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Union's Facilities, Functions
Are Open To All Male Students
Conveniences Include Lunchroom,
Ballroom, Billiards, Bowling
L.S.A. Deans Keniston, Walter
Welcome New Students to U'
'U' Textbook Library Grows
Through these portals no woman
shall pass - is the unwritten law
that hangs over the front door of
the Union, the Michigan men's castle.
A daily center of male life, and a
site of social affairs on weekends,
the Union has facilities for a variety
of activities ranging from a quick
dip in the swimming pool to an af-
ternoon of leisurely reading in the
Pendleton library. In addition, the
Union sponsors a number of events
throughout the year.
Every man, upon paying his tuition
fee, automatically becomes a member
of the Union, and thereby entitled to
the use of its facilities.
Michigan men may choose their
recreation from a ping pong room, a
billiard room, checker and chess
boards, or the bowling alleys, in ad-
dition to the swimming pool.
195 Guest Rooms
Visitors to the University may be
housed in the 195 guest rooms lo-
cated upstairs in the Union. Of con-
venience to students is the main desk
where checks can be cashed, bus
tickets and tickets for University
events may be purchased. Detroit
and Ann Arbor newspapers, current
magazines, candy, cigarettes and
chewing gum are also on sale at the
desk.
The second floor ballroom is the
scene of the traditional weekend dan-
ces which are held every Friday and
Saturday that there is no other ma-
jor campus event taking place. Smo-
kers, mixers, coke bars and large
meetings are also held in this room.
Comfortable chairs, cushions, di-
vans, writing tables and quiet may
be found in the North Lounge. In the
Pendleton Library, donation of the
widow of Edward Waldo Pendleton,
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"72, current best sellers and popular
magazines are available.
Taproom Serves Hot Meals
An afternoon snack or a square
meal will be served in the Taproom
down in the basement. Here may be
found evidences of the old Michigan
tradition of seniors carving their
names on the Taproom table tops.
Offices of several campus organi-
zations are housed in the Union.
Michigauma, Vulcans, Druids, Inter-
fraternity Council and Men's Glee
Club are among those who have
headquarters here.
The Union is governed by a Board
of Directors composed of students,
faculty members, alumni representa-
tives and one member of the Board
of Regents. Second semester fresh-
men may become try-outs on the
Union staff to work under the of-
ficers.
The idea for constructing a' com-
mon gathering place for men was
conceived in 1903, and it was on the
day of the Ohio State game in 1907
that the Union opened its first home
-the former house of Judge Cooley-
to its members.
Subscriptions Raised for Union
Although an additional wing was
added in 1912, the "Cooley House"
soon proved inadequate, and in 1914
a campaign to raise $1,000,000 for a
new clubhouse was launched. Alumni
and undergraduates contributed in
subscriptions of $50 to make up most
of the fund. Since that time further
campaigns have been staged to pro-
vide for the additions that complet-
ed the Union as it is today, increas-
ing the total cost to more than $21-1
000,000.
During orientation week the Union
(See UNION, page 3)
"The College of Literature, Sci-
ence, and the Arts welcomes you as
you enter on your work. You will
find in Ann Arbor a wide range of
opportunity for learning-in your
classes, in your student activities, in
your personal contacts.
"You will get to know students
from other pats of the state and
from other states of the United
States and from other countries.
You will start to prepare your-
selves for life in the larger world.
"The people of Michigan believe in
education. They have created and
they support their University to the
end that learning may be available
to all those who are worthy of shar-
ing it. The privilege of studying in
the College is one for which you must
show your gratitude by giving your
best to your college work. Life on the
Campus is pleasant and you should
enjoy it. But the one purpose of the
College is to help you to educate your-
selves. That is your real job. We
want you to make a success of it."
-Hayward Keniston, Dean
College of Literature,
Science, and the Arts.
Male, Glee Club
Gives Concerts
Makes Tours
The Men's Glee Club, one of the
chief contributors to campus variety
programs and musical events, is plan-
ning an ambitious program for the
fall and spring terms, according to
Prof. Dave Mattern. director of the
group.
