T HIE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1933 ...... . ..... further in the way of regulation is necessary to make these movies a thing to be enjoyed rather than endured. Let's try for a workable plan to avoid smashing up show-cases and personalities. Musical Events 14Y - -M f'4- - -' ,- m+.,1 Jo u Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of the Western Conference Editorial Associa- tion and the Big Ten News Service. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches aA,, reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Postmaster-General. 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C. Devereaux, Carl J. Fibiger, Albert Gregory, Milton Kramer, John Marks, John I. Mason, John P. Ogden, Robert Trimby, Bernard Rosenthal, Joseph Rothbard, Richard Schiff, George R. Williams. Elizabeth Aigler, Jane Bassett, Beulah Chapman, Doris Gimnmy, Billie Grliiths, Catherine McHenry, May See- fried, Virginia McComb, Meria Abbot, Betty Chapman, Lillain Fine, Minna Gilfen, -Cecile Poor, Carolyn Wose. TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1933 Reed's Sentenee Is Too Severe..*. YESTERDAY George Reed was sen- tenced to a life of solitary confine- ment and hard labor in Marquette Prison to pun- ish him for the murder of his former wife. Such a sentence would be just punishment for a pre- meditated murder committed by a hardened crim-, inal or a habitual killer, but seems unnecessarily severe in the case of a man who, blinded by anger, killed his former wife in order to protect the child which she had threatened to kill. The prosecution stated that they could find no evidence which pointed to premeditated murder on Reed's part. His record as a fireman was com- mendable, and his only previous acquaintance with a police court was in connection with the payment of back alimony which had not de- creased along with his wages.[ According to his testimony,.Reed's former wife had twice threatened to kill him, and to kill their adopted daughter. He'swore that she had lived with two different men while accepting ali- mony from him. One time when the alimony was overdue, she threatened to have him "put on the spot" if he failed to pay, he testified. Last Wednesday evening Reed met his former wife for the purpose of paying in scrip the money which he owed to her. He had in his car an automatic pistol which had been placed there at least a month before, according to the evidence. He became blind with rage. Reed remembers nothing of the actual murder. Eighty hours later he confessed. The character of Reed's former wife does not justify the murder. Reed's previous good char- acter does not justify the murder. But taking both things into consideration, it seems evident that Reed was not a hardened killer nor a habitual criminal; yet he has received the severest penalty that the State of Michigan can exact. The prosecution recommended that Reed be given a life term in Jackson Prison in order that he might be able to see his five-year-old daugh- ter. This, in the opinion of many people who were familiar with the case, would have been a just sentence. Even the officers who made the arrest are inclined to believe that the existing sentence k, too severe in view of the circumstances. It lies within the power of the judge to alter the sentence at any time during his term on the, bench. We urge that he reconsider his verdict in the interests of humanity and justice. JEANETTE RABINOWITZ- Jeanette Rabinowitz, pianist, pupil of Professor Albert Lockwood, will give the following gradua- tion recital in the School of Music Auditorium at1 8:15 p. m. today, to which the general public with the exception of small children is invited: Prelude in A minor (from an English Suite) Bach Pastorale ...................... Scarlatti-Tausig Capriccio ......................Scarlatti-Tausig Rondo a Capriccio Op. 129 .......... Beethoven Prelude Op. 28, No. 17 .Chopin Prelude Op. 28, No. 16................Chopin Waltz in A flat major, Op. 42..........Chopin Reflets dans l'eau ...................... Debussy Der Jongleur ....................... ......Toch June (Barcarolle) ................Tschaikowsky The Bumble Bee (Arr. by Rachmaninoff) ..Rimsky-Korsakoff Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 ........... ..Liszt 'ROBIN HOOD' AT THE DETROIT CIVIC THEATRE' An opera famous in American musical annals will be revived by the Detroit Civic Opera Com- pany for the last week of its season-"Robin Hood," which will be sung in Orchestra Hall, Detroit, Wednesday evening, May 10, and Satur- day afternoon, May 13. "Robin Hood" was the most successful ve- hicle of the Bostonians who made light opera his- tory in this country from 1888 to 1916. It was first sung in Chicago, June 9, 1890, with Henry Clay Barnabee, Jessie Bartlett Davis, Camille