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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1953
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Hosteling Offers Students
Summertime Diversion,
MORE THAN 1,000:
Bandsman Saves Old-Time Tunes
By JANET REARICK
How many students at the Uni-
versity place their bicycles in "dry
dock" during the summer?
The International Youth Hostel
Federation provides a method for
University students to use English
bikes in places besides Ann Arbor.
Laura Webber, '57, who has gone
on hosteling trips in this country,
Alumni, Coeds
Burn Though
Players Sizzle
By TOM BEIERLE
Thin haired alumni and coeds in
Bermuda shorts sat in the brilliant
sun yesterday in the Michigan Sta-
dium and acquired a slow sunburn.
Down on the playing field, the
sixty-odd varsity football hopefuls
on the White team were also get-
ting a slow burn. The reason? The
varsity squad, the Blue team, was
thoroughly thumping them in the
annual intrasquad scrimmage by
a score of 31-7.
Men who got to play sat around.
looking disgusted because they
couldn't hold the fleet-footed Blue
and Richard Hooke, Grad. who has
used International Youth Hostel
facilities in Europe, agree that one
of the greatest satisfactions the
hosteler gets from his experiences
is meeting and getting to know
fellow travelers.
'Free Atmosphere'
According to Hooke, one finds,
"a free atmosphere among people
who are also interested in hostel-
ing." -
Miss Webber has made Ameri-
can Youth Hostel trips in the
"Green Thumb" region of Wiscon-
sin and in Cape Cod.
The groups are usually kept to
a minimum providing for congen-
iality among the hostelers, she
said. k
Miss Webber conceded that one
gets awfully sore the first few
days, and facilities are not always
the very best.
Variety of U.S. Tours
Organized trips planned by the
AYH in the United States range
from a four week tour of New Eng-
land td an eight-week transcon-
tinental tour on a Rolling Youth
Hostel, a railroad car fitted out
with bunks, cooking and washing
facilities.
Hostelersusually get up about
5:30 a.m. and do most of their
cyclingsbefore the 11 a.m. sun.
There is rarely any cycling done
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hostelers
spend these hours sight-seeing.
Miss Webber stressed the neces-
sity of carrying the least amount
of baggage possible.
Many Baggage Compartments
According to Hooke, "There
doesn't seem like much room, but
when you divide things up among
saddle-bags on the back, a carrier
on the fender, a small bag under
the seat, and a basket in front, it's
surprising how much you can ac-
tually carry."
"You're still unable to buy many
souvenirs, though," he, added.
Most of the hostels in this coun-
try, and many in Europe, are
"sleeping sheet" hostels in which
the traveler does not need a sleep-
ing bag, but merely his own sleep-
ing sheet.
Despite the lack of a vast ward-
robe, Miss Webber was quick to
add that "You can always find
room for a slicker."
Hooke, who spent part of sum-
mer at a work camp in Finland,
hosteled through Central Europe,
and feels that it's the "cheapest
possible way of traveling."
"The people in Europe are used
to bicycles," he pointed out. "It's a
simple thing to put a bicycle on
and off a train or bus.
"Lots of Gestures"
Language poses somewhat of a
problem," he went on to say. "But
you can usually do fairly well with
a few words and lots of gestures."
Describing some of the hostels
to be found in Europe, Hooke tdld
of an abandoned castle on top of
a hill in the Rhine Valley.
In Stockholm one of the hostels
is a full-rigged ship. Even sparsely
popluated Lapland boasts several
hostels.
By ERNEST THEODOSSIN
Old-time music has provided a
college education for Paul Mc-
Donough.
McDonough, a Law School sen-
ior, has used songs from the rag-
time period as basic material for
his dance band. He sometimes
claims he was "born 25 years too
late," but the old music put Mc-
Donough through Law school..
In his home in Escanaba, Mich.,
McDonough keeps some 1,000
pieces of sheet music chronoligi-
cally ordered in a large closet.
"I first got the yet for this kind
of music listening to my mother
play the songs on our piano. I
guess it was just something in me."
Paul started taking piano les-
sons when he was five. "My
brother., who was seven, got the
piano and I got the drums at
first," he said. "But when Bob
burned his music, my parents de-
cided I could have the piano. I've
been thankful ever since. Besides,
who can play 'Ain't She Sweet'
on the dr.ums."
Dates Back to 1875
McDonough's music collection
dates back to 1875. Some of the
older songs. include the "Chicken
Reel" published circa 1889 and the
1890 hit, "Yankee Doodle Rag."
" 'Yankee Doodle Rag' was one
of the first forms of the rag," he
said. "It was still almost a march.
But it forms the beginning of
piano novelty numbers." Later
derivations include "Lola," "Dizzy
Fingers" and "Kitten on the
Keys."
Still another old number, from
1911, is "That Mesmerizing Men-
dolssohn," a ragtime interpreta-
tion of Mendolssohn's "Spring
Song."
Songs from the early part of
the century McDonough charact-
erizes as being "very sentimental."
"I Would Love To Live in Love-
land" and "My Sweetheart's the
Man in the Moon" are examples
he gave.
