O I I /V Alp 4IatM Sectioi Two . - -1 ----------------- r XXXIV. No. 123 ANN ARBOR, MICIIIGAN, SVNDAY, JARCII 16, 1921 PRICE, FIVE _._ A DELTA CHI 'ES STUDENTS ANNUAL AFFAIR Food And Fun Mix With Work In Rehearsals T AKE MAJOR PARTS IN CAST "C ME TO EVENT SIMILAR TO ONE OF WASHINGTON GROUP Committee Chooses Students For Highi Standing in Representative Campus Activities Plans which are now being formu- lated by the committee of Sigma Del- ta Chi,.national professional journal- istic fraternity, for the second annual Gridiron Banquet, to be held here April 1 under the auspices of that fraternity, are being pushed forward at a rapid rate. The affair is to be patterned after the national event of a similar nature held at Washing- ton, D. C., at which prominent jour- nalists from all parts of the country are placed upon a figurative gridiron in newspaper wurx. The local affair is to be the largest attempted by this chapter of the or- ganization, and several prominent newspaper men from all parts of Michigan and Ohio have signified their intentions of being present,. Included in the list of those invited are not more than 70 students, chosen for their standing in student activities~by the committee in charge. The list in- cludes practically all of the recognized campus activities, as follows: Publications Men To Co The Michigan Daily: Robert Ram- sey, '24, Samuel Moore, 25, Robert Henderson '26, Alfred Connable '25, Edgar Ailes '25, Lawrence Favort '24, E. G. Dunne '25; Perry. Hayden '25. William Roesser '25, Walter Scherer '24, and Clayton Purdy '24. Michigan- ensian: Frederick Gilner '24. William Etheridge '25, Neil Barber '25E, Tho- mas Kindell '24. Cass Hough '25, Gif- ford Upjohn '25, -and George Pattee 25. Chimes: John Bacon '24, Jack Huber '25,, Kenneth Hoag '24, John Sabo '25L, Frederick Pinney '25, and Harry McCobb '24. Gargoyle: Car- rol Jones '24, Halsey Davidson '24, Lisle Rose '25, Donald Steketee '24, Ar'den Kirchner. '25, and Robert Strauss. Technic: John A. Billings '24E. and Howard Preston '25. Law Review: Burke Shartel. Athletic] Program: Cheiter Swigert '24, Ora- torical Board: J. K. Munn '24. Michi- gan Union: Thias J. Lynch '25Land Henry Hubbard;'24X. Student Coun. cil: John Kelly, '241., President. S., C. A.: Harry-Clark, '24I., Harold.Coff-' man, Egbert Isbell, '25. Athletic man- agers: Donald McCabe, '24, football; William White, 24, baseball; Arthur Graves, '24, track; Ralph Wright, '24, basketball; Edward Murane, '25L, in- terscholastic; Robert Rice, '25L, minor sports; Harold Gaisne, intramural, and Jack Morse, '24, cross country., Athletes Invited Also included in the list are the fol- lowing prominent athletes: HarryE Kipke, '24, football captain; _ierbert Steger, '25. football captain-elect; Howard Birks, '24E, basketball cap- tain; George Haggerty, '25, basketball captain-elect; Jack Blott, '24, baseball captain. There also are 17 class presi- dents, which includes all classes in the University. One, two, three, kick! One, two, three, kick! The chorus sways regu- larly from side to side, keeping time to thestrains of the orchestra, inter- rupted now and then by the barked out instructions of the director. The words of the songs are almost drown- ed in the hum of conversation that rises on all sides of the room. Oc- casionally the noisy buzz is hushed during a particularly peppy chorus; or an unusual dance number. The Junior Girls' Play rehearsal is in full swing and Sarah Caswell Angell hall is caught in a chaos of hurried prepa- ation for the opening Tuesday night. The "male" members of the cast are having the hardest time of any- one in the show. They forget and pitch their voices too high, they tripj over their canes and swing them awk- wardly, and they invariably forget to remove their hats when they come on the stage, as a well-bred gentleman should. But in spite of all these minorI difficulties the play is rapidly being shaped to a point of perfection. The' girls who are playing feminine roles seem to have had no difficulty in as- suming their parts. They move easily 'about the stage, sing without a trace of self-consciousness and make en- chanting chorus girls. Between acts they are free to wander about the hall or the gymnasium, and their gay- ly colored costumes make the affair seem more like a masquerade than a hard-working theatrical enterprise. Outside the hall, the stairs of the gymnasium are lined with the more studious members of the cast, prepar- ing lessons for tomorrow's classes. Farther down, in