FOUR THE MICHIeAN DAILY MRIAY; APRIL 5, 0~2 New York drys failed in Fvictions, New York drys failed in an abortive attempt to push Published every morning except Monday through an enforcement law, Wis- diing the University ear by the Board in Control of Student Pulications. consin voted to repeal its enforce- Member of Wester Conference Ediitorial ment law, and Congress voted a Association. -bare tenth of the money necessary The Associated Press is exclusively en- for "one honest attempt to enforce tithed to the use for republication of all news tiispatches credited to it or not otherwise the eighteenth amendment." "taptS... . . f... ,a .tta :,,,: 5/t t ot .. ..ea.rat. - - --a:.. .tta . ttal t.r: .. . .n .... en.................... usic andDama . TE.E Y.RK..C..N.....E.. ....................................................... THE NEW YORKtl i SCENEt) tatitit .,_ i i E i credited in this paper and the local news pub- lished herein., Entered at tke postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan,tus second elats matter. Special rate of postag granted by Third Assistant Post- master General. Subscription by carrier, $4.00; by mail, #4(ffices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May- sard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business, 21214. j EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR KENNETH G. PATRICK Editor...................Nelson J. Smith] City Editor.............1. Stewart Hooker News Editor...........Richard C.rKurvink Sports Editor............. W. Morris Quinn Women's Editor............Sylvia S.Stone Telegraph Editor............ George Stauter Music and Drama:::.............R. L. Askren Assistant City Editor.........Robert Silbar Night Editors oseph E. Howell Charles S. Monroe IDonald J. Kline Pierce Rosenberg Lawrence R. Klein George E. Simons George C. Tilley One is tempted to speculate how, if Congress will not vote funds forl federal enforcement and if the' states repeal their enforcement laws, is the constitution to be up- held? Another legitimate speculation concerns the building up of a pub- lic opinion in sympathy with en forcement. To date the most vali- ant efforts of the dry squad have served to arouse a storm of popu- lar resentment against such out- rages as the brutal DeKing slaying, the murdering of an innocent man by a tipsy, ununiformed federal of- ficer near Buffalo, and the I'm Alone sinking in the Gulf of Mexi- co. To this list we might append last fall's discovery that three- fourths of the dry agents patrol- ing the Detroit river were in the pay of rum runners. Perhaps Mr. Hoover, who would seemingly have us believe that the Vacators to holiday season dinary jumble New York will find an of plays to for the extraor- be seen and not seen of which one stands out as not to be missed, Sherriff's "Journey's End", and anotherl emerges as well worth missing,l O'Neill's "Dynamo" In between' manner which heretofore has been wholeheartedly expressionistic, but his sally into stark realism has re- sulted in a very fine study of tene- ment street scenes. Jed Harris' production of "Ser- ena Blandish" which S. N. Behr- man dramatized from the delight- i II i i i ( i i i i 1 i 1 i 1 1 i I I r E come :a number of offerings well ful novel that came out some four worth talking about afterward. or five years ago also deserves at- The Theatre Guild have hurried i tention for being one of those bril- to cover their losses with the liantely hard things, quite with- O'Neill thing by opening "Man's lout emotion, and altogether fas- Estate" at the Biltomore early this cinating, that such historical gen- week. The cast features Margalo tlemen as Congreve offered a gay Gillmore, Earle Larimore and court life, back in 1680. Behrman Dudley Digges, and the Guild ac- will be remembered for his "The colade of production stands still as Second Man" which The Guild pro- a hallmark on the authorship of duced here last fall. Bruce Gould and Beatrice Black- In another field, musical comedy, mar. at least two shows are very worthy A play more worth seeing for the seeing; "Follow Thru" which in conversation it may make is the spite of a more sweety-sweety book Reporters Paul L. Adams Donald E. Layman, Morris Alexand? Charles A. Lewis C. A. Askren Marian McDonald Bertram Askwits Henry Merry Louise Behyme- Elizabeth Quaife Arthur Bernsteiu Victor Rabinowitz Seton C. Bovee Joseph A. Russell Isabel Charles Anne Schell L. R. Chubb Rachel Shearer Frank E. Cooper Howard Simon Helen Domine Robert L. Sos Margaret Eckels Ruth Steadman Douglas Edwards A. Stewart Valborg tgeland Cadwell Swariscu Robert J. Feldman Jane Thayer Marjorie Follmer Edith Thomas William Gentry Beth Valentine Ruth Geddes Gurney Willams David B. Hempstead Jr. Walter Wilds kichard Jung George E~. Wohlgemuthi Charles R. Kaufman Edward L. Warner Jr. Ruth Kelsey Cleland Wyllie BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 