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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
THURSDAV, FEBRARY 9, 1928
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LYUNION;
RE1ORGi Z Es
THE MICHIGAN UNION is again
going to reorganize. As usual they
are going to need a quorum of 600
male students to vote on the new
amendments, and from past experi-
ene xrn nrenudict , that aout 100 will
THEATER
BOOKS
T1')Nl(tixT: Play Production pre-
sents "hell Relit for Heaven" in the
Mdimes theater at 8 o'clock.
George Bradley
Marie BrumIer
Jamie$ 0. Brown
James Carpenter
James B. Cooper
Charles K. Correll
Barbara Cromell
Mary Dively
Bessie V. Egeland
Ona Felker
Katherine Frohne
Douglass Fuller
Beatrice Greenberg
Helen Gross
E. J. Hammer
Carl e. ammer
Ray Ilotelich
Hal A. Jaehn
James Jordan
Marion Kerr
Thlales N. Lenington
Catherine McKinven
W. A. MahaTfy
Francis D. P~atrick
George DT. Perrett
Alex K. Scherer
Frank Schuler
George Spater
Wilbert Stephenson
Ruth Thompson
Herbert E. Varnum
Lawrence Walkley
Hannah Wallen
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1928
Night Editor-'-NELSON J. SMITH, Jr.
THE UMION
With the announcement yesterday
that the balloting on the recently pro-
posed changes in the organization oft
the Union will take place February
28, there devolves upon the male stu-
dents of the University a very real.
responsibility. The changes proposed
are on the whole obviously worth-
while, and unless a quorum of 600
students is present at the meeting no
action can be taken.
To go over in detail the changes
proposed would be to repeat an ex-
planation already given; and may it
suffice to say that the new proposals
will greatly simplify and expedite thej
work of the Union and its managers
all the way through. If the men of
the student body have sufficient in-
terest in their all-campus organization
to care for its future, they will turn
out en masse when the opportunity
to vote affords itself; and a group of
600 men cannot be gathered through
two or three hours of strenuous cam-
paigning.
OPPOSITION
Apparently the Hoover forces are
about to pay the penalty of early or-
ganization by arousing the inevitable
opposition which is beginning to show)
its head from time to time in various
parts of the country. First New York
and her politicians threatened to or-
ganize against the Commerce secre-
tary, and at the present time the fo I-
lowers of Senator Willis in Ohio seem
determined to gain the delegation of
that state for their favorite son.
Neither move, nevertheless, has as-
sumed proportions as yet where it
can be seriously considered as a po-
tent factor.
On the surface, also, it would seem
that both efforts are doomed to in-
evitable failure--for neither are-based
on the sound premises of reason so
much as on the mere perfunctory de-
sire to oppose. Even Theodore Mur-
ton, former senator from Ohio and
powerful political figure in Cleveland,
has cast his lot with Hoover, as have'
numbers of other men who apparently
sense the handwriting on the wall.
After all, sheer merit is bound to
count heavily in the long run, and
RO oiI0 e
HOUSES VS. DORMITORIES
To the Editor:
It is with feeling of intense indig-
nation that Ann Arbor people were
compelled last Tuesday at the Cham-
her of Commerce dinner to listen to
the insults Dr. Little has again felt
it his supreme right to level on them.
Laying the merits of the dormitory
question aside, nothing can excuse
the president of our state University
supported in part by Ann Arbor resi-
dents of his calling them inhuman-;
placing them on the level and com-
paring them with the most despicable
people on the face of the earth-the
advocates of child labor. All this
was for no other reason than the fact
that they room University students.
In this day and age when so few
people really think the truth of such
statements out for themselves, the
fact that it is "one of those in high
position and a leader of men" (whom
he so frankly advocates should be the
chosen ones with rights for a college
education) uttering them, makes the
harm tenfold over what it would have
been coming from an ignorant person.
We challenge Dr. Little to find one
person who is extorting money from
University students through the price
of rooms.
Who are the people taking roomers?
Almost wholly they are parents of
University students who come to live
at the state University while educat-
ing their children, or others who are
increasing their income while ac-
compilshing a most worthy aim-at
least our late beloved President Bur-
ton would have called them worthy.
One of the most outsanding mem-
ories we have of President Burton was
his inability to address a group, no
matter how small, without urging the
priceless gift of a college education.
He never drew the line between those
expecting to fill a president's chair
and those who expected to work at a
carpenter's bench.
Of course those parents coming here
(often at a great sacrifice) find no
one to pay their high rent or taxes
as well as the usual heat, gas, electric,
and water bills with which Dr. Little
is never annoyed, but of which we
taxpayers relieve him. Most Ann Ar-
bor people could well kfford to house
the beloved sons and daughters of our
Michigan residents free of charge if
the taxpayers would be so kind as to
pay these most necessary bills.