d'Arville and W. H. MacDonald in the cast. It was hailed at once as a light opera masterpiece, and served to keep the Bostonians afloat during the depression which followed the panic of 1893, while other companies were failing. It has been revived many times, but it has seldom been presented by a grand opera company on so extensive a scale as that of the Detroit production. The libretto of "Robin Hood" was written by an American, Harry B. Smith; the music was com- posed by an American, Reginald De Koven; and all the principals in the Detroit cast are Amer- icans. Only the story is English of the thirteenth century, and therefore part of the American heritage. The cast includes Edward Molitore as Robin Hood, Forrest Huff as the Sheriff of Nottingham, Warren L. Terry as Sir Guy of Gisborne, Raymond Middleton as Little John, Charles E. Galagher as Will Scarlet, William J. McGraw as Friar Tuck, Joan Peebles as-Allan-a-Dale, Ethel Fox as Maid Marian, Fritzi von Busing as Dame Durden and Elizabeth Hamilton Duggan as Annabel. The opera will be conducted -by Thaddeus Wronski, execu- tive director of the Detroit Civic Opera Com- pany. The score will be played by members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. HENRY DEWLIP AND CLYTAEMNESTRA HOPE By Robert Henderson Henry Dewlip was a rich young profligate who dled from noon to night in his smart Mayfair apartment; played the gramophone rather well and took a strong breakfast and soda at half-past eleven every morning. His chief occupation was seducing the wife of his best friend. In this midst of such a roseate pastime he hap- pened to acquire a prim but beautiful secretary, who was, as she phrased it, "tremendously keen on the decent thing." To shorten a long story, she reformed Henry Dewlip. He gave up drinking, gambling and the charming depravities. He raf- fled off his cocktail cabinet for the temperance eociety. He went to work. His speech became a horror of noble sentiments. He oozed sweetness and unction. In fact, he was just on the point of proposing honorable marriage to his celestial sec- retary when he discovered something about the lady that filled him with amazement. It was too good to be true. As if this were not enough to cure a man of vir- tue, Dr. Dewlip's best friend-a Mr. Jelliwell- angrily upbraided him for neglecting the lustrous Mrs. Jelliwell, and especially for leaving the Jelli- wells too much in their own company. Mr. Dewlip came to his senses and took the only course open to a true gentleman of pleasure. On such antic adventures Benn Levy wrote the demented story of Henry Dewlip and the spring. As "Springtime For Henry," it has followed in the wake of "Private Lives" and "There's Always Ju- liet," and scored a similar success. It is now cur- rent at the Booth Theatre in New York city. For a playwright to turn a sober metropolitan audience into gales of hilarity and laughter in these sober days, is a sufficient task. To do it as lightly, as :ardonically and brilliantly as Mr. Levy is an achievement. Such excursions into the world of inspired silli- ness require actors, and the cast for "Springtime for Henry" patently has them. Tom Powers and Violet Heming are crackling comedians indivi- dually; together they should be extraordinarily funny. In such a comedy role as Henry Dewlip, Tom Powers has the faculty of combining a kind of indignant thrust, hilarious earnestness and a hard, sharp line. Dressed in a muddy rain-soaked evening attire, as Henry is in the last act, with a battered derby pulled down about his ears, and wrapped up in a pink quilt, Mr. Powers should be as wretched a comic figure as you can dis- cover. There is in the cast, as well, Rose Hobart of the Park Avenue manners. She is one of the few actresses I know who are both very beautiful and at the same time not cursed with their beauty. Hers is a cleancut, modern style of acting, rather audacious in its bluntness. She can wear clothes in the manner, let us say, of Ina Claire and Violet Heming: which is high praise. Her modelled face For the closing production of the Dramatic Sea- son, Miss Cooper is appearing in Romney Brent's "The Mad Hopes," in which she was starred on Broadway this winter. In it she plays the role of Mrs. Clytaemnestra Hope. Mrs. Hope is not unlike the Mrs. Jelliwell which Miss Hobart impersonates in "Springtime for Henry;" unless it be added that Mrs. Clytaem- nestra Hope is rather older and therefore rather more fantastic. Mrs. Hope is frankly a field-holiday for Miss Cooper. The part is of an elegant woman with the grandest manner, and nothing but feathers for brains. Unfortunately, her scattered mentality has been passed on to her children, who are quite as vague and distrait. Things are always getting mixed up in the Hope household, as, for example. the weekly laundry. Invariably, Mrs. Hope is wearing her sons' "shorts" while they are in their mother's step-ins . . . There was once a Mr. Hope, but he died in his soup-plate. It was at a legation banquet at the German Embassy. Mrs. Hope got confused. She rose in all her majesty and toasted the long life and happiness of the Russian Empire ! Mr. Hope collapsed. ENGRAVING-Bring us yo r o f Plate and 100 CarDSt '100 C, K. Sn Up .50 .75 ~PS~T -,.. tl"f .".C.