AUGUST 15, 1947 TH E MICHIGA -DAILY PAGE ____________________________________________________________________________________________ i Million Books Are Available In 'U' Library Study Halls, Reading Rboms Are Provided Strategically situated in the center of campus, the "Libe," more formally known as the Gen- eral Library, puts over 1,200,000 books at the disposal of the stu- dents of the University. Students who wish to take out extra reading books for certain courses, who want copies of old exams, or who just want to study there are accommodated in the study hall on the first floor. The main reading room on the second floor provides reference books, ranging from the Encyclo- pedia Britannica to English-Ger- man dictionaries and a quieter at.- mosphere for study. Card Catalogue Explained The card catalogue, the key to all the books in the library, and the circulation desk are also 10-. cated on the second floor. The al- phabetically arranged catalogue contains the information needed to be filled out on the call slips provided for that purpose. The book is brought up from the stacks upon presentation of the call slip and identification at the circula- tion desk. The Periodical Reading Room on -the same floor provides inval- uable information on home town news and prospective term papers It contains about 1,400 current periodicals and newspapers from large cities throughout the coun- try, Information on magazine articles may be found by looking in the Reader's Guides placed on the desks. Upon presentation of a call slip and identification, the magazine is brought up from the stacks. Study Hall Material. Collateral reading books for English, history, and political sci- ece courses are found on. reserve in the Angell Hall Study Hall lo- cated on the north end of the first floor of Angell Hall. These books are to be read only in the study hall and circulate only for overnight use. Specialized school and depart- mental libraries are to be found all over campus. The Medical Reading Room, located on the second floor of the General Li- brary, has books pertaining to the fields of medicine and nursing. The Natural Science Library is on the second floor of the Natuial Science Building, the Economics and Mathematics Library on the third floor of Angell Hall, the Ed- ucation School Library at Univer- sity High School, the Engineering Library on the second floor of West Engineering, and the Legal Research Library is located at the Law Quadrangle. VITAL FUNCTION: Campus Cooperative Houses Will Open for Fifteenth Year Performing a vital economic function and responding to the need for a development of inter- racial understanding, campus co- operative houses continue for the fifteenth year to operate under the principles evolved in Roch- dale, England, a century ago. A milestone was passed in ICC history last summer when the Council adopted a plan to equal- ize costs among members, mark- ing the end of the experimental Text Library Lends Books To Students The University Textbook Lend- ing Library, founded in 1938, serves the Michigan student in need. of financial aid by lending him otherwise expensive textbooks. In the nine years of its func- tioning, the Library has increased its collection more than 600 per cent. Not only' are textbooks lent from the existing supply, but if the need is judged great enough,. books are purchased in response to strident requests. The Library depends mostly upon gifts to increase its collec- tion. Alumni, students who have been helped by the library, and those students who, rather than sell their books at the end of the term, have contributed them to the library. Another principal source of supply is the lost and found department, which also contributes unclaimed slide rules. Gifts of books and money con- tinue to be the main source of enlarging the library. Even obso- lete books are of use since they can be sold and the proceeds used for new books. ~U'Graduaite Wins Praise Peter Lisagor, graduate of the University in 1939 and former staff member of The Daily, was singled out for praise recently for his work on the Chicago Daily News. The praise came in the report of the special Illinois house of Rep- resentatives committee on mental institutions. It said, in part, "We do recognize and , compliment the splendid efforts of the press and various correspondents, and par- ticularly the Chicago Daily News and its splendid writer, Peter Lis- agor, for their fine assistance." stage in cooperative living,ac- cording to Tarik Ataman, Council president. A yearly budget providing for centralized payment on five cam- pus co-ops is pending final ap- proval. Campus Co-op houses were first organized in the depths of the de- pression and were the means by which many students were en- abled to remain in school. By renting a house and doing their own food-purchasing, cooking, and cleaning they were able to effect great savings. For Men and Women Today, there are five cooperative houses on campus, three for'girls and two for men. They have band- ed together to form the Inter- Cooperative Council (ICC), which serves as the executive organiza- tion for the group. The Council meets semi-monthly to formulate long-range policies and thrash out immediate problems. The physical set-up at the vari- ous