'rHE MICHICAN DAILY WHY DOESN'T SAM CALL HIM? Published every morning except Monday during the UniVcrsity year the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of the Western Conference Editorial Association. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re- ublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise rlited in this paper and the local news published herein. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second ass matter. Special rate of postage grante4 by Third Assistant bstmaster General. Subscription by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.69 Offices: Ann Arbor Press Building, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Cihigan. - Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business, 21214. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 492 MANAGING EDITOR RICHARD L TOBIN Ity Editor .....-.............................Carl Forsythe ditorlal Director ..............................Beach Conger, Jr. ews Editor .*............................ David M. Nichol ports Editor ...................-.-....Sheldon O. Fullerton omen'. Editor.......................Margaret M. Thompson ssistant News Editor......................... Robert L. Pierce I Joe After the theatre drop in and have icious malted mhlk or hot chocolate a toasted sandwich. aWd Parkers AT THE HUB Next to the .Michigan' Cafe TONIGHT Try our hot 40c Noonday Luncheons From 11 to 1 Complete line of Gilbert Chocolates The Michigan Theatre Building Four Aces ok B. Gilbreth and A. Goodman Karl lseifert NIGHT EDITO J. Oullen Kenn RS aedy James Inglis Jerry E. Rosenthal George A. Stauter U I Featuring 11 J. Myers sne4 ainley W. Arnheim wson E. Becker ward C. Campbell Williams Carpenter omas Connellau nuel G. Ellis rothy Brockman rlam Carver atrice Collins rise Crandall ie Feldman idence Foster Sports Assistants John W. Thomas REPORTERS Fred A. Huber Norman Kraft Roland Martin HIenry Meyer Albert H. Newman E. 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Brown ounts ......................................Richard Stratemeir men's Business Manager .........................Ann W. Verner Make reservations for New Year's Party EARLE BOOT SHOP Ph one 9228 123 EAST LIBERTY STREET I r s ! Aronson t E. Bursley Clark t Finn a Becker$ Assistants John Keyser Arthur F. Kohn. James Lowe Anne Harsha Katharine Jackson Dorothy ILayin Virginia McComb Carolin Mosher Helen Olsen Grafton W. Sharp Donalo A. Johnston II Don Lyon Bernard H. Good May Seefried Minnie Seng Helen Spencer Kathryn Stork Clare Unger Mary Elizabeth Watts Vischgrund meyer rriman TIGHT EDITORS-Margaret O'Brien, Elsie Feldman FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1931 t Class ~ Spirit of '35 . xYLASS spirit, a quality almost extinct at Michi- "-i gan, is being revived by the class of 1935. The freshmen this year have shown an initiative and co-operation in class activities which has not been approached for many years in the past. This new spirit first appeared in the violence of the freshman elections this year. As ardent campaigning was done by the yearlings as was ever done by a seasoned campus politician in his senior elections. The next evidence of the dawn of ne vigor for the class was the fervency and vehemence with which the Fall games were fought by the new class. It administered a crushing re- bake to the half-hearted enthusiasm shown by the sophomores. Recently when the committee appointments of the class came out, committees were included on tradition and discipline.- It was announced that these committees would co-operate on the question of enforcing the wearing of "pots" as a matter of class pride. Heretofore the yearlings have been quite content to allow all the enforcement to be done from the outside.- And now the freshmen are collecting class dues to buy their page in the 'Ensian and to start get- ting the money for a memorial. This is before they have been here one semester. They are optimistic as well as conscientious. This year the men have been deprived of the opportunity for recreation which the fraternity offers to freshmen and have consequently had to turn their attention to other forms of endeavor. The class organization was the most natural of these and has benefited. But, we wonder, does class spirit in a college with classes of the size of ours serve any real and worthwhile purpose? EDITORIAL COPMENTI BIG THREE OF THE BIG TEN (Daily Northwestern) A Chicago newspaper story reveals that,the West- ern Conference faculty athletic representatives voted before the Purdue game to refuse permission to the Nortiwestern football team for the Rose bowl game with Southern California. Naturally the Purdue defeat put an end to North- western's desire to play on the coast, but the refusal of the Conference stands, nevertheless, and stands in just as unfavorable a