-^;'- mum 0d nL --- _ .. _ ... _ .. _ . _ _ ,,, .. __ _ ..y . _ . . _._ ._ s, . ,_. , Campus Opinion Letters published in this column should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous communications will be disregard- ed. The names of communicants will, however, be re- garded as confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, confining themselves to less than 300 words if possible. THE PETITION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS To' the Editor: This was the Resolution presented to the Board of Regents by the National Student League on April 28, 1933: The House has passed the bill which provides for a cut of more than a million dollars below the figure proposed by President Ruthven. In all prob- ability the Senate will also pass the bill. To quote the President, this means a "radical increase in tuition, and a curtailment of departments." The National Student League, reflecting the sentiment of the entire student body, submits the following demands: 1. No tuition increase. 2. No dismissal of assistants or instructors. 3. Democratically elected faculty commit- tee to control expenditures of the budget. These proposals are sound and logical. An in- crease in tuition, while it would raise funds, would be offset by the fees lost through the dropping out of students because of this very increase. These students will be forced into the ranks of the 17,000,000 unemployed, and thus add to the burden of the Michigan communities. It is a known fact that the major part of teach- ing is done by instructors and assistants. It is also known that standards of a university are judged partly by the number of students in each class. Therefore, if the number of instructors and assistants were reduced, the size of the classes would be increased and thereby the standards would be lowered. The National Student League feels that a fac- ulty committee administering the budget would remove the economic pressure from the teacher and allow him greater academic freedom. With the more democratic administration of the budget, representing both the lower and higher salaried brackets, a more just distribution of salaries ac- cording to hours of teaching will prevail. We realize that the State Legislature by pass- ing this cut will almost tie your hands, but we insist that this cut should not be taken out on the students, instructors, and assistants. We sug- gest the following as one of the ways of meet- ing the million dollar deficit. By cutting the pro- fessors 40' per; cent, the associate professors 37 per cent, and the assistant professors 33 per cent, as well as reducing the salaries of the deans down to $5,000, we can obtain the necessary mil- lion dollars. The argument against the cutting of the salaries of the highly paid professors is that they will leave the University and obtain other positions. The student body asserts that every uni- versity in the country is going through the same crisis, and that therefore, these men, except in a few cases, could not go elsewhere. This resolution will be in the hands of every student on campus, and we urge you members of the Board of Regents to take favorable action upon our demands. -Edward T. Cheyfitz. y t '. a fit' 4 -h"# 'W: . . _ . _ _ , . 's. f on-wa......----..e. TIKES '"OT b . $6.oo R ., , . _ r .- ,rw (If Festival Couen is '$00) "OVER-T E-OUNT a V for individual concerts b in Orders received prior to tha t .urdy MOa y 13th. 11 will be filled in advance in se ,-, $1.0ft r a . y x 7, STARS = &STRIPES -By Karl Seifer-- Father's Pledge of 48 Hours Discovers Girl on Boat of Kidnapers Return Heiress In Silence Broken As Coast Guard William Lee, Intermediary; Early Morning Hours. -Headline in Altoona (Pa.) Tribune. So that's the true story of what happened, eh? CLASSIFIED AD: Agents-Develle sold 2,160 cientific cooking gas savers, 29 days. The Develle you say. SLY WINK DEPT. "A new and beautiful midget set has been developed by the International Radio Corpora- tion, and orders already are being filled. It is absolutely the last word in the realm of small receivers. Production presumably will go ahead at a rapid pace. The International has done ex- ceedingly well even during the last lean eco- nomic year. That is gratifying to Ann Arbor in more ways than one." -Editorial in local paper. I Let tle CLASSITI Wh~eter 'Xou c I ~ i