six 4 THE MICHIGAN DAILY SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY i'- +.L.1 .vAL ~awa t, tfila7 BRARY DISPLAY: Yates Writes, Collects Detective Fiction By VERNON NAHRGANG As an Ann Arbor high school youth, Donald A. Yates, '51, of the Spanish department, worked in a local bookstore for a book an hour. His collection of books grew and his taste turned to detective fic- tion. This month a large part of his collection is ' on view on the main floor of the general library. Most of the books on display are first editions. "Where along the line I got the idea I wanted first editions, I don't know," Yates said, "but I got the collector's hug, and good." Makes Discovery One -day Yates was looking around the shelves in the base- ment of the bookstore where he worked. He was coming down a ladder from a row of musty vol- umes when his eye caught a row of white spineshe had not noticed before. one of them was slightly pink, and he read the title, The Roman Hat Mystery, by Ellery Queen. "I closed my eyes," he said reverently. "I knew that when I opened them I would look at the base of the book's spine. If it said 'Stokes,' it. might be the first edition I wanted." It said "Stokes." Yates wiped his hands clean and carefully took the book down from the shelf. He knew that if it was the first edition, the back of the title page would say nothing but "1929." Nothing but '1929' He turned the pages sllakily. His heart-leaped when he saw the back of the title page. It was com- pletely blank, except for the date at the very bottom, "1929." "I'll always remember the day I found that Roman Hat Mystery," Yates said thoughtfully. "I nearly had heart failure." Unable to control his emotions at the time, he told everyone of his 'find. As a result, the store owner charged him $1.25 for the book. Yates had been paying only 50 cents for his books. Pursuit Leads To Travel In later years, his pursuit for first editions of detective fiction took him to many cities and made him many new friends. Whenever he took a trip, he visited the bookstores. When he went into the Army, he shopped Brazilian, Israeli Fellowships Open Fellowships for study in Israel and Brazil are open to University graduate students for the coming academic year. The - research fellowship for study in Israel includes free tuition at the Hebrew University in Jeru- salem, the Hebrew Technical In- stitute or the Weizmann Institute of Science and a stipend of nine hundred dollars to cover mainte- nance and incidentals. The Brazilian fellowship for graduate study and research at the University of Sao Paulo is offered to a graduate student hav- ing a good knowledge of Portugese or other Romance languages. Both fellowships require a bach- elor's degree from a recognized American college or .university; demonstrated academic ability and capacity for independent study and good moral character, person- ality and adaptability. Applications for both fellow- ships may be secured from the United States Student Department of the Institute of International Education. r -Daily-Dick Gaskill DONALD A. YATES ... on the shelf, a pink spine among the white. Crime Pays! OWOSSO M - Anton Cech parked his car in the wrong place at the right time and got a $10 motor tuneup free. Re- pairmen found Cech's car in the parking space of the motor- ist who had ordered the work and tuned it up. They discover- ed their mistake when the motorist called to ask why his car hadn't been fixed. TU' Symphony Band To Give Concert Toda Feature of the Eleventh Annual Midwestern Conference on School Vocal and Instrumental Music will be a public concert by the Uni- versity Symphony Band at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. Directed by Prof. William Revelli, director of University Bands, the group will have as its guest con- ductor Ralph Herman, noted American composer. At present an arranger,hcom- poser and conductor with the American Broadcasting company, Herman attended Juilliard School of Music and studied composition with Vittoria Gannini. His career in New York includes membership with NBC orchestra under Arturo Toscanini, with Paul Whiteman's orchestra, arranger for Percy Faith and Andre Kostelanez and an en- gagement as an arranger, com- poser and conductor by the Na- tional Broadcasting Company. Conducts Own Compositions Herman will conduct the sym- phony band in a group of his own compositions including "Concerto for Band" which will receive its premiere performance on this oc- casion. The other two are "Over- ture, The North Sea" and "Ballet for Young Americans." The latter number includes sec- tions entitled "Day Dreaming," "First Driving Lesson," and "Prom Night." Assistant conductor George Cav- ender will direct the opening num- ber of the program, "The Band- stand, Hyde Park" by Wood. This will be followed by Bach's "Pre- lude and Fuguedin D Minor" with Revelli conducting. 