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Leading the list and worthy of stimulating some degree of interest in the most phlegmatic patron is the widely-heralded and apparently worthy Goeta Ljungberg, Metropolitan's latest find, heralding from Sweden and who has as yet to be heard outside of that opera company's ageing house. Supposedly beautiful and possessing a voice that every New York critic has already written reams about, she has placed the opera in the largest city in the world in a position where it has found itself unexpectedly successful. Wagner is her forte and from the reports that have issued from the press, "Tristan and Isolde," possessed of beautiful music but almost always too difficult for the average run of. operatic soprano parallels Pons' "Lakme" and in Chicago, Muzio's "La Traviata." Naturally with the music press filled with critih cisms, pictures and reports of how the Swedish singer has captured hardened Wagnerian New York, the outlying musical centers, of which Ann Arbor is justly included, have not been deaf to opportunities thatmight bring such a star to its audiences. Mr. Sink, always alert and seemingly on the inside of what goes on in the musical world, scores another one of his coups by being the first to bring Miss Ljungberg out.of the east and the Festival will be one of the few appearances of the singer outside of New York. If we remember correctly, last year's occur- rence with Lily Pons is somewhat similar. Beniamino Gigli, at present the most consistent if not the best of tenors, is second on the list of artists. Gigli's American record has been a slightly unusual one in that it has been only in the past few years that he has been considered better than the ordinary run of Italian tenors who infest American concert and operatic stages. Gigli made his debut in 1921 at Carnegie hall, the place where many an ambitious singer has either permanently been made or broken. His reception did not set any world on fire but it was enough to place him in the Metropoli- tan where he has been ever since. Like all good Italian tenors, Gigli knows his Verd and Puccini and recently those powers that be have been casting him in the most suitable roles. A con- cert is remembered in Chicago several years ago when he sang Wagner and it is hard to forget the ovation the audience gave him. All of which should prove something. John Charles Thomas, who has a habit of stealing the laurels in Chicago's Opera house is number three on the list. Ann Arbor enthusiasts should remember him for he has appeared here numerous times. It is easy tfo write about Thomas but it is hard to find much that is new to say. - The others on the list have either been heard here too recently to warrant more mention or are familiar to all. Jagel, Eddy and Baromeo were all here last year and aside from the fact that Baromec has lately been working -harder and receiving better attention for his efforts little can be said. ,Of Gladys Swartout and' Ruth Rodgers little is known and Juliette Lippe, although liked by many, has appar- ently not arrived yet if those few who count can b, relied upon. Perhaps Gustav Holst, composer and onductor coming as a guest artist will give one of hose superb inspirational leaderships that are so seldom but which seem to happen in Ann Arbor at times-not recently. No one knows much about him and so he is safe so far. The prospect of the choral works looks particu- larly mena'cing but then, I suppose there are those- in Ann Arbor who seem to like them for they have always been well received. J. E. R. THIS WORLD IS FULL OF SORROW. As far as making this column a work of art is concerned, if we could keep the Political Science de- partment perpetually as riled up as they were yesterday we would have I a real purpose in this world which might, from some point of view or other, be considered a moral pur- pose. What if we did call Dwight W. Morrow a Vice-President? We recall that when we wrote thal' paragraph we debated for a full minute whether to/call Mr. Morrow a "Vice-President" or a "Sccretary of the Interior," and we finally de- cided that "Vice-President" was by far the most phonetic of the two. and was well suited to our purpose. We have a bitter lesson to learn in life, however, if these askance glances we have seen among our associates mean anything.'We have an idea that everyone is thinking 'That dope! Doesn't even know his Vice-Presidents! Hmph !". We got a great deal of satisfaction from knowing that somebody read our column, anyway. Mr. Winston Churchill's ad- dress the other evening has had a most beneficial effect. One of our acquaintances has gotten so public-spirited that he is go- ing to take a law degree and go into public service just out of love. of country. We don't know whether he means Eng- land or the United States, be- cause the atmosphere of Hill Auditcrium was pretty fairly British after a combination of Artie Cross and W in s t o n Churchill. Assistants a JhnI lryser urslcy Arthur I". .'ohn James Lowe Clark. 't Finn' a Pecke r tla Jane Cissel ievieve Fieldi dne Fisc grund Gallmeyer y Harrituan Ann Ilarsha -. Katherine Jackson IDrrothiy 1'yi Vir1inia McCo nb 'aroin i'dosher 1felen Olsen Grafton XVW. Sharp l)onalul A. Johnson, II On Lyon Bernard i3. Good f iay Scefried Ainnie Seng 1' clcen Splencer Kathryn Stork ('lare Unger Mary JElizabth Watts .4; * 4 NIGHT EDITOR-J. CULLEN KENNEDY Ff-IDAY, MARCH 4, 1932 or Kidnappers UESDAY afternoon, hearings were being held on Capitol hill in Washington on a bill to ,ake inter-state kidnappings punishable by death. 