PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1953 I I t MORE TIME FOR GARDENING: Smith To Retire from Registrar Post By GENE HARTWIG To high school seniors enrolling as freshmen the signature of Reg- istrar Ira M..Smith is the signa- tue of the University. - Both a vegetable gardener and bank director the 68-year-old own- er of this autograph will end a 28-year career as University Reg- istrar in July. * * *, COMING originally from south- ern Indiana where he was born and raised on a farm, the Regis- trar finds greatest satisfaction in his work and in introducing par- ents and their children to the realities of college life. From 45 years experience in admissions work he draws the conclusion that "people are the most interesting things in the world." He is as fond of talking about the parsnip 50 inches long grown in his garden in Urbana, Illinois as he is about his pet project the Principal - Freshman conference which just had its 25th meeting here this fall. GRADUATED from high school in Bloomington, Indiana in 1903, kthe futu~re Registrar was a mem- ber of the Pioneer track team and helped found the Southern Indi- ana Athletic Association which has continued in existence to the present. One in a fanily of nine chil- dren, two brothers and six sis- ters, Smith recalls that every- one had to work to keep things going. The Smith farm near Bloomington had been settled in 1827 by the Registrar's grand- parents and was one of the earl- lest homesteads in the state. Following a two year course in the literary college and three years in the law school at Indiana University, Smith decided to take a position at Illinois as assistant to the registrar in 1909.- * * * FROM THAT DATE he begins the list of eight University presi- dents at Illinois, Chicago and Michigan under whom he has served. In 1912 Smith, who had pre- pared for a business law career, set out for Chickasha, Oklahoma with novelist Emerson Hough, author of '54-40. or Fight" to investigate a law practice open- ing in the heart of the develop- ' In Oklahoma oil land. Lack of funds determined the decision to return to Illinois for Smith and drew a curt letter from Bough shortly after stating .sim- ply, "Faint heart never won fair lady," * * * MOVING on to the University of Chicago in 1920 the then As- sistant Examiner Smith found em- Panel To Talk On Education A new way of getting at the old problem of attacks on modern education will be tried out at 3- p.m. today when an audience re- commends changes in schools and a panel discusses these recommen- dations in Auditorium B, Angell Hall. Over the past several years, there have been attacks on mod- ern education both valid and in- valid. The audience at this panel discussion will form small groups faced with the question, "What one change would you recommend in the school and colleges?" The answers will be presented to five professors who will then speak on these questions. The panel, "Chaos or Coopera- tion-the Liberal Arts and Mod- ern Educational Practices," is com- posed of Prof. Claude Eggertsen, education school; Prof. Henry V. Ogden, English department; Prof. Warren A. Ketcham, education school; Prof. Robert M. Thrall, mathematics . department; and Prof. John E. Milholland, psychol- ogy department. Six Councilmen Up for Re-election Six of the Ann Arbor City Coun- cil's seven members whose terms expire next April 5 are planning to run for re-election. Candidates on the spring ballot will be C. J. Tremmel, Russell J. Burns, Wendell B. Forsythe, Thomas S. Colvin, A. D. Moore and Arthur W. Gallup. Gene D. Maybee will not run. All candidates for another term are Republicans. 'U' Students To-Be A ided ByHoppers The Willow Hoppers, special airline buses, will take vacation- bound airline passengers from Ann Arbor to Willow Run Airport Friday, and back to the city again at the end of the Christmas recess. Buses will be leaving from the Union at 10:45 a.m. and hourly from 12:15 to 5:15 p.m. Friday. For students and University personnel returning to Ann Arbor via the airways at the end of va- cation, - Larry Wilk, '54, special trips chairman of the Wolverine Club, promises faster service than has previously been available. Tickets for the Wolverine Club sponsored buses, ivhich are priced at $1.50 round trip and $1 one way, will be on sale from 1 to 5 p.m. today, tomorrow and Thurs- day at window 7 in the Adminis- tration Bldg. Panel Will Discuss Law Opportunities A panel discussion on oppor- tunities in law practice today will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in Rm. 120 Hutchins Hall. Presented by the Student Bar- Association, the panel will consist of four University graduates who will each represent one of the four fields most often entered by lawyers. Types of practice con- sidered will be government service, corporation law, practice in a large city and that of the general practitioner who is operating in- dependently. NBC.SERIES: 'College Qtiz Bowl' Broadcast To Be Recorded Here Today Four students representing the cast. Although the shows are gen- Umiversity, will match wits with erally "live," this particular show four representatives of Brown will be transcribed today for: University and Pembroke College broadcast Jan. 2 and is being donej at 8 p.m. today on "College Bowl because of the Christmas vaca-1 Senior Board The Senior Board will meet at 9 p.m. today in the Rumpus Room of the