Y. a FOUR TIHt MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1951 EDUCATION GOES MODERN: Oral Language Courses Supplemented by Laboratory BY MARGE SHEPHERD To further understanding of languages more effectively than by the classic method of transla- tion teaching, the romance lang- uage department launched a ser- ies of oral courses in French and Spanish shortly after the end of the last war. Today class work in these cours- es continues, supplemented by work in the language laboratory, which was started in September, 1949. ** * "ACHIEVING A free exchange of thoughts and ideas with other nations of the world without the interference of a language bar- rier is of major importance to the United States," according to Prof. Lawrence B. Kiddle, summer ses- sion chairman of the romance lan- guage department. Prof. Kiddle explained, "The need for persons well trained in foreign languages was heighten- ed by the globe-shrinking dur- ing the last war." "It was the war which gave im- petus to the movement for ex- panded teaching of the spoken language," he added. StJDENT attendance at the language lab averaged about 15 or 20 a day the first year. Now, more than 100 students a day make use of the recorded textbook lessons, commercial language courses and wire recording appar- atus which are available. Originally established as a lab- oratory for French and Spanish students, the equipment is now being used by the Russian, Near Eastern and German departments and the English Language Insti- tute. When the lab is moved into its new headquarters in the An- gell Hall addition, it will be ex- panded to include all language LANGUAGE LABORATORY-Students make use of the photograph and recording equipment in the University's Romance Language Laboratory to supplement class work being done in many language departments on campus. Located in the first floor of Angell Hall, the lab provides a collection of re- corded textbook lessons, commercial language teaching records and records of various dialects. * . .* ~ * * * departments,. and it is hoped that all commercial teaching records will be on file there. The lab now occupies a limited space in the first floor south wing of t Angell Hall. The success of the oral program is evidenced by the marked im- provement in language skill evi- denced by students of these class- es, according to Prof. Kiddle. * * * SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL booths are available in the lab where students may play records which explain the texts and may follow the speakers using the texts. Dur- ing provided pauses on the rec- ords, students may repeat the words and copy the pronuncia- tions of the recorders. They may also use the wire recording ap- paratus to make permanent rec- ords of their own voices to enable them to hear their mistakes and correct them. Peace Festival Will Be Held A "Festival of the Arts for Peace," featuring an exhibit of paintings and drawings on the theme of world peace, a report from the recent Chicago Peace Congress and a musical program Will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at 523 Packard. Included in the program will be a modern dance by a member of the University physical education department, a reading of an origi- nal poem and folk songs by a Chi- nese student. All art included in the exhibition is done by local professional or non-professional artists. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Council of Arts, Sciences, and Pro- fessions, the festival will be held in the garden of the Packard St. home. Persons desiring reservations for dinner, which will be served from 5 to 7 p.m~., should tele- phone 3-1358 or 3-0425. Cocktail Lounge Transportation by plane direct to a cocktail lounge will be the main attraction of the new bar to be operated at Willow Run Air Terminal. Permission for the lounge was obtained at a meeting of the Ypsi- lanti township board when Super- visor Henry Hicks broke a 3-3 tie. Time's News Presentation Defended by Staff Member Although Time Magazine is of- ten accused of slanting the news, its reports are no more biased than those of any other news source, Allan B. Ecker, former Time staff writer, asserted at a lecture spon- sored by the journalism depart- ment. However, Time approaches the news from a preconceived stand, Ecker admitted. This stand was determined by the editors of Time when the magazine was first founded. " s s DISCUSSING THE function of the weekly newsmagazine, Ecker said it is useful primarily to point up what is significant in the news. The newsmagazine has an advan- tage over the daily papers be- cause its writers are given a week to work over their stories and to sift and weigh the news, he added. "An associate editor of Time once wrote the f.irst paragraph or lead of a story more than 138 times before it was submitted for publi- cation." Time, Ecker said, is typical of most newsmagazines in that it is not as concerned with the timeli- ness of an event as its signifi- cance. In addition, he noted that Time departs from the usual news style and tries to imply chrono- logical sequence in stories. Commenting on Times' tradi- tional accent on adjectives, Ecker claimed that the Luce-owned weekly is attempting to discard this method and plans to use more vigorous verbs in its place. How- ever, certain adjectives such as the "late great president" and "the good, grey New York Times" will probably never be abandoned, he said. Ecker worked on various staffs of Time from 1946 to 1950 and is now on the summer staff. He spends most of his time conduct- ing round-table discussions at journalism schools throughout the country. Korean Arrival SAN FRANCISCO -(A)- With 2,092 servicemen aboard, and some 200 civilian passengers, the trans- port Gen. J. C. Breckinridge ar- rived yesterday from the Orient. Instructors go over the wire re- cordings with the students thereby providing individualized training which