HE v -w MICHIGAN DAIL1Y I ml MIDAY, APRTIL 24, 16 41 ' Or -,m THr~ MTCAIIGAN DAILY ~DNESDAV, AFFIIL ~ Published every morning except Monday ding the University year by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of Westera Conference Editorial Association.- The Associated Press is exclusively en- titled to the use, fo* republication -of all news dispatches' credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news pub-1 lished hereirn. Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, us second class matter. Special rate of postag' granted by Third Assistant Post- miaster General. Subsc-iption by earrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.190. Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May- I nard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4923; Business, 2r2r4. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR KENNETH G. PATRICK Editor.......................Nelson J. Smith City Editor........... . Stewart hooker News Editor.........'... Richard C.. Kurvinik Sports Editor..............W. 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Warner Jr. Ruth Kelsey Cleland Wyllie BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER EDWARD L. HULSE Assatant Manager-RAYMOND WACHTER Department Managers Advertising...............Alex K. Scherer Advertising..............A. James Jordan Advertising .............. Car, W. Hammer Service...................Herbert E. Var num .'irculation..... ..........orge S. Bradley Accounts............Lawrence E. Walkley Publications.................Ray M. Hofelich ti t T x 1 t t Michigan Daily to "read the Wash- ANOTHER ONE GONE, Another tradition has faded in- LARK to . the background! The tug-o'- LEAVES war, held for so many years be- LEERINGLYL tween the sophomores and fresh- At an early hour yesterday after- men across the Huron river just l noon Lark left the office hurriedly; north of the Wall street bridge, so it is again up to us to roll up1 must give way to a municipal golf our sleeves and glue together a course, ,and another t.-ition Is1 column. And we want to begin by cast into the already overcrowded strenuously denying authorship of' morgue. the outrageous pome anent Texas Accepting the fact that we can- Guinan, for which we were given not hold the event at its usual place credit in yesterday's column. WeI and that no other point on the don't even now who Texas Guinan river would be suitable, must the and Willebrandt are, and besides, student body submit to a tug across the pome was signed by Poison Ivy the greensward of Ferry field? who deserves the credit, if any. Imagine what a dull, colorless, * * prosiac affair that would be. No JACK ASKS STUDENTS mud-splattered freshmen, no per- TO WRITE IN CONTEST spiring sophomores with a team of --Headline in Daily horses or a truck to help them drown their opponents, no spotless If you read that fast you'll officials to be made filthy during discover that it's not news. the hostilities, an unconcerned The abvious answer is, they us- group of spectators. The whole Tuabos proceeding would be utterly impos- y do. * * sible. Having climbed the Matterhorn, In order to prevent this unwar- Haingclimbedith Matton n, - . -run the original marathon. swum f Z I ranted condition, should make everye some suitable place tug, for to lose one spectacular of all oft which is rich with would be to lose an of our college life.t the council effort to find to hold the of the most our traditions ancient lore, integral part Save the tra- the Hellespont and navigated the Panama Canal, Halliburton must have felt like taking a ride for a change. Ann Arbor certainly took him for one. BULL-ETIN Music And Drama TONIGHT: Mimes present Rob- ert E. Sherwood's satire on Kings and Queens "The Queen's Husband" in their theatre, beginning at 8:15, curtain at 8:30 o'clock.3 "THE QUEEN'S HUSBAND" Reviewed By William J. Gorman Sherwood's play, because it con-- sists of little but a deft combina- tion of several conventional types of comic material-the farce of the weak, amiable, superfluous little ruler, the tragedy and Graustark( romance of the Princess, and a satiric revolution-has for merit 1little but the merit of uproarious situations and smart lines. Mimes has admirably suited their per- formance to the nature of the play. The cast slips successfully through the loose transitions by the agree- ableness and enthusiasm of the acting. Those