THE"'MICHIGAN DAILY R -r 4 1 BaiTt~ norning except Monday during the University year trol of Student Publications. Vestern Conference Editorial Association. Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re- iew dispatches credited to it or not otherwise ?r and the local new,, published herein. Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second al .rate of postage granted by Third Assistant carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50 Ann Arbor Press Building, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business, 21214., EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR RICHARD L. TOBIN i...................+............ .David M. Nichol rector ..... .....................Beach 'Conger, Jr. ........... ............Carl Forsythe or .............................Sheldon C. Fullerton ditor ..........................Margaret M. Thompson lections....................... ...Bertram J. Askwith ity Editor .............................Denton C. Kunze ews Editor..........................Robert L. Pierce r .................. ............. W illiam F. Pyper NIGHT EDITORS Denton C. Kunze Seiffert George Sports Assistants ber J. Myers a Jones John W. Thomas REPORTERS iley Arnheim James rotozyner Bagley Hobert Merritt son E. Becker Henry Meyer nas Connellan Marion Milczewski h R. Cooper Albert Newman er M. Harrison Jerome Pettit- on Helper Jahn Pritchard ph Hoffman Joseph Renihan I Arehart Elsie Feldman n Blunt Prudence Foster thy Brockman Georgia Geisman rice Collins Blarbara Hall se Crandall Martha Littleton ette Cummings Susan Manchester Cie Miller J. Cullen Kennedy Jerry E. Rosenthal A. Stauter Charles A. Sanford John S.. Townsend Bra ekley Shaw Parker Snyder Ford Spikerman. Alfred Stresen-Reuter William Thal G. 1R. Winters Charles Woolner Margatt O'Brien Eleanor Rairdon Marjorie Thomson Anne Tobin Alma Wadsworth Joeephine Woodhams effectual, for the much maligned and presently un- fashinoable dramatic theory. This is an especially sore point with me since I was brought up in that quaint era when a reading of poetry was an emotional orgy rather than the austere and academic convocation in the dissecting room, with the critics in white robes, fumigated and quite aseptic to the vile contagion of interpratative emotion, that it has since come to be. In those halcyon days (eheu fugaces) poetry was supposed to convey some unique intuitive perception of ex- perience, and the business of the interpreter was, by means. of his superior sensitivity and ability in ex- pression, to bring out that perception more vividly than the ordinary and hurried reader could in a silent perusal. Now, however, there Seems to be a cult which decrees that poetry of whatever kind should be read monotonously and without variety of expression in the attempt to abstract the personality of the reader from the work read, so that the listener is allowed to receive and judge the poem for himself. As Mr. Gorman says, these two methods are funda- mentally opposed. In all fairness it must be admitted that the "dra- matic reader" often ran to such excesses of tremolo- pulling that a revulsion from the style was inevitable. I do say, however, that the toneless manner of read- ing is quite as extreme and indefensible and the bathetically dramatic. In the first place, to read a. poem with formal intonation is to subordinate the meaning to the sound and to the mere structure of the thing. This may be very well for a class on metrics, but hardly for an audience that wants to get all the values of a work, rather than just one of them (namely, the structural). Again, if poetry partakes of song, and I think anyone will agree that it does, should it all be read in the same monotonous voice? To say that it should be is to say that the quartette from "Rigo-' letto" should be intoned like a Roman Catholic high mass. The whole danger of the formalistic method is that it tries to apply a mechanical form of expres- sion to poetry which cannot be mechanical. In good poetry, obviously, the thought commands the rhythm to its own end, and the business of the interpreter is to suit his reading to. the individual rhythm of the poem. To return to Mr. Gorman's article, it seems to me that his selection of Mr. I. A. Richard as the apostle of the formal method is not quite accurate. Mr. Richards did read the D. H. Lawrence poem, "The Ass" dramatically. It is true that he was no more successful in making us think it was good than Miss Yurka was in the case of Rupert Brooke. That was the fault of the poem, and had nothing to do with the reading. It would have been just as bad (prob- ably worse) if he had intoned it, or for that matter, he had recited it with a zither accompaniment, after the manner of Alfred Kreymborg. And Mr. Gorman's argument collapses, when he grants that Sophocles can be read dramatically. if Sophocles, why not Browning? Poetry may either be read dramatically or it may not. If not, then we must endure formal readings of Marlow, Shakespeare, Webster, and Rost- and, and any poet, whether or not his work is itself formalistic and therefore suited to such interpreta- tion. I- BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 S T. KLINE...... .......Business Manager P. JOHNSON.......................Assistant Manager Department Managers ng ........... .........Vernon Bishop1 ng ........... .........Robert B. Callahan ng.... ... ..........William ,W. Davis' .............................Byron C. Vedder ons ......... .................William