PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAIL Y SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1930 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 thie paper and the local news published herein. Entered at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postagegranted by Third Assistant Post- master General. Subscription by carrier, $4.00; by mail,' $4.50. Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, May- anard Street. Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business, 21214. ' r ".' . EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR Chairman Editorial Board HENRY MERRY thing that should have been done several years. That is, to produce a campus revue. When the Mimes theater was leased to Play Production, it was predicted by many that the doom of the organization had been seal- ed. However, they have taken a step, which, if taken several years ago, would probably have kept the Opera-that of localizing the whole production. According to its an- nouncement, all scenery, stage work, direction and managing will be done by students. And last but not least, it will consist of skits and short acts on campus matters, writ- ten by students. Alumni, when they go to student productions of one kind or another, like to be carried back to their col- lege days. The highly specialized nature of the Opera soon eliminat- ed this feature of the show, and gradually attendance at perfor- mances dropped off until it was necessary to do away with the whole custom. Now, with new blood in its veins, Mimes has a chance to put on a show, which, if it is a success, it is rumored De- troit alumni will bring to Detroit for a short run. However, we can wait and hope that the organiza- tion will not deceive our hopes, and wil really put on a student show, as was "Michigenda" in 1908. SIB ROUSNESS IN{Ai ASIDE. I TOIG' f : In edv the Mendelssohn Club repea s its Xlolnar's comedy, City Editor Frank E. Cooper News Editor . ....... .Gurney Williams Editorial Director...........Walter W. Wilds Sports .Editor..............Joseph A. Russell Women's Editor............ Mary L. Behymer Music and Drama .......William J. Gorman Assistant News Editor......Charles R. Sprowl Telegraph Editor.George A. Stauter NIGHT EDITORS S. Beach Conger John D. Reindel Carl S.Forsythe Richard L. Tobin David M. Nichol Harold O. Warren Sports Assistants Sheldon C. Fullerton J. Cullen Kennedy. Robert' Townsend Reporters Walter S. Baer, Jr. Wilbur J Myers Irving J. Blumberg Robert L. Pierce Donald O. Boudeman Sher M. Quraishi George T. Callison C. Richard Racine rhomas M. Cooley Jerry E. Rosentai George Fisk George Rubenstein 7erhard W. Freund Charles A. Sanford Morton Frank Karl Seiffert Saul Friedberg Robert F. Shaw Frank B. Gilbreth Edwin M. Smith Jack Goldsmith George A. Stauter Roland Goodman Alfred R. Tapert William H. Harris Tohn S. Townsend James H. Inglis )Robert D. Townsend Denton C. Kunze Max H. Weinberg Powers Moulton Joseph F. Zias Lynne Adams Betty Clark Elsie Feldman Elizabeth Gribble rnmily G. Grimes Elsie M. Hoffmey j ean Levy orothy Magee Mary McCall =, AND D MA Margaret O'Brien Eleanor Rairdon Jean Rosenthal Cecilia Shriver Frances Stewart r Anne Margaret Tobin Margaret Thompson Claire Trussell Barbara Wright Campus Opinion Contributors ai asked to he brief, confining thescihes to less than 300 words if possible. Anonymous com- nunications will be disregarded. The names of communicants will, however, be regarded as confidential, upon re- quest. 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Remsen Ann Verner Laura Codling 7)orthea Waterman Ethel Constas Alice McCully Anna Goldberg1 oCothy Bloomgarden Virginia McComb Dorothy Laylin Joan Wiese Josephine Convisser Mary Watts Pernice Glaser Marian Atran Hlortense Gooding Sylvia Miller SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1930 Night Editor - HAROLD WARREN TRADE REVIVAL Following a business depression which has lasted for more than ten months, industrial leaders met re- cently at Chicago and predicted business on a big scale for the win- ter and spring of 1930-31. Optim- ism, such as has not featured any previous meeting to solve the de- pression enigma, was the keynote of the Chicago conference. Eight outstanding leaders in the business world discussed the cur- rent situation in their individual lines of activity at the conference held in Mandell hall under the aus- pices of the Chicago Association of Commerce and the Commercial and Industrial clubs of Chicago. The results were gratifying in the en- tire sense of the word. "Just why and how long will the depression remain?" asked the men of industry and business at the Chicago conference. The busi- ness cycle, which governs econo- nictrend, tells us that we have hit the bottom, experts told the con- vention. Fifty-seven captains of in'- dustry then discussed how they in- tended to start the upward