houses is much the same as that developed by the hardy pio- neers who introduced the plan on campus. In each house a presi- dent, a treasurer and various other officers are elected by the house members. House work is apportioned equitably among the group. House meetings are called at frequent intervals to discuss matters that arise in the day-by- day process of running the house. Group purchasing has long been an important factor in campus co- operative economy. By integrating their menus and pooling their purchases co-ops have been able to effect the savings inherent in mass buying. An ICC purchaser studies the food situation and plans a buying program which will yield the ultimate in nutri- tion, palatability and economy. Social, Educational Programs Apart from the purely func- tional aspects of co-op life, there is a welding together of the entire group through a series of social and educational programs. Prominent guest speakers are often invited to co-op suppers. They remain to lead forums on various aspects of co-op life. So- cial gatherings are another fea- ture of co-op life. Buffet lunches are served and there is usually some dancing. The Michigan cooperative houses pride themselves on the complete absence of racial or re- ligious bias in the organization, and in co-ops, today, the members are of many races, religions and creeds. When a new student ap- plies for membership either as a boarder or a roomer in co-ops, the personnel committee judges him solely on his merits as an in- dividual. The criterion for admittance is the newcomer's ability to adjust himself to, and to add to the ef- ficiency of the organization. The successful co-oper quickly gains an insight into the particular problems represented by the mem- bers of different groups. MnanovWil Open Annual Fall Concerts Choral Union Series To Commence Oct. 8 Zinka Milanov, noted soprano, will open this year's Choral Union series Oct. 8, as the first concert of the University music series tra- ditionally climaxed by the May Festival. The program will include ten Choral Union series concerts, an extra series of five concerts, the annual Chamber Music Festival and the Christmas performance of Handel's "Messiah." The Chicago Symphony Orches- tra, under the direction of Artur Rodzinski will appear in the sec- ond concert Oct. 26. November Concerts The November concerts include Daniel Ericourt, pianist, Set Svanholm, tenor and the West- minster Choir under the direction of Dr. John Finley Williamson. The Boston Symphony Orches- tra, directed by Serge Koussevit- sky, will appear Dec. 8, with Myra Hess, pianist, scheduled for Jan. 10. Also included in the series are the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Karl Krueger, conductor, Feb. 23; George Enesco, violinist, Mar. 2; and the Cincinnati Symphony Or- chestra, directed by Thor John- son, Mar. 18. Patrice Munsel, soprano, will open the extra concert series Oct. 18. George Szell will conduct the Cleveland Orchestra in a concert Nov. 9 and Serge Jaroff and his Don Cossack chorus will appear Dec. 2. The Minneapolis Symphony Or- chestra, Dmitri Mitropoulos, con- ductor, will appear Feb. 15, with Alexander Brailowsky, pianist scheduled for March 10. Accept Mail Orders Mail orders for both series are being accepted now. The traditional performances of Handel's "Messiah" will be given Dec. 13 and 14. Frances Yeend, soprano; Mary Van Kird, con- tralto; Harold Haugh, tenor; Mark Love, bass; the University Choral Union and a special sym- phony orchestra will present the work. The eighth annual Chamber Music festival will be held Jan. 16 and 17 in the lecture hall of the Rackham Building. The Pag- anini string quartet, which in- cludes Henri Teminanka, Gustave Rosseels, Robert Courte and Rob- ert Maas, will be heard in Ann Arbor for the first time at the Festival. The annual May Festival has been scheduled for April 29, 30, May 1 and 2. Drake University's definition of a blind date-It's like a bee, either you get stung or you get a honey. The Association of University of Michigan Scientists, now in its second year of existence, was founded as a result of the pressure of events which had forced sci- entists into politics much against their natural inclinations and habits. The scientists, numbering about 140, express in their constitution their aim to achieve "the best pqs- sible utilization of scientific re- search for the welfare of man- kind" and have taken an active part in political and scientific matters since their first meeting on Jan. 14, 1946. The development of atomic en- ergy was one of the chief matters which concerned the organiza- tion, but actually a much broad- er field of interaction between the influence of science and socie- ty have been involved. The as- sociation feels that national and international welfare depend greatly on the proper use and con- trol of scientific discoveries and that every new revelation may change the course of history. In the past year the organiza- tion had hoped to carry on an in- tensive campaign of education on the campus and the surrounding area so that as many as possible could be well-informed on the critical issues and could act ac- cordingly. But the very limited support and enthusiasm encount- ered have necessarily