IDAGE FOUR rTH-T. MTCT4TTC.AM ?ATY V LJ TL..L1L.4i J..'ILjA -_1 t i 1 1L. IVII%-.i 11%-Xt-11V L.JHIL I T TUESDAY, JANUARY 4 1927 Published every morning except Monday during the University year by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Members of Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusively en- titled to the use ford republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news pub- lished therein. Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Post- master General. Sntl:scription by carrier, $3.75; by mail, $4.00. Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May- nard Street. Phones:etEditorial, 4925; Business 21214. . EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR SMITH H. CADY, JR. Editor................W. Calvin Patterson City Editor............ .Irwin A. Olian .Frederick Shillito News Editors............ Philip C. 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ARNOLD Advertising...............William C. Pusch Advertising..............Thomas Sunderland Advertising............ Laurence J, Van Tuyl Circulation...............T. Kenneth Haven Publication............. ..John 1-. Bobrink Accounts................Francis A. Norquist Assistantsj nrc'e Ahr Tr. Ray Wachter Melvia H. Baer J. B. Wood D. M. Brown Esther* Booze Florence Cooper Hilda Binzer Daniel Finley Marion A. Daniel A. M. Hinkley Beatrice Greenberg E. L. Hulse Selma M. Janson R. A. Meyer Marion Kerr . Harvey Rosenblum Marion L. Reading William F. Spencer Harriet C. Smith Harvey Talcott Nance Solamon Harold Utley Florence Widmaier TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1927 Night Editor--ELLIS B. MERRY THE NEW GOVERNOR radical in the appointment of men to fill political positions. Professor Young is one of the leading authori- ties in the state on questions pertain- ing to conservation. He has spent seventeen years in the study of con- servation and most of them have been spent in this state, trying to solve the problem of the rapidly vanishing na- tural resources of the state. He is decidedly not a politician and unde- niable an authority in his chosen field. In contrast to the policy of appoint- ing to office men suited for and ac- quainted with the problems with which they are to deal one has only to look to Young's predecessor, John Baird. Baird brought to the office little or no knowledge of conservation1 and his acts during the period of his regime showed a dictatorial policy that had much to do with politics and very little to do with practical con- servation. One hopes, although it is yet too early to forecast, that this marks a new change in political practice in the state. Of course, the political parties will howl since many of the loyal henchmen will have to be janitors in- stead of department heads. But one, unless he happens to be one of these,j can readily see the good sense and the, advantage of appointing) to office men skilled in the work with which the department is to deal. Who knows but that Michigan may be the state to start the drive for efficiency in politics? It would be a strange de- parture and a welcome one. DAMROSCH RESIGNS Musicians and music lovers the country over were surprised recently when Walter Damrosch, for forty-two years conductor of the New York Symphony, resigned from the posi- tion. Though many will deny Mr. Dam- rosch a position among the greatest1 of present day conductors, he is the foremost of those who have striven to bring democracy to an appreciation of good music. Fortunately the man who has brought millions to an appreciation of good music, recently via the radio,1 has not discontinued his work but will1 carry on unhampered by the pressing, duties of his former position. THE REAL TEST OF SPIRIT Knute Rockne, who needs no intro- 'auction to fans of the sport world as the coach, of Notre Dame football, re- cently tossed his hat into the ring as" a critic of audiences instead of play- ers by deploring the present spirit of "win or be damned" that has crept into the all-American sport. And his f OATED ROLLS FOR SALE ONE CARLOAD OF OMO.NS Well, here we are again. It was a very joyful yuletide for us. We hope it was for you also. + * s As far as we know Clippy had a finej time, and didn't run away. What would President Little have done if she got lost during vacation? Maybe the Times News would print the Offi- cial Bulletin for a day. We are quite proud of our recordI on the M. C. getting out of here the last day of school. After trying to bat- tle our way into a coach on the 3:21, and