ACTIVITIES SECTION / 4 OA4 t 4t CYi ii ACTIVITIES SECTION E PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1959 TWELVE PAGES Socia I Scene iUE BUILDING-An (aerial view of the Women's League s a side view, autumn shadows creeping up the side. In the ground at right is the Health Service Building. a ge Cooinates :tivities of Women By LINDA BRODEY * The Women's League was founded in 1890 and has served as the clearing house for women's activities and self-government ever since. The League is divided into three branches which include Women's League Council, Women's Senate and Women's Judiciary. The Board of -Governors of the League is c composed of four alumnae, two faculty-women, two women admin- istrators and five students. This body .determines policy concerning the Michigan League Building. The Council of the Women's League has three branches of gov- ernment: the League officers, the Administrative chairmen, the first vice-presidents of Assembly Asso- ciation and Panhellenie Associa- tion, and -the president of the Women's Athletic Association. Acts as Guide t The League President presides over League Council meetings and acts as guide and .advisor to the various women's activities con- ducted through the Women's League. This year's League Presi- dent is Katherile Johnson, '60. As League Holds Class S5hows Each year Women's League sponsors four class projects which include Frosh Weekend, Soph Show, Junior Girls Play, and Senior Night. Held in the spring of the year, freshmen women compete with each other to give the best all- around campus dance. Originatin as a dance drama, the first Frosh Weekend was pre- sented at Sunset on Palmer Field as a freshman class project. Later Assembly and Panhellenic Board combined ideas and organized, See LEAGUE, Page 9 president Miss Johnson is also an ex-officio member of the Board of Governors of the Michigan League and of the Student Government Council. The internal vice-president of the League coordinates all activi- ties sponsored by the administra- tive committees of the League and+ prepares the calendar of events for the entire year. The external vice- president coordinates League ac- tivities with other campus organi- zations and presides over Women's Senate. The Vice-President in charge of Class Projects is the guide, advisor and coordinator of the central committees of Soph Show, Junior+ Girls' Play and Senior Night. Other officers include the Vice-President+ in Charge of Finance and the Chairman of the Interviewing and Nominating Committee. Chooses Committees The Interviewing and Nominat- ing Committee has the responsi- bility of choosing,.rthrough the+ petitioning. and interviewing pro- cesses, all wtvmen students serving as chairmen° or committee, mem-. bers for League projects through- out the year. Members visit the residence halls before petitioning opens to-explain the process and answer any ques- tions prospective petitioners might have. Each of the chairmen of the seven administrative committees also has a seat on League Council in addition to her duties in seeing that League projects run smoothly. Performs Services The Community Service Com- mittee volunteer their services to the community each year, acting as hostesses at the University Hos- pital, the Speech Clinic and the Veterans' Readjustment Center. The members plan holiday par- ties and entertainment for these centers and act as advisor and re- ferral agency for other campus See WOMEN, Page 9 Opportunities To Be Shown Union, League Prepare For Social Orientation Of Incoming Students The Union and League, in co- operation with the administra- tion, will sponsor the social orien- tation program to parallel the University's academic orientation. Orientation week for freshmen and transfer students who have not had summer academic orien- tation will begin Monday, Sept. 14, "with a mass meeting in Hill Auditorium where they will meet their orientation leaders and join their respective groups. The rest of that day and Tues- day will be devoted to academic testing with the language place- ment tests being given on Monday evening. Registration Scheduled On Wednesday there will be registration with individual groups meeting before. In these meetings, the orientation leaders will ex- plain the procedure and answer any questions the newnstudents may have about registration. The rest of the week will be de- voted to social activitiesso that incoming students can get to feel at home' at the University and be- come familiarized, with the social and extra - curricular activities which are available to them. Highlighting the schedule will be 'programs planned by the League and Union. League Night is a musical presentation to ex- plain the League's functioning in song. Madness Planned Union Madness is a completely social event which is open to. everyone on campus, not only the new students. There will be a car- nival, a jazz concert and dancing. One of the campus traditions will be President Harlan Hatcher's welcome to incoming students. At the game time, the deans of men and women and various student leaders will address the new stu- dent body. Following the "President's Wel- come," there will be an all-campus sing on the Diagonal. The band and cheerleaders will be there to lead the group in their first intro- duction to school spirit. There will also be College Night where students will become fa- miliar with the schools they are enrolledi in. Besides this, the' League and Union are planning coke dates and the dorms will ar- range mixers. Individual. orientation groups will be able to attend League- Union Forums where the students will be given the opportunity to ask upper classmen questions about the University and campus life, too. Students To Tour In addition, there will be tours of the campus including the Stu- dent Publications Building, the League, the Union and the Stu- dent Activities Building. These buildings will have displays show- ing what activities they offer. Students will be finished with the academic testing and registra- tion by Wednesday of orientation week. On Wednesday, many of the stu- dents who pre-registered during the summer will come to the cam- pus to participate in these activ- ities. , 'Housing Groups ON THE HILL-Short flights of steps lead along the rear' of Alice Lloyd Hall, next to Couzens Hall onto the path tha back of the dorms facing Observatory Street. Stockwell Fall can be seen in the background, while next to Lloyd and oi picture is the Mosher-Jordan complex. These four residence halls hold the majority of University women living in this LARGEST IN COUNTRY: UM wh M Unir i P n i D~Iverse Old, Modern Dormitories Hold, Women , Four Residence Halls Gathered on The Hill; Others on Campus Mary Marley Hall is the new- est and largest of the women's residence halls, but by no means the only one. The 1,200,women who live in the