T HE MICH IGAN D AILY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMDER 16, 1953 DanceClasses Given for Students *Latest Steps Are Taught By RITA GEDROVICS Interested in improving your dance steps or learning new ones? Once again, coeds as well as men will have the opportunity to at- tend the League dance classes which will be offered during the coming semester. Each semester the League dance class committee sponsors couples classes for men and women, who attend on dates in addition to two singles classes for stags and an 'exhibition class. This fall the classes will start October 6, 7, Thie classes meet once a week and run in a series of eight weeks each. . All classes are open free to coeds, therefore any woman inter- ested in learning new dance rou- tines and meeting new friends can ,join and act as a dance partner. Men interested in improving their "know-how" of dance steps Smay enter either a singles or cou- ples class. While there is no charge for coeds, a fee of $4 is charged to men at the beginning of the series. Free choice of dance steps, which Sthey would like to learn or just brush. up on, is offered in the couples dance classes. Couples will Shave a choice of learning steps for well-known dances like the waltz, fox trot, tango, rumba, or polka,. or they may choose to learn more intricate steps for the Char- leston, jitter-bug or samba. Like last year, they will again be under the directlon of Johnny Urbanic, former dance instructor in a well-known studio in Detroit. A couple of years ago a group from the dance classes under Ur- banic's direction prepared a dance exhibition and presented it in the Gulantics, campus talent contest. WOMEN'S PAGE: Editors Welcome Tryouts Hello Newcomers. Welcome to the University! We hope you will enjoy your college days. Each of you will, we think, find some niche here, with friends and in studies and activities. As editors of the Women's Page of The Daily, we would like to welcome each one of you to join up as tryouts in keeping the students informed about these activities and in being a part of many of them. Our staff members "cover" all phases of life in their stories, reporting events sponsored by the League, Union, the Women's Athletic Association, dormitory, fraternity and sorority "hap- penings" and all of the "big" dances and projects. No writing experience is necessary, our requirements being some writing ability, interest and enthusiasm and, preferably, some typing skill, which comes in handy when there are deadlines to meet. Upon joining our staff as tryouts, you will receive training in news and headline writing and interviewing and will learn the Daily style rules. While working on desk, you will have a chance to practice these skills by helping put out the page. At the end of one semester you will become "soph" staffers and will receive a regular beat to cover, as well as special events- At this time you will also begin training in copyreading and edit- ing and in page make-up in preparation for night editor posi- tions. As juniors, you will have the opportunity to petition for the position of Women's Night Editor, of whom there are six. These women are responsible for putting out the page once a week, editing the stories that are handed in by staffers each day and making up the pages. Night Editors are also assigned the more important beats and help in the training of sophs and tryouts while on desk. The Women's Editor and her associate, heading a staff of approximately 25 women, are chosen from the six night editors. We are hoping to see many budding reporters at the first tryout meeting, which will be held soon after classes begin. These meetings will be anounced in The Daily. An open house is scheduled during Orientation Week-be sure and stop at Women's Desk, or drop in from 3 to 5 p.m. any day, and we will be glad to show you around and explain more of our work to you. Best of Luck'. Marilyn Campbell, Women's Editor Katherine Zeisler, Women's Associate Editor Maize, Blue Teams Will Compete In Freshman Weekend This Year Coeds of 1958 don't let your class down! Start thinking now of making this year's Frosh Weekend the greatest ever. Although the event is compara- tively new on campus, since it started only six years ago, it has already gained a permanent place Governing Group OfCoed ACtivities I s LeagueCouncilI The League Council is the gov- erning, supervising and coordinat- ing board of the Women's League. The Council is composed of the executive board of the League, chairmen of administrative com- mittees, and chair~men of asso- ciated organizations. Among its projects have been the revision of the League Low- down, an information booklet, in order to make it more attractive, larger and easier to understand. It has also inaugurated faculty participation in Gulantics, the campus variety show, and has in- itiated the couples dance classes. The Council seeks to aid both men and~ women students with its various projects, and it has de- veloped and put into practice many new ideas during the last fewv years. At one time it sponsored a League Travel Bureau to aid stu- dents with their travel plans for tours both in this country and abroad. among the varied traditions of University life. DURING League night of orien- tation week all freshman coeds are divided into two teams, the Maize and the Blue. These teams get together again in March and plan their team's dance. Each team takes one night to attempt to outdo the other in decorations, floorshow, and pub- licity for the respective dances wvhich are judged impartially by faculty member-s. The name of the winning team, together with its class, is engraved upon a plaque which is displayed in the League Undergraduate Of- fic e . * * * FOR WEEKS in advance of the actual event, students are be- seiged by various and sundry pub- licity stunts, skits and pleas on the part of the cOed's to convince the campus that their dance will be the best. "Pardon My Politics," a take- off on the last