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Final Session
Of Conference
Kellam, Broadway Set Designer,
Was'Born In The Show Business'
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Annual Five-Day Forum
Concludes With Three
Talks AtHigh School
The Thirteenth Annual Summer
Education Conference was concluded
at University High School yesterday
with lectures by Prof. Edgar W.
Knight, of the University of North
Carolina, Dr. Bangnee A, Liu, of the
China Institute'of New York and Dr.
Fred .Stevenson, in charge of cor-
respondence study at the University
Extension Service.
No Indifference In SchooLs,
Prof. Knight declared that what-
ever the weaknesses of higher edu-
cation in the United States may be,
disloyalty to the government and
indifference to national danger are
not among them.
Higher education, he continued, has
two heavy responsibilities in this war,
to contribute everything possible to
the war effort and to maintain the
standards of education in the face
of great difficulties.
Liu Scores T ationalism
Dr. Liu, blaming the lack of under-
standing among the peoples of the
world for most international diffi-
culties said, "This war will be fought
in vain if we fail to grasp one funda-
mental concept; namely, that the
world must live as one community."
He continued, "Nationalism, imper-
ialism and isolationism, fostered and
nurtured in he schools of the dem-
ocracies are probably as much to
blame for the state off affairs in the
world today as, say, Nazism, Facism
and Nipponism, taught in the schools
of the Axis countries."
Calling for further understanding
of China on the part of Americans,
Dr. Liu said that this is an important
part of increased understanding of
peoples all over the world. He stated
that Chinese culture is taught very,
inadequately in American schools at
present, and urged an improvementI
in such educational facilities. {
By BERYL SHOENFIELD
William Kellam, boss carpenter of
"Hay Fever," current Repertory pro-
duction, was born in the business-
literally.
"You see, my mother was a show-
girl and my father has been building
stage sets since 1892," Kellam ex-
plained, brushing wood chips and
sawdust from his paint-daubed over-
alls. "In fact, Dad started the Wil-
liam Kellam Company in 1906, and
now we're the oldest set building con-
tractors in New York City."
"How did Dad first get interested
in the business?" Kellam laughed.
"Well Dad was John L. Sullivan's
trainer, and in those days, prize-
fighters had to make vaudeville ap-
pearances. Someone had to build a
set for these, and Dad decided he
was the one to do it."
Built Stage Sets
William Kellam, Jr., began work-
ing for the Kellam Company. when
he was 14, and since then has built
stage sets for many notable pro-
ductions, in'cluding "Arsenic and Old
Lace," "Life With Father," and the
Ford Proposes
Use Of Thiokol
For Retreading
Plan Would Solve Problem
Of War Workers' Tires
Method Needs No Rubber
DETROIT, July 24.-(M)-A plan
for retreading tires with thiokol to
solve the problem of essential trans-
portation for war workers was an-
nounced today by the Ford Motor
Company.
The company has advised Donald
M. Nelson, War Producbion Board
chief, that if given government sanc-
tion, it will handle the processing of
the required material and handle all
essential retreading and tire replace-
ment for upwards of 200,000 Ford
employes engaged in war work and
offer the plan, process and methods
to the entire United States war in-
dustry.;
Carnegie Hall operas, "Sister Angel-
ica" and "Pagliacci."
He also did the carpentry for the
New York Group Theatre versions of
"Men In White," "Awake and Sing,"
"Waiting For Lefty," and "The
Gentle People."
Three years ago he began working
with Howard Bay, stage designer, and
Horace Armistead, scene painter, and
together they created the sets fort
"Brooklyn, U.S.A.," "The Moon Is
Down," and a host of other record-
attendance shows. The members of
this successful combination are now
on campus, managing the technical
end of the Repertory series and teach-
ing this work to summer session Play
Production students.
Kellam has been asked to produce
a lot of odd sets in his day. In "Blow
Ye Winds' he had to construct a
full-size sailboat, while in "Subway
Express" he built a life-size subway,
that actually "bounced and 'jolted."
He covered wings, doors-practically
everything-with velour in "Retreat
To Pleasure," to create an impression
of depth. ' A massive dock, topped
with a 30-foot house and pilings, was
built for "Brooklyn, U.S.A."
