I PAGE sm THE MICHIGAN DAILY NEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1953 SLEDDING FAD: Coeds Find New Use For Food Trays By JIM DYGERT Recipe for snow fun: a steep hill, a food tray and a liberal sprin- kling of snow. Everyone had the snow yester- day, anyone can get a food tray, and many houses have front lawns with built in steep hills. But only the girls at Oxford House thought of putting them together to en- joy the season's first snowfall. * * * SIX of fourteen girls in the league house at 805 Oxford Road decided yesterday the unappreci- ated white stuff should not be wasted. So they made a snow slide of the 25-foot hill in front of the house, using egg-shaped trays from the kitchen to negotiate the 100-foot ride through the snow. Although there were no sleds available, squeezing onto a food tray for the trip down the hill is "much more fun," according to Gwen Hillier, '56. Besides, Katy Murphy, '56, added, "We wanted to find a use for the hill. Before, we just slid down it on the apples from our apple tree." Two of the girls, Cathy Brenzel, '56, and Harriet Kishigo, '57N, ex- plained teir part in the festivi- ties by pointing out they are from Michigan's upper peninsula and realize the value of snow from experience. After a session of several trips which invariably ended with the girls rolling in thesnow, a retreat to the house to warm up with some coffee before returning for more was in order. Everyone is welcome to join the fun, but "bring your own tray," cautioned Fillis Schaffner, 56. If the slides becomes too popular, "maybe we'll put up a tow," Dotty Swanson, '56, suggested. Panel Talks On Purpose Of Schools A panel discussion by five Uni- versity professors on intellectual standards in our schools, yester- day turned into a discussion with the audience on the purpose of American schools. What began as an attack on the currently circulating thought that the nation's children aren't as well educated as they once were, evolv- ed into a stimulating debate in- volving the whole educational scheme. "Allowing all children to stay in school as long as is possible is one of the new objectives in edu- cation," Prof. Claude Eggertsen of the education school pointed out. "Because children with inferior mental ability are being passed doesn't mean the intellectual standards are lower," he explain- ed. "Those students who are sup- erior intellectually are still get- ting the education they need. "We have decided in America to give a broader curriculum. A major objective in public schools is to discover the capabilities and inter- ests of children in junior high school, so that in high school stu- dents may specialize along their own capabilities and talents," Prof. Eggertsen declared. The panel and spectators seem- ed to be in agreement that Amer- ican schools are trying to educate "better men," and that this in- cluded educating those with be- low average ability. In educating these "better men" it was agreed that the nation is heading towards a better United States-one where the "good men" shape the democ- racy, rather than the democracy shapes the "good men." Uwoo -Daily-Malcolm Shatz EGG-SHAPED TRAYS SLIDE WELL ON THE RECENT SNOWFALL Functions, Problems of Food Service Reported by Manager (Continued from Page 1) inery stands idle a good part of the time. In general then, students' gripes about quad food have two answers: 1) They aren't paying as much for food as they think they are- (Many students spoken to in- formally, expressed the thought that more than the half of their rent that now pays for meals should be used for feeding stu- dents.)y 2) The preparation of food in big kitchens does not produce the kind of cooking some students would like. * * * ON THE question of quad cook- ing, Wagner points out that he meets weekly with Residence Halls dietitians similarly, the idea of discussing things with the dieti- tians has been carried out by the house and quad councils. As far as food budgeting goes, Francis C. Shiel, manager of service enterprises, said yester- day "There's nothing we could cut .down on to budget more for food-all other expenses are at a minimum." He also pointed out that all the water, gas, maintenance, diniig room and kitchen equipment, tele- phones, building expense, decorat- ing, repair and laundry chargeable to dining room opeiation should be auded to the $1.50 daily meals figure to get a true picture. No estimate of such a break- down is available because of the difficulty of allocating cost, he added. Symphony Band Postpones Concert Tre University of Michigan Symphony Bant Concert, scled- uled for 8:30 p.m. today, has been postponed to Friday, Jan. 8, 1954. The change in dates was made to allow the concert to coincide with the Ninth Annual Midwest- ern Music Conference which will be held Jan. 8 and 9 on campus. There doesn't seem to be anyI channel for students to express their feelings on budgeting, how- ever. Although the Inter-House Coun- cil's "Operation Inquiry" will not deal with such financial questions, IHC officials say they may under- take such a study, including quad food. in the future. Next: The Future of the Resi- dence Halls) Law Contest Quarter-finals Begin Toda The question of obscene books has become very important re- cently for 16 law school juniors who will begin arguing a mythi- cal case on the problem in the quarter-finals of the Henry M. Campbell Competition at 7:30 p.m. today in Hutchins Hall. Selected on the basis of scores compiled on previous cases, the students have been divided into pairs. Written briefs have already been submitted by students who have worked on the cases for a month. The winning four teams will be issued a modified version of the situation and will again sub- mit briefs and argue cases, with the finals taking place in April before a panel of lawyers as judges. A $100 award will go to each member of the winning, team, with the runners-up re- ceiving $50 each. Taking part in the competition are Ira A. Brown, David MacDon- ald, John Heher, Harvey Howard, Richard C. Hostetler, William.G. Warren. The list continues with Robert E. Baker, Theodore W. Swift, Stewart S. Dixon, Robert I. Don- nellan, Donald G. Black, Davis M. Roach, Robert B. Fiske, Martin S. Packard, Alice M. Austin and Rob- ert G. Schuur. SL AgCenda Student Legislature will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in Strauss Dining Room, East Quadrangle to discuss the following topics: Motion to request that SL ap- point all student members of SAC. Announcement of Thanks- giving holiday absences Progress report on discrimi- nation board All interested students and faculty members have been in- vited by SL to attend the meet- ing. Few Students Florida-Bound For Vacations By JANE HOWARD Mere mention of Florida brought a wistful, faraway look to the eyes of most students to whom the idea of a vacation in that part of the South was suggested. Hailed often as the college stu- dents' southern playground, Flor- ida has long been a favored spot for University vacations of any length. ,r * *w FEW, HOWEVER, will return to this campus Jan. 4 bronzed by the unmistakable suntans. An unoffi- cial student poll revealed that most of the campus will be homeward bound for the entire two weeks. The majority of those who do look forward to Florida trips will be going with their families rather than with groups of friends. But there are exceptions. Swimming coach Matt Mann is already in Fort Lauderdale making arrangements for four or five members of his team, who will be in Florida for a week or more of the total vacation. The occasion for the swimmers is the annual college and univer- sity meet, held, according to one swimmer, "primarily to. get the team into shape." Asked how the prospect of miss- ing out on holiday festivities at home affected them, most swim- mers reported "The guys have a pretty good time down there-it doesn't bother themtoomuch." Most students co nt ac te d agreed with Sari Barker, '56, who explained, "If I did have a chance to go down there I'd . want to wait until spring vaca- tion. We need our Vitamin C a lot more then, but right now what we want is sleep and re- laxation. Home will do just fine for that." There appears to be little dan- ger of what college officials throughout the nation dread about mass student exoduses to the Soutl destruction and general de- linquency. 'Art Museum Shows Photos Showing through Dec. 30 in the Museum of Art in Alumni Memor- ial Hall is an exhibition of 187 photographs which have appeared in Life magazine during its first 15 years of publication. The photographs, mounted on 60 panels; are displayed in the West Gallery of Alumni Memorial Hall and represent the achieve- ments of America's most talented photographers. The selection of photographs was made from many thousands of pictures by Edward Steichen, di- rector of the Department of Pho- tography in New York's Museum of Modern Art. $$$$: Snow Onset Causes Rise In Yule Sales By LEE MARKS As gentle snows continued to blanket Ann Arbor. local mer- chants reported a heavy increase in Christmas shopping yesterday. One exception to this general rule was voiced by a department store salesman who noted that during last week's unseasonably warm weather, his store had sold nearly twice as many sleds as they ever had before. HOWEVER, in general, floor walkers, managers and salesmen seemed to agree the warm weather' had hurt Christmas sales consid- erably and the snow was just what the doctor ordered to put people in a buying mood. "It's pretty mathematical," said one, "The more snow we have, the more money we make. People