trend, how they intended to disperse the evils of unemployment, what they proposed to do to move the rusting wheels of machinery, unused since liquidation of the tremendous sur- plus of 1929 began last spring. But most significant in the trade revival congress was the promise of eight leaders of major industries to attempt to stem the tide of over- production when business again rises to the 1929 levels. The basis for the recent drop was overproduc- tion, they said, and it is this over- productiondwhich they intend to place under control. How they could do it was the question. And they answered that it was possible to. forsee the market so that pro- duction could be minimized to a point where liquidation would no CAMPUS AND CREED. To the Editor: I was personally pleased with your tolerance in printing the worthy F. W. G. Boesche Jr's re- vealing analysis of the condition of the university convocations. It served as a long due catharsis to clear up the Student Christian As- sociation situation. Heretofore we have learned of the opinions and activities of t h a t organization through merciful front page re- porters, but at last we have a fair sample of the "sweetness and light" emanating from that body. The president has spoken! The student sage's versatile writ- ing may be roughly classified as analytical and suggestive. Under the former he lightly flits into the realm of history before his advent at Michigan and emerges triumph- ant with: "Prior to that time a tradition seemed to exist to the effect that to sacrifice the luxury of one's Sunday slumbers . . . was the thing to do . . . . Then, of a sudden, the rumor squirmed about that the order of the day was thumbs down on Convocations. Valiantly, they have since struggled to survive the blight of student dis- interestedness." Re ardless of what one thinks of Mr. hoesch's mind he must confess that his reasoning is easy to follow. And to think it all happened just like that! A naughty "rumor squirmed about.' As an enthusiastic proselyte of the master, (may I, Mr. Boesche?) I suggest that a de-rumorifier be installed as a regular piece of equipment in Lane Hall, possibly along side of the famous freshman files, which alone (in connection with Mr. Boesche's "non - denominational" student worship ideal) make it possible that a. pledge's religious faith be necessarily stylish with the fraternity. Mr. Boesche delves even deeper into significant causes when he startles us with: "They simply have not been able to compete with the alluring attractiveness of an eve- ning at the 'Mich' or the 'Maj'." Please permit my timid sugges- tion, Mr. Boesche, that the S. C. A. undertake to educate the students on the chronology of a Sunday so that they may be freed from the satanic shackles of the illusion that the hours of the theatres and con- vocations coincide. Mr. Boesche certainly isn't a little man because of a consistency buggaboo. He can say: "The scien- tific scrutiny which religion has undergone has only served to strengthen rather than to weaken it." But Mr. Boesche reaches his climax when he says: "The remedy to the situation would be the ulti- mate establishment of a student chapel." Now if I may play prose- lyte again, -- you students, whom the master says have no interest in religion, must curb your tend- c'r "tn drift with fashiom of Come on now, gents, let's settle1 down to some deep, serious thoughta on a few timely and important sub- jects. In the first place, what do you honestly think about the foot- ball admission fiesta that Uncle Harry Tillotson The Time Tested Ticket Thief puts on for his boon companions of a Saturday? Myi private opinion is that the Uni- versity should call out a holiday on Friday afternoon and let us see the game first and then have it re-played for the benefit of the alien populace. I, personally, would just as soon go out a second time and furnish local atmosphere for the boys on Saturday if they seem to demand it. If that plan doesn't appeal to you, how about writing a few letters to good old Uncle Harry and asking him about things. When it gets to the point where I am offered the chance to buy a good ticket from a traveling sales- man for ten dollars (an actual oc- currence) I think it is high time to do something,-perhaps buy the ticket. Men of Michigan, defend your birthright! I really think that a good heart to heart talk (accom- lished by cuting his heart-if any-out "and giving it a good talking to) might accomplish wonders. Another thing about which I am in deadly earnest is this matter of the filled in funny face on Gargoyle. I have had deputations by the score (37-0, their favor) to tell me that I was too flippant in my request, and that if I didn't make itrknown that I really meant business and had an honest award waiting for each and every one who sent in a Gargoyle cover with the face filled in, I'd have to take a free copy myself. Another