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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
FRIDAY, JULY 17, 15
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WILLOW RUN EXPERTS:
U.S. Weathermen Agree: It's Hot
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By BERNIE BERMAN
So you think it's hot?
Atop the tower at Willow Run
Airport, the weathermen have
forecasted still hotter weather
with temperatures in the mid-
ninties for today.
To the accompanying roar of the
'airplanes a team of five men
operate a U.S. Commerce Depart-
ment weather observation station.
They are not responsible for the
weather in the Ypsilanti-Ann Ar-
bor area, only for predicting it.
Airlines make extensive use of this
service in planning and checking
flights:
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HOURLY around the clock, the
weathernien check their gadgets,
charts, and instruments and make
reports of barometric pressure,
temperature, wind direction, state
of the sky-whether cloudy or not,
rainfall, and humidity. These re-
ports are sent all over the coun-
try via their teletype network.
Maps showing atmospheric
conditions are sent out from the
Washington headquarters by
radio-photo. From these are lo-
cated high and low pressure
areas and the resulting fronts
which bring the weather.
,According to Francis J. Pott,
meteorologist at Willow Run,
weather prediction is not too dif-
ficult once you become familiar
with the maps and their meanings.
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HE ALSO said that amateur
forecasters can often tell of chang-
ing weather by a rising or falling
barometer, but that a lot more in-
struments are needed to get full
coverage. ,
However, there are a lot of
phoney forecasters like almanacs
which Just take average mean
temperatures for a month and
by varying them a little get fair
results, Pott said.
According to latest statistics, the
U. S. Commerce Department re-
ports 87% accuracy.
-Daily-Chuck Ritz
FRANCIS L. POTT, WILLOW RUN METEOROLOGIST, PINS -UP THE LATEST
WEATHER MAPS FROM WASHINGTON
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FOR A WHILE the staff thought
they would have to pack their
bags and leave Willow Run be-
cause the Commerce Department's
budget as first presented called for
the closing of the station. How-
ever, appeals by state Congress-
men restored funds for its oper-
ation in the next fiscal year.
The only other station in the
area is at Detroit City Airport.
In any case, the old adage that
"we shall have weather, whether
or not" still holds..
Two Hundred To Gather
At SeecConference
Relations
Job Given
To Shorn
Appointment of James D. Shortt
as assistant to the director of Uni-
versity relations at the University'
was announced by President Har-
lan Hatcher yesterday. .
Shortt, who holds a bachelor'sy
degree from Oberlin College and
a master's degree from the Uni-
versity, has been working on a
doctorate here for the past two
years and has also been a resident
adviser at Cooley House in East,
Quadrangle. He is a native of War-
ren, Pa., and attended high school
there.
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ARTHUR L. BRANDON, direc-
tor of University relations, said
Shortt's chief functions at first
will be to assist in the general
management of non-educational
conferences on the campus and to
serve as liaison officer and busi-
ness consultant for traveling stu-
dent organizations such as the
Michigan bands, glee club and the
Union Opera.
, Brandon pointed out that the
new office for conferences will
in no way conflict with the In-
stitutes Department of the Ex-
tension Service which has res-
ponsibility for educational con-
ferences. Noting that 'the Uni-
versity is to be host or co-host
to an increasing number of stu-
dent groups or non-educational
conferences, such as the Nation-
al Junior Chamber of Commerce
Golf Tournament, the state Ki-
wanis meeting and the United
States Assembly of Youth in the
next few weeks, Brandon said,
"Mr. Shortt will be able to co-
ordinate for campus guests a
large number of University and
Ann Arbor services."
The assignment of assisting stu-
dent traveling organizations has
become necessary for two reasons,
Brandon explained. First, he said
is because of the recent advance-
ment of Walter B. Rea to the po-
sition of dean of men. "Dean Rea
for many years has been aiding
the touring groups, but he now
feels, to our regret, he cannot give
time to that work," Brandon said.
The second reason is that the
booking of the student traveling
groups is requiring considerable
advance work and promotion, be-
cause of the costs to local groups
of putting on programs.
"In the past, the University has
not had personnel for this work
and Mr. Shortt's appointment
provides this much-needed ser-
vice," Brandon pointed out.
Cinema Guild
Continues Film
"Arsenic and Old Lace" star-
ring Cary Grant and Josephine
Hull will continue its run at '7
and 9 p.m. today at the SL Cine-
ma Guild, Architecture Auditor-
ium.
Accompanying the Frank Capra
farce comedy will be Walt Disney's
"Seal Island."
"The Lavender Hill Mob" wit
Alec Guiness will run at 6:30, 8
and 9:3,0 p.m. tomorrow and at 8
p.m. only Sunday.
PICK UP POINTERS:
Teachers Learn New
Methods at Conference
By JO DECKER
More than 1,000 educators and
administrators are gathering in
University High School all during
this week for the Summer Educa-
tion Conference, to hear of new
methods in choosing curriculum
and teaching.
While walking through the dim
halls of the school which are pack-
ed with display tables set up by
publishing companies, the educa-
tors select new equipment for
their classes and converse about
such topics as problem children in
their schools and new library sys-
tems.
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VARIED INTERESTS bring the
group together. "I am particularly
interested in curriculum plan-
ning." o n e counsellor-English
teacher remarked.
"We are taking courses in ed-
ucation this summer and this
particular lecture was in con-
junction with our special in-
teres ," two nuns commented.