is impossible in the typical language course, Prof. Kiddle said. Not only records of the text books being used by the Univer- sity are available in the lab, but there are also commercial lan- guage records in languages from Spanish to Chinese. Records are also made which illustrate the various .dialects. Pollock Urges Unicameral, Legislature A unicameral legislature for Michigan was proposed by Prof. James K. Pollock, chairman of the political science department, at a forum on state and local govern- ment at Michigan State College. Prof. Pollock suggested that a move for a one-house legislature might force action on such issues as reapportionment of represen- tation and a revision of the pre- sent system of check and balance. "The theory has been tested and found workable," Prof. Pollock said. "A unicameral government gets away from interhouse bick- ering." " * OPPOSITION to the so-called Missouri Plan for selecting judges was expressed yesterday by panel members at the forum and Local Government. The Missouri Plan provides for appointment of the judges by the governor after recommenda. tion by a non-partisan nominat- ing committee. Voters decided whether the judge shall be re- placed or remain in office when he comes up for reappointment. Panel members admitted that one advantage of the plan would be that judges would have no ten- dency to be influenced by politics in making decisions. NealSays Reds Won't FightSoon Russian leaders might have a difficult time persuading their people to fight vigorously, if the conflict couldn't be shown to be a war of defense, according to Prof. Fred W. Neal, visiting professor in the political science depart- ment. "We must remember that the men in the Kremlin also have a morale problem among their peo- ple," he continued. "I don't think the Russians want a world con- flict at this time." NEAL, WHO IS an assistant to Harvard University President James B. Conant on the Commit- tee on the Present Danger, a State deparment consultant on Russian affairs and chief of foreign re- search for eastern Europe, was stationed for two years in Siberia as a liaison officer for the United States Naval Air Corps, during World War II. "There are people in the Bri- tish foreign office who have rea- son to believe a major worry of the Russians is that the Chinese would like to have the world headquarters of Communism shift from Moscow to Peiping," Neal said. "There is no definite proof that Red China will follow in the steps of Tito, but the conditions under which the Communists came to power in both countries have many similarities and such an event could happen," he pointed out. Prof. Neal expressed doubt that Russian leaders give direct orders to Red China. "Russia isn't in a position to give Red China direct orders, but I do think that the Chinese take their cues from the Kremlin. Russia does have some leverage with them because of the aid Red China has received in the Korean conflict, he said. Neal, born in Northville, Michi- gan, graduated from the Univer- sity in 1937. He served as the Wall Street Journal's Washington cor- respondent for four years preced- ing World War II. He won a Ful- bright scholarship to France in 1950 and was a Nieman fellow at Harvard in 1942. He also has ser- ved as an assistant to the presi- dent of the University of New York State. MT1usic Group Will Convene Demonstration teaching, forum discussion, exhibits and concerts will all be included in the three- day music educators' conference to be held today through Satur- day. Sponsored by the School of Mu- sic, the three sessions will deal with string teaching today, school and community orchestra tomor- row and school vocal music Sat- urday. Highlighting the conference will be a forum on the "Development of String Department Service to Schools in the State" today, a symposium on "Orchestra Train- ing Problems" and a forum on "General Music Problems," both tomorrow. Prof. David Mattern of the mu- sic school will be conference chair- man. Moody To Be Main Speaker At Annual Confab Tonight Michigan's Sen. Blair Moody will be the main after-dinner speaker at tonight's session of the Anual Conference on Aging at the Union. The other featured speaker will be Dr. Frank Kursen of the Mayo Clinic who will discuss, "Looking Back on Physical Medicine and Ex-FBI Spy' Names Cells WASHINGTON-OP)-A pretty Virginia housewife, who served seven years as an FBI spy in Com- munist ranks, testified yesterday Communist campus cells once op- erated at two Maryland universi- ties. Mary Markward, 29 years old, mother of two children, told the H o u s e Un-American Activities Committee that the Reds also sneaked cells into Baltimore steel plants in 1945. * * . * AND SHE NAMED a former capital reporter f o r columnist Drew Pearson as a Communist Party member. Pearson replied he discharged the man as soon as he found out about him. Mrs. Markward said one of the campus cells was set up at the University of Maryland, Col- lege Park, Md. "There were only four members, as I recall," she said. "They were not really too active." She testified the Communist Party's white collar section estab- lished another cell at Johns Hop- kins University in Baltimore but did not say how many members it had. ** * MEANWHILE, the Senate's In- ternal Security Committee pre- pared to go to New York City to- day to question millionaire Fred- erick Vanderbilt Field about the bail put up for Communist leaders, four of whom skipped. Senator McCarran (D-Nev.) Committee Chairman, told report- ers the group had decided not to try to take field "from the juris- diction of the New York court." The Senator said a Committee subpoena for Field's appearance in Washington had been issued be- fore Field was cited and sentenced to jail for contempt of court in New York. Mrs. Markward, who worked in a Washington beauty shop while she spied on the Com- munists, said she believes the Communist Party