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will be as successful as those inaug-I mate field of fun and foolery, with
urated to combat bank robberies last even moments of genuine beauty,
year. Under the vigorous policies of open to a college production which
the bankers of Illinois in defending uses men as girls and girls as men.
their buildings and deposits, losses To imitate very far the Broadway
due to robberies have decreased twen- type of thing seems not only futile
ty per cent, according to the 1925 fig- and pointless but the waste of real op-
ures. This is the result, not of the portunity. Not even Broadway can
improvement of police protection, but command the youth and high spirits
of the vigilant self-protection policies of college players and the delightful
of the banks themselves. The whole absurdities of college life as seen by1
vast problem of check frauds, credit those most concerned in the enjoy-
abuses, and commercial crimes is due ment of it. To achieve the collegiate
to two causes: the poor administra- flavor does not necessarily mean con-
tion of the existing laws, and the fail- fining the action and setting strictly
ure of the law to keep stride with the to the campus, but one feels that the
methods of conducting modern busi- opera ought first and foremost to sug-
ness. Both can be remedied. Both gest college boys on a lark-and I
must be remedied if American banks above and beyond that it may dazzle
are to be properly protected. and amaze as much as it is able. The
junior girls showed good judgmenti
DECIPHERING THE REQUIRE. in their choice of a campus back-
IRENTS ground and campus types, and there-
"How To Get In" might well be the in lay much of the charm of their
title of the pamphlet now being is- production. Granted that in some
sued by the University to prospective ways a "local" show is harder to de-
students. This booklet will contain vise and make colorful and effective
valuable information to high school as the opera has to be effective; yet,
students facing the task of entering with all the present interest in dra-
the University, and will supplant the matics at Michigan, and with the
catalogue which has the various re- elaborate mechanism for stage pro-
quirements for admission skillfully duction at our command, surely the
hidden in a maze of departmental ideal of a Michigan opera which shall
regulations and lists of courses. make real use of some of the fun and
Confusion over the required credits charm, and sentiment, too, of college
for admission to the professional life, of life at, Michigan, ought not to
schools is widespread, among high be beyond our reach.
school graduates, and is increased by And I venture to think that it would
the difficulty of searching through be quite as successful on the road as
several divisions of a catalogue that, a collegiate imitation of The Student
in many cases, appears to contradict Prince or the Greenwich Village Fol-
itself. In addition, this leaflet will lies.
give information regarding possibili- -Jean Paul Slusser, '09, '11.
ties for earning money, and the cost
of room, board, and the other ex- I PORTO RICAN POLITICS
penses of college. To the Editor:
Much thought has been devoted to A certain S. M. H., '28, tries to re-
plans for welcoming the in-coming fute my recent interview with The
student to the campus, and helping Daily, in which I stated that Porto
him "find himself." here is a method Rico does not want her independenceI
of going out to meet him, and point- from the United States. It is true
ing the way in. that Porto Rico wants and needs her
economic independence from the
A "reading machine" has been in- domination of outside interests, but
vented which is supposed to make this is very far from wanting political
possible the printing of an entire independence from the United States.
book in 13 pages. Relief is in sight The co-operation of the American gov-
for those heavily laden law students. ! ement is essential for the solution
of the grave social problems which
A permit to manufacture a "malt afflict the island today. This fact has
tonic" of 3.76 per cent alcohol has been acknowledged by the majorityt
been granted by the government. A of the Porto Rican people with the
country-wide epidemic of spring fever result that today the four political
is forecast. parties which are represented in the.
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DRAMA
TONIGHT: "Great Catherine" by
George Bernard Shaw in the Mimes
theatre at 8:30 o'clock.
"GREAT CATHERINE"
A review, by William Lucas.
'The Players' revived the best liked
of all campus productions, Great ,
Catherine, to an enthusiastic audience
last night that taxed the capacity of
the Mimes theatre.
