THE MICHIGAN DAILY EIGJT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1022 l ... .. .. ... SStudy of the Motion Picture (By William M. Randall) "During' the past ten years a new medium has been added to the reper- toire of art's interpreters. We have long: had the five great fields of artis- tic endeavor: Literature, The Drama, Painting, Sculpture, and Music. With the-. advent of' the- Motion.- Picture, a sixth -has appeared. Unfortunately for the form itself and. for the race of ma'n, the" artists.do not know of it. And -so we have the astounding and sdirrow'provoking spectacle of a great opportunity for wonderful accomplish- ments going to waste. The Motion Pieture is a man fallen among thieves; it -is waiting- for its Good Samaritan. Of course, it .is true that the so- called prostitution of art is no- new thing. We find it in every artistic field -in the trashy novels and the trashy Theatre in'New York as "one of the chorus" and later as a dancer. She -was never, observe, an actress. And' yet we find her starring in the movies. And-I for one, do not recall that she ever played minor roles; that she ever served an apprenticeship in her art. She,-was~"discovered" over night. Non- sense! She always'had whit appeals to the people who see her. today. It- wa' her sex and- her ability to play it up that got her on at'the'wNew Am-' sterdam. Thi, then, is- our - staraa dancer whose- appeal is 'distinctlysensual. She is introduced to us in theplc- ture -as- Lily, the cabaret girl. She comes d'ancing' into the middle of- the' spotlight in as little'as -will get by the censors, an'd continues - to dance for a few'feet of'film. So far, so-good. poor supporting cast, who have to Sscurry around and- scrape together a semblance of a plot to give Mae an ex- cuse to be charming. The plot they# manage to evolve bears- a family re- semblance to Camille, except that ifJ . comes out happily after all; due to the' 'thoughtfulness of the author in pro- viding a man for Lily-Camille to fall back on when -Armand went home to bert, with delivering- a merely nega- tive opinion.- Ofs the three books in question; "Casanova's HIomecomring," by Arthur Schnitzlerf "Women in Love," by D. H. Lawrence, and "The Diary of a Young Girl," by- an'anony- mous writer, Judge Simpson said: "I have read the books'. with sedulous care. I find ea'bh is a distinct contri- bution to the literature of the day. Each of the books deals with one or another of the phases' of presnt thought." It is a remarkable instance of judicial clairvoyance. But what will become of subsidized vice com- SUNDAY MAGAZINE ANN- ARBOR ,MICHIGAN SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1922 THEGREAT.AEROONGRFESS'AT.M'T.,GLEM plays that clutter up our- libraries; She can dance. We must give her in"the trashy pictures and the trashy credit for that. And then she goes marbles in our art stores; and in the back to her. dressing room. Now--far. trashy music in our cabarets and con- lbeit from me to insinuate that I have' cert-halls. But in no other field has seen the inside of all the cabaret there been such an absolute dearth of: dressing rooms in this great United' worthy effort, such an abs'olute waste' States. But you can take it from me, and mis-direction of e'nergy, and such I-the inside of. a dressing room was an appalling effect upon the public never like that! If it was, there would taste and, I believe, upon the public: have been no need for the Actor's morals, as has resulted from the firstf Equity. As a matter of fact, it is not decade in the history of the Motion a dressing room into which she goes; Picture. j it is a cross between the best room Last year somebody or other pre- in an artistic Sultan's harem and the sented Mae Murray in "The Gilded ,showroom in a Fifth- Avenue "Maison Lily." This picture might be taken des Robes" In other words it is a as typical of the sort of thing with beautiful set designed to bring out to which a major part of the exhibitors the best advantage all of Miss Mur- are seeking to amuse their public. ray's gowns and all of Miss Murray'sl First of all let us examine the hats not to mention her Russian wolf- star," whose name appeared in let- hound and snagger stick. ters at least as large as those an- Now what does Lily do? Very little, nouncing the title of the attraction, I assure you, my friend. By- actual' and therefore must be held forth asy count she dances twice, drinks one an inducement of at least as great glass of wine, walks in the paik once, weight for seeing the picture. If I weeps twice, laughs three times, and am not amiss in my theatrical-history lies around in graceful positions the (and I don't think that I am) - Mae rest of the time. In other words, she Murray, a few years ago, was gracing I is not