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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1527
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1927
Night Editor-STANFORD N. PHELPS
ACT SLOWLY IN CHINA
Though he ha correctly presented
the positions of world powers in
China, Wlli'am Green, president of
the American Federation of Labor, in
an editorial in the May number of the
American Federationist, seems to
have adopted a rather impatient atti-
tude in urging the immediate volun-
tary withdrawal of all world powers
from China, and the complete surren-
der of all extraterritorial rights and
other concessions.
It is true, as he points out, that "the
United States has disavowed any, in-.
tention of territorial encroachment or
the enjoyment df any material advan-
tage, and that it has officially declared
that its only purpose is to protect
American lives and property in
China." Yet, neither this coiuntry nor
any other should be hasty in with-
drawing its troops from the Chinese
area as long as the situation continues
as uncertain as it now is. The foreign
powers have limited themselves to the
protection of their nationals, and for
the most part, the Chinese have notf
been hampered in, their efforts "to
work out their destiny" in the recent
events.
Immediate withdrawal from China
would be unfair to the property in-
terests held by Americans and other
foreigners,, and would likely have an
adverse effect upon the future econ-
omic relations between the powers
and China. If the powers act alone
or separately, they should do so on
the basis of a sound policy, and pre-
ferably by some settlement similar.
to the extraterritoriality agreement
drawn up, but not ratified, several
mouths ago.
RETROGRESSION
In its vicious determination to re-
duce the amount of crime in Detroit
by adopting a rigid program of "quick
and sure" justice, the state legislature
has taken a decidedly backward step.
It is surprising, indeed, that a state
as supposedly progressive as Mich-
igan should adopt a flogging law with
the expectation of reducing crime.
The governor alone can prevent the
bill from going into effect, and anyj
such action seems unlikely.
Modern criminologists are agreed
that prevention of crime is far desir-
1111i~lIM Tt T ic n e n
bare back, providing that no one
flogging shall consist of more than
six lashes. The house had fixed the
beating at a maximum of 300 lashes
with between 10 and 20 at a time.
Flogging is generally recognized to-
day as a barbaric form of punishment.
It is no more humane than the whip-
ping post of the seventeenth century.
The law remains upon the statute
books of a very few states. Yet Mich-
igan's legislature has seen fit to re-
vive this bestial type of treatment for
certain types of criminals in its mad
effort to reduce crime!
PROSPECTS
Judging by indications the break
with the Calles government, expected
some weeks ago because of the oil
and land law controversy, will never
take place, at least in the near future.
As President Coolidge stated in hisI
address Monday night before the
United Press journalists the assur-
ance of the Mexican ambassador that
confiscation would not be resorted to
and the understanding that the agree-
ment of 1924 with President Obregon
would be continued as the basis of1
administration policy, are the ele-
ments in the prediction that the oil
and land law trouble will blow over
and an amicable settlement be
reached.
Stripped of all technicalities, the
whole trouble with Mexico is over the
question of confiscation without com-
pensation. Undoubtedly, many of the
I titles held by Americans in Mexico
today were secured through corrup-
tion and land-grabbing practices. On
the other hand that does not excuse
the Calles administration from confis-
cating all oil and land law dispute
property. But suits now pending in
Mexican courts which would prevent
confiscation without compensation
would indicate that such will never
take place to any great degree. The
time is more ripe for a settlement of
differences now than it has been in
many months.!
EN GUN EERSj
DO S0 TE
' WVORK
It's handy for the architect school
to have Clippy Stadium over there.
The professors just say, "Now, as an
object lesson of what isn't good land-
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scape design, jy.st look
dow at those benches."
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out the win-
Nobody but engineers would want
the Stadium. And they were ashamed
to be seen doing it in the day time.
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RIVAL ORGANIZATIONS
It is rumored that two gangs had
arranged to handle the stadium-mov-
ing project Monday night. One had
set the time for 2 A. M. The early
bird gets the stadium, boys.
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DOWN THE DIAGONAL
"Maybe the Athletic associa-
tion," said the Jolly Junior yes-
terday, "would hire the en-
gineers to move the new football
stadium away from the swamp."
"Rolls roots for rollers."
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CO-EDS CLAIM ALL CREDIT
L'OR STARTING ROLLER FAD
"In behalf of the women students
of this University, we demand a pub-
I lic acknowledgement of the fact that
it was the women, and not the men,
who inaugurated roller-skating in
Ann Arbor," states a letter received
by this department yesterday, from
"The Rotating Co-Eds."
And from all, evidence which they
present and which our staff of inves-
tigators has beehi able to collect, we
believe that all credit must go to the
girls for starting roller skating here.