just won't believe that Christmas is coming until they see snow on the ground." A local shoe store reported a heavy run on men's rubbers, but added, "If we could get a really heavy snow, say eight inches or more, we'd start selling the more expensive items such as galoshes." Women seemed to be doing most of the buying, according to a downtown men's clothing store, with ties and sweaters heading the list of most frequently pur- chased gifts. In response to a query on how well a prominently displayed pair of leopard spotted men's short were selling, a local sales- man noted "We've had to re- order those three times already. They've become quite a fad late- ly "~ At the University Post Office, the usual Christmas rush was in order, unaffected by the weather. Both incoming and outcoming packages flooded the campus post office branches. Meanwhile, the Ann Arbor post office announced that service was continuing unimpeded, with large numbers of extra workers easing the burden. County Plans To Be Viewed The course to be taken on plan- ning for the future development of Washtenaw county may be de- cided upon today at a meeting of the County Planning Commission. Chairman Leigh Beach of Lima township reported yesterday the body will discuss at length wheth- er it will renew efforts in plan- ning. He added that a final con- clusion may not be arrived at in this meeting which will be held at 8 p'm. in the Planning Commission offices. However, from earlier indication' there is a strong consensus that a number of board members feel the commission, having been inac- tive the last four months since its director's resignation, s h o u I d again resume operations. Help fight TB Buy Christmas Sels THE Wolverine Club will sponsor bus service to Willow Run Air- port Friday for students leaving for Christmas vacation. Students may make reservations MYTH? Experts Agree Nothing Scary About St. Nick Children and University psy- chologists seem to agree that there is nothing frightening about Santa Claus. Despite the opinion expressed by the Rt. Rev. Louis J. Mendelis of Baltimore, Md., that the man in the red suit and white whiskersj frightens small children and is only a fraud to older ones, local experts did not think so. THREE six year olds contacted all felt the old man had treated them pretty well. Local Christmas fan Jimmy Roelofs declared that the one Santa he had run into lately was "quite good." "A lot of kids like to believe," according to Prof. Wilbert J. McKeachie of the psychology department. In connection with Mr. Mendelis' plan to expose the myth of Santa Claus at an an- nual school Christmas party, Prof. McKeachie felt the affect on children of telling them that Santa is really nonexistant would depend on how it was presented. Telling children that "SantaI Claus is symbolic of the spirit of Christmas would probably be bet- ter than telling them that there isn't any Santa Claus," he said. Mr. Mendelis feels that "busi- ness men commercialize Christ-i mas too much" and that it has wandered too far from what it is supposed to be-a commemora- tion of the birth of Christ. About the symbolic gift giver himself, one nine year old felt "its fine for younger kids, but it gets monotonous." He said that a "lit- 1 tle tiny" child might be frighten- ed by Santa but he had enjoyed{ the custom when he was younger. Wolverine Buses Ask o RRs i n/ 1J ii/i, Y / / uzzh_ -- t ~Y4 K& U- U'Graduate Gets Award A Unversity graduate and world traveler, Francis R. Line, '28, has been named most popular speaker of the last ten years by patrons of the World Adventure Series, world's largest illustrated lecture course which meets at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The native of Howell, has made photographic expeditions to three continents, producing lecture films and educational shorts. He worked his way through the University by lecturing about his travels and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. A member of the New York and Los Angeles Adventurer Clubs and the Explorers and Circumnavigat- ors clubs of New York, he is at present living in Pasadena, Calif. Line's winning subjects were "This is Your America," a war- time travelogue and "Sheep, Stars and Solitude," which has been ac- claimed the finest documentary lecture film America has pro- duced. from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. daily at the Administration Bldg. Buses will leave the Union at 10:45 a.m., 12:05 p.m., 1:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m., 3:15 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. Friday. The above map shows the return route to be taken by buses which will leave the airport every half hour from 5:15 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 3. 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