PAGE FOUR THkE- M±lC H IG A N DfTIL Y -SATURDAYt 'DCEBER -1'. 12 f f ,,, a . .. T...,... .. .r.,. ,. ,..y...+ ....Published every morning except Monday juring the University year by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of Western Conference Editorial ASsociation. The Associated Press is exclusively en ted o the use for republication of allinews dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news pub ished herein. Entered at the pstoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Post-. master General. Subscription by carrier, $4.00; by mail, O3ffices:tAnn Arbor Press Building, May- card Street. Phones: Editorial. 4925; Business, m,., EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925! MANAGING EDITOR KENNETH G. PATRICK Editor.....................Paul J. Kern City Editor............... Nelson J. Smith News Editor .............Richard C. Kurvink SprsEditor............... 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Layman Cleland Wyllie BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER EDWARD L. HULSE Asistant Manager-RAYMOND WACHTER DepartmenMngr Advertising............... ne K. Scherer Advertising..............A. James Jordan Advertising ..............Cart W. Hammer Service..................HerbertR. Varnum Circulation..............GeorgeS. Bradley Accounts............Lawrence E. Walkly Publications...............Ray M. Hofelich Assistants Irving Binzer A Jack Horwich Donald Blackstone Dix Humphrey Mary Chase Marion Kerr anette Dale Lillian Kovinsky ernor Davis Bernard Larson Bessie Egeland Leonard Littlejohn Helen Geer Hollister Mabley Ann Goldberg Jack Rose Kasper Halverson Carl F. Schem , Gorp Hamilton Sherwoo, Upton Agnes Herwig Marie Welltead Walter Yeagley SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1928 Night Editor-JOSEPH E. HOWELL " 'B' TEAM A FAILURE" With much verDosity, and char- acteristic attempts at humor, H. 0. Salsinger, writing for the De- troit News, condemns the "B" team idea as one of the complete failures of the 1928 season. Not only does Mr. Salsinger condemn the "B" team but he takes several rather sly digs at President Clar- ence Cook Little who is alleged to have originated the plan. Mr. Sal- singer deserves the following cor- rections: First, the "B" team idea as placed in effect this season was not President Little's idea at all, as all close followers of the sport realize. President Little proposed two teams of equal strength, to be playing simultaneously at home and out of town; and when the inadvisability of this was made clear to him he changed his pro- posal to involve a weight division of the teams. President Little would also like to see the "B" games count toward the Confer- ence championship. Second, the "B" team may have failed, as Mr. Salsinger points out, to have paid large dividends to the Athletic association but from the standpoint of interesting football the second string outfit was well worth the price.: Only twice dur- ing the season did Michigan's var- sity play out of town, giving the "B" squad only two opportunities to perform at home. On both of these occasions the light and fast reserves played football that was not only interesting to watch but better than their opponents. One of the most interesting games of the entire year from a spectator's standpoint, in fact, was the 3 to 0 victory of the Michigan reserves over the Ohio State jun- iors on the day of the Ohio State game. For sheer lovers of football, not interested in mathematical probabilities of national cham- pionships fir All-American selec- tions the fast, open, and intelligent game put on by these two teams was one of the best played in Ann Arbor this year, and that is say- much to account for whatever sue- cans rewarded the efforts of the "A" team in its last four games: AUl of these men were trained on the "B" team, in addition to Wil- liams, a tackle who won his M Dahlem, it might further he point- ed out, scored the touchdown that defeated Iowa. So on the whole the junior var- sity does not seem such a towering failure after its first year. Any team that can consistently produce interesting football games, can de- velop players such as those men- tioned for the varsity, and can do all of those things without an ade- quate trial under the plan origi- nally proposed seems to us to de- serve a sound modicum of praise. So let Mr. Salsinger say what he may, we congratulate the "B" team and Coach Courtwright for the showing they have made dur- ing their first year. THE STUDENT INVESTIGATION A great deal of discussion and comment has been aroused upon the campus during the past few weeks over the °proposed student investigation of the instructors of the University faculty. A large portion of this discussion has tend- ed to criticize, the suggestion, seemingly through misapprehen- sion, The plan in its inception is by no means an original idea but has been put into practice in other universities and colleges with a great deal of success, and in some places has even been extended to include all members of the teach- ing staff. It must be said in justice to the proposal that it is by no means in- tended that it shall be the sole means of judging the worth of an instructor. At the same time, it must be pointed out that there is very little if any reason to be- lieve that the reports of student investigators will give undue re- cognition to the men who conduct the most popular courses to the exclusion and detriment of the men more concerned with scholar- ly endeavor, nor will they stress unduly the place of the teacher as opposed to the man more in- terested and more concerned with research. The chief opposition to the sug- gestion has come, oddly enough from the more advanced members of the faculty and not from the instructors. In answer to these critics, it may be said that they may rest assured that no plan, will be put into effect which does not have the approval of the Univer- sity faculty. 