Getting off to an early start, the
organization will lead entering fresh-
men in school songs during the orien-
tation period this fall. When try-
outs are completed, the club will be-
gin work for its campus concert pro-
grams.
May Tour Country
If transportation conditions per-
mit it, Prof. Mattern hopes to re-
sume Glee Club concert trips during
the 1945-'46 season. In the past,
these trips have included perform-
ances at leading New York hotels, in
Chicago, cities in this state, Wash-
ington and Buffalo. They are spon-
sored by the Alumni Association.
.Recently, the Glee Club prepared
several records of new songs by Fred
Lawton, who wrote the lyrics to
"Varsity," which they presented to
former Athletic Director Fielding
Yost. Other activities this past year
have included participation in the
'Kampus Kapers,' the 'Army-Navy
Revue,' 'Victory Varieties,' the cam-
pus Christmas program and com-
munity singing, which the club led
from the library steps.
Active in Broadcasts, Serenades
The club was also featured on a
Sunday morning University broad-
cast. Combining the musical with
the social, the group has serenaded
sororities, and then spent the eve-
nings following this as guests at sor-
ority socials.
Most Glee Club work involves par-
ticipation by the whole group. There
are also performances by soloists and
quartets, or by instrumentalists who
are members of the group.
Award keys are presented each
year to outstanding members of the
organization.
Officers of the club'for the 1945-'46
season are Ray Buntaine, president;
Phil Steding, vice-president; Jerome
Horwitz, secretary-treasurer; and
Richard Miller, librarian.
"To New Students in the College
of Literature, Science and The
Arts:
"It is good to know that you have
decided to come to the University of
Michigan and that the privilege of
coming is' yours. You are in-
debted for the privilege of attending
this state University to the people of
our State who have a right to expect
that you will use wisely the money
they have paid for your education.
"A sound investment toward a
good university degree cannot be
made only with "C" grades. Aim
high at the very beginning of your
first term, and you will have begun
to insure yourself against regrets
when final examinations must be
written.
"When you arrive at Ann Arbor
try to realize as soon as you can that
the University should and can be
your life as long as you are a stu-
dent here. Try to plan your time
for work and play in terms of the
University. Plan your week-ends for
study and recreation here; not in
terms of your home town even though
your home may be within easy travel-
ing distance of Ann Arbor. Give
yourself whole-heartedly ' to your
classes and to meaningful extra-cur-
ricular activities. If you give much
of yourself to the University you
may expect to receive much in return.
"Cordially,"
-Erich A. Walter,
Associate Dean,
College of Literature,
Science, and the Arts.
Awards Given
For Writing
Hopwood's $551,070
Used as Prize Money
"Getting Gertie's Garter," "Little
Miss Bluebeard," and "Up in Mabel's
Room," these and other farces writ-
ten by Avery Hopwood helped gain
would be writers at Michigan a finan-
cial start.
Hopwood, a 1905 graduate, was a
millionaire playwright at the time of
his death in 1928, when he willed his
alma mater $551,069.78 from which
prizes are awarded in the annual
Hopwood writing contests.
Begun in 1931, the awards to date
total $90,000, prizes being awarded in
each of four classifications, drama,
essay, poetry and fiction.
'Awards Up to $1,000
Awards for Hopwood winners range
from $50.00 to over $1,000. Michigan
is the only university in the world
which offers its students such large
prizes in the field of writing.
When the contests were begun,
they were for upperclassmen only.
The following winter, however, a spe-
cial Freshman Hopwood Contest was
begun, and in 1938 the annual sum-
mer Hopwoods came into being.
One of the 1931 winners was Betty
Smith, who entered a play entitled
"Francie Nolan." Miss Smith's recent
best seller, "A Tree Grows in Brook-
lyn," had as its heroine one Francie
Nolan.
