PAGr FOS THE MTCHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1953 MAN OF VERSATILITY: Businessman Turns Student By DEBRA DURCHSLAG Bob Morgan, Detroit business- man now enrolled in the Univer- sity's summer session, manages to juggle four vocations with the ease ;of a Barnum and Bailey vet- eran. No relation to the Bob Morgan of Alumni Association fame, his specialty is schizophrenia. Last semester he- drove to the Univer- sity from Detroit three days a week as Student Morgan, dabbling in speech and exposition. A 45 minute drive back to industrializa- tion, and presto: Entrepreneur Morgan, a successful businessman, devoting his time to assorted en- terprises which include a string of dance studios, a mobile manu- facturing industry, and a machine re-building factory. * * * MORGAN first established him- self in business with a small dance studio in Detroit. This studio is now the third largest school of ballroom dance in the country, and it has been joined by five others under the Morgan name. Once he clicked with the ballroom crowd, he decided to expand his talents and explore other vocations. A certain part of Morgan's suc- cess can be attributed to ingen- ious advertising stunts. His rum- ba show that played in several De- troit nightclubs may have been over-dramatized ("the primitive music of African slaves"), but it interested people in learning how to do these "native" dances. One of the jobs that Bob Mor- gan has the most fun with is his mobile industry. He is one of the first to manufacture these movable sculptures, producing representational as well as ab- stract motifs. The Ford Motor Co. commissioned a 30 foot, $9,000 mobile that now hangs in the, Rotunda. Five types are in- cluded in their line, made large- ly by hand and sold all over the country. His big project at the present time is school. "I wanted to de- velop certain skills that I felt lack- ing- and so here I am," he says. He has found the life of a student quite different from that of an employer, and right now the form- MOBILE MANUFACTURING MANAGER MORGAN er ranks higher, taking up 95 per cent of his time. * * * THIRTY-FIVE year old Morgan has quickly adapted himself to the life of a university student. The assurance and initiative that has made him a success in business has the same result when applied to things academic. Morgan still hasn't reached the limit of his ambition. Nothing gives him more pleasure than ex- perimenting in a score of fields at the same time. A routine Babbitt existence would be impossible for him. He still wants to get into "something important," and his past record makes it seem more than a mere possibility. University Seal Dated 1837 Unearthed on Arizona Ranch There're strange things in them thar Arizona hills! A nine inch bronze University seal, unearthed on a ranch near Flagstaff, arived at the Adminis- tration Bldg. recently. The three pound package costing 51 cents to mail was accompanied by a let- ter asking if the seal "had been purloined from the campus." Frank Robbins, Assistant to the President, said that to his know- U I Bargains in USED and NEW TEXTBOOKS FOR ALL SUMMER SCHOOL COURSES BUY AND SAVE at FOLLETT'S MICHIGAN BOOK STORE State Street at North University ledge the seal had not been stolen from University °property. 1837, the date on the flat metal disc makes the seal obsolete now, but also helps in determining its age. In 1895 the present design was adopted and in 1929 an act of the Regents proclaimed that "the seal of the University be altered by changing the date thereon of the University's founding from 1837 to 1817." The controversy over the Uni- versity's founding date stems from the fact that the University was instituted in Ann Arbor in 1837, but had existed in Detroit twenty years previous under the name, "The Catholepistemiad, or Uni- versity, of Michigania." Robbins stated that it is not unusual for the University to re- ceive letters from people who have found jewelry or similar objects with the University's seal on it, but so far the bronze plaque has been the biggest find. The problem now is what to do with it. Fire College Being Held On Campus Michigan's 25th annual Fire College is now in session. Four hundred firemen from all over the state are expected to register for the 3 day session which started yesterday. About 70% of the students will be vol- unteer firemen. "Ann Arbor fire watchers will+ have an opportunity to see a "re- search" house at 306 Hill Street set afire Thursday at 4:30 p.m. to demonstrate a new type of low pressure fog which is expected to save millions of dollars in indoor fire losses in Michigan. The Fire College, sponsored by the University Extension Service and the Office of Vo- cational Education, Depart- ment of Public Instruction, con- sists of lectures, roundtable dis- cussions, and demonstrations as well as outdoor practice in var- ious phases of fire fighting at Ferry Field from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. The afternoon courses include demonstrations and practice in technique for using hoses, ropes, knots, and hoists; masks and re- suscitators; and ladders as well as minor extinguishing practices and a course in salvage and ov- erhaul. These six items are the prerequisites to all the other out- door courses which include first aid, use of minor equipment in fire extinguishing, and pumper operation and equipment main- tenance. ALL THE lecture courses are held in the Rackham Building. They cover all phases of fire- fighting