FOUR "THE MICHIGAN D~LY rHU1 SDAY% DEOEMBER - 13 1 1928 FOUR THUPSDAY~,~ t~flOEM~ETh ~j3.1 1928 Published every morning except Monday luring the University year by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of Western Conference Editorial Association. The "Associated Press is exclusively en- tiled to .the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwiseE credited in this paper and the local news pub- lished herein. Entered at the pnstofice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate oftrpostage granted by Third Assistant Post- master General. Subscription by carrier, $4.oo; by mail, 14.50. Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May. card Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Businesq, siasi. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR KENNETH G. PATRICK Editor............ .........Paul J. Kern City Editor...............Nelson . Smith News Editor.............Richard C. 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Schemm n George Hamilton Sherwood Upton Agnes Herwig Marie Wellstead Walter Yeagle THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1928 Night Editor-PIERCE ROSENBERG THE GALENS' DRIVE The Galen's drive for the benefit of the crippled children at the University hospital which contin- ues again today is not unpreced- ented upon the campus nor to be disregarded. The worthiness of its objective and the efforts of its supporters are rather to be com- mended. Certainly, it is not too much to ask a student body to con- tribute to such a cause. 0 Both wets and drys denounced the appropriation as flagrant hy- pocrisy, yet failed to do anything about it. Representative Black (N. Y.) told the House in plain language that poisoning industrial alcohol constituted nothing less than a protective tariff for Michi- gan's leading industry-border boot- legging-and that an inadequate appropriation simply makes liquor more expensive for the wets and amounts to a subsidy to the boot- leggers. The United States government has reached an anomalous position -the drys will not stop hoping and I the wets will not stop drinking- Congress c a n n o t appropriate enough money for enforcement and cannot .remove the law they are pledged to enforce. Wets are open to charges of violating the spirit of the law, and drys are now be- ing stigmatized as nullificationists. Prohibition has plainly passed out of the "noble experiment" stage. Congress has offered just half as much for enforcement as the cost of a first-class battleship. The situation is a reprehensible parody on the highest law of the land, condoned by Congress, and pardoned by a public opinion that1 has no trouble getting its liquor. The constitution has received an- other blow, the House has. per- jured itself, and the wets have won another victory. o - AN HONOR SYSTEM GOES One more college honor system has gone into the past by by a nine to two vote of the student assem- bly at the- University of Texas. A tradition as old as the institution itself, which dates fr.om 1883, has been discarded because the rule which placed students on their honor not to cheat at examina- tions "as it has been enforced dur- ing the last few years, has not proven effective." This is one more case to be con- sidered relative to the establish- ment of such a system at the Uni- versity of Michigan. There is still the example of the University of Virginia as a place where the sys- tem is said to be extremely suc- cessful. There it is enforced by traditions which date back to the beginning of the system and it is also said regardless of whatever else a student may be able to "get away with," the student body as a unit voices its disapproval of any- one caught cheating. Perhaps, then, the success of such a plan depends largely on traditional enforcement, but it seems to take a tradition of long- er standing, than one which has lasted since 1883. Mayor Jimmie Walker has a pretty good excuse for being late now-Hoover didn't get around to voting until he was forty-three. The tragedy of misplaced talent Music and Dr m TONIGHT: In Hill Auditorium Fritz Kreisler in violin concert, beginning at 8:15 o'clock sharp. Personal CHRISTMAS CARDS Engraved-Printed Order Now Save Money 0. D. MORRILL 17 Nickels Arcade PLEASE BE PROMPT .Want Ads Pay A Review, by RWLeslie Askren "Rainbow's' -End" is by, way of being a 't riumph of 'collegiate elan C or, espirit, or something, over the F rather mawkish but equally col- c legiate sense''for romantic writing. Carrying almost' no .definite come- E dy lines, the show as developed by t Dan Buell and Harlan Cristy, with E s the assistance of pinch-hitter x George Johnson, turned into a vehicle for some extraordinarily t ribald and hilarious fun. This in 13 spite of the authors and the direc- t tion, and because a well trained' I crew of men, leads and chorus, will f inevitable express 'themselves if given half a chance. 1 Dan Buell, as the scheming sou- brette, 'Rita LeDoux, is quite the t most graceful, nastily graceful- 1 when you interprete nasty as be- ing oh, so nice-figure dancing on Y the stage. He can't quite take him- self seriously, which is a blessing. 1 His'sense of burlesque comes to the rescue, and he puts on Lhe keenest i t exposition of =something hot that ' least within' this limited, memory. t Clog dancing seems to be the fav- c orite metier, but the staid adagio < measure of the Dougall-Lewis team i of 'last year could not have killed his comedy effects. The Pow Wow 1 Papa is the most easily remem- bered bit. Colorful, bizarre non- sense it was a great chance for foolery which Buell snatched with , both hands. Sidney Straight, playing they fascinatingly handsome rancher, f f plays his part so well that one hesi- tates to trust him among the I alumnae. Diffident to a degree his i ; manner has the engaging appeal of a darling boy all alone in a cruel world. The sort to arouse ma- ternal instinct in quite honest breasts. However, someone sug- gested that he illustrate his songs with gestures, vague waving at the sky, realistic pretensions of chilli- I ness. Somebody very silly must have done ,that.