failing, we walked down the plat- form and a conductor opened a door, and we climbed into an empty coach. And we rode all the way to Detroit, with at couple of friends, having the entire car to ourselves, while people were standing in about every car in the train.I * * * OUR WEATHER SCHEDULE Fords will continue to slide for a day or so, but we can promise clear weather, without snow, for today and tomorrow. It won't be very cold, but just enough to allow you to sport those Christmas scarfs. * * *. A PRESENT FOR HARRY Who said there wasn't a Santa Claus? Of course there is, and he is a generous one too. And don't let any of your littletplaymates tell you differently. * * * His secretary, "Special Co-Ed," sent a special delivery letter from the North Pole the day before the final issue of this column in 1926, and we took care of the present, but we didn't want anyone to know we had opened the package before Christmas. Now we can tell all about it. You remember, maybe, that we had a letter in the column asking Santa to please bring Mr. Tillotson a heart? Well, read this: * * * My Dear Toasty-I like that better than your real name. Santa Claus couldn't find a nice big UNDERSTANDING heart for Mr. Til- lotson, so he asked me to get two lit. MUSIC AD DRAMA TOMORROW: The organ recital by Palmer Christian in Hill Auditorium, at 4:15 o'clock. * * * "THE CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA" A Review, by Philip C. Brooks. "Don Giovanni" as presented at the gala performance New Year's eve, was a most interesting and pleasing spec-' tacle--novel in setting, but still pos- I sessing ample musical beauty. Un- der the direction of Charles Moor, who came to the company as stage director this year, the scenery was ar- ranged with the purpose of conveying "complementary impressions to the mind simultaneously through eye and ear," and of "presenting Mozart's masterpiece in the most harmonious way." This purpose led to the use of the most modern development in opera I scenery,, especially in lighting. The use of three spotlights at different an- :les probably more than anything else caused Edward Moore of the Tribune to call the show the "Mozart Follies." There were some ten scenes, only one being a repetition of an earlier one, and yet the three major pieces of stage furnishing remained the same! throughout. By changing the lighting' from brilliant to sombre, from red to purple or yellow, the skilful stage managers controlled the appearance of the scene. All of which is rather far from the usual conception of grand opera. They say that opera is not high art because it is a hybrid. This one was, but the accusation that it was not high art would not seem just. This was a revival of 'Don Giovan- ni" after a ten years' lapse. The cast is large, and in this case was a splen- did combination. Those who were most pleasing, due to their usual pure sand exquisite voices, were Edith Ma- son and Tito Schipa. Four others de- serve commendation for their acting, and their singing was not below standard by any means. Vanni-Marcoux, returning to the Opera after some years' absence, a 3 veritable giant, in his stunning white, red, and yellow costumes was capital as the dissolute dashing hero. Rosa Raisa carried the feninine lead to her credit. Any doubt as to the nature of =moo" [tilltllti iill t f liltli i I II tI 11IItIt l I I I lltlttll liii III I llIlt IIII tlliI l iii 11111111111111111111111111111111111 I r' Grahams 12 r8 Calendars = GraizamS - - At Both Ends of the Diagonal =1lltt~tlI 111 tt11111Ittltltt1111 t111111111t Ittitt Ittlttt II 111 llIllllllllillllllilllllltll tllllllltll ll1liiitll 11tlllilli I RIDER SERVICE f r a The b tItece s Made and serviced right here in Ann Arbor by the maker himself is undoubtedly ideal. It holds more ink-6 to 12 times as much-is a better writer and most durable of all pens. E Rider's Pen Shop r;-, 315 State St. RIDER SERVICE .Nt DON'T MAKE PATHS ON THE CAPUS Have a Pleasant Vacation? -We hope so. But it will probably seem nice to get back to friendly, con- genial atmosphere which makes dancing such a pleasure at Granger 's Academy , I tle hearts that I HOPE "will beat as the play, although its plot is somewhat one." He ought to have a dozen-but tragic, was removed by the splendid we can only hope for the best comic acting of Virgilio Lazzari as As to the stadium bond fund, let Giovannis servant, and of Vittorio! your conscience be your guide. MY Trevisan as the country lover. Be- READ THE WANT ADS vennE Fred Green has formally