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'TH~ MICHIGAN DAILY fl~ThAZ IA WI, 1929
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Night Editor-GEORGE C. TILLEY
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, "1929
THE UNION'S SORE. ITWMB
Already oes dof -theet p-
pus election are floating about the,
University, and with them arises
the old question as to the advis-
ability of placing the election of
Union student officials upon the
merit plan instead of on the cam-
pus election basis. While Union
officialdom in the past has beenr
uniformly satisfactory, there is no
doubt but that the introduction of
the merit system would allow the
better men to get into office, while
taking the candidacy away from
the "available" men and emphasis-
ing the importance of constructive
work to the juniors and sopho-
mores, as on the student publica-
tions.
The Union is the all-campus
men's club, and is open to all men
in the University. For this reason
if no other, it is clear that elec-
tion of those in charge should be
placed in the hands of men who
have had the best interest of the
Union at heart for two or three
years and who have worked to
obtain the best features and pleas-
ure for the largest number of
members. At the present time,
campus politics is at a stage
where c on t r ol is in the hands
of one of two political factions,
both of which find their strength
in fraternity organization. This in
itself is evidently not for the best
interests of the Union.
Last year, saw a good example of
this point. It saw a contest for the
highest office between a man who
had worked on Union committees
since his freshman year and who
knew the organization and meth-
ods opposed to one who had work-
ed for only; a few months and who
was allegedly working there only
as a political pawn with sponsors
whose eyes- were on the office. In
this case, merit won, but such can-
not always be the case: sooner or
later if the present system persists
men entirely unfitted for the of-
fice will be voted into command,
and the Union will be working
under an even greater handicap
than exists under favorable and
able leadership.
The greatest barrier to the in-
stallation of the merit system-a
system that has proven itself on
student publications-is that an
vote of only 100 was rightly voted
down when the attempt was made
to railroad it through at a Pep
meeting. Last Spring, the matter
even went so far as to be voted
on, but though the vote was fav-
orable by more than 600 votes, sev-
eral gentlemen on the campus
were so unfortunate as to allow
themselves to be noted as voting
eight or ten times, being seven or
nine times more than the Student
council uplifters and the Board of
Directors deemed advisable. The
vote was disregarded.
The suitable thing to do now is
for the Union officials and the
others interested to startaa con-
centrated whispering campaign
favoringthe passing of such a
move; then to select a time at
which a large group could be pre-
sented with the motion with suf-
ficient time to explain the merits
of the %system and for pro and con
discussion. Then, a real expression
of student sentiment may be ob-
tained and the idea adopted or
abandoned as the vote shows.
The Union is too important to
Michigan men and too noted in
educational circles for it to be a
catspaw of campus politics. The
cry of "take The Daily out of poli-
tics" should be supplanted by one
of "take the Union out of politics'
for The Daily is not in the same
position immediately requiring
such action. The Union is.
THE PASSING OF THE GOWN
The twentieth century is an age
of iconoclasm condoned. We have
thrown away a lot of old gods, so-
cial pruderies, beliefs in divine
creation, quack medicine, and the
virgin birth. Carriages, bustles, and
the notion that woman's place is
in the home have also gone by the
board with few regrets.
The age, in fact, is one of ra-
tionalism instead of emotionalism.
Antediluviansaare finding it in-
creasingly difficult to preserve
quaint customs for the sentimental
sake of auld lang syne.
A sign of the times is the pass-
ing of college traditions, the latest
of which to go is the quaint old
custom of wearing caps and gowns
every Wednesday from Swing Out
to Commencement. Moist seniors,
trailing around in flowing robes,
perspiring and collecting dust, have
revolted in the namedof comfort.
Ave comfort, Vale tradition.
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NO MORE DISASTERS
,men who die in disasters, unfor-
tunate as the circumstance may
Ibe, 'do not die in vain. The forty
men who lost their lives when the
submarine S-4 sank off Providence,
a little over a year ago, have im-
prest upon Navy officials the ne-
cessity of cures and palliates.
As a result of the criticism in-
curred from the trapping of the
crew of the S-4 at the bottom of
the sea a safety device allowing
the prisoners in a sunk submarine
to escape, has recently been per-
fected. Through the use of an
"escape hatch," and "artificial
lungs" two naval men recently ex-
tricated themselves from the re-
conditioned S-4 after it had been
resunk in forty feet of water.
