TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1955 a THE MCHIGAN DAILY PAGE FIYE VUESDAY, MAY 17, 1955 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE ~TV ""mom Art Major Likes Imaginative Style, -Daily-Ssther Goudsmit THE WINNERS-Directed by song leader Rose Savarino, Kappa Kappa Gamma took first place in the annual WAA-sponsored Lan- tern Night Sing in Hill Auditorium last night. Lantern Night Winners Receive Coveted Cup High excitement reigned in Hill p Auditorium last night as Kappa Kappa Gamma copped the first place Lantern Night Sing trophy and Delta Delta Delta, for the sec- ond consecutive time, took top honors for posture. Singing a lively arrangement of the old favorite "Erie Canal," the Kappas were directed by Rose Sav- arino and sponsored by Pi Beta Phi. r With tartan plaids flung over their shoulders, the Tri-Delts, led by Mary Ellen Eckert sang a "Brigadoon Medley," while Helen Newberry coeds provided moral Y support. Far-Away Theme Presented A medley with a far-away theme was presented by the Alpha Delta Pi's, winning second place in the Sing. Directed by song leader 'Gwen Williamson, Martha Cook present- v- i Abstract Painting Expresses Mood, Feeling of Artist By ROSE PERLBERG "Abstract painting is often the best way to express a mood or feeling," Coralyn Fitz remarked re- cently. The tall brunette who plans a career in commercial art was speaking of a canvas that decor- ates the wall above her bed. "A person usually relates an ab- straction with his own experi- ence," she continued, describing various interpretations friends had made of her oil painting. Early- Interest Shown Miss Fitz, a junior in the School of Architecture and Design, hails from Detroit. Her interest in art dates back to grammar school days. "I used to attendhSaturday morning art classes," she recalls, "and later thosesin Detroit's Art Institute." Fouryears at Cass Technical High School were the next step in her art education. Commercial art was stressed there. "It was too re- alistic," Miss Fitz declared. "I felt like a"human camera." She remarked that many of De- troit's artists have no training oth- er than that received at Cass Tech. Michigan Encourages Expression "I've learned a lot at Michigan," the drawing and painting major said. "The idea of art is much more liberal and free expression is en- couraging." Hers is a familiar face in the Student Publications Building, as she often makes sketches for The Daily and Generation. As a sopho- more, Miss Fitz was a member of the Generation Art Staff. With labs from 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Saturday, Miss Fitz has a full schedule. One of her favorite courses, information and design, consists of designing bulletins for small campus activi- ties. In addition, the class has been working with medical school publi- cations. Strives To Get Interest "We're trying to get away from standard prints," the active coed explained. "The main object is to build up circulation and make it less dry." "There are really two problems involved," the art student contin- ued while pulling out several pam- phlets the class had just finished, "Do you want to make a bulletin for a research doctor or one the layman will want to read?" Mural painting and print mak-. ing which includes practice in lithographs, etchings and wood 'I 'Big Sisters' Help Coeds Assembly Program Guides New Students The first few weeks on campus can be a very confusing and hectic experience for the new freshman or transfer coed. Assembly's Big Sister program was established to help these new students in becoming acquainted with the school, planning their programs and even on wearing the appropriate clothes. Every fresh- man and transfer student is as- signed a big sister in her dorm to ease the problems during the try- ing period of orientation. Coeds interested in serving as big- sisters receive the names of their little sisters from the dorm chairman of the program. They should contact the incoming stu- dents during the summer and try to give them any details necessary before arriving at school. A booklet about assembly, "As- sembly Lines," which is sent to all new coeds, is being revised. Mere- dith Tigel, Big Sister chairman, said that this year's booklet would be in the form of a dictionary and would include various phases of life on the Michigan campus. The Big Sister program sponsors functions throughout the year. Starting Orientation Week is the Big-Little Sister picnic to be held on Sunday, September 18. -Daily-Dick GaskiU CREATIVE ABILITY-Imagination and moods fare vividly ex- pressed by Coralyn Fitz, an art major whose career and interest SUMMER STUDENTS ed "Song of Praise," winning sec- ond place posture award. Members of Delta Gamma, with a humorous medley concerning "Men," copped third place awards for both singing and posture. "We Saw the Sea" Was Sung "We Saw the Sea," was present- ed by Betsy Barbour coeds, led by Mary Cyms and sponsored by Al- pha Chi Omega. Supported by Jordan Hall, a re- ligious mood prevailed as Chi Omega's sang "Master of Human Destinies." Plato and Socrates were prin- cipal characters in the Kappa Al- pha Theta version of "Philoso- phies." Gamma Phi Beta's sang the "ABC Song," led by Barbara Mar- riottsand sponsored by Tyler House. "Mammy's Lil Pigeon," was pre- sented by the Kappa Deltas. is demonstrated in her work. cuts, fill in the rest of Miss Fritz's curriculum. During her spare time this ver- satile coed works at the University Television studio. "We concentrate mainly on making charts, models and other visual aids for the use of lecturers," Miss Fritz com- mented. Making many gestures, the drawing and painting major who "loves to talk," described one of her projects. "It was a scale model of the heart used to supplement a medical discussion. We used ar- rows to show the path of blood, working the mechanism from be- hind with cardboard and wheels." Title and credit card designs with a different twist are another, one of her specialties. A series on Approximately one-hundred and sixty-five prospective freshmen students will attend Freshman Rendezvous which is sponsored by the Student Religious Association. This program takes place three days before Freshman Orientation and has been in existence for the past five years. Its purpose is to help orientate freshmen to campus life, parti- cularly to the religious activities that are available at the Univer- sity. To Be Held at Two Places This is the first time that Fresh- man Rendezvous will be held in two places, at the