PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY; F'EBR UA H Y 27,193t PAGE OUR T E MII-TIG N DALY FRDAY,-EBRURY 27-193 Published every morning except Monday during the University year by the Board in 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 postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Post- maae: General. Subscription by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4-0. Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, Maynard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business, 21214. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4923 MANAGING EDITOR Chairman Editorial Board ' HENRY MERRY FzaNx E. CooPER, City Editor News Editor.............Gurney Williams Editorial Director.........Walter XW.Wilds Sports Editor .............Joseph A. 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Watt Johanna Wiese single authority, such steps in thej dark and squeamish buck-passing as tinctured these recent episodes would be done away with. Further- more, and of greater importance, any necessary law-enforcing could be accomplished quie t1y, with greater efficiency, and for more ob- vious reasons. At other universities, student riots or other disorderli- ness, and even charges for felonies are handled from the beginning by college and town authorities work- ing hand in hand, with such appar- ent mutual advantagesastwould make its immediate operation at Ann Arbor less embarrassing to the personal feelings of the gentlemen concerned as well as less harmful to the University's reputation. THE LAME-DUCK AMENDMENT After having held up for two years the Norris resolution, provid- ing for the elimination of the noted "lame-duck" session of Congress, Speaker Nicholas Longworth re- cently forsook the chair in the House of Representatives and, with the addition of one amendment,.led the fight for the adoption of the resolution. It was finally acted on' favorably, receiving the necessary two-thirds majority. The "lame-duck" session has been a thorn in the side of the gov- ernment for many years. A newly- elected Congress, unless called in special session, waits thirteen months after its election to take office. By that time, the office- holders, who have in all probability not even been near Washington, start to worry about reelection, and the task of guiding the government falls on the shoulders of a few. In the case of a disputed presidential election, the old Congress decides which man is properly elected, which decision, if the incoming Congress is radically different in party composition from the old one. does not actually express the senti- ment of the voters. Senator Norris two years ago offered the resolu- tion providing for a session begin- ning January 4 following the elec- tions and moving the date of presi- dential inauguration to January 24, in order to give Congress time to count the ballots. It was, however, impossible to bring the bill before the House until recently, when Longworth announced he would fight for its passage if an amend- ment, limiting the session to May 4th, were adopted. Opponents to the amendment stated that Long- worth was showing to the world that Congress was afraid of itself, since the object was to prevent perpetual sessions. Perhaps he might better have said that a few intelligent men were foresighte enoughto perceive that quite a few , stubborn gentlemen would use an indefinite session as a means to obtain their ends by refusing to agree to adjournment; in other words, the well-known filibuster. The bill is at present in conference, and Senator Norris also opposes the amendment. There can be no logi- cal reason why the session should not be limited, inasmuch as the president is empowered to call a special session if he so chooses. And Senator Norris, who claims to have the welfare of the American people so at heart, should certainly be willing to concede the House that point in order to do away with the main evil. Furthermore, as Longworth pointed out, every other term there will be conven- tions, which most members will at- tend, and it will be necessary for them to recuperate from the ardu- ous duties at Washington before entering upon the more strenuous ones of nominating a President and vice-president. As soon as the compromise reso- lution, which is apparently forth- coming from the conference, is voted upon, the bill will be submit- ted to the state legislatures for ratification, this method being especially set forth in the articles. Thirty-eight legislatures should be in session now, with two more hold- ing sessions after June. Four have already concluded their sessions, while four will convene next year. With no apparent good reason for, opposition to the bill, it would not be considered miraculous should the amendment receive the neces- sary thirty-six ratifications this year. As it is, seven years are al- lowed for ratification, and this must be accomplished as soon as possible for the most efficient gov- ernmental administration. Count Keyserling, who o n c e crossed the continent in a Pullman drawing room and wrote up the American destiny. says