SUPPLEMENT FEATURES THEATRES MUSIC LITERARY SUNDAY FEATURE SECTION F t il FCl SECTION TWO I VOL. XIIL NO. 111 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1921 PRICE FIVE C JOE'S PLACE GO NE FORE VEI Commerce Seizes Famous Landmark CAXTIR TABLE TOPS TO BE PRESERVED IN ME YORY OF DAYS GONE' BY, IS WISH OF OWNER WHO IS ILL AND IN HOSPITAL (By Leo Hershdorfer) AN ELEGY Ring loud the funeral-bell, oh ye who were once merry, and sound the exequial dirge, all ye who dared to permit joy a place in your hearts. Prepare' ye all to shed tears, for it has come to pa'ss that a great calamity has befallen us. Greater even than the war of nations, more disastrous than the postal service, there has occurred an event which must be received with mourning and fasting. O, sad indeed that it should pass out of our lives forever-but it was so ordained by Fate.' For Joe Parker's Catalpa Inn-where Michigan knights in former years gathered about the Round Table-has been sold. Requiescat in ,paco, Like a thunderbolt from the sky, my steps in the direction of the hos- the sudden news/that the old Catalpa telry. But as I drew near the little Inn-the famous student rendezvous- inn, the air seemed to grow colder had been purchased by the Ann Arbor and the light drizzle which had been Chamber of Commerce spread about hiding the sun all that day had turned the campus. It was as if a personal into a heavy downpour. And then it friend had 'gone out of the life of every alumnus, every student who re- members even the last days in '16, before local option went into effect. It seemed' incredible, unbelievable; that the tale was true, and it was with the one hope that we might receive from the lips of Joe Parker himself denial of the rumor, that I hastily bent Chimes To Offer fore Writing y Famous Graduates dawned upon me that these were signs-signs indicative of the truth. It Is True I Next Issue Will Contain Article. Hfarrisen B. McGraw, '91, Lead- ing Corporation Lawyer byI Climaxing a period of deevlopment, Chimes this month will present to the Michigan! campus, what its editors believe to be the perfection of alumni. sentiment expressed to the student body. Featured in the forthcoming issue are articles written by famous gradu- ates of the University exclusively for campus publication. Dean Bates Writer Foremost among them is the article on "The Law" by Dean Bates of the Law School continuing the series of articles on the different colleges. Harrison B. McGraw, '91, one of. the leading corporation lawyers of Amer- ica, gives some interesting data on the trials of the law apprentice in his "After Thirty Years." Donald Hamil- ton Haines, whose short stries have appeared so often recently in the "Outlook" has writte . another e- perience in "The Adventures of Theo- philee" entitled "Comrades of the Tent" "Student Activities: A Criti- cal Analysis" may startle a good por- tion of the campus by its frankness as it did the "Acolyte." The criticism is written by two members of the, faculty, J. R. Adams and 0. C. John- Early In the year the board of edi- tors of the Chimes conceived the idea of developing a line of communica- tion between the alumni, the faculty, and the student. They thought Chimes might be made more than a cursory bearer of campus opinions-that it might offer real literature to the stu- dent body. 'Worthy Opinions Not the literary offerings of hopeful offsprings of freshman rhetoric- (Continued on Page Four) , I entered, and was met by a young woman, to whom I confided my mis- sion. "I'm afraid it's true," she told me. Alas and alack! my last hopes de- stroyed, the fears which I had been battling against confirmed, and an- other institution had been lost to the cause of tradition! I inquired after Joe, Wut the oblig- ing young woman answered that "Dad" was confined to the hospital for several weeks, but that she would be glad to show me through the place. Sweeter words than these never es- caped mortal lips. My fair guide, whom I now knew to be Miss Parker, led me into the great meeting room, the room which had served as a rendezvous for Mich- igan men of old, where class and honor had been forgotten in that grand spirit of brotherhood and good- fellowship which has ever character- ized students of the Maize and Blue. Tables Are Tribute Here and there about the room were small, round tables, surrounded by chairs which had been empty since 19116, standing as a mute tribute to the great men of years-long past. I could picture, as I gazed at this won- derful sight-the tables, the antique cane chairs, the old table-tops with innumerable names, initials, and foot- ball scores carved in them-the room filled with laughing, happy men, re- counting merry tales and singing jolly songs. Songs of victory they were, for it was then that "Michigan ruled the West." In a hazy mist, I seined to see again Heston and Craig and Schultz and