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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
WEDNESDAY,' DECEMB~ER.16, 1l25 If
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power to free a criminal, nullifying-
the work of courts and prosecuting!
attorneys. A board that posseses such
power should be watched carefully, /
and the personnel carefully selected. GOOD ' SHATING
Paroles are sometimes deserved and '0
should be granted, but the freeing of GEDIs
a man of the type of Perry in Illinois,
or in the wholesale numbers that have As Gaylord suggests, we would like
been released this year in Michigan, to call the attention of the Rev. Her-
is showing a leniency that far ex- bert-Now wait a minute-Jump, thats
ceeds the bounds of reason. it! to the fact that there is also goodf
to convict a criminal and obtaiIa food to be gotten at Stabuck's, and
long sentence i a difficult proposition b
in the courts of the present day; it yY
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William T. Barbour Mar aret Parker
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WEDNE$DAIY, DECEMBER 16, 192
Night Editor-SMITH H. CADY, JR
"The American short lunch-
hour has had a lot to do with our.
prosperity. It was the custni
in old days to devote a log
period in the middle of the day to
the dinner table and a little rest
thereafter. Going back to the
office, the executive was seldom
able to get immediately into trim
for the finish of the day's work,
and thus it happened that the
" working hours were extended into
the evening and beyond the time
that our physical powers are at
their best. This has been wisely
changed into the custom of con-
centrating within a briefer time
the activities of the day and de-
voting to the more important
matters the more productve
hours. It isn't the length of
time one works, but the manner
in which one works-how time is
used-that counts in the final re-
sults."-J. H. Tregoe, executive
manager of the National Associa-
tion of Credit Men.
ILLINOIS VS. MICHIGAN
The Tegretable practice of state
executives in releasing, on parole,
criminals that have been tried and
convicted by the courts of the state
and sentenced to long terms in the
penitentiary is proving to be unpop-
ular in states other than Michigan.
Illinois, the latest entrant in the field,
is far behind Michigan in the number
of prisoners dumped back on the state
per year, but seems to be specializing
in notorious criminals, 'who richly de-
serve the punishment from which
they are released.
The case that is at present raising
the ire of law enforcement officers in
Illinois is that of Ira D. Perry, who
confessed to murder committed during
the -robery of a jewelry store in 1922.
lie escaped the gallows, as d10 most
murderers in Chicago and its vici-
nity, but was sentenced to life im-
prisonment, and now, through the
action of Governor Len Small and his
parole board, is once more at liberty,
free to follow his old career, as stia-
tistics show a large percentage of
such men do.
The Chicago Jewelers' association,
which has not forgotten so soon the
member of thei'r group who was mur-
should at least be as long and tedious!
a process for a criminal, once con-:
victed,, to escape from serving his
term.
S--I AM DANGEROUS"
"I'm not a politician. Im an a cci-
dent. My inexperience is my best:
qualification for office in these days.
Some of my opponents to this revision
of Senate rules cry that I want to run
for office. They're talking their own
language. I am not a candidate for
any office. That is why I am danger-
ous."
With these and similar words, Vice,
President Charles Gates Dawes ad-
dressed representatives of the Repub-
lican Women's clubs of Illinois several
days before the opening of Congress
last week. With these and similar
words, the Vice President announced
to the world in general, and to the
Senate in particular, that he is still
"Hell 'nd Maria" Charley.
"I am not a candidate for any office.
That is why I am dangerous." In
these few words, Mr. Dawes made one
of the greatest criticisms of our
American system of government. He
clearly indicated that he believes sel-
fish motives are behind the actions of
the majority of our political leaders,
and whether he is right or wrong,
there is a widespread agreement with
this viewpoint.
This lack of confidence in the in-
tegrity of its politicians may not rest
upon a firm foundation, but it has ex-
isted in the public mind for so long
that a change can hardly be expectedI
in the normal course of events. Some-
thing additional, something extra-
normal, will be required to awaken
any appreciable amount of confidence
in the political leader in the hearts
of the American public,-a public that
in too many cases visualizes only
gkraft and corruption as the motivating
force of all government.
Perhaps, then, if Mr. Dawes should
effect his changes in the Senate rules,
which he apparently will not be able
to do, some small 'degree of faith in
the cumbersome governmental ma-
chinery might be. aroused in some
small fraction of the 115;000,000 souls,
which make up our nation. Perhaps
this might come about, but we expect
to tell our grand-children that all
politicians. are corru tpti self-seek-
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CAMPUS OPINON
Anonymous communications will be
disregarded. The names; of communi-
cants will, however, be regarded as
confidential upon request.
purchased from the sock King on
South University on the right side of
the road.
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This town seems to be crowded withE
real and psuedo-real dramatic critics.