- It is not in his style.. The' stiffer' he stands the more genuine he is. But his voice recalls the palmy days of Barre Till, eovel"y , in uality, he man- ag'es -to got ;It;. out over the foot- lights and string the words-right along on it. Which is by way of being a feat. Harlan Cristy, as Ike the sullen cowboy and woman hater, created a tremendous dramatic effect with his odd trick of scratching himself in various unnecessary places. It' was good technique and helped his lines across, spoken as they are in an unfortunate growl. And with him, George Johnson, with his ex- plosive cigar business, steals the direct comedy honors. William Brown, a stunning in- genue played in a blonde wig and i some really fine costumes, might better, except for his dancing num- bers where he does very well, play i the whole show from a wheel chair, ! or at least in a sitting position. The graceful stride of a hiking boy- scout looks not too'well when doll- ed up in female trappings. But for beauty, and more particuraly for dancing-witness the. Western Stomp in ' an oilcloth costume-he can easily be forgiven his rather obvious masculinity. Dick Kurvink as the expert pas- sion queen of Spain, Senorita, Mercedes, does exceptionally fine i work in carrying off the hot part with all the grace and allure of an experienced vamp. The suggestion comes that his part might easily be augumented, to the general pub- lic amusement, if he were given da tango dance with the amiable Miguel. It seems inevitable, and both men posses the necessary grace. Otto Brown deserves great credit for his fine singing, and particular praise for his incidental "busi- ness." He" could. have been very stiff. He turned out amusing; a personality in himself. The music which went to make up the piece was a, successful com- bination of the jazz type and the lyric. Lewis' numbers, Wonderful Girl, Fly .Away, and Mexicana, were all in the jazz rhythm of pop- ular music. They were clever stuff, essentially for the dance. Hey- man's material, with that of Wat- kins', was designed for singing pur- poses and was decidedly successful. It Lyave ample opportunity for that KREISLER CONCERT As the fifth star in a series of extraordinary b r i l l i a n c e, The Choral Union has announced Fritz Kreisler in a violin concert Thurs- day night of this week. Kreisler needs no introduction to Ann Arbor audiences.. His reputa- tion is world wide, and locally is a symbol for genuine artistry. He presents the amazing picture of an artist who has sublimated his emo- tions through technical skill, and Yet has succeeded in preventing his technique from becoming a dry, uninteresting form of manual ex- ercise. But not only mastery of the vio- lin as an instrument and with it complete control of the instrument' in interpretation, has made him a by-word for virtuosity; his ability as a composer has brought him the!, respect of all musicians as well as a tremendous audience of dis- crtminating listeners. His program, as it appeared on the front page of The Daily for Wednesday, will be made up en- tirely of classical compositions, in- cluding a Rondo from Schubert in celebrationof the Anniversary, and figuring- a number of Kreisler's own arrangements of numbers by Paganini"and Dvorak. REVIEWING EXPERIMENT An innovation in reviewing policy will be inaugurated with the Kreis- ler concert tonight. Two reviews will appear. The first will be a general impression of the musical value of the program presented, with generalized criticism of the artist. The second review will deal more particularly" with the tech- nical phases of the artist's work, which would be uninteresting to' the appreviative layman in the musical field but which neverthe- less has its place in the fielcl of definitive criticisms, These reviews will be separate, to' 1 establish the point of view, and to identify their purpose. They will become a 'matter of policy for the future ln. the case of the more im- portant artists k if the experiment proves suecessf-ul. R. L. A. "Bum UsQtjr, Reviewed by R. Leslie Askren Opening Monday night at the. Cass theater, "Burlesque" provided a fascinating crazy-section of life i. backstage among the hardy troop-, ers of the burlesque wheels. It was not consistently fast moving drama -nor is life in tank-town dressing rooms, supposedly -but after a t slow first act it Built up to a mar- velously moving climax in the see- and act, which echoed and re- echoed until the close of the piece- The story briefly is the romance of the beautiful leading lady of "Parisian -Widows," the usual bur- lesque stuff, who sacrifices her love for Skid, principal comic, Oil the altar, of Broadway when his big chance comes to hit the "bit, Time." Skid adulterates his love for the trite-blue Bonny by having an affair with the Marco woman,; but this is not unexpected so Bonny goes her own way to hap- piness with a rich cattle man until the third a.ct when, on a bare stage with the drab trappings of rehearsal activities, an extraordin- i ary scene of human emotion un- folds, not unconventional, but thoroughly well done for all that Barbara Stanwyck, as Conny, was at her best. A versatile per- former, she was adequate foil, dancing, singing, and acting, for', Hal Skelly, the lovable good-for- nothing comedian. The pair make burlesque stuff fully as appealing as the more legitimate activities of fullfledged niinie;. ! MATINEE MUSICIALF Matinee 11 ltr rc 4lc> amiounce that I the Gordon String Quartet, witl Leo Ornstein, pi