from electrical hazards to cooperation of industrial and municipal or the fire prevention laws and ordinances of the state. The house to be set afire is on .Hill St. right off Fifth Street. Heat testing devices will be placed inside the building so the interior temperatures will be known at all times. The amount of water used to bring the fire under control will be measured. Walace F. Gannon, instructor in firemanship training for the University Extension Service said that probably several fires would be set off in jifferent parts of the building to test the efficiency of the low pressure spray technique. The house is owned by the Uni- versity and was to be torn down anyway. Int'l. Center Program Set The International Center will launch its summer program for foreign students with a welcome reception at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Rackham Assembly Hall. Guests will be received inform- ally at the reception by Esson M. Gale, Director of the International Center, Prof. Harold M. Dorr, Di- rector of the Summer Session, members of the International Cen- ter Board of Governors, and Uni- versity President Harlan Hatcher. Throughout the summer the In- ternational Center and the Made- ]on Pound House will be open daily until 10 p.m. to foreign students for recreational and social activi- ties. Many of the usual indoor ac- tivities will be replaced by touring trips and other outdoor activities. Each Thursday afternoon from 4:30 to 5:30 informal social gath- erings will be held in the Tea Room of the International Center. Refreshments will be served. Gale, in cooperation with nearby county agricultural agents, has made plans for students to visit Michigan farm communities and get acquainted with the people. These trips will take place in late July and early August. For the newly arrived foreign students a program of orientation will be conducted by Miss Sarah E. Grollman, Language Consultant of the International Center. Cabinet Lady ()veta Cup Hobby, Secretary of the recently created cabinet post of U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare will speak at a University Con- ference on Aging to be held here July 8 through 10. Mrs. Hobby will discuss "The Health and Welfare of our Senior Citizens" at a dinner meeting, July 8 Varied Drama Season Slated For Summer Drama, music and comedy in various forms will combine to highlight the speech department's Summer Playbill. Leading off with a series of three Broadway successes, the sea- son will continue with a Shaw comedy and end with an opera. OPENING JULY 1, Jean Gir- audoux's fantasy-comedy, "The Madwoman of Chaillot" wil run through July 4. Under the direc- tion of Prof. Valentine B. Windt of the speech department and di- rector of play production, the work concerns an eccentric "coun- tess" who solves all the ills of the world in one brief afternoon. Translated from its original French by Maurice Valency, the play which has Paris as its set- ting received the Drama Circle Critics' Award for the best for- eign play of 1949. Following this "Knickerbocker Holiday"admusical comedy by Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill will run from July 8 through 11. It will be directed by Prof. Wil- liam P. Halstead of the speech department. CHAIRMAN of the Tulane Uni- versity Department of Speech Monroe Lippman will direct "The Country Girl," a new drama by Clifford Odets. This is scheduled to run from July 22 to 25. "Pygmalion," popular comedy by George Bernard Shaw will be presented from July 29 through Aug. 1. Prof. Halstead will direct this famous 'play on words'. Collaborating on the final offering of the season, Prof. Windt and Josef Blatt of the music school will present Jac- ques Offenbach's popular op- era, "The Tales of Hoffman." Under the joint auspices of the speech department and the School of Music this work will be offered Aug. 6 through 8, with a final performance sche- duled for Aug. 10. All performances will be held in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater in the League. The box office is now open, and mail for season tickets are being accepted. They are priced at $6.00, $4.50 and $3.25. Individual tickets will go on sale Monday. Prices for the plays are $1.20, $.90 and $.60. Opera and musical comedy prices are $1.50, $1.20 and $.90. UN Topic of SRA Lunch Discussion With a luncheon discussion at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday on "The UN Through the Eyes of the Near East" and a Punch Hour on Fri- day, the Student Religious Asso- ciation will get its summer pro- gram rolling in an effort to fill the present lull in student activities. The luncheon, the first in a series of Thursday noon lunch dis- cussions to be held at Lane Hall, will feature Sajeb Shafaq of Iran, visiting professor in the Near East department. It is open to any stu- dent with 40 cents in his pocket to pay the price of the lunch. The Punch Hour which will be held from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. is scheduled to become a Friday aft- ernoon custom at Lane Hall for the rest of the semester. This week it will be sponsored by the office of the Protestant Counselor for Foreign Students in conjunction with Lane Hall. i I If you can play an instrument orI or carry a tune, you are urgentlyI carry a tune, you are urgently needed by either the Summer Ses- sion Band, Symphony Orchestra, or Choir. According to Prof. Josef Blatt, conductor, the orchestra can use all string players, though there