Two of them (the real ones broke into
the front page this morning, and then
there are always the countless cohorts
of the M. and D. column.
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CRITICISM
The local viewpoint on the subject
of dramatic criticism is a peculiar
one. Very few of the local writers for
the public would think of reviewing
say an art exhibit, or discussing archi-
tecture in print, and the number of
those who will even think of writing
ia musical judgment is tiny.
Yet anyone of these will blandly and
willingly seize upon the slightest op-
portunity to expound at great length
on any phase of the drama. By this
we do not mean the Opera at all. It
seems to us that !any student has a
very definite right to discourse on
such a production, which, after all, is
a local production and a part of this
campus. But we will venture to say
that there are quantities of students
working on campus publications at
present who would no more think of
writing fan essay on musical or liter-
ary or sculptural subjects, who con-
sider themselves quite capable to do
this with drama, in spite of the fact
that they have devoted no more time
to the study of 'this subject than any
of the others.
This is probably because among
the average students hereabouts,
drama is the most popular or the arts.
There are few, if any, who have
never witnessed a play, and hundreds
who have never seen an art exhibit or
heard a concert. Nevertheless, we fail
to see why because this is true, these
yong critics, should fail to realize
that a good dramatic criticism de-
pends more on actual knowledge than
any other form, chiefly because it ap-
pears so easy to criticize.
Because there are so many more
elements which contribute to the pro-
duction of a play than to any other
form of art, one must have a much
finer understanding of these elements
and their co-ordination than in any
other form of aesthetic discourse.
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COMING
We have just visited the Gargoyle
office, and found the entire staff com-
fortable seated in easy chairslooking
over the piles and piles of contribu-
tions for the Girls' number, (not an
adv.) and we immediately became the
proverbial green with envy. We see
no reason why we should have to
slave away at our own stuff all the
time wen they just sit ack and
throw the worst of it in the waste
basket and the best to the press.
Now this all led us to a big thought.
After vacation we are going to fool
the funny (not sarcasm, Oh, no) boys
and 'run a boys number of Rolls-we
will offer a prize of $0.45 to the person
who sends in the best contribution.
We shall run more than one issue, in
all probability, as there are many
more boys than girls on this campus. I
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SEND IN THAT CONTRIBITTION
NOW FOR THE BOYS' NUMBER OF
ROLLS.-Adv.
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LIMERICKS
XXV
A friend out in our neighborhood
Has a car, new from tall-light to
hood]
Tis a beautiful busl
But what's that to us?
Would we trade him?-your damn
right we would.I
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PUZZLE
We wonder just what did happen
between Knute Rockne and Columbia
University. There is obviously a lotI
to the matter that never will become
public property, but someone made a'
big mistake somewhere.
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Now don't forget the. Boys' number.
Sir Toby Tiffin..
"Drinking Causes Dry Leader's SonI
To Lose His Wife"--Free Press head- :1
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THIS AFTERNOON: The Matinee
Musicale presents the Canzonit Club
in the Michigan Union ball-room at
4:30 o'clock.
TONIGH1T: The Play Production
classes present "The Importance of
Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde in
University hall at 8 o'clock.
"THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL"
Even greater than the commercial
enthusiasm of Walter Prichard Eaton
yesterday afternoon, Stark Young,
dramatic critic of the New York
Times, quite outdid himself in praise
of George Tyler's production of "The
School for Scandal," which played a
single performance last week in New
York and is opening at the New De--
troit Sunday evening, December 19.
"For one fleeting performance," he
says, "between showings in Boston
and Newark, George Tyler set up his
'School for Scandal' last Sunday
evening. The individual performances
were without exception unusually
adept, so that for once the whole was
less than the sum of its parts.
"None of the performances, never-
theless, approached the perfection of
Henrietta Crossman as Mrs. Oandour,
(and who will ever forget her grand-
mother in "Children of the Moon!"),
'beribboned, bewigged, bemannered,
forsooth.' Miss Crossman evoked the
very shade of what this comedy must
have been in its glory. She bustled
about the stage, dropping slander at
every step, viviaciously, with the high
moral enthusiasm of the hypocrite,
confiding to the ear the most nourish-
ing morsels. What a 'hooded serpent'
she was!
Several other parts in Mr. Tyler's
production were played with the same
high degree of artificiality-those of
Moses, Trip, Rowley and Sir Oliver in
particuliar. And Mr. Heggie's Sir
Peter Teazle, an unembellished,
straightforward interpretation, made
one appreciate the actor's high intel-
ligence.