League. Letters to senior parents to get their reactions to proposed changes in the exam schedule, which would determine wheth- er commepcement is official or tentative, will be discussed. comiics DiscuSSed Speaking on "Economic Develop- ment" to the African Union Sun- day, Prof. Kenneth E. Boulding of the economics department cited building up an accumulation of goods as one of the two major problems standing in the way of Africa's economic progress E. Quiz," a nationwide NBC radio tion. series, FIVE STUDENTS, one of whom The two teams gwill answer will act as an alternate, have been questions from their respective picked by a faculty committee to campuses posed by a moderator in compete on the show. They in- Crosses Mark Traffic Deaths 1 . Nw York wuith nec~.ial ewok1 hookups required for the broad- IVROTC Flying Class To Start Beginning tomorrow, the Navy ROTC will conduct a series of one- hour flights to acquaint naval ca-! dets with flying and to interest them in naval aviation careers. Five flights are scheduled daily for Wednesday, 'Thursday, and Friday of every school week until all cadets interested in the pro- gram have been included. If there is enough interest, the flights will be continued further. Four cadets will go on each flight with each cadet spending 15 minutes in the co-pilots chair. Slated for air reconoiter on the flights are Ann Arbor, Detroit, and the naval air station at Grosse Isle. The plane that will be used is a Beechcraft from the Grosse Isle base. The pilots will be three mem- bers of the NROTC staff and three navy lieutenants doing graduate work in the University. C1I elude Thomas Dell, '54, member "Operation Highway Cross" of Phi Beta Kappa; Anne Steven-- planned by the Ann Arbor Junior Tracing the history of economic son, '54, associate editor of Gen- Chamber of Commerce will place development, Prof. Boulding said eration; Harry Lunn, Jr., '54, white crosses along main high- that becoming economically ad- Daily managing editor; Virginia ways in Washtenaw County to re- vanced required an accumulation Voss, '54, Daily editorial director mind motorists of the county's in- of goods so that the people will and Ronald Witt, '54, Phi Beta creasing traffic factality rate. be able to produce more than they Kappa member. One cross will be put, up for consume. This problem and the each death, the organization has ever-increasing rift in ideas be- Each week the winning school announced. tween the generations are the receives an award of $500 for a; Otis Hardy, chairman of the main stumbling blocks in Africa's campus fund of its choice. This project, said the crosses will be development. team then returns to the show three feet high and have the date the following week to compete. the fetahig a k de The newly-formed African Un- If the University team wins, it of the fatality in black numerals, ion was founded with the purpose will participate again in thej Traffic deaths for the past three of bringing Africa and its culture Jan. 9 broadcast. years will be included. Washtinaw closer to the people of the United County has had 53 highway deaths States. The organization and its The recording session will take in 1953 as compared to 34 last meetings are open to all students. place in Auditorium A, Angell year. Hall. It is open to the public and This year's record is only two all interested students or faculty short of the statistics for 1941, members are urged to attend. considered the worst year. Y f. r f. A -Daily-Don Campbell REGISTRAR IRA M. SMITH WILL COMPLETE 28 YEARS WITH THE UNIVERSITY IN JULY WHEN HE GOES ON RETIREMENT FURLOUGH. - - ployed in his office a college stu- dent named Fanni Kaufmann. Later when Smith had been summoned to take over the Regis- trar's." post here Miss Kaufmann joined him and has remained as his secretary ever since. Prior to Smith's arrival at the University in 1925 admissions were handled "separately by the deans of each school. Smith describes how the pro- cess of centralizing admissions and the records of the schools of the University was carried out until now all.but the law, medical, busi- ness administration and engineer- ing schools have deposited their records with the Registrar's of- fice. * * * ACTIVITY of all kinds has been characteristic of the Registrar's life and he is in more than a , t dozen groups as president or mem- ber. He is past president of the Ann Arbor Rotary Club and the Ann Arbor Chamber of Com- merce and is presently vice- president and chairman of the board of a city savings and loan association. To his neighbors in Geddesj Heights Smith is known for his annual vegetable gardens. He calls them real vegetable gardens complete with 30 different kinds of vegetables - everything from brussel sprouts to tomatoes to red raspberries on the plot the size of a full city lot. With regard to plans for the, futl.re the Registrar has made no definite announcement, however, young people and college will probably figure largely into the picture. rr -M - I PROVIDENT MUTUAL LiFE INSURANCE COPVIANY OF PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA FOUNDED 1865 What's New at Provident? 1. Substantial increases in its 1954 dividend schedule. 2. Continued issuance of policies with N'o War Clause (even if you are in service or expect to enter service). 3.A special low cost College Savings and Protection Plan. 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