skillfully-conceived episodes which really give the play its vitality-the king's checker matches with his flunkey, his calm acceptance of and joy in the revo- lution-are correctly and enthus- iastically emphasized in the per. formance. A careful but enthusias- tic performance was needed to dis- guise the fickleness of Sherwood's mood and the looseness of his com- edy; and Mimes gives it. Kenneth White as the "queen's husband" is supreme. In the first act, thoroughly squelched by the I Queen's termagant tongue, the king's futility is a bit pathetic. His gradual rise to power, culminating in the glorous victory of the mar- riage of his daughter to a plumb- er's son, is excellently done by White. He has successfully caught the droll evasiveness of the good- humored king. His whole con- ception of Eric VIII is an amus- ingly arid portrayal, unfailing in its sharp, incisive humor. Though the other characters are fragmentar ly presented, they are given the same zest of presentation as White has given to ftis lull por- traiture. Eugenie Chapel plays the Princess with eagerness and sin- Scerity. Kurvink, with extented chest and loudkintonations, is a 'highly amusing Premier. These are outstanding but the other per- formances, Josephine Rankin as the hard-fisted Queen enjoying her burd- an S he gnrr (U 1 "First Electrical Shop in Ann Arbor Still in Business" Get Our Prices Lamps--Shades For Any Room C .KITTREDGE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Dial 3514-9713 205 E. Liberty St. Brooks Bldg. Parts and Servic~e FOR ALL MAKES GEO. WEDEMEYER E. Liberty "EXCLUSIVELY RADIO" Phone 3 y/ i t I t E -C a _ FRESHMEN GEOLOGY STUDENTS NOTE THAT MR. TOle MIE MACK, who is a specialist in Geology and Geography, will conduct a REVIEW CLASS on SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 28 AT 7:30 P.M., IN GEOLOGY 2 MAKE RESERVATIONS EARLY TUTORING IN EVERY COLLEGE SUBJECT AT MACK TUTORING AGENCY 310 S. State, Over College Inn Phone 792 Y M ^ Want Ads Pay 1 RADIO 221 :a 694 Be your age ditions-there is far too great a paucity already! o CORRECTING THE PERCENTAGE COLUMN Baseball fans attach a greatl deal of importance to the percent- age column in picking the winner. The same is true of the Conference officials who finally name' the win- ner by the magnitude of the third figure to the right, which tells the story, but only part, of the suc- cesses and failures of each team throughout the season. Just why percentages tell but a part of the story is evident to any- one who has spent any time in this !particular region of the globe. Jup- iter Pluvius is usually affected by a crying jag about this season of, the year, and takes great pleasure in ascertaining just how many ball games he can break up by dampening the spirits of all con- cerned. But in doing this, he is not playing fair, because after all, games scheduled and games play- ed are not the same thing, and the officials consider only those play- ed. C r SATURDAYSp ca Choice Lamb, Pork,".. Beef and Veal Home Dressed Chickens and Broilers Mary Chase Jeanette Dale v ernor Davis Bessie Egeland S4lly Faster Anna Goldberg Kasper Halversoa George Hamilton ack Horwich Dix Hurntphrey Assistants Marion Kerr Lillian Kovinsky B~ernard Larson Hollister Mabley I. A. Newman Jack Rose Carl F. Schemm George Spater SherwoodeaUpton Marie Wellstead This is Claudius McSnivvle, '29, the only man who got a thril out of Halliburton's lec- ture. "I was on my way to Hill Auditorium," he stated yester- day, "and was run over by a roadster driven by a swell blonde. She took me to the hospital. Gosh, what a thrill! Men like Halliburton serve our highest admiration for their abirity to lift us from our prosaic and mundane niches."I * * * It is rumored that the annual Soph-Frosh tug of war may take place on Ferry Field, but who ever heard of taking swimming lessons on a desert? THERE is no dignity in dash- ing wetly from one class to the next, and arriving breathless and dripping like a wet dog. Slip into a comfortable Fish Brand "Varsity" Slicker and saunter at your ease. Pockets big and strong enough to hold your books. Buckle, or but- tons in front, as you choose, and a corduroy-faced collar, with or without a strap. Just ask for Tower's Fish Brand, "The Rainy Day Pal." A. J. Tower Company, Boston, Massachusetts. rVOWEI, Y- G fell's 223 North Main Market Phone 4208 Night Editor-PIERCE ROSENBERG WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1929 GOOD MORNING =1 A "~good morning", to the Wash.