WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1953 THt MIMIGAN DAILY PAGE TIMM ___ ___ __ ___ __-__-__-__________ -AGEiii New Writers Encouraged In Hopwoods Student Entries Win Cash Prizes The University's famed Avery and Jule Hopwood creative writ- ing contest is the first major step into the literary field for aspir- ing campus writers. And with substantial monetary awards, it repays early literary talent with another mark of suc- cess - the first paycheck, some- times as high as $1,500. * * * SINCE 1932, the Hopwood con- test has had a special competition for freshman, although the orig- inal awards were for upperclass- men only. Freshman awards are made near the end of the fall semes- ter, when prizes of $50, $30 and $20 will be given winners of the 1953-54 competition In essay, fiction and poetry. Upperclassmen will be able to submit their manuscripts during the spring semester in competi- tion for the major and minor awards. * * * FRESHMEN entries are judged by members of the English de- partment, while the upperclass di- visions are judged by prominent American literary figures. There is no restriction on sub- ject matter in any of the con- tests. Originated by the will of the late Avery Hopwood, '05, million- aire playwright, the directors of the contest were instructed that "students competing for the prizes shall not be confined to academic subjects, but shall be allowed the widest possible latitude," and that the new and unusual should be especially encouraged. HOPWOOD willed more than $550,000 for prizes in the annual Hopwood writing contests which began for upperclassmen in 1931. Many well-known modern writers got their start by way of Hopwood awards. These auth- ors include Betty Smith, author of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn." Another of the winners who has sinceclimbed the ladder to suc- cess is Arthur Miller, '38, who has won the New York Critics Drama Award twice. Miller also received the Pulitzer prize in 1949 for "Death of a Salesman." Manuscripts of previous winners are on file in Rm. 1007 Angell Hall, the Hopwood Room. Last spring, 17 University grad- uate and undergraduate students split $8,350 in prizes for fiction, drama, poetry and the essay. 'U' Operates 44,000 Watt FM Station WUOM, University owned and operated radi ostation operating on 44,000 watts, is rapidly ex- panding its capacity as a public service unit. Most recent in the long list of accomplishments WUOM boasts is the fact that the Voice of Amer- ica program frequently picks up locally originating broadcasts and relays them overseas. RATED AS one of the top six college stations in the country, WUOM Joined the ranks of FM operating stations in 1948 after 22 years of AM broadcasting. Used as an educational ser- vice, W'OM last spring spon- sored a series of in-class listen- ing programs. Music and his- tory were piped into 2,000 class- rooms in Michigan, with WUOM staff members acting as instruc- tors to the 38,000 students lis- tening in. The teaching rbroadcasts idea originated as a means of serving schools in rural areas where edu- cational opportunities were lim- ited, but later expanded to state- wide urban areas upon request of interested audiences. THIRTY commercial stations carry WUOM programs, which in- clude speech department produc- tions and campus organizations' wire-recorded concerts. Among hte speech department presentations regularly heard on WUOM Is "Dlown Storybook Lane," a children's story hour featuring student written and dramatized narrations. Stanley Quartet, University Con- cert Band and Orchestra and Men's and Women's Glee Club concerts can be heard from time to time. Publications Call Tryouts Freshmen are eligible to try out for all five student publications. Tryout calls for most of the pub- lications will be issued during the first week of classes and meeting times will be announced then. Writers are needed for Gargoyle, Generation, The 'Ensian, the Tecnic and The Daily. All five pub- lications also need business staffers to handle advertising, circulation, accounts, financing and promotion work. Most of the jobs are open to students whether they have ex- perience or not. Most student pub- lications have tryout programs in which prospective staff members are taught the basic techniques of their publication. Yearbook Opens 55th Year "Ensian," the picture-packed an- nual yearbook has become a spring landmark. Copiesof the big book with the, name that nobody understands flood the campus every year. * * - OFFICIAL yearbook of the Uni- versity, "Ensian" is an abbrevia- tion of the full name of the pub- lication, "Michiganensian." This name in turn evolved from con- stant mispronounciations of the original title, "Michiganensis," meaning "sword of Michigan." Salesmen begin, taking orders for the book every fall, and sales continue throughout the year, climbing to the thousands. The student editorial staff and a host of staff photographers work year round