WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1954 THE MICHIGAN DAILY P PAGE 2 TH tCIavN DAILY UWAGEa 1177 ) A A ,s f n 1~aTrN A i PTTr7T T1Tv+c_ 1 jr, I tir12J11JAUnV(TA Pride'salelegLg Union. Provides Male Meeting Place Facilities Extended Throu gh Additional Construction Work University men will find even more facilities for their felaxation and recreation inside the ivy trimmed walls of the Union this year. For almost the entire summer, the Union, campus menus club founded by students more than 40 years ago, has been the site of construction. A $2,250,000 project to enlarge the brick building by the addition of a wing was begun early In July. Extended Facilities The new Union wing, expected to be completed by the first of the year, will provide room for widening the basement's north cafeteria, which is open to men and women. Men enjoy exclusive rights in the south cafeteria. A snack bar and tap room is al- so planned for the basement of the new wing. On the first floor, kitchen facil- ities forthe main dining room will be expanded. The Anderson Room, site of uncounted banquets and special dinners, is also scheduled for enlargement. Only addition to the second floor, which houses the billiard room, the main ballroom, ping- pong tables, lounges, and the Pen- dleton Library, will be a corridor along the front of the new wing. The corridor will be lined with booths for listening to records. It has been planned with an eye to- ward future building on the front of the Union and on the second and third floors. C Extensive improvements in the plumbing and electrical facilities' that keep the Union's many serv- ice's in operation are also on the blueprints. Services Offered The new wing will supplement the numerous services already of- fered by the four-story landmark to students. Besides billiards and ping-pong for the students' spare time, there is a bowling alley in the sub-basement and a swimming members of the Union and their guests. All male University students automatically become members of the Union upon payment of tuition fees. Their students' identification cards are punched by Union offi- cials at registration, enabling them to use of Union facilities. Besides its elaborate physical fa- cilities, the Union carries on an extensive program in student acti- vities under the direction of the Student Offices, where students interested in planning dances, mo- vies and colorful stage shows like the annual Union Opera or talent contests such as Gulantics, are al- ways welcome. Visitors to the campus can find comfortable accomodations in the Union's approximately 20s-room hotel. Lodging accomodations are especially popular on football weekends when the Union becomes a bedlam of excitement and post- grame celebrations. Women Allowed Although the Union is a men's club, women are allowed liberal use of the building, with the ex- ception of the front door. It has long been a tradition that women may not enter or exit through the front; but recently violations of this taboo have gone more and more unnoticed. Long the scene of many special events, the Union's popularity is evideneed by its share of satirical criticism. Students enjoy poking fun at the basement cafeteria and the tables where seniors carve their initials every year. But stu- dents insist it's all in pursuit of humor and continue to take ad- vantage of the Union's numerous services and faciliites. A University alumna, Prof. Mar- jorie Nicolson, of Columbia Uni- versity's English department, was honored by the American Associa- tion of University Women as this 'Opera Time' At 'U' Means Union Opera When it's Opera time at the University of Michigan, the talk is not of Wagner or Verdi. Although the name sometimes confuses those not acquainted with its colorful history, the Michigan Union Opera is an all-male musi- cal comedy written and produced by students at the University of Michigan. The name "Union Opera" was first coined in 1908 when a group of students organized the Opera as a means of enjoyment and fund-raising for the Michigan Un- ion. Since that time the name has persisted, despite objections that some come to the show expecting an evening of grand opera. Standing Room Only During its 46 year history,Union Opera has put on standing-room- only performances in the home country of legitimate