'Italian Sketches' Also featured on the program will be "Italian Sketches" by Gal- lois. This colorful suite is one of those all too rare works written expressly for band. The three movements include "Part of the Countryside on a Donkey," "Noc- turne," and "The Grape Festival." Other numbers are "Allerseelen" by Strauss; "March for Band, Opus 99" by Prokofieff; "Elsa's Proces- sion to the Cathedral" by Wagner; "Jericho" by Gould; and "The Skyliner, Concert 'March" by Al- ford. The concert is-open to the pub- lic without charge. around the quaint "treasure-fill- ed" stores in Richmond, Va. As his interests broadened, the Massachusetts-born Yates turned to Latin American detective fic- tion. Work of this type published south of the border is usually translated from English or French. English Pen-Names There are, however, some Latin American writers, but in order to have their work published they used to take English pen-names. Many of these people baffled Yates in his research until he came across a short anthology of Latin American detective stories by an Argentinian, Rodolfo J. Walsh. Walsh was of great help to Yates, and, as the correspondence between the two grew, Walsh sent Yates one of his stories which the latter translated and had pub- lished in a mystery magazine. Aficionados Form Company This led to the formation of a company, the New World Literary Agency, with representatives in Detroit (Yates) and in Buenos Aires (Walsh). Yates sends American stories south to be published in Argen- tina and Walsh sends Latin Ameri- can stories north. "We're just feeling our way around down there to see how it goes," Yates explained, telling of the progress of the company. "If we 'could only get a name writer to give us his stuff, we would be all set." His interest in Latin American mystery works led to the writing and future publication of an arti- cle, "Spanish-American Detective Fiction," for The Modern Langu- age Journal. Yates Is Holmes Fan But wherever there are detec- tive fans, there must te a Sherlock Holmes fan. Yates is no excep- tion. He belongs to the Amateur M\/en- dicant Society of Detroit, which takes its name from one of Dr. Watson's offhand remarks about a case once solved by Holmes. Yates, a 25-year-old family- man, who occasionally writes for The Daily, wrote "A Fine Illumi- nation on the Lucca Code" for his initiation into the Holmes society. In this paper he offered an ex- planation for a puzzling happen- ing in one of the Sherlockian stories. Exhibit Varied Featured in the exhibit in the general library is a collection of Holmes books, three cases of Ellery Queen's works, a case of Latin American fiction, another of auto- graphed books and several cases of historically important detective fiction titles. In addition to the mint copy of The Roman Hat Mystery, Yates also has first editions of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon, which he calls one of the most important works, and A. Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Basker- villes. Counseling Chosen International Center Head To Leave on World Tour By CATHARINE RAMBEAU Dr. James M. Davis, Director of the International Center, leaves Sunday on the first lap of an extensive world tour. The purpose of the trip, Univer- sity-sponsored under a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, is to strengthen the University's inter- national program. Dr. Davis will discuss this with alumni of Amc-- can universities who have return- ed to their native countries, Flying first to Hawaii via Chi- cago and Seattle, Dr. Davis will travel from there to Japan, Korea, Formosa and China. While in Tokyo, he will meet with the University's President, Harlan Hatcher, Dean G. G. Brown, of the Engineering School, Prof. Wyeth Allen, Chairman of the Department of Industrial Engi- neering, and Regent Charles S. Kennedy, who will then be in the last stage of their present trip to the Far East. Plans Tour of India During February, the agenda for the brisk and business-like pro- fessor will include brief visits to Malaya, Siam and Ceylon, as well as a thorough tour of India. The following month he plans to visit universities in the Middle East, Greece and Italy. During his visits to foreign coun- tries, Dr. Davis will confer with members of the faculties and ad- ministrative staffs, especially at those schools interested in pre- paring students for further study in the United States. In April, a great deal of Dr. Davis's time will be spent in Ger- many, with side trips to France, England, and the Scandinavian countries.' Has Two Duties "Two important duties of my trip," he said, "will be to investi- gate our student exchange pro- gram with the Free University of Berlin for possible revision or ex- pansion, and to try and work out a closer relationship for the Uni- versity's educational participation in Indonesian schools." During his trip, Dr. Davis will visit and speak to Michigan Clubs in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Manila and