that 50 MUSIC AND DRAM "THE STRAIT-JACKET" The integrity of Prof. Brumm's play-its consistent thoughtfulness and daring faith in the validity of its dramatic pattern, so thoroughly gloomy as to defy "theatre" in its more obvious connotations - was enough to make Comedy Club's sec- ond production the most distinctive student production so far this year. There were other points of appeal too, First, the obvious relevance of the drama's material to the audi- ence which is to see it. And then, on the side of production, the pre- sentation to the student actors of sufficiently difficult demands to mean achievement even in partial failure (pleasantly contradictory to the too prevailing choice of plays where even complete success is a matter of indifference). The seri- ousness of the whole evening was a relief and Comedy Club deserves commendation for its "courage" in seriousness. Prof. Brumm's play represents so thorough and intelligent an assimi- lation of Ibsen's innovations in psy- chological realism and dramatic construction, for the expression of contemporary material which ob- viously required their use, that he owes no apologies to Ibsen. His drama, by establishing the contem- poraneity of Ibsen's method, is rather a tribute. It is a very sound study of a man who knows the torture of possessing ideals while lacking the courage and the inner power to realize in terms of action and expression their consequences and eternal efficacy: an internal drama very cleverly externalized in the man's relations to and deen- dence on two in'telligently "typical" women. A possible flaw in the play oc- :urred to me. Peter Sneling is ob- viously not intended as a tragic protagonist in Aristotelian terms (his particular weakness, cowardice, being too fundamental for that). Yet it seems at least plausible that knowledge of how fundamental and complete his cQwardice is should be kept from the audience a little longer than the play does. Before the end of the first act it seemed clear to me that, granted Peter as he was, the solution his wife had forced on him (despite the equivo- cations, compromises and false sense of security and significance involved in the academic life) was the correct and intelligent solu- tion for him. Had this perception been kept from us a little longer we would have viewed Peter's sec- ond act achievements with more hope and interest, and less feeling of their futility. I am suggesting the possibility that Prof. Brumm answered his drama's question a little too soon and that our interest (except the inevitable scientific in- terest in watching the consequences of a situation) dropped a little as a result. As I have suggested, the three students taking the leading parts had some of the most difficult problems of acting set for them They had to reveal psychological conflict. They had to convey the sense that here are characters thinking about themselves: think- ing that doesn't completely trans- late itself into their words (which are rather attempts to release the conflict) or into their actions (which rather reveal the perplexity of the psychological conflict than tell its nature). Only the more in- THE LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS: by Catherine Carswell: liarcourt Brace and Company: Review Copy Courtesy Slater's Book Store Robert Burns, more than any poet, deserves the title "bard." In him were compounded by a curious mixture of circumstance and na- tural force, all the romantic ele- ments with which poets in general are endowed by their more injudi- cious admirers (in Burns' case greatly in the majority). Because of a distrust growing out of this perhaps, and because of the more positively earthly qualities of the poet (see the Court of Equity) he has suffered a great neglect. It is a neglect surely unmerited, for aside from the intrinsic qualities of the verse, he had great influence on the romantic movement in English poetry. Mrs. Carswell's biography is in fact the first of the century. That it does not at a stroke cover the field of biography and criticism is evident. It does not try to. Like her subject, Mrs. Carswell wrote more for love than for approval- She is a countryman of the poC related to him not only througha barren inteilectual interest but through personal ties as well. She i must however avoid any hint at prejudice on either side. She must possess, in spite of her interest, a scientific attitude. And she must, since she was in a position to, give voice to the emotions that moved Burns and in so doing correct many misapprehensions about him. But 'as an up-to-date Burns worshipper, she undertook the perilous passage.' She did. And after reading her book, one is thankful. Her task of finding a common denominator for Burns' vagaries, a direction for his life, was no easy one. She found one which serves admirably. Iler evidence lends it accuracy and her reasoning power. If it is incorrect it remains for future commentators to correct it. Succeeding in that she will have rendered great service in awaken- ing interest.. For Burns deserves it. I Mrs. Carswell writes "that no hon- est man lives in vain, was his creed; 'never, never to despair,' his motto; to 'build resolve on reason,' his touching endeavour.