SIx THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1952 CONSERVATIVE ALUMS? Snerdians Root for Michigan Chest Drive s - - s By DONNA HENDLEMAN Daily Associate Editor Alumni are often considered to be conservative people. And their associations are sup- posed to be limited to ex-Univer- sity students. But the Mortimer Snerd Foun- dation of Detroit doesn't go by the book. IT'S MEMBERS, all male em- ployees of a brassware company, are joined together for the one purpose of having a good time one weekend a year. They don't have to be University people, either, as long as they are willing to root for the Wolverines during the foot- ball season. They have just completed their fourteenth annual success- ful tour of operation, having whopped it up with the best of them fast weekend. in Chicago. The Snerdians hold one con- clave a year at any game which is "overnight from Detroit." A strict- ly male enterprise, they leave their wives at home "where they be- long." FIFTY STRONG this year, the men, who range in age from 60 to 21 years old, claim that they were "the loudest bunch; without a doubt" at the game. Those who traveled on the same train from Chicago with theh'i Sunday are convinced their claim is probably true. Ensconsed in a car located conveniently just before the Club car, the carousing crew greeted all comers with rounds of songs, cheers, smiles and raised mugs. Female visitors received an es- cort, armed with a siren, to ma- neuver them through the throng. ..GOING ON the motto "No Snide a Snerd, No Snerd a Snob," the organization 'has grown from a crew of 10 who first piled into two Nears Goal In SixthDay At the end of the sixth day of the Community Chest Campaign, 62.66 per cent of the goal, or $101,824 has been collected. The University, the largest con- tributing unit, which includes both the University proper and the University Hospital, has reported 60.8 per cent of their $37,177 goal. This amounts to $22,597.19. * * * THE UNIVERSITY proper has collected 73.25 per cent of its goal while the Hospital has reported 34.94 per cent collected. The inclusive residential drive which solicited donations from Ann Arbor residents reports 89.74 per cent or $28,381.54 of its mark already collected. Percentagewise, the Ann Arbor Utilities leads the drive, having collected 97.54 per cent of its total. Next in line is the division of Na- tional Corperations which reports 91 per cent of its goal. "With four more days of the Drive left, if the 10 per cent per day pace continues, the goal will be reached by Friday noon," Mrs. Cecilia Craig, chairman of' the drive, said. "This drive is already more than $20,000 ahead of last year's cam- paign, and things are looking good," commented Mrs. Craig. In the past, because of slow re- turn, the drive has had to be ex- tended, but this year officials promise that there will be no ex- tension. "Generally, the biggest surge of giving has occurred during the end of the drive. If this happens the drive will be way over the goal," Mrs. Craig added. SECOND IN SERIES: Editor To Give Lecture On Campaign Reporting Basil L. Walters, executive edi- tor of the Knight newspapers, will speak on "Administering Presi- dential Campaign News" at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Rackham Ampithea- ter. The speech will be the second in the journalism department's series of University lectures in journ- alism. Walters has been a newspaper mah for more than 27 years, start- ing as a reporter for the Rich- mond Palladium. He later served as telegraph editor for the In- dianapolis Star and Milwaukee Journal, after which he became managing editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune. Following Walter's speech an in- formal coffee hour will be held for the speaker in the journalism department's offices in Mason Hall. The coffee hour will be open to the public. T II r -Daily-Stu Ross But Martha, all the boys are going.. . 41 cars for the now traditional joy ride, the funsters group grew grad- ually to fill a bus and finally, flowed into a railroad car. And, according to their men- tors, they get gayer and more impressed with Michigan foot- ball every year. "We're convinced that Michigan will go to the Rose Bowl this year," they claim. "There can't be any two ways about it." Will they go along? At least some of them will. "A Snerder is never too busy- at least some of us won't be," they maintain. "Besides, we're such a good cheering section." City Raises Property Tax A property tax increase of $2.30 more per $1,000 of assessed valua- tion over the 1951 rate was an- nounced yesterday for Ann Arbor by City Assessor Curt H. Will. Basing the new tax rate on the county Board of Supervisors ap- portionment of the tax load, Will said the total tax on each $1,000 of valuation in Ann Arbor for 1952 will be $38.78. f i A ti LOWEST INCOME: Indonesian Author Reveals Country's Economic Plight Q By MARK READER "Our main problem is not relig- ious, but economic," Hafi Abdul Malik Karim Amarulhah, leading Indonesian religious author and advisor in the Ministry of Relig- ious Affairs, claimed last Satur- day. "Illiteracy, starvation, and the need for economic help from any source are the problems which confront the Indonesian govern- ment," he continued. HAMKA, as he prefers to be called, pointed out that his people have the ignominious distinction of having the lowest annual in- come per person in the world. "Many of our troubles can be traced to the Dutch influence in our country. Destruction of prop- erty was carried on equally by the Dutch and the Japanese in their occupations of Indonesia, and this has lead to the depress- ed standard of living of the peo- ple." When questioned as to the com- munist revolution now ,raging in the country, Hamka, who speaks little English and relies on an in- terpreter, said that the commu- nists first opposed religion in the state but now do not openly at- tack it. "The communists will not enter through the religious door, but they may gain power through the economic door," he pointed out. WHIEN QUESTIONED about the differences between the United States and his country, Hamka commented on the separation of church and state here, a situa- tion which does not exist in In-, donesia. However, religious faith has no bearing on a man's influ- ence in public life. "Government position is not based on religion or tendency bit on capacity. Our constitution recognizes all reli- gions which profess the belief in one God." U' Instructor Will Give Organ Recital Mrs. Marilyn Mason Brown, in- structor in organ at the University will play a recital Oct. 27 in" Bing- hamton, N. Y. Mrs. Brown returned to the cam- pus this fall after a year of teach- ing and studying in New York City. TYPEWRITERS I TUESDAY'S SPECIAL Corduroy Sport Shirts TODAY ONLY $6.95 VALUES $556 Your choice of any corduroy sport shirt in stock. Colors- yellow, blue, green, red, teat, brown, grey, maroon, also in fancy checks. All sizes. RABID ~lIJILIR "Where the Good Clothes Come Frosm" 119 S. Main St., Ann Arbor Open 9 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Daily .' I -J p.. a I AUTHOR HAMKA ... tells of economic troubles s s W The factors which have most influenced Hamka's opinions on American society are the stress on technology and organization. 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