N rA~r SIX " HE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1954 Mailbox Books AFGHAN MEETING: Laubach Describes Literacy Campaign RACING FANS: Sailors Hold Rea tas A little ingenuity, an insight into student behavior and some grey paint resulted in two mail- boxes converted by the General Library into a convenient place to return books with a minimum of effort. The bottoms of the boxes, lbo- eated at the front and side entranc- es of the Main Library, are well- padded with four inches of foam- -Daily-Marj Crozier rubber as a precaution againstj damage to the books. According to FredrickiL.rDim- ock, Chief Circulation Librarian, the boxes have been used exten-' sively since their inception just prior to the summer session. The only limitation is with re- gard to overdue books, unbound material and phonograph records which must still be returned in the customary manner. AGE MEETING: Retirement Doesn't Hurry -Death Says Clark Tibbetts By HARRY LUNN Special to The ]Daily MADISON-A conference of Af- ghanistan students Friday heard the Rev. Frank C. Lauback de- scribe his literacy campaign in their country and challenge them to promote the adult education pro- gram on their return. The world-renowned literacy ex- Polymer Seminars Open Today First of the series of seven sem- inars on the "Size, Shape and Structure of Polymer Molecules" will be held from 2 to 4:30 p.m. today in Rm. 3205 of the East Engineering Bldg. Two guest lecturers will be Turn- er Alfrey, Jr., of the Dow Chemi- cal Co. and Prof. L. M. Hobbs of the chemical and metallurgical ineering department. Topic for today's discussion will center around molecular weight. Cragg Chairman Prof. L. H. Cragg of the Mc- Master University chemistry de- partment in Hamilton who is a visiting lecturer in the University's chemical and metallurgical engi- neering department will act as semnar chairman. Two guest lecturers will take part in each seminar session and a discussion period will follow. The following six seminar ses- sions will be held on successive Tuesdays through Aug. 10. They are part of the summer session with joint sponsorship of the chemical and metallurgical de- partment, the Engineering Re- search Institute and the Michigan Memorial-Phoenix Project. Meetings will be open without charge to graduate students, sci- entists and engineers who are in- terested in the field. Polymer mol- ecules a prominent subject in the field of plastics. Faculty Attends Training Lab Four University faculty persons are staff members at the eighth annual summer session of the Na- t i o n a 1 Training Laboratory in Group Development at Bethel, Me. They are: Prof. Edward S. Bor- din of the Department of Psycho- logy; R. Frederick Christmann, audio-visual consultant, Audio-Vi- sual Center; Prof. Watson Dicker- man, School of Education, and Alvin Zander, program director, Research Center for Group Dyna- mics. Sponsored by the National Edu- cation Association and the Re- search Center for Group Dynamics at the University, the laboratory was established in 1947 to aid those individuals who are in positions which necessitate directing or working with groups of people ei- ther in organizations or communi- ties. pert, who has taught an estimated 60,000,000 people to read their own languages, spoke at the first Af- ghan meeting held in this country. Bringing together 35 of the 100 students here from the small Mid- dle Eastern nation, the three-day conference is sponsored by the American Friends for the Middle East and the University of Wis- consin ISlamic Cultural Associa- tion. Teaches Simple Hebrew Outlining the work he began in SAfghanistan in 1950, Mr. Laubach illustrated his techniques by rapid- ly teaching the audience simple Hebrew word combinations. He related how the knowledge of their native language is utilized for newly literate peoples by a series of parables on "Hussein the Wise Man" who accomplishesman- y things through books. Some 90 parables have been de- vised and translated into seven languagestoshow people how to improve their primitive food and sanitation facilities and make other progress. Wide-Spread Literary Campaign Originally a Congregationalist minister, Mr. Laubach devised his first literacy program in attempt. minister, Mr. Laubach devised his first literacy program in attempt- ing to win the friendship of the Moros in the Philippines in 1929 Since then he has carried his cam- paign to 84 countries where he has produced basic reading lessons in 249 languages. Though he will celebrate his seventieth birthday September 2, he still carries on with a yearly schedule that takes him overseas for spring and part of the summer and to the United States in the autumn for a lecture series. The remainder of his crowded schedule is filled with writing and administrative work. Shortly after his work in the Philippines gained recognition a- mong other missionaries and liter- acy' experts, the World Literacy Committee was created to advance the campaign in all parts of the world. Bizarre Adventures Mr. Laubach's own travels with literacy teams have yielded a se- ries of bizarre adventures. One grateful Moro assassin was so thankful for the instruction that he told the minister that anyone he requested could be killed. Greaest success in the campaign has been gained in Brazil, Rev. Laubach feels, while the most dif- ficult project thus far has been in Mozambique. A native of Pennsylvania, the literacy crusader keeps a modest New York apartment to return ti to in between travels. He gained his education at Princeton, the Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University. Bahai Talk Slated Today Dick Maines will speak on the Bahai World Faith, a talk and dis- cussion of the renewal of civiliza- tion at 8:15 p.m. today at 1400 Granger Ave. TWO OF MICHIGAN'S SAILORS CONCENTRATE ON WINNING A RACE Recently Ann Arbor played host to a group of students from various Midwestern colleges and universities, each with an interest in a rapidly-growing inter-collegiate competition, dinghy racing. Sailing Club members 'from Purdue, Fenn, Oberlin, Baldwin- Wallace, Bowling Green, and University of Detroit participated in the area "D" eliminations for the Midwest Dinghy Championships which were held at Purdue University. These series of races, or regattas, are sponsored by the Midwest Collegiate Sailing Association and are held at