presidential campaign was the theme of one year's victorious Blue Team. lar fraternity dog. As winner, Brandy. Delta Upsilon's St. Ber- nard, received a nice juicy bone. The Maize team used. "Moon- shine Madness" as their theme and decorated the League ball- room with a hillbilly setting us- ing Li'l Abner characters, corn "likker" jugs and pickle barrels and corncob pipes:' Previously the Blue Team won the first two dances held with their "Commotion in the Ocean," and "Watch the Birdie" themes. However, four years ago the Maize team rose from the defeated ranks with their "MVake Mine Moccasins" idea. UPPERCLASSMEN still remem- ber one of the stunts pulled that year. A Wolverine gymnast reck- lessly threw himself from the dizzy heights of the second floor of the League into the waiting arms of the Ann Arbor Fire Depart- ment. The suicidist was reportedly despondent over being unable to get a date for Frosh Week- end. This event is a wonderful op- portunity for students to meet other members of their class and become acquainted with League activities. Positions on the cen tral committees for the two dances are gained by petition and inter- view. A wonderful time is guaranteed to all coeds participating in Frosh IWeekend. CHARLESTON CREW-Any student can learn to dance the Charleston like this. The League sponsors dance classes which are taught for beginners and advanced persons as well as for persons attending in couples or alone. * * * This year again the exhibition class will present numbers at League Night during Orientation Week. In the past, the dance classes have also given campus women opportunities to visit the Interna- tional Center and become ac- quainted with various activities of foreign students. At the Center they can act as partners for for- eign students wishing to master the steps of American dances. Also the coeds themselves may pick up a few pointers on Latin-American numbers from the students who are natives of the southern coun- tries. As Barbara Meier, chairman of the dance class committee says, "It's a lot of fun and wonderful learning experience and a good chance to meet lots of boys!" * * * In the informal atmosphere of the League Ballroom the students will be able to learn the intrica- cies of ballroom dancing in time for the big fall dances. Whiether they want to learn the newest dips for the tango, a tricky turn for the wat, te ankletwist tends everybody a personal invita- tion and assures good times say- ing, "Come to the League dance classes " To advertise the dance, bers invited a dark horse date to campaign at this The presidential aspirant out to be a real horse! mem- caneIi- school. turned * * * ANOTHER TIME the Blue team conducted al mock dog election. Using the slogan, "Which dog is the cat's meow," students were asked to vote for their most popu- . Coeds May Obtain Positions Through PetitioningProcess A question that many future coeds of the University often ask is just how they can find their way inito some of the many activi- .ties on campus. Most of the major women's po- sitions such as chairmen of dan- ces, League, WAA, Panhellenic and Assembly posts are filled by a sys- tem known as petitioning, inter- viewing and nominating. * * * IF A COED decides she would like to apply for a post in a cam- pus activity, she first fills out a petition.' She is then Interviewed by a panel of coeds who gives her an opportunity to elaborate on her ideas expressed in the form of the petition. The Interviewing and Nominat- ing Committee of the League does much of this for the major cam- THE COMMIT TEE evaluates the coed on the basis of her ideas arnd past record. A complete record is kept of each woman student's activities Try FOLLETT'S First USED BOOKS BARGAIN PRICEs during her stay at the Univer- sity. These records are used as references by future employers and by honor societies. It is the duty of the activity chairman in the dormitories to keep coeds in her house informed as to when petitions for certain positions are due at the League. Announcements will also be made in The Daily. ** * ALL RESUJITS of petitioning for the coming year are announced at Installation Night. At this time coeds gather together to hear the announcements and to congratu- late those receiving posts. The Interviewing and Nomin- ating Committee functions to help coeds enter or continue in Laeague activities. The interview is conducted informally, and the interest, enthusiasm and plans of thfe coed are the most import- ant qualifications for obtaining a post. The eight members hold office hours in their office on the first floor of the League. Suggestions for writing petitions are offered in the League Low- down, and the tentative schedule for the deadlines for various offi- Colg Fahin -........* o Fai M ademoisele~ .pIagqe Picks Them ,pd/' Wa/b|e,' Has Them. Those yummy campus fashions for fall . . . you saw them in Mademoiselle Maga- zine-you'll find them exclusively at MARTI WALKER, the campus fashion shop at UofM This is one fact every queen learns quickly and well here. Not only is MARTI W /ALKER the shop chosen by MLLE to feature MLLE fashions in Ann Arbor. It's the place S you come whenever you're looking for something new ... Things eye-catching and beau-catching. Things daring and dashing. Things cozy and cuddly. Things for class and things for classes. The unusual, the clever, the dreamy idea-when that's what you want, MARTI WALKER'S for you. Soon as you're settled, come in and get acquainted. Browse to your heart's delight. Marti and her staff are here to help you, not to pester. Just get oriented to MARTI WALKER --and you'll be known as a smart belle on campus. READ DAILY CLASS IFl EDS 4 WELCOME TO THE CLASS OF 1957 AND FORMER STUDENTS ISIT UiS FOR ALL YOUR * BATES BEDSPREADS & DRAPES * DRESSER SCARFS * LAUNDRY RAGS * SHOE RAGS *SM ALL T HROW RUGS *BAT H T OW ELS & W ASh C LOT HS *BL ANKET S Coats Stdts Dresses Formats Rtuiuwear Blouses Sweaters Sicirts Lingerie Belts Scarfs Jewelr y hoese /