"What contrast does 'The School
for Scandal' offer to the turgid drama
of these pseudo-scientific days? Well,
it has more wit than spleen. The pro-
duction is mounted as Sheridan is
supposed to have mounted it at the
Drury Lane in 1777, with a row of
footlight reflectors in place, candela-
brp hanging from above and indiffer-
ent scenery painted on canvas-in
sum, with no tiresome recrudescence
of reality.
"For nearly everyone this comedy
appeared to be satirizing his neigh-
bor-and a very good feeling that was.
indeed. Enough plot to serve for
unity in this satire on a common
foible, the entire atmosphere was of
unbounded, unbuttoned entertain-
ment."
MAUIME WILDE
With the Opera and the whole rush
of everything it hardly seems possible
that the date has arrived this even-
ing for Professor Hollister's produc-
tion of "The Importance of Being
Earnest." But even though your for-
tune is spent, you must not miss this
comedy-so away and incomparably
beyond anything but Shaw-or gorge-
ously bad manners.
It is a play that nothing can kill,
and any amount of talent can raise to
the height of entertainment. It is
deadly serious nonsense, and if God
be good will be played for all the low
comedy that it is worth.
THE CANZONIT CLUB
Under the auspices of the Matinee I
Musicale, the Canzonit Club of Adrian,
a chorus of eleven women's voices
under the direction of James Spencer,
will present the following program of
Christmas music this afternoon in the
ball room of the Michigan Union at
four-thirty o'clock:
I.
While Shepherds Watched.. Praetorius
Noel of the Bressan Waits..Darcieux
Mid Yan Pale Helavens..Noel Bressan
(Arranged by Reynolds)
The Club
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Jesu Bambino.................Yon
Josephine Lambie
III.
Alsatian Christmas Song.......
...........Arranged by Mirande
Child Jesus ..G............Gow
The Club
IV.
Boyhood.................... Garnett
Clara Wellhauser
V.
The Shepherd's Story......Dickenson
The Club
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FORTUN "
The annual production of the
Princeton Triangle club, this year en-
titled "Fortuno" and with a setting
MANN'S 1t
HOLIDAY SALE
ON ALL HATS IN STOCK
Have your hat cleaned and blocked
before going home.
FACTORY HAT STORE
617 Packard Street. Phone 741
(Where D. U. R. Stops at State St.
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Open E)enings Until Christmas
At Both Enids of theDiagonal Walk.
.Books for Children
Our Juvenile Departments are filled with a fine selecton of books, games and
stationery for little brothers and sisters. We are showing many beautifully illustrated
editions.
TAKE HOME BOOKS FROM ANN ARBOR
Graham's Book Stores
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Thirty years of experience is
back of the management -of the
"CLARK" Summer and Winter
Foreign Tours. Open to both
men and women.
ALSO
Private Tour for Women, sail-
ing from New York, June 26th.
MRS. M. E. CAKE, Hall House
Dormitory, 1145 Washtenaw
Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
has traveled under this man-
agement. Phone 3597.
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Santa Claus and all the
extra things that make
a Christmas party
distinctive.
75c per couple.
Tickets at Slater's
Book Shop.
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NATIONALISM AND THE LEAGUi
To the Editor:
M.M.M. believes that "nationialisn
has been a hated word-and the tool
of bourgeois greed." That "govern-
ment operating in the interest of the
people at large, for the greatest good,
is the one we must have. If that gov-
ernment be international in character
we must strive for it." Consequently
"investing our hopes and efforts in
the League of Nations" is our duty,
the "initial step" in a path of Service.
Granted that nationalism is the
cause of wars, that it is pro-bour-
geois, that it is almost anything he
wishes to call it, yet what better has
the League of Nations to offer? "A
chain is no longer than its weakest~
link" is trite, but true. 'If the League
of Nations, then, is to be the "initial
step" in our ascension into the land
of perfection, where the "greatest
good" is the dictum scrawled upon
the banner, would we not be perpe-
trating a monstrous crime?
In the first place, nationalism is the
very foundation of the League of Na-
tions; nationalism is the very embodi-
ment of all that is holy to the League.
And what begot this miracle child to
which we should intrust the future?
Selfishness and fear-the desire of the
benevolent allies to keep what they
had seized, to make thiemselve se-
cure from a war of revenge. And
what is this League but the "tool of
bourgeois greed?" The needy infant,
Russia, was turned awiay-the League
is for bourgeois nations only . Aid
who dominates the League? The
same John Bull that holds the noses
of hundreds of millions oft weaker
peoples to the grindstone that the
bourgeois "Forsytes" and "Babbits";in
Great Britain may prosper.
Oh, sublime altruism, if we, the
second greatest bourgeois nation of
the world, must set out to lead our
We have a large line of Christmas
Trees in all sizes
From 50 cents to $2
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even if one must economize
in the matter of foods the
finest are still available on
account of Arcade prices
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