Maybe the Student Council will inves-
tigate more fully.
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"A rolling student stays off pro."
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DOWN TilE I)IAGONAL
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CAMPUS OPINION
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A MISUNDERSTANDING
To The Editor:
I wish to clear up an apparent mis-
understanding regarding the organza--
tion of the committee in charge ofj
student Sunday convocations, the
third series of which began last Sun-
day.
At the conclusion of the convoca-
tions last fall it was recommended by
the existing committee and approved
by the Student council and Women's
league that the convocations committee
be self-perpetuating and that it be
separated from the student govern-
ment bodies in an effort to make in-
terest the basis for participation. It
was still supported by them as a stu-
dent project. To add prestige to the
committee, it was suggested that the
President of the University confirm
these appointments, which he agreed
to do.
As a matter of fact, President Little
never appointed or even confirmed
the present members and the com-
mittee has no connection with the
University administration beyond the
membership of one faculty adviser.
Secondly, the relation of the convo-
cations to the Michigan School of Re-
ligion is purely nominal and was
sought by the students themselves as
a means of finance. One member of
the committee is a representative of
the School of Religion.
The direct management of the three
series-there have been twelve serv-
ices in all-has been entirely in the
hands of students.. They have chosen
the speakers, made the arrangements
and contributed largely to the finan-
cial responsibility undertaken. The
convocations remain a student project,
as soon as they lose the support of
the student body as reflected in its
self-governing organizations, they no
longer exist. That time has not yet
come.
-Theodore Hornberger, '27.
I)OES ADVERTISING PAY?
To The Editor:
May I be permitted to offer my con-
gratulations to the Administrative
Board for its grwing sympathies with
the weak, temptation-ridden Youth on
this campus?
No longer, it would seem, do they
burutally suspend or expel students
for Dishonesty,-now they very hu-!
manly merely confer an "E" for the
course upon the offender,-publish his
name in The Daily,-and let it go at
that. This I gleaned from an Adver-
tisement that appeared in The Daily
of Tuesday, April 19th, illustrating
just such a case in point.... Or is'
my conclusion too hastily drawn?
Can the reason that the student in
question wasn't subjected to the usual
trpn*mpnt hp thnt hpaden't, hpn nntp
shows first co-ed to take up
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Music and Drama
THIS AFTERNOON: The Organ
Recital at :Th o'clock in Hill audi-
torium.
TONIGHT: Mimes and Masques
present "Anna Christie," by Eugene
O'Neill at 8:30 o'clock in Mimes
Iheater.
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THE SPANISH PLAYS
A review, by Nelson Eddy.
Instead of their annual medium-
length drama, the Sociedad Hispanica
last evening presented three short
comedies in Sarah Caswell Angell
hall. The plays were all presented in
Spanish, and ranged from an early
sixteenth-century farce to two mod-
ern one-act productions.
In evaluating the efforts of actors
whose primary aim is to intelligibly
express themselves in a foreign idiom,
much charity and kindness for labor-
ing fellowmen is usually desirable if
the critic would escape with his life.
In this instance a minimum of atten-
tion can be given to such mechanical
aspects of these plays as pronuncia-
tion, which was, however, uniformly
good, even excellent. How many
buckets of blood and sweat were ex-
pended in achieving this one result,
by both actors and directors, can only
be vaguely surmised. What was more
remarkable was that giggles and
snorts in abundance were vouchsafed
the actors' efforts by the audience,
without the aid of such meretricious
and dubious stunts as having some
one knock down a portion of the
scenery, or permitting the curtain to
descend on some actor's perruque or
'panish comb.
The curtain-raiser, an ancient farce
surviving from the earliest days of
the Spanh national theater, by'
name The Olives, offered the best
characterization of a typically Span-
ish type of the eening, that given the
role of a peasant woman by Mary
Whitney, grad. Marshall Levy, '27,
put much vigor into his attemept to
make of himself an honest huband-
man. The second play, Love and
Fencing, maintained a satisfactorily
rapid tempo throughout, due to a
closelytcohering plot, and even more
to the virtuosity of Douglas Whitte-
more, '27. The untimeliness of Whit-
temore's attempts at poetry, and the
ineptitude of his efforts as a fencer,
provided one of the high spots of the
night's entertainment. In the last,
Isidoro's Surprise, George Meader,
'27, buffooned very acceptably, and
Jeanne Michaud, '29, Mabel Humphrey,
'28, and Geraldine Urist, '27, were
charming as foils for his talents.
