I P ACEM TilE MCHIIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1954 FOR 1800 STUDENTS: Construction of New High School Begun By RONA FRIEDMAN A tangible result of much work and planning, the new Ann Arbor senior high school is gradually tak- ing shape in the Stadium Hills area. Costing approximately six and a half million dollars, the new school will be ready to open in 1956, ac- cording to Jack Elzay, Superin- tendent of Schools. Relieve Conditions It will replace the old Ann Arbor High School located on S. State, which Elzay pointed out, is terribly overcrowded. Built for 1,100 stu- dents, the school now houses 1,400. Some of the teachers have their desks out in the halls, Elzay com- mented. Planned by the Cleveland archi- tecture firm of Fulton Krinsky and Dela Motte, the modern building will comfortably hold 1800 students and with additional classrooms could facilitate 2,400. An enroll- ment of approximately 1,500 stu- dents is expected by 1956, Elzay said. The Board of Education bought the Stadium Hills area from the University for $250,000. The agree- ment that it reached included the transfer of Wines field from Ann Arbor High School to the Univer- sity for $115,000. Also Ann Arbor High School agreed to park 5,000 cars on the Stadium Hills area during football games. 'U' Uses Another stipulation of the agree- ment was that the University be Senior Pictures Senior picture appointments may be made this week for all seniors who have failed to sign up for 'Ensian pictures, or have missed previously scheduled appointments. Appointments may be made on the Diag from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, or from 8 p.m. to 5 p.m. daily in the Student Publications Building. Rushing Nets Fraternities 515 Pledges (Continued on Page 5) born, '58; John H. Vise, '57; Frank A. Willette,'58; Duane Willse, '58E. THETA DELTA CHI: William H. Armstrong, '59E; Frank Hop- kins Duffy, '59E; John L. Etter, '58; Donald A. Meier, '58; David Peter Trautman, '58A&D; Con- rad J. Van Tienhoven, '58. THETA XI: Raymond Ward Bis- sell, '58; Charles W. Carter, '58; Michael D. Flynn, '57; Richard M. Ham, '58; Frederick D. Harris, '58E; Irwin A. Hicks, '58E; Wil- liam F. Ichman, '58E; John R. Peoples, '58E; Charles C. Wilson, '58E. TRIANGLE: George Rassweiler, '58; Fred W. Zinger, '58. ZETA BETA TAU: Michael I. Cohen, '58; Jay S. Colen, '57; Kren L. Connart, '58; Morton H. Dub- now, '58; Michael B. Gordon, '58; Richard D. Grauer, '58E; John A. Harris, '58; Samuel R. Harris, '58; Michael H. Jacobson, '58; Thomas I. Klein, '58; Alan S. Kon- op, '58; Charles Kriser, '58; John A. Leslie, '58; Leslie M. Rodney, '58; Thomas J. Lewy, '58; John J. Macht, '58; Bernard Maza, '58; James D. Meyers, '58; Mark Mel- et, '58; Howard Ringel, '58; Steph- an Rykoff, '58; Eugene R. Schiff, '58; Robert Segar, '57; Ronald Shorr, '58. ZETA PSI: Peter L. Brechin- man, '58; Carleton A. Heist, '58; William Wiard, '58E; Larwrence A. Wagner, '58E; Donald J. Way,' '57E; Maurice R. Ramsey, Jr., 158E; Stuart R. Allen, '58E; Bruce D. Campbell, '58E; Henry M. Schaaf- sma, '58; Nicholas Wassil; '58E; John W. Hillver, '58. TOTAL NUMBER DECREASES: Plumbing Officer Says No 'Flood' of Complaints CYCLISTS! /eie% (4 feu. A New 72-Page Cycling Handbook and Catalogue!!! By JOEL BERGER Stating t h a t complaints on plumbing violations in apartment dwellings often run in cycles, Ann Arbor's Chief Plumbing Inspector Fred E. Bauer said yesterday that his department has been averaging about two complaints per month recently. Number of complaints by stu- dent residents in off-campus dwell- ings has dropped considerably since the great influx of students here immediately following World War II, he said. Lived By Coal Bin At that time, many violations and complaints were centered around sub-legal bathrooms. Bauer received one complaint concerning a basement apartment next to a coal bin. Coal sifted across the student's floor and under his bed. During the past two or three years, however, plumbing viola- tions have been on the decrease, Bauer said. Many apartment houses and new dwellings have been built in the past few years, making it possible for University students and others to find better rooming accommodations. Only off-campus housing and Ann Arbor residences, and buildings within a one-mile radius of the city, are inspected by Bauer and his assistant, he said. University property is inspected by the University's own plumb- ing inspector, Bauer commented, Under an agreement between City Council and the University, he con- tinued, Ann Arbor is paid $75 an- nually for a permit allowing the University to inspect its own prop- erty for plumbing violations. The city plumbing inspector re- ceives monthly reports from the University, 'Bauer said. Buildings checked by the University inspec- tor include all campus structures and dormitories, in addition to the stadium, Ferry Field and other buildings. Working under a new building inspection setup, all complaints on plumbing are turned into the city health department, Bauer said. His department has not had the time to make a systematic check of dwellings to see if sub-standard conditions exist, Bauer comment- ed. The only inspections which are made follow complaints by resi- dents or alterations to an existing structure, in addition to the check- ing of plans for new buildings. Many violations are possible, he said. The most common occurs in new construction or alterations of existing buildings when cross-con- nections of pipes from water clos- ets enable unsanitary water to drain back into the water supply. Bad water pipes cause still an- other violation. They, are respon- sible for sewer gas leaking back into the home. Featuring: Get your COpy now! Price 50c S24 Models of Standard built Touring, Sports, cycles! 