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improvement over those held in former years, bu
from rumors circulating on the campus, were stil
far from satisfactory. Although it was necessar
to show an identification card or be recognized b
a councilman before receiving a ballot, it wa
charged that some of the councilmen might hav
cooperated with members of the two parties, al
lowing them to vote more than once.
To put an end to all similar charges in th
future, McCormick tried a new system in th
junior elections which worked with such succes
that it was also used in the sophomore class elec
tions.
A limited number of ballots were printed, num
bered consecutively, and distributed immediatel
before the election to six councilmen in charge o
the voting. These men, three of whom are mem-
bers of the Washtenaw party, and three of the
State Street party, were required to sign receipts
holding them responsible for the receiving of the
ballots.
Men from both parties were placed at each of
three tables with instructions to give out ballots
only after each had inspected the identification
card of the voter. The voter's name was then
crossed off from an eligibility list that had been
received from the dean of student's office. No one
was allowed to vote who did not present his
identification card.
At the close of the election, the number of
students who had voted was calculated by count-
ing the names crossed off the list and checked by
the number of ballots given out. An individual
check was made to see that no council menber
gave out more ballots than there were names
crossed off on his list.
Perhaps remembering the scandal of several
years ago, when it was charged that members of
the council tampered with the ballot boxes after
the election and before the counting of the votes,
McCormick had the ballot containers carried in
the presence of men from both campus factions to
a fraternity house where they were watcled until
the votes were counted.
He also made certain that there would be no
accusation of dishonesty in the counting. The
boxes were opened in the presence of the council
at an open meeting, the number of ballots re-
checked, and the number of votes for each candi-
date counted under supervision.
While it cannot be said definitely that elections
have been dishonest in the past, the perfected sys-
tem of McCormick at least assured the losing
party that they were not beaten by illegal votes
of several of their opponents. It has also brought
an end to the countless rumors formerly prevaent
on the campus that councilmen were helping one
party or another to win elections.
Now that the Ritz has reverted to its original
name, Chubb House, we may expect the Parrot to
become the Mud Hen almost any day.
The French premier and the German ambassador
discussed the "entire question of Germany's condi-
tion" in two hours. We wish they would take half
an hour to come over here and clear up the prohibi-
tion question.'
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ert E. Bursley
en Clark
Bert Finn
nna Becker
rtha Jane Cissel
nevieve Field
iine Fischgrund
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ry Harriman
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John eysee
Arthur F. Kuhn
James Lowe
Bernard E. Schnacke
Anne H-arsba
Katharine Jackson
Dorothy Layin
Virginia McComb
Cairolin Mosher
Ie =yn Olsen
Helen Schmeede
Grafton W. Sharp
Donald Johnson
Don Lyon
Bernard H. Good
May Seefried
Minnie Seng
helen Spencer
Kathryn Stork
Clare Unger
Diary Elizabeth Watts
NIGHT EDITOR-JAMES INGLIS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1931
notiher Midigan
xplorer Is Honored
ANNOUNCEMENT Tuesday that
Professor
Carl D. LaRue, of the botany department, had
een elected to membership in the Explorers Club,
s an indication of the extensive amount of re-
earch material Michigan has contributed to the
ield of science. The elevation of Professor LaRue
o this group gives the University a representation
f eight, a total larger than that of any college
r university in the United States.
To be eligible for membership in the Explorers
lub, one must have done some work of an explor-
tory nature. It is not given for mere travel alone,
ut for research of a more or less revolutionary
ature in some scientific field. Membership is
xclusive, so to speak. Wealth or social station
an exert no influence. The number is few; and
n this group can be found such personages as
,tefanson, Byrd, Hobbs, and Gould.
The selection of Professor LaRue was made
n the basis of his work in South America in con-
ection with rubber experimentation. He has long
een known as an authority on rubber; and irA
iew of this, he was made leader of an expedition
: Sumatra from 1917 to 1920. Three years later
e was made chief of an expedition of the depart-
nent of agriculture to Brazil. Again, in 1927,
'rofessor LaRue was named co-director of an
xpedition to Brazil, a project sponsored by Henry
ord. He is a young man in the scientific world,
ut his advancement has been so rapid that, in a
ew years, he has achieved an international repu-
ation.
