. ... .. ......... . TI. MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 126 )PAGE MU iR is merely a seeming air of indiffer- ence, then that, too, must be eliminat- ed. To restore the Union to its right- Published tvery morning except MoPAAY ful l ce as the center of student in- i//I--- d&ring the Tniversity year by the Bo i Cowtrol of Student llbli aton. terest and activity, a long, vigorous. Sand far reaching campaign must be SUCCESS 'lembersof Westerr Confe ence Editona undertaken; it must be a campaignI { .Association The Associated Press is exclusively en- titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise ceited ir. this paper and the local news pub- i }hcd 'therein, Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, tican, as second class matter. Special rate i- poage anted by Third Assistant Post- Subscription by carrie, $3.sa; by mail, 400. Offices% Ana Arbor Press Building, May- 'ard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; ..asiless, r2x14, DITOVIL ~STAiFX Tole hone 926 MANAGING EDITOR UEORGE W. DAVIS Chairman, Editorial Board....Norman R. Thai City Editor........... Robert S. Mansfield News Editor..........Manning Houseworth Women's Editor,...........Helen S. Ramsay Sport's \ditor .: ~~.. .. ..Jossph Kruger Telegrap Editor.........William Walthour Music and Dramas........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 Gertrude Bailey Harriett Levy Charles Behymer - ElisMerry George Berneike 1!_<.'1?orothy Morehouse William Breyer Margaret Parker Philip C. Brooks Stanford N. Phelps 1'arnumn Buckingliam Archie Robinson sratton Buck Simon Rosenbaum Carl Burger Wilton Simpson Edgar Carter Janet Sinclair Js Chamberlain Courtland Smith M rCohen Stanley Steinko :'.;Aston Chain pe Louis Tendler Douglas Doubleday Henry Thurnau Eagene H. Gutekunst David C. Vokes .A-ndrew Goodman Marion Wells kaides T. Herald Cassam A. Wilson <<<5sseliHitt Thomas C. Winter m;,es Kimball Marguerite Zilske : Oi Kubik $ M ET /IA FF. Tejephone 2mi PUSINESS MANAGER kYRON W. PARKER Advertising............. Joseph J. Finn Av-risng............. Rudolph BoAelman Advertising......... .....W..m.L. Mulliu Advrtising,.... Thomas D. Olmsted, Jr. iltion..............James R. lePuy Vnh cation.............FrankR. Lentz, lr. Accounts........-......Paul W. Arnold Assistants of good will, and it must radiate from the humblest employe to the highest. THE "CLEA'N PR1ESS" BILL During this season this department has more or less subtly waged several campaigns. Of these only one has -- ~ t ,-... Attempting to control the flood of jbeen entirely successfl.Aieas. undesirable news flow disseminated in only one has made itself felt within the competitive reporting of law court our life time. That is the one against proceedings, the British House of local weather conditions. Apparently Commons, by the overwhelming vote of 222 to 3, has passed a "clean press,, mere mortals have turned us a deaf bill, which was designed to strengthen ear, but gerat all-powerful Nature haq the British law against reporting in heeded our harangues. No one can newspapers morally objectionable ma- deny that since vacation the weather trial arising in cases before the hereabouts has taken a noticeable courts. turn for the better. No longer do the The new bill provides for the pun-;t orsherbett e osnowthe ishment of the editor and publishe clouds hurl countless feet of snow on of the paper which is judged to have our fair city. No longer do chill sary details" in reports of divorce winds sweep down upon us. trials or other cases. The reporter Of course some skeptics will say who writes the story is clearly not to that spring is come. That the natural' be held responsible. Reports forbid- cycle of seasons, not our propaganda den are those "calculated to injure has wrought this change. To them we public morals," and the punishment say look up the records, weather bu- includes imprisonment up to three reaus, astromers, astrologers, and months and fines up to five hundred scientists in general united in the pounds. prediction that there would be no The -regulation of newspapers summer this year. Surely these learn- through legal proceedure has never ed 'men make no mistakes. What been successful, as the line of demar- then has caused the coming warm cation between that which is objec- sunny days? The answer is obvious. tionable and that which is real news We thank you. is difficult to draw. Such a bill, * * * passed in the United States, would We are requested by post-vacation bring forth a hue and cry from almost bummers and student car owners to every paper in the country that the thank (1) the owners of the cars for "freedom of the press," that funda- lifting the bummers to their destina- mental and zealously guarded Amern- tion, and (2) the said bums for the can liberty, was being impaired. The gas they bought the car owners. Rep- opposition to it in England is also resentatives of both groups also de-1 strong, despite the definite stand on sire us to remark that the state roads the matter taken by the House of are exactly what they are cracked up Commons. to be. After all, is the prohibition of news * * * that is not clean, and Which is pub- GRATUS VERSE lished day after day by less ethical I. newspapers, to be guarded by the old 'Twas but last month that I was demand for the "freedom of the broke. press?" Editors should not be allowed I had an awful