PAGE FOUR TNF l 4TrT4Tr.AN n-ATT A", Q r T v n k v 1*,,,I7flT,,N*%,InlPn I I 1 4 .11 ll I I. TC 7 M T7M A.. ~A.AA'. AL LA . J..'A kLJIlk , £ \VAY, DECEMBIER, 11, 1527 7 w l e 9 irl i tc Btti1g I _ ____ i Published every morning except Monday during the University year by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusively en- ttiled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news pub- lished herein. Entered at the postoffice at A'nn Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate )f postage granted by Third Assistant Post- m- ster General. Suscription by carrier, $4,oo; by mail, #4.5O. Offices:.Ann Arbor Press Building, May- nard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business 21214. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR JO H. CHAMBERLIN Editor................. ..Ellis 1. Merry Editor Michigan Weekly.. Charles E. 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Scherer Una Felker Frank Schuler Ben 1'ishman llernice Schook Katherine Frochne Mary Slate Douglass Fuller George Spater Beatrice Greenberg Wilbert Stephenson Helen Gross Ruth Thompson Herbert Goldbere ~ rr R.Vrnum is likely to prove particularly attrac- tive to them. If the labor secretary had thought of this conference last April when the wage agreement first expired there would have been bright hopes ofI amicable settlement. Now, at the ex- piration of seven months, during which evcry extreme measure except open physical conflict has been re- sorted to by both parties, and during which the position of the operators has become steadily stronger and the position of the miners weaker, the chances of agreement on an equitable basis seem so remote as to be almost out of the question. It would be a safe guess to venture that despite the optimism of Secretary Davis, the miners in the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia fields will not be back at work by Christmas. A contest as bitter as this one has become is far too deeply rooted to be settled by a wave of ;a hand on the part of our labor secretary, in spite of the sanction of Coolidge for thatI gesture. REVOLUTIONIZING COLLEGE In these days of revolutionary changes in American colleges, to-wit, automobile bans, proposed limitation of a college education to three years, and two-team football schedules, al- most anything can happen; and the latest project is the proposed estab- lishment of "civilizing factories" for those students who go to institutions of higher learning for the so-callbd "college stamp" rather than educa- tion alone. This proposal, advocated by Dr. Harry E. Barnes, Smith College pro- fessor, notwithstanding the fact thatl the twentieth century undergraduate hardly knows what next to expect, need not be taken seriously; it would better be treated in a ludicrous light. For example, any system which would encourage classes of 3,000 and 4 000 students, as is recommended for the "civilizing; factories," is ridiculous, as trial would soon show. Students patronizing the institu- tions of higher learning may be doing so for the purpose of obtaining the .college stamp"; but they are also seeking simultaneously educational advantages. In the light of many of the changes and projects which have somewhat revolutionitzed the under- graduate's world lately, the "civiliz- ing factories" may not sound so ab- surd; but, fundamental circumstances regarded even momentarily, would show such a proposal to be only a threat, or perhaps the fulfillment of the desire on the part of some hitherto unknown college professor to attract attention. THEATER i ( IE B 0 1) K S Humor subtledainty and as (launtless as the charge of the Light Brigade; and 'TO3IORROW: Special matine pro- leading ladies as feminine as a Bol gram at 2 :3 ini hill auditorium for shevik prime minister all contributed school children, by the Detroit to the success of "The Same to You," Symphony orchestra, ictor Kolar greatest of Union operas. I conducting. * * * At S:00, the Detroit Synpihony or- THE WOMAN'S 'CitHWUS chestra at Hill auditorium in tlie tird' cen(cert of tile Extra Concert series, Ossip Gabrilowitsch conduct- * ing. . o.... ..a III F151 I 4 Ir a. oolk WILL REMAIN OPEN EVENINGS k Make hi s IS oo Chris* m 6s j a F ,r V - 7 Photograph presented by the Pt licity committer. * * * THlE SAI D)ENi{ TIIUTI'l ub- s "r- 'A, At the last minute, we decided not to publish the photograph of the chorus as taken by the Rolls Photo- graphic bureau. * * Something original for Union operas was presented this year when three distinct men's choruses were used, in place of the customary girls and special choruses.I * * * A COMPROMISING SITUATION A view of one of the most humor- ous scenes in the first act, wherein the leading characters engage in bits of subtle repartee. * * * Anyone who ever attended his fresh- man physical education classes had little difficulty