WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1956 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE FV WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1956 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE PYVE ..._..,.:,. .,, . a. Buro Cats Will Orient Women, Mass Meeting Set for Tomorrow Posts Open For '57 J-Ho Committees RIDERS, SWIMMERS WANTED: Coeds To Organize Athletic Clubs p Try FOLLETT'S First USED BOOKS BA BARGAI N PRICES I By SUE RAUNHEIM ' People passing by our campus often wonder who the Buro-cats are because the name is rather un- usual and doesn't give much of a. hint as to what type of organiza- tion it is. However, the Buro-cats are a volunteer group of coeds who are organized to introduce freshmen women and new students to League activities. A Buro-cat meets the women of League Council and other coeds working with the League so that by the end ,of the year, she feels well acquainted with the organiza- tion and can then join one of the Buro-cats five committees. Five Committees The Buro-cats is divided into five different committees with a chairman heading each division. These chairmen make up the ad- visory board which is chaired by the second vice-president of the League, Maureen Isay.' Donna Wickham is chairman of the research committee and Fern Frisby chairs the secretariat com- mittee. Sue Janetzke is the head of the art committee and Arline Harris takes charge of the acti- vities committee. The receptionist committee has for its chairman Gerry Wise. The job of the research commit- tee is to let students see and un- derstand how the League func- tions. This group keeps the League Encyclopedia up to date also. The coeds on the research com- mittee are called up whenever any committee of the League needs -Daily-Larry Carbonelli THEY ALL HAVE FUN-Members of the Buro-Cat advisory board, Suzanne Janetzke, Fern Frisby, Maureen Isay, Arline Harris and Gerry Wise, who are the chairmen of the various Buro-cat com- mittees, eagerly make plans for the mass meeting to be held at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the League. special help. They telephone, act in mock interviews for the Inter- viewing and Nominating commit- tee and do other diversified jobs in the League. Besides this group there is the art committee which spends much time making posters, setting up occasional displays and decorating bulletin boards. Typing, Stenciling On the secretariat committee members do typing, stenciling, OF mimeographing and phoning for the League officers and commit- tees. Students interested in meet- ing many people and getting the first hand news find this group is the one for them. For those who wish to acquaint themselves with the many clubs and organizations available to University coeds, there is the ac- tivities committee. This group re- cords the activities of all the un- dergraduate women on campus. The receptionist committee is known for its interesting work. Coeds sit behind a desk in a busy, exciting office, meet people and help them. by giving information and answering questions., For these different committees which form the Buro-cats, an ex- citing year lies ahead. The first mass meeting of Buro- cats will be at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the League. At this time students can sign up for committees. Panhel Ball A mass meeting for all sopho- more, junior or senior coeds who are interested in partici- pating in the planning of Pan- hel Ball will be held at 7:15 p.m. tonight in the League. Openings on the publicity, decorations, programs, and ticket committees have been announced. This annual Panhel Ball will honor the 472 coeds who pledged the University's 21 sor- orities Sunday. Students To Petition ; For Chairmanships Of Traditional Event With the hope of making the 1957 J-Hop a project of the entire junior class, members of the J- Hop Central Committee will hold: a mass meeting at 7:30 p.m., Tues- day in Rooms 3R and 3S in the Union. Marilyn Houck, publicity chair- man, has indicated that more than 200 juniors will be needed to pre- pare for the annual affair. Sub-committee openings for Miss Houck's publicity committee in- clude a stunts chairman, a posters chairman and a junior to take charge of the J-Hop booklet which will be published for the first time this year. To Handle Publicity Members of her campus com- mittee will post announcements in local restaurants and classrooms and handle radio publicity, while the display committee arranges for displays in bookstores and plans the special array that will appear in Mason Hall. Working with the entire publi- city organ will be the three mem- bers of the secretariat who will keep a running progress report of each group. Shelley Baum, special events chairman, will use assistants to take charge of the publicity, tick- ets, ushering and general produc- tion of the Saturday night event. Still Other Positions Open The position of chairman of the building and grounds sub-commit- tee which arranges for all services performed by non-students, such as refreshments and lighting, is also open. This student will work under chairman Art Epker. Ticket chairman, Bunny Lifshey, will arrange ticket sales for J-Hop with students signing up toman ticket booths for one hour inter- vals. A new feature of J-Hop is the fashion show which will aid coeds and their dates in planning their J-Hop wardrobe. Posts available for this event include publicity c h a i r m a n, program chairman, models chairman and fashion co- ordinator. General chairman for the week- end which highlights the Univer- sity social calendar is Steve Sim- ich. Handling finances is Mike Gordon, with Mike Jackson tak- ing care of booths and Ann Mc- Donald arranging for the bands. Vera Ptak will plan programs, patrons and favors. Decorations will be supervised by chairman Pat Skelly. Women's Athletic Association will bring the total number of ath- letic clubs to seven today as three more clubs hold their organiza- tional meetings. * * * Riding Club, Coeds and men who like to don riding breeches and take to the saddle will have an opportunity to join the co-recreational Riding Club at 5:10 p.m. today in the Women's Athletic Building. Janey Briggs, club manager, hopes to have meetings at 7'p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. At these meetings members of the club will go to a local stable and ride for a couple of hours. Among the activities which members will participate in as long as the weather permits riding out- side are broomstick polo, hay rides, sleigh rides and square dances, on horseback. When the weather becomes too inclement, Miss Briggs says that the students will be shown movies on horsemanship and internation- al competition. Members of all ability and pre- ference may join. Those interested in hunters and jumpers, western type and saddle-bred horses were among last year's members. Transportation to and from the stables will be provided and re- freshments will be served for a small riding fee. From the membership of thel club 12 men and women will be selected for the drill team, Crop and Saddle Club. Co-manager of the club for this year is Ronald Reid. U of M Lecture Course TONIGHT -8:30 P.M. MARQUIS, CHILDS NOTED NEWS ANALYST "THE ROAD AHEAD" TICKETS $1.50 $1.00 50c coeds are unable to make the meetings they are to contact her. Beginning at 8:10 p.m. tonight Michifins, the junior synchron- ized swimming group, will hold its organizational meeting. This meeting is for old members of Michifins. They will discuss plans for the coming year. There will also be tryouts for those Michifins who feel their past ex- perience will be sufficient for Michifish. Coeds who are members of Michifins now and would like to try out for the advanced group should be able to stroke to music using the front and back crawl, breast stroke and side stroke on both sides. Ability to do the back dolphin, ballet legs with both legs, standing front dive, sommersaults, a kip and front surface dive is re- quired for Michifish membership, Subscribe to The Michigan daily TICKETS FOR ALL LECTURE COURSE ATTRACTIONS NOW ON SALE Prices - Lectures: $1.50, $1.00, 50c -- Dramatic Numbers: $2.50, $1.75, $1.00 * * * Michifish, Michifins Michifish, the synchronized swimming organization, will hold its organizational meeting at 7:15 p.m. tonight at the Women's Pool. At this meeting old members will vote on a script for the spring show and elect a vice-president and other minor officers of the club. Attendance will be taken from the first meeting, according to Judie Shagrin, club manager. If -STUDENTS- FINAL DAY TO BUY SEASON TICKETS * 'I SPECIAL. 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