Tiapeh, Formosa, and to "less FARMER'S MARKET Detroit Street Open Wednesday and Saturday f or organized clubs, such as those in Bangkok, Baghdad and New Del- hi." In preparation for his trip, he has sent letters to Michigan alum- ni, telling them of his visit to their countries, and asking to meet them again while there. On April 26, after visiting more than 25 countries, Dr. Davis will return to Ann Arbor where he will resume his duties at the Interna- tional Center, and perhaps lecture on what will have been an in- formative and exciting tour of the world. SJournalists Offered Trip The European Traveling Seminar is sponsoring a special tour abroad for journalist students. The tour next summer covers nine countries in which interviews are arranged for the students with cabinet members, newspaper cor- respondents, members of parlia- ments and important figures in industry, art and science. (Continued from Page 4) VII to St. Bernard of Clairvaux with Special Reference to the Schism of 1130," Fri., Jan. 13, 3615 Haven Hall, at 1:00 p.m. Chairman, P. A. Throop. Events Today Second Laboratory Playbill at 8:00 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, auspices of the Department of Speech. All seats reserved at 3 5c each. spreading the News by Lady Greg- ogy, and The Apollo of Bellac, by Jean Giraudoux, presented today at 3:15 p.m. in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in a freshman Laboratory Playbill, Depart- ment of Speech. No admission charge. Placement Notices The following school will have a representative at the Bureau of Ap- pointments to interview teachers for positions starting Sept., 1956. Mon., Jan. 23: Manhasset, New York (Five Suburban Long Island Districts)--Teacher Needs: Counselor (Senior High); Adult Edu-3 cation (secondary); English (secondary; Junior High Core; Math and Science;o Intermediate Grades; Boys Physical Ed.1 (Senior High); Girls Physical Ed (Jun- ior High); Home Economics; Librarian; Speech and Dramatics (Senior High). For additional information and ap- pointments contact the Bureau of Ap- DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN pointments, 3528 Administration Build- ing, NO 3-1511, Ext. 489. PERSONNEL INTERVIEW : A representative from the following will be at the Engrg. Placement Office: Tues., Jan. 17: Eberle M. Smith Associates, Inc., De- troit, Michigan-B.S. in Mech., Ind., Elect., Civil, Chem. E. or other pro- grams interested for Office Design and Field Supervision, Temporary or Per- manent. Including Foreign Students. For an appointment contact the Engrg. Placement Office, 347 W. ., Ext. 2182. PERSONNEL REQUESTS: U.S. Civil Service Commission is again giving the Federal Service Entrance Examination, which fill various posi- tions on the trainee level including hte J. Mgt. Assistant and Jr. Agricul- tural Assistant positions. The exam will be given on Feb. 10, 1956 and appli- cations must be in by Jan. 19, Wed. Positions are in such fields as: general admin., library science, bus.ad., com- munications, production planning, per. sonnel, statistics, budget mgt., investi- gation, transportation, information and records, economics and other social sciences, agriculture, biology, forestry, genetics, bacteriology, marketing, horti- culture, zoology and entomology. For further information and for ap- plication blanks contact the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Admin. Bldg., Ext. 371. 'I As Forum Topic I I A panel discussion and open forum on counseling will be held at 7:30 p.m. February 23. Sponsored by the Literary Col- lege Steering Committee, the title of the conference will be "The Undergraduate's Education: Whose Responsibility, Student or Coun- selor?" The program will begin with a short panel discussion presented by two faculty members and stu- dents. Following the panel, the open forum will be held. 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The old record for the event-3:03.4-had stood for six years since Northwestern set it. But the Michigan team of Jack Kasley (breast stroke), Taylor Drysdale (back stroke), and Ogden Dalrymple (free style) wasn't impressed by the record book that day. First Drysdale, a constant record breaker, sped the 100 yards of his leg in 61.8 seconds, a superlative time at that date. Then Kasley, with a perfect start, butterflied his way to a 64.2 breast stroke leg, bettering unofficially the, American record by nearly a second. Dalrymple finished up with a 53 flat free style effort and the men of Mann had a new American and Intercollegiate record in their collective pockets. The time was 2:59, a full second below the mythical impossible. With the improved butterfly breast used to perfection, Kas- ley hung up another pair of records over the Iowa City course with time of 2:26.2 for the 200-yard breast stroke. The old American mark of 2:29.2 by Yale's Walter Savell went down the Iowa pool's drain. 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