THE MICHIGAN DA ILY WEDSDA' Publisbed every morning except Monday du ing the University year by the Board ID Control of Student Publications. Member of Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to 'the use, for republication of all news dis* patches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news published herein. Entered at the posto..ce at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Po'st- waster General.I Subscription by carrier, $4.00; by mail. $a.sa. Offices: Ani Arbor Press Building, May- hard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business, 21214. EDITORIAL STAFFI could not be suddenly inaugurated/ without throwing the students into IA QASL Such confusion that for a while true than at present. Again for light we MUMPS turn to former President Little's FOR a idea of dividing the literary col- MIMES, lege in two parts: a University col- I This story doesn't really belong lege, so called, and a graduate col-;. lege in literature, science, and the in a humor column; it's tragic and arts. The present system of marks replete with nearly every vicissi- would probably have to be retain- tude that can befall a theatrical |~ prodduction; yuhaby gosh, intoin-h. ed in the University college, but podction; but by gosh, ito the supposing that at the end of two humor column it goes. years the scholars could be singled R* out and the loafers sent home, the Last week four members of the system of senior examinations could cast of "Old English" dropped out, be installed in the graduate lit- 1 following which the costume com- erary school to Michigan's undying j pany wired that the same play was ! glory, to be given at Illinois the same week and no costumes were availa- ble. A wire was immediately dis- HELP THEM! patched to New York for costumes, Four hundred workers are now which were sent air mail. The actively engaged in a drive for an- plane broke down and the costum- nual contributions to the Commun- es finally arrived by train. In the ity fund. Eleven welfare organiza- meantime, however, one member of tions have been placed on the list the cast came down with mumps, to be aided this year, and a goal and another was stricken with ton-4 of $65,279.57 has been set, an ,silitis.I amount considerably exceeding last * * * year's goal. I Nothing else happened.1 h.t I Music And Drama I TONIGHT: At the Wilson Thea- tre the Stratford-upon-Avon play- ers present "The Merry Wives of Windsor" by William Shakespeare. The Choral Union will present the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in a concert at 8:15 o'clock in Hill auditorium. ** A Seven Days Wonder! This Is The Last Day of The Wonderful Special Offer by, UniversityMui 1ts I Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR ELLIS B. 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Every member of the com- * * munity should give all he can af- No earthquakes or cyclones will ford, for the cause merits support. be considered. -o * AH! A CONTRIBUTION AT LAST! Campus Opinion Dear Rolls: t jpI'm willing to bet ten to one that Contributors are asked to. he brief , -larvard beats Michigan by at least confiing themselves to less than 300 words ii possible. Anonyiaous comn five touchdowns. and that there nunications will be disregarded. The . t be more than 50,00 people at names of comnmunicants will, however. vi ntb oetan5,0 epea be regarded as confidential. upon re the game. I am also anxious to -qufat. Letters published should not be construed as exprersing the editorial place $500-still ten to one- on the opinion of the Daily probability that Harvard will make four first downs in the first quar- WHO WIELDS THE WHIP? ter and that tickets to the gameI To the Editor: will be scarce. You may communi- May one who has no direct con- cate with me at-(Oh, pshaw! The rest was blotted out) nection with Play Production. w boe u MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING The Stratford-upon-Avon Players Wilson Theatre, Detroit A Review by Peter M. Jack I am a fundamentalist about Shakespeare. I entirely discredit all evolutionary, revolutionary, or revised versions of him. I think ie has to be periodically rescued from the arty fingers of producers, from the clutching hands of auto- cratic actor-managers of the grand manner, and the whimsies and va- pours of their wives the leading lw- dies, from the bright young peo- ple who d^ him in modern dress, and from all the cuts and disto.