THE MICHIGAN DAILY CHIGAN DAILY Established 1890 5 - ZZ. tive passage work. This whole procedure is re- peated, and a final orchestral tutti brings it to a fortissimo close. "Elsa's Dream" from "Lohengrin" . . .Wagner With Wagner the orchestra was freed of its classical limitations as an accompaniment and be- came an actual part of the musical texture itself. Instead of a merely chordal support for the voice it has a definite melodic function and the vocal parts now become "orchestral." This characteristic is very evident in this aria-here the instruments prophesy the actual song and the two are woven IE~ e...~ - 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. 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VEDDER CREDIT MANAGER.................HARRY BEGLEY WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER.......DONNA BECKER DEPARTMENT MANAGERS: Advertising, Grafton Sharp; Advertising Contracts, Orvil Aronson; Advertising Serv- Ice, Noel Turner; Accounts, Bernard E. Schnacke; Cir- culation, Gilbert E. Bursley; Publications, Robert E. Finn. ASSISTANTS: Theodore Barash, Jack Bellamy, Gordon Boylan, Charles Ebert, Jack Efroymson,,Fred Hertrick, Joseph Hume, Allen Knuusi, Russell Read, Lester Skin- ner, Joseph Sudow and Robert Ward. Betty Aigler, Doris Gmmy, Billie Griffiths, Dorothy Laylin, Helen Olson, Helen Schunme, May Seefried, Kathryn Stork. SATURDAY, NOV. 12, 1932 subtly together into a coherent unity. Excerpts from "Die Wakure" ...... Wagner The impetuous, exultant vitality and the glow- ing beauty of the music of this opera have made it justly popular, not only in its original form but also in the concert style in which it is performed today. While selections can never be more than a glimpse of the real thing, this music is interest- ing enough from an instrumental standpoint to more than justify its presentation in this manner. Concerto for Piano, Op. 16 (First Move- ment)................... ......Grieg Beginning with a short piano cadenza, the sharp, march-like first subject is given out by the woodwinds with accompanying figurations in the strings, decidedly contrasting to the legato second phrase which is heard in the clarinet and bassoon, repeated by the firsts. The piano then takes up this material and it is developed and extended, leading through a transitional Animato to the second theme, a lovely cantabile, first heard in the cellos, and then taken up and embellished by the piano, crescendoing into a tutti fortissimo coda built out of the staccato motif. This is followed by a working out of the themes among the or- chestra with continued arpeggios in the piano. From this developmental section the return of the chief theme is evolved and al lthe matelall is repeated much as before, leading to an elabo- rate piano cadenza, after which an orchestral entry caps the whole with a brilliant ending.' Capriccio Espagnole ......Rimsky-Korsakoff Tschiakovsky once wrote to the composer say- ing, "I must add that your Spanish Caprice is a colossal masterpiece of instrumentation," and an enthusiastic public has continued to voice its approval ever since then. In it Rimsky-Korsakoff has made a feature of the instrumental solo, as though striving to show of what stuff the orches- tral body consists and of what its units are sep- arately capable. The fascinating rhythms on which this composition is built make the percus- sion especially outstanding, a comparatively rare procedure at that time. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM HENDERSON'S DETROIT PRODUCTION Fashionable Detroit turned out Friday night to give a packed-house support to the brilliait open- ing of the Bonstelle Civic Theatre's nw season. Mr. Robert Henderson's finished production of the latest Philip Barry play, "The Animal Kingdom,' captivated his first audience. One feels that his season will continue on the same distinctive plane of Friday night's performance. Ann Arbor audi- ences know this to be Mr. Henderson's policy. It is interesting to see the Detroit presentation of "The Animal Kingdom," after the production given it in Ann Arbor this past spring. One feels that Mr. Henderson gives the best possible production with the material at his use, whether in Ann Arbor or Detroit. Certainly the new presentation is a more colorful, a more important one than that offered in Ann Arbor. Whether or not it is as truly a Barry show as the one we had an earlier opportunity to see is a ques- tion. This difference was mainly through the interpretation of characters. It is particularly true of the portrayals of Cecelia Henry, played by Miss Sondergaard, and Daisy Sage, played by Jessie Royce Landis. Miss Landis makes the hon- est, compatible Daisy a more emotional, appeal- ingly tingent mistress-wife than did Miss Loomis in the spring production. This, of course, brings more sympathy to the character, something I am not sure Daisy would want. However, it does make her more important as a woman and that certainly is her position in "The Animal Kingdom." Miss Sondergaard makes Cecelia, the wife, a cal- culating and shrewd woman, aware of her attrac- tion to her husband, and quick to take advantage of its possibilities for her satisfaction. Of the Detroit cast there are four members who played in the Ann Arbor production this spring- Walter Vaughn, Francis Compton, Francis Dade, and Ainsworth Arnold. Mr. Arnold, as Richard Regan, the bibacious and companionable ex-pug- ilist butler, gave a performance that brought con- tinuous applause from the audience. He will be remembered in Ann Arbor for this role, and now it appears that Detroit has also taken him to its heart. This is particularly fitting since Miss Bon- stelle wished that he take the place of Walter Sherwin as the company's character man. Marie Adelo playing Franc Schmidt, the young German violinist, gave a major performance of a minor role. She was a real German with the good old German fire, Certainly, from the familiar faces in