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SUNDAY, JULY 30,
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Dialects In America
Professor Marckwardt Explains Survey To Linguists; Or, Why Hoosiers
Talk Differently From Natives Of Michigan
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Michiganders and Hoosiers both speak what
is commonly called General American, but they
don't talk alike. This conclusion, based upon
the recently completed preliminary survey of the
folk speech of Michigan and Indiana, was shown
yesterday by Prof. A. H. Marckwardt of the de-
partment of English to be important as indicating
the possibility of regional variations in an eccept-
ed homogeneous speech area.
In presenting his findings before the assembled
members of the Linguistic Society of America, in
Ann Arbor for their second special summer
meeting here in conjunction with the Linguistic
Institute, Dr. Marckwardt distributed charts to
show how the field work last summer revealed
variations in words and pronunciations from
Sault Ste. Marie to the Ohio River.
The older native residents of Michigan, for
example, say "greasy," with the voiceless "s,"
Dr. Marckwardt revealed, but Hoosiers pronounce
the word as if it were spelled "greezy." This is
but one of the neary 200 variations discovered
in a list of 588 items used by fieldworkers in mak-
ing, the survey.
Scope To Be Widened
So valuable have been the results so far ob-
tained, Professor Marckwardt said, that the
Rackham Fund, donors of the sum required for
last year's work, is authorizing the completion
of the preliminary survey of the Great Lakes
area, and work will progress this summer in
Illinois and Ohio, to include finally Kentucky,
Wisconsin, and lower Ontario.
Eventually, its is hoped, the gaps in this wide-
meshed survey may be filled in so that the
completed study will serve as part of the pro-
posed Linguistic Atlas of the United States and
Canada, the New England section of which has
just been prepared for publication after a decade
of investigation and analysis of the reports from
400 informants.
Two highly technical papers completed the
session before the Society's noon luncheon. Prof.
E. Adelaide Hahn of Hunter College discussed
the lack of uniformity in tense sequence in sub-
ordinate clauses in Hittite, and Prof. Roland G.
Kent of the University of Pennsylvania gave his
conclusions from an examination of Avestan in-
strumental consonant tsems ending in "-ish."
Firestone Addresses Group
The afternoon session, which followed a dem-
onstration of the artificial larnyx by Prof. Floyd
A. Firestone of the department of physics, opened
with Dr. Murray B. Emeneau's discussion of
"The Morpho-phonemic Technique applied td
Kolami, a Dravidian Language." "Morpho-pho-
nemics," defined Dr. Emeneau, a member of the
summer faculty, "is that section of a descriptive
grammar which states the operative rules that
apply in passing from morphemes in any one
of their various combinations to the phonemic
shapes of words."
Prof. George A. Kenedy of Yale University and'
of the suinmer faculty, discussed the unusual
assimilative patterns presented by the tones of the
Chekiang Chinese dialect which he learned as a
child in China. "Middha," a word which long
has puzzled Indic scholars who have found it
in composition in Pali manuscripts, was traced
by Prof. Franklin Edgerton of Yale University
to the joining of the meaningless hiatus-prevent-
ing "in" to the form "iddha," much as in Eng-
lish "an ekename" has become "a nickname."
Dr. George L. Trager, former American Coun-
cil fellow for research in Slavic languages, and
instructor in the Linguistic Institute, described
a phonemic analysis of Lithuanian made as a
result of his recent field research in Lithuania.
Finally, Dr. Bernard Bloch of Brown University,
assistant director of the Linguistic Atlas of the
United States, set forth the principles which
should obtain in the formation of a phonetic
alphabet that would be satisfactory both to
those who would use it for exact phonic record-
ing and also to those who need it for purely
systematic recording. Neither. the International
Phonetic Alphabet nor that of the American An-
thropological Association, he said, quite meet the
need.
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their hats on their desks when in the building.