No polite well groomed farce-this;
it's as extravagant, as indelicate as
Catherine herself, as ribald as that
preposterous bounder Patiomkin,-
Shaw with his tongue in his cheek,
and a wicked Irish twinkle in his
eyes. The players have accepted it
at face value-and they carry the per- I
formance at . mad pace-devilish,
ironical, deliciously funny.
Amy Loomis is again superb as
Catherine. Her characterization is
quite on a plane by itself in the 'cam-
pus theatre.'sQuite appropriately she
closes the show with four words
which reflect the ironic spirit of the
whole piece, a dreamy answer to Pa-
timokin's question which never fails
'to bring down the house'-a typical
Shavian curtain. There is something
peculiarly appealing in this woman-
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FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1926
ht Editor-LEONARD C. HALL
TOO MANY EXITS
"To protect children throughouti
the world from undesirable moving
kictures," The League of Nations Ad-
visory Commission on Child Welfare
has gone on record as favoring cen-
:ic =._:nopship boards, composed of
oducationalists and parents, in every
,b er country. National legislation
g:,rding proper hygiene, ventila-
fion, and ire prevention facilities was
also recommended.
The suggestions made are, un-
no11tedly, constructive, but it is
doubtful whether such purely local
matters ought properly to come with-
in the scope of an international body.
Does not this point to more commit-
tees and more laws in a world that
has already had too much of both, to
the extent that both have become in-
effective?
It may be poor policy theoretically,
but in the long run, the best and most
effective way of settling controversial
problems is via the path of public
opinion. The world does not need
more illustrations that laws unsup-
ported by public opinion are worse
than useless.
The League of Nations has possi-
bilities of becoming a great and
powerful organization, but it can
hardly strengthen its position by
recommendations regarding the every-
day life of its member peoples.
"Letter Admits Killing Boys"-l
headline. The writer must have used
strong words.
CAMPUS OPINION
Anonymous communications will be {
disregarded. The names of communi-
cants will, however, he regarded as
confidential upon request.
legislature and in the municipal coun-
cils of the island do not stand for in-
dependence.
My friend-S. M. H3., '28, states very
emphatically that Porto Rico wants
her independence, but he fails to
mention the strong political party
which demands it. A brief survey of
the platforms of the political parties
in the island will show that the
"strong political party which de-
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WHY NOT A "COLLEGE" OPERA? ands independence" is as much al
To the Editor: fiction as the Homeric Warriors.
Your editorial entitled "The Girla I do not question that some Porte
and the Opera" in last Sunday's Daily Ricans want independence, but they
seems to me to miss the point. Michi- comprise a disorganized minority
gan alumni in New York and else- whose influence is very little or none
where do not go to a Michigan opera in the political developments of the
because it is "opera," but because island. Independence as a motive
it is Michigan. Just another imita- force in Porto Rican politics is as
tion of Broadway has little to offer dead as the issues of slavery and se-
them, particularly on Broadway it- cession are in this country.
self, and even with the novelty of men My countryman S. M. H., '28, says
performing girls' parts. that the people are disgusted with the
What they really enjoy is the governors sent by the Presidents, and
chance it gives them to go back in he considers this as a manifestation
imagination to their college days- of demanding independence. To be-
yes, even to the despised campus,-or lieve this is to ignore the theory and
to dip for a few hours into college practice of a representative form of
atmosphere of the present, which is government. The opposition to the
not so different after all from what governors is not insular but it is
it used to be. Surely the time-honor- rather a partisan opposition. That is,
ed jokes about Professors Cross, Van the majority party demands from the
Tyne, and Wenley are none the less governor that the most important
welcome for being time-honored, and government jobs should be given to
as for the possibility of their forget- its followers. To this, the minority
ting these men-your writer is evi- party objects.1
dently an undergraduate and has When Mr. Reiley went to Porto
never had the chance to try it. Rico as governor, he tried to divide
As to outsiders not knowing their the "spoils" between the three parties.
names, what does it matter? If these The Unionist party, which h d over-
men did not exist it would be neces- whelmingly defeated the others, ob-
sary to invent them to have a com- jected to this and fought him until he
plete, well-rounded scheme of college had to resign. On the other hand, the
life. A few allusions of this sort are r Republicans and Socialists defended
part of the game, and a necessary him with a motherly devotion. At
part of the flavor of the piece, and in present, the situation is the reverse;,
type if not in detail perfectly intelli- Governor Towner, instead of follow-
gible to anyone who has ever been ing Reiley's policy, has consented to
anywhere near a college campus. favor the Porto Rican Alliance.
