arE TWO THE MICHIGAN IVA IIY wnir" .# V Yxin "9"moil im f v anew ~E TWO - =-a..i La,.a.Gil [aJ>it a [ . J FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 1967 theatre West Berlin Students CAMPUS CRUSADE: R~JiIU.iX, LFI~LLVIJ5k!J( 1, UDII'7 d _ - t T Moliere Farce Overdone Protest U.S. Policies 1 raun Explains Perils Result From Sex Before .Marriage By FRITZ LYON THE University Players gave an illustration last night of why Moliere is most difficult to per- form. Their production of "The Would-Be Gentleman,' "Le Bour- geois Gentilhomme," under the di- rection of William Halstead, proved to be enjoyable comedy, but not fine Moliere. Despite its farcical nature, Mo- liere comedy requires the greatest precision and economy. The di- rector and the actors must select the essential humor, and then re- move all the extraneous clutter in order to focus on the funniest pinpoints-a clown who stumbles 20 times is tedious; a clown whe stumbles twice is hilarious. Es- pecially in period theatre, farce must be done with grace, or the laughter becomes lost in the shuffle. This production-performed in Trueblood Theatre-does concen- trate on farce, but there is an overemphasis on broad physical bits. The actors are constantly bouncing and crashing and galum- phing across the stage. Not that this clumsy slapstick doesn't pro- voke laughs, but when Charlie Chaplin fell down, it was a work of art. As .an example of the problem, take William Hunt (the dancing master), who is a capable actor; with excellent delivery. He moves well, too, but he moves too much. He's always bounding around somewhere; and the heavy traffic is typical of how this comedy is overdone --unfortunately, at the expense of the satire. Farce must be kept in balance to preserve the bite of the satire, the more subtle side of Molie'e. In this production, comments on the status-seeker protagonist are Board OK's Extended Certliiation By NADINE COHODAS The State Board of Education has tentatively approved a change in the new Teacher Certification Code; which would extend tem- porary teaching permits. The change is aimed at handling what educators have called a critical lack of fully certified teachers in the state. While full certification requires 120 hours of college credit, those - people with 90s or more semester hours of college credit could now teach a. full school year under the new provision rather than the cur- rent 90 days or one semester. Those people with 60 or more hours of credit would be able to. teach one semester instead of the current 60 days. The proposed change in the cer- tification code is subect to the attorney general's approval, a final vote by the board, and the gov- ernor's signature. The principal of the Sumpter Junior High School said the tem- :porary-certifed teachers "are an essential part of our operation and we're delighted to have them the full year."Newsome explained that under the present system it has been necessary to stagger these teachers because of their limited certification. Under the new provision school superintendents would be required to present evidence to the Depart- mrent of Education they wereun- able to hire a fully certified teach- er and the person with less than full certification is working to- word 120 college hours. Ron Brook, a temporary-certi- fied teacher at Sumpter Junior High, said the new provision is "totally essential for the survival of the system." Many areas like Sumpter cannot pay enough to at- tract good teachers, he continued, so these school systems must rely on students who are not fully cer- tified to teach. secondary to the extravaganza, and although the somersaults and tumbles get intermittent guffaws, laughter is not sustained along a continuous line throughout the ;play. This is not to say that the pro- duction was miserable; only that it was disappointing because the per- formance does not do justice to EMoliere. Of course, part of theI fault lies in the badly modernized proseutranslation, which suffers without the poetry and sharp wit of the original. Even though the production lacked balance and fidelity t) the source, there were some compen- sating individual performances in the cast. The servants, played by Fran- cine Karasik and Robert C. Chap- el, drew the most laughter from the audience. Exchanges between the two were marked by quick,, neat timing and clean, definite ac-I tion. Dale Bellaire in the role of the hero, Jourdain, maintained his sense of the pretentiously ignorant character amidst the confusion. However, I felt there was ample bumbling fallibility, yet not enough proud strutting and arch snobbery in his performance. James Coakley as the philoso- pher employed too many bits, but his foppish characterization was consistent with the period and well-controlled technically. The role of the Marchioness Dorimene is not brash and rau- cous, but Holly Villaire retained style and character instead of ar- tifically exaggerating the role. Most of the other actors affected caricatures rather than characters. They seemed to be aware of how they were being funny, which isn't. The one extraordinary element in the production was the spec- tacular