More Ragtime
But ragtime had not gone out
of style yet and popular songs of
the pre-World War I period in-
cluded the "Dill Pickle Rag," "Egg-
beater Rag," Hyacinth Rag" and
"Too Much Ginger."
National Feeling
"The songs just before the
First World War showed very
strongly the anti-war feeling in
the country," he said. " 'I Didn't
Federal Budget
Plan Criticized
Speaking at the School of Busi-
ness Administration's 25th Alumni
Conference yesterday morning, J.
Cameron Thomson criticized the
current Federal budget process.
Thomson, vice-chairman of the
Committee 'for Economic Develop-
ment, said "the information on
which Congress must rely in ap-
propriating money is both inade-
quate and disordered."
"The problem of operational ef-
ficiency in government is not at-
tacked in a systematic manner,"
Thomson charged.
"Congress views the budget in
bits and pieces. Responsible spend-
ing depends on bringing the pieces
together so congress can view the
budget as a whole," he concluded.
Approximately 300 people at-
tended the conference which fea-
tured talks on the merger move-
ment at its morning session.
Following a 12:30 p.m. luncheon
at the Union the conference split
into small special interest groups.
PAUL McDONOUGH
Raise My Boy To Be a Soldier'
is a good example of this feeling.
"But after we entered the war,
songs changed radically in char-
acter. 'Goodbye Broadway, Hello
France' became a standard hit.
There was also 'The Rose of No-
Man's Land (A tribute to the Red
Cross Nurse).' "
Other songs of the war period
were "Fight Like H ..,. ! ," "It's a
Long Way to Tippararee" and
"The Long, Long Trail."
Throughout the twenties and
thirties new songs introduced new
dance numbers. "Turkey Trot,"
"Bunny Hug," "Black Bottom"
and "Varsity Drag" were song-
and-dance numbers that became
popular. A recent such example is
"The Sluefoot" from the forth-
coming picture, "Daddy Long
Legs."
Prohibition Numbers
Other twenties songs were "So
Long, Ou-Long," "Abba Dabba
Honeymoon" and ballads such as
"Girl of My Dreams" and "Rose of
Washington Square."
With prohibition in force, such
numbers as "Show Me the Way
To Go Home," "The Empty Cel-
lar Blues" and "Somebody Stole
My Booze" became favorites.
In the vogue of silent films, film
producers would send out scores
to be played with the film. "Songs
like 'Jeanne, I Dream of Lilac
Time," 'Ramona' and 'Charmaine'
became famous in this way," Mc-
Donough said.
A few years ago, when Cinema
Guild sponsored a silent film fes-
tival, McDonough was able to play
a piano accompaniment. "We
dragged up an old piano from the
basement of the Rackham Build-
ing and it had just the right
gaudy, twangy sound," he said.
Music Deterioration
"After the depression," Paul
continued, "the songs again re-
flected nation feeling. There was
'Brother, Can You Spare a Dime,'
'Shoe Shine Boy' and 'Just One
More Chance.' This can easily be
contrasted with a , pre-Depression
song, 'The Best Things in Life
Are Free.' "
McDonough feels popular music
has deteriorated in the forties and
fifties. "During the last war we
had songs like 'Comin' In on a
Wing and a Prayer' and 'Praise
the Lord and Pass the Ammuni-
tion'-but they lacked something
-callkit sentimentality or what
you like.
"I think that popular #music to-
day lacks the appeal which old-
time music had," McDonough com-
mented.
At present, the band leader
plans to continue his musical acti-
vities in an army career. He has
just recently cut a record for a
small recording company.
"They wanted something in the
Crazy Otto style and I did a side
called 'Silent Movie Rag.' "
The record will be released be-
fore school lets out and local Mc-
Donough fans should have an
opportunity to support their fav-
orite's claim that "there's noth-
ing like old-time music."
Subscription
TV Possible
NEW YORK (P)-If the Federal
Communications Commission de-
cides to approve subscription tele-
vision this year, it is entirely pos-
sible stay-at-homes will have to
pay to watch baseball games next
season.
All three metropolitan clubs-
the New York Giants, New York
Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers --
have expressed interest in this new
source of income, according to Ar-
thur Levey, head of one of the
three firms manufacturing pay-as-
you-see equipment.
If clearance comes this year, Le-
vey added, his outfit, Skiatron,
Inc., will be ready to service base-
ball games by next spring. Hear-
ings on the subject will begin June
9 in Washington but Levey does
not expect a final decision until
the Fall.
If subscription television is
adapted, Levey said he envisioned
a 25-cent charge for every set
tuned into a baseball or football
game, a $1.00 charge for such spe-
cial features as a heavyweight
championship fight. No programs
would be sponsored.
At this rate, he estimated a base-
ball club would clear as much as
$40,000 to $50,000 a game.
CAMPUVS~
CALENDAR
AS A PART OF National Hospi-
tal Week, University Hospital will
hold its annual open house from 2
to 5 pm. today.