Many Hopwood prize winners have
had their winning works published by
major publishing houses. "The Bro-
ken Pitcher" by Naomi Gilpatrick,
"Years Before the Flood" by Mari-
anne Roane, "Family Tree" by Flor-
ence Maple, "A Sweep of Dusk" by
William Kehoe, and "Valley of the
Sky" by Hobart Skidmore are some
of the better known published Hop-
wood award winning books.
Many Story Winners Published
Likewise, many ' Hopwood short
story winners have had their works
published in magazines. "The Atlan-
tic Monthly," "Colliers," "The Satur-
day Evening Post" and "Good House-
keeping" have all carried stories by
Hopwood winners.
Hopwood entries are judged by
members of the English department
and, during the major spring contest,
by prominent American literary fig-
ures. Prof. Roy W. Cowden of the
English department is director of the
Hopwood contests.
A special room is maintained in
Angell Hall by the English depart-
ment for "Hopwoods." In this room
may be obtained copies of winning
manuscripts of former years. The
room is also a small scale library con-
taining many books and magazines.
Two-and-a-Half Miles
Of Tunnels Run Under U
Heat, water and electricity are car-
ried to all University buildings
through tunnels running for two-
and-a-half miles at an average depth
of ten feet beneath the campus. J
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The University Textbook Lending
Library has increased its collection
600 per cent in the seven years which
it has functioned.
Each year the library collection has
increased greatly, from the original
200 to the present total of 1,426. Not
only books, but slide rules, contribu-
ted by the lost and found department,
are loaned to students in need of fi-:
nancial aid.
Started in 1938, the library now
helps an average of 160 students a
semester. It has also aided service-
men on campus whose government-
ordered books were late in arriving.
Not only are textbooks lent from
the existing supply, but if the need
books at the end of the term, have
contributed them to the library. An-
other principal source of books is the
lost and found department.
Gifts of books and money contin-'
ued to be the main source of enlarg-
ing 'the library. Even obsolete text-
books are of use since they can be
sold and the proceeds used for new
books.
Any dean or counselor of any col-
lege may recommend a student to
the library. Books are borrowed for
a term and returned on the first
day of examination week. They
may then be renewed if they have
been returned in good condition.
periods are less plentiful, more stu-
dents will need the library's aid.
Also, although the government pro-
gram supplies books for veterans,
some ex-servicemen who remain in
school longer than government aid is
extended will be able to dome to the
library for help, she said.
Enrollment
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is judged to be great enough, books Located in Angell Hall Study Hall,
are purchased in response to stu- the library serves students of all
dent requests. In the past year, 87 schools. It is still unable to fill all re-
such books were bought-the high- quests, since these books are some-
est number since 1941, and almost times out of print or the demand is
double the amount of requests filled not great enough to justify their pur-
the year before. chase.
But the library depends mostly up- A substantial increase in student
on gifts to increase its collection. use of the lending library is expected
Alumni, students who have been with the decline in war production,
helped by the library, and those stu- according to Mrs. Lillian C. Rickel,
dents who, rather than sell their librarian. When .iobs for vacation
vice Building is the new School of
Business Administration Building
said to be one of the latest develop-
ments in university building archi-
tecture.
With improvements planned for
more than 50 per cent of the build=
ings on campus, estimated cost of
the expansion program tops $27,000,-
000.
Moving of the administrative of-
fices out of Angell and University
Halls into the Service Building will
bring about the razing cf Uhiversity
Hall, built in 1871 and condemned a
fire hazard since 1923.
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RENT A BIKE to speed to class on sleepy mornings. For an eye-opener in
the morning and for pleasure in the afternoon and evenings, ride a bike
from The Campus Bike Shop where rates are made by the week or month
to fit college pocketbooks.
OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAY
GET ACQUAINTED on a bicycle date. Ann Arbor is surrounded by inviting
roads, so plan to make a day of it. Bikes include baskets for your lunch.
The rates: 25c an hour, all day till sox p. m. $1.00.
CAMPUS BIKE SHOP
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Group and Private
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