light as the charity arrange- ments made by the so-called Big Ten. When the votes of these faculty representatives were called for by mail, Northwestern had played a game with Notre Dame from the proceeds of which she contributed $100,000 to the unemployed. Further- more, Northwestern had agreed to devote the pro- ceeds of the Purdue game to charity, as well as to risk two-thirds of the title for the benefit of others in need of charity-Purdue and Michigan. The revelation that the conference would take everything from Northwestern and give nothing merely adds another black mark to the recent record of that august body. We sincerely hope that in the future Northwest- ern's athletic representatives will be less willing to contribute money, prestige, and titles rightfully won for the benefit of an organization which appears by all its actions to be controlled by a minority of three schools whose athletic directors have been active in the conference for more than twenty-five years. Grimes evidently considered it unnecessary to add George Huff to the list, with Zuppke already on it. The intrigues and wire-pulling of this group would make interesting reading in any newspaper, and we hope that the junior members of the conference com- mittees will act to make the usual "star chamber" sessions open and available to those who desire to learn the truth. I CIEEN IREFLECTllONS I COMING TO THE MICHIGAN There is little doubt that by far the largest part of the credit for the success of "Private Lives" must go to Noel Coward, who, as author and male lead of the farce that convulsed first London and later New York, is responsible forlines that are powerful enough to enable the play to stand practically as a two-part show. Actually there are only four actors who have more than two speeches in the entire play. By rare good fortune the motion-picture adapta- tion of this play boasts the services of two genuine stars, both eminently capable of doing complete just- ice to the magnificent lines. They do just that. Contrasted with the extreme simplicity of plot and action, the dialogue fairly sparkles with clever- ness and originality, which, adequately clothed in the talents of Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery, gets over to the audience with the force of machie- gun volleys. Probably for the first time in her career Miss Shearer has dropped the slightly sickening hauteur that has always been so characteristic of her, and presents a performance, for once, that is entirely human. Together with the suave, somewhat bewil- dered self-confidence of -Robert Montgomery she ac- complishes an extremely amusing series of ultra- sophisticated comedy situations. Excellent foils for the brilliance of the two leads are included in the cast in the persons of Una Merkel and the almost-forgotten Reginald Denny. Although Miss Merkel is not given a chance to air her beautiful southern drawl, she forms a very nice background for Mr. Montgomery and Miss Shearer, as does Denny also. Private Lives" is being offered by the Michigan as par ofthe Christmas holiday bill next week. VACATION PROSPECTS At the Michigan Of the ten players featured in five pictures billed at the Michigan for the two-week vacation period at least eight are real stars, all of which makes us just a little sorry-well, not really sorry-that we are not going to be here to see them. First of all, "The Champ," with Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper, opening Sunday, brings back one of the two child actors the screen has ever succeeded in pushing to stardom as well as one of its best heav- ies. It is followed by "Blonde Crazy," featuring James Cagney and Joan Blondell. Next on the list is "Private Lives," with Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery, reviewed above, fol- lowed by Claudet Colbert and Gary Cooper in "His Woman." Finally there is that great stage show, "Flying High," starring Bert Lahr and Charlotte Greenwood. At the Majestic The Majestic starts off its holiday bills tomorrow with "The Unholy Garden," starring Ronald Colman. Favorable reviews have followed this action drama, which deserves to be called one of Colman's best, wherever it has been exhibited. Next come George Bancroft and Robert Ames in "A Rich Man's Folly," followed by Seth Parker in "Way Back Home," which is slated to run a full week. The final show before the resumption of school will star Marilyn Miller. It is "Her Majesty Love." T.ROLE L Rai MERRY MICHAEUMAS And here we are standing on the bink of the last sober day we must spend under the loving eye of the administration. Personally,,we in- tend to go straight home and have a good drink of invigorating pop to celebrate. * * * This going home business sounds awfully simple and nice just to say-kind of rolls off of the t e and all like that, but didyo ever