PAGE RfX i'A E lVllCj l+tUAA DA ire I WhONE6DAY, VEBRUARY 9, 1955 ; A, . E3A e I74 Radio - Phono - TV Service Admiral - Hallicrafters - Telefunke - Webcor - Emerson, etc. Phono needles examined Microscopically Free of charge -- Diamond needles at 50%o off FAST SERVICE - REASONABLE RATES PICK UP AND DELIVERY . . . NO 8-7942 ANN ARBOR RADIO & TV 1217 S. University 11/2 blocks east of Engineering Arch Industrial Aid to Education Increased by New GM Plan ESPERANTO: Artificial Language Usage Impractical, Hootkins Says Current trends for industrial aid to education were strengthened on Jan. 18 by announcement of a General Motors Corporation plan for assistance to the nation's col- leges and universities. Although the three-part pro- gram has not yet gone into full effect, local authorities have pre- dicted it will benefit the University. GM President Harlowe H. Cur- tice explained the program in an address last month in New York. It is designed, he said, to fill "two paramourt needs of these institu- mmwm .r Read and Use Daily Classifieds O M VALENTINES IN TOWN also the most sentimental CHESTER ROBERTS O 312 South State Street - i ) - -,. -moy o ) t ~ to -c--_-- --t--0 - > c<--: (= x - r -o o - r_<>r-> o -a - - tions: unrestricted funds to be used in maintaining and improving the quality of education" and "fi- nancial aid to young people of out- standing talents but limited re- sources." Includes Several Plans Plans for colleges, secondary school graduates and foundations are included in the program. Through the college plan, Cur- tice said, institutions with many GM-employed alumni will be se- lected to award 250 four-year scholarships. The national plan will award 100 four-year scholar- ships annually to outstanding high school graduates throughout the country. Explaining the foundation plan, Curtice announced that founda- tions representing colleges in sev- eral states, including Michigan, will receive unrestricted grants of $10,000 each. When the program reaches full operational stages in its fourth year, he added, a total of 306 colleges and universities will benefit from this support. Talk Slated on North African Architecture North African architecture will be discussed by G. E. Kidder Smith, lecturer at Rennsalear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, Architec- ture Auditorium. A member of the American In- stitute of Architecture, Smith is also an author and a photograph- er. He has written architectural studies, accompanied by photo- graphs, on Brazil, Sweden and Italy. The lecture will be illus- trated with photographs. -Daily-Dick Gaskill FACULTY WOODWIND QUINTET WILL PLAY AT LYDIA MENDELSSOHN THEATER TONIGHT Music Faculty To Present Wood wind. Piano Concert k2 In the second School of Music faculty concert this week, the woodwind quintet will give a con- cert at 8:30 p.m. today in Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. IComposed of faculty members,. Nelson Hauenstein, flute; Albert Luconi, clarinet; Florian Mueller, oboe; Clyde Carpenter, French horn; and Lewis Cooper, bassoon, the first half of the concert will consist of the Suite No. 2, op. 22, by Berezowsky; Deux Pieces, by Ropartz; Three Shanties, by Ar- nold; and Variations sur un theme corse, by Tomasi. Prof. Owen To Play Featured in the second half of the program will be Prof. Marion Owen of the piano department whc will play Divertissement Op. 6, by Roussel, and the Mozart Quintet, K. 452 with the quintet. - - - - - Prof. Owen studied in Austria with Josef and Rosina Lhevinne, and in New York under a Julliard Graduate School fellowship with the Lhevinnes, Felix Salinond, Ol- ga Samaroff-Stokowski and others. A soloist with the Havana Phil- harmonic Orchestra, Prof. Owen has given concerts in the South and in New York City. In 1945, she came to Ann Arbor to coach with Joseph Brinkman and the following year joined the faculty. In Ann Arbor she has made ap- pearances in solo recitals, with chamber music groups and was the soloist with the University Sym- phony Orchestra in the Chopin Centennial Memorial Concert. The concert is open to the public without charge. LOOKING FOR A DARKROOM TO USE? By SHIRLEY CROOG "Esperanto should never become a spoken language," Prof. Hirsch Hootkins of the romance languages department and Graduate School said recently. Esperanto, an artificial language devised for international use, raises the question of the practi- cality and value of a universal tongue. According to Prof. Hootkins, Es- peranto represents "a written me- dium of communication rather than a spoken one. It would be useful as a written language be- tweenediplomats, educators, and business men." Many Dialects Linguists maintain if Esperanto became a spoken tongue, it would have as many dialects as there are today. "Esperanto will never replace national language," Prof. Hootkins added. "Furthermore, it should not be forced on national prides." Lazarus L. Zamenhof, the Rus- sian oculist and linguist who "cre- ated" Esperanto in 1887 provided the fundamental vocabulary with roots of Latin and Greek words. It is essentially a romance language with Slavic and Germanic words. Esperanto has no grammar ex- ceptions.Verbs aregconjugated alike. The tonic accent is always on the last syllable. Words may be placed in any convenient order. Pronunciation is simple. Each word has a definite meaning. There are no word homonyms. Learning Is Easy Esperanto is easy to learn, ac- cording to Prof. Hootkins. "It may take a person without any language background except Eng- lish as little as three months to learn," he said. Prof. Ihor Sevcenko of the Slav- ic Languages department com- mented that a successful language must be "useful socially," "Artificial language does not meet this