0 CHAMPIONS (From the Grand Rapids Herald) Champions may possess other 1 proofs of victory than mere pos- session of the winning trophy. To face vast odds, to battle grimly against adverse circumstance, to deny that yesterday's misfortune must govern tomorrow's inheri- 'tance, to fight through disconso- late criticism and make those who to scoff remain to cheer, to drive from behind and forge to the fore by relentless , determination and unbowed loyalty to the seemingly hopeless pursuit of an unattain- able goal-this is championship; no matter what the garnered lau- rels of rivals in the fray. We pre- sent our compliments to just such "champions" this morning-the Music and Dra a "THE MISTRESS OF THE INN" Reviewed by R. Leslie Askren Comedy. Club's doubtful success with Sardou's exotic "Diplomacy"' seems not to have served the quite noble purpose of warning other dramatic organizations away from attempting things out of the mod- ern, somewhat stocial style of clipped-speech drama. The Har- ris Guild have dared Goldoni's two-century -old "Mistress of the Inn." By all the gods of mimesis it was most awfully badly done; and yet it was most charmingly done,, with a tinge of shy gaucherie that was more fascinating than any highly-seasoned actor's polish ever could have been. The traditional manner would have demanded a grand opera style of acting-with the minor actors dropping out of character yt admire the passion- ate playing of the lead-and the satire and irony of the lines woule have slithered over with the pierc- ing glint of a bunting-ed brickbat But the Harris Players have ar- rayed themselves in the most gor- geous of costumes, and so have thumbed their painted noses at such dizzy deities to produce .a slightly halting, occasionally flat- ering, but on the whole quite charmingly amusing comedy of crudities. Their picture is askew- God wot-but it's most deliciously askew-God also wot. Serious minded praise goes chief-' ly to James Dahl, designer-excel- lent of scenery and costumes. His decor combined extraordinary cleverness with equal effectiveness, and his costumes clothed the straw-man cap-a-pie. - Florence Watchpocket, as the dallying mistress who changed Nobles' hearts as she would her cooled-off flatiron, gave a charm- ingly naive performance of a real- ly quite disillusioned wench. Her technique throughout the thrilling drinking bout with the surly Cavalier was only confirmation of her titillating innocence. Al Foster, 'little-boy blue' is sus- penders, stole the show with his witching smile. If it was not his technique it certainly was his smile. The dew-lipped Penrod made amusing comedy even if he did kill the irony of the ending- or maybe he created it. It is a bit difficult to decide. J. S. Donal, brusque Cavalier and woman-hater, defied criticism by the unconventionality of his in- terpretation. Reading gruff, di- rect speeches in a softly satiric manner, he made a 'push-over' out of what should have been a grim conquest for the dazzling Mirando- lina-a charming bit of buffonery hardly intended by the author. If the direction by Capt. Finney fell by the wayside of historical ac- curacy, certainly it came to )its senses well pn the way up the crooked alley of amusing burlesque. * * * THE RED THEATRE Mrs. Hallie Flanagan in her discussion of the Revolutionary veloped in that unique play of love! and politics, "Cement," that the new Russia is struggling to reach a foundation of communism in. every phase of life; that the pos- sessive instinct, even when prompted by love, is a wrong, no matter how indirectly, against the brotherhood of man. To the West- ern mind, accustomed to highly in- dividualized thinking, this groupi interest, selfless . preoccupation with the interests of the masses, is uninteresting to say the least, and Mrs. Flanagan confessed as much, particularly when the type of play this attitude calls forth in- evitably falls into the Western DANCING at the Armory Every Wednesday and Saturday Nite Park Plan Everybody Welcome {? Sunday Dinner 12 to 2:30 Pierce's Cafeteria E. Liberty St-Upstairs ; Read the Classified Ads . . Subscribe to the Daily i A Most Enjoyable Dance is to be held classification of Propaganda. But- idealism is so strong in the Red group that propaganda loses itr dullness and takes on *andaspect of universality highly dramatic under the circumstances. The plays become a reiteration of the Credo of Communism. Identifying the particular types of plays offered by this group,.j Mrs. Flanagan mentionedgtherp historical dramas which recorded Russia's struggles under the, drunken monk, Rasputin, and those dealing with the Romanoff! dynasty in such a way as to show the historical germination of the revolutionary idea. Another group comprised those coming under the general heading of machinolatry, which idealized for an industrially organized political body the iu- preme efficiency of the machine, while the final group, and much the largest, included plays touch- ing social readjustments inevitable in family life between children of the new order and parents of the old. Mrs. Flanagan presented her material with considerable grace and ease, and left the general im- pression of a capable personality dealing swiftly and surely with' problems which will inevitably out- grow thei localized environment to enforce an unmistakable influence in wider fields. 1.. 