THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY MARCH 19,.1932 jIt ilgn~ itt lied every morning except Monday during the University e Board in Control of Student Publications. er of the Western Conference Editorial Association. Associated Press is exclusively entitled. to the use for re- of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise this paper and the local news published herein. d at the Post Oficee at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second er. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant General. iption by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50 : Ann Arbor Press 1huilding, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Phones: Editorial, 4925; Business, 21214. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR RICHARD L. TQBIN :or .......... .... ..........David M. Nichol r....... ..................... Carl Forsythe Director.............. Beach Conger, Jr. tor......... ........ Sheldon C. Fullerton ditor ...... .. ...........Margaret M.' Thompson E ws ditor.........................Robert L. Pierce The fraternities and sororities affect to be somebody, socially. Yet they are trying to mooch their way on the Kansas taxpayer like a idt of scummy bums. There is no reason in the world why a sorority or fraternity house should not pay taxes like any other house and the far-fetched excuse that these places. are students' dormitories is too thin to bear much weight. When the farmers of this state are having to give up their land because they can't pav taxes. it doesn't Capitol ,News I3 Tom II o100VER Special Daily Correspondent NIGHT EDITORS Cilbteth J. Culen Xennedy James la rid A. Goodman Jerry E . Rosenthal look very well for the young people in their teens The prevalence of economy in and early twenties who are particularly favored by our government was again ques- birth, means and circumstances, to go around trying tifned when Senator Pt Hrrisson to dodge their taxes. Mississippi pointed out that sometime ago $1,700.00 was paid by T. N. T. the Agricultural Department to a (Harvard Crimson) college professor for the prepara- "America is seriously threatened. The greatest tion of a pamphlet on "The Love danger arises from the joining of the forces of the 'Life of the Bullfrog." And now gutter Anarchists with the so-called intelligentsia that this fact has been disclosed in our educational institutions." With this ringing the Agricultural Department has challenge, Edwin Marshall Hadley, casts the gaunt- found it necessary to publish a sec- y, gbrot- !ond edition due to the demand and let at the feet of American education and its broth- d Itis dusinto note t ers-in-crime, The Federation of Churches, the interest. It is amusing to note the League of Nations, Soviet Russia, Albert Einstein, and Iar emsh plusie tat st the Harvard Liberal Club. From the excerpts, relat- marycsiems aue thatsn ing to the American College, from his book, T. N. T., many citizens are interested in and quoted elsewhere in these columns, it is possible raising frogs. to sample the vitriol with which Mr. Hadley would P e fortify every good American. President Hoover has stopped To accept T. N. T. as a menace to liberal thought shaking hands. The reason has at is to dignify an extravagant and abusive propaganda last been found - he plans on beyond its merits. To rush to the defence of Pro- saving all of his energy so that he fessor Einstein or fight for the good name of "Com- can shake his head to the plans rades" Dewey, or Frankfurter with the temperate of the Democrats. sword of cmmn-P snsP is to e .h f nr a l d. ia horn- Inglis Sports Assistants Jones f ,h W. Tholmas REPORTERS V. Arn heim Fred A. lRuler F. Ylankertz Iiarol F. Khlte t:. (:amvihell I-IllnS-.Mal-Imll Connellan Roldand -Martin ;Deutscl I1, Sf er Fridman Albert lI.'Newman 1 . i'eoine Pettit Ch'iarles A. S.,n ord Jolmn W. Pritchardl IOSeh Ker'ihan (% i I art Sc-iaaf 13raeklcy Shaw l'arkrr Siyltr kkicnk. Winiters Margaret O'Srimn 'Bverly Start Josephine XWoodhains rv" ollins mdail Pridene Foster Frances j'vl lhester I;iElabth Ann i BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 S T. KLINE ........................Business Manager P. JOHNSON............ .......Assistant Manager Department Managers g........ . ..,..... , Vernon Bishop i. Contracts .. ................,... ary R. Begley t service.............................Byron C. Vedder ns ..................................William T. Brown ..s .. ..s..................... icharil .Sra ein Business AManager ... ...................Aim XW. Vernor onson Burslcy ark ,inn Beker e Jackson Layl in Assistants Arthur F. Kohn Ilernard Schnacke (rafton XW. Sharp Virginia\I C'omb (Caralilie Mshcr elcien Olson Il elcn Schmude Akay Seefried Donaldl A. Johnson, IT Dean Turner Don Lyon Bernard H. Good Y eln Spcncer Kathbryn Spenccr Katbryn Stork C.lare t ger Diary ETlizabeth WattsC FIGHT EDITOR-GEORGE A. ,STAUTER SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1932 cking U on r Representatives N the most optimistic wet leaders did not :pect a victory in Monday's House prohibi- o11. But 'the intention of the. vote was to :e a much-needed showdown on the status ase mem bers in'regard to this highly-import- >blem. Too many representatives have been ag re-election by playing to both the wets e drys. Too many wet districts have been mted by notorious fence-sitters. The matter : last, been cleared up. tong the gentlemen who have occupied posi- In the fence for many years is the congress- om this district, Mr. Earl Michener. When nthicum resolution was first mentioned, Mr. ner found himself in a quandary. Himself he realized, however, that his district was derantly wet... But when the resolution y reached the floor of the House he voted he drys. The people of Washtenaw county w know how to deal with Mr. Michener in ctions this fall. st of the leading newspapers of the country hed the full roll call on the Linthicum ment. Good citizens will clip this list and in their memorandum books. Then this fall rill take this clipping with them to the poll- lace and mark their ballots accordingly. ly the result will be that the men of the next ess will have the courage to fight the dry- dist aristocracy in Washington. DITORRAL COHENT WE CONFESS (Daily Kansan) are now a senior. In a few months we will duated from this institution of higher learning. ve spent four years of our life in preparation chosen occupation. We now confess that we ailure. Ve find that we know exactly nothing. ;chool we have accomplished nothing. We have friends. We have taken certain prescribed . We also have a certain number of grade This is supposed to guarantee one a job and y large enough to furnish food and lodging. d, however, that we have been fooled. We have of the magic elixer and have found it to be g but water.! friends who finished school last year have lished nothing either. They are still going to living at home with their folks and loafing, king at a job that pays them only enough to keep them from starvation. We had higher and kept on with our education, until slowly rely we have become convinced that a college ion is a flop. ple who merely finished high school and went k have jobs. They are now married and started ife of happiness. We, the seekers of the light her education, are looking forward to a poor one at all, and a long hard grind to catch the who started out ahead of us with only a high education. ollege education gives one a background, the sts say. But what good is a background going when we are faced with the prospects of man- bor for a life occunation? awvLU vi kV11111lur aci ; isoreal 0 a seage nam- mer when one is bitten by a flea. Better by far to accept the "little volume" as a simple gift of the gods sent to relieve the tedium of depression and that irritating Eastern imbroglio. This is after all "that best of all possible worlds" in which everything is designed to a certain end. Let T. N. T. be the ca- thartic necessary to purge the American system, for, as Professor Babbitt would have it, Mr. Hadley has "poured his baby out with the bath." I aind IDRAMA "TE TAMING OF THE SHREW" A Review By Richard L. Tobin The very essence of being a student critic on the Michigan campus has been, in recent years, the ability to pick out every possible flaw with the pro- duction at hand; like it a little, react to it coldly, and pass it off as just another attempt to bring out the Anglin or Costello in neophyte actors. And it has not been amiss in most cases, for the clumsily han- dled, unfinished symphonies which are foisted an- nually by our astute dramatic clubs upon us call for little but despair. But Zounds! From an untrampled ground comes "The Taming of the Shrew" to face the critic with the startling assertion, "I dare you to say anything against me!" And I find that I cannot take the dare, for here it is, out of the blue, with no immediate heraldry of its importance, the most vibrant, well directed play since "The Wild Duck," if you can re- member that long ago. There are two reasons foi its huge and immediate success. Number one is Alan Handley, whose Petruchio hasn't been touched since the old man in the Ibsen play. He swears, he swag- gers (how Alan Handley can stand with his feet apart and twirl his fake mustache and swagger!). and he carries Kate off over his shoulder in the most driving scene in the whole play. As he swings the Shrew, as yet untamed, over his shoulder like so much wheat, he turns and faces the astonished Baptista household. "They shall not touch thee, sweet Kate," he says swinging his short whip; and so saying he pats her gently but directly a la posterus. With that he is off in a great racket, and Kate's taming is on. But more than the mere rough comedy which pleased the