If his hat is not on his desk, it means that that
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L EDITOR: HARRY L. SONNEBORN
iblished in The Michigan
by members of the Daily
sent the views of the
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ABOUT THE TIME of year when the
weather man stops saying "fair an'd
armer" and substitutes "fair and hotter" and
Le circuses'in Florida wintering grounds pull
akes and head north for their season of two-
-days, the legitimate stage, too, pulls stakes
id abandons the cities, seeking the comparative
ol and quiet of the countryside.
Now with the Summer season halfway gone,
.creasingly more comes to our ears of the doings
r these scattered groups. We hear of the
rovincetown Players, of the unique Barter The-
tre at Abingdon, Va., and of the Hedgerow in
eautiful Rose Valley near Philadelphia and
:ores of others. All up and down the Atlantic
last actors gather to try new parts, experiment
ith new plays and revive old ones, to garner
Kperience for the coming season and to have a
>od time. From the old South up to New Eng-
end, from the coast westward to . . . well, be-
nd the Alleghenies there seems to be a con-
lerable thinning out, and beyond western Penn-
lvania the Summer Theatre is practically un-
ard of.
Here at Ann Arbor, however, we are fortunate
ough to find an oasis in the extensive desert of
nedrama. Beyond, only the most courageous
eatre lovers dare to venture, for there are few
atering holes before the Pacific coast is reached.
it here we enjoy our own Summer theatre in
e Michigan Repertory Players at the Lydia
endelssohn.
True, the Repertory Players are not a Summer
7eatre group in the same sense as those in the
st; that is, the actors are not professionals
ught between seasons. Our actors are, for
e most part, amateurs, and as such prove
at the theatre need not be professional to be
-d.
Aside from the status of the players, there is
ly one major difference to be noted. The Sum-
er theatre in the east has become a testing
)unds for new plays. Last week at least ten
re tried, and in all probability none will reach
w York in the fall, at least to stay long. Last
ar, no hits resulted from Summer theatre
-outs. Still, this system proves invaluable to
playwright as a laboratory for his work. It
ght prove a success here at Michigan to do,
, one new play written by a student each
nmer.
ks it stands today, the Michigan Repertory
yers group performs a major service in bring-
drama to Ann Arbor. At times undue criti=
mn is heaped upon the organization when a
iduction doesn't meet New York hit standards.
ticizers should take into consideration the
up's amateur standing, surely not as an ex-
e for bad acting, but rather as a reason for
at is perhaps at times a lack of professional
>1ish." Criticizers shou.d also thank their
ky stars that there is a group here willing and
able to perform, so distant from the "theatre
trict" of the east coast.
--Harry m. Kelsey
t Them Wear Shorts
the case against shorts as an article of attire
not stood up in most of the courts where
tas gone on trial, but it continues to be pressed
places where the older generation sets itself'
as a stern censor of the manners of the young.
young America has discovered the sun, and
pted its raiment to absorb as many of its
tlth-giving rays as it may. But it runs afoul
Sixth Week's Schedule
Today
4:15 p.m. Carillon recital.
Monday
9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m
4:00 p.m.
4:05 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
7:45 p.m.
Tuesday
4:00 p.m.
4:05 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
Wednesday
7:30 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:05 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
Thursday
12:10 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:05 p.m.
4:15 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
Friday
4:00 p.m.
Physics Symposium, Prof. Gerhard Herzberg of the University of
Saskatchewan (Room 2038 East Physics Building).
Physics Symposium, Prof. Enrico Fermi of Columbia University
(Amphitheatre, Rackham Building).
Japanese Language Tea (International Center).
"Repercussions of the Renaissance in England Under Edward VI" by
Prof. Conyers Read, University of Pennsylvania (Amphitheatre,
Rackham Building).
"Youth, Schools, and Life" by Thomas H. Quigley, head of the in-
dustrial education department of the Georgia School of Technology
(University High School Auditorium).
"Leading Personalities in Latin-America" by Prof. Charles E.
Nowell, Fresno State College (Lecture Hall, Rackham- Building).
Square and Country Dancing (Union Ballroom).
Latin-American Language Tea (International Center).
"The Art of Printing in Japan before the Twelfth Century" by Dr.