For the Charles Wagner ;traveling
playhouse, Kellam had to build com-
pact,jeasily dissembled scenery, which
could slide 'in the back door of the
transporting bus. For the lavish pre-
war "Fight For Freedom" spectacle
in Madison Square Gardens, Kellam
had to work 150 feet, above the ground
to arrange the 5,000 miniature para-
chutes which were to flutter to, the
ground at a signal. He built seven
parade floats for the Garment
Workers' Union. He will begin work
in August on the Lindsley-Crous
Broadway production, "Strip For
Action," which will probably open in
September at the National Theatre.
Materials Found Scarce
War priorities have "put a crimp"
on Kellam'sstyle, in this world where
flagstones are cellotex, bricks are
cork, and trees are plywood. Hinges,
bolts, tacks, and tools are now next
to impossible to replace. Linen, of
which flats were formerly built, rose
from $.60 to a prohibitive $2.25 per
yard-if you can get it at all-and
muslin had to be substituted.
Building stage scenery is never
tedious; each new show offers new
creative opportunities, if new diffi-
culties. But it's always stimulating
-"That's why I'm in the business,"
Kellam says, "even if I have to do
the bulk of my work after midnight
or on holidays-whenever the theatre
is not in use."
'U' Sociology Expert
To Reduce Welfare
Expenses In State
LANSING, July 24-/P)-The State
Social Welfare Commission today
entrusted to Dr. Robert Kelso, Uni-
versity of Michigan sociology, expert,
the long-mulled problem of effecting
sharp retrenchments in the State
Welfare Department.
)r. Kelso recently was designated
by )Governor Van Wagoner to con-
duct a reorganization survey of the
department and stepped into the wel-
fare picture just as the commission
and civil service were squaring off
for a final round on proposed con-
solidation of the Social Security and
Welfare Divisions.
Previously scheduled to submit an
economy report to the Commission
today, the Merit group asked permis-
sion to file its latest recommendations
with Dr. Kelso for study and eventual
presentation to the commission. The
newly reorganized Welfare Board
unanimously agreed to the procedure.
PU CTU RE
S U N B A T H E R-Irene Manning, new movie singing star, took a day off from her work at a Hollywood studio and spent it getting
some sunshine. Moviedom, with ever an eye for a new boxoffice attraction, Is watching her career closely.
NEWSV N
Correspondence Courses
Dr. Stevenson, giving the conclud-
g lecture bf the Conference, re-
aled a plan whereby a limited
mber of students in the smaller
;h schools of the state will be able
take correspondence courses in
'tain college preparatory courses
ich are not offered in the high
tools. This program is to go into
ect next fall, he said, and will in-
de courses such as solid geometry,
vanced algebra, and foreign lan-
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World's Living Religions."
11:00-The- Church at Worship.
Sermon-"Separate People."
S 7:00-Roger Williams Guild in the
Guild House, 502 E. Huron.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
409 S. Division St.
Sunday morning service at 10:30.
Subject: "Truth."
Sunday School at,11:45.i
Free public Reading Room at 106
E. Washington Nt., open every day
except Sundays and holidays, from
.11:30 p.m. until 5 p.m., Saturdays
intil 9 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church.
Morning Worship-10:45 a.m. "The
Awakening of the Inner Man"-ser-
moi by Dr. S. A. Griffith of the
First Presbyterian Church of Jack-
son, Michigan.
Westminster Student Guild-6:15
p.m. Social luncheon followed by talk
on "Stake of Labor in a New World"
by Prof. Margaret Elliot.
Unitarian Church--State and Hu-
ron streets.
11 a.m. church service-"The
Unique Place of Religion In the
World Today," by -Rev. Edward Red-
man of Virginia, Minnesota.
8 p.m. Discussion-"The Fifth Col-
umn in Detroit," by Mr. Ernest Good-
man of Detroit.
9 o'clock-Social .Hour.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church:
8:00 a.m., Holy Communion; 11:00
%.m. Kindergarten, Harris Hall; 11:00
a.m., Summer Church School; 11:00
a.m., Morning Prayer and Sermon by{
Dr. John E. Bell, D.Ed., Theological
Supervisor, Clinical Training Center,
University Hospital; 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.,
Student Picnic at the Giefel Resi-
dence, Barton Hills. Picnic supper
and swimming.