thing. The best one sent in either to me or to the Gargoyle office willtrun in the next issue. (Now I have ruined the works!) In conjunction with The Benevolent Brotherhood For Kicking The Coeds Off Campus the Pherret noticed something the other day that looks very hopeful for the cause. A lad over in A.' H., being unable single handed to accomplish the full purpose of the league, did the next best thing by fol- lowing an unsuspecting lady- pardon me - coed, down the hall until she dropped her book. He then, with laudable vigor, kicked it so far down the hall that I'll warrant she is chasing it to this very day. * * * I have it on the best of authority that this young hero is also a mem- ber of the He Men's Club and The Fewer Clothes On More Occasions League. A fine fellow without doubt. * * * Dear Dan: I meant to write you sooner, but Monday I lost the filling from one of my teeth and did not find it till yesterday while looking through some old dance programs. As it was a gold filling, a graduation present from my father, you can imagine my relief. I can just see that chubby little face puckering all up when you try to. Imagine some more, Dan, the children seem to like it. The other day you broke down in a gale of print and wondered about the seal embedded in the main entrance to the Library. Knowing that with your lovable laziness, nothing would ever come of the probe you contemplated, I took the matter into my own hands. Initia- tive . . . . just part of my charm. The Question - Don't you know that that's a seal you're walking on? Bill Hewitt - Sure, but I'm too tired to run . . . . and how would you like a seal in the pan, friend? Gurney Williams-By George, it is! And I haven't a fish for either one of you. Senior Med.-Well, dope, put it in the ceiling where it belongs. Harry Newman - Pahdon me, Massa Reportah, ah sure won't do it again. Biddy in a fur coat-Seal?-Sure, don't you understand English? -Yes indeedy, do you speak it? Just then the whistle on the Bap- tist Church rang and I went to production of Olympia. OLYMPIA CAST t,,oti Pct ................\L-,SOWERV~S PrincessE Eugenie............M A R\Y POW ER Prince Plata-Etin ....HARRY R. AlJi Prisces Ok-npia.........t E .N I C tPEI. Kovacs ............... AIE RAY OND) -re - -l. - -...............-.- - .-I- - VN Y ) ( N A Review by Willaim J. Gorman. Comedy Club opened the campus theatrical season last night with an interesting production of Ferenc Molnar's Olympia. It wasn't a com- pletely jolly evening. The produc- tion never had enough certainty for that. There were outstanding flaws of taste and considerable difficulties in catching tempos. In1 fact, the production had time and scope enough to go from very bad in the first act to very good in the last act. Only consistent excellence could make a completely jolly evening out of Molnar's thin, trivial fable about the pride of an Austrian Democrat. I agree with the Dean of Radcliffe about the play. But despite wavering, the pro- duction was interesting because two recognized student talents did extremely well by themselves and another one, which had taken a year's rest, did likewise. These three performances made the production a more conspicuous success than either of Comedy Club's disastrous appearances last year. Mary Powers, who did such splen- did work here this summer, richly spread histrionic butter on her latest roll (the pun is from Comedy Club's Credo on the program). Miss Powers is a very shrewd actress. Singularly patient with detail, crowding all possible humour into her technique, she radiates very tangible, very fine comedy. Few students are capable of the com- pletely unself-conscious vocal and visual abandonment that is one of Miss Powers' best comic gifts. Her temporary return visit was wel- come indeed. As a senile courtier, alternating eloquence with patriotic tears, Harry Allen gave a thin ripple of acted humour that made the last act excellent. Mr. Allen with inimit- able ease does many things at once. James Raymond's stiff reticence about bodily movement (as far as I could niake out he moved nothing but his legs for three acts) suffered rather badly from the contrast with Harry Allen. Frankly, his Kovacs was probably responsible for most of the uncertainty in the production. It was very dry, very dull, and as I have suggested very inactive. He was no more interest- ing in the scenes of revenge when he had the upper hand than as the pleading lover: and his plead- ing lover in the first act, paying suit in very finely measured steps up and down the room, was very bad. The director can almost be held responsible for this extreme of preciseness and slowness. Zest, speed, charm, resourcefulness in the part of Kovacs would have made the production eminent, His inadequacy tended to obscure the fact that Eugenie Chapel (a prodigy as a freshman and now fortunately returned to the local boards) was doing