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SU.DAY
TUE MICHIGAN DAIL~ SUNDAY
I EBRATED ALUMNUS:
Pamous Satirist, Wit Marks Birthday
By ROBERT FARRELL
Franklin Pierce Adams, famous
r his wide-spread knowledge,
ting commentary and wit, cele-
ates his 78th birthday today.
F. P. A., as he signs himself in
s writings as journalist, column-
, radio panelist and comic poet,
tended the University as a grad-
te student in 1899-1900 and
ceived an honorary degree here
1914.
After leaving the University he
ed to become, in his own words,,
newspaperman's newspaper-
mn."
He worked for various papers
ring his career, including the
idcago Journal, the New York
World and the New York Herald-i
Tribune, writing daily columns for
each.
Survives Changes
The longest lived and most fam-
ous of these columns was "The
Conning Tower," which survived
two changes in publisher. This col-
umn contained readers' contribu-
tions, comedy, controversy and.
criticism concerned with topics of
the day.
He wrote, for example, in the
Herald-Tribune during the early
months of 1932-the days of the
depression and the anti-hoarders
campaign:
"It is cold comfort to know that
we're all in the same lifeboat ..
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"If the linotype boys will permitt
us to say so, prosperity is right
around the corner ...
"What I'm looking for is a
banker whose bond is as good as
his word.
" . who remembers when it
was considered a financial sacri-
fice to be a dollar-a-year man?"
Discusses Tammany
And the days of Tammany Hall
and Prohibition:
"It will be a long time before
this government of the racketeers,
by the racketeers, and for the
racketeers shall perish from the
earth."
' Or, "If a man enters a neighbor-
hood 'cordial shop' that has a
window full of ginger ale and min-
eral water bottles, asks for a bottle
of ginger ale, and the proprietor
drops dead of shock, can the
would-be purchaser be held for
homicide?"
Views Car Design
And the days of the new look in
car design?
"Those new cars are so cheap
that you ought to buy one or two.
Even if you can't afford to buy
gasoline to run them, they look a
lot better in the garage than the
old ones."
F. P. A.'s light verse, frequently
contributed to such magazines-as
the New Yorker, also contributed
a great deal to his fame and suc-
cess.
It has been anthologized in such.
collections as "By; and Large" and
Toboganning on Parnassus."
Wrote Verses
Adams wrote verses like this
satirical parody of free verse:
"John Spratt detested
To Lecture
Prof. George Gorsyth, chairman
of the fine arts department, will
speak on his expedition at 4 p.m.
today in Aud. B, Angell Hall.
He was the field director of the
University - Princeton - Alexan-
dria Expedition to the Monastery
of St. Catherine at Mt. Sinai.
I 'u~e~ .b I
. carbohydrates
The deglutition of protiens,
to his wife
Was intolerable..
Wherefore, cooperating
There was no waste
Of provender."
In addition to his newspaper
work and his verses, he sat on the
panel of the radio program "In-
formation, Please" from 1938 to
1948.
Tries To Stump Panel
This program,in which the
radio audience sent in questions
'U' To Join
With OSU
For 'Concert
The Ohio State University
Men's Glee Club joins the Michi-
gan Men's Glee Club this Satur-
day in Hill Aud. for the eighth
annual Combined Concert.
The Michigan Men, back from
their European tour this summer,
has prepared a program of widely
varied selections to please every
taste.
Under the direction of Prof.
Philip A. Duey, the Glee Club will
Sing a selection of numbers rang-
ing from motets of the sixteenth
century to contemporary Ameri-
can classics and Broadway-Holly-
wood show tunes to folk and nov-
elty songs.
The Michigan Club competed
with 18 choirs from 10 nations
this summer at the International
Musical Eisteddfod in Wales,
where they took first place, a feat
no other American college choir
has ever accomplished.
,The OSU Glee Club, making its
third visit to Ann Arbor, has per-
formed on the Voice of Firestone
and the Ed Sullivan Show; a con-
cert with the Columbus Sympho-
.ny Orchestra and a -presentation
of "Italian Street Song" with the
composer; Victor Herbert, con-
ducting.
