SUNDAY, JANUARY 6,1957 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PArF. rIVr.I SUNDAY, JANUARY 6,1957 THE MICHIGAN DAILI USA t±W &XriY.A I WI v .y4 i SPEAKING.. OFF THE CUFF FOR WHOSE BENEFIT? By Virginia Robertson Women's Editor MAYBE IT'S because I only have a few more weeks of school left-- I'm not sure... 4 But it certainly seems that rules and regulations are too all-im- portant around here. Each person fits himself to the inflexibilities of this institution, and any exceptions would most assuredly mean the collapse of institution. Take, for instance, the situation in the men's and women's dormitories, the most obvious places where rules are applied. Jam- packed full of students they are. Then, more and more are being added to conditions already almost unbearable. And will "authorities" let students who wish to leave and can find available University housing elsewhere "break their contracts?" Of course not. It would mean an exception to the rule and this just isn't done. In my own housing group, they're finishing a new addition and will have room for six extra women next semester. We would like to house some of our sophomore nurse pledges who will not otherwise be able to live in the house, or some of our juniors who will be able to stay in the house for only a short time. But the University will probably assign six other women to these vacancies. I can certainly see how it could be difficult for new persons to move into such an integrated situation as a sorority. 'Things will undoubtedly come up in which the new women won't be- able to participate, such as sorority singing, meetings, and other activities. To new students who have just arrived at the University, this might be a difficult situation to encounter. And it certainly looks as if those in charge care more for upholding rules than for individual considerations. A friend who lives in one of the large dormitories told me that if a person loses or temporarily misplaces a meal ticket, she absolutely must buy another one. Even if her housemother vouches for her right to be let in the dining room, and even if the person taking tickets, and everyone else around know she lives there and is entitled to a meal ticket, she has to buy another one, at 50 cents a throw. Perhaps these situations aren't of the most vital concern, but they ;are just a sampling of the many instances when rules rather than the indi- vidual seems to be the most important concern. Some say things can't be worked out to everyone's advantage and liking because the University is so large, but wouldn't it be best to make any and every improvement possible? Authorities are, after all, usually pretty considerate. Is this really something we must necessarily sacrifice when attending a large University? - Tour of We By Glee Clu The University Men's Glee Club will tour the West Coast from Seattle, Wash., to San Diego, Calif. during spring vacation. The tour will be an outstanding part of the Club's 97th season. The Club will give other concerts in various Michigan communities. The 60-odd members of the Glee Club are students, graduate and undergraduate, at the University. The officers and managers arej responsible for enforcing attend- ance at thehbi-weekly practices, managing the concert tour, and taking care of all other Glee Club activities. Tryouts Selected Filling the gaps in membership due to graduation, are the best tryouts. Each fall the prospective members are rated on the merits of their voices, and then on their personalities. Interviewing the tryouts is Prof. Phillip A. Duey, conductor of the Men's Glee Club and Prof. of Voice. This fall Prof. Duey re- turned from a year of study in Europe. While on a Fulbright scholar- ship in Italy, he studied at Flor- ence, Milan, Rome, Naples and Bolonga. Prof. Duey's studies were focused on "17th and 18th century st Coast Is Scheduled Orientation ib for Spring Vacation Petitioning b Is Now Open Petitions for orientation leaders positions may be pickedrup Mon- day at the League Undergraduate Office. Interviewing for the posts will be held from Tuesday through Thursday. Second semester fresh- men will not be allowed to peti- tion. The petitions are short and consist of a few simple questions. After filling out the petition, a prospective orientation leader must sign up for an interview. All students must have an inter- view, even if they have been orien- tation leaders before, because the interviewing and petitioning sys- tem has been revised. The orientation leaders are re- sponsible for guiding a group of new students around campus dur- ing the orientation period at the beginning of the semester. They will have early registration privi- leges. Petitions are due at two p.m. Tuesday. If there are any ques- tions contact Linda Hepburn at NO 3-4164. J-HOP TICKETS-General ticket sales for J-Hop will start Monday, Jan. 7 and continue through Tuesday, Jan. 15. Tickets may be purchased from noon to 4:40 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Administration Building. Those who have reservations may pick up their tickets at any of the above stated times. Reservations are not necessary for purchase of tickets. The deadline for sales is Jan. 15. PROF. PHILLIP A. DUEY CONDUCTS GLEE CLUB vocal ornamentations and style." He also toured Germany, France and Austria. Taught at CCNY Prior to joining the University faculty in 1947, Prof. Duey taught at the College of the City of New York, the Arthur Jordan Con- servatory and was director of the music departmenthat Butler Uni- versity. Recently he wrote a book' entitled "Bel Canto in Its Golden Age." - Glee Club director Duey is a veteran of some 5,000 radio broad- casts. He was a member of the internationally famous "Revelers" quartet. He has appeared in such broadway shows as "Lady Do" and the musical comedy, "Good News." He made his opera debut in 1940 during the Summer Opera Festival I at Central City, Colo. The musician is now in his eighth year with the University's Glee Club. The Professor's knack in arranging many of the time hon- ored songs gives an added touch to, his concerts. He uses sound effects, 8 I G r JANUARY Back-to-School Specials COLLECTION ACQUIRED BY KELSEY. Campus Boasts Unique Museum Exhibit By ROSE PERLBERG In the midst of the modern hub- bub of University life stands the only place outside of Egypt where one can study written documents and artifacts from an ancient Roman town in Egypt. The Francis W. Kelsey Museum of Archaeology has the distinction of being the one Greco-Roman museum in the United States. Here onehcan find, carefully labeled and painstakingly restored, ' authentic articles that were used in the daily activities of the an- cient civilization. Most date from the second and third centuries B.C. to the fourth and fifth centuries AD. Kelsey Starts It al started back in the 1890's when Professor Kelsey, head of the Classics department at the University, was instrumental in acquiring several hundred original Roman building materials and Greek and Latin inscriptions. The University then had the only such collection outside of Rome. It continued on a larger scale in the early 1920's when Professor Kelsey was still head of the Clas- sics department, and E.E. Peter- son, the museum's current direc- tor, was a graduate student. Professor Kelsey was especially interested in reconstructing Roman civilization, Mr. Peterson recalled. "But he used to tell me almost every day," he said reminiscently," "that you couldn't understand Rome unless you understood Rome's provinces beyond the seas." j original Papyri The University had acquired some original papyri (ancient Egyptian writing material) out of Egypt several years before, Peter- son continued, but the professor felt that one cannot thoroughly understand them unless he knows something about the place from which they came. Travelling abroad in 1919, Pro- fessor Kelsey visited the Fayoum Province in Egypt and saw the sites of ancient Roman civiliza- tionfalling prey to fertilizer hunt- ers. Anxious to prevent complete de- struction and rescue whatever archaeological evidence was still intact, the University arranged for field work financed 'by a grant from Horace H. Rackham. Excavations Began in '23 Excavations started in 1923 Peterson was one of the men who spent the next 12 years searching ruins while living with the peas- ants. From the excavations came thousands of objects - early Roman textiles, parts of houses, pottery, glass, lamps and other household utensils, toys, religious symbols, recreational articles - things that pieced together make clearer the culture of a people who live only in history books. BROWN JUG' fe4 trxu'a'h t changes in rhythm and unex- pected stage actions to accomplish "The objects on exhibit now are "Some day," Peterson says he this. only about one-fiftieth of the would like to go back to Egypt The first half of all concerts material we have," the energetic and continue the "search in the given by the Club features serious director remarked, bed of civilization." But at- the selections by well known musi- He and two curators, Mrs. Eli- present time, money and the tur- cians, sometimes arranged by Prof. nor M. Husselman and Louise A. bulent world situation make the Duey. The concerts usually end Shier, who received their doctors prospects very distant, with lighter selections. * degrees at the University, work * full time at sorting and doing re- search, when they're not guiding groups through the museum. "In 5 gg hd and out-of-state classes as well as 7G students from the University come oto see the collections every day." lt~ i Care of the antiques is a job in itself, Peterson said, but research b takes the longest. The spritely, * % ..4. *,t.m white-haired director estimates ..- that it takes five years to arrange an exhibit , In selecting which of the 2,000 , pieces of pottery or more than 30,000 textiles to put into the polished glass cases, Peterson says: 1"We choose representative articles with the ultimate aim of showing as much of the town's life as pos- sible." Books Prepared Drop into our ste today . . . thumb through a College The director and curators are Outline covering any of your courses ... note its meaty umes based on their more than compactness . .. its telling paragraphs ... its newspaper- 20 years of research-"getting re- like efficiency in highlighting essentials- and putting the . cords ready for someone else to story over. You'll be amazed that so much can be got into use and continue when we pass1 so little space. College Outlines are the best high-marks on." insurance obtainable. Prepare with them for exams nowl Financial support for the u- CO LLL OUTLINE SERIE seum, which was named in honor SERIE of Professor Kelsey in 1953, 25 years after his death, comes mainly from a fund left by Rack- LITTLEFI ELD OUTLINE SERIES ham. The Rockefeller Foundation has also contributed.End SC H AUMS OUTLINE SERIES Nothing has been taken out of Egypt since 1935, when the re- search party was forced to leave Buy at because of war threats, Peterson said. The site is now under the con- trol of the Antiquities Departmenta of the Egyptian Government, he explained. "My old servant fromS excavation days is posted guard State St. at N. University there," he laughed. 'I CASHMERE' SWEATERS 20% off E k I 4 k I t iI I f I l! I Storewide Clearance of Fall and Winter Stocks at wonderful reductions. 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