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TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1930
Night Editor- WALTER WILDS
A TRAINING GROUND
FOR LIFE.
Our present educational system,
said President Ruthven last Friday,
substitutes a program of informa-
tion absorption for training for
life. The criticism is a just and an
apt one. Our colleges and univer-
sities, swamped by the demand for
degrees, has so overburdened them-
selves with students that they
have had to pursue the pedagogi-
cal path of least resistance. They
have taken to turning up facts for
the students to commit to memory
rather than attempt to the more
ambitious, more difficult business
of developing in the student some
desire to know, some inspiration to
work, and some capacity to appre-
elate.-
President Ruthven has adroitly
pointed his finger at the funda-
mental error of the present way.
Immediately, of course, there arises
the larger question of how to cor-
rect the error, and it is gratifying
to note that President Ruthven's
first six months in office have al-
ready suggested an academic re-
trenchment that bids fair to pro-
duce an educational program of
deeper significance than mere in-
formation absorption. He has
shifted most of the executive rout-
ine and financial responsibility to
the shoulders of the vice-presi-
dentsand announced hisvintention
of becoming a chairman of the fac-
ulties rather than a travelling
salesman and peripatetic apostle!
of Michigan's greatness. The Uni-
versity, he believes, does not have
to be sold to the public; it exists
for the public, but apart from the
public in that its methods of in-
structiron and of discipline do not
have co conform to what the pub-
lic desires but to what will best
serve its fundamental purpose of
training young men and women
for life.I
In recent years there has been
noticeable here an increasing ten-
dency on the part of University ex-
ecutives to do against their better
judgment the things demanded by
parents and taxpayers. The schol-
astic standards have been alarm-
failed. An ever sharper vigilance
has been kept over the personal L Music And Drama
habits of students, while at the
same time their 'rains have been ,,
let go to seed-because the Uni- 'STATE STREET' "STATE STREET."
versity, in order to more easily to IS WIDE
"sell" it, has been made to conform OPEN A Review by Marjorie E. Foilmer.I
to whgat the taxpayers think they j
want. With roars of approval and guh- The "captured us all by surprise"
Fortunately in the words and nashings of teeth, the Junior G.irls' phrase is the line from the theme
policies of President Ruthven the play took the boards last night be- song of the twenty-sixth junior
end of this regime is in sight. He fore a packed house. I didn't see girls' play that aptly may be ap-
recognizes no need to "sell'7 the it but that's what they tell me. plied to those who saw its first
University, and would rather de- *
velop it, in accordance with his (What do you mean, that's what night performance. Many glorious
own ideas and those of his facul- they tell you? Here it only 5 o'clock surprises inc c e m-
ties, into a training ground for life. ! Monday afternoon and the show aginative situations, lilting melo-
We can exject to see it shake off hasn't even started yet. What kind dies, ad striking dance numbers
more and more the shackles of pa- of mush do you call that?) await the audiences of the rest of
ternalism and approach its true The Linotyper. Fm the week.
destiny as a fountainhead of ear- From the time the curtain rose
nestness, inspiration, and appreci- on the prologue until it was rung
ation.,pWell anyway, they tell me the down at the end of the last act, the
show is going to be good, anyway. smiles were broader, the kicks a
COWARDS And anyhow, I'm going to review little higher, and the contrasts
Last Thursday night a girl stu- it for Rolls, anyway, about Wednes- much more striking than in any
dent was knocked down, run over day. So if you're undecided by previous plays. That is always
and left by a speeding car whose what the critics claim over in the said, of course. but after all, first
driver paused only long enough to rough there at the right, why just impressions count for a great deal
observe the prostrate form in the wait for the lowdown which will Modernistic, colorful, original
r streetappear here as soon as I find a are the adjectives which fit the
t-n-u die arsv pass. production, in respect to its scenery,
Hit-and-run drivers are severely j its c.stumes even its situations.
