PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1952 Boak Talks On Roman Populations A downward trend in population continued to plague the later Ro- man Empire even after the ori- ginal causes for the decline were removed, Prof. Arthur E. R. Boak of the history department said yesterday. Prof. Boak, delivering the first in a series of Thomas Spencer Jer- ome lectures at the Rackham Bldg., explained that although it is impossible to estimate the popu- lation of the empire at any spe- cific period, the Roman popula- tion was never excessive. "However," he continued, "In many cases historians have been able to correlate census figures for a particular area with those of other countries to get a fairly ac- curate population estimate." Rec- ords vary according to the meth- ods used for compilation, he ex- plained. * * * DURING THE second century A.D. Roman population began to decline greatly and was rendered even weaker in the third century, the history professor said. "Civil wars, invasions, plagues and poor crops were the factors that has- tened the decline." Furthermore, the average life expectancy in the Later Roman Empire was only 25 years, he said. In more populous cities such as Rome and Alexandria, the life expectancy was 35 years during the Later Empire. "There is no evidence of any substantial increase in population after the devastations of the third century A.D., Prof. Boak claimed. A Black Death plague, which oc- cured in 165 A.D. remained evi- dent for more than 15 years, and was a major factor in reducing the Roman population, he con- cluded. The Jerome series will con- tinue at 4:15 p.m. today when a round table discussion on "The Rural Population" will be held in the West Conference Room of thef Rackham Bldg. Sun Worshippers Contradict Caroling Coeds MICHIGAN DAILY Phone 23-24-1 HOURS: 1 to 5 P.M. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES LINES 1 DAY 3 DAYS 6 DAYS 2 .60 1.34 1.96 3 .70 1.78 2.84 4 .90 2.24 3.92 Figure 5 average words to a line. 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Student Periodical Agency, 6007. )17M READ Daily Classifieds NOW SHOWING 4 -Daily-Chuck Kelsey TOUCH OF MIAMI-Christmas seems a long way off to Joan Heiderer, '53, (left) and Ellen Lonetti, '53, (right) who throw off winter coats and take advantage of the sunny skies in hopes of getting a tan before the vacation. --Daily-Chuck Kelsey SILENT NIGHT-Ignoring the absence of a white Christmas the Women's Glee Club seranaded President Harlan Hatcher and his guests with the traditional Yuletide carols at the Hatcher tea yesterday. Opera Tickets Tomorrow is the last day to secure tickets in the sections re- served for sale on campus for the Cleveland Roadshow of the U n i o n Opera "No Cover Charge." Eugene Hartwig, '55, campus ticket chairman for the road- show, said ticket orders must be sent to Burrows Book Store in Cleveland by tomorrow, since these reserved sections will be released for public sale begin- ning Saturday. NEED A LIFT? Union Travel Service Finds Holiday Rides for Students DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Development of Controversial Lecture Committee Reviewed (Continued from Page 1) vate" meetings (as defined last spring by the Sub-Committee on Student Discipline) could be held without committee approval. * * * LECTURE Committee bannings and temporary halts of speakers have sharply increased in the past year. Since 1947, these permanent and temporary bannings other than the blanket political speakers ban are as follows: 1947 -- Communists Gerhard Eisler and Carl Marzani, sched- uled to be sponsored by the Michigan Youth for Democratic Action, were denied speaking privileges. 1948 - Ousted Michigan State student James Zarichny, an avowed Communist, and Progres- sive candidate Ernest Goodman, both to have been sponsored by YP's, were prevented from speak- ing on campus. 1950-A debate appearance of University of Washington Prof. Herbert J. Phillips was banned. 1952-Arthur McPhaul, execu- tive secretary of the Michigan chapter of the Civil Rights Con- gress, and Abner Green, executive secretary of the American Com- mittee for Protection of the For- eign Born, were temporarily barred. The Committee asked the sponsoring organizations, the Young Progressives and the Civil Liberties Committee respectively, to present evidence the speakers were not "subversive," as the At- torney General's list named them. 1952-William A. Hood, oust- ed secretary of Ford Local 600 (UAW-CIO), was asked to speak by the Young Progressives and was temporarily barred because of Lecture Committee doubt of YP responsibility. 