Navies like any other human in-
stitutions have to be struck by
great disasters, and sometimes
many of them, b e f o r e they
awaken to the need of safety
devices. But those who died in the
disaster did not do so in vain. They
have made the world safer for
those who, in the future, will go
down to the sea in submarines.
ANNE WALKS HOME
Last Wednesday Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh, American flying ace,
crashed in Mexico city with' his
financee, Miss Anne Morrow. The
nation breathes a sigh of relief
that its young hero and his sweet-
heart escaped practically unscath-
ed from what might have been a
serious and fatal accident. Yet
back of the accident there lies a
moral, an eternal truth for the
young of our land or of any land.
The moral is this: No matter how
good you are, it doesn't pay to drive
with one hand.
LARK.
Wuerth Manager Wlll Leave
City, a newspaper headline an-
nounces. Well, we suppose the
public -will stand for just so much.
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The best thing we can think of
to be given up over Lent is the
singing of Sonny Boy over the
radio.
The new tariff on wheat is.
placed what is termed a sliding
scale because it is quite likely to
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TONIGHT: Comedy Club presents Elliott Lester's comedy of crooks,
and psychology, "Take My Advice", in Mimes Theatre, beginning at
8:15 o'clock.
The Savoy
"COQUETTE"-AN
ADVERTISEMENT,
Enough has been said of the in-+
comparable Helen Hayes in a crit-
ical way to eliminate anything this
reviewer may have to say about theI
charming young lady. What re-i
mains is refuge in looping super-
latives of the press agent variety. r
From which it may generally be'
deduced that Helen Hayes in,
"Coquette" is really good. From a
purely personal point of view shec
symbolizes the most completely
satisfying theatrical experience]
that. has been offered in Detroit1
this year, and the roster of shows
seen includes Moissi in "Redemp-
tion", Ethel °Barrymore in "The
Kingdom of God", and the muen
debated Pauline Lord in "Strange
Interlude."I
There is some question of the
merit of the play itself. "Coquette" I
has been damned as a poor play;
made great by Helen Hayes. The
critics may be right and Helen Hays
may be too strong for my critical
sense, but as the play emerged iti
struck me as being the most thor-1
oughly integrated piece of dramatic
writing, both in spirit and in con-
struction, that I had ever seen. Cer-
tainly its effect on a Detroit audi-
ence was strong enough to bring'
the glitter of proudly shed tearsj
when the lights went up.
It may not be great drama. Per-
haps it cannot take rank with
"Saturday's Children" or "Exceed-
ing Small", but it is surely the
most vital theatrical experience'
that Detroit has had to offer in a
long while and as such deserves
unqualified recommendation.
"Coquette" continues this week I
and next at the Cass Theatre.
R. Leslie Askren.
INTERNATIONAL NIGHT
The annual rally-round of stu-
dents on the campus who trace1
their origin from sources outside
this country will occur next Thurs-
day night when International
Night will be celebrated under the ;
auspices of the Cosmopolitan Club.
The foreign students have a right 1
to make a fuss over this thing.
It is not the usual sort of celebra-'
tion in this locale, a id from their
point' of= view -it ... a gracious'
salaam of thanks to the austere
occidental for many educational
advantages conferred. The more'
fuss that is made, the more signi-
ficant becomes the salaam. j
The usual thing that is attempt-
ed in the annual show is to find 7
some means for showing the as-
sembled Americans a little about,
the native life of the nationalities
represented here. The danger has
always been that domestic scenes
full of significance for the actors
have become static pageantry,'
rather tiresome to the not. too
sympathetic American. This year
the producing committee has at-
tempted to infuse an element of
drama. into its presentation.
Titled "Humanity", it shows
.through a series of dramatic
scenes the development of the hu-
man race from the primitive strug-
gle of existence in the cave-man'
period, through a succession of
significant events spiritually, to the'
present day with all its different
nationalities welded together by
the common aspirations of the'
human soul.
There has been an extraordinary
amount of labor put into the pro-
duction, from Mrs. W. C. Rufus who
is in charge of the whole produc-
tion to the individuals who go to
make up each scene, and the gen- I
eral enthusiasm guarantees a
show worth seeing.