Elizabethan audience so well, and even more than the acting (except, of course, Mr. Hand- ley's grandeur in the leading role) does the play become a complete success through the finished quality of its direction. For example: In Scene 4 an exit has to be made by a minor character. The character sits in a chair at the extreme left and his immediate disappearance to the nearby wing would be terribly artificial. So he does not go directly out. He circles the chair; and, when his exit line comes along, he goes toward the center of the stage, and then makes a quick removal off left. Again: In the wonderfully real final scene, wherein all are banquet- ing in honor of the events of the past few days, there is a song before the curtain is opened and a great shout of ecstacy when it has finished. With that shout the curtain opens, and the audience, thinking that this was perhaps a clever device to make it think the banquet table actually contained. joyous guests. decides that it was all done by a trained choir back- stage anyway, and isn't it clever? But when there are a few lines and the song is repeated before ou very eyes, and everyone seems as happy and con- tented as they seemed last night-Zounds! What a gesture! What a coup d'etat! It nearly rivals Pe- truchio's handing the empty banana skin to Kate's !father! Shakespeare is familiar enough-particularly this play through its translation to the motion picture screen- to reduce comment on the play itself to a minimum. It is, I think, a pretty poorly constructed piece in its minor characters and its dependability on the slap-stick and roughness of Petruchio to put it over, as Shakespeare goes. All the threads are woven so obviously-the twelve separate scenes accentuate them-that only the taming of the shrew becomes of interest to the audience by the third period. Those scenes in which Kate and Petruchio are not involved seem such dull and such obvious filler that we are glad they're through so we can watch Mr. Handley man-handle pretty Miss Todd once again. Thus, having told Mr. Shakespeare how to write his play after the manner of the John Kendrick Bangs' "Houseboat on the Styx," I can safely return to the superb cast, for superb they are in their costumes and sets. What if the black chandelier did fall on the table Senator La Follette is trying to secure early legislation providing for a nation-wide advisory referen- dum vote on presidential candi- dates for the nomination before the conveneions meet in June. The bill will provide machinery enabling the voters to express a preference to the candidates in their party at the polls every four years. LaFollette states that, "Unless the people are offered a popular vote in advance of the conventions the Republicans' nominee will be named by the delegates controlled by the use of the Federal patron- age - and the Democratic nom- inee will be named under the two- thirds rule as a result of the secret deals and trades among the bosses of the powerful political machin- ery in the larger cities of the coun- try." If such a form of legislation passes we will modify a 100 year old system. Changes do come some- times - even though they hobblec in on crutches. Prohibition withstood a goodc hard slap in the face when it was upheld by only 40 votes a few daysT ago. The Michigan Representatives Iooper, Person, Wolcott, Woodruff,' Bohn, James, McLeod and Hart all expressed their desire for action. While Representatives Michener, Ketcham, Mapes, and McLaughlinf expressed the opinion that the liq- uor control should no be returneds to the states.g A few of the members backingt reform have been heard to mum- ble: , There little reform bill, don'ts you bawl;, You'll get some votes for papa,t come next fall. (Apologies to C.A.F.)c Perhaps the war in China has made us forget that we have a war right here in the United States. Our war is costing our government over a billion dollars a year, and it is a war that is using navy, guns, tear gas, an air force, together with all the modern inventions for the battle front. We remind you that our government hasn't as yet stop- ped the "rum war ** * We have read that dial tele- phones were installed in. the Cap- itol to teach the Congressman to count up to ten. We believe that the idea was to impress them with, the fact that there are numbers, under ten and that all numerals do, not necessarily have to travel in the company of an army of ciphers. *. * * ' The income tax returns so far re- flect a sharp decline from the re- turns of last March. It is believed that the first quarterly payment will be about $150,000,000, as com- pared to $335,000,000 paid last year -and that the payment for the year will be about $1,000,000,000 showing a reduction of $830,000,000 * C* : Senator King (D., Utah) remark- ed that, "There ought to boe a tax- payer's strike demanding a reduc- tion of. taxes and government