T'. Brown n.................Harry R. Begley ..........Richard Stratemeier Secretary ........... ...........Ann W. Verner Assistants' ansen Willard Freehling- Thomas Roberts . Bursley Herbert Greenstone I. A. Saltzstein A. Combs John Keyser Bernard E. Schnacke .ark Arthur F. Kohn Urafton W. Sharp Dalberg Bernard H. Good Cecil E. Welch E. Finn James Lowe Bayless Ann Gallmeyer Helen Olsen ecker Ann Harsha Marjorie Rough e Field Kathryn Jackson Mary E. Watts Fischgrund Dorothy Laylin Aro t E rd -- A 'f NIGHT EDITOR-ROLAND GOODMAN SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1931 Fraternity Probations By the Senate Committee THE Senate committee on Student Affairs is to be.commended for its lenient attitude in permitting the five probationed fraternities to re- open their houses during commencement, and to initiate pledges who are not planning to return to school next year. The general concensus of opinion after the clos- ing order was issued last February was that thel punishment was too severe, especially considering the financial burdens of the fraternities. The Sen- ate Committee, however, having once taken ;a stand, could not afford to modify the punishment, drastic though it was, without setting a precedent which might prove embarrassing in future years. This last minute action, however, will not involve the committee in any such complication in as much as it only has appellate jurisdiction over fraterni- ties at present. The resolution introduced Wednesday by Dean Bursley will go far in establishing better feeling between the fraternities on the campus and the administration, a condition which is essential to their relationship if any sort of cooperation is to be shown in the next year which will be a crucial one for all the organizations. Ca mp us Opinion Contributors are asked to be brief, confining themselves to less than 300 words if possible. Anonymous communications will be disregarded. The names of communicants will, however, be regarded as confidential, upon request. Letters published should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. To the Editor:a H OW can you have the nerve to offer such a colos- sal insult to the intellegence (sic) of your read- ers? In your first editoral (sic) in to days (sic) edition the students are called "immature". Directly below, in the second editoral, you offer some material that only the most immature mind would consider or let have influance (sic). Among other blather you say some one objected to some students riding as Indians in a waggon (sic). While I do not know the incident (or the other incidents you mention) I brand such a statement as a childish lie, made by a childish mind for childish minds to read. From ordinary common ,ence (sic) and experience I am sure there was some actions or postures or noise that had no bearing on the tradition and that was unnecessary to the "suc- cess" of the wagon ride that some "SMART" riders offered to the "dumb" public that could appreciat (sic) the 'Cleverness" the briliant (sic) performers that caused the trouble. Right? T. A. Holt. No. Wrong.-The Editors. 0A TED DOLL YE GODS. HOW MANY DAYS NOW? We thought we were in trouble the other day when we got one of those vicious chain letters from a fellow in France, but we didn't know what we were talking about, because today two more of them arrived. There ought to be a regu - lation of the post office department against the mailing of bad luck around the country. We were all set, expecting something pretty bad to happen in two more days, and now something twice as bad will happen in six days. Its a fine world. Someone ought to stop those cavemen from chiseling their initials all over the front steps of Angell Hall, because those steps are a part of the big fine building on the campus of our big fine University. And those fellows-tchuk tchuk-who do they think they ae anyway? (Editor's Note-Who do you think you are?) * * * On the morning of the twenty- ninth of May, 1931, one Cecil Dra- per, (God what a name), night- watchman, discovered two ambi- tious young men trying to make away with a campus bench. Cecil pursued and overtook the miscre- ants near the Law Library. 'Like a great big bully he went and made them put the bench back and then he reported them. Such a guy! We want to take this opportunity to commend the Allen-Johnson Bench Corporation for their good inten- tions even if they did fail to make good. Arraigned before the dean they were probably asked, "Didn't you have anything better to do than steal benches from the cam- pus? Haven't you any better sense than that? How old are you, any- way? What's the idea?" Of course one can't just come right out and tell the authorities that stealing the bench was just a dandy thing to do, and that you heartily enjoy- ed every minute, and that there ought to be more of that kind of' thing anyway. One just can't say 'that. (Editor-One can't, eh?) The answer is, therefore, that ever since you were small boys you wanted nice things like the other boys had, and you just couldn't let that one moment of happiness slip through your fingers. * * * CELEBRATE MOTHER'S DAY TOMORROW Let's give Mother the credit she is due. Send her a Gar- goyle or something nice on CMother's Day. The world will be a better place to live in for your trouble. (Editor's Note- We could get along without you, too, very well) (Smiley- Will you take your nose out? This is my column.) (No! You're fired.) Suggested Mother's Day Gift. Everyone has been asking each other what he (or she) is going to do this summer, and do you really need the extra honor points after all. As yet no one has asked this column about the summer yet so we will make a public statement. Baxter and Smiley are going to the Seashore to enjoy the cool breezes and the cool waves. f;. Baxter and Smiley at Seashore. OH LOOK, A CONTRIBUTION Look at all the College Girls Walking all along the Mall.