SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1955 ,wyWrufm~faN lLI V I PAGE MX N k1,LA -APE~u, __ I - Prisoners Trusted at Cass idy Lake I -Daily-Sam Ching NEWSPAPER TALK-Evelyn Burke (left), advisor of Battle Creek high school's newspaper, "Central Key," leads a discussion on page makeup with a group of high school journalists here for the annual Michigan Interscholastic Press Association convention. Approxi- mately 1,565 students attended the MIPA convention. High School Journalists Hear Dale at Convention i (. Inmates Get Job Training, Schooling, Sports at Camp Located 15 miles west of Ann Arbor is an unusual but theoreti- cally modern prison camp. Cassidy Lake Technical School is a "prison of minimum security." No walls. No fences. Nothing to prevent any of the more than 230 inmates from just walking away. Nothing, that is, except that he gets a good deal at Cassidy Lake. So far in its 11-year history, Cassidy Lake has been accepted as a worthwhile place to stay. An average of only 10 to15 men escape per year. Correction the Aim This is not mere coincidence; it was planned that way. Cassidy Lake was set up under the theory that correction and preparation for the future is better than punishment. A corollary to the theory explains trust in "minimum security." It holds that men imprisoned for crime turned to it because of lack of education, proper upbringing, wholesome family and social life, and opportunity, and that they are willing, even eager, to learn how to stay out of prison. Thus, they would be willing to stay at a place like Cassidy Lake. There are many concrete reasons why they should. A visitor can see them for himself on a tour of the camp with Superintendent C. D. Miles. "Cap" Popular at Camp Miles is one of the reasons. The inmates call him "Cap," which gives an indication of their affec- tion for him. "Cap" has been sup- erintendent at Cassidy Lake since I C. D. MILES .. . superintendent ROW OF MACHINES OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first place story in the Donal H. HainesC memorial contest sponsored by sigma Delta Chi journalism honorary fra- terny as part of yesterday's Michigan Interscholastic Press Association con- vention. A panel of 14 judges chose the story written by a Mumford High School, Detroit, student.) By BRUCE PARKER Helping people to get their bear- ings by the use of clear,. compre- hensive pictures of the world they live in is the primary function of the mass media, according to Prof. Edgar Dale, noted audio-vis- ual education expert from Ohio State University. Addressing the 28th annual con- vention of the Michigan Initer- scholastic Press Association at Rackham yesterday, Prof. Dale pointed out that the present gen- eration is the first to have the benefits of all the mass media: newspapers, radio, television, no- tion pictures, and books. In his address, "The High School Student and the Mass Media," he said that this generation must learn to use them effectively. Public Must Be Critical The majority of the public can be classed as the consumers of the mass media, Prof. Dale said. It is important, he continued, that they understand the necessity of critical analysis rather than mere acceptance of what they see and hear. Prof. Dale pointed out that peo- ple should ask themselves the fol- lowing questions: (1) Am I an ac- tor in the mass media, or merely one who is acted upon? (2) Am I thoughtful about what I see -and hear, or pm I easily propagan- dized? (3) Am I active in my crit- ical analysis of the news, or pas- sive in my acceptance of it? In answer to these questions, Prof. Dale stated that individuals should. always be critical in the sense of analyzing what they hear; that they should learn to judge the mass media. He ex- plained that everyone should be "critical - minded, not sponge- minded.' Public Influence Important Being the majority of the pub- lic, the consumers of the mass me- dia exert a great influenee upon what is produced, according to Prof. Dale. By a careful choice of what he sees and hears, continued. the Ohio State University expert, the ordinary individual can dictate to the producers of the mass media the topics about which he wished to hear, rather than being subject to the will of the producer. More- over, he pointed out, "To choose widely is to live well." The world is in the making, Prof. Dale concluded. It is for the younger generation to continue it. High school and college students, he said must learn to take ad- vantage of the opportunities of- fered them and to use the mass media as a guidepost when they become lost in the maze of every- day events. it was opened in 1944. He is one of the two, out of 30 employes there, who live at the camD. The rest of the reasons are scat- tered around approximately 200 acres, although the camp owns 300 more, yet unused. They aren't in any premeditated order. But they are in logical clusters. One group of buildings houses a garage, a machine shop, a wood- working shop, a welding shop and classrooms. The machine shop is equipped with some 20 modern lathes, drill presses, and other machines one might find in any small shop of the kind. Inmates here learn how to operate the various types of machines, so they will have some job training when they return to society. In the woodworking shop, the constant whir of electric saws testifies to the shop's twofold pur- pose.. Many use the shop for a hobby, like making lamps. But all the camp's repair work that in- k,,, AFTER ONE LESSON AT ARTHUR MURRAY'S Arthur Murray's secret to speedy learning is his fa- ' rmous "Magic Step To Popularity". This basic step gives you the key to all dances and can be learned in minutes. So come and take advantage of special offer below 100 $ -Q 3j hr. trial lesson ARTHUR MURitRAV 1311 South University NO 3-4143 Read and Use Daily Classi f ieds M r BETWEEN SEVEN AND NINE INMATES LIVE IN EACH CABIN BASKETBALL IN THE NEW RECREATION BUILDING WOODWORKING SHOP IS ALWAYS BUSY 4 U ENJOY PIZZA Carry-Out Service Beer & Wine Served at the Del Rio Restaurant 122 West Washington Hours 4-12 - Closed Tuesday Tel. NO 2-9575 i* ' - r w r ir r volves woodworking is also done u here. Close by, in the classrooms, oth- er inmates are finishing the stud- ies necessary to get a high school diploma. Another cluster of buildings con- tains the dining hall, the hospital, a barber shop, a laundry, a radio station and the fire station, which shelters two bright red fire trucks. Chapel Built by Inmates A little removed from these two main clusters is the chapel, which was built by the inmates ;in 1952. Every Sunday Protestant and Ca- tholic services are held, at which . the choir sings. Outside engage- } ments by the choir and a quartet provided most of the funds for building the chapel. Not far from the chapel is the new recreation building. Though not yet completed, the building looks as good as anything ever turned out by a large construction firm. The inmates built this re- creation building. They are al- most finished after only .one year of work. Already the building is being used - basketball in the gym and ping pong in the room next to it. It is in this building that a mov- ie is shown every Thursday night. There is also a television room, and, in the rear, a library. Miles estimates that" approxi- A. .1 THlE ANN ARBOR BANK A offers you a plan to BANKABYN AIL Be sure to inquire about this plan: SAVE TIME and MONEY DOOR OF A PRISON CAMP i PRISONERS BUILT THEIR CHAPEL ..... ....::::.: I I