FAG F. THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'I War Relief Groups To Receive Proceeds From Summer Prom Campus Leaders Preview 'Russian Glory' Fifteen committeemen selected to work out plans and make arrange- ments for the Summer Prom, to be held from 9 p.m. to midnight, Friday, August 21 in the Sports Building, have been announced by Don West, '43E, general chairman for the dance. Backed by the Union, League, Stu- dent Senate, Interfraternity Council, Alpha Phi Omega, Bomber Scholar- ship Committee, Russian War Rehef, United China Relief and The Daily, each group-sponsor will have at least one representative on the central committee. In charge of programs and patrons will be Tony Stampoulis, Bomber Scholarship; Elsie Litman, Russian War Relief; Victor Chang, Chinese War Relief and Jim Landers, Stu- dent Senate. Dick Rawdon, Interfraternity Council; Art Geib, Michigan Union and Herb Heavenrich, Union, will take care of the ticket sale and Sue Sims, League; Dave Stiffler and Bob Shott, both of the Union, will make all necessary arrangements for the dance. Buck Dawson, Alpha Phi Omega; Bob Schwyn, Bud Brandt and Dick Ford, all of the Union and Barbara de Fries, Daily, will have charge of the publicity. . Summer Prom will make its initial appearance on campus this summer when students and townspeople dance in the huge hall of the Sports Build- ing. Never before has such a project been attempted by any summer or- ganization or group of organizations. This year it is being attempted onlly for the purpose of enlarging three worthy funds-Bomber Scholarship, Russian War Relief and United Chi- nese Relief-to which the proceeds will be contributed. Open to everyone in Ann Arbor, EMMMMM the Summer Prom will be semi- formal or formal and will be a couple affair. One of the nation's top flight bands has been promised for the oc- casion, the name to be announced this weekend. The date of the ticket sale also will be announced at a later date. MICHIGAN MILITARY MEN Private William Halstead of Ann Arbor, formerly instructor of dra- matics at the University, is now serving his country in a way that suits him to a 'T'. Private Halstead is a member of the all-soldier cast now rehearsing at the Army Air Forces Replacement Training Center, for the post's first dramatic offering, 'Personal Appear- ance.' The cast for the play is com- posed entirely of Thespians, all hav- ing appeared in vaudeville, in the legitimate theatre or with recognized Little Theatre groups. Halstead is cast as the press representative of a temperamental movie star. Recipient of a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Indi- ana, Halstead earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University. He received theatre training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. * * * Second Lieutenant Joseph J. Das- cola, a graduate of the University with a Master's Degree in Business Administration in 1940, now com- missioned in the Army Medical Corps, is serving as an instructor. Lieut. Dascola was active on cam- pus, serving as secretary-treasurer of Alpha Nu and a member of the Hiawatha Club, among other ac- tivities. Two graduates of ROTC who now hold - commissions in the Army left Ann Arbor for active duty recently. Lieut. Lindley M. Dean and Lieut. Robert A.dOrndorff received their commissions upon graduation in May. Dean was formerly the cap- tain #of Scabbard and Blade, honor- ary military fraternity.. MOVIE PRAEVI'iW "Meet the Stewarts," a fast moving comedy based on the "Candy" stories of Ladies Home Journal fame, opens at the Michigan today starring Wil- liam Holden and Francis Dee in the leading roles. A farcical tale of married life, "Meet the Stewarts" is full of the budgetary problems of a young rich girl married to a poor young man. Hoboes, voluble furniture movers and cops, all contrive to make the marriage a success. Starring as "Candy" in the comedy is Francis Dee, young actress who hitherto has been featured as a gen- teel beauty in hoopskirts. Playing opposite Miss Dee as the harassed husband, is AWilliam Hol- den, star of "Golden Boy," rising young Columbia actor who plays the part of the family bread-winner and continues his specialty of having at least one fight in every movie. Members of the supporting cast 9,f "Meet the Stewarts" 'are Grant Mitchell, Ann Gillis, Roger Clark, Marjorie Gateson, Anne Revere and Danny Mummert. Stockwell To Hold Dinner Stockwell Hall will hold the third in its series of departmental dinners at 6:30 p.m. today, this week honor- ing the Speech Department. Social activities will be brought to a close next week with the traditional hon- ors dinner given semi-annually for graduating students. Union President Don West, Prof. John L. Brumm, Bob Matthews, chairman of the Student War Board, and Elsie LItman, chairman of the local chapter of Russian War Relief, took a preview look yesterday at a copy of "The Russian Glory," which will be Iold on campus today. The Cracker Barrel By Mike Dann Daily Sports Editor (After numerous pleadings on the part of your columnist, we finally per- suaded Dick Simon, ardent Pirate fan and former member of The Daily, to tell us what's wrong with the Bucs.) Last April we predipted that Frankie Frisch and his Pittsburghy baseball team would be in the thick of the pennant race. We even went so far as to say that they might squeeze through with the National League flag.1 We've taken quite a lot of ,kid- ding from various members of The Daily staff, most notably Hale1 Champion, who believes that% the Smokey City lads are still a good two or three years away from a semblance of a pennant. And need- less to say, we, too, are quite dis- appointed in the showing of the Pirates. However, we belie'e that the reason lies in the fact that the Pirates aren't hitting. To date the Buccaneers have only one hitter in the .300 circle, and that's Elbie Fletcher, who is hitting some 25 or 30 points above his head. Bob Elliott, former outfielder who now covers the hot corner, stands third in the runs batted in column in the National League but is just hitting .280 or so. Latest figures show that Pittsburgh as a team is hitting a weak .246, about 25 points below its average of 1941. You can't win contests on five and six hits a game. Of course we'll admit that the fielding hasn't been up to snuff.- but then again, it never was. Slug- ging was the thing that always paid off in big dividends for the Pirates and when that left them they became as meek as lambs: Further proof of the necessity of timely hitting can be seen in the case of the New York Giants. Mel Ott had slugging first sacker Babe Young resting on the bench because Johnny Mize was holding down first base. Now Young, is playing center field and knocking in much-needed Giant tallies. We've got no complaints about the pitching. When you're getting your hurlers to throw five- or six- hit ball games like Bobby Klinger did last Sunday against the Bums and still lose . . . well, that's just lack of timely base-hitting on your part. The Pirates have far from the best $itchhing staff in the league, but Frankie Frisch, or rath- er catchers Al Lopez and Babe Phelps, have done wonders with pitchers like Maxie Butcher, Rip Sewell and Klinger, who are no longer in their youth. The Pirates still have two months to play ball and in that time we think the Pittsburgh lads will work themselves into the first difision, not first or second place, but in the first division. The reasons for this are three-fold: 1) You can't keep a hitting team down, all the time; 2) Huck Geary - probably the best shortstop in Class AA baseball, whom Frisch recently purchased from the Minneapolis Millers. He's a real hit- ter and a cracker-jack fielder; and 3) Hank Gornicki-prize hurler of the Cardinal chain last year, can now take his regular turn -on the mound. 1 - L 1' IL. L I LIBERTY AT MAYNARD 1 I appreciate Michigan Theatre Bldg. , ..:o% . . . dI IL I \\o ! . v When it gets HOT... Handsome, easy- going little shoes! 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