THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1924 .... OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Published every morning except Monday during the University year by the Board in Control of Student Publioations. Members of Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is ex clutsively en- titied to the use for repblication of all news dililatchtes, creditedl to it or not othcrwisc credited in this hapcr and th > local iews pit> fished thercin.. ntei ed atthe potoffice at Ann Arr, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of posta-r: rated by Third Assistant Post- master General. Subscription by carrier, $3.50; by mai.. $4-- Offices: 'Ann Arbor Press Building, May- nard Street. Phones: ditorial, 2414 and 176-M ; Busi- ness, 960. Signed communications, not exceedin 300 wordls~ will be published in The Daily atI the discretion of the Editor. Upon request, the identity of communicant will be re- garded as confidential. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephones, 2414 and 176-31 MANAGING EDITOR HARRY D. HOEY News Editor... ....... Robt...-.Tarr Editorial Board Chairman... . R. C. Morarity City Editor...............J. C. Garlfnghouse Night Editors E. II. Ailes A. B. Connable, Jr. Harry C. Clark' T.E. Fiske- P. 1. Wagner Sports Editor.............Ralph N. livers Women's Editor ..........Winona Hibbard Sunday 31agazin* Edhor........F. L. Tilden .Music Editor..............Ruth A. Nowell Assistant City Editor.....Kenneth C. Kellar Djz toi Michigan News Bureau. R. G. Ramsay Dramatics Editor...... Robert's B. Henderson dancing, card-playing, jazz music, "tipping" and profanity. President Brown plans to erect a new "Brown university" with all wickedness and evil influences shut out from the col- legiate life. In doing this, the president can in- deed be said to be attempting an ap- proach towards the idealistic. The plans which he now proposes, if faith- fully and successfully carried out would make the new "Brown univer- sity" a place hinging almost on Utopia.1 "Having purchased the town," the~ president states, "I'll be able to keep watch over its morality." The presi-f dent may indeed be able to do so, but is this "watch" necessary? We are living today in an era which is cer- tainly more progressive than the one the generation before us passed through. But this fact dloes not nec- essarily mean that our moral stand- ards, or the moral standards of mod- ern universities are lower. Indeed, with all fairness to the gen- eration before us, it is quite an as- serted fact that conditions have been steadily improving at our universi- ties. With the saloon on the 'corner gone, with hazing barred, with card playing tending toward bridge, and such games which afford merely en- joyment instead of the former big poker games and the gambling con- nected with itone can hardly believe otherwise than that universities are steeringa course towards their mater- ial betterment. 'If dancing then, and jazz music stands out as primary rea- y i 1 r - CAMPUS OPINION FRED GOETHE THE SPANISH PLAY SAYS To the Editor: Although I thoroughly sympathize1 "Ein braver Kerl von eclhtem Fleisch with the "tack-hammer" policy so und Blut Ist fur die Dirne viel zu evident of late in dramatic reviews, gut." my conviction that at least some ree- ognition should be accorded a meritor- Some great wisecrack of the past is ious performance makes me protest Iging to head the col now until we get against the criticism of the Spanish tired of hunting them up. This on play which you published recently. The authoress of the derogatory re- .t p't very good but it's all we could view evidently is not conversant with ay our hands on at the moment. the Castilian language, since she states that Clarines "when she is in . A lot of grousing has been done, of the neighborhood of seventy years- Eu late, about our continued publication permits the marriage of her neice to rop of the Rover Boys' entertaining his- the man who was false to Clarines in necessary thabt o eRove Bsetetinig is-'t her youth." The' play inakes most BOOKA t evident to those who understand ALL STEAMSHIP very good or something. Today a Spanish at all that Miguel, Marcela's ""A m " IE.G.KEB person even went so far as to offei suikr, is the son of the man who jilted LEGK and Bon a substitute, which we reproduce here- Clarines. It is small wonder that the wE WRITE AL with. It was one of these letters that critic thought Mr. Sinclair somewhat look as if the writer had started off youthful in appearance when she mis- to imitate a him's handwriting and takenly believed him playing the role then gradually degenerated into his of a septuagenarian Don Juan. own. The lack of Spanish atmosphere is ead , ~~~ an objection that the critic raised.1 Derst Jason: Perhaps she may be surprised to know Why don't you run some "Prize that in modern Spain people dress in Story" in your colyum. I think it the same clothes that civilized nations would be a' lot more interesting than wear everywhere. Not all Spaniards sone of this Rover Boy stuff- use