Programs of the OSU Club in-
clude, numbers from Georgian
chants to. current Broadway mu-
sical arrangements. The lighter
numbers are presented in an un-
u s u a l a n d informal "broken
stage" setting.
The Ohio choral group is under
the direction of Mr. Norman
Staiger, who has gained promin-
ence in the Midwest as a soloist
in oratorio and opera concerts.
Tickets-for the Glee Club Com-
bined Concert go on sale tomor-
row at the ticket office of the Ad-
ministration Bldg.
PROGRAM NOTES:
Davis, Merrill Plan Sandberg Tribute
By MILDA GINGELL
"The World of Carl Sandburg"
Is this week's Platform Attraction,
set for 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Hill
Aud.
The theatrical presentation
starring Bette Davis and Gary
Merrill accompanied by guitarist
and folk singer, Clark Allen, is a
tribute to American poet laure-
ate, Carl Sandburg.
Sandburg is currently repre-
sented by 28 published works be-
sides countless articles, prefaces
and recordings; it is from these
works representing Americana
that the producers, Ar m a n a
Deutchhand Judd Bernard have
chosen the dramatic material
that highlights this unique stage
presentation.
When collecting' material for
an eveniing in the theatre to be
called "The World of Carl Sand-
burg," Producer Norman Corwin
said, "Carl sent me more than
two hundred unpublished poems.
"To my surprise and delight I
found them just as powerful, or.
as funny or as touching, or as
wise, as those he had' already
published even though many of
forty years ago."
them were written thirty and
* * *
Opera comes to Ann Arbor this
week as Playbill presents Doni-
zetti's comic opera, "Don Pas-
quale."
The musical comedy of love will
be presented at 8:30 p.m. Thurs-
day through Saturday at True-
blood Aud. under the direction of
Prof. Josef Blatt of the school of
music and Prof. Jack E. Bender
of the speech department.
* * *
"Yeoman of the Guard" will be
produced by the Gilbert and Sul-
livan Society at 8:30 p.m. Wednes-
day through Saturday at the
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.
* * *
productions, the Ann Arbor Civic
Theatre is holding tryouts for the
cast of their January production,
"Major Barbara," the comedy by
George Bernard Shaw.
The cast will include nine men
and six women for which audi-
tions will be held Tuesday,
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INGENUITY
Bayanihan, will perform at the
Masonic Aud. at 8:20 p.m. Thurs-
day.
Vincent Price, star of stage,
screen and quiz -shows, will read
Van Gogh's "Dear Theo" letters
at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Ford
Aud.
* * s
For jazz enthusiasts in Detroit
during Thanksgiving vacation,
the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Lam-
bert, Hendricks and Ross, Chris
Conner, Chico Hamilton with the
Maynard Ferguson orchestra and
Leonard Feather as emcee will be
at the Masonic Aud. at 8:15 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 27.
Tickets may be purchased at
Grinnell's, Land of Hi-Fi or the
Masonic Temple.
Next Sunday at 3 p.m. folk-
singing Pete Seeger will appear at
the Shubert Theatre.
"The Importance of Being Eare
nest," Oscar Wilde's theatre clas-
sic, will continue at the Wayne
State University Theatre this
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
at 8:30 p.m.
Pl an Sae
'Of _Tickets
Tickets for MUSKET's Dec. 2-5
production of "Carousel" will go
on sale at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the
desk at the south end of the
Michigan Union lobby, Promo-
tions'Chairman John J. Fried, '62,
announced yesterday;
Tickets will be sold there week-
days 1-5 p.m. until Thanksgiving
recess, after which they may be
purchased at the Lydia Mendels-
sohn Theatre box office in the
League until Dec. 5, he said.
CARL SANDBURG
. . . series to feature works
Wednesday, and Thursday from
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Room D210
of the Ann Arbor High School.
* * o
At the Shubert, the musical
"The Pink Jungle," that has not
yet been to Broadway, is starring
Ginger Rogers along with Agnes
Moorehead and Leif Erickson.