H-shaped, six story Markley ara located near the majority of wom- en's residence halls on the Hill. The Hill, completely covered with women's dorms, left no room for the newest, which was built one block to the west. Markley is made up of eight "houses," divisions made for ease of governing and group living. It features such dormitory luxuries as a phone in every room and a snack bar. Hold Lounges The living quarters of Markley are arranged vertically on both sides of the "H." The central bar contains lounges, dining facilities and other group facilities. t runs along the Student opinion was sampled in at of sight in the building Markley. Women were type of housing, consulted on everything from room arrangement to color schemes for the building. All the rooms in the dorm are doubles. The basement contains laundry rooms and sound- proof music rooms where students can practice undisturbed and un- disturbing. Also located on the Hill is Stock- well Hall, a Gothic building hous- Lot been anounced ing 500 women. Stockwell on the feature nationally left of the Hill starts the chain inerse that leads through Mosher-Jordan, *r Alice Lloyd and Couzens Hall on Lays a large role in the right. ctivities. Each Sat- Sororities House Others following football These dorms, together with allroom. Dances are Markley, house most of the in- Friday night In the dependent women on campus. his popular tradi- Women's housing also includes 22 ily known as Little sororities, leag'ue houses, coopera- tives and dormitories scattered also sponsors jazz around campus. e Hill Auditorium. Many/of the sororities have built and Spring oren- new houses or additions or are Union d dnes is planning such work in the near Uoband in sh future. This fall Alpha Xi Delta d grill nban n both and Alpha Kamma Delta will have ino party for the argely remodeled houses to move y fo theinto. ION, Page 3 uHelen Newberry and Betsy Bar- [ON, age ~ bour dormitories are located di- rectly across from central campus and are small units, housing about I m p Pus 100 women each. Martha Cook is reserved for upperclass women and is also located directly across from 1 l a n n e d central campus. Mosher Closed ie Club will sponsor Last year JordanHallwas closed sing September 16, for repairs nd the wonen moved sten, 61 pulictyas a house into Markley. This Year stein, '61. publicity they will return to Jordan Hall, ounced recently., which now has new plumbing. But eld in the evening, the women of Mosher Hall mustn iversity President this year yield to the plumbers and r's welcome to the move into Markley. ents. Weather per- Women's living quartersextend g will take place on all over the camts area, and In case of rain, it range in size from a r30-member in Hill Aud., Miss sorority house to the 1200 resi- dents of Markley. By RICHARD CONDON The Michigan Union, the largest men's union in the country, is the only totally student run organiza- tion on campus, and offers stu- dents, faculty members, and; alumni recreational, social, com-; munity, and cultural advantages.- The facilities within the Union itself include a grill and dining room, hotel accommodations, li- brary, billiard room, swimming 4 pool, barber shop, dark rooms, a ; hobby room, music listening rooms, and public meeting rooms.1 The Union activities, however, by no means end here. Each year the Union offers the Creative Arts festival. This brinigs to campus in the Spring exhibits and events in all areas of the cre- ative arts and focuses them in a conventional period. Counseling Service The Student counseling offers to' literary college students the unique opportunity of receiving peer coun- seling on an informal basis. It has been instituted in order to give frank, specific advice to Advice from Dean On Sunday, September 13, within which, and s Ann Arbor will thoroughly un- because of which an i: derstand the phrase "the wave may accomplish The of the future." Of the 3,000 and the key word is 'm drops forming Michigan's wave must, nor will. of '63, 1,500 will splash down I am sure you area on us that day. The excitement, the 1960s, of The De optimism, energy and genuine Accomplished by ever capacity for learning pouring in each wave hurrying out are as conspicuously real America's colleges and as the weather of a sunny, sities this fall. Yourx cloudless July day on a Cape bility is to use to you Cod beach with a salty wind mum these four ye sweeping in from the Atlantic. environment, this facu It is well to remember that libraries, laboratories, this atmosphere of heady en- and 'activities'-this ergy, this sense of effective life"-so you may best well-being is not, itself, The learning, in characte Deed Accomplished. It can be effective living. the ideal climate, the carefully (Miss) Deborah provided optimal environment Dean ofV omewhat ndividual. Deed - may°; not aware, in ed to be y droplet towards d univer- responsi- mr maxi- ars, this lty, these friends "way of t grow in r and in Bacon Women undergraduates in any of sixteen fields. It is the only such service at the University, though it is not offi- cially entitled to authorize elec- tion cards. It again is operated through the Union student offices. A Student-Faculty-Administra- tion Conference is held each year, in which an opportunity is given these important segments of the University community a chance to sit and discuss common problems on an informal basis. The purpose of 'this conference is to help iron out any difficulties among them. Tutors Available A complete, up-to-date file of available student tutors who have excelled in one or more fields of learning is kept in the Union stu- dent offices. This is an important, though little known service ren- dered by the Union. At various dates during the course of -each academic year out- standing professors and visiting authorities in a specialized field are invited to speak by the Union. They either give talks or partici-, pate in panel debates and discus- sions at the end of which are question and answer periods for the audiences. This year the Special events committee of the Union will spon- sor a fall pep rally on a larger scale than has ever been attempted at the University. Though its ex- act date has n as yet, it will famous enterta The Union pl campus social a urday night games a campu in the Union ba also held every Union Grill. T tion is common Club. The Union concerts in th During the Fal tation periods offered. This in the ballroom an ing and a cas new students. See UN All-Ca Sing, F The Wolverin an all-campus Maureen Golds chairman, anno It will be h following Un Harlan Hatche incoming stud( mitting, the sin the Diagonal.1 will be held i Goldstein said. ....... .::.:::.:..::..,..: ;:::. ..:::r.: :. ::::. . ", " ::' :. C.:.isi.::''.:: :=':i-ii:"i::i:j.yy :!.:: i::'::-'.i:"': -... .....v' ...- "'' ..:........ :.::: ... :+ . ....... .........'f'.......