bull-fighting attir'e and ladies do Try something like this- not wear mantillas except on special g M A collich man, with a skirt on his occasions. arim negligently in care-free fashion, L.eal seems to be the only character 2 . lurked over toward a table with a that merits from the critic more than1' 16 17 reserved sign o' the Red Rooster. The faint praise, evidently because he 23 24 hotel orchestra was playin' the hooch- "spoke a language that everybody 30 31 t ie-ookie-(and she also shrugged (even critics) can understand." Prob- SPIll *her shoulders.) ably it is fortunate for Leal that he Save a D SThe charge of the light brigade had did not appear before the scenes, he Snothing on this hotel, whose cover might have been found too youthful high Ca charge might easily have clothed a too American and too lacking in local a young lady. (Then there's something color because he did not wear a coleta.r FAC'' we'd rather not run just now, in view Personally I do not believe that any 617 Pack: i of the fact that thus and so.) Spanish actress could have improved (Where Waiter two twelve, swelled up like on Miss Kearn's Daria either in inter- puffed rice, appeared in a sotto soice pretation or language. Marcela not and with a napkin on one shoulder only "pronounced distinctly" but was and said: a clever little actress from beginning s "Order sir-"-"veal birruds," the Ito end and displayed a quite profes- - college guy finished. But the deb had sional coolness when the audience ap- tnot begun to fight and dictated orders plauded at the wrong time. Dona until he got the writer's cramp. Clarines handed the very difficult e nThe orchestra disfigured the follow- emotional parts exceedingly well, Tata eng dischords: ;,wa consiste t'in hr character, and " When John Held, Jr." I Lujan acter as if he had had years of S l've Got the Navy BlIes." experience on the stage. The general - T. B. T. B. Don't You Be Mine." fluency and taithfulness/ in intonation 3 -"Issionate Phyllis" ended the riot. of 'the Spanish furnished abundant T4he',0qwas presented. (Audience evidence of the weary hours that had d *r ids )hold breath!) He had no been .pent by~ director and actors in p e yd' ,f ie or credit. S hd 84 painstaking rehearsals. S q, h d a coupnsv ad . . Mertia atd his as 'daaer y i} ii .1''w)4 $1.39 pls wat Ill pra. e o pr cin' a e- - t' -tgtWlIrg $12.43-7 cellent play. c y nis2 celtnt lay.ydstory.0 - Norm a n L. 'Willey .}61_ . - "rt ddhe d? O r di'he? -1 t What dild t~e. -aiter' do-.. Why? . _________ What did the cop do? Why? - - 'r Would you duet, or could you? Or, TI TRT Lt couldn't you? I i . . Play up this story. a y L.ki. WHITNEY T H EATER Annum Junior n' Play )THA March 19-20-21-22 Saturday, Matinee.. ... .- IRM e,!Orient, Etc. tier roservations, It will be very you arrange your plans soon. RLY ing s t 1t, LINES, TOURS AND CRUISES 0 secures space. !Delay no longer LER 501 E. Huron St., Ph. 1384 s Ann Arbor, Mich. ded Stramshap and Insurance Agent LL KINDS OF INSURANCE Bin - As thc school tear is draling to a close it might be well to get in touch with a printer of Quality and Service Lh~e Wfant Aids DROP "UP" AND SEE US. Ober A5rcade Theatre. ~tbe j /esp Y-6~w.Jb.r better itrinprs r - 1 Editorial tloard Pau'lEibst lh erman' Andrew )?ropper . C.Man I ack Norma Bicknell Verena Moran Jferman Boxer Ilarold Moore Helen Brown 0Carl Ohlmacher Bernadette Cote'; Ilyde Fce@c G. W. Davis Andrew Pro pper Ifurold Ehrlich Regina Reichmann T. P. Henry Edinarie Schratt~r Manning Houseworth C. A. Stevens ESmily lmie 'W. 11. Stoneman Dorothy Kamin Marie Reed Lilias Kendall- N. R. Thal Joseph Kruger W. T. Walthour Elizabeth Liebermann Herman Wise' R. S. Mansfield Wise sons for President Brown's ''actions what harm can there exist in a.few hours of such "sport." The generation before us 'danced. ',The generation which will follow us will dance., It is a natural expression of feeling. 'fThe 6nly difference between our gen- eration and the one before us is that we dance in somewhat different fashion to a somewhat different music and syncopation. Betterment of conditions has again and again been found to work out only by degrees, not by radical changes. It can hardly be denied that President Brown in assuming such plan brings forward a ridical change. If univer sity life is to better itself, it must do so by degrees. President Browns's actions can hardly b hoped to be a success, and Nnc( unJyersity life 14i indeed im profig,:ish tion ;can hardy be saVl heae ractical application; and its s1ces i pqved by the way in which othei sch2 .s and even colleges throughou the country are.following the examiple This course is not a side issue;i t is t;ti s ', t' ;. ' c II -ta . - ..._...._ -I + s+°+° MM+ !w4s Yta. hd :erx r .fr..e 1..1a .: . : / , .. . .. u . ,.. . ,. . A 'i' , ---- s considered a corner stone of educa- tion. The old text book with all its dates and lists of kings and queens and with its long accounts of. battles hasc aeen abandoned. . During the firstE year the student reads Well's' "Out- line of History" and