in recognizing the "THE SAME TO YOU" A Review, by Jim Poling. When the final curtain fell, on "The Same to You" last night the twenty- second annual Michigan Union Op- era concluded its "trying it out on the dog" engagement. And such a bone as the Opera offered the dog! Any well bred canine might have de- spaired earlier in the week but the rather hybrid type of pup that makes up the typical Ann Arbor audience nersevered-and in the end was rewarded with a few delectable scraps from the Opera cadaver. Not I enough to entirely satiate their ap- petites, however. Leaving my very delicately con- structed analogy and getting down to the noint of this article, namely, what is wrong and what is good about this year's Opera-well, there is a lot to be said on both sides. To be concise, the first hct is terrible and the second act is good. The leads as a whole are acceptable and the chorus very amateurishly amateur. The feminine chorus is especially bad-they have a none too sweet odor. I have never seen such agonized looks in my life as those fe-males carried throughout the performance. Some- body connected with the directorial end of the Opera ought to practice Flo Zigfield's trick and put a slgn "Smile, damn you, smile" in tbe' foots. Or perhaps a few shots .)f moon-dew would help the boys out. Something, seriously, should be done. About three hours a day practice next week might possibly put some syn- chronization in their movements. They have good steps if they would only learn them well enough to cre- ate an impression of unity-rather than one of individual attempts at originality. The show opens in a manner that 1makes one pray fervently for a quick pal 4d 4 t 2 I G Aft D' Fountain Pens, Desk Sets and Typewriters are doubly welcome when backed by Specialized Service. 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May Ia hazy exposition, is that, by coi SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1927 Leonard Wood a short time ago the himself shouting for his "Michigan trast, it makes the second act see Philippines were left without a gov- Daily Dozen." so much better. Of course the fir Night Editor-NELSON J. SMITH, Jr. ernor. Leonard Wood left a vacancy act may possibly be a diamond in th which will be hard to fill, because of ORCHESTRA DESEIVES CREDIT rough and have untold possibilitie the fact that he combined many ideal But the rough edges are so numerou faculties which made for th e success that they hide any scintillating beam FRESHMEN AND. PROHIBITION of his rule in the Islands, and the that the act might possibly throw ou In a census taken of the themes government has wisely been spending , The second act is one of the bes written at Michigan State college by much time and thought on the ap- that has ever graced a Union Oper, Michign. colege bypointment of a successor. iitiktewoecs em ofe freshmen on the subject of prohibition, President Coolidge, in defining his I think the whole cast seems to feel i those in charge profess to have found stand upon the appointment of a sue- too, as there was a noticeable picku in the tempo of that act. The musica that two reasons are responsible for cessor, has wisely said that he is Walter Damrotte, conductor of the numbers are carried out with mor, the violation of the act; namely, de- seeking a man who is of civil train- orchestra, who was responsible for nerve than the others and the princi e thrill ng rather than only a military train- much of the success of the production. pals get into the thing more. sireto e a oodspor an thing. Not, he said, that there are many "The singing would have been terrible 3 of breaking the act. These deductions men in the army and navy that will without the cseti'avto drnr ibXWhen it comes to a discussion o are the result of the compilation of thus be disqualified, but the man who ( ,, the musical numbers I have to spea the expression of opinions in the is selected must have first the attrib- from hearsay. My seat was abou papers. ute of civil training. Then if he has two seats removed from the elevato phat difference this can make to military training the combination will The best work of the whole play of the Whitney Hotel-that is to say Whatdiferece his an aketo ilitry raiingthe ombnaton illwas that ot the men's choruzs in the it was, with a g igantic stretch of the the world, in the first place is a thing. be an ideal one, as was the case with sco hat. rf the mes hru inc j imas, c b within th hard to see. And, in the second place, Leonard Wood. second act. They made « perfect job imagination, conceivably within th it is 'doubtful if the reactions of This is a perfectly sane and wise e I. bounds of the Whitney theater audi freshmen are very reliable on the standpoint and is one, which if pur- fIISIIENTIITTLE ATTENI)S the movements of hips and lips th subject. The freshmen, if they drink sued, should