opera-New York's Metropolitan Opera House and the Chicago Civic Opera House. The Union Opera is sponsored by the Mimes Society, an honorary elective society which each year takes in the outstanding partici- pants of past performances. The Mimes membership is made up of such personalities as Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Valentine Da- vies, author of "Miracle on 34th Street" and Robert Q. Lewis, tele- vision and radio star. At the time of this printing the name and theme of the Opera for the '54 season has not been an- nounced. Be sure to follow The Daily for this information and for information concerning tryouts for the Opera itself and for com- mittee work in a supporting roll. Supporting committee work is open to women as well as men. Village defense societies are be- ing formed in Pakistan. Art Loans Close to 900 University Art Loan prints, running the gamut from old masters to modern artists, and from realism to ab- stract cubism are made avail- able to students each semester at a rental price of 50 cents. The collection of prints was begun in 1947 when a Detroit department store made a gift of 400 framed prints to the Uni- versity for student use on a rental basis. Plans for distribution of the prints will be announced when students return to Ann Arbor. Union Headed By Leopold Heading the Union this year are Tom Leopold, '55,and Dick Pink- erton, '55, who hold the top posts of president and secretary, respec- tively. The 1954 Union Opera Commit- tee for 1954 is comprised of Bob Hoffman, '56E, production chair- man; Jay Grant, '55, general chairman; Bob Gillow, '56 road show manager; Howie Boasberg, '56, general secretary; Harold Johnson, '55SM, music chairman; Stu Lerman, '56, program chair- man, and Guy Moulthrop, '56E, promotions chairman. There are 10 known species of crocodile. Try FOLLETT'S First USED BOOKS at BARGAIN PRICES 1954-55 UNIVERSITY -MUSIC SOCIETY C I Seventy-Sixth Annual Choral Union Series ROBERTA PETERS, Soprano THE SOCI1ETA CORELLI . . . . Monday, October 4 . . . . . Friday, October15 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHCHESTRA Tuesday, March 15 CHARLES MUNCH, Conductor THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA GEORGE SZELL, Conductor JORGE BOLET, Pianist . . * LEONARD WARREN, Baritone VIENNACHOIRBOY .. ZINO FRANCESCATTI, Violinist SundayNovember 7 Monday, November 15 . Sunday, November 21 . Sunday, January16 . . . Monday, March 7 BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Tuesday, March 7 WI LHELM FURTWANGLER, Conductor NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC-SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA . . . . . . . . .Sunday, May 22 DIMITRI MITROPOULOS, Conductor Season Tickets: Remaining unclaimed seats in Block A, $17.00; Block B, $14.00; Block C, $12.00; Block D, $10.00 pool. The latter is open only to 'year's outstanding woman scholar. rI. Yf ,4 .,. . , !.:ii~' Ninth Annual Extra Concert Series ELEANOR STEBER, Soprano Sunday, October 10 CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA OF AMSTERDAM THE NEXT PLAY EDUARD VAN BEINUM, Conductor THE ROBERT SHAW CHORALE ROBERT SHAW, Conductor ISAAC Stern, Violinist . . WALTER GIESEKING, Pianist . . Wednesday, October 27. . . Monday, December 6 Thursday, February 10 . Tuesday, March 22 I'S FOR J Season Tickets: Block A, $8.50; Block B, $7.00; Block C, $6.00; Block D, $5.00 I CHESTER ROBERTS Gifts for All Occasions Accessories for your room ,' Annual Christmas Concerts "MESSIAH" (Handel) . LUC INE AMARA, Soprano LILLIAN CHOOKASIAN, Contralto CHARLES CURTIS, Tenor . . . December 4 and 5, 1954 DONALD GRAMM, Bass CHORAL UNION and ORCHESTRA LESTER McCOY, Conductor V Tickets: 75c and 50c (either concert. On sale beginning October 15. Fifteenth Annual Chamber Music Festival 101 "i BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET . February 18, 19, 20, 1955 HALLMARK GREETING CARDS Largest Selection of Cards on the Campus Season Tickets: $3.50 and $2.50. On sale beginning October 15. Sixty-Second Annual May Festival I SIX CONCERTS . . . . . . . . May 5, 6, 7, 8, 1955 The Philadelphia Orchestra, EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor. University Choral Union, THOR JOHNSON, Guest Conductor, and LESTER McCOY, Associate Conductor. Festival Youth Chorus, MARGUERITE HOOD, Con-