the vestibule, is a group of gentlemen patiently waiting for the rehearsal to end, stage-door Lotharios getting in good form for the time when the show will adjourn to the Whitney. After the first act is ended someone shouts "Refreshments served below," and with one accord the hungry cast hastily adjourn to the parlors of the gymnasium, where coffee and hot-dogs await them. The orchestra, .youths, recruited largely from the School, of M Music, trail cautiously along- in the rear and hang about the outskirts of' the bread line, looking a little lost in the feminine maelstrom. Fifteen minutes for food and back to the grind! One, two, three, kirk! The choruses file back on the 'stage and start to work with renewed en- ergy. Some over-ambitiotii damsel. steps too high and slidesto the floor,. from where hber choru laughingly rescues her and starts again. The .play draws to a conclusion. "No finale tonight," call's the director, and with. a delighted shout the cast, the chorus, and the orchestra depart, and another rehearsal is ended, Wine Easier To Campus Men Think 1925 Girls' Play Rates With Opera What do Michigan men think of the Junior Girls' play? Sentiment on the subject is obtainable only by the in- quiring reporter method, and after a careful investigation, the results are wholly favorable. Only one man was opposed to the giving of the play, and he was speaking in jest. Prominent men on the' campus were asked their opinions, and thetcon- census of opinion indicated that the play is considered worth while and popular. "The women should be able to produce music fully as well as the' men do for the opera," said one man. "and their dancing is sure to be more graceful. Having so much less money to spend on the production, more at- tention has to be paid to the plot and lines, and for that reason, I believe that dramatically, the production is in a fair way to rival the opera." "Why not have a Junior girls' play?" asks another. "It is a good thing, and the popularity which it has met in the past indicates that it is worth presenting." The play has become an institution at Michigan, and since the admission of men to the audience last year, more interest has been shown in the pro- ject. The appeal of the opera is re- versed in that women take the parts of men instead of men of women. Men on the campus are looking forward to seeing the play, and getting instruc- tions in how to act the part of their own sex. Originality of music has always marked the production, and the promise of catchy airs is a draw- ing card for many. "Just plain in-: terested," is the statement made by several of the men consulted, and that could be given as the sum of the at- titude of Michigan men toward the Junior girls' play. LONDONEXTINdOS JOY' HUR'S DURIN6 EXHIBIT London, March 15.-London is place where nearly everyone goes to bed early and gets up late, but just to please the tourist joy-seekers coin- ing to the Empire Exhibition, it is going to let people have a good timee up to 2 o'clock in the morning five days a week this summer. At present cabarets, restaurants and hotel ball-f rooms close a little after midnight ex- cept extension nights when one. cat dance until 2 o'clock in the morning. From April 1 until the Exposition closes, every night will be extension night except Saturday and Sunday., The London County Council, chief, regulating authority on public be-, havior, has just yielded to widespread demand for making London a little gayer during the exhibition. But it hasn't yet yielded to the request that the late dancers be allowed to keep on buying champagne until the orchestra COMMITTEE NAM ENTIRE CAST FO 115 6IRLS' P1 FINAL IRESS RE HEAtSAL BE ELI) TOMORROW NIGHT 17 GIRLS WILL PLAY MAJOR PARTS IN SH Choruses to Number 1,W in A Production to be Held at Whitney, March 18-22 Cast and choruses for' the J Girls' play, "Thank You, Ma which the class of 1925 is prest March 18-22 at the Whitney th will have their final dress rehe tomorow night in preparation fc opening performance on Tuesda: The cast, as announced by the mittee yesterday is as fol "Chick" Meyers, Bernice Hill; cer Meyers, Miriam Wetzel; Mi Livingstone, Edna Christensen; Livingstone, Frances H'orine; A Whimble, Dorothy Sessions; I 'line Leonard, Helen Martin; Morton, Eleanor Crook; Cl Bray, Vesta DeWitt; Mr. Levi Dorothy K. Kalmbach; Nanette, Schroeder; Professor Amos Ru Florence Nelson; Professor Bristle, Nellie Rittenhouse; 'P man Jo, Thyra Sheffield; Bo Phyllis Turnbull; Ming