A better argument for the off- Naturally enough the Socialist and
campus locale is that it affords oppor- Constitutional Republicans are at-
tunity for color and lavish settings tacking him. This political discon-I
and exotic effects, no doubt a real ad- tent on the part of the two parties
vantage where general effectiveness j must not be taken as a demonstra-
with the public has to be considered tion of wanting independence, espe-
Yet, inasmuch as the color and cially if we take into consideration
exoticism of college operas of this that the two parties that today attack
type almost invariably reproduces the Governor Towner are against inde-
extravagances, become, usually, some- pendence.
what stale in the meantime, of a Finally, Mr. S. M. Hl., '28, tries to
Broadwjy success of yesteryea-r, one show how ardently the Porto Ricans
begs to protest, in the interests of want independence by telling us how
freshness and variety in an already they tried to kill ex-Governor Reiley
too much Broadwayized world. If by setting fire to the boat in which
the success of Shuffle Along, Charlot's he was coming back to this country.
Revue, and the Bybbuk mean any- This was all a false accusation, in-
thing at all, it means that the public vdented by Reiley's friends in order to
has a welcome ready for productions discredit the cause of independence.
which lie wholly within the range. The owners of the boat made an in-
Bernard Shuaw
Author of "Great Catherine"
it is the woman in Catherine that we
are interested in, not the Queen.
Never has Shaw lavished. his talent
more lovingly on a character. A
whimsical, extravagant creature, yet
withal so human. Perhaps that is the
secret .
Patiomkin I Wtte suspect le must
have learned of thosesfive places with-
in a stones throw of the Engineering I
Arch, so gloriously, so convincingly E
piluted is he. A preposterous bound-
er, replete with epigrams, his cun-
ning not a whit dulled by the horrid
fumes of alcohol-no fellow less ri-
bald, less outrageous, could have heldj
the confidence of the incomparable
Catherine; he appealed to her sense
of humor, and small wonder. This, I
think, is Henderson's finest charac-
terization........
Neal Nyland is good as Captain
Edstaston. Although his bulk pre-
cludes the grande finale of the first
act-to wit, where Patiomkin is sup-
posed to gather him up in his arms,-
as a 'blond nordic Englishman,' and
an officer, he is eminently more sat-
isfactory than the recent pocket edi-
tion of the same-finale or no finale.
Phyllis Loughton as Varinka proves
she is as capable an actress as di-
<rector. The supporting cast is ex-
cellent. A truly impeccable parformn-
ance from every standpoint, which
can only be of the greatest credit to
the University when the Players take
the road this Spring Vacation. If the1
appreciation of last night's audience
indicates anything the venture is an
assured success.
The performance of the evening
was preceded by a short farce, the
work of Paul Osborne and Walter!
Donelly, of the rhetoric department,
inadvertantly called 'The Little Dog
Laughs.' It is an airy, sophisticated bit
of fooling, suggestive of Molnar and
Schnitzler, not an easy thing to do
by any means, the point of the piece
being just how naughty is Jean be-
hind the curtain, while her husband
is away. It was neatly and precisely
played by Lillian Bronson as Jean,
and William Bishop as the husband.
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UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
The University symphony orches-
tra under the direction of Samuel
Pierson Lochk wood wll make its fourth
appearance of the season in lIll
auditorium Sunday, April 4, at 4:15
o'clock, as the last of the series ofE
Faculty concerts. The soloists will
be Miss Emily Mutter, violinist, a stu-
dent in the School of Music, and An-
drew Haigh, pianist and instructor in
the faculty. The program is as fol-
lows:
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