there to act; she.is there to be- the boards of the New Amsterdam looked at. The work is done by the mother.' They are much m'ore thbughit- missions if judges cannot be relied ful in themovies than they are in the Iupon to be devoid of afy sense'of lit- plays. erary values? Judge'Simpson, by his: WIe'll-that's that. A represents the opinion in this case; has likely won contribution of'that month from one of ter himself the sort of immortality the largest' studios. It will be seen that 'would have acc'rued to the'French by probably eight or ten million judge in Flaub'ert's'trial if he had said, people. What will be its'effect? What "No, gentlemen, I do not agree with will the young girl'in'the large city' you. I think 'Emma-Bovaryy is a pretty' or the .small town think when she good book!" sees this wonderful lady with the Lily-whlite Soul fin'd Love andHappi- THIE OCTOBER SMART SET ness in a cabaret (and at the' same time have a wonderful time)? Is it (Continued from -Page Seven) goiflg to make her any more con-? name a few strikingexamples:-"Gen- tented to pound her typewriter ornwt g m- weed the beans? Obviously not. Prob- uine Diamonds, Cut to $38.5 "Dr. ably it will not move a single person Eliot's Five-foot Shelf of Books, the' to attempt to ddsFascinating Path to a Liberal Educa- are notso gullible as that. But it will I nita, the Origial Nose Ad- ~ea.~ot o goand o liewis. We tr'"' iStogy Using a urs"; "et give a distorted image of life; it will uster"; "tof U ig a Truss"; "Peggy mrake for discontent and unhappiness; Bob, th tpo o " y Corpsino ,Ne'w and all because it chooses, like ninety- Rdom Trhatent"; "Tobacco Habit nine out of a hundred other moving HurmA r No Pay"; "Play Jazz on the pictures choose, to tell lies instead of Curd r o "Th ZayzJar ooh the truth. Luc Chinese Ring"; "By Merit Alone That's what's the matter with the -Chiropractic"; "Are You Old at Moving Picture! It's a Liar-that's 409"; "You Have a Beautiful Face- all! But Your Nose!"; "How a New Kind of Clay Re-made My Complexion in 30 Minutes." YEA, A DANIEL! The front advertising section con- tains a slightly better class of ad- Judge Simpson's opinion in the re- vertisements, but nothing to boast of. Jfhhe type of reader Smart Set wishes cent trial involving. the morality of )to reach is the type that buys good three publications of Thomas Seltzer luck rings and patronizes cheap ad- is probably unique in the history of vertisers of quack medical discoveries, literary inquisitoridl. For the first I see little hope 'for the future of the" time in the' history of such trials; the republic, but more likely its prompt deciding magistrate was not content, collapse, within a year at least. as in the final trial liberating Flau- DELBERT CLARK. IL Suets SuplyStoe (By W. Bernard Butier). Incentives next in force to the Great War itself are offered the de- velopment of' Anerican aviation by' such events as- the' Pulitzer Trophy race, recently said Prof. Felix W." Pawlowski of the Ae'ronautical en- ginedring department. Professor Pawlowski stressed the' influence o the great German' and French races in their important' contributions to can- tinental aeronautical development. Like events are to take place at Mt. Clemens, Oct. 12, 13 and 14 where' more than 23 of the most modern types of airulanes have been entered in-the Pulitzer Trophy race, the great- est speed classic of modern times. Many of the machines are of recent design, while several withhold their specifications until the day of the con- test. It is known that many of these machines are exnected to do betteri than 200 miles an hour.. Both executive and administrative branches of the Government have given their unqualified endorsement of these speed events, and the Army: together with the Navy have-enteredt their fastest and lightest machines. Besides the Mt. Clemens speetl num- bers, the Curtiss Marine Flying Tro- phy race will be held on October 7 when more than a dozen fying boats and sea planes will compete in the -over-water classic. In all these events $10,000'in money prizes and $30,000 values ffi gold and silver trophies will be presented. On account, of the unprecedented speed expected and the unusually low alti- tude maintained in the later races, every effort is being made to- render immediate hospital and surgical aid in case of injuries. Dr. Angus Mc- Lean of Detroit is orgaizing an ex- tensive staff of specialists which will. be retained to offer relief in addition nurses detailed to Selfridge Field. Field- and ambulance service will also be employed to take care of the sani- tary and. health conditions which must be' met' on the great course" which will draw, according to pre- dictions, the largest crowd ever as- sembled in this country to witness' outdoor sports. The