SAGE i ®Ull THE MICHIGAN DAILY AQF~ FOU1~ DAILY Fresh Air camp on Lake Patterson.."....t*f**a..fe******** ** .. * ** * ****....*. I . - Each summer under the auspices Published every morning except Moday e assocti hn during the Ulniversity year by the Board in o h soito udeso Control of Student Publications, needy boys, most of them from De- Member of , western Conference- Editorial troit, are given an opportunity toc Asso atio leave the city and to spend a pe- """"""""""""".""""" - The Associated Press is exclusively en rinod of virtually two weeks at the TONIGHT: Play Production presents a bi'l of four original one-act titled to-teis republication of all news . dispatches credited to it or not otherwise S. C. A. camp. plays by student authors, beginning at 8:15 o'clock in the Uni-S credited in this paper and the local news pub- Plans are already under way for versify Hall Theatre. lished herein. Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, the organization and operation of TONIGHT: The Alumnae Council Present Thomas Wilfred's Produc-I Michigan,: ssecond class matter. Special rate the Fresh Air camp for this com- tion of "The Vikings", by Hennik Ibsen, with set in living light of, postag" granted& by Third Assistant Post-tiingf"Tsummer.s, Accordingse, wih to theivngar-h master aeneral. ing summer. According to the ar- from the Clavilux; beginning at 8:15 o'clock in Hill Auditorium. Subscription by carrier, 14.00; by mail, rangements being made by Homer We are now prepared to take PICTURE FRAMING orders at our New Location 305 Maynard FRAMING. ''I } "t t P8-fces: Ann Arbor Press Building, May- H. Grafton, secretary of the Stu- nard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business, 21214. dent Christian association and camp director, accomodations will EDITORIAL STAFF be prepared to care for more than Telephone 4925 400 boys during the coming camp-f ing season.] MANAGING EDITOR KENNETH G. 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Upton x Humphrey Marie Wellstead FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1929 Night Editor-PIERCE ROSENBERG In addition to securing the maj- ority of the camp budget each year through the donations of students, faculty, and alumni, the Michigan campus supplies associate directors, counsellors, and men to fill other essential positions in the camp per- sonnel. These men, many of them students, receive some financial remuneration but are paid largely in the opportunity which is theirs to be of genuine service in a most worthwhile cause. It is usually impossible for all of the students interested to be placed as counsellors at the Lake Patter- son encampment. The work of those who are selected, however, is to be commended. As it is impos- sible for the entire campus to take an active part in the camp pro- gram, the balance of the student body may find its part in the work by contributing to the financial campaign which the S. C. A. will launch later in the spring. A SAVE THE BUFFALO. THESE TAXING TAXIS, Whenever a radical reform is in- jected into the system of a great institution, . some unforeseen and disastrous by-product usually re- sults. As an example, one can quote the gang war as a product of prohibition, but to become more local:--^The placing -of- students at the mercy of monopolizing taxi companies is an atrocity. When the University instituted the -auto ban, it was intended to. be for the good of the student body at large. Why should not the University continue that policy in respect to transportation in Ann Arbor and give the students some protection from the exploitations of robbing taxicabs? At the present time in Ann Arbor there are approximately ten cab companies giving the other- wise-pedestrain students "service." Competition among them has suc- ceeded in lowering the cab rates within a, region which might ap- proach reason. But the very fact that there is so much business that high rates can be successfully maintained indicates that not yet is there sufficient competition. In Detroit where patronage is also very steady, rates are five cents per quarter mile and in much smaller Michigan towns are twenty cents anywhere in the city, both rates not dictating passenger limitations. If rates can be that reasonable in others towns, why not in Ann Arbor where taxi cabs provide one of two possible means of transpor- tation? Very few rates in Ann Arbor are as low as thirty-five cents, and only one allows extra passengers without further levying. Two stu- dents, each escorting a feminine companion, were charged a dollar and forty cents to ride two blocks. Not being in a situation to com- fortably dispute the rate, the stu- dents paid. But the University administra- tion is in a position to demand justice, and furthermore by virtue of having imposed the auto ban, is in a position where it has a moral obligation to demand justice for the students. If the University; does not provide some means of, maintaining reasonable rates, and to eliminate hi-jacking on rush occasions, it is not performing a; At present, an attack upon the pocket veto power of the president of the nation is under way before the Supreme Court. The matter has been brought up by six tribes of Indians suing for rights they claim have been withheld, the bill authorising the suit having been defeated by a pocket veto of Presi- dent Coolidge last year at the close of the 70th Congress. In the attack upon this time- worn power of the President, sev- eral interesting and amusing things in the light of the present day have come forth. Should the Supreme Court decide in favor of the Indians, and should the power of pocket veto go, important things might result. For instance, the useless slaughter of buffalo would be stopped and the time for carry- ing mail between Missouri and California would be speeded from 38 to 30 days. If the