Shio Sakanishi, Division of Orientalia, Library of Congress (Amphi-
theatre, Rackham Building).
"The University in the South American Republics" by Robert K.
Hall, Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills (University High School
Auditorium).
"An Anthropologist Visits the Carib Indians of Northern British
Guiana" (Illustrated) by Prof. John P. Gillin, Ohio State University.
(Lecture Hall, Rackham Building).
"Whom Do lou Know?" by Dr. T. Luther Purdom, dirctor of the
University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information.
(Lecture Hall, Rackham Building).
Beginners' Class, Social Dancing (Union Ballroom).
Duplicate Bridge (League).
Summer Session Symphony Orchestra Concert (Hill Auditorium).
Excursion to Put-In-Bay.
"The Ulysses Motive in Japanese Romances" by Dr. Shio Sakanishi,
Division of Orientalia, Library of Congress (Amphitheatre, Rack-
ham Building).
"The Improvement of Adult Reading" by Mr. Irving H. Anderson,
Harvard University (University High School Auditorium).
"Inheritance" by Prof. Walter B. Pillsbury, psychology department
(Lecture Hall, Rackham Building).
"Hiatus-bfidging Consonants in Indic" by Prdf. Franklin Edgerton,
Linguistic Institute (Amphitheatre, Rackham Building).
Intermediate Dancing Class (Union Ballroom).
"Judgment Day" by Elmer Rice (Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre).
The Curriculurn
Workshop
By HARRY M. KELSEY
If you were to walk into the Tap-
pan School one of these days, likely
as not you'd soon come upon the prin-
cipal of one of the up-state high
schools seated' at a loom, weaving a
towel with a colorful pattern border.
Or perhaps you'd see a country<
school marm dabbling in finger paint-t
ing, or a young economics lecturert
participating in a square dance.
And you'd think for a moment youi
were ready for the alienist. But no.
What you would have stumbled upon
is a group of school teachers and ad-
ministrators enrolled in the coopera-;
tive secondary curriculum workshop,
sponsored by the School of Educa-
tion, and what they. are doing isa
working in areas which they have
never before had experience in.
And valuable experience it is. As
Mr. J. Cecil Parker, Director of the
workshop, puts it, "having indulged
in some of those things, a little dif-
ferent individu4l and a better teach-
er is formed." I
/ Among the activities offered by the
workshop are weaving, wood and
metal work, water color, oil and
finger painting, early American
dancing and sports such as archery,
badminton and tennis.
In the weaving shop, Miss Mina
Crocker of the Howell Weaving Stu-
dios instructs beginners and others
in her gentle art. At the present
time, she'll tell you, a grandmother-
to-be is making a baby blanket while
her daughter knits booties and the
neighbors come in and watch and
admire. An administrator, she'll say,
has recently finished a pillow, wov-
en, stuffed and sealed on the loom,
This and more she'll tell you, and
at theasame time assure you that she
has room for more students and in-
vites other students and townsfolks
interested in weaving lessons to come
around.
In the shops, beginners may be
working on copper ash trays as oth-
ers, more advanced, are perhaps
spinning metal under the expert tute-
lage of Marshall Byrn of the Univer-
sity High School vocational arts de-
partment. And so it goes ...
All this, however, is only a side-
line for the students enrolled in the
workshop course. Each has come to
the University this summer with a
particular problem to be solved. And
each, with the aid of the workshop
faculty and his fellow students, is
working seven hours a day, five days
a week, in an effort to work out that
problem.
Problems range from developing a
plan for a particular course in English
or mathematics to planning a better
basis of relationship between the
student's school, in which he may be
instructor or principal, and the com-
munity. Some seek to work out
evaluation programs, others to ar-
range faculty meetings, still others to
develop guidance programs.
The student body of the workshop
is divided into 14 working groups on
the basis of the similaity of their
problems. Each group is assigned to
a room in the Tappan School, and
each room is equipped with the neces-
sary library materials for the stu-
dents' particular needs. Each group
has the instruction of a member of
the workshop's faculty staff. To-
gether they hold conferences, have
discussions and, at other times, work
individually.