* If a coudburst came and drowned them, It would be a pretty nice world, all right, all right. *Mall-A popular word in England. Used in such connec- tions as the following: "Mall tired out." (Editor-I fired you.) (Smiley -You don't know me.) * * PnbM SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCERTS* No Admission Charge Sunday, June 7, 4:15, Concerto and Aria program: Misses M-- Cormick, McClung,Field, So. p r a n o s ; Miss Peck, Pianist; Messers. Poinar and Hamilton, Violinists; the University Sym- phony Orchestra; E A R L V. MOORE, Conductor, Hill Audi- torium. Monday, June 8, 8:15, RUTH PARDEE, in Piano Recital. Tuesday, June 9, 8:15, ELEAN- OR WHITMAN, in Piano Re- cital. Thursday, June 11, 8:15, NELL B. STOCKWELL'S students in Pi- ano Recital. *In School of Music unless otherwise announced. Saturday, June 13, 2:30, Stu- dents of MARTHA MERKLE LYON, in Piano Recital. Monday, June 15, 7:45, BAR- BARA ANN DEFRIES, BETTY ANN CHAUFTY and KATH- LEEN RINCK, in Piano Recital. Wednesday, June 17, 8:00, MILDRED LIVERNOIS, MARY WALKER and M A R GA R E T HOPPERT, in Piano Recital. Ii 1.\r. ______________________.___ 'III III, 1 I PITI . TI!Till .~r I+ W FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Cor. S. State and E. Washington Sts. Dr. Frederick B. Fisher, Minister June 7 7:00 A. M. Communion Service 10:30 A. M. "MEN AND MACHINES" Dr. Fisher June 14 10:30 A. M. "THE QUEST FOR CERTAINTY" There will be no evening worship. Can one, then, say ex cathedra that "Why so pale and wan, fond lover" and "The Daffodils" and "When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes" should all be read alike? If so, I am looking forward to that apocalyptic day when one of the readers of Mr. Gorman's school shall rise to the rostrum of Hill auditorium and chant "with formal intonation and a single pitch" these sonorous lines of W. S. Gilbert: "I'm called little Buttercup, Sweet little Buttercup, Though I could never tell why." K.M.K. Music and Drama. I- - - THE WAY OF THE WORLD A Pre-view. NEVER knew anybody who had as much wit as Congreve," said Lady Mary Wortley Montagu -toward the close of a career which had included an intimacy with all the wits of an age when, above everything, wit was cultivated. "The Way of the World" contains the wit of that period crystallised by one of the greatest stylists in the history of Eng- lish Literature. But the phrase "In the history of English literature" strikes a false note. It suggests deadness. To that suggestion should be countered one of the closing remarks from A. B. Walkley's re- view of the Mermaid Society production in 1904: "One gets very tired of the damned nonsense talked about Congreve as now fit only for the 'closet'." The "nonsense" is probably not much talked about now. Something approaching a revolution in taste and morals has probably made "The Way of the World" as relevant to contemporary attitudes as any other English comedy, past or present. At least, there is the fact that it has been given recently in England in 1924, 1927, and 1928; and in America in 1928 by the Cherry Lane Players. Just last week it was the annual choice of the distinguished "Players' Club." And the Theatre Guild have just announced that they are to send a production of it touring the country next fall. It takes no gift of prophecy, then, to say that "The Way of the World" given here next week will be, next to "Electra;" the most exciting production of the local dramatic season. The cast is to include Blanche Yurka and Reynolds Evans as Millamant and Mirabell; Ernest Cossart (who did the same part with the Players' Club) as Sir Wilful Witwood; Ains- worth Arnold as Waitwell; and Doris Rich as Lady Wishfort. Through the influence of Ernest Cossart, all the period-costumes designed by Raymond Sovey f-- - , t, ,,,.Itrt~.. ,,a- - -;,.,, f t ri.- T , A L FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Allison Ray Heaps, Minister Sunday, June 7, 1931 10:45 A. M.-Promotion of classes in Church School. Sermon by Mr. Heaps. "The Parable of the Magic Tree." The children of the Church School are requested to assemble in the Sunday School room between 10:15 and 10:30. Roses Grow Red" by Webb, and The quartet will sing "Jesus' Do Mrs. Annis Dexter Gray will sing Read that Sweet Story of Old." for an offertory solo "I Think I Palmer Christian at the organ. k1 I, F FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Huron and Division Sts. Merle H. Anderson, Minister Alfred Lee Klaer, Associate Pastor. Mrs. Nellie B. Cadwell, Counsellor of Women. 10:45 A. M-Morning.Worship. Sermon by Dr.. Anderson. 5:30 P. M.-Social Hour for Young People. 6:30 P. M.-Young People's Meet- ing. Speaker: E. A. Byrum, Boy's Secretary of the State Y. M. C. A. Subject: Experiences from his recent trip through South America. I" 'L ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH O THE SPEAKING OF POETRY FA SINCERE compliment to Mr. Gorman's criticism Washington St. at Fifth Ave. B. C. Stellhorn, Pastor 9:00 A.-IM.-Sunday School. 9:00 A. M.-Service in the German language. T If 11 11