dealt with in a regrettably small I wasn't kidding about the gnash- it best of all is the return of the
number of states in spite of the ings of teeth, though. The gals are setting to Ann Arbr's own "State
fact that such despicable cowards o
form perhaps the greatest menace about all in after having rehears- Street." Miss Amy Loomis who is
tform pa the reest meac ed until 1 or 2 g. x. Sunday night. remembered in connection with
to theco ardice udouetn Fea Picture below, taken by Photo-; previous productions is welcomed
count for the increasing number of graph Pherret, shows one of the back as director, in restoring cam-
couhisgntortheancrfeasignumbeoard leads wondering why she ever came pus atmosphere.
this gentry-and fear and coward- httebo ae
ice are detrimental to good driving. to college in the first place for And the way that the book takes
Any driver caught running away anyway, and how come she got into off our own college life-but you
from an accident should not only the JGP and what's the best way must see the play to appreciate its
be requiredto prove unquestion- to get out of it. pointed quips. By the way, the au-
ably that he is capable of handling thor of the book, Marion Reading.
- a car but he should be deprived of jhas displayed real perception and
the privilege for a sufficient time insight into the complexities of col-
to impress upon him that hit-and- lege society, along with a realiza-
run methods are far removed from Jtion of what audiences crave,
even the slightest consideration of namely, variety and imagination. A
hid fellow beings. gypsy camp and a county fair may
It has been pointed out in this seem to be far removed from a so-
columnIthat an sntes ote Ui rority house and a State Street cab-
column that all states of the Unions rt but what is a make-believef
have at last awakened to the fact rtmbncwht i a mae-el-v
that the steady increase in motor performance to do, if not to pro-
traffic has necessitated more strin- vide contrasts and colorful set-
gent common sense rules with re- State Street" offers opportu-
gard to recklessness and responsi- nity for a surprisingly large number
bility in case of accidents; and n * .t* oagrrsledngber-I
with the occurence of such inex- WINNERS. of leading, or almost leading, char-
cusable crimes as the one that hap-facters, all of which were well done
paehere last week it behooves The Booby prize for Limerick No. last night. Jane Robinson as
petoonederhethgeae3 also wins first prize because it's Henry, the comedy male lead, and
Stomoble manufacturing state in the so terrible that it puts all others Barbara Stratton, Alice, the com-
country will pass foolproof laws in the shade. The identity of the edienne, were as funny as possible
for controlling the drivers of thes author will remain a secret. 1 The gypsy heroine, Marya, was ap-
cars it produces. There once was a fellow named preciatively played by Jeanette
1___ _ _pr____.Frank, Dale, and the collegiate hero, Jim,
-_______________________I Whose expression was constantly by Kathleen Badger. Jean BosWell
blank; as Dorothy was charming enough
C& mpus Opinion In classes he dozed to win anyone's hart. Helen Cam
t Contributos are asked ol4 , J And at home he reposed j made a convincing gypsy fortune
confining themselves Io les than 3 u0 He'd get his diploma anyway, he teller, while Vivien Bullock took the
worr's of possible. Anonymous con-isupposed. difficult role of the villain to per-
names of conmunicanrs mill, however, ., * fection. Lucile Strauss did a de-
be regarded as 'Oi ile aI, lnon r.-litful dance number and especial
quest. Letters published should not be Other winning lines are: g
construed ae Th sineD theiytorial UNTIL HIT IN THE EAR WITH congratulations should be extended
3 l - i_ -A PLANK; SO HIS WORK WAS to her for her work with the chor-
NNERAYEXCEEDINGLY RANK; and I uses. Mrs. Catesby, the ever-pres-
IATo the Editor: WANDER WHAT HAPPENED TO ent chaperone, was cleverly played
1 ItiisapprpriaetopoinoutthatFRANK? These were submitted by Marjorie McClung, who com-
It is appropriate to point out that by Dad, Stan, ad Seth Johns, re- posed most of the song numbers.