Our town and gown man was
happily producing his daily quota
of words yesterday afternoon.
Then his editor called him from
Detroit. Then he went away.
There wasn't an extra column in
his desk so there isn't any Town
and Gown. Don't blame us.
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SUNDAY, JULY 30, 1939
Graduate Outing Club will have a
picnic, including swimming, base-
ball, volleyball, hiking, a treasure
hunt, and a camp - fire, to.-
day at Saline Valley Coopera-
tive Farms. The group will meet at
2:30 at the northwest entrance of
the Rackham Building. Transporta-
tion will be by car, and all those own-
ing cars are urged to bring them.
Drivers will be repaid for their ex-
penses. All graduate students and
faculty members are cordially in-
vited. There will be a meeting re-
gardless of the weather.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints: Sunday School and dis-
cussion group at 9 a.m.,' Chapel of
the Women's League.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,
Sunday: 8 a.m. Holy Communion; 11
a.m. Kindergarten; 11 a.m. Morning
Prayer and Sermon by the Rev. Hen-.
ry Lewis; 4 p.m. Student Picnic at
Saline Valley Farm. Cars leave
church at 4 p.m.
Today's Worship Services will be
held in Trinity Lutheran Church at
8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The Rev.
Henry 0. Yoder will deliver the ser-
mons at both services.
Worship Service will be held at
10:30 in Zion Lutheran Church with
sermon by the Rev. Ernest C. Stell-
horn.
The Lutheran Students, their wives
and friends will meet at 5:00 p.m.
today at the Zion Lutheran -Parish
Hall. Cars will take the group to the
place of the outing. Mr. Rolfe Haat-
DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University.
Copy received at the office of the Summer Session until 3:30 p.m.; 11:00 a.m. Saturday
vedt, professor at Luther College will
speak on Archaeology and the Bible.
Mr. Haatvedt was a member of the
University archaeological expedition
in the Fayum region. He spent from
1930 to 1933 with the group.
First Presbyterian Church, 1432
Washtenaw Ave.
10:45 a.m. Morning Worship Serv-
ice. Dr. John W. Dunning, President
of Alma College, will be the guest
preacher. Dr. Dunning's topic will
be "Divine Restoratives." Special
music by the choir under the direc-
tion of Hardin A. VanDeursen with
William N. Barnard at the organ.
5:30 p.m., the Summer Session stu-
dent group will meet at the Council
Ring for a cost supper. At the Ves-
per Service which follows at 6:15 in
the Lewis Parlor, Miss Edith Thom-
as, Special Lecturer in Library Sci-
ence, is to speak on "Beautiful Books
on Religious Themes." Miss Thomas
will provide an exhibit of a few books
and will lead a discussion relating to
some of these books. This talk should
be of great interest to teachers in
church schools, to parents and to
others imterested in religious work.
The Michigan Christian Fellowship
invites you to attend its- regular Sun-
day afternoon meeting held in the
Fireplace Room Lane Hall at 4:30.
Mr. Mark Erickson is going to speak
on the subject, "Why Study Reli-
gion." There will be group singing
led by Mr. Charles Yung-san Hsu
and refreshments will be served.
First Methodist Church. Dr. C. W.
Brashares will preach on "Totalita-
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"Hirt's Theories on Indo-European Syntax" by Prof. E. Adelaide
Hahn at Linguistics Institute luncheon (Union).
"Humor in Japanese Classical Writing" by Dr. Shio Sakanishi, Divi-
sion of Orientalia, Library of Congress (Amphitheatre, Rackham
Building).
"What Is Happening in Elementary Education" by Edith Bader,+
Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Ann Arbor (University High
School Auditorium).
Russian Language Tea (International Center).
Lecture-Recital, Prof. Ernst Krenek, pianist (Assembly Room,
Rackham Building).
"Colonial Society in Brazil" by Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian social his-
torian (Lecture Hall, Rackham Building).
Carillon Concert.
Bridge Lessons (League).
"Judgment Day" by Elmer Rice (Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre).
Chinese Language Tea (International Center).
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