time. to continue to flood their communities It hardly could be called a jest with such trash, and yet, since it I didn't have a nickel. seems to be without doubt financially II. profita'le to do so, the only method A friend of mine I chanced to meet, of stopping the practice is by law. I tried to get some jack, American journalists will watch "The system you can never lick," Authheradictrnn urle MUSIC AND DRAMA THE MIMES THEATRE Manager Mr. E. Mortimer Shuter A CHORUS OF APPROVAL from the ENTIRE PRESS OPENING TUESDAY EVENINGj at Fifteen Minutes after Eight YOU NEVER CAN TELL by Bernard Shaw directed by Raleigh Nelson The World says "There is not the least doubt that 'You Never Can Tell' is one of the most amusing entertainments ever written for the Public. It is quite as funny as 'Charley's Aunt' or 'Little Eva'; we laughed at it wildly, hys- terically; and I exhort the reader to go and do likewise" The Star says "My sides are still aching with laughter." FRIDAY ANB SATURDAY SPECIAL 1 box White Vellum Stationery, 1 package Envelopes to match Regularly sells for $'1.75 Special 1.09 AT uBOTH ENDS OF THE DIAGONAL 7, m Irving Warmoh s,D SC CHIR OOIST AT IN ORTAOPE.DIST 707 N. Uiversity Ai e. Phone 21212 I WEST WIND LIBRARY Maynard St., opposite Nickles' Arcade The best new fiction and non-fiction to rent. S110W BUSINESS............THYRIA S. WINSLOW FIG LEAVES..........MILl)REI) EVANS GiLMAN GLITTER..................KATHERINE BRUSH.... Latest works of Cabell, Donn Byrne, Dreiser, and many,.others. 15c for the first day and 5c each day thereafter. 4/MAi 4ELL- ~, ( ?4 Vanity Fair says Good fats - "Everybody ought to go and see this Play." That Is What We Make. NOTE: For remainder please see None Better- Advertisement in Evening edition- the full list being too long to quote WE CLEAN AN) BLOCK RATS. here. HAVE YOUR WORK )ONE AT OUR FACTORY. WI10 This Superlative Cast-- IHIGH CLASS WORK ONLY. VALENTINE ..........Neal Nyland f MRS. CLANDON ....Lillian Bronson FACTORY HSTORE DOLLY...........Phyllis Loughton 617 Packard Street. Phone 7415. PHIL .............Warren Parker GLORIA .......... Margaret Effinger MR. CRAMPTON ......Paul Heering M'COMAS ...........William BishopALEASE BOHUN............Thomas Denton and The Waiter........Robert Henderson - eD O N 'T * * * , ! . l Mothers' Day May 9 tire Her Flowers / We are now taking orders, as early orders receive best attention, Flowerday & Son V II George H. Annable, Jr. W, Carl Bauer John 11. Bobrink t"faity S.'oddington W. J. Cox MarionCA. Daniel Mary Flinterman Stan Gilbert T. Kenneth Haven 3 Air' l4 ! ITules Oscar A. Jose Frank Mosher F. A. Norquist Loleta G. Parker David Perrot Robert Prentiss Win. C. Pusch Nance Solomon Thomas Sunderland Wm. J. Weinman largaret Smith Sidney Wilson 1 _ . ____.s FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1926 Night Editor-LEONARD C. HALL "I can't agree with gloomy per- sons who are predicting that the world is in a 'fearful state justj because things are not done in the old fashioned ways. I say Ihat no race or land is doomed ,hen its people own their homes, and the interest in home owner- ship in America is not waning. I have seen more than a million and a half people, three-quarters of them women, eagerly seek in- formation on how home owner- ship might be obtained."-Robert H. Sexton, managing director of the sixth annual "own your home" exposition at Chicago. THE MILLION DOLLAR CLUB Studeutactivities at the University shoiud entene around the Union, Michigan s smillion dollar club for ren." There is no reason why the various departments of the building should not opeitte at very near capa- city hroughout the school year,and -rhy the loungii rooms and lobbies :hO ld not be, 1 scenes of. throngs, alost, of students going there for tut for recreation, and to meet fri1s, Certainly such an institu- ticjshould be at least so popular {h At.ne could count it an even chance' ti. if he were looking for any par- tic lar student, le would be as likely to ;foud at the Union as anywhere Ai ld yet, it is sad but also true, the nion atpresent enjoys no such pop- ulariry. Students, many of them, visit the nion only when some business calls them there. For this it is difii- tilt to find a satisfactory explanation. Certain it is that the old Union, before the days of its present imposing home, enjoyed greater popularity among students. It was then the center of student activities. This position the Union held for some time after mov- ing into its new home; but since that time it has steadily lost its place otI favor-,a position which it should and must- retain at all cost. This year a new and vigorous effort has been made to restore the Union to that position. In this it has been at least partiahy successful, for the new pool, the various contests, Pen- dleton library, and a vigorous ad- with interest the results obtained by the law in England. If it is success- ful there, why not eliminate the pres- ent distasteful and often crude re- ports of scandal cases in the journals of the United States through the same methods? RESPONSIBILITY The cashing of bad checks by stu- dents of the University has increased to such an extent that the Student council, hoping to decrease the prac- tice by circulating the state law on the subject, has authorized the dis- tribution of placards containing copies of the law and stating the punish- ment. This action has been made necessary by the deliberate breaking of the law by many students. Carelessness, it is true, is usually responsible in the cases of checks that are returned to obliging mer- chants marked "Not sufficient funds." However, when a man has advanced to university standing, it is to be ex- pected that he will be able to figure up a bank balance accurately. Mis- takes in addition and subtraction of- fer no excuse for breaking the law, the punishment for which, if invoked, is heavy. Such an action as that taken by the council seems ridiculously out of place in a university community. Now that the state of affairs has been call- ed to the attention of the students, further publicity on the subject should be unnecessary. !.