extremely com- petent work as Olympia. There was quiet concentration in her approach to the rather silly part. She was trying to make it sombre and in- tense enough to justify our inter- est. She was continuously showing enough feeling and enough desire for rapid exciting scenes to have made the whole production sub- stantial high comedy. Meanwhile Kovacs was being a very erect, un- interesting military man with pride I in his heart. Miss Chapel was very fine. The outstanding flaw in the pro- duction was the bad taste some- where which allowed Whitney Dix- on to play an Austrian Constable in Mack Senett style. Such trifling humourous parts are common in Molnar. When correctly and in- telligently played they are delight- ful vagaries on the surface of so- cial comedy. When they are played farcically in a piping oratorical voice they let the play down badly. The only pleasure is the malicious one of watching thoroughly bad acting. Again the director seems to have been careless in permitting ANN ARBOR TRUST BLDG 1st FLOOR *wvvvvv vvvv~f.Y'v v'Y' AFTER THE GAME STOP AT THE Sweetland for TOASTED SANDWIOHES and DINNERS a / v r THE MATCHLESS BALDWIN LINE Of PIANOS VICTOR, MAJESTIC, BRUNSWICK 1AADIOS UNEXCELLED MARTIN BAND INSTRUMENTS Terms to Suit UNIVERSITY MUSIC HOUSE William Wade Hinshaw IDevoted to Music Cor. Maynard & William Phone 7515 I I BROWN-CRESS & Company, Inc. INVESTMENT jSECURITIES Orders executed on all ex- changes. Accounts carried on conservative margin. Telephone 23271 q 1 II I I 7 i ,; ( r tI 1 1 fina itt III" fiiEr. . e t t ttfl 1 ' itr11111 t' If The Choicest of Wholesome Foods PRIVATE ROOMS FOR BANQUETS AND DINNER PARTIES Mrs. Anna Kalmbach I LANE HALL ii .I FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Cor. S. State and E. Washington Sts. Dr. Frederick B. Fisher, Minister 10:30 A. M.-Morning Worship. "A VICTOROUS LIFE." No evening service-Convocation in Hill Auditorium. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH E. Huron, below State R. Edward Sayles, Minister Howard R. Chapman, Minister of Students. 9:45 A. M.-The Church School. Mr. Wallace Watt, Superintendent. 10:45 A. M.-Morning Worship. Mr. Sayles will preach. Topic: "THE RECOVERY OF REVER- ENCE., 12:00 Noon-University Students Class at Guild House. Mr. Chap- man. 5:30 P. M.-Hour for social fellow- ship. Students gather at Guild Ho use. 6:30sP. M.--Dr. Frank W. Padel- ford, of Boston, Executive Secre- tary of Northern Baptist Board of Education, will address the stu- dents. BETHLEHEM EVAMELICAL CHURCH (Evangelical Synod of N. A.) Fourth Ave. between Packard and Williams 6 Rev. Theodore R. Schmale 9:00 A. M.-Bible School. 10:00 A. M.-Morning Worship. Celebration in Holy Communion. 11:00 A. M.-Holy Communion in German. METHODIST STUDENTS CENTER WESLEY GUILD Cor. State and East Huron 12:00 N.-"Comparative Religions." Sunday school class led by Mrs. Frederick Fisher. 6:00 P. M.-Devotional Meeting led by Mr. Paul Russell, "Making Adjustments." FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Huron and Division Sts. Merle H. Anderson, Minister AlfredrLee Klaer, University Pastor Mrs. Nellie B. Cadwell, Counsellor of Women. 10:45 A. M.-Morning Worship. Sermon: "This Freedom" by Rev. Alfred Lee Klaer. 12:00-Noon Student Classes. Religious Values Prof. R. Hoekstra Ethical Issues in Current Events .............:.L. O. Andrews Ancient Traditions in the Light of New Knowledge G. P. Brewington Introduction to the Bible . .. . Rev. A. L. Klaer 5:30 P. 'M.-Social Hour for Young People. 6:30 P.M.-Young People's Meeting. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CAURCH Allison Ray Heaps, Minister a 0 7:00 P. M.-Social Hour. TAVERN 1 Complete Line of Everything Musical Sunday, October 26 BE CONSISTENT IN YOUP RELIGION 10:45 A. M.-Morning Worship. Sermon topic: "Is Anything Im- mortal?" 9:30 A. M.-Church School. Stere- optican Slides of Palestine." 5:30 P. M.-Student Fellowship. 6:00 P. M.-Fellowship Supper. 8:00 P. M.-Student+ at Hill Auditorium. Convocation i' i i ATTEND CHURCH REGULARLY ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Division and Catherine Streets Reverend Henry Lewis, Rector Reverend Duncan E. Mann, Assistant 8:00 A. M.-Holy Communion. 9:30 A. M.-Holy Communion. (Student Chapel at Harris Hall.) 9:30 A. M.-Church School. (Kin- dergarten at 11 o'clock.) 11:00 A. M.-Morning Prayer. Ser- mon by Mr. Mann. 6:00 P. M.-Student Supper in Harris Hall. Address by Mr. Ernest Piper. ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH (Missouri Synod) Third and West Liberty Sts. C. A. Brauer. Pastor 7:00gP. League. M. - Young People's i 1 ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Washington St. at Fifth Ave. E. C. Stellihorn, Pastor 9:00 and 10:30 A. M.-Regular nla rr e r C r>r ._ __nn r r .i FIRST CHURCH CHRIST, SCIENTIST 409 S. Division St. 10:30 A. M.-Regular Morning Serv- ice. Sermon topic: "Probation HI I 11