-In a life long crucifixion, Burns summed up what the common poor~ man feels in wideiy severed moments of exhalta- tion, insight and desperation." But w hen Burns died he did not bless the populace; he cursed his tailor. That was the kind of man he was, and that is why his biographer is faced with such a difficult task of zreconciliation. But "a man's a man for a' that" It is unortunate perhaps that there is no attempt at a critical estimate of the poetry. So little is written about Burns, and his verse is so delightful that one bewails every lost opportunity. However, the biography does do o u t s t a n d i n g service to the work in one way at least. Al Robert's poems, with the exception of the songs for the "Museum," are opportunist poems, conversant with every little inci- dent in his life, on the women he knew, on the experiences he suf- fered, on the views he held. Con- sequently it is absolutely essential, if one wishes to get more than a pure musical delight from the poems, to know the life. And this About Books" SCOTIA'S BARD INVITATIONS AND PERSONAL CARDS Long years of experience Dependable Service} A Red Arrow Place 0. D. MORRILL 314 South State St. Phone 6615 "News of the New" e t FOR WAFFLES AND TOAST ED SANDWICHES STOP AT THE SWEETLAN D 212 So. Main WHERE SERVICE AND QUALITY REIGN - ---------- Our Specialty HOME MADE PIES AND PASTRIES Give Us A Trial Today Orders Taken and Delivered MAYNARD INN RESTAURANT AND PASTRY SHOPPE ) t, I' / <,1 III We Deliver Finds our Dresses ready with a dlaiaed account of New Fash' ns. 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Any attempt definitely to fix responsibility for the raids is frustrated by the maze of ubiqui- tous, buck-passing and sweating manoeuvers of the city officials and University administration alike to avoid that interesting, but ticklish issue. On the one hand, city offi- cials with unanimity not only re-t fused to admit authority for the hastily organized liquor squad's rashness, but even proclaimed their ignorance of its actions. On the other side, the University authori- ties have been downright secretive about their possible part in the affair. Charon himself could not fathom the opaque waters sur- rounding the responsibility for making the raids upon the five houses, for all of the obvious sub- terfuge. Equally obvious is the fact that the University as a whole, not the implicated students or administra- tion alone, stands to suffer vitally from such chequered incidents in its history. Exploited alike by a distortionate press catering to a sensation-loving public and by a popular stigma which too easily at- taches itself to an institu'tion's rep- utation for even the slightest trans- gressions of its students, the Uni- versity now finds that a lot of yel- low print now conceals the true conservatism and essential decency of its student body. But if these liquor raids have disclosed any result, it is the lack of proper harmony and coopera- tion between the University and Ann Arbor authorities. Whether the raids were made to "frame" the University, or a set of students or1 some ' public official, their after- math has been too costly, too deva- stating both to college and town to risk any repetition. While the situ- A 11! 1T i 1 DY ' yQg6{161:f "SPAA V' 7 _. a ,. i definable subleties of the acting fact is one of the major arguments technique intensely patterned into in favor of Mrs. Carswell's natural- an expressive unity by a mature istic Burns - Carlyle's morality understanding can solve t h e s e does not explain them, and other problems. And I think it pertinent biographers do not attempt to. Mrs. to say that students are too young Carswell does. to be completely successful in this S. S. F. sort of drama. That they are not too young to give it effective, and, NEW POETRY ANTHOLOGY. absolutely worthwhile, presenta- Henry Harrison, New York pub- tion last night's success showed. (isher announces a new poetry an- Mildred Todd gave an admirable thology. Henry Harrison publishes performance with poise and re- poetry exclusively. This anthology straint, almost completely expres- will be only of verse written by l sive of her gradual change from) college students. All poetry accept- certainty to uncertainty about the ed will be printed in the book in vitality of what she had done to' the near future. Also there will be her husband. Kathryn Kratz was a selection of three poems from the similarly competent as Jane Sloan, group submitted. These three will There was an inconsistency in her receive prizes of twenty five dollars, conception which (since Professor fifteen dollars, and ten dollars re- Brumm directed) is probably in the spectively. As the original an- play. In the first two acts, Jane nouncement was made some days was being rather melodramatic and ago, the time is rather short before betraying violent feminine and sad- p!=blicati on. All interested should istic instincts. 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