His statement that our student body
is of nonproductive age and that
therefore all landlords charging them
rent are in the same class with child
labor violators is most misleading. If
one would argue the case, he might
point out that many students are em-
ployed during the summer vacation
even where there is no financial need
to do so.
Could all the comments by the stu-
dents be condensed, it might prove
that Dr. Little never received an "A"
in sociology.
Recently I listened to a young
friend who has been attending a boys'
prep school where all live in dormi-
tories. He told of the gambling,
drinking and smuggling in of girls
all done in spite of the proctors on
each floor. The latter were all men of
high character who never dreamed
how the boys were evading rules with
their very efficient. guard system and
signal code.
I was reminded then of the horror
with which I listened to the story by
a friend from an Eastern college of
exactly the same conditions that ex-
isted in their university dormitories.
He described things which could not
possibly happen in a private home.
An intimate friend of mine, from
her story, will never forget her first
term as a freshman in one of our dor-
mitories on this campus. Coming
from a home of good environment
and high culture she was placed in a
double room with a strange girl who
proved to be her exact opposite. That
girl, a lover of liquor and a cigaret
addict, found her greatest delight in
teaching every young freshman to
smoke. She also possessed an inex-
haustible fund of foul stories and
vulgar jests which she found great
sport in relating in my friend's hear-
ing.
The latter requested that her room
be changed, saying that they were
totally unsuited to one another; her
request was refused. She told me, "I
knew if I had told all the truth about
her it would have utterly discredited
that girl, and since I was only a
freshman I would have been dismiss-
ed from the dormitoi'y in seeming dis-
grace. I did not dare tell my mother
until ;he end of the term and then
Union would be a reduction in the
quorum to a number where they.
could get enough out to vote.
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CARRY ONE IN YOUR( TOOL CHEST
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In case your automobile goes into
the ditch it is often handy to have
one of the above instruments in your
tool case to get your Packard sedan
out of the mud.
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IT SEEMS THAT THE administra-
tion had the right idea in banning
automobiles. When the enforcementf
officer appears in the of fce of the
Dean of the College of Literature'
Science and the Arts, leaving tracks
of mud wherever lie stops just. be-
cause his automobile went into a
ditch it is time the t some action be
taken.
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LRTO I TI: 'Fte Rockford Players
show up. .4
so upf present "One of the Family" in the
THE ONLY TIME IN THE history IWhitney theater at. S:l> o'clock.
of the Union that a quorum was TrJONL IT: The Oratorical Associa-
present for voting was last year when hoi presents Gay MiacLaren in a
the directors decided to give some of rea(ding of her original play, "Father
the tuition back to the students. and Dad," in Bill auditorium at S
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JUST ABOUT THE BEST amend- I
ment that could be passed for the "SUN UP"
A review, by Thomas J. Dougall
"Sun Up" on the whole is a good
play. Lulu Volmer knows her Caro-
lina mountains and this knowledge
has enabled her to draw her char-
acters with a psychological accuracy.
But it ts this only excellent character-
ization that saves the play from
mediocrity, for its later scenes are
obvious attempts at hokum and the
action itslef is slightly dated. A
mountain mother, nice , alliteration
that, loses her son in the war and
then proceeds to spare the life of her
bitterest enemy's son, because her
loss has taught her the power of love.
It really is not as bad as that sounds,
though, for the sincerity of these
mountain folk makes one almost react
sympathetically to the poor situation.
Not a little credit for this favorable
ieaction is due to the work of the
Play Production classes. This is
probably the best thing they have
done, with the possible exception of
"le Who Gets. Slapped." And that,
of course, did not have an all-student
cast Sarah Bonine as Widow Cagle
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MARION NIXON
"TAXI-TAXI"
1. G. -1. Comedy and News
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from our gay assortment..
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WEuh'l'IIOUGI-T IT unnecessary to carried the show. Her work showed
mention the .officer's name, because a smoothness and a restraint that
mlade hBer performance outstanding.
according to his own story every st u- t e
. . . . . And she had less difficulty with te
dent in the University has applied forAldseIhantermef bers ofhthe
permission to drive a car. diake(t than any other members of the
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THEIY 'S' LI) VE PL IA) Alfred Foster as the half wit brother.
