11, 1956 TBE MI BIGAN DAILY" PAGE FIVE , 11, 1956 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE FIVE p I I Y IYMMMf/w II II M Ex-IFC President 'Taking Life Easy' N TI By LEE MARKS Reclining in abig red couch on the third floor of Pi Lambda Phi* fraternity Bob Weinbaum, '56, calmly directed his interview. Former Interfraternity Council President, Weinbaum became the first campus leader to relinquish the reins of leadership when IFC elections were held March 6. 4 ~"Everyone asks me how it feels to take life easy now-I don't real- ly know though-it's too early to 'Courier' Courier, (his friends often use his middle name) noted, "You know, I started off working on the Daily. My first assignment was to cover IM sports. It was pour- ing out but I got the story-they never printed it." From the Daily Baumer (an- other nickname) went to the IFC. As president of JIFC during its first year he worked closely with IFC officers. Social Chairman his sophomore year and Administrative Vice-President his junior year Bob was elected President last Spring. "I just thought of something," Bob told the interviewer. "The last three Presidents be- fore me were married the summer following 'their term in office." "Well?" the interviewer enquir- ed. Precedent "Tradition's a good thing, par- ticularly at a school like Michi- gan-but precedent's important also," he said, smiling. "By the way," Bob continued; "one of the things I'm often criti- cized for is not being specific enough-I'm only specific when I have to be." The telephone rang. "Wein- baummm .. ." a fraternity brother screamed, "telephone." He was back shortly. Conservative "Where were we? Listen, when you write this up don't put in that I'm conservative-everyone knows it ." An English major, Weinbaum hopes to go to .the University's Law School. "After that I'd like tosettle in Arizona and practice law out there." One of Bob's claims to unique- ness is that in four years at the City Residents Form Guild The Ann Arbor Senior Citizens Guild, designed as adcommunity service project for older members on the Ann Arbor scene, will go into operation sometime in May. The Guild, employing older per- sons' knowledge and skills to be utilized for community better- ment, is to be housed at 439 S. Ashley St. with a reported first- in-the-nation program. Panels of industrial-manufac- turing and scientific and trades consultants are to be created. Ob- jects of the group are: 1. To provide a center where older people can continue to use occupational and vocational skills and talents. 2. To offer older people new educational and social activities. 3. To encourage the senior citi- zens to use their talents in service to the community. As yet, no membership plan has been worked out for older per- sons' participation in the center. However, no age limit has been set on participation. Along with business leaders, for- mer Uiversity faculty members are expected to work on the Guild. will Daily-John Hirtzel THE CASUAL APPROACH-Former Interfraternity Council 1n ILIC l IZUW, dIALUf sy UiUir ftc President Bob Weinbaum, tak his interview. University he has never attempted to learn how to play bridge. "Frankly it always seemed too complicated." 'Real Hacker' Golf is one of the former presi- dent's favorite sports, but, "I'm a real hacker." Summers have always been spent, in Northern Michigan. One of three editor-publishers of the Mackinac Island Town Crier, Bob has worked on the tourist newspaper for the past several summers. "Couldn't and a finer place to spend the summer-extremely in- teresting work." The Town Crier has been de- veloped into a weekly tabloid with circulation of 2500. "It's entirely owned, operated, edited and pub- lished by Jim Wills, Jerry Prescott and myself." 'IFC Best described as a fraternity man's fraternity man Bob has, in addition to his work on the IFC, been active in his fraternity. He was pledge president, treasurer his Junior year and Vice-President his Senior year. Born in Detroit, Bob started his extra-curricular activities in high school-on a small scale. "I went out for the swimming team but I wasn't good enough for a letter. Worked on the paper a bit too." He attended Highland Park High School. Honoraries Despite his modest accomplish- ments in high school Bob managed to do enough at the University to be chosen for membership in Sphinx Hectorians (of which he was vice-president) and Michigam- mua.. "You might mention I like wat- er sports. Fishing, swimming and boating particularly," he' told the interviewer. A successful advocate of pro- gress in IFC affairs, Bob nonethe- less retains a strong feeling for tradition. "This has been a school of deep tradition for many years. It's a shame to see evidences of its diminishing. "The trouble is that the aver- age freshman coming up here doesn't learn enough about the traditions that have helped make the school great." Evaluation He thought for a moment then g lle easy now, calmlyarects mentioned reflectively, "Your last semester you really start evaluat- ing all the things you have and haven't done. "There ought to be a time at the end of your sophomore year' when you stop to reflect on where you're going but unfortunately you ,don't reflect until you've gotten there.", Asked if he would have done things differently had he "reflect- ed" as a sophomore Bob smiled and answered "I don't think so." Well, the interview was over but there was still the matter of taking a picture. "I'd rather not pose in a tie and jacket." We assured him he wouldn't have to. U.S.-Asian Conference To Be Held Asian-American relations will be the topic of a conference to be held at the University May 11. Five Asian leaders will take part in the discussion, one of a series of six nationwide conferences to be held in San Francisco, Min- neapolis, Boston, Louisville, Wash- ington and Detroit. Two public sessions of the local conference will be held. One will be May 9 at the International In- stitute in Detroit, and the second will be held in the Rackham Lec- ture Hall on campus. These discussions will take place under the sponsorship of the Unit- ed Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, along' with the United States National Commission for UNESCO. The specific discussion topics will try to identify the common cultural interests of Asia and the U.S. and possible misunderstand-' ings between the several nations. Taking part in the discussions will be educational and political leaders of Laos, India, Thailand. Indonesia and Cambodia. U' Research Providing Alloy