Maulbetsch seated at one table, at another table the Hammond broth. ers-Tom and Harry,-Norcross and Redden, and about them men joining in praises of these immemorable heroes, while an invisible band played "The Victors." I With a slight shudde rof realization that it was all a vision, a joyous illu- sion which had passed all too quickly, I turned to my hostess and asked her what disposition was to be made of the old relics-the priceless table- tops, the cherished trophies, and the framed placards which freshmen and sophomores had printed, according to custom in the good old days, on the Black Friday preceding the tradi- (Continued on Page Four) IPROPORTIONS PLACE MICHIGAN IN SECOND Kansas leads in the number of students in their own state uni- versity in proportion to the population of the state. For every 10,000 inhabitants in the state, there are the fol- lowing number of 'students in l the respective state universities: Kansas 27, Mchigan 24, Iowa 21, Nebraska 21, Wisconsin 19, Indi- ana 15, Oklahoma 10, Illinois 8,, and Missouri 8. Ii I Shuter Converts Clumsy .1i!en Into Chic Little Miaids1 Awkward Males Fool Even Each Other as They Prepare for 1921 Michigan Union Opera (By M. B. Stahl) Heel, toe, heel, toe,-kick! Qne, two, three, four-hop! Get your hoof in place! Noises of every variety, activities of every kind, costumes or absence of them, upright scenery and prostrate settings, con- stitute in the melee in the workshop from which Director E. Mortimer Shuter, cigar in mouth, brings order out of chaos, and blends all into the harmony of the Union opera. By no means the least of the prob- lems to be solved for "Top o' th' Mornin' is to transform 24 real masculine Michigan men into the daintiest of effeminate creatures. It's sometimes hard to convince those carrying men parts that others are attempting to play women and the irate director has to bellow "Smile at that girl. Don't look like you want to crack her on the head. You aren't trying out for the army?' Easy For Some Women's roles/are admittedly easy for some, but others have no concep- tion of how to execute female charms. Many there are whose faces are seen at the first rehearsals but who never show up again. How to carry the hands while walking, how to place the arms in more graceful positions, how to hold out the dresses, and the stage curtseys, are some of the intri- cacies of the stage which drive the men almost to desperation in their attempt at mastery. Unsophisticated new opera men have blushed more than once upon en- tering the workshop and seeing girls walking around with cigarettes in their mouths, or playing cards in the corner while waiting for their "cue." The mistake is discovered, however, when it is learned that the girls are males of the girls' chorus. "I'm going to work the surplus fat off you," says the director when the men get lax, and forget their cues when the card game gets too .inter- esting. Immediately there is a scurry- ing, the men get to their feet and into their parts. Follow Leader! Gracefulness is not the intuitive ability of the novice when he makes his'first debut at an opera rehearsal. If there are anumber of new men in dancing pumps and old trousers, with shirts off, and sweating, there is usually a great deal of bumping in getting througl the steps, or in flop- ping down on the knees. "Get in step. Watch the man in the lead," is the cry of the director, when some go one way and others another. 'UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, ELSIE B. SMITH; UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, EVELYN F. ROCKWELL; LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER, CHRISTINE MURKETT, AND LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER, MII DRED CHASE, WHO WILL TAKE LEADING PARTS IN THE JUpIOR GIRLS' PLAY. CENTER, EDNA GROFF, GENERAL CHAIRMAN OF THE PLAY COMMITTEE.' ~!Ill11111111111111IiI 11111111111 111111111II 11 1111 111111 III 11111111111 I l lhlIllH III 111111 IPi -Luminaries Who Will Scintillate Mid Galaxy of Stars in Junior Girls' Play 7llllllllll i illllllllllll10111 1111111I I 1111N I ilg llHA illltlllpll "Selina Sue" is the name/ chosen' for this year's Junior Girls' play which will be given on March 18 and 19 at the Whitney theater. Twenty- two speaking parts will be played by the following girls: Evelyn Rockwell, Mildred Chase, Edith Staebler, Christine Murkett, Elise Smith, Joyce McCurdy, Florence Freeman, Ruth Goodhew, Margaret Moye, Elizabeth Vickery, Amy Loomis, Mildred Trick, Ruth Mills, Olive Lock- wood, Isabel Kemp, Helen Feetham, Smgh Thinks We 're Poite; LikesA meric EAST INDIAN RECOUNTS FIL IMPRESSIONS TO REPORTER (By W. W. Ottaway) I had often seen Mr. Smgh on campus in his Indiai robe and uri and wondered why he had chosen University of Michigan at which study. And when I Ierned fr Prof. Henry E. Riggs, of the civil gineering department, that he lvaL