taken the statements are borne out in the fact only suggestion would be gas masks! oath of office as governor of Michigan. that Stagg of Chicago thretened t for the students. The three term regime of Alex Groes- i But I'l vote with the majority-and ende, an Miciganwilldeprive his men of their football let- Iog lial beck has ended, ad M iaters because of the fact that they had: pal Co-Ed. feel a new hand at its helm for at not won a ame. * * * least two years. All of this points a lesson that has Enclosed were two heart-shaped The new governor has taken office been stressed time and again, name- cookies. And we, with the help (un- with as lofty a group of promises as ly, that the trouble with sport today solicited) of a couple of the boys inI ever went into office with a new gov- is that the tail wags the dog-the the office, ate them up. We were ernor. If they are kept he is destined game suffers because of the intense afraid Harry would be too busy down to be one of the great state governors desire for nothing less than victory. at Lake Tillotson to take any interest before his term in en'ded. His appoint- in Christmas presents. But the lesson comes closer home ments thus far, it must be honestly ad- Bth e ls n ion.es coser home*I". * * than a generalization. Michigan has mitted, show a strain of idealism and generally been on the winning eDnd of I ON BREAK TIEll high mindedness that is very rare in her schedules because of the good I hereby resolve that I will be shy state political circles. Men such as material and because of the huge ath- enough to stay at home, and undem- Prof. Leigh Young of this University letic plant that has been built up onstrative enough to try to keep me and Dr. Guy Keifer of Detroit, one of through a long period of years. How- name out of the Daily Official Bulletin. the leading public health men inI ever, the day will come when material Clippy. America, will lend great ability to the may be mediocre and the plant will * * * rtate administration, even though they not help in building a stellar team. I hereby resolve to give students do not carry political prestige. Then will come the real test of the perfectly good seats in the new sta- Two years will tell, the fortune of spirit of Michigan. Cheering a win- dium. our new governor. He is a machine ning team is not spirit-it is but na- Harry Tillotson . made politician, without a doubt, but tural reaction of any human beingP.S.At the Ohio Wesleyan game. if he and his machine show contin- Now is the time to consider whether* * uous good judgment as they have thus or not we are merely cheering victory. We will never shoot tear gas at far, the people of the state will owe We can do well to support any Var- students again. Police. and probably grant them a long P.S.-April fool. sity regardless of games or contests regime of control. won or lost. When the wane comes W i r e t v University spirit and morale should We highly resolve not to have any BUSINESS IN 1927 be strongest, at all times and in the zero weather in Ann Arbor. esanm heSupt. Weathe Burau In spite of the usual public predic- I face of all odds. *erBureau. tions of prosperity for the new year LET'S WEEP TOGETHER, BOYS by those who will benefit most from WORKING ONE'S WAY Pr'fessor Hyma peddles lectures on public optimism it is significant that It has long been the fanciful illu- the Christian Renaissance in the his- of twenty Wall street financiers ap- sion of those who have never tried it, tory department right along, and does proached privately by a New York that .working one's way through col- a good job of it, but we fear he is un-I Times reporter a majority prophesied loge is a most excellent discipline, a dertaking something just a little bit a "bear" year, though it quoted pub- builder of character, and the means to too difficult for a professor when lie licly all desired to be numbered in the I an appreciation of educational values. attempts to sell a carload of onions. ranks of the optimists. Now it is at last becoming recognized * * * That 1926 was an exceedingly pros- by the educational fundamenalists It all cane out in the Detroit News perous year and that the volume of that such is not the case, that John Sunday. It seems he wants to find business done exceeded that of pre- Jones who earns every cent of his ex- somebody who doesn't know his vious years can hardly be denied. penses is not the ideal student but a onions-the professor's that is-and; The recent "melon cutting" of the martyr, that the hours he puts