National Airplane' race's' are - i the foremost machine averaged 156 miles an hour over the 150 mile course; Most believed' then that this- record would' never be surpassed, but at Omaha, Neb., in 1921, Bert Acosta flew his Curtiss-Navy Racer in the Pulitzer. race with an average of 176.7 miles per hour over a closed course of 150 miles. In' th race' to'be held next month,f be Air Mail Trophy and mercial Plane races on October 12, aid the Libe Builder's Trophy race on tuber' 13. According to t list of entries, practically best American aviators w ered. On the dates of the E machine races, the .Secot Aero Congress will convenie gates assemiibled' from mo cities in the United States. cipal aitn' of this convent-k talilish a permanent' nati nautical association. Infor ceived from the Detroit A ciety says that the primai to come before the delega' the drafting of a prograir the adoutiofi of federal ai: the formation by act of ( a bureau of civilian aerc the Department of Comme The Detroit Aviation So out. "For three' or four gress has had many meas consideration, measures w place civilian flying und jurisdicti". "The U. S.-Army Air S Naval Bureau of Aeronauti U. S. Air Mail Service are fwith an efficiency approo Iper cent. They are credite reaching-developments in n naval- aircraft- perations I equal, in many instnces, similar' air forces abroad military and naval air fore handicapped by a lack of f Fach -has its highlytraine cialized personnel, and th counts fo the prestige of ican service aviation today "With civilian aviation i ent. If the public has lo the peaceful attributes of is 'due for a change of (Continuea on Page S 'THE FIRST AEL-METAL AIRPLANE IN AMERICA, SHICM THE ARMY HAS ENTERED IN TIE PULITZER R-C9-S. comparable to those auto speed clas- sics' held at Indianapolis' in the early days of the automobile industry when the Indianapolis track was eniloyed as a test ofthe qualities and defects of the machines. The looked-for great success of this aviation meet is partially based on the record Which the National races made in 1120 when on Thanksgiving day of that year, more than 50,000 people drove out to the Long Island X h FIRST BANK' OR(GKN1ZWD 1863 OLDEST BANK IN ANN AROR :: :: OLDEST NATIONAL BANK IN MICHIGAN: 1 11 South University Ave. to that made possible by the staffs of 'field shortly after daybreak the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps that spectacular exhibition Surgeons, hospital orderlies' and tkinds df' flying. During this however, more than eight times as many ships are entered. Not even the officials in charge of the events ,rnow- the dimensions and notor pow- er plants of many of the machines which are to enter. It is known that the LTnited States Navy is at the pres-? ent time testing two of its fast planes' at Selfridge field and has in reserve' some "mystery-planes" which. it will not release until two-days before the race. These will be convoyed to the field by a special detachment of the U. S. Marines. Besides the Pulitzer Race, there will . I contest Engiiieers' and Architects' Materials Stt nery, 'Fountain Pens,-Loose Leaf ooks Cameras and Supplies *S The AristocraCy of SUperior Intellect to seec of all contest f i Cadies, Laudy Agey Tobaccos5 N:siasl r }I {' 1 I i '1911-ll f-l I-l ill1111fill I-f1 ll#I ll lli -ilf' Q - l Banner Y Gain Physically as well as Me-ntally- 1 -S, 106 S.Main- Spedial Sunday Dinner Open. 11 to' 1 ancing American ManAgement (By Delbert Clary) Most startling .to American readers: *as the recent statement of President -Ernest M. Hopkins, of Dartmouth Col- lge, in an address- to the student lody, that "Too many imen' are goingI to college. The opportunities for se- curing an education by' way of a col- lbge course are definitely a privilege and' not at all a universal' right." The educator advocated, in effect, the re- cognition of an aristocracy of iritel-] lent as a practicable method of check- ing the rapid increase in college and university enrollment. The Dartmouth president, it would- seem, has proposed the only feasible solution to the problem of over- crowded colleges, a problem which has become very real in recent years. Universities and large colleges lave suddenly awakened to find themselves wofully inadequate in available facili- ties to the unexpected deluge of stud- ents. The inevitable result has been,- of course, a lowering of standards everywhere. Class and lecture rooms have been crowded, sections which not long ago never ran over a hundred have suddenly mounted in enrollment to several hundred, and it has become Spring a Latin' word on the average' student and-he will reward you with a blank stare, or a "Talk United States! '' Classical allusions mean absolutely nothing to' him. The Rubalyat and "the red ship" are often synonymous in hIs vocabulary. His criteria for judging literature are Captain Billy's. Whizz-Bang, the campus publications, and' the Detroit News: A' cultural foundation for a technical oi profess sional education is no longer required.