THE MICHIGAN DAILY _WEDNE STATE DEPARTMENT SPONSORS: Stanley Quartet To Begin Five-Week Latin Tour (*?- . The University Stanley Quar- tet will begin a five week Latin American concert tour Monday. The tour, sponsored by the United States State Department, will include the presentation of 20 concerts by the group in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Para- guay. The tour is scheduled to end June 24. The Quartet consists of Prof. Gilbert Ross and Gustave Ros- seels of the music school on vio- lins, Prof. Robert Courte of the. music school on viola and Robert Swenson of the University of Il- linois on cello. Prof. Oliver Edel of the music school, regular cel- list with the group, will not ac-. company the quartet on this tour. Several American works and one Brazilian piece will be in- cluded in the group's repertoire in addition to the traditional works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Debussy. IHC Petitions{ Available Now Petitions for chairmanships of the Inter-House Council standing committees are now available, according to Irwin Starr, '61, ad- ministrative vice-president. The committees are Publicity and Public Relations, House Serv- ices, _ Scholarship, IHC-Assembly, Sing, Big Ten Residence Halls Secretariat and IHO Judiciary. The petitions may be picked up from House Presidents and must be returned to the IHC office by May 12. Featured among the American quartets will be "Quartet No. 7" by Prof. Ross Lee Finney of the music school and "Quartet No. 2" by Benjamin Lees. French Club to Give Plays Le Cercle Francais will present its annual plays today at the Ly- dia Mendelssohn theater, accord- ing to Jean Carduner, director of the Cercle Francais. The plays this year are "Fan- tasio," a romantic fantasy by Musset and "Le Commissaire est Bon Enfant," a farce by George Courteline.1 There will be a matinee per- formance at 3:15 p.m., especially1 for high school students, and an evening performance at 8:00 p.m., Carduner said. 'Nomnee Branstrom Gets Award William J. Branstrom of Fre- mont, Mich., the, University's nominee for a Lane Bryant An- nual Award for outstanding com- munity service for 1957 has re- ceived a citation and is being con- sidered for ,a national award. The awards, established in 1948 to encourage voluntary participa- tion in efforts that benefit home and community life, offer prizes of $1000 to an individual and $1900 to a group. Branstromn was awarded the University Regents' Citation of Honor on May 24 1956. The na- tional award will be presented Nov. 13, 1958, at the Plaza in New York City. The awards committee consists of Jacqueline Cochran, president of Jacqueline Cochran, Inc., Frank Stanton, president of Co- lumbia Broadcasting System, Inc., William E. Stevenson, president of Oberlin College, Joseph N. Welch, of Halle and Dorr and Mrs. Ar- thur Hays Sulzberger. Civil Engineers Have Need Of Cultured Backgrounds Civil engineers need a broader cultural background, Prof. Robert B. Harris, engineering college, said. To fill this need, the Univer- sity is now offering a five-year combined program of courses in the engineering and literary col- leges, he said. He said the civil engineer, de- signer and builder of bridges, dams and highways, frequently deals with people who know little about the demands of engineer- Ing, When dealing with these people, Prof. Harris said "the civil engi- neer frequently feels the-need for more background in thehhumani- ties and liberal arts than that generally offered in a regular four-year civil engineering cur- riculum. The combined curricula in- cludes courses in languages, liter- ature ,fine arts, philosophy and history, besides the required courses in science and engineer- ing.. . nternational Students Association :_ presents THE INTERNATIONAL BAL Saturday, May 3 . .,. 9 P.M.-1 A.M. UNION BALLROOM I CLASS OF '60E PRESENTS "ATOMIC POWER ANNOUNCEMENT AT LAGOONA BEACH" An illustrated report on the Enrico Fermi nuclear power plant near Monroe, Michigan by, MYRON C. BECKMAN Director of Nuclear Development, Detroit Edison Co. I'. Students who wish to become a part of the new Hillel program may pick up petitions for committee chairmanships in the secretary's office at Hillei, Petitions must be returned no later than Friday, May 9 For further information call Robert Stein, President-elect. Phone NO 5-6928 or NO 3-4129 Auditorium B Organization Notices Kappa Phi, regular meeting, May 1, 7:15 p.m., Wesley Lounge, First Metho- dist Church. *« . . Unitarian Student Group, seminar, April 30, 8:00 p.m., 1st .Unitarian Church, topid: Why Religion, Anyway? s* « Jr. Panhel, delegates meeting, April 30, 4:15 p.m., Henderson Room, League. Congregational, and Disciples Stu- dent, Guild, coffee break, April 30,-. 4:30-6:00 p.m. Guild House. Michigan Flyers, organizational meet- ing, May 1, 7:30 p.m., 3003 SAB. Chess Club, meeting,' April 30, 7:30 p.m., Union. Revised constitutions of existing or- ganizations. To assure consideration by Student Government;Council this se- mester, it is requested that proposed changes in existing constitutions be submitted to the Student' Government Council no later than April 30. Angell Hall I PER CENT Of all failures in business are from the ranks of non-advertisers: Only 5% of those who fail are --DUN & BRAD STREET. YouII be sittin'on top o ofth worldwhen yo change to J1l a q; I !Snrnnvc Pn~m I~aftrhcoif k i uvifltrnacve. ro- S: .i i. i wI i IE:JA:I 1w . k - - - -- r- - --- - w- r- s- .--- w- +.