Van Loon's i "Story of Mankind," thereby gaining a good background. The students will then get any understanding of history as a whole. After having pic- tured the setting of history clearly in his mind the 'student is allowed to specialize during the following years in that course which is. best to his 1lking. Events which indicate the advance- ment and improvement 'of humanity are stressed rather than those events of wars and battles. This method em- phasizes the causes which have led't up to conflicts anl the general effectst which have resulted, and regardsI great battles as mere sign posts along 1 the wdy of the world's advance. Cae- sar and Napolean, Grant and Foch are considered unimportant figures in' history. However, great patriots are1 not disregarded so entirely that the1 fire of patriotism burns out, but mil- itary deeds are held subordinate. Have yer readers send in contribs on the :darn thing- -Del Sarto. And if that jolly little contribution doesn't create a demand for the Rover Boys, we don't know what will. * * * FLORAL WREATHS I wonder what they think-- The knaves Who lay the floral wreath 'On graves Of great men underneath? What thinks Lloyd George as bends His knee?" le thinks about his shave Or tea- At Lincoln's marble grave. -J.P.L. * * * We see that Mr. Wenley has strung together 4 few quotations for Chimes this month. Very jolly way to boost the publications, if you know enough poetry. This sort of thing- While Browning says that there are "Two points in the adventure of the diver, One-when a beggar, he .pre- pares to plunge, Two-when a prince, he rises with his pearl, I, on the other hand (desiring, like Shakespere, "This man's art and, that man's scope") am inclined to the view of Keats. "Forever will thou love, and she be fair;" THE ANN ARBOR PLAYMAKERS, alias, the Dodos, will present their thiyd subscription program of this sea- r son tonight and tomorrow evening in the Dodo Playshop on Spring Street. The present production, in keeping with their policy, will consist of three original one-act plays, "Beside the Road" by A. D. Conkey, "Escape" by SSue Grundy Bonner, and "For God's Sake Be H'uman" by M. S. Everett. ".eside the Road," under the direc- tion of Lawrence Conrad, will include L. J. Carr as Taller, Warren Bower as Shorter, and C. V. Wicker as tile Traveller. The next play, "lSca ker" is uw'- the direction of C. V. Wicker, with costumes by Marjorie Bronson. The pant of the Gir' is played by Sonia Bloom and the Hermitaby Donald Snyder.' For God's Sake Be Human" eludes Mrs. H. P. Scott as Mrs. Putter, 'Norma Bicknell gas Felicity Wrench- more, and R. G. Rodkey as John Wrenchmore. I. P. Scott, of the Rhetoric faculty of course, is the di- rector. THE JUNIOR GIRL'S PLAY Confidence and ease inspired by two previous presentations added the tin- ish necessary to mnake thle third per- formance of "Thank You Ma lam," the Junior Girls' Play, at the Whitney last night, an unqualified success. After a rather leisurely and uninter- esting start the play speeded up as the plot progressed and the finale of the opening act was quite effective, while the second act was all that could be asked for. The setting in both acts was unusually good, the first scene being laid in a flower shop while in the second the setting moves to a moonlit garden in Hollywood at the home of a moving .picture actress. Perhaps the outstanding feature of this year's production' is the mnusic; the numbers are all good and range from the catchy to the inspirational. The most popular number last night, judging from the encores received, was Byers "Michigan Dates," depict- FIVE NIGHTS MA Rl 18, 19,20,21, 22 aurine 20th ANNUAL unior r ' Play . "° ' E b . .. I. .,n "'Ihak Twenty-Five Years Ago At Michigan 0 - From the Files of the U. of M. Daily, March 21, 1899. At a mass meeting of the students held iii Univefsity Hall last night,; the action taken for Michigan by Manager Baird -and the Board of Control, in reference to athletic relations with Chicago, was unanimously ratified by the student body. The 1902 Oracle board will be elect- 'a n Trirnv nt . nrlnirin nn4C The other day managing editor of this paper received a letter. This is it: S500 Student Klansmen by June, 1400 by November That's all it said. Think of it! 1000 by November! And they won't have. I to resort to these silly dr'ives and I things that the pool-hounds use, and they won't stand on the campus and sell tickets like the boys wanted tol relieve the starving Croats, Serbs, Romans, Czechs, and. Jugo Slavs. No, they'll just go about their work I like a high class frat club, having a good looking Protestant boy out to dinner at the lodge, letting him talk you ;, d.YI19 "The junior, Free Press. Girls' Play 'vill rival the Union OPera in popularity."-Duero put forth their best efforts to put eaoiviaay, at s o Iiocf, i r jII ku. Miebin . m i There will be no fight for positions on posi.vah1. to h ersn ne. the staff, as both factions have pom- « - - -- - -- - - :-_ xL- -1 .. t-l G wa:& ,.- . C . :.....t _ ..ria,,,,..w.. ...:&L