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THE NORMAL CONCERT SERIES
A joint recital by eorges Barrere,
flutist, and Lewis Richards, harpsi-
chordist and pianist, will be given at
8 o'clock tomorrow evening in Pease
auditorium, Ypsilanti, in the Normal
Concert course. Richards is a grad-
uate both of the Ann Arbor high
school and the University School of
Music, and appeared in numerous lo-
cal concerts including the, February
program of the Matinee Musicale.
Barrere is primarily outstanding as
the greatest of flute virtuoso in this
country.
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THE STUIENTS' RECITAL
A review, by Albert Rice Leventhal.
If Mr. Royden Susumago, whose
graduation recital last evening proved
one of the bright spots of the wan-
ing musical year, does not bid fair
to develop into one of the stage's
leading tenors, then our critical fac-
ulties (whose dependability we can-
not vouch for) are sadly misleading
us. Mr. Susumago has a voice rich
with variety and color. His breath
support is notable. He is adept at
coveing whatever bald spots might
otherwise mar his singing. And he
has a pleasing stage presence.
The artist, in singing two of his
own compositions, successfully dem-
onstrated his breadth of range. "Soft;
thru the Silent Air" proved a some-
what subtle bit of writing, profoundly
moving, while "Le Mujer Cruel" (The
Cruel Maiden) fairly sparkled with
life and charm. In giving Debussy's
"Romance" and Duparc's "Extase,"
Susumago showed a repression and
deep emotional tenderness wholly in
keeping with the nature of the selec-
tions. He avoided the blasphemous
error of turning Brahms' "Liegestrau"
into an aria, as do most singers, of
all ages, everywhere. His rendition
of Handel's "Where'er You Walk" was
free from the hints of the choir loft
which, usually adhere to it. And,
lastly, Mr. Susumago is just about the
only lyric tenor we have ever heard
who did not acknowledge his audi-'
ence with bows, in the approved
nvima-dnnna fashinn .-T e w as
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DANCING TONIGHT
8to 10
The feeling of being at home is always
present at Granger's. That is why we
have so many friends among the student
body. The superbly peppy music of
Jack Scott's Wolverines puts plenty of
life into the party.
Granger's Academy
Dancing Wednesday, Friday, Vand Saturday
Photo
skating.
REV. JUMP JUMPS
DEAR TIM-Fifteen students who
had signified their intention of trying
out for the editorship of Rolls decided
to drop out of the contest after hear-
ing the news of Reverend Jump's im-
pending departure. "What's the use?"
several have been quoted as saying.
Solonion.
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For once, the Arc managed to find
an interesting "scenic" film, this
"Alaskan Adventures" thing. If they
had some rotten orator along with the
show, they could run it in Hill audi-
torium and call it one of the Ora-
torical series.
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ROQUEFORT PLAYERS PLAN
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
A great national dramatic organiza-
tion, with the Roquefort players as a
nucleus and "Little Limburger" so-
cieties in all of the principal cities of
contemplated by the R. (Roquefort)
Henderson crowd it was announced
yesterday from the Roquefort lair.
Part of R. Henderson's statetnent
follows: "There have been a large
number of reiqnests: froin amateurl
actors requesting to join the Royal
Order of Roquefort Players. It is im-
possible to fill these, requests, but for
the benefit of ambitions youths a
group of 'Little Limburger' societies
for the more offensive actors will be
organized. Any organization of rank,
like the play productions classes, will
be eligible to recive its charter."
Kernel.
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"A Rolling Student Gathers
No Gasoline Bill."
"Rolls Roots For Rollers."
WE RIDE AROUND TOWN
IN A FUTURISTIC MODE
Well, we took a buggy ride yester- 1
day afternoon in order to discover
just what the future holds in store
for students, in case the Regents
should ban autos. It's great sport.
Goldie (from Mullison's) clattered
along the street at a fast pace, and
even managed to make more noisei
than five persons on roller skates.-
For a while we thought we had a flat
tire. but one shoe was just heavier
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What They Say:'
RUBIN GOLDMARK
140 West 87th St.
New York, Feb. 15th, 1927
My Dear Mr. Sink:-
I have just seen the preliminary announcement of your coming May
Festival. What a splendid array of talent you provide for your audiences!
Your May Festivals have long been among the outstanding events of the
spring season, and your programs have always aroused the keen interest of
musicians. -.They are of great educational value, and you are to be con-
gratulated On having maintained so high a standard for so many years.
Wishing you continued success, I am
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) RUBIN GOLDMARK,
(President Bohemians, New York
Musicians Club, in charge Depart-
ment of Comnosition Iuilliar Musi-
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