PACE rOUTt ' FRIDAY, APRrL 2, 1926 . ?AGE FOZTR FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 192~3 Tr~Ti~? MTCT-ITC~AN DAILY Published every morning except Monday during the Universit year by the $Board in Control of Student ublications, Members of Western Conterence Editonal Association The Associated Press is exclusively en- titled to the use for republication of all news, dispatches credited to it or not aterwise credited in this paper and the local news pub- lished therein. Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, M''1ichigan, as second class matter. Special rate 0f postage granted by Third Assistant Post- Master General. Subscription by carrier, $3.50; by mail, Offices- Ans Arbor Press Building, May- -ard Street. Phones: EditorIal 4925-, busIness, 792114~ ' _ . JDJTORIIAL RTAPI eiephone £91 #.~ ~~N M~ANAGING EDITOR GEORGE W. DAVI8, Chairman, Editorial Board....Norman R. Thal City Editor......:...Robert S. Mansfield NlewsEditor..........Manning Housewortb Women's Editor...........Helen S. Ramsay '~rts Editdr.............:Joseph Kruger Tc;egraph Editor.........William Walthour Musi, and Drama......Robert B. Henderson Night Editors Smith H. Cady Leonard C. Hall Robert T. DeVore Thomas V. Koykka W. Calvin Patterson Assistant City Editors Irwin Olian Frederick H. Shillito Assistants 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. m us ic AND 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- V ._ I PAY BEST PRICES For Men's Used Clothing. Phone 4310 11 W. Clashington 11. 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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- ii 1 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-