stop to think what a lot of trouble may be found in those two words. Method (1)...Walk out to the 'top of the hill on Washtenaw; put on weary expression as of man who-has walked from She- boygan since last night; and wave arms at all passers-by who aren't driving Fords. This will bring seldom if any results. Method (2)...Proceed as in meth- od (1), varying the process by ly- ing down in puddle of oil, face down, wearing expression of one three days dead. The oncoming cars will swerve to avoid dirtying up their wheels with the remains and, possibly, go in the ditch. This method often results in your hav- ing company as you stand around in the blizzard which invariably ac- companies such expeditions. Method (3)...If you live in De- troit, go to Michigan Central Sta- tion (adv.) and get onto. a train to Chi cagao. If, after you get there, you still want to go home, you will find their service very sat- isfactory. This is infinitely quicker than attempting to do anything with the present schedule from Ann Arbor. DAILY POEM See the nice, green grass around us. Raindrops f r o m the grey skies fall. No one else will have a Merry Christmas either. It's a fine world after all! * * a We trust that you have noticed that not a word is being said about Little Yvonne Fagan today. We don't expect gratitude, but you might have just mentioned it. * * * And when Christmas Day fi- nally comes around, we cer- tainly hope that you won't for- get to send the Administration a nice lily tied with a blue rib- bon to show how much we all appreciate their purity of heart, integrity of purpose, a n d, ' above all, that fine spirit which leads them to peek confidently over our shoulders and into our FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Cor. S. State and E. Washington Sts. Frederick B. Fisher Peter F. Stair Ministers 7:00-8:30 - Christmas Communion Service. 10:30 A. M.-Morning Worship. "THE SOUL'S RENAISSANCE" Dr. Fisher 7:30 P. M.-Evening Worship. "CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD" Mrs. Fisher BETHLEHEM EVANGELICAL CHURCH South Fourth Avenue Theodore R. Schinale, Pastor 9:00 A. M.-Bible School. 10:00 A. M.-Morning Worship. Sermon topic: "The Desire to See God's Glory." 11:00 A. 1.-Worship in German. 7:00 P. M.-Young People's League. THE WESLEY FOUNDATION State and Huron Streets WESLEY HALL 6:00 o'clock (evening) Guild service, choral singing. Miss Mildred Sweet, director. 7:00 P. M.--Supper. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Huron and Division Sts. Merle H. Anderson, Minister Alfred Lee Klaer, Associate 10:45 A. M.-Morning'Worship. "The Wonder Story by Mary the Mother." 5:30 P. M.-Social Hour for Young People. 6:30 P. M.-Young People's Meet- ing, 7:00 P. M.-Church mas Service. School. Christ- ,. Id FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Allison Ray Heaps, Minister Sunday, December 20 10:45 A. M.-Morning Worship. Sermon topic: "The Radiance of the Christian Religion."' 4:00 P. M.--A Christmas Play and Pagent by the church school. BE CONSISTENT IN YOUR RELIGION THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH E. Huron, below State R. Edward Sayles, Howard R. Chapman, Students. 9:30 A. M.-Church Watt, Supt. Minister Minister for School. Mr. ATTEND CHURCH REGULARLY 10:45 A. M.-Mr. Sayles will preach on "The Charm of Christmas." The students remaining in the city are asked to come to the Guild House Sunday evening at 6:00 P. M. as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chapman. FIRST CHURCH CHRIST, SCIENTIST 409 S. Division St. 10:30 A. M.-Regular Morning Serv- ice. Sermon topic: "Is the Uni- verse, including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?" 11:45 A. M.-Sunday School follow- ing the morring service. 7:30 P. M.-Wednesday Evening Testimonial Meeting. The Reading Room, 10 and 11 State Savings Bank Building, i$ open daily from 12 to 5 o'clock, 'except Sundays and legal holidays. p ST. PAUL'S LUTHERN CHURQH (Missouri Synod) Third and West Liberty Sts. C. A. Brauer, Pastor Sunday, December 20 9:30 A. M.-German. 10:45 A. M.-English. 7:30 P. M.-Evening advent serv- ice Christmas Eve. 6:30 P. M.-Children's Service. Christmas Day 9:30 A. M.-German. 10:45 A. M.-English. Sunday, Dec. 27 9:30 A. M.-German. 10:.45 . M Enlili ZION LUTHERN CHURCH Washington Street and 5th Ave. E. C. Stellhorn, Pastor 9:00 A. M.-Bible School. Lesson topic: "God's Greatest Gift to' Love." 10:30 A. M.-Service with advent sermon by pastor. Topic: "The Lost Values." 7:30 P. M.-A chorus of forty THE "UPPER ROOM" BIBLE CLASS For all "Michigan" Men. The Class that is "Different." ,Every Saturday Evening, from Seven to Eight O'clock. "Discussion" Section meets Sun- day Morning' at 9:30. Every Tuesday Evening at 7:00 o'clock. JOHN'S GOSPEL, "the greatest book in the world." A Class for both Women zand Men. II II 11 11 .II I h