i I' t . s s I eighteenth amendment is the heart oof the constitution, can find the necessary stimulant (non-alcoho- lic) for that fluttering organ. We are more inclined to believe that prohibition is the constitution's diseased appendix in urgent need of appendectomy. H MICHIGA N'S LAND SURVY revival of Stephen Phillips' "Paolo than its predecessor seems the and Francesca" from the archives logical heir to "Good News", and1 of theatrical taste distinctly pre- contains lack Sheahan to settle war and very much fin-de-siecle. all dispute; and Earl Carroll's fi- The poetic drama school of writing nancial extravaganza, "Fioretta",I came somewhat as a result of which is worth seeing if only to early Georgian disgust with unin- gasp at the stupendous-as the spired modelling on Ibsen. "Cyrano critics unanimously carolled-ex- de Bergerae" is the finest fruit of pense involved, though Leon Errol the crop. Jane Cowl will invest i should be a not inconsiderable at- the part of Francesca with her traction himself, particularly as a usual gripping charm, playing with ; wobble-legged Venetian trouba- Philip Merivale, Guy Standing and dour. It is easy to see why Venice others. went in for canals; Errol at least Another play that stands out as can swim. a decided hit is "Street Scene" by Otherwise, there are plenty of Elmer Rice and produced at the decent shows to fill the vaction Playhouse. Followers of campus week program which have not drainatics will discover a last year's been mentioned; principally be- Comedy Club member in Samuell cause an Ann Arbor bound editor S. Bonnell who carries two minor did not-care to face the agony of parts in this production. The play listing them. itself is very much out of Rice's R. L. A. fi ti ti ti fi fi ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ifi i 1 1 I I I I I I . 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Schelmm George Hamilton George Spater a ckHorwich Sherwood Upton ix Humphrey Marie Weljstead Night Editor-PIEROE ROSENBERG FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1929= SftING VACATION Uppermost in the minds of most Michigan students this morning is the fact that today is the last dayI of classes before spring vacation. Within the next 24 hours the large majority of the members of the student body will be at home for a brief but welcome respite from the rigors of scholastic endeavor. This vacation time, as always, will be :a time in which a few of the more industrious of Michigan students will prepare thesis assign-. ments. A few others, in morel des- perate straits scholasticly, will devote the majority of their time to making up long overdue assign,- ments or neglected collateral read- ing. To the large majority, however, the coming week will be a vacation in fact as well as in, name. It does not seem unreasonable to suggest to this group that the commu- nities into which they are going cannot help but regard them as representatives of the University, and judge Michigan and Michigan students by the impression which" they make. ... It may seem unimportant to many that such a distinction , should exist but that it does ist none the less .true. "Among those most interested in Michigan arer graduating . high school studentsk who are looking critically for a college or university. Only ast Michigan menn '-give a favorable impression of themselves and of life in Ann Arbor can their alma" mater expect to attract as fresh- meh those of this group best qual- ified and equipped for college life.i Prefaced only by this somewhat sermonlike appeal,.i The Daily ex- tends to every member of the Uni-c versity the hope that the oncom-r ing vacation period may provec both enjoyable and profitable.' Much has been said recently of Michigan's economic land survey, in which the entire state is map-; ped out so that all units of land may be reserved to their best use. Michigan, a state with much sandy as well as fertile area in ad-+ dition to other grades of land, has infinite possibilities for varied uses of her area. Not " all land can be devoted to any use, but al-' most all land has some use. What cannot be devoted to agriculture may have a better use in timber growing. It is precisely the pur- pose of the survey to determine what use each piece of land has and what its best use is. Practical economics requires that any factor to be highly productive must be put to that use to which it is best suited to avoid any waste. Michigan's plan has formed the groundwork for an extensive and profitable development of' the state that should turn much land which is being wasted into an asset in- stead of the liability that it is. The survey deserves much praise and should be followed by many other states, since it has already received the commendable recognition of the federal forest service. 0- Even with the Wesley and Harris player groups in the field, the cam- pus theater seems no nearer to realization. 