- Quoth lie, and I turned purple. III. Then asked I, growing much con- fused, "What system?" in vast rage, (For I was irked to be turned down) "This gambling," quoth the wise man. IV. The moral of this tale is plain Don't spend your dough, but save; Because (you see I'm growing crazy) You'll need to pay for a haircut. YIFNIF. * * * SY'MBOLIS M As we were saying in our last lec- tune, we are about to discuss the ad- vantages of the symbolic system of playwriting. These are numerous. First of all, since the author himself does not know what the play means, he can go to the theatre night after night and enjoy himself immensely trying to figure out what he meant. If he ever does get it all straightened out he can write in his memoirs, make a lot of money out of them, and die with a more or less clear con- science. Another added advantage to the actors of the play is that, since there is no particular meaning to the thing, they can pact it anyway they chose. No one can ever say that they gave anything but a perfect interpretation. They share this advantage with the various Russian companies which ravaged this continent a few seasons ago. The difficulty there, however, was that there was always the chance that someone in the audience might understand Russian. Then, too, there were translations.... Besides this, of course, there comes another God-send for the audience. If anyone has a seat from which he can't see or hear; if he comes late; if he falls asleep; if he misses a whole scene; he can enjoy the show just as much as anyone else in the house. And finally the producer can save thou- sands of dollars on scenery and cost-j umes. Anything will go.I From these few remarks we hope that the reader will see just why symbolism has such a grip on the New York stage today. * * * The S. C. A. is at last showing faint but undeniable traces of a sense of humor. As part of the festivitives on Mothers' Day they have planned to take the entire group of mothers and children to the performance of O'Neill's Glencairn cycle. * * * SPRING This is the time of year when all the cigar stores double their sale of five cent fumigators to the campus( "THE GREAT GOD BROWN' A review, by Sir Toby Tiffin. Since none of the outstanding critics of the day have reviewed this play successfully, we step forward to do so without the slightest hesitat- tion for, after all, one failure is as good as another. Mr. O'Neill's play is either fifty years ahead of its time or the product of a mind that con- ceived life in terms so complex and enigmatic that it was unable to ex- press it save chaotically. If the former proves to be true, "The Great God Brown" will go down in Dramatic history as one of the greatest plays of this century. If the latter is the case it will at least be recorded as a brave attempt at the impossible. At least he has contributed a for- ward step in the theatre of the day. He has brought the mask back to the modern stage. For O'Neill has used his masks symbolically, and for the first three scenes we saw the possibilities, of moving sincere drama by their adop- tion to show the real and the outward personalities of the characters. The mask is the man the world sees, un- masked, he becomes his true self. The possibilities seem unlimited. Yet the author's conception was not to base a well-made drama about this idea. He seemed to be striving for something more infinite, perhaps a universal portrait of human existence. Specifically the vagueness of his sym- bolism comes when one character as- sumes the other's mask, is believed to be that person and yet keeps his own identity. At the end the wife of the man whose mask Brown assumed sees only the mask and worship it as her husband. Thus far there is no one, save O'Neill perhaps, who pretends to fathom its meaning. Yet all is not be- yond comprehension. The tragedy, as in the playwright's previous plays, lies not in the characters themselves but in their inability to understand each other. Only one person in the play seems to see life and man in their proper perspective. That is Cybel, in realism a prostitute, symbol- ically Mother Earth. There is a I weird sort of beauty, moving yet puz- zling, in the lines of the play. We felt ourselves gripped by the tragedy, even though we failed to comprehend its meaning. The acting of William Harrigan and Leona Hogarth was outstanding, and, we suppose, authen- tic characterizations. Some of us may live long enough to appreciate our laugh at "The Great God Brown." Personally, it gives us something to look forward to in our declining years. * * * THE MATINEE MUSICALE A review, by Vincent Wall. 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