Toy, Beattie; Yioto, June Knisley; S Gladys Trowbridge. Choruses Announced The choruses' for the play also announced and are as fol the flower girls, Margaret Rowena Benson, Elizabeth B Winifred Cheney, Mary Eliz Cooney; Florence Johnston, V Moran, Isabel Nichols, Martha neider, Cornelia Shepherd, A Stoner, and Jean Svensgard; senger boys, Marion Barlow, Bea Chapin, Helen Chapin, Margare liot, Thelma Hamilton, Kath( Kocher, Alice Neesley, Gertrude Cauley, Dorothy McFarlen, Ph Turnbull, Fannie Roberts and T thy Williams; Egyptians, Doris singer; Berniee Boyd, Jeane Br Jean 'FOgle, 'Julia Hicks, Olive mans,. Fannie JohnstonD, Do Knapp; Virginia lacLaren,. E Scherer, Margaret Sidney, Sims; the lanter-n chorus, F Alden, Jtina Barnes, Charlotte C well, Jane Dewey, Olive Fast, E Hulscher, Lee Jenks, Rhea'.j Edna Kadow Constance MacDo Ruth Mountain, Thelma Rayn Claire Shinnick, Charlotte Sp: steen, Josephine Stearns, Gera Truscott; flower spirits, E Bauschard, Maude Corey, Evelyn hany, Elizabeth' Drake, Mar Hays, Sally King, Julia Moore Edna Morency, Elizabeth Oln Taking important parts in the play, Edna Christensen, as Millicent Liv- Wetzel as Spencer Meyers, Eleanor "Thank You, Madam," which the 'ingstone, Frances Horine as Mary Crook as Dolly Morton, and Vesta class of 1925 w ill present March 18-Livingstone, Dorothy K. KaImback as DeWitt as Chester Bray; the bottom clas of 1925 will teetr, arch 18- Mr. Levinsky; the second row: Ethel row, Dorothy Sessions as Adolph 22, at the Whitney theater, are, read- Schroder as Nanette, Berenice Hill as Whimble, and Helen Martin as Made- ing from left to right, the top row: Chick Meyers; the third row: Miriam line Leonard. "Show Has Good Book"--'Campbell "The book of 'Thank You.. Madame, is a gooad one," said Prof. Oscar J. Campbell, .of the English department, endorsing the twentieth annual Junior Girls' play. "It present a story which offers opportunity f6r picturesque sets and much good-humored college sat- ire," he continued. "The dialogue pos- sesses the rare virtue of being easy and natural. It is free from the twin hanes of much uidergraduate comedy, forced smartness and painfully con- trived jests, yet it is always lively anq ampusing. The authors have never ~tried .to seem funnier than they are. If the lyric and the music are worthy of this book, The Junior Gi'rls' Play of the Class of 1925 will set new stand- ards of excellence." Professor Campbell, who conducts many of the drama courses in the English department, is considered an outstanding authority on contempor- ary drama. Get Than 14 Budapest, Mar. 15.-Water come more expensive than Budapest because of the spe ter taxes imposed to increase t income. The Hungarian gov found the tax so burdensoi forced to disband the Budal financial administration. 7ater has be- ri Find Students Careless About Drawing Checks When is a student a crook? Sonie- time or other throughout the school year when, whether, intentionally or° unintentionally, a..student overdraws his account or passes a check with no money in the bank to cover -the same,. he is committing a criminal act in the state of Michigan. 'A day or two previous to a holiday; or vacation seems to be the time when most attempts are made to over- draw accounts, was the information received from several of the bankers and merchants who were interviewed. "The highest number of checks we have turned back in one day is 54, which occurred last June," reported, a cashier of one of the Ann Arbor banks. It has been found by some of; the State street merchants that there are some students who will deliberate- ly cash a check in order to get some money on which to get home on be- fore a holiday. Most of these students, however, take these checks up when they return. No cases of forgery were reported, although one of the cashiers told the 1 following interesting incident which happened about three weeks ago. A I young fellow stepped up to the-win- dow of the bookkeeper and said, "How much is my bank balance, my name is so and so." After Having been noti- fled that it was $14, he went and wrote out a check for $71 which he present- ed at the window of one of the tellers.? The teller was a little suspicion s of the check and walked back to see the bookkeeper. In the meantime, how- ever, the young man disappeared through the door. A further examina- tion of the check proved it to be a forgery. Brumm Says Play Is!Entertaining i- - - "A play brim full of good fooling and attractive music and dancing," is Prof. John R. Brummu's characteriza- tion of "Thank You, Madam." 