- Tcal emacYmpo he tenaw Tribune! Once again The To call a team a champion he Daily steps td the fore in the mat- drodt pofany opponent way ter of news gathering, in spite of howne tottle on the mud-ttetc the allegations of its erstwhile com- batse todeteestto petitor that it is continually scoop- atlecomipetiio Amdelete zest fr ed by superior journalists.t. . mh.o.e We wonder if the Washtenaw moving this evil is in general prac- ticed in many leagues throughout Tribune has lost interest in the I A fight that is being waged for tax exemption of fraternity and soror- ity property, or really didn't have the news this time. In a feature article in the issue of April 19, which is apparently an attempt to sum up the action taken thus far in the Legislature and is designed as a "clean-up" article for the question, that paper has either ig- nored or lost sight of a few very pertinent facts. #, The Tribune admits that the Conlon bill which was introduced in the Senate and is in replica to the Darin bill which was indefinite- ly postponed by a House committee! that had it under advisement, is two steps ahead of the position the former bill gained in the House but goes on to report as absolute fact that: "-it will be necessary for some member of the Senate to move, when the bill is reported out, that it be placed on general orders and printed." "If the bill should happen to be placed on general orders and printed, the time before ad- journment is too short for the bill to get very far." The Daily wonders where the Tribune has been during the action taken on the Conlon bill in the Sen- ate. The bill has written across its face: "Senate Bill No. 303. March 21,1929, Introduced by Senator Conlon, ordered printed, and referred to the Committee on Taxation." Across the printed bill is the of- ment, held quite often at the sam time as the final track meet of the year,aprovides an excellentdraw- ing card and helps to iron oui some of the unnecessary wrinles in the situation., This plan has an advantage over the double-header method of playing off games in that no team will have to bear greater burden than any other be- cause of a heavy schedule. Rain insurance, while an excel- lent guard against the loss of a crowd, does not help a deserving team carry off the flag. If fairness Ito all is considered, some such system should be put into use by the Big Ten and at least give the boys a run for their money. Campus Opinion Contributors are asked to be brief, confining themselves to less than 300 words it possible. Anonymous com- munications will be disregarded. The names of communicants will, however, be. regarded as confidential, upon re- quest. Letters published should nut be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of the Daily. 'COMMIT SUICIDE!" The Editor: ' Your editorial "Introducing the Hot Chair" shows that the writer is ignorant of the following estab- lished facts. According to Professor Exner of Leipzig University who was en- trusted with an analysis of crimi- nal statistics by 'the Saxon Minis- try of Justice, murders did not in- crease from 1865 to 1880 and since the 1918 revolution, when no exe- cutions took place; he therefore n The perversity of the weather is J in a brief appearance as s one of our most interesting prob- the supercilious Prince George lems thia so-called spring. /The Priehs as the desperately intellect- minute anyone breathes a word ual Liberal-are all of high cali- a about spring it starts to rain or bre. - snow or something. It hasn't fail- Because it has episodes and lines - ed yet. And because we've men- of sure-fire humor but more im- t tioned the fact, it will most likely portant, because it is given a fine -pour all day today. But (Shhh!) performance by Mimes, "The e wasn't it a swell day. yesterday? Queen's Husband" should prove a e delight to the epicrean playgoer. - + The sort of a day that brought delight to the epicurean playgoer. t forth wrinkled' knickers flavored with mothballs, rusty golf clubs, * *'* z and girls in diaphanous attire. The regular meeting of the play- rThe sort that caused soporific ' students, hounded by the thought writing class under) Prof. Rowe will r of approaching bluebooks, to hie be held tonight in the Speech - themselves to the library where Seminar room, 3212 A. H., begin- they promptly fell asleep. The ning at 7:15. At this meeting the campus was calm and peaceful, decision of the judges of the full save for the putt-putting of a grass' cuttng achne hichdragedbe-length play contest which the Di- cutting machine which dragged be- Tvision of English is sponsoring will s hind, it a drowsy B. & G. boy; and anonced ndhe wnning pl the birds-too lazy to twitter-only will be read to the class by the au- peeped. ilbredtthcasbyheu- pepd* * thor. The judges will also review Now that a flying school has beente prlems of play-writing and the situation generally as indicated opened in Ann Arbor the regents by the plays submitted. 