still has cel operating in the District of Co- lumbia and Maryland. She did not say whether the Red cells in Maryland's steel plants and colleges were still operating. The House Committee, which is looking into Communist doings in and around Washington and Bal- timore, praised Mrs. Markward for her courage. Rep. Potter (R-Mich.) told her: "I think the service you have per- formed for your country merits the same recognition as that of a man on a battlefield." Mrs. Markward s m il e d her thanks as spectators in the crowd- ed hearing room broke into ap- plause. Rehabilitation." A panel discus- sion will follow. * * * THE THREE-DAY conference on problems of the aged was op- ened yesterday by John L. Thurs- ton, deputy administrator of the Federal Security Agency. Thurston called for local ac-' tion to utilize the productive ca- pacity of handicapped and older persons now unemployed. He cited studies that have shown virtually everyone is disabled for some work, but practically no one is disabled for all work. Dr. Harold A. Rusk, speaking at the opening session of the confer- ence, emphasized that medical, sociological and economic tools must be used immediately to find a productive niche in our society for the handicapped and aged. Dr. Rusk is chairman of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation of the New York College of Medicine. "At present, there are eleven and a half million in our aging population," he declared. "By 19- 80 there will be one disabled per- son or one unemployed person ov- er sixty-five for every productive worker, if we don't utilize these people in a productive manner. Economists say it would be impos- sible to maintain our present standard of living if we had to bear such a burden." * * * A PLAN for the aged now being used by a dozen hospitals in Bri- tain was outlined at the evening session of th'e conference by Dr. Lionel Z. Cosin, of the United Ox- ford Hospitals, Oxford, England, a guest lecturer at the University. Patients admitted to the geri- atric units of these hospitals are assessed from the psycholo- gical, sociological and medical standpoints, he said. "We try to promote a full life for old people by getting them to think of a 14easurable future," he added. "Old people should be re- integrated into the family and their independence in the com- munity restored." The conference will end with a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Union, which will be de- voted to summary reports and a talk by Clark Tibbits, former head of the University's Institute for Human Adjustment and now chairman of the Federal Security Agency's Committee on Aging and Geriatrics. Astronomy Tal Prof. Otto Struve, chairman of the astronomy department at the University of California at Berke- ley, and past president of the Am- erican Astronomical Society, will lecture on "The Evolution of Stars," at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in Rm. 1025 Angell Hall. Following the lecture, which is part of the astronomy depart- ment's Visitors Night program, the Student Observatory on the fifth floor of Angell Hall will be open for telescopic observation of the Moon and Saturn, if weather per- mits. 3 Planets On Exhibit Not one, not two, but three plan- ets in a row. That's the prospect for late July in the southwestern sky after sunset, according to Prof. Hazel M. Losh of the astronomy department. Dominating the trio of planets will be the brilliant Venus, which will be at its brightest July 28. The planet has been visible in the West during the early evening hours for weeks. * , , MERCURY, which was in evi- dence in April, will be to the right of Venus and to the left will be Saturn. The three will be almost in a straight line. Two bright stars will add further color to the southwest- ern sky, Prof. Losh added. Regu- lus will be to the right of Mer- cury while Spica will be just be- yond Saturn. "Mercury's position for observa- tion will not be as good as it was in April but it should be easily identified in relation to Venus," she said. "It will reach its best position on Aug. 3." Early in July, Jupiter will be ris- ing almost exactly in the east by midnight, as Venus adisappears in the west. By the end of the month, Jupiter will be visible by 10 p.m. "The Milky Way may be easily traced during summer evenings," Prof. Losh said. "Starting in the northeast, it may be followed across the sky through the zenith or mid-point in the sky and on through its two branches." Heavy Rains DamageCrop LANSING--B-Excessive rains complicated the Michigan crop picture last week, the federal- state crop reporting service said yesterday. The heavy rains caused a slow- down in field work but crops still made generally good progress. Work on haying was progres- sing despite the wet weather, corn was making slow growth and beet stands were good. High winds caused some losses to cherry grow- ers. Showers were reported six days out of seven in upper Michigan. Lower Michigan had rain about four days during the week. Tem- peratures were generally below normal. Student Soloist Joan St. Denis, '54 SM, will ap- pear as soloist at a Belle Isle band concert this summer as one of the eleven winners in the Detroit Department of Parks and Recre- ation vocal contest. THE SHORT BOB FOR LADIES * individually styled 9 five hair stylists, THE DASCOLA BARBERS Liberty off State 4 -It -I s trd New Licenses May Be Issued II I. LANSING-01-George Burke, Ann Arbor attorney, Chairman of the State Liquor Control Com- mission told a legislative commit- tee yesterday 3,500 new package beer licenses and 300 new package liquor licenses may be issued this year. Both classes of licenses have been frozen for two years. Burke told the Administrative Rules Committee that the Com- mission staff is now working on applications for the new licenses following a Commission decision to unfreeze them. 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