graduate of one' of India's* geat universities and a man of no mi learning, I was even more interes to hear from his own lips why he come to Ann Arbor and what thought of America as far- as he b seen it. Consequently I entered the draft shop on Liberty street one afternc some time ago where Mr. Smgh spe a good share of his time bent on interview. He received me cordia and I was surprised at the flue with which he spoke our language Recalls First Thoughts "Remembering when I first thoui of coming to America," he began, answer to my first question, "my m travels back to the rugged mount of Kermansha, a town of Persia, wh on one extiemely cold night inI cember of 1918 I lay under a pile blankets in an Arab tent reading English author's fanciful impressi of the East and West. "I could not help but criticize author's descriptions and her se of fairness to those who live in ferent environments and are sw by equally different traditions ; standards of the good and beauti Not only was the much abused E the victim of her dislike but seemed to extend it even to the recognized great nations of the i world. "Notwithstanding the author's luctance to give credit to anyt not like her own country I could through the screen of her prejui glimpses of grandeur of tJ6s iro ful country. The book I was reac professed agreement with the Eng poet who said that the East and West ;can never meet and thus m me sceptical for the time about t divine harmony which I think meates through all diversity keeps all hearts attached in some or other like the string of a 'JoE passing through pearls secured f: various parts of the universe. before I altogether succumbed to pessimistic view my hopes urged to see the lands of the author and j as well as this subject, East and, Met MIchigan Head "And so," he concluded, "I enee: the idea of coming to America came to know of an American geri man who is a graduate of this1 versity and who informed me of the possibilities and opporti available in this country. No6 had I expressed my desire for an cation here than this gentleman w letters to his friends here e me. I was introduced, by letter course, to Professor Henry E. RI whose hopeful communicat smoothed away all the little bIt which were sometimes almost enc - to dissuade me from my enterpri "And how do you like the U - States and this University?" b- in, anxious to hear his views - x "Professors whom I have met he - said Mr.- Smgh, "have treated me - kindly and students in general I - shown me all the politeness a fore (Continued on Page Two) Ada Nutten, Katherine '-ealy, garion Ackerman, Margaret Schnaple, Elsie Townsend, and Thekla Roese. The choruses which consist of ap- proximately one hundred Juniors in- clude the following: Murza Mann, Roma Hooper, Esther Nyland, Helen Chambers, 'Frances Averill, Edna Doughty, Arline Her- nam, Barbara Wagner, Hilda Wester. Florence Derrick, Edelaine Roden, Marion True, Lenore Dinius, Dora (Continued on Page Four) )Ylore Than 400 Combine iLearning And Earning Positions as Assistant Instructors, Librarians, Clerks, Stenographers and Administrative Aids Filled Distributed Over by Knowledge Seekers; Entire Campus (By William W. Ottaway) Combining earning with learning 407 students in the University of Mich- igan are at the present time working as teacher assistants, laboratory as- sistants, clerks, and stenograplhers. They are regular employees of th4 University administration listed as part time cleiko, and draw substan- tial salaries to aid them in gaining a college education. Of the total number of employees by far the grea'ter number are assis- tants in the chemistry departinent where they do part time work as filling table assistants, laboratory as- sistants, teacher assistants, and lec- ture assistants. The present number is set at 95. dent assistants are employed. Of the colleges of the University the literary college employs the largest number of students, 131 being the present number. The engineering college is next with a list of 85, while the rank of the remaining colleges is as fol- lows: medical 20, law 3, pharmacy 2, dental 2.; Seventeen students are employed on the literary administration, 4 in the astronomy department, 11 in the botany department, 13 in the econom- ics department, 6 in the education department, 1 in; the English depart- ment, 3 in the fine arts department, 9 in the forestry department, 10 in the geology department, 8 in the his- tory department, 5 in the mathematics department, 9 in the philosophy de- (Continued on Page Four) 1* Library Employs 38 In the University library 38 stu- htU1111t11111thh111th1~thlthlttlt1111111thHh~h 111 TICKETS Junior Girls' Play miat.. "Selind Sue" IIhhIhIhIIhhIhIIhh~IIhllflillIflhlIlt SHOWS Friday and Saturds Evenings PRICES 2.00,1.50;1.00 Matinee on Saturdi Prices 1.50,100 GRAHAM'S WHITNEY THEATRE March 18th and 19th (This Space donated By Graham's Book Store)