forced a limitation of the program to meet- ings among the membership for self education. POLITICAL ROLE: Association of 'U' Scientists Works for Good of Mankind In accordance with the above program, the associationthas many speakers from the scientific and social science fields address the membership at its bi-monthly meetings. The association also sent a letter of endorsement of David E. Lilienthal as chairman of the Atomic Energy Committee when his appointment was being hotly debated on the Senate floor. As part of the plan to acquaint people with the implications of scientific legislation, the associa- tion's meetings have been open to all. The only requirement for membership in the organization is an A.I. degree in science, or equivalent, and experience in sci- entific research or teaching, May Lunch in Quonset Huts. Two quonset huts on East Uni- versity are now open for the con- venience of students who bring their lunch on campus. The huts, open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m, Saturdays, are available during the day for study purposes and as a waiting room for Willow Village buses. One hut has a lunch counter which serves hot coffee and milk from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, while the other hut has lunch tables and is pro- vided with lighting facilities for study. ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION SPEAKERS - Walter Duranty and H. R. Knickerbocker (bottom row left to right) will debate on the subject "Can Russia Be Part of One World?" in the lecture series. Jacques Cartier (top row left) will present "Theatre Cav- alcade" and Rear-Admiral Richard E, Byrd (top row right) will describe his career as an explorer. ANNUAL SERIES: Oratorical Association Will Present Famous Lecturers _. , -, 11 I! Ir Noted speakers in the fields of, drama, government, exploration and literature will be included in the 1947-8 Oratorical Association annual lecture series at Hill Aud- itorium. Walter Duranty and H. R. Knickerbocker, Pulitzer Prize win- ners in journalism will debate on the subject "Can Russia Be Part of One World?" on Oct. 23. Dur- anty has spent twenty years in the Soviet Union as a foreign cor- respondent and has written num- erous books on the country in.- cluding "The Kremlin and The People," "USSR," and "Duranty Reports Russia." Knickerbocker, Broadcastincg Service Plans 'C FM Station Since its beginning in 1923, the University Broadcasting Service has grown from a tiny home-made transmitter operated by engineer- ing students to an organization which is currently planning to broadcast 17 programs weekly over local commercial outlets. Latest step in the Broadcasting Service's program of planned ex- pansion is its venture into the field of frequency - modulation broadcasting. New equipment pur- chased by the University FM sta- tion, now under construction, was used for the first time in the pres- entation of the opera "Carmen" over WPAG-FM on Saturday eve- ning, August 9. This was the first of many programs which are planned to be presented from Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, and the University Auditorium. Inviting to new students is the new University Radio Guild, or- ganized under the sponsorship of the Broadcasting Service. In this organization, which is open to the entire student body students may get practice in all the fundamen- tals of presenting a radio pro- whom Alexander Woolcott called1 "The Richard Harding Davis of our times" has had 25 years of experience in reporting world events. Jacques Cartier, America's one- man theatre will present his new piece, "Theatre Cavalcade" Nov. 26. He will trace acting from the days of Euripedes, through Shake- speare, Moliere, and the Moscow Art Theatre up to the present stage and screen stars. Rear-Admiral Richard E: Byrd, explorer and pioneer in the field of adventure, will describe his long' career as an aviator and explor- er Nov. 20' . Shakespearean Actress Miss Jane Cowl, star of the American stage, will present a lec- ture-recital of the modern thea- tre Nov. 25. Miss Cowl, vividly- remembered for her characteriza- tions in "Romeo and Juliet," "Twelfth Night" and "Old Ac- quaintance," will include drama- tic scenes from her many plays in her recital. Jan. 13, Julien Bryan, leading creator of documentary films of history in the making, will pre- sent "Russia Revisited," a full- length color film photographed during the past few months, and the only one of its kind. John Mason Brown, associate editor of the "Saturday Review of Literature," will speak Jan. 22 on "Broadway in Review," an exciting and penetrating story of the lat- est plays. Foreign Policy Lecture The concluding lecture, Feb. 10, will be given by the Hon. Arthur Bliss Lane, former ambassador to Poland. His subject will be "Our Foreign Policy-Right Or Wrong?" The Oratorical Association will maintain its former price policy. Mail orders are being accepted in 3211 Angell Hall and tickets will be mailed Sept. 15. R I D E R'S ROYAL TYPEWRITERS SALES -SERVICE 115 WEST LIBERTY ST. OVERBECK BOOKSTORE THE LAW Book STORE LAW STUDENTS!. y OU WILL FIND US EVEN BETTER PREPARED FOR YOUR FALL TERM WITH NEW AND USED CASEBOOKS, TEXTS, AND SUPPLIES. 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