costumes, designed by James Berton Harris. The colors alone were fantastic and the bal- ance here was near perfact, which made the show beautiful to watch. With the absence of poetry, the muffling of satire, and the lack of control in farce, Moliere is funny, but not great. You will laugh and be entertained by this production. Aesthetically, the connoisseur may have a few bones to pick. BERLIN 'P)-Leftist students at the Free University of West Berlin, which was founded with American financial help, are fomenters these days of anti-American demonstra- tions. U.S. involvement in Vietnam isj high among targets of various pro- tests and marches organized by a small but tightly organized group at the university. This is in marked contrast to the strongly pro-Western stanceI taken two decades ago when stu- dents and professors established the school to protest a Communist takeover of East Berlin's Hum- boldt University. The Free University was marked from the start by a democratic ap- proach to student participation in student affairs. The leftist dissi- dents have managed to win sup- port from various circles outside their ideological sympathizers. This has been achieved not only on such issues as the Vietnam war, but also on protests against a visit of the Shah of Iran, subsequent charges of police brutality against demonstrators, and on the more academic issue of reform in uni- versity facilities, studies, methods. One professor has charged that the movement strives to control the university. ' By university count, some 501 faculty members supported a lef- tist-oriented dissident students' attempt to found what they call a ' critical university," with groups to air student protests as well as to provide an avenue for action. Widespread Opposition This development brought out' widespread opposition from the, normally politically uncommitted mass within the 15,000 member student body. The "critical university" found- ers agreed to a December refer- endum. It will decide whether the "critical university" will have thea |backing of a majority student vote{ to operate within the established university. The result of the vote could be crucial in determining whether "A university authorities will be able with to avoid another confrontation respo with the dissidents. who Since a "new left" surfaced at said the Free University in the past two Sp years a series of demonstrationsi.t have taken place, many of them tiona directed against the United States. I With support of the locally legal plain 6.000-member Communist party,pain By AVIVA KEMPNER could not say how far to go iii tual relationship for mutual sat.- problem results if you pet petting because"i not my bus- isfaction." everyone, because you will mess and I can't tell what is or This lecture was second of three and to a composite person isn't petting." But he did point sponsored by the Campus Crusade does not exist,"Jae Braun out however, petting occurs "when for Christ. Tonight Braun will talk last night e ' the motor starts to run, even about love. eaking before some 500 people when one is just looking." The program also featured sing-* The purpose of petting is the ing of "The New Folk," a group of e Union Ballroom, the na- "automatic transmission of sex." folksingers described as the "tra- 1 fieldco-orinato f he He said it enables a couple to give veling representatives of the or- us Crusade for Christ ex- "maximum expression of a mu- ganization." ed how petting can cause stment nroblems im marri egP I a recent downtown anti-Vietnam' p iK war march drew 10,000 people. "Because petting is a habitErlt In addition to helping stage an- ponse patterns," Braun explain- tiwar demonstrations students ed, "people have trouble in mar- (Continued from Page ) to the literary college board. tried to egg Vice President Hubert riage as a result of having back- Feldkamp told The Daily last The literary college board's state- H. Humphrey when he was here, grounds of different program- night he plans to "refer cases ment today defining academic dis- but missed. An American flag was ming." where students repeatedly violate cipline will have important im- lowered. A smoke time bomb went One can get re-programmed by university conduct rules to the plications on campus judiciary pro- off in the "America Haus" cul- starting to live with the "power 1 i t e r a r y school administrative cess. In recent years the college tural center. of Jesus Christ inside you," he board rather than Joint Judiciary has confined virtually all its dis- Despite all this, those involved, asserted. "The Lord will even for- Council." .ciplinary action to academic mat- when asked, deny they are anti- give girls who have had children Feldkamp, however, said that he ters like cheating or plagarizing. American. They blame the Viet- out of wedlock." would, "send nothing to the liter- Virtually no students have been Braun said petting could not ary school board unless it is ser- disciplined for non-academic mat- nam war and the policies of the Bansi etn ol o ious enough to warrant suspen- tes Johnson administraation for their be separated from sexual inter- ono exulon"ters. activity, course