requirement," he said. As far as 'international lan- guages are concerned, Prof. Sev- cenko continued, "the language is usually that of the 'top dog' cul- turally or politically." Regional Languages "Historically," Prof. Sevcenko added, "there have been many 're- gional' international languages. Conquering nations have imposed their language or have adopted the tongue of the conquered na- tion, when the latter was on a culturally higher plain. During the 1930's Russia soft pedaled the idea of Esperanto as a possible international language, because it was not interested in communication between Soviet and Western workers. Now, Russia wants Russian to become the in- ternational language. At the present time, Prof. Sev- cenko added, Russian is being taught in Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. Society Must Show Need "In order for an international language to be accepted society must first present a need for it," Prof. Sevcenko said. "Secondly, there must be a group strong enough to impose this language the world over. At the present time no such group exists." Prof. Sevcenko said he feels that there is a real chance of limited application of an artificial lan- guage in scientific communication. "Nationalistic attitudes today make the idea of an international r 1 N Help take pictures SNOW for the 1955 'Ensian with 'Ensian equipment, and our new complete darkroom is at your dis- posal. For more information contact Paul Kerastas, Photography Editor, to- Wanyt to tra vel abroad? Take a university-sponsoed tour via TWA this summer and earn full college credit while you travel V"s-t the countries of your choice ... study from 2 to 6 weeks at a foreign university. You can do both on one trip when you arrange a university- sponsored tour via TWA. Itini- eraries include countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Special study tours available. Low all-inclusive prices with TWA's economcal Sky Tourist service. For information, write: John 11. Furbay, Ph. D., Director, Air World Tours, Dept. CN, 380 Madison Ave. New YXork 17, N. Y Be sure to mention countries you xwh to visit. zIWA tRANS WORLD AIRLIES Your placement office has job - specification sheets detailing starting positions with Chrysler Corporation. You may sign up flow for a personal interview within the next few days. language less acceptable," Prof. Philip Taylor of the political sci- ence department said. He -added that the United Nations would be reluctant to accept Esperanto be- cause it would involve the added cost of hiring translators and is- suing publications in Esperanto. Prof. Lawrence Kiddle of the Romance Language department remarked that "international lan- guage is so much against national- ism. It runs counter to present day ideas of national character. People Prefer Native Language "At international meetings," Prof. Kiddle continued, "people like to use their own language be- cause they feel they can express themselves better in the subtleties of language. "What we need are more bi- linguists, rather than international language speaking people," Prof. Kiddle said. During the 1940's Prof. Kiddle noted that he received an interna- tional newsletter from Mexico, published in Esperanto. It was easy to read. It stressed, however, the importance of Esperanto and international good will. Then it disappeared. Esperanto is only one example of an artificial language. Ido, Vo- lapuk, Idiom Neutral and Inter- Lingua are other "synthetic" lan- guages. Esperanto is not taught at the University. 'No Demand For Esperanto "There is no demand for such a course," Prof. Hootkins said. He added "anything of this interna- tional nature nowadays is 'sus- pect.''' Prof. Hootkins taught Esperan- to to interested groups in Ann Ar- bor during the 1930's. Until a few years ago Esperanto was used on the Iowa Placement Examination to test foreign lan- guage aptitude of freshman stu- dents entering the University. This examination, however, was recently eliminated from the test- ing program, according to Prof. Edward Furst of the Bureau of Psychological Services. Army Seeks Women for WAC Training Department of the Army is seeking outstanding women col- lege graduates for commissioning in the Women's Army Corps, Army Reserve. Applicants for WAC training must be United States citizens be- tween 21 and 27 years of age, pos- sess a baccalaureate degree prior to appointment as a commissioned officer, have no dependents under 18 and be of a high moral oharac- I ter. Qualified applicants will be com- missioned on graduation and serve their initial duty at the WAC School, Fort Lee, Va. They must agree to serve two years on active duty. Inthe near future a WAC offi- cer will be on campus to interview interested women and receive ap- plications. Col. C. W. Land is avail- able to answer questions on the program and may be reached by calling University extension 720. Mildred Webber of the Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information, extension 371, may also be contacted for further in- formation. Bordin To Head MPA Next Year Prof. Edward S. Bordin of the psychology department will head the Michigan Psychological Asso- ciation next year. This marks the second time within three years that a Univer- sity faculty member has presided over the group. Prof. Wilbert J. McKeachie of the psychology de- partment held the position during 1954. Current MPA president is Prof. Donald M. Johnson of Michigan State College. SUMMER TOUR By plane New York-London- New York. 49-day trip from June 29 to August 16. Eng- land, France, Monaco, Italy, Yugoslavia, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Holland. Conduct- ed by Dr. E. 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