4A THE IIABIMAIl PLAYERS Curiously coincidental with re- cent interest in Russian theatrical development is the appearance next Tuesday evening of represen- tatives of the MoscoV Habimah, Players in a dance recital under the auspices of the Hillel Founda-1 tion. Chaiele Grober; actress and sing- er, Benjamin Zemach, dancer, and Pola Kadison, pianist, are the ac- tive representatives of what was an immensely important Russian Hebrew Art group, now disbanded J under financial difficulties. The Habimah Players, Habimah signi- fying theatre in Hebrew, were founded in 1906 with the object of giving artistic expression to the mystic religious yearnings of the Jewish people. For a medium they chose the whole range of the mimetic arts, from lyric dancingf to the broadest pantomime, and based their plays on the legendary, semi-religious themes of folklore in which their race abounded. In- 1917, through Zemach's extraordi- nary tenacity, the artistry for which Habimah Players had be- come famous-and feared under the Tsarist regime-was recognized Ps B. HARDING Dealer in ANTIQUES Upholstering, Furniture Repairing, Refinishing and Remodeling 218 East Huron Street Ann Arbor - - - - - Michigan Phone 3432 TONIGHT at Granger' s with Buddy Golden and His Eleven Wolverines Playing from 9-12 ,$1.00 per couple I I I WHY NOT PAY YOUR LIGHT BILL NOW! Save one-tenth of what you expected to pay for electric lights! You need not go out of your way to take care of this matter. The Detroit Edison Company has an arrangement enabling our friends to pay their bills at our University Ave. branch. Take advan- tage of this convenience-pay your bill now ANN ARBOR' SAVINGS BANK I 101 N. Main St. 707 N. University Ave. Ij-- lads who have gamely battled for theatres of Russia in Natural Sci- the Yellow and the Blue-the grid- ence auditorium ytearda at iron warriors of the University of .,,,,c .----,_ You can't afford to postpone your Christmas Shopping any longer. Michigan who have made history by Constantin.Stanislavsky, Bus- of a sincere student of the whole!sia's famous exponent of the dra- in 1928. It has been the greatest contemporary dramatic field who mtcieltruhteatr n tonc i sprtsansip dmii-had the advantages also of theI under his wind,, with the prestige stered to "Michigan" in many al eye-witness. Through the Gug- ofhsMso> r Tetea hi year. Too man~y and too persistent I o i ocwAtTetea hi victories had all but satiated our genheim Foundation, from which back, this group became interna-E SMrs. Flanagan received her Fel- tionally famous for their interpre- normal , wholesome appetites. lowship for the year 1926-1927, she tiono -erwda has been enabled personally to Eugene Vachtangov, Stanislav- football game or something was visit the important dramatic cen- skl is sitnbcm hi wrng 19 T haws tepn tefgrew.est.sir s am istaxpntecamether- wong. Tht rashinf vdie. teabroad and to spend consider- I director and it was under his ,uid- A new team of green young- able time in each place identifying ancehtunde h w 2 w"The Dybbu , sters took the field last Septem- oneta nI2bu yer. under thi' pathetic haip for herself the unique develop- was produce, to create a hfurore, victorie had al but mentald contrikutiongreacheclmomalrta at Ann Arbor. Before theycould mntl Faonareitioneach loca-toinyussia and establish an almost even start to catch their stride gad personaly t ugtne atan or relis- thewr erg.Thbtwedtherin thefdusw.smimetic art. Reflections of hernsysiraestanrd fame their broed oer in thedustpageantry. In 1926 the Soviet they were bwd vrithdstr ipei ar t.ndi ertinew ook, aeaty n 96te o Soon empty seats yawned re- " are found inher new boo gave permission o tour the United proachfully at them from deserted Europen Teae," wh . isoanStates in an effort to capitalizeI sections of a mammoth stadium European Theatre, which is a their Russian success .nd provide built to accommodate rooters who r y observations and from which she fpnds for further artistic dvolop- would cheer for victors buts for dreat greatr ment.pUaioorfmoti ely rtistkic vir- nothing else. But there were drew the greater part of herma tuousy in this partlar field ' neither empty heads nor empty terial for the remarks concerning found little general recognition hearts upon the squad itself. They h entiyingdtheand achieved irhpefldohr1 only in played the game. They came from In identifying the field of her localities where the homogeneity behind. Soon they tied a score. observations for her audience Mrs. of the Ilebrew pcpI l a uon nain- Soon they nosed out a hard-fought Flanagan drew a definite distinc- }tained the I,;irlho1l to] IdrP and triumph-over the ultimate Con- tion between the theatre of thel mysticism still vital. 1 Fiianciali ference champions themselves.'Right Wing, the conservative, old failure necessitated a break up of And at the end, in the sunset of regime, theatre of which Stani- the company, with the result that this checkered schedule, they drove I slavsky, with his Moscow Art The- only Zemach and Chaiele Grober, the most powerful of all opponents atre, is the head; the theatre off the leading players, were able to to their knees. It was a great day the Centre which Tairov and the carry on with the tradition. Today is only December 1 st, but do you realize that there are only 18 more shopping days until Christmas vacation? I Solve your Christmas Shopping problem by Reading The Michigan Daily A few minutes with The Michigan Daily will, save hours of walking and asking. Make up your list from Daily advertisements. Two hours of your time spent in shopping now will be worth the entire time spent after Friday, December 21st. 'A-' 0000 ing something. It is only natural that It }sports writer who is in touch only with the leading foot- ball contests of the country could overlook a fact of this kind. f