"It is certainly nice to see you,
again, John. That is the chief
reason I attended this confer-
ence," a man was heard saying.
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"SUPERINTENDENTS feel they
must keep up on the newest me-
thods, students in undergrad
school are required to attend cer-
tain meetings, and teachers "al-
ways pick up a few good pointers"
during the-conference.
Those who attended the con-
ference will be able to pass along
the idea of the importance of
adjusting curriculum and teach-
ing methods to the individual
variations. They should be bet-
ter suited to deal with children
with speech defects, and primed
to urge their students to read
beneficial books.
Yesterday's session was high-
lighted by a speech by Mrs. Fran-
ces Sayers, retired head of the
Children's Department of the New
York Public Library. Mrs. Sayers
charged that, "Reading, which is
truly an art, has fallen into the
clutches of the scientific measur-
ers, who go over the field of chil-
dren's literature like earthworms."
MRS. SAYERS criticized teach-
ers and librarians who go over the
texts of children's books and fre-
quently cross out words-presum-
ably to simplify the material. She
claimed that "there is a great
deal to be said for not knowing
all the words."
Summing up her speech on
"The Keener Edge," she said, "I
would like to see teachers and li-
brarians reading with the keener
edge of enjoyment, the keener
sense of adventure, the keener ob-
ligation of sharing that literary
pleasure with the children."
Concluding the 24th annual
Summer Education Conference
will be two programs this morn-
ing. Prof. John U. Michaelis of
the University of California will
speak on "Developing Democratic
Behavior through the Elementary
Curriculum" at 10 a.m. in Schor-
ling Auditorium. A panel discus-
sion led by Prof. Robert S. Fox,
principal of the University Ele-
mentary School, will follow.
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Pres. Peron
Lets Political
Prisoners Go
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-(')
-A member of President! Juan
Peron's government sai$ yester-
day all political prisoners arrested
in Argentina in the past three
months have been released with
the exception of 66 members of
the opposition Radical party.
Angel Borlenghi, the Interior
Minister, told a news conference
that all parties but the Radical
had made peace with Peron and
could engage in political activities
with few limitations.
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THE RADICALS make up the
only important organized opposi-
tion party in Argentina. Their
membeit were among the several
hundred persons arrested on
charges of attempting to terrorize
the Peron administration with
bomb explosions and other vio-
lence in March, April and May.
Borlenghi said the Radicals re-
fused to accept any olive branch
f r o m Peron and continued,
through speeches in congress and
clandestine literature, to try to
create disturbances.
The Hillel Foundation
1429 Hill Street
invites you to its
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Approximately 200 speech teach-.
ers from Michigan, Ohio and In-
diana will congreate in Ann
Arbor today and tomorrow for
the 'University's annual Summer
Speech Conference.
The latest techniques in Speech
education will be explored during
the two day conference
DEMONSTRATIONS of a high
school debate will head the agenda
this morning at the Rackham
Amphitheater when several Uni-
versity graduate students argue
Local Citizens
May Purchase
Resuscitator
Failure by the Board of Super-
visors in Ann Arbor to act on
furnishing a resuscitator to re-
place the present inoperative
county-owned machine, has re-
sulted in private offers and pro-
posed donation drives. to purchase
a new one.
A local funeral home has al-
ready added a resuscitator to its
regular ambulance service as part
of a citizen's and hospital offi-
cials' attempt to have an activated
machine at the county's service.
Scattered groups of Ann Arbor-
ites are joining in fund drives to
speed up purchase of a machine
after the board delay.
The newest machine will be
made available to the Sheriff's
department for county use, ac-
cording to the owner. The super-
visors' delay in action on resus-
citator purchase was not the rea-
son for the funeral home pur-
chase however, according to the
owner.
County and city attention to the
need for more and operating re-
suscitators was brought to a head
recently when an Ann Arbor citi-
zen reported that a drowning vic-
tim may have been saved had the
county owned machine been in
operation.
the topic "Resolved : That the
President of the United States
Should Be Elected by Direct Vote
of the People." The students will
be Geraldine Bertovick, Robert De-
Mars, Eve Kommel, and Richard
Nelson.
Today's program will continue
in the Rackham Bldg. with "The
Communications Program" by
,Paul D. Sagwell, executive vice
president of the Speech Associa-
tion of America, and head of
the Department of Communica-
tion Skills, Michigan State Col-
lege. Concluding the morning,
Karl R. Wallace, SAA vice-presi-
dent and chairman of the Uni-
versity of Illinois speech depart-
ment will speak on "Field of
Speech: 1953."
"How to Get a Job in Speech,"
by Orville A. Hitchcock, SAA ex-
ecutive secretary and University
of Iowa professor of speech, will
start off the afternoon at 1:30
p.m. Following him will be John
E. Dietrich, president of the Cen-
tral States Speech Association and
University of Wisconsin associate
professor of speech and associate
director and business manager of
drama, speaking on "The Chal-
lenge .of Educational Television."
Eyrimig To Speak
The radiation biology symposium
will continue today with a lecture
by Prof. Henry Eyring of Univer-
sity of Utah on "The Chemical
Groups Attached by Radiation" at
4:15 p.m. in 1300 Chemistry Bldg.,
OPEN HOUSE
on
Sunday, July 19,, at 8:00 P.M.
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