'uesday night, the ,son of Charles Lindbergh was idnapped from his home and presumably a ran- :m demanded for his safe return. Kidnapping has proved to be a lucrative pas- .me in recent years. All of the larger cities, ifested with gangsters who have turned from ootlegging to kidnapping, an occupation offering igher rewards, have had their kidnapping myster- ps at frequent irtervals, of which few have been ired in court. Public attention, however, has been focussed n this case because of the prominence of the per- ons involved. Whereas in other cases witnesses ave disappeared .and forgotten what happened, ries have been hung, retrials have beensecured, nd few injured parties have had enough influence > obtain just punishment for the kidnappers. In he present case public opinion will force a speedy ial, once the criminals;are brought to court, be- ause of th6 nation-wide sympathy with the father nd mother and indignant attitude towards this utrageous crime. With the facilities of neighboring states and he three federal departments co-operating to find he kidnappers, results should be expected shortly. nd many an indignait citizen, after reading of he measure before Congress, echoes the thought hat hanging is too good for the guilty parties. One of the best skin games that ve have heard of since the days of ;he forty-eighters* is the autograph dea in 'the program of the Junior 3irls' Play. It seems that anyone who can write his name and has a luarter can get his autograph >rinted on one of the inside .pages f the program. The original idea was to solicit autographs only from Campus celebrities, such as te Editor of Toasted Rolls, the Daptain of the gymnastics team, yhe President of the Michigan ")ames, ' and people like that, but after we didn't suck in, it looks a >it as though almost anyone could. ;et into the book of gold. Fame is zheap these days. (*Reference: Lecture in Amer- (can History by Professor Crane.) Rumor has it that the beaut- eous Miss Diana Churchill had an evening date with one of the local highlights. We d'on't know anything about the affair but we will do our best to make a thorough investigation and re- port. Here is a picture of Miss Churchill and her escort just as they were leaving the dance floor.. f' o *I AT THE MICHIGAN TOMORROW AND TOMORROW (i.e. Friday and Saturday) Philip' Barry's wel-known play has been skill. fully transmitted to the screen, and what with ad- mirable dialogue and capable acting, "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" is a show which most people will enjoy In plot it is slightly reminiscent of parts in "Strange interlude.", Ruth Chatterton, for the first time in a year or so is cast in a role to which she is well- suited, and she turns in a capable performance. Ruth is well past the Follies Girl stage and we like her best as mother. Paul Lukas, as Doctor Farber, is just the sort of a fine fellow you might expect him to be; very earnest, serious, sentimental, and under- standing, just full to the brim of polish and suavity in fact just an all-around gooder. There is a mother love-sick child scene, replete with lullaby and tears, but it isn't overdone and doesn't get on the nerves, which is something to be commended. It wouldn't be fair to close this review without mentioning the short subjects which are, for a change, quite passable. There is some pretty fair dancing and singing in one, a very nice newsreel with lots of suffering Chinese, and a perfectly swell short on tuna fishing which was really about as thrilling as anything we have seen in some time. J. S. M. I, q the Miss Churchill and Escort, ame Duck Session 05 * ! proposed constitutional amendment, which deserves the immediate attention of the sev- ral states of the Union, was passed Wednesday ,y both the House of Representatives and thet enate. It is. the Norris amendment for the abol- hment of the lame duck Congressional session.l This new provision, if enacted, will enable{ ewly elected legislators to take their seats in Con- ress two months after their election instead of 3. At the present time, Congressmen elected in lovember rarely meet until a year' from the fol- awing December. Meeting in December, how- ver, are the members of Congress who have been efeated at the polls and who continue to serve ntil the next March although they may not, in E he least, express the sentiment of the country on lajor issues. When the Constitution was first adopted, travel1 y stage coach and horseback did not permit Con-i ressmen to reach Washington in proper time fter their elections. Presidential electors oftenx id not get their ballots to Washington until the1 nd of December or January. The new provision, which few state legisla- ures should find in any way repugnant to good ] overnment, sets the date for the beginning of l pngressional sessions and the President's termI n the January following the Novemer elections.1 "his measure, in keeping with the advances ina EDXTOJMAL COMMENT I YOUTH AND PROHIBITION (The West Virginia Athenaeum) Sentiment favoring the repeal of .prohibition con- tinues to sweep college campuses. Members of the faculty of several colleges recently testified in Senate hearings that eight per cent beer would not injure students,%on the contrary, would be "good for them." College editors have frequently expressed discontent with the weak enforcement of the Volstead Act. In a poll conducted by the University of North Carolina tHirty out of thirty-four college editors' questioned favored repeal of prohibition. A state- ment by the editor of the Minnesota Daily reflects the general trend of the answers. "I am definitely opposed to prohibition. I believe it has led to the We have often wgndered about the great secrets of the Newsreel [ndustry and these vague wonder- ings were increased to an alarming poignancy last week, when the George Washington Commemora- tion scenes were run into the news if the day. We found it very easy to accommodate the portrayals of Mount Vernon, Valley Forge, Mar- tha Washington, and American Flags, to our estimation of what is rational and just, but when the National panorama was preceded by Sir Malcolm Campbell, British Solicitor-General, explaining the details of his racing car, and was followed by the International Beau- sy contest, which was won by a Frenchman, we found it very hard to adjust ourselves to our surround- ings. Can it be that the pictures in the newsreel are like so many Chromosomes, which find their places in a long line merely by chance? Can it be that the Powers behind the Newreels have no con- trol of this? How about - it, Mr. Question and Answer Man, how about it?