0 In connection with a theater- naming contest in progress in the city, the sponsors are requiring that contestants submit poems explain- ing their suggestions. And then The Inlander will undoubtedly take what is left over for their contest. 0 And after noon today, bet that thousands of students will look be- hind the car to see if Andy is roar- ing up behind! Long years of hard work-consistent systematic saving, and at last, as the fruit of his providence, the wise man retires to enjoy his declining years in comfort. sure There is one sure way to enjoy this comfort. Hard work alone will not do it; you must save--and _ i E !tf tii 4 t save systematically. Open a savings account with our bank today and make it a habit to deposit a-* certain amount every week. ii for Men CC-Ajpince199 FARMERS AND MECHANICS DANKI Corner Main and Huron Sts. 330 ., State St L J f~i2 Roger Pryor and Wilva Davis in a scene from the fascinating newspaper comedy "The Front Page," which has scored a tremendous hit at the Wilson Theater in Detroit. "RUTH OF MOAB" Review by H. C. Supe is I Editorral Comment i THE MASTER'S DEGREE (From New York Herald Tribune) A Bachelor's degree has a certain current value in American life, and a Doctor's degree means some- thing, even though doctors disagree as to just what it means. But the intermediate degree, the M. A., has been a sort of academic orphan- sometimes respected and some- times treated as an unhappy ne- cessity., Fifty years ago the elder univer- sities gave the Master's degree to any worthy graduate who has sur- vived five years of postgraduate ex- istence without obvious mishap and was able to pay a small fee to the college treasury. Latterly the degree has tended to win a new respect. But at Harvard even to- day it is given to anyone who com- pletes a year as a graduate stu- dent with the modest grade of B° in four courses. They may be cou-rses frequented chiefly by undergraduates and only remotely related to one another, the degree follows automatically upon the grades. Now Dean Clifford Moore proposes that the plan worked out in the department of economics be adopted, whereby students shall begin at once upon serious re- search and receive a Master's de- gree only when they have shown The presentation last night of "Ruth of Moab" by the Wesley Players did not quite come up to expectations. The acting, with a few exceptions, was mediocre. Ruth, the Moabitess, played by Jean L. Currie was the outstanding char-! acter of the play and was fairly well portrayed. The part of Naomi, mother-in-law to Ruth, was taken by Rebecca Cole. While her inten- tions were good she failed to give ,the impression of age that the part required. Joseph Howell, playing the double role of Gurguna and Hanniel, was not at all convincing. Herschel Blanks as Boaz rated well and had several moments of in- spiration. The most interesting character of the play was Adnah, the old nurse, played by Marguerite Cornell. Colorful costumes and setting completed the general scenic effect. I LOOKING THEM OVER IN CHICAGO "A Connecticut Yankee" (Gar- "And So to Bed" (Great North- rick). With old tunes and fresh ern). "Sparkles like diamonds" say irls the ads. One should be cautious gra c ul abefore investing. Dracula ' (Blackstone). The well "Jarnegan" (W~ods). With Rich- known thriller still thrills. Splen ard Bennett in an uncomfortable did cast. role. "The Isadora Duncan Dancers" "The Royal Family" (Harris). (Majestic). Final week of a skep- The lowdown on Yankee royalty. tical performance. If you get a Still packing them in. pass, go. "Rosalie" (Illinois). Mar'ylyn "White Lilacs" (Selwyn). Leav- Miller and Jack Donohue; six bucks ing for. Detroit next week, but i or more, and almost worth it. tuneful, nevertheless. A. J. PRESHOW In the wake of "The Queen's atricality that dramatist is Gals- Husband" Mimes has made known worthy. To him even the most in- its intention of producing John ,nocent tricks of emphasis are the Galsworthy's "Loyalties". After the veritable snares of Mephisto. "He mechanically circumvented struc- would sooner die than drop his cur- tures this season has brought forth, tain on a particularly effective Galsworthy should prove to be the line. It is his chief ambition that fertilizing spermatozoon necessary you should never discern any ar- to the delight of our local dramatic rangement, any intention in his torchbearers. So full mouthed have work." The reason in back of DRY AMERICA! The time has come, as the Walrus said, to talk of many things-of liquor law enforcement, repeals, life terms, DeKings. The occasion for the talk is Wisconsin's over- whelming popular mandate to its legislature to stop emplQying state officers in the enforcement of pro- hibition This defiant hurling down of the gauntlet to the dry admin- LI C, uS 1111 rrom %-'.nora un'.ionIL 1iV I ILA are reIzuIIIe.1 LIv LZpriceVJul