filling the "Ensian's" 500 pages with material that varys from the recording of the Univer- sity's sports achievements to com- ment on the attitude of the Uni- versity as a whole. ENSIAN staffers have already begun work on next year's publi- cation. With editorial and junior staff positions already assigned, the major need of the book now is a group of freshman and sopho- more tryouts. Editorial staff positions offer op- portunities for preparing and as- sembling copy and photographs, typists, and those interested in layout and design. * * s FOR PEOPLE interested in the business aspects of publication po- sitions in contracting, accounting, advertising and selling are still available. Editors and business managers are selected from these groups after a suitable period of ap- prenticeship. For 55 years the University's of- ficial yearbook, "Ensian" got its start in 1897 when three inter- college magazines merged. It has grown from a small pic- ture-book to a comprehensive yearbook that arouses considerable attention. And "It Happens Every Spring." DID YOU KNOW: that the Uni- versity's Medical School will ad- mit the largest freshman class in the nation this autumn. The class will number 203, the same as last year's freshman group, which was also the largest in the country. The total enrollment of the Medical School is upwards of 650 students( available. hi1 -Daily--Lon QWi ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS THE PAGE - HUMOR, ART AND MEMORIES Creative Art Published in Generation NEW and USED nI Generation, the literary baby of the campus publications is pub- lished four times yearly. Devoted to the five arts, the magazine features creative work done by the students in the fields of literature, music, visual art. architecture and the dance. * S * NOW RATED as one of the bet- ter student arts magazines, Gen- eration can point with pride to numerous contributions that have since won national awards. Many University Hopwood Award win- ners have also made contributions to it. The magazine offers immedi- ate opportunities for students interested in contributing to or editing it. In addition to work submitted by staff members, works submitted by any student for any of the five Extension Service Prepares Many Off-Campus Courses departments are accepted for con- sideration in the first floor office in the Student Publications Build- ing. TRYOUTS are held for, both prospective business and editorial staff members early in the fall session. After a period of appren- ticeship, students are eligible for promotions to editorial and man- agerial positions through the Board in Control of Student Pub- lications. The magazine business staff of- fers members opportunities to manage advertising, accounts and sales. Originally an Idea of the Inter Arts Union, Generation features nearly 100 pages of stories, poetry, essays, music and art. It sells regularly for 35 cents. DID YOU KNOW: that the Uni- versity was originally' founded in a house on Bates Street in Detroit in 1817. In 1837 the University was moved to Ann Arbor. This city had offered a 40 acre tract to the state for a capital, but the legislators rejected it and it was given to the University. To influence the leg- islators, the Ann Arbor fathers had named the main cow pasture which bounded the tract, "State Street." STUDENT SUPPLIES With offices in eight cities the University Extension Service offers a wide variety of educational courses to a large off campus en- rollment. The cities in which the offices are located include Detroit, Grand Rapids, Flint, Saginaw, Escanaba, Traverse City, Battle Creek, and Ann Arbor. The Battle Creek of- flee was just opened in the fall of 1952. Both credit and non - credit courses, supervised correspondence courses, adult educational institu- tions, and programs in such fields as community organizations, lead- ership training, firemanship train- ing, parent education, real estate, and business are gmong Extension Service programs. For the fourth consecutive year the University will also present a televised program of courses sup- plementing the regular extension service programs. The University was the first in the country to extend educational facilities beyond the classroom in the TV manner. Enrollment reach- ed 22,000 in 1952-53 as compared to 3847 in 1951-52 and 2366 in 1950-51, the first experimental year. "Your College Bookstore" 336 South State Street Ph one 2-0814 _________________ f I I for 0@a@ * FUN and the chance to meet people! * New field of interest? (No previous training necessary) * Participation in the hub of campus activity? * Practical experience in newswriting, advertising? * Opportunity to work on the oldest and most distinctive student daily newspaper with the best plant in the U.S.? Join YI Ink g an 4Ia it1 Staff! Attend one of these introductory tryout meetings: I, Trv FOI I FTT'( 1:irc4. i AV%-40% 1 - -l . a USn FMI T~ \A/-_.~ CE' ~ ' AJIZ%7 A -%wwA / / * . & A'/rn _fAT"A i. 7kr