0 World's Finest Cycling Equipment! and Custom- and Racing ! Original Articles by Cycling Camping Authorities! and Are you planning a cycling vacation? Or the purchase of a new lightweight? Before you do, READ THE CYCLOmPEDIA When in Detroit, visit our Showroom! CYCLE SPORT SHOP, 6447 Michigan Avenue, Detroit 10, Michigan Read and Use Daily Classifieds -Daily-Dick Caskill S1nLETON OF FUTURE ANN ARBOR HIGH ti.r_ --- -_ -"sf a..o.-. EnioY a allowed first option to buy the old high school on State St. when the Board of Education is ready to sell the building. "The University is seriously studying the possible uses of the building," Wilbur K. Pierpont, Uni- versity vice-president, commented. "However no decision has been made yet." Costs for the new school have fluctuated since its conception. Or- iginally estimated at four and a half million dollars, the cost of the school rose along with the ris- ing price of materials. In Feb. 1952 the estimation reached nine million dollars. Go Ahead Finally in Feb. 1954, the Board voted 7 to 1, to go ahead with a budget of $6,286,557 which was $380,808 more than the amount in the building fund. The roomy modern building will not only include space for all types of athletic and shop activities but will have a swimming pool, the- ater and radio station from which students will be able to give live broadcasts through local stations. Originally the Board of Educa- tion in unprecedented action, asked the community what it wanted in the new school. Twenty communi- ty leaders met at Haven Hall Lodge near Pontiac, in April 1950, and discussed what they felt the school program should include. Previously plans for the 210 acre Stadium Hills site included the construction of an elementary school. The idea has not been abandoned, said Elzay, but just postponed to a future date. When the staff and students of Ann Arbor High School move to the new building, the parking prob- lem on State and surrounding streets should be alleviated, Elzay pointed out. I FOOTBALL WEEKEND I 4 L c7A IDRAKIE i Chicago It Costs No More! Detroit Area Study Probes Problems of American Family. a e aV e A a a a - V 1 { Y T VVV VVVW W -. .b lie uf 9 ( II y iii PRINTING KING SIZE SERVICE Card to a Catalog by By DEBRA DURCHSLAG What is happening to the Ameri- can family? Is the increased divorce rate an indication of disorganization, or has the family group simply been extended to a kinship group? These and other questions about the ur- ban family are the subject of this year's Detroit Area Study. Many recent sociological inter- pretations of the family have seen it as an institution on the road to at least temporary collapse, chang- ing from institution to companion- ship. However, there has been lit- tle research data on the problem. Connecticut Survey Last year's Detroit Area Study came up with the unexpected evi- dence that Detroiters associate most frequently with relatives. These results along with P. New Ha- ven, Conn. study suggested that the family structure has merely changed, not disintegrated. With the purpose of describing the change, the present Detroit project has been set up. A sample will be made of the entire metro- politan area according to the Sur- vey Research Center's "random sampling" method. Follow-up re- search projects with farm families and Japanese and Greek families are under consideration. Morris Axelrod, who is the most recent addition to the Survey Re- search Center's directional staff and Prof. Robert O. Blood of the sociology department have de- signed the project in an attempt to gather field information on the family. Three Objectives The Detroit Area Study was set up in 1951 with the three-fold ob- jective of providing research fa- cilities, practical training and so- cial information. It is financed by the Ford Foundation as a perma- nent study, but operates in co-op- eration with the sociology depart- ment and the Survey Research Center. Axelrod, who has been with the Study since its beginning as an as- sistant to Prof. Ronald Freedman of the sociology department, says that the projects have been quite a success. He added that the Area study, unique in its combination of ob- jectives, is a practical way of in- troducing students to wide-scale re- search. New Work Axelrod's new job will concen- trate on the interviewing process which is the core of most Survey Research Center projects. Having worked at the center since 1946 when he was getting his doctorate, he has been coder, assistant study director and study director, work- ing mainly on the Human Rela- tions program and in Economic Behavior. 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