various schools through- out Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Participating students spend a week-end of sailing, rehashing the races and exchanging stories of past regattas. The regatta itself is set up with an "A" and a "B" division, each school having skippers and crew for both divisions. There are as many races run in each division as there are schools participating (that is, twice as many races as number of schools). After each pair of races, there is a change in boats, thereby giving every school the opportunity of sailing in every boat in both "A" and "B" divisions. Points are given on the basis of one for starting, and one for every boat beaten. Rules set up by the North American Yacht Racing Association, used by racing enthusiasts throughout the country, are closely fol- lowed. Always present are a race chairman who insures accurate timing and fair starts, and a protest committee to make decisions when a violation of a racing rule is involved. The races are sailed on a triangular course, the setting of which is also the job of the race chair- man. Many of the regattas held in the spring are eliminations for the national dingy championships which are held each June in Cali- formia. Various other regattas are the Women's championships ind the Big Ten Championships, which are held annually. Retirement does not hasten death, accordin to Clark Tib- betts, chairman of the committee on aging,, and geriatrics of the U.S. Department of Health, Edu- cation and Welfare. As opening speaker at the three- day seventh annual conference on aging, he declared that retirement means only that the person is switching from one job to another. 44'However, finding this new ac- tivity, whether it be in the enjoy- Coming Events LINGUISTICS TALKS Prof. Murray Fowler, chairman of the University of Wisconsin Comparative philology and lin- guistics department will discuss "The Isolation of the, Morpheme" at 7:30 p.m. today in Rackham Assembly Hall. Prof. Herbert H. Paper of the Near Eastern Studies department will talk on "The Dialects of Ela- mite" at the Linguistic Luncheon scheduled for 12:10 p.m. tomorrow in the League. Both Lectures are sponsored by the Linguistic Institute. SPEECH DISCUSSION Prof. A. Craig Baird of the Iowa ment will address the second 1954 Summer Session assembly of the speech department at 3 p.m. to- morrow in Rackham Amphithea- ter. He will discuss "Problems of Responsible Communication." NEAR EAST STUDIES Discussion of "The Dead-Sea Scrolls and Biblical Research" will open the University's lecture series on "Studies in Near Eastern Cul- ture" at 4 p.m. tomorrow in Audi- torium B, Angell Hall. One of the world's leading ar- chaeologists, Prof. William F. Al- bright will open the series under the auspices of the U-M Depart- ment of Near Eastern Studies. He is professor of Semitic languages at The Johns Hopkins University. Professor Albright will speak on "Recent Exacavations in South Arabia" thursday. Both public talks will be illustrated. Prof. Albright holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from The John Hopkins University, 1916; Doctori Hebrew Languages, Jewish Theolo- gical Seminary, 1936; Doctor of Theology, University of Utrecht, (Neterlands), 1936 and Doctor of Laws, Boston College, 1947. 1 ment of travel, adult education or in public service, often is what causes difficulty, for there is not one shred of scientific evidence that retirement itself hastens death," he explained. Guilty Non-Workers "Our present senior citizens have grown up in a social climate focused on work and they feel guilty when they aren't working." "As a consequence these persons, uncertain why the added years have been handed them, often be- come confused, depressed, with- drawn and bitter toward society. It is this attitude which may has- ten some mental and physical de- terioration," Tibbetts explained. "It is a paradox," he comment- ed, that when we get this leisure time in later years, something no other culture has had, we don't know what to do with it." Predicts Longer Life Predicting a further extension of life past the average age of 70, he said older persons were going to continue to become increasingly important and valuable members of society "if we can develop a so- cial climate of leisure." "This would be a climate in which older persons look forward to a time when they can find sat- isfaction in arts, crafts, adult edu- cation or increased active interest in bettering our governments and our civilization. . "The problem, however, still is to get these per- sons to feel that in doing these things they are using their time legitimately." Tibbetts' talk is the only major one scheduled for the conference. Dunham Writes French History Development of the industrial revolution in France recently has been traced by a University of Michigan faculty member in his book "La Revolution Industrielle en France (1815-1848)." Prof. Arthur L. Dunham of the history department aims in his book to interpret the French in- dustrial revolution by evidence from eye witness reports, when- ever possible. An American historian who has lived in France many years and knows the country and its people,j in peace and war, Prof. Dunham explained that he believes "the Industrial Revolution in France can only be understood through a knowledge of French geography, life and thought." In the fall, eliminations are held for the Timme Angsten Regatta which is sailed during Thanksgiv- ing vacation in Belmont Harbor in Chicago. The University Sailing Club was founded by a group of Naval Ar- chitecture students in 1939 and shortly afterwards became an all- campus organization. The club re- cently moved its ten dinghies from Whitmore Lake to Base Line Lake, about seventeen miles northwest of Ann Arbor. They also have plans for build- ing a combined club and boat house for winter storage of the boats. Finding sailing an excellent form of relaxation, sailing club members can be seen on the lake almost evory week-day afternoon during the spring, and engaged in inter-club racing Saturdays and Sundays. r~ A GROUP OF DINGHIES LINEb UP AT THE DOCK WAIT FOR THE NEXT RACE "OutrTeacher wears the NEATEST Shirts R i ..l dei ver o _ CeseLt"U ru.ma. sotedsmooth. ark9ngclean with collar,: and cu1, Remeb Sed usYour other hard. odolaundr' MEMBERdr. 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