are also positions open for brass and woodwind players. Prof. Blatt, formerly assistant conductor of the Metroloitan Opera Company, has planned one public concert, an opera, Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffman," plus readings of many of the outstanding works in or- chestral literature. REHEARSALS are at 8 a m. Monday through Friday in Harris Hall, but the time is flexible and can be changed when the season gets underway. Prof. Blatt can be reached at 214 Hill Auditorium be- U' Seminar In Teaching English_ Given For the purpose of learning to teach others a language which is- n't their native tongue, thirteen foreign teachers from seven coun- tries have come to the University this summer for a ten week course at the English Language Institute. The training program in teach- ing English as a Foreign Language is sponsored by the Institute of International education, as part of an exchange through which University teachers are sent to other countries. The University is also running an eight week linguistic program in which linguistic professors from various campuses are meeting to discuss theories of language and their application. The professors get together every Wednesday noon for lunch- eon and from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tues- day and Thursday evenings to read and discuss language papers. French Club Activities Set Organization of the Summer Session French Club will take place at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the League. French songs and an informal talk on "France of Today" by Prof. Charles E. Koella of the French department will highlight the meeting's events. All interested students and faculty members are invited to attend. Weekly informal meetings of the La P'tite Causette will be open to students and instructors at the Union. The meetings are being held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Mon- days and Wednesdays. tween the hours of 10-12 and 2-4, or by telephone at extension 2843. The Summer Session Band, under the direction of Prof. Wil- liam D. Revelli, meets daily at 1 S.m. in Harris Hall. Two open air concerts "on the mall" will be presented, and besides Prof. Revelli there will be numerous guest conductors, including James Neilson of Oklahoma City University, Paul Yoder, noted band composer, and James Dunlop, Director of Bands, Penn. State University. The band needs mostly percus- sion, tuba, clarinet, and saxo- phone players, though here also there are many other openings. Prof. Revelli may be reached for audition at Harris Hall through his secretary Miss Mattison, or byj telephone at University extension 2114. In both the band and orches- tra, instruments will be furnished free of charge to those who do not have them. THE CHOIR this summer is be- ing conducted by Alexander Zim- merman, regularly Director of Music Education at the San Diego City Schools. Rehearsals are from 7 p.m. until 8:20 p.m. in Auditori- um D, Angell Hall every Tuesday and Thursday. Auditions are not necessary, just contact Professor Zimmerman during these times. The main effort of the choir will be to allow members an op- portunity of singing many of the works in a long and illustrious tradition of choral literature. Besides madrigals, motets, and Negro spirituals, Prof. Zimmer- man plans to conduct works by Purcell, and the English and Russian choral composers. In all three organizations mem- bership is open both to students and townspeople. Students may elect them as a credit course or as an extra-curricular activity. So if you have an instrument in the attic, or a voice yearning to burst forth, or are just unaware of these organizations, the opportu- nity for a musical summer is at hand. Band, Choir Give Call For Summer Musicians Students Cop Hopwoods Seventeen aspiring young writ- ers were awarded a total of $8,- 350 in the annual Avery and Jule Hopwood Creative Writing Con- test. EUGENE HOCHMAN, Grad, re- ceived the largest award, $1,200 in the major drama contest for his three plays entitled "Veranda on the Highway," "Margene and the Messiah" and "Address in Pra- gue," the latter having been giv- en its premiere by University speech students on the campus this spring. Top honors in the major essay field went to Howard J. Harvey, Grad. and Leonard Goodwin, '53, each of whom was awarded $400. Jack D. LaZebnik, Grad., re- ceived $1,000 in the field of major fiction for "The Death of Nero." Mabelle Ting Mel Hsueh, Grad., and Anthony C. Buesser, Grad. were the recipients of the two other major fiction awards each amounting to $800. The major poetry contest awards were copped by Harvey S. Gross, Grad. and Richard Laing, Grad. Both were awarded $700 for "Plans for an Orderly Apoca- lypse;" and "Carrying the King," respectively. Joseph A. Greene, Grad., received $600 for his work, "Poems." * * * WILLIAM R. BRASHEAR, '53 was a double division winner re- ceiving $200 in the minor drama division of "The Naked Will," and $250 for his essay "The Ends of Thought." $250 was awarded to Richard B. Goode, '53 for "A Duet, in Radio," a pair of original radio scripts. The other minor essay award of $200 was given to Wil- liam V. Holtz, '54 for "Written by a Very Young Man." Honors in minor fiction went to Harley Osborn, '54, who received $250 for "Short Stories;" and to Carl Brunsting, '53, who was giv- en $200 for "Two Stories." Betty Lynn Ehlers, '55, and Marilynn L. Keith, '54, were each awarded $200 for winning top mi- nor poetry honors. 4 ;i rI t M