley recently re- turned to the United States. Behind the photographs is a story of one minor phase of the Point Four program which began in July, 1951, when Risley arrived in the Philippines to develop mar- ketable wood products for export and help native wood carvers learn modern techniques. TOGETHER with his wife Mary, a 1948 graduate of the University's architecture and design college, the wood products designer set up a , * ,* * * * POINT FOUR TECHNICIAN: Risley Aids Philippine Wood Industry DESIGN EVOLUTION-Restyling the heavily carved, non-func- tional bowl at the left, the MSA technician designed the stream- lined wood and rattan model on the right. Native craftsmen preferred the middle design as a compromise. * * * * # # small shop in a former night club building. Trainees from all parts of the islands were housed and fed by the Philippine government while they studied at the shop. Biggest problems, according to Risley, were reviving the craft tra- dition, teaching modern standards of functional design and utilizing the plentiful fine woods scorned by the natives. A craft booklet helped teach ele- ments of good design to the na- tives, and Risley gathered his own design ideas by taking field trips to remote sections of the islands where he drew inspiration from everyday articles used by the peo- ple. The popular long, thin "banca" bowl was modeled after native dug-out canoes of that name and other designs emerged in a similar manner. Mahogany, ebony and other na- tive woods are the chief materials used with silver or copper wire, rattan and mother of pearl em- ployed occasionally in a decorative motif. * * * MRS. RISLEY, a potter with the UN Technical Assistance Program, was chiefly concerned with set- ting up a long-range development program. Finding natives employing pre-Biblical techniques in mak- ing pottery, she helped intro- duce modern tools and train the natives in their use. Both the Risleys believe tha Communism and conditions which fostered post-war corruption are on the decline in the islands, and credit the technical aid programs for a large part of the trend. Their own work was only a Small part of the extensive agriculture, public health and education pro- grams now going on in the Philip- pines. TANGIBLE evidences of Risley's program were slow in coming until natives caught on to modern de- sign and techniques. Instead of carving heavily carved and varnished pieces which found only a limited tour- ist market, they now turn out functional pieces of tableware and furniture eagerly sought after for both the home mar- ket and export trade. Currently visiting friends in Ann Arbor, the Risleys will re- main in the country continuing their work in sculpture and de- sign and ceramics. Already developing a nation- wide reputation with his work, R. ley has designed a set of rattan and metal furniture now being produced in the Philippines and marketed here. Faculty Members Elected To Board Dr. A. C. Furstenberg, dean of the Medical School and Dr. Brad- ley M. Patten, chairman of the anatomy department were elected yesterday to the board of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Michigan, Inc. MSA PROJECT-John Risley instructs native craftsmen in the fine points of wood carving. NEW RADIO SERIES: GratBrings 'Freedom' to WUOM ~ ~ MR. ELLIS IIAFKE, Special Representative of The McBee Company and Mrs. Dorothy White of the McBee Installation Service Staff, will hold a SEMINAR to discuss and demonstrate the theory and application of marginally punched KEYSORT CARDS. DATE: May 26, 1953 TIME: 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. PLACE: School of Business Administration Room 371 All users and those interested in this subject are cordially invited. By LOUISE TYOR How does one go about produc- ing a $6,000 radio series? This was the question which confronted WUOM last fall when it was presented with a grant-in- aid by the Fund for Adult Educa- tion, a subsidiary of the Ford Foundation. Mall Concert To Be Heard EARLIER IN 1952 the National Association of Educational Broad- casters had received a large sum of money to be giyen to its mem- bers in the form of grants-in-aid for adult educational broadcast- ing. It was specified that no grant should exceed $7,000. The NAEB asked each of its 90 members to submit ideas and budget for types of radio shows they would like to produce if they had the money to under- take the projects. The series, which at present is in the process of being tape-re- corded, includes 13 original scripts concerning the problems encount- ered by some of the little-known champions of academic freedoms Starting next fall the shows will be broadcast locally by WUOM. Two 'U'Students I Auto Accident Two University students are con- valescing today after being severe- ly injured in an automobile acci- dent Saturday night near Dexter. They are William W. Burke, '53BAd., the drivers who suffered a broken leg and rib and shoulder injuries and Richard A. Jones, '53BAd., and driver, who suffered abrasions. Discontinued Textbooks are worth Real Money at Ulrich 's WUOM had been considering The combined Symphony and for some time presenting a radio Wolverine Bands will present their series depicting the events which final concert of the season at 7:15 led to securing many of our aca- p.m. today on the Mall in front of demic freedoms. This idea was sub- Rackham Bldg.nmitted, approved by the NAEB Opening the concert will be the and in October, 1952, the "Free- premier performance of a new nb, "M" fanfare, written for the Uni- dom to Learn series came into versity bands by Jerald i ik,__ ning will be "Glory of the Trum- pet" by Brockenshire. Solo cornetist, Marvin An- I ORDAY CH derson will play "La Virgen do la Macarena. Assistant conduc- tor George Cavender will con- E duct the "Barnum and Bailey's y Favorite" march and two move- ments from the "First Suite in E-flat" by Gustav Holst. .In town at the beat Jerome Kern's "Smoke Gets in: Your Eyes, and Leroy Anderson's KORDAY'S K latest arrangement "The Irish see you smartly thro Washerwomen" will also be heard. CKS 3UMMXEa CIRCUIT U If sold to us WITH your currently good ones. Ulrich's send out For Sale Lists of Discontinued Books to over 600 college bookstores. This way we get the highest possible prices for YOU. At least 20% of the now currently good books will be obsolete by Fall. Over All - This is by Far the Best Deal for You -- Figure it out. - another ULRICH service - .. . in the country, asha denim interchangeables ugh all the fun. 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