1March 18 is a very important date Ib aSaadSt onr-iVhile it isn't ethical to tell the
in the history of the Universityoj spectively
m Mic hist.rch 18,h183 Unirsthof - * , ,best lines of a play in a review,
IMichigan. March 18, 1837, is the sme of them were good enough to
date of the Act of the Legislature The last named gent is now a:pse o the University is the
of the newly admitted State of Cub and a stamp will be forward- calture shop " and the "pipes,"
Michigan entitled, "An Act to pro- ed today. The Rolls report shows naively enough, aren't to be smok-
vide for the organization and gov- that there are now 30 Contribu- ed. Moreover, Beppo tells the col-
ernment of the University of Mich- tors, 1 Cub, but no Reporters or lege glee club to do its worst, only
igan." Although the founding of Assistant Editors as yet. to receive the sharp retort of the
the University is correctly dated in * * * club manager that "they al-
1817, when the "Catholepistemiad, There will be no more limericks g.eetlubmana strthatt"
ior University of Michigania" was for a few days. I'm all worn out, ways tried to o just that."
incoporaed at ofthe ov-There was more than one high
incorporated by act of the Gov- trying to think of suitable prizes. t in state Street." Among
ernor and Judges of the Territory
of Michigan, and was actually es- PERT GERT AGAIN. thoe tha stnd outoas the et
tablshdin Dtrot, te Oranicj yi were the scenes before the Eta Eta
tablished in Detroit, the Organic Gert says that the following, like house and on the fair grounds. In
Act of 1837 provided -for a Board Vachel Lindsay's stuff, shoud be i-he first the brief contest between
th. sttbre.onetbewe
Iof Regents for the first time and j jjL"j
d sung in a brisk monotone: the college glee club and the gyp-
is clearly the point at which the ODE TO THE CORPORATION. sy serenaders was an unusual bit
University in its present form, I Boy, things have changed since that we liked. But to live in such
developed in Ann Arbor, begins its.i
dhistopyg yesterday, a modernistic house might be
Unfortunately the anniversary of We were a school of Lit and Arts slightly disconcerting at times!
the original act (August 26, 1817) But now we have a better way Every time that Josselyn McLean
does not fall within the academic Since Better Business hit these: and Ruth Bishop appeared on the
year. March I, thowever, might partstage in their "Sweet and Lowbrow"
very properly be celebrated each number we scored up a hit for
year. It is certainly extremely sig- So let's declare a dividend them, and another high-spot was
nificant to us. There is so much Upon our common stock, the masked chorus, accompanied
ignorance- as to the history of the Substract the sum from the mini- by the song, "Take Off Your Mask."
University and the men who! end An excerpt from the age of the
planned it' and made it that it And wind up every clock. Gibson Girl was achorus ofmid-
would, it seems to the writer, be Victorians. And the "Girl in Pink"
advantageous to dedicate at least Oh, Yoakum is vice-president features will always be remember-
a part of one day each year to the And Shirley is and how! ed in connection with "State'
commemoration of our institution I'm not the least bit hesitant: Street." The costumes were a con-
and its achievements. We're a corporation now. tinuous triumph, but, in the coun-
Frank . Robbins! try girl specialty of the country
F0-.-- Rbbs.Phi Betes retail at fifty cents, fair scene, they were the best of all.
ATHLETIC PRIVILEGES. A.B.'s at Thirty-eight; But a college production like the{
To the Editor: 'All merchandise with any dents Junior Girls' Play cannot be appre-
We are three students who won- We're giving by the crate. ... ... ciated as fully by exercising one's.
der if The Daily or some University critical impulse as by a complete
official will inform us about the Upon cur common stock, surrender to one s imagination.
matter of which we speak. Substract the sum from minuend And just try "State Street" if your
Last Saturday we entered Ferry And wind up every clock. I imagination needs a workout!
Field to bat a ball around and play This year's production is notable'
catch and were unceremoniously * * * for something else, quite apart.
chased off by a caretaker who in- Golly, I wish I had 38 cents! from its qualities as a play, that is,
formed us that we were not to use * *the starting of a new tradition. For
it unless we were given permission A Hindue teacher is coming here the first time this year, the play
by one of the coaches or himself. for three days this week to conduct was given in the Lydia Mendels-
The University of Michigan has classes in journalism, sociology, se- sohn theatre, a stage which seemed
100 per cent athletic facilities metics, and philosophy. I wonder! completely adapted for it. May
and yet only a small fraction of! if I can persuade him to take a this return to the campus enhance
that is available to students who little time off to fix our door-bell the wealth of tradition which al-{
do not belong to athletic squads. If and perhaps move the library seal. ready surrounds the Junior Girls'
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