Tours will include special areas
of the hospital not usually open
to the public. They will start from
the second level of the Outpatient
Building and continue through the
Main Hospital and the new Kresge
Medical Research Building.
HARRY S. ASHMORE will
speak on "Journalism-A Bridge
Between the World of Men and the
World of Ideas" at 3 p.mr tomorrow
at Rackham Amphitheater.
Ashmore is Executive Editor of
the "Arkansas Gazette." The lec-
ture is sponsored by the journal-
ism department.
*, * *
NEWLY - ELECTED SENIOR
class presidents will meet at 8:15
p.m. tomorrow in the League to
elect the chairman of the 1955-
56 Senior Board.
New G&S Society
Officers Selected
Newly-elected officers of the
Gilbert and Sullivan society in-
clude Dick Booth, '57, president,
Gersh Morningstar, '56, vice-
president, Becky Badger, '56, sec-
retary, and Shirley Burkhart, '57,
treasurer.
Dave Morgan, '56, is produc-
tions manager, Bud Moore, '57,
publicity manager, and Marge
Dussling, '57, librarian.
-Daily-Dick Gaskill
STUDENT READS A NEWS STORY BEING SENT OVER THE
DAILY'S ASSOCIATED PRESS TELETYPE MACHINE
Wide News Coverage, Speed
Combined by Press Associations
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opinions had to be unbiased and
absolutely accurate. The papers
behind this new enterprise might
have political and religious diver-
sities and print their own editorial
views on them, but they all agreed
that important happenings should
come to the reader without any
show of bias.
The Associated Press was re-
organized several times. Finally, in
1900 it was incorporated under
New York State laws as a hunting
and fishing club. At first, only pa-
pers in the Eastern United States
took part. Soon Western papers
joined.
Newspapers were elected to
membership in the AP. Each mem-
ber supplied the AP with news for
the benefit of other members.
Now Circles Globe
Today AP communications --
leased teletype circuits, subma-
rine cables, Morse wireless chan-
nels and radio-teletype channels-
circle the globe.
The AP maintains foreign news
branches in London, Paris, Ger-
many, Australia, Italy, and India.
They also have a Japanese bureau
called "Nippon Shimbun Rengo"
(in English-"Japanese Associated
Press").
The Associated Press, and in
fact every news agency, works un-
der peculiar tensions. There are no
"breathing spells," the deadline is
always 'right now.'
No Style Book
Associated Press editors claim
they have no style book, but sim-
ply stick'to good English and to
the idea that they are serving av-
erage newspapers as well as metro-
politan papers.
The AP Wirephoto Service is one
of its outstanding contributions to
the industry. It sends pictures
coast to coast over telephone lines.
High pitched tones p ul1s e
through the wires until a picture
is reproduced on a receiver. The
higher pitched tones produce the
lighter parts of the picture, and
the lower tones produce the darg-
er parts.
Einstein's Final
Remains Disposed
NEW YORK (P)-The ashes of
Prof. Albert Einstein have been
disposed of and "no physical traces
are left anywhere," the family at-
torney said yesterday.
Atty. David J. Levy said in a
statement there have been many
"inquiries as to the disposition of
the cremated remains" of the late
scientist.
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-Daily-Dick Gaskili
GORDIE MORROW
... slow burn
Local Children To Take Part
In Radio Festival Tomorrow
backfield down and couldn't dent
the Blue forward wall for any gain
of their own.
Men who hadn't yet had a
chance to play looked disgusted
because they envisioned themselves
"the forgotten few." This day was
the big one, the final §crimmage;
they could either make or break
themselves.
On the other half of the bench,
members of the Blue team patient-
ly waited for their turn to get in
there and "smash the freshmen."
They were not worried. Their Blue
shirts meant they had made the
varsity.
Meanwhile, avid alumni pates
got redder and the atmosphere of
the day brought back fond mem-
ories. Tlae coeds still displayed
their legs and their naive "Ooh,
wasn't that great? What did he
The University's fifth annual
Radio Festival under the direction
of Orien Dalley, music director ofT
WUOM, will be held at 2 p.m. to-1
morrow in Hill Auditorium.
With four thousand school chil-
dren from local districts and{
Washtenaw County expected to
participate, this "festival of song"
is the culmination of a year oft
music classesvia the radio fromt
University station WUOM., r
To prove that schools can suc-
cessfully employ the radio as part
of their educational program, sta-
tion WUOM sends "music broad-A
casts" directed by Edythe Albertt
to classroom r a d i o receivers
throughout the state'.
The training and rehearsing for<
the "Radio Festival" itself hask
been accomplished through the
medium of these two-day-a-week
programs,
The University has provided "in
school" radio programs, dealing
with music, history, literature, so-
cial studies, science and general
information for five years. Class-
room teachers use these programs
to create interest in music among
the students and to provide a basis
for classroom projects.
Using the theme "Today's The
Time For Singing" the school chil-
dren will vocalize American folk'
songs, melodies from foreign coun-
tries, and other traditional tunes.j
A Hungarian dance, a French
minuet, a German folk dance and
a Mexican dance will be performed
by several of the individual schools.'
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