- Specialization, once a term to' conjure' with, has been so abused that colleges, and especially universities, in the case' of the vast majority of students at- tending them, are little more than big schools for vocational training. Spanish and "business ad" are the only requirements for a throughI ticket to, the Isles of the Blest. This lowering of standards is at- tributable directly to the rapid in- crease in the number of students seek- ing a college education. Ten years ago the' man who went to college was theI exception, especially if he went to a university. Only the students of really superior }intellect went beyond high school unless to some technical or business school. The college man in Samount of industry, have been placed on the curricula in order to aedomnio- date the students who want a college education but who are wasting their own and the college's time'by seeking- one. Class attendance and an ability to answer .catch questions are too fre- q.uently all-thatis necessary to insure a passing grade, and the real scholar. is'" swamed 'by the' mad rush of uni- versity students who should be in a business school. If the 'increase is to continue in col- le.ge enrollment, some plan must be devised for its assimilation or check, and President Hopkins ha's seemed to, find the solution when he says that too many are attending our colleges and the flood should be stopped. Without doubt the most difficult ad- mission for a modern Amer.ican edu- cator to make is that of an intellectual aristocracy. Democracy in the ab- stract has become, naturally enough, so much of a fetish -to Americans that j they feel constrained to think in terms of it at all times and under a-ll cir- cumstances lest they be thought to be plotting the overthrow of the govern- ment. There is -no intellectual de- :mocracy. There never can be as long, as one man's mind is superior to his brother's Politicians may rave, andl pull opportune bunting from their vest pockets, but there is not now and never will be deiocaey in the' field" of mental achievement. The a ding nobility is that' of the mind-the aris- tocracy of the intellect. It used-to be said -that you could always tell a king from a serf no matter under what cir- cumstances you might meet thdem, and the same holds true today. Place ans intellectual king alongside ail intel-I lectual serf and watch the Take 'the i'nlrea inequa relative mental fitness an have no more leaders, no g'res s or' startling achiever will have a race- of menta The very ones who cry in education' are'in most c selves breathing examples thing they decry. It would be a splendi everyone could 'go to coll 'the 'expenditure of four yea thousand dollars become light of history, but everyc Ten or fifteen ye'ars ago n real: intellectuals never had tunity to go beyond high day everyone' goes-it is great a fad as the radiop the result is always the' mental aristocracy is only 1 to greater relief by the fot college and the p'roportio unchanged. If, as seems inevitable, de must be takeui to raise, c rnaintain; the standards of universities, the only possil would appear to be that p President Hopkins, a res college attendance to thba" nitely prove' theniselvts saperior. A horrible yell up, and the local demagog storm, but the result would whole- vastly beneficial. A fessors would lose their jo new colleges for thb cdll select renfaindet- both of" f students, would breathe a enjoy to the full the deligh ti' of getting and of giving tion. Drink More Pure Milk And insist on its cobiingefrom the Ann Arb r, 4th atid Cgathcerine- Impossible to require work of a qual- all but an insignificant minority of' ity equal to that - of ten years ago. cases made good when he graduated. Anyone capable of making the grades His collegiate training was the neces-' necssary to graduation from high sary rounding-out process which' school may now enter a college or, enabled' hiu- to hold responsible posi-' university, take a sort of business I tions and to be of definitely more value course, and graduate at the end of than a high school graduate.' Today. four years, capable of earning' forty there is a strong tendency to wind- dollars where had he never been to up as a store clerk or an- employe in- college he might have earned onlyj some 'establishment where 'a high- twenty. ' school graduate could do the work' Standards are lower. Classical edu- - fully as well. Easy courses, requir.- cation is coming to be'almost ignored. ing only average mentality and a fair * Phoie 4 p .. .. . .. .. .,.. .., .. .. ,,.