- tions that accompany them. The tiny but distinguished audi- ence who welcomed the Stratford- upon-Avon players on Monday night saw such a rescue of "Much Ado About Nothing." It is not an immensely good play. Two stories adjoin each other of so various a nature that when it is not teeter- ing into farce it is tottering into ser- ious tragedy, far too serious for com- edy to manage with grace. It is f a mixed play. An unscrupulous) producer might see in it possibili- ties for a Hollywood Revue, or a Green Hat. Mr. Bridges Adams, the director and producer, takes it for what it is, with his customary deference and respect for Shake- speare. Incidentally, apart from such a company as the Stratford players, the best Shakespeare is likely to come from a group of university amateurs. There one will expect to find intelligence and hu- mility, the doper basis of good- will and cooperation in a theatre. Intelligence and humility are translatable in stage and lighting effects .in terms of simplicity and convenience. The simple set that the company carries is a model for producers. It is elegant and dis-; tinctive. It is flexible, capable of 4 a dozen different uses and adap- tations. It gives a background of consistency and continuity to the play, yet it is never the same from one scene to another; it can be changed in a few minutes. No at- tempt is made to exploit and no particular attemptpis made to hide the mechanics. The play's the thing. It interests you or, it does not. If it doesn't there is nothing to -take its place. It is a great tribute to the effic- *eney of Mr. Adams as a ri -dre.t r1 Every. Day For Seven Days A Wonderful Offered To Buy A Brand New Chance Piano old instruments. Such a chance will never, come OUR OFFER TODAY Is a Fine New Kohler & Campbell Mahogany Baby Grand Piano with bench to match For Only $495.00; Its real value is $749.00; your saving is $250.00. Terms; 10% down; balance in monthly payments covering period ,of THIRTY MONTHS. $49.50 down places this lovely little Grand in your home. 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William St. 1 I Alice M, Sylvia1 liclet, E Lloator Uovothea NlI iler ::twusseh hite l Walkinshaw t a Waterman I Mimes, nor Comedy Club reply to truh-ead CHOICE BITS FROM THE NEWS Iour ably-written, but truth-evad- Colinsvile, Ill., a contest was ing editorial of Sunday, entitled held on Homecoming Day to find "The Whip Hand"? 'the biggest liar in southern Illinois. That editorial imputes to the An editor of the Columbia Star won a $20 gold piece for the following much-maligned Mr. Windt, as rea- lie: Her- auto fell into a mudiole sons for using his discretion in per-;and sank in three weeks to Sing- 14 -------_ __. _.._ _.a - NIGHT EDITOR-HENRY MERRY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 304,1929 T INSTEAD OF MARKS To our recent editorial in which the system of marks was partially blamed for the farce of American higher education it has been ob- jected that The Daily offers no bet- ter plan for separating the worthy from the unworthy when the time comes to award degrees. It is ar- gued with devastating logic that the average American student is not earnest enough to make the most of his educational opportuni-- ties simply for the sake of educat- ing himself. He seems to need some goal more tangible than mere knowledge. There has to be some standard up to which his work must measure if he is going to work at all., and in addition the standard has to be so graded that' better work is proportionately re- warded. It is a manifestation of the American competitive and ac- quisitive instincts. But we feel that ismrica is grad- ually passing out of its pioneer stage with all the emphasis on ma- terial gain, and finding for itself a little leisure to cultivate culture for its owi sake. We already have the secondary characteristics of this metamorphosis: a distinct if not very brilliant b'ody of American let- ters and a social ari;tocracy, albeit an aristocracy of money. The time must be coming when the intel- lectual aristocracy will rise to an equal esteem with the social aris- tocracy, when knowledge and learning will become ends in them- selves instead of means to mater- ial succe-s, and when thr univer- sity student will seek depth of ac- ademic understand ng instead of merely a passing mark. To hasten i-Ith arrival of this happy era is the aim of those who wMould abolish systems of marks. They would base the award of a1 degree not on a haphazard collec- tion of semi-grades but upon a stu- dent's ability as shown in a final examination at the end of his sen- ibr year. A student serious in his desire for a degree could not, un- der this system, dabble here and dawdle there, constantly forgettingt courses as soon as he had passed mitting Play Production students to participate in othei campus plays, the desire to insure commer- cial success to his productions, and the desire to dictate in dramatic circles. The desire to dictate is a more or less mental position. which is difficult .to prove either way. Whn t is b bnly thn tre r .