1952-Ann Shore, Civil Rights Congress officer, also asked to talk by YP's was unconditionally banned. THOUGH the speeches of Eis- ler and Phillips drew upwards of 2,000 students in off-campus gath- erings, this type of protest has re- cently become less pronounced from a numerical standpoint. Twenty-four students, five of whom were later put on proba- tion, attended a controversial Union dinner at which McPhaul spoke. And slightly less than 100 students heard Mrs. Shore in an off-campus debate. In all-campus elections last spring, students recorded a two- to-one disapproval of the Lecture Committee. Twenty-seven facul- ty members protested the com- mittee's existence on a petition made public in April, and the lit- erary college faculty went on rec- ord against the lecture group last summer. At present, Lecture Committee membership includes: Prof. James K. Pollock of the political science department, chairman; Prof. Wil- liam Wirt Blume of the Law School; Prof. Z. Clark Dickinson of the economics department; Prof. Carl G. Brandt of the English de- partment; and Prof. Carl H. Fischer of the business adminis- tration school and mathematics department. By BOB APPLE With thousands of students flexing their muscles in prepara- tion for the big Christmas leap out of town, the Union Travel Service may be able to provide the means of getting home for several hun- dred. Riders looking for a lift, drivers looking for passengers to defray driving expenses and time at the wheel, can get in touch with each )ther through the Travel Service at its main booth in the Union lobby today. Now in its fourth year of suc- cuessful operation, the Travel Service has set up booths at strategic spots around campus and at the Union where interest- ed students can sign up for a lift or for a complement of pas'- sengers. The Service's history is dotted with zany happenings. Senior Board Planning High SchoolProject Plans are being formed by the Senior Board enabling incoming freshmen to learn about the so- cial and extra-curricular aspects of campus life during the spring vacation. University students will return to their schools to talk with sen- iors. This will not take the form of a sales talk for the University, but will simply help students to know what to expect of campus life, Jack Flynn, '52A, chairman of the Senior Board said. Information ranging from activities offered to what type of clothes are worn will be discussed. In order to set up an outline for the program, various campus or- ganizations have been contacted by the Board. The organizations have been asked which aspects of their activity they want empha- sized and also to choose interest- ed students to participate in the project. A meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the League Jan. 8 of stu- dents who will take part in the program. An outline of material to be covered by student speakers as well as information on reports to be made will be given. Once a driver had to back-track over 50 miles when he discovered that he'd left his passengers stranded at the last stop. "They were so quiet when they were in the car" he explained lat- er, "that I just never realized they hadn't gotten back into the car." * *' * ONE RIDER still recalls the wrestling match with a Great Dane he had when he climbed aboard a Service-arranged car. The 60 lb. dog was still in the "teething" stage, the owner ex- plained, and wanted to use the rider's leather jacketeduarmasha "teething ring." The driver fend- ed him off for nearly 200 miles, and finally made it home with a badly chewed sleeve. And then there was the party of four which wound up soaked to the skin on a sixty-mile stretch of open highway: the car was a convertible and when the torrent broke the top wouldn't go up. "There was no place to duck under," the driv er explained, "so we just drove." Undeterred by such shenanigans, students have been coming to the service in mounting numbers. They are encouraged by the fact that the Service has record of filling between 40 and 50 per cent of the requests it receives. Shannon Speaks On Encampment Students who are interested in learning and applying basic dem- ocratic principles would benefit from the sixw eek summer pro- gram sponsored by the American Ethical Union, William G. Shan- non said last night. $ Speaking to a group of inter- ested students, Shannon elaborat- ed on the function of the En- campment for Citizens, which is held at Fieldston School in River- dale, N.Y. each summer. The summer camp session, open to all persons from 17 to 23 years old, discusses problems of demo- cratic society. Through discussion and related field trips the mem- bers of the camp learn to be bet- ter citizens, Shannon said. The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of the University of Michigan for which the Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsi- bility. Publication in it is construc- tive notice to all members of the University. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 2552 Administration Building before 3 p.m. the day preceding publication (before 11 a.m. on Saturday.) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1952 VOL. LXIII, No. 71 Nvo tices Notice is hereby given that the Au- tomobile Regulations will be lifted from 12 noon Fri., Dec. 19, to 8 a.m. Mon., Jan. 5. 1953. For those students having afternoon classes Fri., Dec. 19, the ban is not lifted until such time as their classes are over. Veterans. Fri., Jan. 16, 1953, has been (Continued on Page 4) I II Ji~:iiA I i fli TODAY, FRI., SAT. H+OWARD GAWKS co -sta rrigng KIRK DOUGLAS " DEWEY MARTIN PLUS INTERNATIONAL PICTURE Mareen O'SULtiVAN - Edmund GWENN Charlos DRAKE - and BONZO -Added - '"HOUND TROUBLE" Cartoon ADMISSION . . . 44c i 'i AN I A Virtually Unlimited Selection RCA VICTOR' P1UYRECORIJS I I ENDING FRIDAY FUNNIEST :..:jCOMEDY i FRIENDSHIP J~rH ISTORY! .re ..d" STAR CLEANERS 1213 S. 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