TNF. MTrT4TC.AN T)A11.Y rTT77TDQT'SA'V , ATAIr 7A I l I-IL 'lATTTCN 'AI Yl.A'1.:1!'1 L'L L.L'..IIUIUr }',AY' WJAIt) V28'J Published every morning except Monday ring the, University year by the Board in ntrol of Student Publications. Member of Western Conference Editorial sociation. T'he Associated Press is exclusively en- ed to the use for republication of all news patches credited to it or not otherwise dited in this paper and the local news 'pub.- hed herein,' Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, chigan, as second class matter. Special rate postage granted by Third Assistant Post- ister General. Subscription by earrier. $4.00; by mail, dAces: Ann Arbor Press Building, May- rd Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business 1214. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4926 MANAGING EDITOR JO H. CHAMBERLIN itor......, .............Ellis 1. Merry itor Michigan Weekly.. Charles E. Behymer ws Editor. ... ..... ..... Philip C. Brooks ty t.:ui ....... Courtland C. Smith omen's Lditor......Marian L. 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PUSCH istant Manager...George H. Annable, Jr, vertising............Richard A, Meyt vertising............Edward L. Hulse vertising..... ....... John W. Ruswinckel counts.......... .Raymond Wachter "culation..............George B. Ahn, Jr. blication...............Harvey Talcott Assistants irge Bradley RayHofelich ie Brummeler Hal A. Jaehn nes Carpenter James Jordan arle K. Correll Marion Kerr bara Cromell Thales N. Leningtou try Dively Catherine McKinven sie V. Egeland Dorothvy Lyons a Felker Alex K. Scherer herineFrohne George Spater uglass Fuller Ruth Thompson tice Greenberg Herbert E. Varnum :en Gross Lawrence Walkley J. Hammer Hannak Wallen rl W. Hammer I Diagonal Tuesday afternoon must nec- essarily have demonstrated time and again during their college careers that they can meet the competition which their own- class has to offer, and this competition is largely the same which they will meet when they have made the final swing from their college careers into the broad world. A single instance, or a small group of instances, are always dangerous things from which to generalize. Youth and the present generation has achiev- ed more than its share for its age, and it will be well equipped to take the burden from the shoulders of its pred- ecessors when that burden is passed on to it. TED OLL CONTRIBUTORS {HAVE T.EIR YESTERDAY WE PROMISED that Bitters Ominick's clever little mono- logue would appear in today's Rolls- and with no advance in price for the added bit of confection. * * * AND NOW WE proilse further that if the contribs continue as they have started to flow we will set aside one day or so each week as a kind of special day for those efforts best fit. ted for this column. And we'll vouch for those run today as being pretty good. * * * BUT BEFORE WE start on all those red hot items from other sources just a few more swigs from the old bot- tle ought to be relished. And that re- minds Demoniacal Georgie over here (he always watches when we pound out this stuff) that some of the seniors mistook Swing-Out for Pass-Out. THEATER BOOKS MusC EXAMINATIONS With the end of the semester around the corner, and the end of the school year walking hand in hand with it, the ever-present problem of final examin- ations once more projects itself into the foreground. Final examinations, apparently a relic from some bygone day when a Puritan schoolmaster brandished a ruler over the heads of his gay college students, have come down to us year after year in all their pristine glory; and though many admit that they are comparatively useless, and students as a whole de- test them, only now are bright signs of abatement appearing on the edu- cational horizon (at Harvard). In a large course, where several hundred students drowsily absorb knowledge for the period of a semes- ter, and where the problem of know- ing even a third of the section is a titanic one for the instructor, such examinations are probably inevitable. The value of such courses is, however, debatable as compared with the value of smaller sections; but it is in these smaller sections where practically every member of the class can be called on day after day, and where the, instructors can know by his first name each student enrolled, that final ex- aminations reach their pinnacle of ab- surdity. An institution upon which so large a part of college education is predi- cated can not, of course, be summar- ily abandoned. Educational experi- ments, such as the present reading periods at Harvard, while not in the nature of abolishing examinations, of- fer promise of improvement at least. Such steps are measures which de- serve the attention of progressive ed- ucational institutions such as our own. A DECIDED IMPROVEMENT An innovation of the all-campus YOU 'SHOULD HAVE heard boys singing that little ditty in of the so-called restaurants-"See little angels ascend up, etc." * * * the one the THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928. ght Editor-CHARLES S. MONROE THIS IMMORALITY Problems, new and old, continually e everyone. Iany are solved, many partially