A CHE'SS T~OURENTHe did not have a great deal to say,
The genius of any department ofbut he certainly made the most of
this institution which is even remote-thisi . Richard Woelihaf
and Samuel onnell were also well
ly connected with the B. and (. de-
partment was again illustrated when
tabel Baruch was decorative and the
the courses in Botany i and Psv
chohogy 42 were scheduled to meet <t re;t of them were adequate. There
the same hour in Natural Science were deficiencies, of course, but this
auditorium. To the great disaippoit- pay is a rather hard thing to do.
ment of both classes Professor Pills- When there is so much emphasis on
bury refused to accept Profsori character and so little action, great
burynadu reresmadeoaon thePabissiryTop
per's implied challenge to a debate demands ar made on the ability of
probably because ha thought that the tie ators; and "Sun Up," especially
in the first act, revealed that some of
spectacle of a hundred studentsPlyPoue,;nda;itesifr
maching through the ain to New- Producers need a little stier
directing and a little more experience.
berry hall would be mnuchi more cn
dusive to abnorman thoughts than an
argument as to the abnormality of
plants. On Saturday night and for six sub-
jp11-ys. sequent evenings thereafter the Rock-
* * * ford Players are reviving Bernard
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY Shaw's "Great Catherine," in a dou-
FEVER LEAVES 1IOUSEI: ible bill with James M Barrie's "The
AND SENATE F'OR DAY Old Lady Shows Her Medals" (with
-Daily headline. Mrs. Mansfield in the role of Mrs.
WE WONDER SOMEWIIA.T as to Dowey, the little London charwoman).
the meaning of this head, but accord- Request performances of "Cradle
ing to all past performances in the Snatchers" will be given at the Sat-
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"FAT HER and DAD"
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legislative body of these UnitedI
States, it seems that they must have
been sick to have any legislative ac-
tivity. Incidentally, we are of the
opinion that the fever has left for the
rest of the session.
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ISST ZOYI)N
SSTANDA
According to latestl reports from
(lia o, Mayor Thom pson lw-, 1'd;
the abo ve dra wing of Miss Rlloyde
made by Carl sindbemg the noted
artist. It gives his iimpression of the
English woimam preachr, mind iuts-.
trates the reat:on he wi not mallow
her to talk in (i i e . It is ;s -ol
rumored that tIne Itiona lbvi has dtI
something to do vi ith Ii Ihe iMayor's Et-
t it ude,
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ONCEI AGAiN WE WISh Ito repeat
our request for contributions It is
really quite a task to write a column
every lay and we wish that all the
humorists and near humorist s on the3
campus would pitch in and help us.
As previously announced, we are per-
fectly willing to accept anything that
looks like a joke, a poemii O' any comt-
ment on campus affairs. Ae hope
that yati wil 1 break the null man's
back with the tons of coatrihutions
that you send us. Remember, addlrss
them to Rolls, at the Press Building
so the Gargoyle will not get them.
urday matinee, February 11, and on
the following Monday night; and a
single performance of "Aren't We
All?" at the Wednesday matinee.
"Great Catherine," of many luscious
memories, is a dating-point in the
dramatic renaissance of which the
preSncPt stocii season of the Rockiford
Players is an indirect expression. And
both Amy Loomis and Robert lIen-
derson will be seen in their respective
roles of Great Catherine and her
bestial and drunken court favorite,
I-Prince Patiomkin.
Catherine had the figure of a Juno,
the manners of a fish woman, and the
soul of a courtesan. And only those
who have seen the Loomis coyly pat-
tering about the stage in her . bare
feet mittering German expletives
and occasionally more understandable
and vehement oaths, can appreciate
her inimitable performance. Incident-
ally we regret to ainnounco that
becauste of ill health, it will be Miss
Loomis' on'y appearance with the
Players.
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PLA V PROD UCTiON
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You'll find such lovely shades in a complete size range-
providing you get here early.
F'amous mnakes such as Pointex, Gold Seal and Quaker
are incl';ded in this grcat event. And every pair is the best-
quality that money can buy. They sell regularly at $1.95.-
Buy now for several months ahead. It' a rare oppor-
tunity to get lovely hose at a value price.
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"The Shop o FRIDAY
The following cast has been selected
for Hatcher Hughes' Pulitzer Prize
play, "Hell Bent Fer Heaven," which
Play Production have scheduled for
tonight:
David Hunt ............ Frank Willis
Meg -iHunt.......iMarjorie Chavenelle
Sid Hunt ................. Leo West
Rufe Pryor ........Truesdale Mayers
Matt Hunt ........Jerome McCarthy
Andy Lowry .......... Walter Power
Jude Lowry ........ Kathryn Butler
A review of last night's production
of "San Up" appears above, and the
two plays are alternating in repertory
manner for the rest of this week.
--R. L. A
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