car'ry on the good workEs at alb, are liable to be over-eager to which was accomplished by )Wood. A Two songs were goodIa As I was leaving th tell the world about the matter, and man with military training should be I Tm theaterIheardsomeone say that thve it the way they feel about it. And they able to resolve many of the troubles ''~Isongswregd-otreyuhvi ofmay met hi'hRa What that show would aebe are only too liable to take a pseudo- of management which have always !"without Tom Dougal and Bud Lewis sophisticated air in treating the sub- bothered the islands, and should also, w ject. with a civil training, be able to plan God only knows. And pride in some o It is such things as this that give for the future establishment of order his creations would probably keep the youth of today a bad name. The and the evolution of self-government Like all reviews of the Opera, this Him from telling. The team of Lew- point in having the freshmen spend and control for the islands. This but photograph was taken some time be- is and Dougall makes one strong their time in writing themes on such follows the plan which was so sue- fore the event actually happened, song and dance combination (with a moot and idle subject remains cessfully initiated by Wood and which * * * decided emphasis upon the 'dance')- obscure. And since the reactions will he had carried well on the way to Extreme praise for the scenery in a combination well worthy of the necessarily be smart and not truthful, I completion at the time of his death. the second act, consisting of (Scene 1) "next-to-closing" spot on Mr. Gus it would seem that he reactions were Politics should be kept out of the a bench, and (Scene 2) a lamp post, Sun's circuit for dispensing entertain- best kept secret. appointment of the governor of the was accorded by E. Shortimer Muter, ment in the corn-fodder communities. islands. It is difficult enough for a official inspector of all Union operas. On reading that over it reads like a INTERVENTION strong man to maintain his place and "It is the most harmonious I have ever slam. 'That was not the intention. One At last, after more than seven accomplish things, without putting a seen in a Mimes production," Inspec- really has to give those two boys a months of the most bitter type of la- weak man in the office. The United j tor Muter declared. Ibig hand. In fact one would not be mor oters t,States owes it to the Filipinos to give * * * stretching the truth to say that Tom Virginia, and Pennsylvania bitumin- them a mstrogamant ha owillhave and Bud are the Union Opera. ouscoa filds th feera goernthleir interests at hleart and who will I ous coal fields, the federal govern- Back in the dim dark days of Don ment has decided to take a hand, and aite power and the wisdom to u slSTA /laines' first play-writing course the has called a meeting of the mine own- Much oftefutuey ndcatiusypresent Opera was much discusse«. ers and union men in Washington. uanity between the I The general opinion was that the It is hoped that by Christmas the United States and the islands depends book showed a great deal of promise. mines will be operating again on reg- upon the selection of the governor. That it was to be commended 'because ular schedule, and it is understood The Soph Prom committee reported it, made a decided attempt to get that Dwight Davis, secretary of labor, that many of the clock favors were ~~ ~~ away from the average callege musi- has acted with the knowledge of Pres- uncalled for the second day of dis- Absent-minded member of the girls cal comedy show atmosphere and to ident Coolidge in calling the confer- tribution, but that now, since they chorus takes a stroll after the Satur- inject some of the spirit of the mod- ence.' have been placed at the public's dis- day matinee. ern musical comedy stage into the Whether or not the conference will posal, they are going fast. * * * annual Union production. From that open the mines by Christmas or not, One of the most touching portions viewpoint it is still to be commended. however, is a much more doubtful The Wisconsin student who placed of the production camne in the second And it still shows that aforemention- proposition than it sounds on the sur- the following ad in the college paper act, when the glee club soloist ren- ed 'great deal of promise.' But, with j- El 4' 1 I of 1- m li t. us. ns it. Est a. it, p al :i- f k t r Y, e e i- e I I - -Christmas art At Granger's WEDNESDAY, DEC 14 8 to 10 I: Our annual Christmas Party is always one of the most popular of our dances. It assures a two-hour party jammed full of fun and frolic. Bill Watkins and his Wolverines will be on deck with their usual hot music and entertainment. r The last dance before vacation. Friday Night 9 to Granger's Academy-- "" """'" - - - -- - - jI LOOK HERE! 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