Memorial Christian Church (Dis-
ciples):
10:45 a.m., Morning worship. The
Rev. Frederick Cowin, Minister.
6:45 p.m. The Disciples Guild will
hold open house at the Guild House,
438 Maynard Street. The 8:00 o'clock
campus-wide vesper service at Rack-
No Rubber Necessary
Charles E. Sorensen, Ford vice-
president and general manager, said
that production of the retreading
material would not require an ounce
of rubber or other critical material.
Moreover, the said, even the equip-
ment, including tanks and vats, will
be made so far as possible, from wood
or concrete. Most of the metal equip-
ment required, he said, can be sal-'
vaged from that already on hand.
Sorensen said the rubber substi-
tute as worked out in the Ford lab-
oratories has been thoroughly road-
tested for months on Ford proving
grounds. He said extensive experi-
ments were carried out, using\ all
kinds of reclaimed rubber, synthetic
rubber and rubber substitutes before
thiokol finally was decided upon.
Two pounds of the substance, he ex-
plained, will give a retread of one-
tenth of an inch thickness, good for
4,000 to 5,000 mile§ of moderate driv-
ing.
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HEADS DOWN -Evelyn
Keyes, movie actress who has
studied dancing and is- a sports
enthusiast, does a.dhead stand.
Miss Keyes says this exercise is
a quick way to stimulate the
circulation of the skin and to
train the muscles for balance.'
S L U C C E R - Chet Laabs, St. Louis Browns outfielder who
ranks second in the American League for runs bitted in, selects
a bat during a workout. In a hitting spree, Laabs blasted six home
runs within seven days. The husky right-hander was born In Mil-
waukee and now has a residence at Highland Park, Mich. He's.29
years old and weighs 175 pounds.
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Inspections Planned
The Ford plan contemplates a con-
tinuous inspection of employe cars
and the application of retreads at
the first sign of fabric in the worn'
parts of the tires. Issuance of the .
retreads would be connected with
an extensive share-your-car cam-
paign, company officials said, and
care would be exercised that use of
the special substitute retreads would
not be used.
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Chief Jennings Builds Muscles:
Former Tennis Star Makes
Effieie t Director Of PEM
'V -C i R L' -Theowne Petty;
19-year-old Colorado Springs,
Colo., telephone operator named
'V-Girl' in a beauty contest, was
awardedtatrip to Los Angeles
where this- picture tvas inade.'
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By AL WEEKS
He's the man who hears the groans
of 1,850 students as they go through
their "jumping jacks" and "back-
stretchers" to his counting of one-
two, one-two. He's the man who in
just a couple of months has 'put
Michigan men enrolled in Army and
Navy reserve programs or eligible for
combat duty in immeasurably better
physical condition. He's the realistic
gentleman who realizes that if the
Japs are going to be licked it will
take healthy, well-developed, physic-
ally conditioned men.
The smiling, sun-burnt face and
already healthy, well-developed, phy-
sically conditioned body belong to
Chief Petty Officer George Jennings,
leader of the physical conditioning
program in the University.
Is Man for Job
"Chief" is certainly the man for
the job. He is a fine athlete-a former
tennis champion of his home state
Illinois and nominee for the Davis
Cup team. He was head of physical
training at Norfolk Training Base
physical education supervisor of all
Chicago high schools. When he vol-
untarily joined the Navy in 1940 he
met Commander Gene Tunney, head
of national physical training in the
United States. It was Tunney who
landed him the job at Norfolk. Some
of the exercises that "Chief" uses
in back of the Yost Field House are
of Tunney origin.
All Points South
For pleasure, the Jennings' coffers
are emptied by traveling to all points
south. A Bahamas license plate on
the rear of their green, 1942 LaSalle
indicates the direction of one of their
jaunts. Their home in Ann Arbor is
in the Michigan Union. That's for
Mrs. Jennings so that she may be
nearer the campus to go to her
classes in occupational guidance in
preparation for her future position
as head of the biology department of
a Chicago high school. Mr. and Mrs.
are already- staunch bearers of the
yellow and blue standard.
Of the university coaches, "Chief"
Jennings says, "I've never worked
with a more cooperative coachine
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