ex- penditures." We were well aware of the fact that our government is in the "red" but such a statement as the above would at first give one the impres- sion that we have a "Red" in our government. Such is not the case but by the word "strike" the Sen- ator no doubt means VOTE! * Sm * - ALL ABOUT WOME TODAY It pains us more than we can say to note the parsimonious attitude exhibited by the Business Staff of the Junior Girls' Play. The Busi- ness manager can't seem to get the idea out of her head that fifty complimentary tickets means a hundred dollars, and for that reas- on has cut the Daily off with only six tickets when the least we ever get from any show is fifteen.. The reviewers and other big shots are all pretty sore about it because every one will have to sit alone. To get personal about the thing, in our own case in compensation for a lot of publicity, a review in this col- umn, and writing two of their songs for them we get one ticket. We are distinctly gregarious and we develop a terrible gripe against the world when we have to go to a show alone. Thank God for Free- dom of Speech and Freedom of the Press. * * * THE PENNY CARNIVAL AGAIN! After carrying on a long dis- tance investigation we have been able to present these facts for the use of our readers. 1. Everything is supposed to cost a penny but you can't get out for less than two-fifty. 2. Every Sorority and Dormitory has a booth and sells something or other. 3. You can get Alpha Phi to shine your shoes for 2 c. 4. La Belle Dooley wil render a dance, and she can dance brother! Not to be outdone by any woman, least of all Marion Shepherd, we went over and crashed the gate of the League. We walked right in the front door, and we didn't change our clothes to do it either, but do you see our picture on the front page? Are we the toast of the campus? Why no! The world is fickle to a fault. The gridiron dance is to be just one big caravan of celebrities. Lat- est reports on the membership of the function are that the slightly discolored student council has sucked in almost to a man. Ed McCormick, the president, and Nall Candler, John Denler, and Howard Gould are slated to be present. Hon. Harry Benjamin, the Business Manager of the 'Ensian will be there if he can find a date. Hugh Conklin and Ed Kuhn, big shots of the Union will be ars gratia presenta. One of the big features of the Grid Dance will be the spotlight of publicity which will glare into the faces of the guests as they enter the new Press Build- ing. It was tough work convincing the Council members that the "spotlight of publicity" was really only a stunt and not the real thing. The boys are shy, you know. * C C A young lady of our ac- quaintance has organized a new Society called the "Society for Prevention of Promiscuous Am- ours of Canines on Campus." To become a member of the S.P.P.A.C.C. one must have been placed at one time or an- other in a very embarrassing situation. Applications f o r membership should be sent through this column. C * TIMEO CONCILIUM ET DONA FERENTES The Student Council, as far as we can see, is in a pretty tight spot with this election fraud, and we don't think it will blow over in a hurry. What we don't understand at the present time is why the seven culprits went and confessed to McCormick, of all people. Oh well, we don't profess to be very acute when it comes to the ways and wiles of politics. * * * Picture. There Is More Than d i CHOOSE ELECTROCHEF ELECTRIC COOKING "Naturally I give him the things he needs to make him strong and sturdy. He gets the proper fruits, vegetables, and foods for body-building. But, just as important, he also gets H-EALTHFUL cooking. My Electrochef electric range seais-in the natural food values so important for growing children. Especially is this true of vegetables: I use only half a cup of water, and they cook in their own juices, retaining all their nourishing elements. When the vegetables have finished cooking on my Electrochef, there is no sur- plus water to be poured into the sink, thus wasting the very things I pay for. The delicious flavor and melt- ing tenderness of electric cooking are so popular with my family that I couldn't get along without my Elec- trochef. It's the most important thing in my kitchen! BUDGET $ 1FIRST PAYMENT PAYMENT Installedready to cook. Balance small mn'onthlypanments, Sales under these con- PLAN ditions to Detroit Edison customers only. THE D E T R OIT E DISOfN co. Enact No Smoke, Heat-as Iri l Easily Heat No Soot, Clear as co; xr, j Cleaned Control NoFumes Sunhs hi iS 7}., 1-11s, , 11M, ' .. A stuK°o bne o ,,, ELEH.EF elect,: ~T~W1EiUY .- Mrn ".qu1.§ .:v . : 0 k 4 TICKET SALE BEGINS MONDAY There's No Depression in 1933 Junior Girls Play March 28 to April -2 (EXCEPT EVENING OF MARCH 31) Seats at: There Seems to Be ii $2.00-$1 .50-$1.00 9 ~ATI IRP A Y 1AATINI~' 1 . . _ _ to Producing Plays * * * I '~"1 t I