1had better get together and work Public announcement of the de- up another ban, just in case. cision will be made in the news TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY columns of The Daily. In this col .D T umn will appear a story on the re- trackIN THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thel actions of the judges to the trial- takteam is dawn at Franklin by-order of readin oedozno Field, Philadelphia, Pa... Yesterday ading some ozen or the baseball manager called for so full length plays in manuscript - cndiate an ony oe mn sow-form. candidates and only one man show- The contest itself is the second ed up....sThetEnsian editors an- ep taken by the Division of Eng- ticipated many sales of their nifty, lish) in the direction of achieving a cloth-covered book.... Granger's University Theatre by bulding up Academy advertises dancing le.- a tradition for student written pro- sons.... Baseball gloves are adver- ductions. The effort of the Divi- tised, priced at twenty-five cents to Sion has been to develop the inter- three dollars.... Get your souvenir action of the dramatic activities in picture book of Michigan now..., the English, Rhetoric, and Speech Seniors are asked to order their departments with the purpose of beer mugs at once. Price $2.50, en- having a working organization graved.Uready in anticipation of the The-' GUJMLEY* acre., innocent. When the winning play is an- Capital punishment is not a de- nounced Director Windt will begin terrent. If it were, murder would casting immediately so that the have increased in the states and in production date may follow as soon the countries which have already after "The Beggar On Horseback" abolished the death penalty. In as possible. most of these states and countries Professor E. E. Fleishman of the murder has decreased. In no aboli- Speech department has consented tion state or country has there ,to review the production for this been an increase. column and his broad knowledge of To spend one's life within prison the theatrical field should make his walls may be worse than death; article of considerable interest and those who feel that way have sure- importance. MAY IFESTIVAL 4 Days - MAY 22,23,24,25, 1929 - 6 Conterts HILL AUDITORIUM - ANN ARBOR EARL V. MOORE Musical Director FREDERICK STOCK Orchestral Conductor ERIC DELAMARTER Guest Conductor JUVA HIGBEE Children's Conductor Edith Mason Soprano Chicago Civic Opera Company Jeannette Vreeland Soprano Distinguished American Artist Sophie Braslau Contralto Metropolitan Opera Company Marion Telva Contralto Metropolitan Opera Company Richard Crooks Tenor Premier American Concert Artist Paul Althouse Tenor Metropolitan Opera Company Lawrence Tibbett 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 Pianist Polish Virtuoso Efrem Zimlaist Violinist Hungarian Master The Chicago Symphony Orchestra The University Choral Union Children's Festival Chorus Samson and Delilah Saint Saens The New Life Wolf-Ferrari pw+rur Read the Class ified Ads ;.I 4 ~l1 l ~.J tl 1~ I ficial rubber stamp of the Senate concludes that there is no relation document room showing when the, between capital punishment and printed bill was officially filed: I murderous criminality. (Month- "Received Mar. 27, 1929, Sen- ly magazine of Crimnal Psychol- ate Document Room." jogy.) Evidently the Tribune didn't Warden Lawes came to Sing Sing know the bill had been introduced as a supporter of capital punish- In the Senate on March 2; didn't ment and saw 266 persons go to know it was ordered printed when the electric chair; he is now op- introduced; didn't know it was posed to capital punishment, be- actually officially filed as being lieving that executions brutalize printed on March 27; didn't know i men; that the rich can usually 'I" 1 8 I