solved, and some never are settled. Among the latter type is the question of the younger generation which seems always to be working toward certain downfall. It is the continual worry of fond parents and the subject of much discussion in groups which know nothing about it. Publicity may be the cause of the discussion because it is only the way- ward acts of a very few which are put before the eyes . of the public. When young men and women' ,are killed in an accident, the misfortune is laid to the recklessness of they young people. When they are caughtj in unfortunate circumstances, it is the result of an age of immorality, ac- cording to those who do the worrying. When they are slightly indiscreet on Swing-Out day it is a sign of im- pending ruination. Yet there are comparatively few who are respon- sible for most of the wayward acts which come to attention. The great mass of young people has a pretty clean record-an enviable record. Approximately 1700 of this over-criticized generation will gradu- ate in June, from the University of Michigan alone, and their graduation is the result of at least four years of effort on studies-hard work. These same people will go out into the pro- fessional and business worlds to fill the places of older men who have finished their days of work. They will be the executives of large corpora- tions, the developers of the profes- sions, the guiding hand of the coun- try at large. This is the. group or part of the group that must be de-. pended upon to carry on the enter- prise of a great nation. Their prac- tical ability will begin to display it- self, and will develop with time. Through the business and profes- sional world today there is a call for youth on a scale which has rarely been approached before; and with this growing confidence in the younger generation comes an ever-increasing reco d of accomplishment by men scarcely past their college careers. Outstanding, of course, is Charles Lindbergh, but scores of other men, in high and responsible positions, in- cluding our own President Clarence, elections yet4erday which deserves favorable comment is the method fol- lowed out of roping off the polling places to prevent, as much as possi- ble, electioneering. For years the type of forward and sometimes ob- noxious campaigner, interested in some one or another candidate, has been a pest on all-campus election day, and though the species has not been entirely eliminated, his influence has been considerably reduced by the present regulation. One further step which would make the system perfect, perhaps, is yet to come, with the prevention of all cam- pus politicians from taking advan- tage of their positions to work inside of the enclosure, for various men. Probably no amount of regulation, out- side of popular opinion, will ever en- tirely prevent men from aiding their candidates at the polls in some man- ner; and since the object in mind must constantly be to reduce such influence to its minimum, the present step of the Student council in roping off the polls appears in the light of an ex- tremely wise one. ANOTHER WELCOME The University will be the host to- day of more than 4,000 high school musicians who will be here for the finals in the state orchestra and chor- us championship contests. These' groups, which include seven of the most common formations of instru- ments and voices, will come from all parts of Michigan. This will be the third time within a few weeks that the University has played host to a large group of high school students, representing many sections. Earlier, the state high school debaters and journalists met here, holding conferences and inspect- ing the University and the campus. It is fitting again that the University should be the host. It has long been recognized as preeminent in national musical circles, on account of May Festivals and the other concert ser- ies. The School of Music is one of the finest in the country. Everything lends itself to make Michigan's university and Ann Arbor an ideal place for these gatherings. FOR THE SOPHISTICATED that ought to mean something. By the way, how would some of those sophis- ticated sophomores like to send in copies of the printable songs which might be used on the occasion of other Swing-Outs? * * * That's the address * * * '* * * BITTERS OMINICK (unabridged) Here now, Three Star In .them grand old days, now gone to the place where the pink snaiks went,. Hennessey's old Three Star yused to be a name to raise blisters, and they had to serve it in Purdue Plate-1-4 inch, with rivits. That was no stuff to fool with. Why, they was a ship loaded with it in the Andyman islands once when the car- go sprung a leak and et the hull ship up, from kilson to t'galants, waleboat and all. The sharks was their, scads of 'em, and the' crew seen thar finish. But the sharks got so pik- kled drunk the sailors bridled 'em with' thar shoolaces, and rode 'ei home. Yes, sir, if youd had some of THAT now, your colyu would be more spir- eted like. But dag snoozle it, YOU woodnt know how to handle it. Why, I've seen men growd old in sin and soakin drink shelack afore they tackled good old 3 sizzles. Save the surface