* * *
The Cass Theatre is preparing
for the G. Hurok presentation of
Frederick Schiller's "Mary Stu-
art" featuring Eva LaGallienne
and Signe Hasso, directed by Ty-
rone Gutherie.
* * *
AT
a a
FRANKLIN P. ADAMS
. . celebrates birthday
intended to "stump" the panel,
had an. estimated audience of 12
million.
The first Off-the-air perform-
ance of the show was given here
on Jan. 20, 1940 in Hill Auditor-
ium. Members of the panel in-
cluded Prof. Robert Angell of the
sociology dpeartment, Prof. John
Brumm, Prof. Mumford Jones,
retired this year at Harvard,
Adams and John Kieran, a regular
member of the panel.
Former University President: Al-
exander Ruthven opened the; show
and Clifton Fadiman was moder-
ator.
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The aiyOfficial Bulletin Is an Opera Tickets: Mail orders for tickets Automatic Progranuning and Numer- -New York state Dept. of Civil sery-
official publication of The Univer- to "Don Pasquale," the operatic jewel ical Analysis seminar: On the "Stabil- ice announces that it has openings for
sity of Michigan for which The by Donizetti, are now being accepted. ity and convergence in the Large of 200 college graduates for Case Workers.
Michigan Daily assumes no edi- The opera will be presented Thurs., a Certain Finite-Difference Approxima- Applications accepted up to Jan. 4 and
tornal responsibility. Notices should through Sat., Nov. 19-21, in the True- tion," by Dr. Rudolf Schaetz on Mon., exam is held on Feb. 8. Further infor-
be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to blood Aud., Frieze Bldg. Tickets are Nov. 16 at 4 p.m. in 3209 Angell Hall. mation is on file at the Bureau.
Room 3519 Administration Build- $1.00, general admission unreserved -_____Firm in Ann Arbor has need of a
ing, before 2 p.m. the day preceding seating. Checks payable to Play Pro- ,/Mteaiint mk acltos
publication. Notices for Sunday duction. Mail orders to: Playbill, Lydia Social Science Colloquium: Tues., Matemarticia thak aculatnsions-
Daily due *t 2:00 p.m. Friday. Mendelssohn Theatre, Ann Arbor. Nov. 1,at 04:1 pdm. 206 Frieze Blg Maleur fpemle, wth itinip r e-
SUNDA, NOEMBE 15,1959 Belie Davis and Gary Merrill will Bettelheim, director of the Bonia semester, prefer a graduate.
SUNDY, OVEBER 5, 959 present their new stage production, Shankman Orthogenic School, Chicago, -Organization in Ann Arbor area has
VOL. LXX, NO. 48 "The World of Carl Sandburg" Thurs., will speak on "The Social-Psychologi- part time job bar Draftsman for de-
Nov. 19 at 8:30 p.m. in Hill Aud. as cal Structure of a Children's Residen- tailing. Approx. 20 hrs. per week.
G n r N ic s he second number of the Platform tial Treatment Institution." For further information concerning
Attrctins erie. Tckes ar no onany of the following positions, con-
President and Mrs. Hatcher will hold sale at the Aud. box office, 10 a.m.- .Mathematics Colloquium: Prof. Wil-. tact the Bureau of Appointments, 4001
open house for students at their home 5 p.m. Students are offered a special 11am J. Leveque will speak "On. Dis- Admin., Ext. 3371/509.
Wed., Nov. 18, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. reduced rate on all tickets. tribution Modwule 1" on Tues., Nov. 17
at 4:10 p.m. in Rm. 3011 Angell Hall.
Midyear Graduation Exercises for stu- .Ref reshments: 3:30, Rm. 3212 AngelI Summer Placement: There will be a
dents who complete their degree re- Lectures Hall. -general Information meeting for un-
quirements at the end of the first Be- University Lecture: Prof. Matthijs dergrads, seniorsan radsAn 'rues-
bme hed at." Jan. 16e, 1960, at 2:00o pw.Jis Uiesit of Chc~la llf lec Placemenloices~ from* 4:00500
SH1 u-Poet and of Poetic Diction" on Mon., 'rhe following school system has list-PesnlItries
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