Data By DIANE LABAKAS New uses for tomorrow's jet engines, nuclear reactors and au- tomobile turbines have been de- vised by University engineers. At present one hundred small furnaces, glowing day and night at temperatures up to 2000 degrees, are providing essential data on high-temperature alloys. The furnaces, located in the Engineering Research Institute's High Temperature Laboratory, are charted by a 20-man team under the direction of Prof. James W. Freeman, of the metallurgical en- gineering department. Alloy Need "An important but unsung field, high temperature metallurgy is receiving increasing attention as the demand for resistant alloys grows," Prof. Freeman declared. "In aeronautics," he noted, "de- signers of rockets and jet aircraft are confronted by the formidable 'thermal barrier', whose metals wilt from the heat of compressed air piled ahead of the vehicle. Progress toward practical, low- cost atomic power in the nuclear reactor field hinges upon the speed at which new and better materials are developed, Prof. Freeman com- mented. Steam Power He added that higher operating temperatures in the steam power field mean greater efficiency and subsequent savings to electric con- sumers. "By correlating the stress, time and temperature at which failure occurs, and by noting the rate of elongation, the metallurgists can predict how long the metal will last in a given job, Prof. Freeman explained. Super-Alloy A new way to produce a "non-i strategic" super-alloy for use in aircraft and auto turbine engines has been also recently devised by University metallurgic engineers. This new super-alloy costs half as much as the critical metal now used and has superior properties. "The process may make gas tur- bine automobiles practical within two to five years and should give greater power or longer life to jet engines," said Prof. Richard A. Finn. He attributes the increased strength and ductility of the new alloy to the nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen normally present in the atmosphere which cannot unite with the alloy during vacuum melting and pouring. Festival Week May 3 through May 6 has been proclaimed "May Festival Week" by Mayor William E. Brown, Jr. of Ann Arbor. Mayor Brown named the week "in appreciation of the cultural contributions made by the Uni- versity Musical Society in provid- ing the May Festival each year." He urged that all citizens join in the spirit of the occasion and extend every possible courtesyto the distinguished performers who will be in Ann Arbor as well as to the many visitors attending the festival. -Daily-Peter Song LEAGUE CANDIDATES-The following women, competing for second vice-president of the League, are seated, Marylen Segel and Maureen Isay. Coeds campaigning for sophomore mem- bership on the Interviewing and Nominating committee of the League, are standing, Sallie Steketee, Barbara Maier, Kay Yonkers, Lucinda Hendricks and Linda Green. U.S. Economic Growth Seen League Candidates 175 Million Population Predicted The U.S. population will grow to 175 million by 1960 with smaller households creating more spend- ing units, Robert B. Smock, Wayne University research associate pre- dicted yesterday. At a National Consumer Credit Conference, Smock addressed about 200 executives of finance institu- tions, describing the American family and its relation to con- sumer credit. An important figure in the fam- ily is the working wife, who brings extra money to 57 per cent of the families with no children, to 21 per cent of the households with children under five, and to 40 per cent of homes where the youngest child is over five, Smock reported. Stating that the rising divorce rate isn't as bad as it sounds, Smock said in prosperous times we have divorce instead of desertion and the percentage of married persons has risen steadily. j He declared the American fam- ily unit "is undoubtedly the heal- thiest, happiest, most efficient in- stitution ever devised for rearing 'the independent kindnof person a democracy depends upon-though maybe it is too impatiently ambi- tious." The credit industry itself should assume additional responsibility for credit practices sensible for the individual family and the economy as a whole, Smock asserted. Concluding, he noted, "it is clear that the American family is not going to change radically in the near future. The credit in- dustry can turn its status-striving into effective mass consumption." The University School of Busi- ness Administration is host for the 3-day conference, ending today. State and national sponsors in- clude credit bureaus, salesvfinance companies, banking, credit unions, consumer finance companies, re- tailing, manufacturing, and edu- cation. j Prof. Ackley Gets Fullriight Prof. Gardner Ackley, chair- man of the economics department, has been awarded a Fulbright grant from the United States State Department to do research in eco- nomics at the University of Rome during 1956-57. He will study problems of Ital- ian economic policy in connection with problems of full employment and economic development of the country. He will be on sabbatical from the University. 4 American economy as a wholeV will surpass its 1955 records during 1956 with a, gross national product of better than $400 billion, a panel of five business economists pre- dicted here last Friday. Discussing the economic outlook before 500 United States and Cana- dian sales management executives, the panel reached broad agreement on the following points: 1. The impending Presidential election will probably have no ma- jor long-term effects on the econo- my, but 2. Political factors will give tax reduction an even chance or bet- ter as Congress moves toward ad- journment, and 3. Without tax reduction, some easing of credit may prove nec- essary. Sponsored by the School of Busi- ness Administration, the panel consisted of George L. Lahodny, market and budget analyst for Detroit Edison; Robert J. Eggert, market research, manager for Ford Motor Co.; Robinson Newcomb, Washington business consultant; Robert Storer, vice-president of Manufacturers National Bank, De- troit;, and Prof. Paul W. McCrack- en of the economics department. Women's Senate To Meet Today There-will be a meeting of the Women's Senate today at 4 p.m. in the League. Meeting room will be posted. Illinois College of OPTOMETRY announces that applica- tions for admissions to its classes beginning Sept. 10, 1956are nowbeing received. 3-year professional course. 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