'or eleven weeks Prof. Brumin has -'bee directing cast and choruses for thej latest of the women's productions, are,? his enthusiasm is apparent in his en- (Torsement. He"goes on to describec the production in every phase. "The .play," le says, "will prove to be thoroughly entertaInii.g. ' The atory is consistently suAained to the end and is altogether colegiate. It hits our outstanding college characters and foibles with a kindly satire. at the same time employing no stock situa- tions or outworn theatrical devices. The whole plot will be realistically romantic and sophisticated without sacrificing beauty and good taste." "There are more choruses than formerly," says Prof. Brumm, in com- menting on the growing production, "and they present an almost bewild- ering variety. But every chorus 'be- longs.'. The dancing is quite distinc- tive for an amateur show. And the play is well cast; the variety of char- acters and their individuality will add much to its success. Each girl was chosen for her peculiar fitness for the character she interprets.' "The music deserves special men- tioni. One , remembers it-whistles or huts it unconsciously. A well bal- ,anced orchestra wfll ' help to estab- lish the score as probably the best in the history of the play." So thinks the professor-director. stops. Unless this is done the people Evelyn out for a good time will have to buy chorus, enough liquor before 12:30 to keep Maudec them merry until 2. beth ( Smith, Eola Zeigen; clo Alice Allen, Edith B Corey, Claire Douglas, 'Hayes, Elizabeth H Junior Girls' Play History Reveals Interesting Gro From a morality play -Every Senior," given by the junior class one afternoon in Barbour gymnasium to the present carefully planned produc- tion of "Thank You, Madam," which runs forsixtperformances atthe Whitney theater is a far cry! Such, however, has been 'the growth of the Junior Girls' play. The first play which is recorded in the fragmentary files of the Daily is "Every Senior" given in 1905. "Michi- guse," in the files of 1908, is reported to resemble a Michigan Union minstrel show of which Mrs. -Jordan said, "It is a pity, for so much talent to be ex- hibited only for the benefit of girls.,"' In the play'for 1909, "Eds and Co." Professor Wenley was already dis- cussing the issues of the "is" and the "isnotness" of the "isnot." Billiken the god of things-as-they-ought-to-be, was celebrated in "Martiagan" in 1910 when such songs as "I Am the God of Luckiness," and "I Kind O'Like Ann Arbor," made tremendous hits., Ambition in reality marked the 1912 play which moved its. place of presen- tation to Sarah Caswell Angell hall. "In Old Bagdad" occurred the suc- cess, "Just for a Smile." The tenth annual nlav "The Treasure of Toule" ditties to the juniors. "The Yogie" and "Felicia Finess( duced the next two years sh( influence of the War, while t commenting on "Meddling wi in 1918 said, "The questionc a public performance will be this week." "Gold" in 1919 was the firs be presented at the Whitney t which the senior women wer ed in taxi-cabs. The compan Detroit performance also. R the 1920 play,'"Patricia Passe Millar, a reporter from ti said, "Had Michigan men see gan women as did a select night, certain provi4cial might have been changed." Sam, the colored porter in Sue" in 1921 established a r popularity of a comedy st two hits of the show. "Over penses" and "Reputations" sung by the women of the U Special scenery and emphasi made "Sceptres and Serena matically worth rememberi the cannibal-chorus and "The were perhaps the most popu hers.. Years of struggle to open tI hla' ni- a ote )uhui wine in ei JU IR ID S c alewa-91O UND IL he city's e it was P YTICKETS O INUES nest .city - - 'Tickets for the Junior Girls' play,I IThank , You, Madam," to be given I March 18-22 at Whitney theater will be on sale from 2 to 5 o'clock tomor- rorw at. the box' office of Hill audi- w th torium. Beginning with Tuesday, 'March 18, the sale will be continued at. eYankie ' the Whitney theater.