Indians are sustained, the government would find it necessary to take over Mus- cle Shoals. Pensions for persons long dead would be granted and a Lincoln'land district in New Mexico would be created. "The pocket veto violates the ex' pressed pupose of the constitu- tion," Representative Sumners of Texas who is handling the case of the Indians told the Supreme Court the other day, adding that the constitution requires the presi- dent's objections to bills be made public, and that the pocket veto "violates this mandate." This method of painlessly setting aside bills on the part of the na-I tion's chief executive officer has long been regarded as one to be preferred over the ruthless mark- ing of veto across the face of the measure. The idea has before been questioned, but this is one of the few times it had faced such an ac- tive opposition. It is doubtful that the Supreme Court will see fit to set aside the presidential power, and that other means will be sought to settle the case with the Indians. Too many important things, especially the Muscles Shoals measure, will hinge upon; the adverse decision and the high- est court could hardly see fit to revive such pertinent questions as the Shoals and the preservation of, buffalo. 0 WHAT-NO TEAMS? Alma college has withdrawn its spring sport team from M. I . A. Ai competition, the student body of the school has announced, due toJ lack of financial support. In addi-I tion, it has decided to banish even the profit-paying football and, basketball teams. Such things have been done in the past, and yet the teams have shown up again the next fall. Sports are too integral a part of1 college life 'to lxa abolished en- tirely. Even while it is hard forz a large University to realise theI expediency of such a move, it takes the attitude that Alma will return to M. I. A. A. competition at alumni I and outside pressure.I THE ONE ACT PLAYS A Review By Paul L. Adams As an indication of the interest being shown in Play Production's experiment with student written plays, the four one act dramas were given for the third time last eve- ning before another well filled house. Taking the plays by themselves, none of them has been improved notably since the elimination con- test, and, in the case of "My Man", by Jerome McCarthy, the play has even deteriorated by rewriting. But the acting and production, in all the plays, was greatly improved. In "My Man", this is especially true. With the exception of Rose Varkle who jerked around the stage like a marionette and jawed her lines terribly, the actors did excellently. Helen W o r k m a n, Charles Holden, and Richard Cole all deserve commendation. The play itself falls rather flat in the middle with the conversation be- tween the two small-town girls, and shows no improvement from that point. The rather laughable, melodramatic end might have been somewhat improved by a more thorough explanation of the rea- sons for the shooting, and more capable acting by Miss Varkle. But the exposition of the shooting seems to have been cut out in the present version. The opening of the play, however, contains prob- ably the best dramatic character- ization done in any of the dramas, and is rivaled only by that in "Passion's Progress.by "The Joiners" by Arthur M. Hinkley is good, broad comedy well done; but it is not exceptional. None of the cast was more than mediocre, but they conveyed the comedy of the situation. The work of the cast in "Out- side This Room", was a big im- provement over that done in the first presentations of the play, but here too none was exceptional. The play itself it built too much on the idea of people being trapped by life fo- the characters to be clear and finely drawn. The use of mu- sic, however, il aiding the emotion- al rise to the climax is an excellent piece of craftsmanship, and a real coup de thatre. "Passion's Progress", by R. Les- lie Askren, is probably the best written of the plays, and is most fortunate in having the finest cast of any of them. Shirley King in- terpreted the character of Myrna Streeter with excellent perception of its nuances; and her perception justified a rather cynical attitude toward women in spite of the character's charm. Robert Adams did not do so well in the extremely difficult part of Vernon Douglas. His grasp of the character is fine, but he has a tendency to allow his voice to wander out of its register too frequently. Charles Peake, as the honest John, does very well, especially in'the closing action of the play. "Passion's Progress" is notable for the wit of the lines which at no time carry the char- acters out of themselves, and for the mastery of stage technic it shows. All in all, Play Production's ex- periment is certainly justified by the results. None of the plays are perfect, but they all have moments in them of exceeding promise, and freshness of vision. Because they are not mature writers, the au- thors deserve to be highly com- mended regardless of flaws or lack of technic which will come with continued effort. "THE VIKINGS" ieviewed by R. Leslie Askren The epitome of criticism of this new dramatic departure is that the most sophisticated 'taste in matters theatrical is safe with Wilfred. Not at all paradoxically,J "hELLO YOURSELF" "Hello Yourself", George Choos' musical comedy hit of the current season, opens a limited engage- ment at the Cass Theatre next Sunday night. This is the collegi- ate show featuring the interna- tionally famous orchestra, Waring's Pennsylvanians. The production comes directly from the Grand the immaturely developed taste- locally turned into fields of realism in comedy and drama-can find all j manner of fault, but such criticism throws its delightful ironic reflec- tions on the critic himself. The Spirit of the Ironies will undoubt- edly enjoy the run "The Vikings" has in this city. The use of the color organ until the final act of the play is a dis- appointment chargeable to over- publicizing, but the repression with which the final wild ride of the Valkyrian horsemen into the yawning mysteries of Valhalla was treated ; stamps Wilfred at once as an artist with dazzling effects which he subdues, almost viciously, to the bare necessities of the drama. The result is that "The Vikings" is Ibsen, not Wilfred. It would seem difficult to find higher praise, The play itself is a warning of what Ibsen was later to do with "Hedda Gabler" and "Ghosts." The plot basis is the Icelandic Volsung sagas, heroic tales of warriors who lived for battle. The writing of the play, and Wilfred's brilliant setting design, struggle powerfully to carry the drama out to the vital, brutal Scandinavian cliffs and scrubby forests, but the involutions of the plots as they are created by the fiery Hjordis in her perverse lust for 'trouble carries -the whole play, in spite of itself, into the tiny twisted sort of drama that Hedda and Mrs. Alving embody. Katherine Wick Kelly has such an immensity of power and such bril- liance in her interpretation that I Hjordis becomes a mighty char- acter in spite of the plot ten- dencies, but the direction stands in defiance -of her ability. In Miss Kelly's hands, however, the twisted Hjordis, thwarted in her girlhood love and so turned, sublimating her sex, into a passion for embroiling men in war, becomes a glorious pagan who is defeated in her struggle against life only by the sweep northward of "the great white God" of Christainity. And there Wilfred has missed, as a postlude, a brilliant opportunity to emphasize with his light paint- ing the utter irony of the parting of the ways for Sigurd and Hjordis, I he to a Christian heaven with the symbolism of the white cross leading the way, and she, with the wild ride of "the horsemen," to a pagan Valhalla, red with the lust for war. In opposition to Miss Kelly out- standing characters are Ornulf, played by Reynolds Evans, and Sigurd, by Robert Henderson. None of the players has brought to Ibsen's lines the immensity of rhythm that they demand, with the result that they tend some- what to degenerate to bombast, but Evans and Henderson bring strik- ig nterpretations. In each there is thie repression, the sense of power more than ample, that out- lines the warrior vitality vividly, and this gives Evans' interpreta- lion of the burial scene of his youngest and last remaining son an- extraordinary dramatic value, particularly when he breaks into chant to ease the burden of grief. The entire cast, however, is well fitted. The tendency is tonde-. inand in a Saga drama entirely warrior characters. Ibsen's crea- tion of his characters denies this possibility. Consequently a num- ber of pygmies run through a background of heroic proportions, incongruously in contrast with the' inverted, subjective plot which is only heroic because such small statured men can fell so strongly. Only this remains to be said; that Wilfred's skeleton set design is a brilliant rationalization of technical and dramatic necessities, and the nonchalance with which -it is changed, entre-actes, gives i a charming touch of freedom that does not puncture the tissue of illusion. ence of Waring's orchestra in the cast is an assurance of novelty. The story of "Hello Yourself" was written by Walter DeLeon, famous Saturday Evening Post scribe, the music by Richard Myers and the lyriics by Leo Robin, composer of "Hit the Deck." Clarke Silvernail staged the dialogue and Dave Gould the dances. Other featuredj Want Ads Pay . -- - - - - - - - - - - r - - -r.- - - - -wr-I9-1+2nr 1-4Ptr-r-I mrmmr!2" ''l'# mr!!r!2!2 nri2 !2r2 l 11 k ;, raar~raarara~rU-Mar r r r rommean r~t~ar i aran TrechCoats are ideal for school wear. 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FOUR DAYS SIX CONCERTS May 22 23 24, 25, 1929 For the closing event in the Semi- Centenary Concert Series of ,the University Musical Society, the following distin- guished artists and organizations have been engaged EDITH MASON, Prima Donna Soprano, Chicago Civic Opera Company JEANNLTTE VREELAND, Distinguished American Soprano SOPHIE BRASLAU, Renowned American Contralto MARION TELVA, Contralto, Metropolitan Opera Company RICHARD CROOKS, Tenor, Premier American Concert Artist PAUL ALTHOUSE, Tenor, Metropolitan Opera Company LAWRENCE TIBBET, Baritone, Metropolitan Opera Company RICHARD BONELLI, Baritone, Chicago Civic Opera Company BARRE HILL, Baritone, Chicago Civic Opera Company WILLIAM GUSTAFSON, Bass, Metropolitan Opera Company JOSEF HOFMANN, Polish Pianist EFREM ZIMBALIST, Hungarian Violinist THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Frederick Stock, Conductor THE UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION, Earl V. Moore, Conductor CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL CHORUS, Juva Higbee, Conductor CHORAL WORKS: Samson and Delilah, by Saint Saens; The New Life, by Wolf Ferrari; The Requiem, by Br ahms; The Hunting of the Snark (Chil- dren), by Boyd. TICKETS Block "A"-Patrons Tickets, (all remaining seats in sections 2, 3 and 4 on the Main Floor and sections 7, 8 and 9 in the First Balcony,) $5.00 each if Choral l Union Festival Coupon is returned, otherwise $8.00 each. Block "B"-Sections 1 and 5 on the Main Floor and Sections 6 and 10 in the First Balcony, $4.00 each if Festival Coupon is returned, otherwise $7.00 each. Block "C"-All Seats in the Second Balcony (Top Balcony) $3.00 each if Festival Coupon is returned, otherwise $6.00. All mail orders will be filed in sequence 'and filled in the same order except that orders received prior to February 28 are considered as of that date. Tickets will be selected as near as possible to locations requested and will be mailed out early in April at purchasers' risks unless registration fee of 17 cents additional is