Fresh Air Camp and at the Detroit Recreational Center. Under the leadership of Ted Beals, president of SRA, sixty stu- dent counselors of different back- grounds who have been chosen by a special committee of SRA, will help to answer many of the ques- tions of the prospective freshman. The whole theme of Freshman Rendezvous is one of informality. Michigan Life To Be Discussed On Friday,, after lunch, an op- ening assembly will be held to dis- cuss life at Michigan. Afterwards the students will assemble at their cabins and prepare for the week- end. Friday evening, after a dinner with the religious leaders of the campus, services will be held for students of the Jewish faith and on Sunday services will be held for the Christian students. Dean Deborah Bacon and Dean Walter Rea will speak to the stu- dents on Saturday. Also a profes- sor from each department will be on hand to answer various ques- tions that deal with his depart- ment. On Sunday a closing assembly will be held which will summarize Freshman Rendezvous, its activi- ties and its purposes. RIGHT FOOT FORWARD: Students To Obtain Advice At Freshman Rendezvous "Understanding Foreign Policy" is now in the making. Summer Experience Gained Miss Fitz has spent past sum- mers working in a commercial art studio in Detroit. "It's been fun and I've gained lots of experience," she reports. Recently she was elected presi- dent of Newberry House for next year. The architecture and design junior was recently tapped by Sen- ior Society, a senior women's hon- orary. Miss Fitz was also a mem- ber of Assembly Dormitory Coun- cil and Women's Senate. Mobiles for Frosh Weekend and Michigras are also to the credit of this active art student who served as decorations chairman for her dormitory. I crob Ca'tpu4 I PFC Courses Aid Women To Acquire- Correct Posture WYVERN MEETING - There will be a Wyvern meeting at noon today in the Rumpus Room of the League. Members are asked to bring lunch money. BIG SISTER CHAIRMEN - Dormitory Big Sister Chairmen will meet at 3 p.m. today at the League. * * * AMERICAN FRIEND - Inter- viewing for the American Friends program is being held from 3 to 5 p.m. until Friday in the League Undergraduate Office, Coeds will be selected and assigned to for- eign women who will study here next year. TENNIS . TOURNAMENT-Fl- nals in the WAA sponsored all campus women's tennis tourna- ment will be played at 3:30 p.m. today on the Palmer Field Courts. * * * ORIENTATION LEADERS -- There will be a meeting of orien- tation leaders at 7 p.m. today in the League. * * * SENIOR SOCIETY-Senior So- ciety will hold a meeting at 9 p.m. today in the Kalamazoo Room of the League. Old and new members are invited. --- - =il Hurry l-Hurry. W Washing only 35c W 3S a a Load .Wash and Dry 8 lbs. 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Aiming at improving the physical appearances of the women enrolled, the course stresses exercising as its means. Improvement is determined by before and after profile pictures. The first photograph gives the in- structor a record of the posture faults of her students. She is then able to work out individual exer- cise patterns which will be used after the first four weeks of gen- eral exercise. Classes Given for Eight Weeks Because of the limited eight week period for which the course is scheduled no drastic improve- ments are expected. The instructors hope that the coeds will use the knowledgeob- tained and apply it to sitting, standing and relaxing. If the students are concerned they will continue their specialized exercising. Noticeable results re- quire an average of three months of faithful work. Before 1947 PFC was required of all freshmen coeds who received a posture grade of C or beiow. 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For summer (or the "vernal equinox" as it is frequently referred to) is the happiest season of the year, mild and balmy and contented-making. Whichbrings us, of course, to Philip Morris Cigarettes. They, too, are mild and balmy and contented-making. But that is not all. They are also genial, placid, and amiable. But that is still not all. They are, moreover, smooth, pacific, and lenient. But hold! There is more. They are, in addition, tranquillizing, clement, and dulcet. Indeed the list could go on and on, until every adjective is exhausted that would describe the mildness of Philip Morris, the subtlety of their blending, the delicacy of their flavor. What more perfect companion could be found to a summer's day? What more apt complement to a summer's night? If you have been pleased with Philip Morris through the win- ter and spring-as who has not who has a taste bud left in his head?-you will find your pleasure compounded, your enjoyment trebled, when you smoke Philip Morris in the warm and joyous months before you. My own plans for the summer (except that I will smoke Philip Morris through all my waking hours) are still vague. I have been invited to attend a writers conference, but I don't think I'll ac- cept. I've been attending writers conferences for years, and I always have a perfectly rotten time. The trouble is that Alexan- dre Dumas and Harriet Beecher Stowe are always there. Not that I have anything against these two swell kids; it's just that it breaks my heart to see them. They're so in love-so terribly de- voted and so hopelessly! Dumas will never divorce Jane Eyre while she is with Peary at the North Pole, and Miss Stowe has long since despaired of getting her release from the Pittsburgh Pirates. So hand in hand, brave and forlorn, they go from writers conference to writers conference while Dumas works on his mon- umental Stover at Yale. No, thank you, I'll do without writers conferences this summer. I think instead I'll try to improve my fishing. As Izaak Walton once said, "No man is born an artist or an angler." I often turn to the works of Walton (or "The Fordham Flash" as he is fa- miliarly called) when I am searching for a choice aphorism. In fact, I told him so when we met some years ago at a writers conference. Walton was accompanied, as always, by Henrik Ibsen (or "The Pearl of the Pacific" as he is known as). They - Ibsen ("The Pearl of the Pacific") and Walton ("The Fordham Flash")-were collaborating on Mister Roberts at the time, but they fell to quarreling and abandoned the project and the world, as a consequence, was deprived of a truly robust and entertain- ing comedy. It is not uncommon, I must say, for writers to fall into dispute. 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