because the "game is the sion or expulsion. Deep Involvement Critics of the demonstrators say same." Couples can be determin- Final Appeals It is expected that the literary this is a play on words. Some ed - even promise each other - Joint Judiciary Council is the college board will not become deep claim that the hard-core ultras not to pet, but still they get in- final appelate body for cases in- ly involved in disciplining students. mean Berlin when they say "Amis' volved." volving non-academic discipline. "We're assuming a new judiciary t h t T i s i v l v e t o c u ' b c u e J J C h a s n o t b e e n e n f o r c i n g a l l u n t igi h o r s " e x l i e Americans out of Vietnam," that This involvment occurs because University-made regulations but Manning. The office of Student they mean the United States itself petting is a habit which "it should only those regulations made by Affairs and President Hatcher's when they attack President John- be," Braun continued that petting students. Earlier this year SGC Committee on decision making are son. was also a matter of progression, passed a student conduct code both volved in restuctrig JJ. The founding assembly of the which he demonstrated by citing which gave students power to "critical university" drew students and acting out examples of what make their own rules on hours, "JJC ought to be disbanded it who sold the little red booklets a man thinks on a date. "Some- co-educational visiting and num- favor of a more representative containing the thoughts of Mao where along the line the guy reali- erous other matters. judiciary," said board member Tse-tung. Some wore Mao pins, zes that there is more territory to Feldkamp charged last night Prof. Donald Brown of the psy- short-short skirts, or both. Others explore." that "because JJC has clearly chology department. "A new judi- hawked pro-Viet Cong stamps. When the dealt with value neglected its responsibilities," he ciary should include all segments There were those who wore their. judgments, Braun claimed he will refer future disciplinary cases of the University community." hair or beards in the long shaggy --- .--- -- _._ _-_ 0 Civic Theatre Renders 'Provocative' lonesco By FRITZ LYON Using only meagre facilities, the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre per- formed two one-act plays by Eu- gene Ionesco in the Workshop building, 803 W. Washington, and demonstrated some good reasons why makeshift theatre should sur- vive. Nine actors worked onu a 20-by-10-foot platform stage with a few pieces of furniture and six lights, in a narrow room that; boasts only 60 foldaway chairs' and came out with an exciting, provocative production nonethe- less. The first play, "Jack," gets off to a slow start, but the pace and the acting soon improve. The rapid-fire full group scenes are especially uproarious. In "Jack" and the second play, "The Fu- ture is in Eggs," the whole cast works as an ensemble, and all of them are good. A few are exceptional. MariAnne Annis as Roberta in "Jack" (to be played by Marian- ne Nelson tonight) has perfect control in her long speeches and builds the tension to an ecstatic pitch. Although her partner, Pat Yoder (as Jack), is a newcomer to the stage, he already exhibits a complementary ability> He must change from passivity to arousal to apathy and make these changes into one development along a con- tinuous line. He plays this diffi- cult role so well that the audience can excuse his occasionally mud- dled articulation. Grandfather Jack is a type character, but H. Burton Cooper is specific and exact in his por- trayal, bringing fresh comedy to a stock role. The other members of the supporting cast, though some- what less brilliant, provide solid backing without any weak links. The most commendable aspect of the production, directed by Charles Yoder, is its integration into a consistent unit. The style established at the beginning is carried through to the end. And despite the obstacles to the actors - a face-to-face intimacy in this theatre and the abstract situa- tion of the play - the perfor- mances are of uniform good qual- ity throughout the production. This is the first of Civic Theatre experimental lab bills, and this production s h o ul d encourage them to continue. It proves that a good amateur theatre, doing serious, contemporary drama, can be more than a once-a-week fun club. If you get a chance, come to their performances tonight or tomorrow at 8:00 and give them support. Adnission is free. I style of Karl Marx, himself once a Berlin student. And there were modern hippe-style exebitionists with beads. TONIGHT and Saturday at TI-IE' A K 8:30 P.M. 1421 Hill Street THE WAY OUT A spectacle of Sight and Sound- created by a group of Ann Arbor Composers. $1.00 Cover includes entertainment and refreshments { i c I , J l - Dial 8-6416 NOW! Once again the screen explodes with rage and passion and greatness! I TON IG HT AND T OMOR ROW CINEMA II presents E. G. MARSHALL-LEE J. COBB-HENRY FONDA Screenplay: Reginald Rose j ("The Defenders") 7:00 and 9:15 PM (50c Admission, - - -f25c "SAVE CINEMA I I Aud. 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