and you save the works. I once heard tell of a man in Seattle; he dropped a drum of 3 star and they picked up. one of his garters in Noo York & t'other in Honeylooloo-and his socks ain't come down yet. And once a undertaker in Little Rock made a fox pass and used it instead of embammers flooid; the corps dansed a jig with the pale bears. But the relatives, the name was Mac- Donald, had paid in advance for the oseekwies, so they had to hit him on the haid to make him do rite by them. Yoors Trooly Bitters Ominick * * * THERE NOW, THAT was worth waiting for, and Bitters has promised to send in some more about his dorg and other things. H'ray . . . Lark promised to write tomorrow's colyum on the senior ball; the books colyum is going to take this place once every so often; think we'll take an excur- sion to the island. ELEGY IN A MALTY MOOD ; (abridged) In the town of old Ann Arbor, Near the city of Detroit, Is a paradise for vendors, Of a stdalthy mein and-careful-j Who with precious wares are laden. When the shades of night have fallen,, Comes a secret knock and entrance, Comes a dicker and a barter, Comes a clinking and wiggle, Comes a blessed peace and silence, Comes an early morning lecture,I Comes a bromo Calkins-Fletcher, Comes another month of waiting--1 Ooph-it's awful.- Tap Faucet. * * * TONIGHT: Play Production Class presents Frenec Molnar's "The Play's The Thing" in Mimes Theater at 8:30 o'clock. THIS A F T ERI N O O N: High School Music Contest concert in Field House, at 3:30. "THE PLAY'S THE THING" A review by Harold May I sing the pleasures of the dishy life -such as let us say-as the life de- scribed by Molnar, that brilliant and smiling dramatist, in his "The Play's The Thing," and as presented direct- ly to us in the excellent performance of that play by Play Production. Al- though the first act seemed somewhat difficult, last night's show was as well or better produced than any compus performance this year. Not only did the performance show that Play Pro- duction is an organization capable of a favorable comparison with any other local organization busied with the dra- ma, but it also gave the first real op- portunities to several who ought to be formidable Thespian figures in the future. George Johnson, although he did not appear until the third act, and had a comparatively small part, walk- ed away with the show: he proved to be that rarest of all things in a community where life is young and serious-a. good comedian. Charles Peakewas, another new figure, and one who showed that he not only had ap- preciated the possibilities of his part, but, in addition had a real ability for acting. Fred Crandall, as an efficient but confidential butler-one who car- ries a heart. of a popular song writer in the towering body of a hussar, made his first important and skillful bow. Richard Woellhaf, veteran actor, while working under a handicap of having to play a part not quite suita- ble for him, and having to bear up under the memories of the late Hol- brook Blinn performance in Detroit, did his level and very good best in his as sophisticated author who with- out being sentimental arrainges every thing for the heart's ease of the rest of the people in the play. Space does not not permit that Minna Miller have explicit commendation of her repre- sentation of the part of the prima- donna-but she did realize that there is a certain amount of beeriness and hysteria in operatic amours. Samuel Bonnell, while his restrained bodily activity heralded a fast approaching seniltity instead of the poise and ease of a successful dramatist, added his positive bit to the success of the evening. THE SPANISH PLAYS A review by Philip C. Brooks Those who might have expected the production of "El Enamorado," "El Milagro," and "La Plancha de la Mar- quesa" to be merely a pretentious class exercise would have been sur- prised last night, for there was shown a commendable combination of acting and speaking talent. As the leading example of one who demonstrated both excellent and at- tractively spoken Spanish with an im- pressive carriage well fitting her part, as a Queen, Mary Karpinski played effectively in "El Enamorado." She was ably assisted by Theodora Maloy, who carried over somewhat of the stage presence that made her local name as an actress. Leone Lee's exeremely attractive presentation, and her capable speak- ing of her part, it seems, should have inspired the other lead in "El Milagro" to learn the lines better. "La Plancha de la Marquesa" brought together a larger cast a high- ly amusin*' finishing piece. Outstand- ing for effective enunciation and in- flection, as well as histrionic achieve- ment, were Mabel Humphrey and Charles Staubach. * * * THE STUDENTS' RECITAL A review by Valerie V. Gates The Students Recital at Hill audi- torium given by the members of the raduating class, and assisted by the University Symphony Orchestra, of- fered a varied and interesting pro- gram. Beth Hamilton gave a fine ren- dition of a Beethoven violin concerto. Louise Nelson, Margaret File, Wil- liam Dorr Long, and Elizabeth Schweir were the pianists on the program. 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