in sell him a carload of them. United States Steel company is but washing windows, cleaning furnaces, ( * * * an example of the great profits earned or clerking in a store, could far bet- We do not wish to discourage him in various industries during 1926. On ter be spent in study or recreation. however, and we believe that he will the I other hand a few industries suf- Leisure is no longer thought of as be able to put it across if the whole fered slight losses or made little gain, something to be avoided if the student campus will co-operate. We promise Yet allowing that the general pros- would discipline himself for the rigors to do all in our power to help. yerity of 1926 was unusually great it of after life. * * * s doubtful whether business leaders Especially encouraging is the step Let's all help Professor Hyma. Let's will do well because of it to increase taken by Paleopitus, student govern- have an "Eat More Onions Week."' production to the limit, banking on ment of Dartmouth, in meeting this * * *j future demand and greater public j problem. A sum of $10,000 has been Andta."Fresh Air Week" at the consumption. Those who follow the set upon for a scholarship fund to same time. policy of "pay as you go" will not be furnish loans to worthy students. Our * * *! so far out of the running when the f own University has such funsa nnil- IM1eane1 whr A n 9 v.-. Vn tween them they kept the audience in I i a hilarious mood all the evening. Laz- zari, as usual, combined with his dramatic abilities a remarkable bass voice. Charming melodies abound in Moz- art, and were obvious in "Don Gio- vnni."Of course the best known is :N it ---I i the "Ox Minuet," but there are others just as attractive. In just such melo- dies Mason and Schipa excel, and it is no wonder that they are greatly popu- lar with the Chicago audiences. "YOURS TRULY" A Review, by Vincent Wall. I Almost any word of three or more syllables would be suitable for this show. It is designed in Garagantuan proportions; and it is evident that Gene Buck is still an earnest disciple of Mr. Ziegfield. In fact, the first commending note is for the costuming and scenery. I have never seen a musical comedy with more elaborate sets, and the prodigal costuming of both the choruses and principals was astound- ing. As for the rest of the produc- tion, it is more or less an anomally. There are bits that are extremely clever, but at the same time the action occasionally drops to an uninteresting mediocrity. The plot itself is worthy of little note, and is hardly of the necessary strength to please the Broadway which has "O, Kay" and . "The Desert Song" for its seasonal entertainment. The music was well plugged-one remembers "Somebody, Else" and "Look at the World and Smile," but it has little to offer in melody, rhythm, and lyrics. Leon Errol is in his usual role, al- though his comedy is rather a repi- tition of "Sally" and "Louis the Fourteenth." Marion Harris has the same soprano that has made her the most popular vaudeville singer in the country; but the role of Mary would make any leading lady leave town. Her lines all play to Mr. Errol's laughs, and as the Little Sunshine of Limehouse, her part is ridiculous. In fact,. Ina Williams as Scats, the girl! in love with Truly, rather runs away I with things. Her comedy dancing and clowning with Mr. Errol brings the most laughs in the show. The rest of the dancing is rather negative for a production of thge am- bitious stature presented by Mr. Buck. / "The fact is, that civili. zation requires slaves. The Greeks were quite right there. Unless there are shves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and con- templation become almost impossible. lHumran slavery is wrong, inse- cure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slaver- of the machine, the future of the world depends." -Oscar Wilde rN-W ZjLA, Nv7ES You will find this mono- gram on all kinds of electrical machinery. To insure quality, ask for it on equipment when you buy for factory, office, or home. A C--: - m -7_:lt' ro in In a quarter-century the Ge-ncral Eiictrc Company has produced electric moters havinp a total of more than 350,000,000 man-p wer. Electric light, heat, and transportation av , a so contributed their part to th freern of me. Thes are America's slaves. Through their isrvic American workers do moresearian produce 4uality good; at lower cost thai az I where else in the world. The college-trained man is the 1-rst to g asp these facts which raise man from a mere &Ource I k I