To glance over the list of the University's fac-
lty who are members of the Explorers Club is
c marvel at the names written thereon. One finds.
hat of William Herbert Hobbs, dean of geologists,
nd leader several years ago of the Michigan
Greenland Expedition. Another is Dr. Laurence
A1. Gould, a youth in his own field, geology, and
econd-in-comand of the Byrd Antarctic Expedi-
ion.. Then there is Ralph L. Bedknap, third of
he geologists, who accompanied Hobbs to Green-
and. Continuing we find R. B. Hall, of the geo-
raphy department; Donald M. Matthews, of the
orestry school, and Dr. Carl Guthe and Melvin R.
rilmore, of the University Museum.
Their achievements have been distinctive, aid-,
ng materially the progress of science. It singles
ut definitely the creative genius within our own
roup. Michigan stands alone in this respect, and
tands as a tribute to those who have made this
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- Verion) ....................Brahms,
I itaniae ..................... Paul humn
- Trio in B tat major, op. 99.....Scdubert
f The Elshuco Trio opened the ser-
ies of concerts sponsored by the
Chamber Music Society last night
in the Mendelssohn Theatre. They
are-as they were two seasons ago
.-a talented ensemble who man-
age to make fairly lucid the struct-
ural and emotive values of the
works they play. But one always
vaguely feels, I think-the review-
er- happens to be fairly familiar
with their work over a period of
some years-that there is some-
thing which prevents them from
ever being an excellent Trio. The
clue to this feeling lies perhaps in
my descriptive phrase "they man-
age to make lucid." There is, I
think, always a sense of effort, a
sense of deliberateness apparent
particularly in the phrasing (and
often in the rhythms) of each in-
dividual player. I mean to say that
in their own right they are not
first-rate musicians. There isn't
that sense of certainty in the flow
from their response to music to
their objectification of that re-
sponse which oie gets from better
artists. There is rather self-con-
sciousness (which is uncertainty).
This is particularly apparent in Mr.
Willeke (though more apparent on
previous occasions than last night).
When he gets the predominant
part in the ensemble, he always
"makes the most of" his opportun-
ity with a luscious tone, with im-
petuous, anxiou^ly emphatic phras-
'ing. This is self-consciousness; it
is also self-confidence and self-es-
teem (which on past occasions has
been very objectionable to some of
the musicians in the South Mun-
tam audiences). Mr. Willeke, de-
spite his notable career, has a rep-
utation for being more absorbed
in himself than in the music. And
since to a good extent he sets as
leader the whole direction of the
interpretation, t h e ensemble is
compromised by his type of sec-
ond-rateness. Mr. Giorni at the
piano is quite a different type of,
musician. He is Self-conscious in,
a different vay. Very little of his
playing carries a feeling of immed-
iacy, of conviction. He is, I think
quite conscious of the lack of flexi-
bility in his technique; and more
or less deliberately exploits a some-
what unobtrusive, staccato style
which modestly and quietly chisels
out his phrases and rhythms. He
manages to be nearly always ade-
quate; but he is never rich and
immediate. (Those who are ac-
quainted with Myra Hess' playing
in the recording of the Schubert
B flat Major Trio will, I think, real-
ize immediately the difference I am
trying to state). Mr. Kraeuter, who
seems an intelligent and sensitive
musician, may be somewhat com-
prised by the necessity of adjusting
his execution to Mr. Willeke's.
Last night the Trio opened with
The Second Version of Brahms'
Trio in B Major, Op. 8. This was a
ricly emotional work of subtle
texture. Fanny Davies, writing on
Brahms in the Oxford Chamber
Music Encyclopaedia, assures us
that when in 1891 Brahms turned
to his early work (op. 8, 1854) he
used only the broad openings of the
first movement and the finale and
the Trio of the third movement;
that otherwise it is an entirely new
work, misinterpreted if referred to
as a revision. This may be a con-
solation to those, like myself, who
were not able to clearly compre-
hend the Brahms last night. Its
opus number should be somewhere
in the hundreds; and in the hun-
dreds Brahms is anything but sim-
ple.
The Litaniae by Paul Juon (whom
Mr. Willeke is quite alone in es-
pousing) seemed most thoroughly
bad; indeed, incredible as music of
religious inspiration. Just as seem-
ed the case with his Caprice which
the Elshuco Trio introduced here
two years ago, when Juon was not
making meaningless efforts at writ-
ing in the modern idiom, he was
writing quite commonplace and
quite. unrelated strains of sensu-
ousness.
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