- apore. China. That's just throwing money away. If they want to find some real liars they oughta bring their gold pieces up here and listen to some of the Mon- day-morning-after-football ex- cuses. * * * i I oni isr M our. Widb'lan uement, Bertram Smith, a college student son for Mr. Windt 's announcement, of Lebanon, Ill., chewed 45 sticks and the one which The Daily scru- o Lfchewing gum, broke the world's pulously avoids mentioning, is this: record, and got diabetes from ex- ?lay Production is a scholastic ac- cess of sugar. Jvity which must be granted pre- s *f*g* -;edence over any extra-curricularI e e e ovr an exta- iu a In short, he gummed his works. activity. If Mimes or Comedy Club { hryh umdhswrs npmbers are unable to participate Another dispatch says that Mrs. in club activities due to conflicts in . Elsie Hudak of Trenton, N. J., sued :cholastic work it is excusable. But for divorce because: "My husband, Mr. Windt cannot, according to Un- she said, "set me to watch a mouse iversity rules, conscienteously give sole in our home. I let the mouse credit to people who have been un- get away and he beat me severely able to do the major part of Play with a broom handle." Production work due to the interfe- a * * rence of- outside activities. Mr. Mr. Hudak evidently beieves Windt, I believe, proposes to refuse in that old proverb, 'A new to allow students already at work i broom swipes clean.' )n a project in Play Production, to * participate in some other play, In Denver a gent, seated on his which will prevent them from do- front porch, was reading a book. ing the required work in his course. ; From nowhere, states the report, an And for this action he cannot logi- automobile dashed across the lawn, cally be blamed.-hitl d+ that a play so different from our day, and therefore so difficult, so inquisitively'and at times prurient- 1 ly preoccupied with that analysis of virginity which obsessed Shake- speare as it did all the Elizabeth- ans, should go through, looking its 'problem' squarely in the face, with so little strain, and almost no moral discomfort. The comic spirit tri- umphed, and all the odds 'against This coherent articulation isito Mr. Adams' credit, but impossible without the individual technique of the players and the common intel- ligence and interest of the com- pany. An example was Mr. Wilfred Walter, who made as good a Bene- dick as I have seen; he was allow- ed to romanticize himself into a somewhat warmer and more mo- ; zartian part than the writing seems to warrant, but his perfect tech- nique restrained extravagance and kept him on good terms with the attractive and authentic Beatrice (Miss Fabia Drake) and the other characters. Roy Byford, the great I English Falstaff, was here the great' English Dogberry; and what a Ver- DETROIT SYMPHONY WEDNESDAY OCT. 30, 8:15 'P. M. Chora Union cr ies Y OSSIP SADBRILOWTICH Conductor A limited number of season tickets ! still available at $6.00, I iuLa onu o tie porch, pinned thegesR Butone has lon en It isn't a question of trying to i gent to the wall, broke his leg and trin t mae distinggiven up outdo the other dramatic organi- took off half an ear. trying to make distin'tionsn this Cations so much as it is a desire to admirable company. 'Well played, give training in, acting, under, as He was what you might call Sir' toes for every sir and madame nearly as possible, conditions on the in innocent bysitter. (Or may- g the show. And one never for- professional stage. Which brings ihe was sitdestrian). g h a * up the other charge against Mr. * * Young Woodier. Windt. that of commercialism.YunWody. In Atlantic City recently a pa- --. -No one couict expect the Engineer- trolman fired three shots at an in- - "OUNGWOLEY," a play of *ng school to continue its courses jured dog. The first shot hit the En lishsNG WooEiy," a lao without proper equipment. Why ex- leg of a railroad watchman, the Druten e seie by Joh Detro i pect the Play Production instructor second glanced off the dog, and the Civic theatre. o teach acting without a stage, 1 third hit the right leg of a coal T ea c n. without scenery, and without the and ice merchant. The play concerns one Roger 'pportunity to play before an aud- j * , Woodley, who is one of the olden fence. If a cop shoots a dog, thats boys at Mallowhurst school, a lad The Daily is right when it says ! news. with a poet's soul. Shut away from that the work in Play Production *- * -*normal association with girls of his should not be commercialized, but And in Springfield, N. J.. last own age during the school terms, it places the responsibility on the 1 week an automobile proceeded young Woodley fixes upon Laura wrong shoulders. The University down the road in a manner that Simmons as the object of his adole- refusal to provide proper equip- interested a motorcycle cop. In-ae nh io ,mntif f~ne- Mr. inc toia ha n.............................r...scent affections. As uhe wiff of a 171 7 L U.J~Oi~'v~~i±r~ ~±uuuuu u-he I A .00 $10.00 or or $12.00. Pr 2: Tickets 'for single concerts $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 at School of Mu-sic t Office, Maynard Street OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH . i MU o Ubll . W lLL (UWL1 position of a commercial producer, in order to provide proper training for his students. Under such conditions it is un- vebuj g ne found thne driver with his hands off the wheel peer- ing into a compass in his lap. nmartinet headmaster Laura. too'. is starving for syipathetic under- * * standing. Accordingly she and He was arrested as a matter Woodley are drawn to eacli other, t 'n41lZ'--iVL''D E I