Pageantry is a naive art, usually
with some moral, intent hidden
away in it. The effort is being
made to add an element of sophis-
rehearsal, casting having been
completed last week, and the dates
of production have been announced
as March 12 to 15. The perfor-
mances of March 12,13 and 14, will
be open to the general public by
invitation, while the final perfor
mance will be given before an espe-
cially invited group of Faculty
members and citizens of Ann
Arbor, and before the judges who
are Miss. Jessie Bonstelle, Director
of the Detroit Civic Theatre, which
was once the Bonstelle Playhouse,
Prof. Chester M. Wallace, head of
the Dramatic School of Carnegie
Institute of Technology and an-
nounced head of production activ-
ities for this University in Summer
Session this year, and Dr. James
Quirk, director of the Ypsilanti
Players.
The decision of the judges will
determine which 'one of the four
surviving plays represents the
highest talent in dramatic writing
and should furnish an interesting
commentary on the results of the
three-act plays competition which
is announced for a later date.
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A LADY I LIKE
Vaudeville is mostly uninterest-
ing and much of it, god knows, is
so dull and stupid that when you
find a creature tucked away in the
music hall-among the headline
acts-that has the love of life and
class and fire and a swell tang-
there's something to talk about.
And so often one fails to look for
an artists any more on that kind
of a stage that when the real thing
comes along, if you're not smart,
she passes unbeknownst along with
the other fry.
There's a lady called Venita
Gould playing now that is some-
thing like Raquel Meller, or Elsie
Janis whom I have never seen, or i
perhaps-like Mistinguett, very
much like Mistinguett with her
chic and swank and hoyden sophis-
tication Venita Gould, no doubt,
is Jewish--so many on the stage
are nowadays-but she looks Gal-
lic. an4- a bit Slavic, or decidedly
negroid like Adelaide Hall who is
better than Josephine Baker. They
all have the same sveldt bodies, tall
an& *supple and sleek, with nice
slovely ankles and a swishing han-
ner of wearing bouffant gowns
drawn tight and smooth just
around the hips.
Venita Gould does impersona-
tions. A corking one of Helen
Morganif you happened to have
seen her in "Show Boat" with the
same choky little sob in her voice
and the tousled hair, everything
save the gin bottle.
She does an impression of Sophie
Tucker, too, that is grand; but that
is because Madame Tucker seems
so grand to me in her big juicy
way. But best of all these is her
Lenore Ulric skit from "Lulu Belle."
That is it. The hot Ulric voice, lush
like Mae West's, but warm and
squashy like women like Lulu Belle.
There is the same tight red dress,
ridiculously short, with the rolled
net stockings; the funny red silk
umbrella; and the cocky red silk
hat with the trembling red feather
awry. Venita Gould's Lenore Ulric
is not an impersonation: it is a
great big wonderful creation of an
artist.
I hope you like her when you
see her.
I can't remember anyone who
had quite the same flair and rush
and vivid personality, save a man
who was hostess at a colored cab-
aret in Chicago who was dressed
f'n a black wig and a dirty white
evening gown and called himself
Gloria Swanson.
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STUDENTS' RECITAL SERIES
tication..through the presentation Last night's duo piano recital by
of dramatic ideas on a background Elizabeth and Frances Copeland
of authentic folk life and in the proves that first impressions often
true folk spirit, which should be are wrong and must be tempered
of considerable significance in the I with patience and tolerance. The
history of dramatic productions Saint-Saens "Minuet and Gavotte"
locally. is just a' simple, quiet melody and
* * * did not reveal the inherent cap-
POPULAR DEMAND abilities of Mr. Maier's young
Comedy Club announce addi- pupils. The difficult "Andante from
tional performances of Elliott Les- Sonata in D" (Mozart), which
ter's high-powered comedy, "Take calls for calm restraint and
My Advice," in Mimes Theatre, smoothness of execution, was a bit
Friday and Saturday nights cf this ragged and we began to grow im-
week. Their production contains patient. But when the first effer-
a capable cast and delivers itself vescent chords of Saint-Saens
of a rapid fire of stirring comedy, "Scherzo Op. 87", buIled forth
which makes their revival a real with remarkably accurate. preci-
contribution to the amusement of sion, we stiffened inour chair and
the campus. became attentive. Rapid, difficult
greys
and tans just a little
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