- eSix performances of the play will be ~"pro- wed presented next week. The first. on he DailyI Tuesday, "will be given in honor of thef he Dars"senior women, and Is open to the1 th Mars" i f giving women and the faculty of the Uni- e deidedversity. The remaining performances. decided on Wenesday, Thursday, Friday and t play to Saturday nights, and on Saturday, heater to afternoon, are open to the general heatr topublic. e escort- b. y gave a Prices for seats are as follows: .v i $2.50 for the lower floor and boxes; seviewing $2.00 for the first four rows in thej se Daily,. balcony; $1.50 for the second four n Michi' rows in the balcony; and $1.00 for f last the remainder of the balcony. The opinions gallery will not be open. Good seats for all of the performances are still a "Selina available.. ecord for ar, wxle head Exc- JPN W l REUL Novel Costumes, Tuneful Sc To Feature "Thank You,1Ma -Illinois to Give Opera Urbana, Ill., March 15.-"Carlotta will be the title of the Illinois Pie rots' opera which will be present April 11-12 at Urbana. The first try outs were held recently, and the fina cast will start rehearsal before th end of the week.,The' opera is beir coached by Leroy Prinz of Chicago. Louise 'Pletke, Will Ella Stark, Stewart, Gladys Trowbridge,.. VanBaalenT Sally Walser; Cos Evelyn D'omany',. Margaret' Salty King, Elizabeth Olmsted elyn Smith, ,Eola Zeigen; college I Martha 'Ghase,' Dorothy-Emery, Kingsley. Olive McKay, Elsa I(Continued on Page Eleven' Good Jazz Gift To Music World Harvard University.-"J'zz - good jazz-is America's only original con- tribution to the music of the world," Prof. E. P. Hill of the music depart- ment of -Harvard, believes. -"It reveals a typical American mood h S PLY SCODetails in plot, music, costumes.; been orchestrated by George S. H scenery, and lighting, are being care- of Brooklyn, N. Y., who orchestr fully worked out for the 24th annual the music for "Cotton Stockings," 'fuly wrkedoutforTheISthKnnul rs now conducting the orchestra Junior Girls' play, "Thank You, Mitzi's "The Magic Ring." A 14-p; Scores Madam," upon which the curtain of I orchestra made up of advanced Scorescontaining the music and the Whitney theater will rise Tuesday dents in the school of music and o lyrics of "Thank You, Madam," go on night. Strenuous efforts, begun last yw sale tomorrow for the remainder of June have been increased so that oc- has been practicing with the chor the week at the University of Music Icasional committee meetings have de- for some time. house and at Graham's, Wahr's, andveloped into daily rehearsals. Pro- Unique costumes are one of Slaternsqbok stores.sBginningewit Ster's book stores. Beginnin""g with fessor John R. Brumm of the depart- features of 'Thank You, Mada the opening per ormance on uesd ay, ment of journalism, who has been di- since almost every .chorus has 'a Srecting the play, now pronounces it tinctive personality. A number of Whitney theater. They contain the ready for the entertainment of the costumes have been rented "1 17 numbers of the play and have a University. Fritz, Schoultz and Compan of colored cover of the same design. as the advertising. posters. The scores Written by Louise Barley and Jose- sago, while a great deal of 'time will sell for $2.00 acopy.phine Stearns, the book for "Thank energy has been expended on the You, Madam," was selected from 24 which have been constructed' by ' manuscripts submitted by members of members of the play. They ra Don t Overwork" the class. The action of the story is from brilliant red to shades of or: placed for the first scene in a florist's and to maize and blue. Some of is in ru or shop in Ann Arbor, and for the second costumes will be smart, some ap scene before a movie star's home in priate for interpretive dances, bu Cambridge. Mass., March 15.-En- Hollywood. Seventeen junior women will be unusual. couraging news is given to students i take the principal. roles from "Chick." Colorful sets of scenery made by an instructor at Ifarvary Univer- the handsome hero, to Bobbie, the sly O. S.- Davis of Detroit, form the b sity who says that it is impossible to little messenger boy. A parody on ground for the two acts of the I do all of the asigned outide reading the Opera might well be "Our hand- The interior scene in the first ac I are still niversity.? s on plot; les" dra- ng while e Ladies" lar num-- he Junior c= n ally 's and possesses a new and vital rhy- thnm. Some, American composer with a proper sense of style, who is well grounded in both types of music, may, Tokio, March 15. -- The Iinperial embody -l the features of jazz in a Theater in Tokio. until the earthquake symphonic composition. and fire of September 1 the finest in "Will some popular jazz composer1 the Orient. is to be rebuilt this year, acquire the technique that is neces- according to a recent announcement. sary to raise his work out of the jazz The frame of the old structure, left class, or will some highbrow' con-'