SEPTEMBER 15, 1959 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE' )UNSELINGOTHERS: 'Block M' Provides Visual Cheers Good Seats Union Provides Student Services $ Freshmen interested in football. Spirit - It is set up on a similar scale to Union. These usually include art, e the United Nations and is repre- games and food. sented by Foreign and American In conjunction with Internation- h students. al ,Week the Cinema Guild shows Pressing world problems are in- films that deal with international troduced, discussed and "decided" subjects. Many other exhibits are in an unofficial manner. The'affair also shown around the campus. - is open to the University com- Trip to Europe munity. The Union sponsors each year Help Foreign Students an airflight to Europe and back. - The International Week and This amounts to a considerable d World's Fair is another important saving over the conventional air- a1 part of the attempt on the part lines and steamship transportation - of the University and the Union costs. It makes available to the a to make foreign students feel at student, who might not otherwise g home, in Ann Arbor. During the be able to afford it, a chance to d week'the Union sponsors an exhi- see the Continent. bition of, international flavor in Next year the Union hopes to be r thetUnidri lobby. "Hi-fl" concerts able to institute a similar program o foheindnative music are yHplayed for the Caribbean in the spring. -eof foreign,ng roomsy Jamaica, Nassau and Bermuda are e in the listening rooms. The World's'Fair is the highlight now under consideration, but the .s of the week. Students from various plan will be unsuccessful if it does not meet with student enthusiasm. - countries portray various aspects A talent show is coordinated and i- of the native cultures. Each na- ,Atlnshwicornaead o tionality club on campus builds an sent by the Union to the city hos- - exhibit of its choice which is pitals at certain times of the year, s. displayed in a specified part of the such as Christmas. This enter- tainment is offered free of charge to the hospital patients. Weekend Activities Many of the all campus social weekends are coordinated by the Union. These include: "Michi- gras," a biannual campus weekend featuring a carnival, parade and displays; "Homecoming," the spe- cial weekend for alumni in which affiliate and nonaffiliate groups erect displays, "Musket," officially the "Michigan Union Show; Ko- Eds Too"; and "Spring Weekend." Besides these many functions of the Union it also runs the Student >>-Speakers and Talent Shows, en- courages the participation in minor unofficial sports, arranges for President Hatcher's open house parties, Special Invitation Open Houses, "Faculty-Family Day" and arranged for various Union publi- cations (the M Handbook, Calen- dar Notebook, and the Union House Information Sheet). Allgthis is directly under the general supervision of the Union «r student officers. The students themselves have the complete and ultimate responsibility. For this reason it is regarded as an ex- cellent training for leadership and actor in the MUSKET production cultivator of responsibility. before goigbefore tUeardience. Union Try-Out Smokers will be I before going before the audience. held on Sept. 30 at 4:15 p.m. and t MUSKET play; since then, they 7:30 p.m. in the third floor Union Oklahomna," and, others. Conference Room. seats on the 20-yard line, trips to some out-of-town games, and the chance to belong to a group known throughout the midwest, may sign' up for Block M, the University card section, during Orientation Week. "A lot of team spirit is concen- trated in Block M," Robert Baer, '60BAd, Wolverine Club president said recently. He added that Block M is es- pecially advantageous for Fresh- men, who ordinarily get the last choice in seats. The card sectiopn offers them the opportunity to sit, with their friends in other classes. The members of Block M wear Cajual maize and blue cloaks to all letics, and all-campus sings. games, and, when seated, the see- The Club plans a "giant Michi- tion forms a maize M on a blue gan State game rally" in conjunc- background. tion with the Michigan Union, The card section performs about Baer said. "We may even get the 20 stunts each year, many of Kingston Trio for the rally," he which are televised. "Block M added. represents the University to the They also plan an all-campus alumni and to the, opposing side," sing after President Hatcher's Baer commented. speech during Orientation Week. There are' 1,305 people in the Along with campus sings, and flashcard section, under the direc- pep rallies, the Wolverine Club is tion of Harley Kripke, '6W, and also in charge of trips to other Toni Iffland, '60, chairmen of the schools for games, and several Blnek M Cinema Guild productions Aside from Block M, the. Wol- verine Club handles several other campus events which concern ath- t. T5 ofr Clupa CARD SECTION-Adding color to football games, these partici- pants in the Saturday pageantry add a yellow-and-blue cheer for "M-I-C-H" on one side, "I-G-A-N" on the other. Try FOLLETT'S First USED BOOKS at BARGAIN PRICES New Books If You Prefer STATE STREET at NORTH UNIVERSITY Our BOBBIE BROOKS Casuals are perfect for campus wear, be "it" in the. "dorm, at classes, or pn a date. 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