Friday night's audience, Ann Arbor is going to give Mr. Henderson the same loyal support it gives his Spring Festival. We can certainly be proud that one of our former students, who not so long agc was writing this column, is now the director ol what is fast becoming one of our most important civic theatres. world is mostly united in a sane system of meas- urements and weights, while we retain our fool- ish, absolute and arbitrary standards." Accord- ing to the All-America Standards Council, the general adoption of decimal weights and measures will save billions of dollars each year by increas- ing national efficiency. Those favoring metric legislation should write to the chairman, commit- tee on coinage, weights and measures, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. -F. S. Onderdonk Screen Reflections Four stars means a super-picture; threestars very good; two stars good; one star just another picture; no stars keep away from it. "TIGER SHARK" AT THE MAJESTIC ySLASHING MELODRAMA, POWERFULLY ENACTED Mike ............Edward G. Robinson Quita ............ .........Zita Johann Pipes.................Richard Arlen Muggsey ................Leila Bennett Engineer .................Vince Barnett Manuel.............William Ricciardi A Man ................ J. Carroll Naish "Tiger Shark" is a roaring melodrama that will freeze your back-bone at times. A Pacific ocean tuna-fisher with a spike for a left hand; man eat- ing sharks; gory battle scenes with these huge fish; sinister, sardonic jokes; Richard Arlen; and Edward G. Robinson are all bundled together in an epic of the seas. There is good work by the comic Vince Barnett as the engineer, while Zita Johann, a new one to us, is appealing enough as the daughter of Manuel, a victim of the sharks. The result is fine entertainment, if, as the say- ing goes, "you can take it." Parts of this show are more graphic in their horror than the talking edition of "Moby Dick. It is highly probable that more pictures of this type would go well with the movie fan. "Tiger Shark" is a far cry from the artificial problem play, sex triangle, pent-house saga, or Janet Gay- nor sweetness. If there was an sweetness in "Tiger Shark," Howard Hawks, the director struck it out before it left the studio. it's even blood-thirsty in spots. To see a shark harpooned, then drag the harpooner into the water to his death as the rope ensnares the man I. awe-nsprin is an awe-inspirg sight. From point of view of interest, if you aren't too hopelessly educated to the blase and the usual, the "educational" views of tuna fishing are just as gripping. Two dissertations by Mike on St. Peter, Heaven and hell,are stretched out a bit far. And that's all we could find wrong with "Tiger Shark." Added attractions: A breath of the past is Charlie Chaplin (and we don't mean Chase) in a chunk of "Easy Street," an old silent which is honestly funny. The action is speeded up until it's positively ludicrous. But still good. Shot to watch for: Charlie getting a job from the police cap- tain. Also Hearst news, and a short concerning an African native's hunting day. -G. M. W. Jr.! sI A Washington ' BYSTANDER GENTLEMEN Look Your Best From Head to Foot S+ At a Wonderful Saving WARDROBE SPECIA'L Men's Suit, Felt Hatc { and 6 Ties Ti Thi AUl of Them Cleaned Week For OOnyy and ,"finished For Only . . . . Cash and Carry - or Called For and Delivered for Cash And, men, please bear in mind that this is not just ordinary dry cleaning. It's the genuine and exclusive Miraclean - the same quality that has made Goldman Bros.' value out- standing even at regular prices. The saving will make you FEEL good . . . the quality will make you LOOK good. Call us tomorrow! OLDMAN -i %..ela a a breath of .fprng 214 South State - 1115 South University Avenue - 113 East Liberty 701 South State Street, corner Monroe - 703 Packard PHONE 4213 GET THE HABIT! It pays to read the classified columns Sf the Michigan Daily. .. ,f How Will Roosevelt Tackle The Depressi on.. . HE NEXT THING for the Amer- T ican people to puzzle over is just exactly what method Franklin D. Roosevelt, when he becomes President, will use for the promotion of prosperity, That Mr. Roosevelt is eager for the return off financial comfort to the nation goes without say- ing. He would promote reforestation, and he would bring back beer. These, of course, are admirable emergency methods. But are they anything more than superficial? Will the President confine himself to emergency treatment of the depression, or will he seek to rebuild and reinforce the nation's financial struc- ture from the bottom up? Will he retain the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for a few months and then dissolve it, or will he retain it, in some form, as a necessary supplement to the Federal Reserve System? Will he fiddle with currency values, or will he keep the dollar stabil- ized? Will he, in other words, work from the top to restore affluence quickly, or will he work from the bottom to insure it permanently. It is characteristic of Americans that as soon as a depression is finished, it also is forgotten. Nevertheless it becomes more and more obvious that, if our financial system is not firmly bolster- ed with immovable props, the next depression will practically ruin the country. These are a few things that the people must puzzle over for a few months. Soon after March 5, the new President's course will be apparent. Music and Drama UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY OPENS ITS SEASON TODAY The University Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Prof. David Mattern, will present the following program this afternoon at Hill Audi- torium, in connection with which analytical notes are offered. Academic Festival Overture ......Brahms This overture, a work of the utmost jollity, was written as an acknowledgement of the degree of doctor of philosophy which was conferred upon the composer by the University of Breslau in 1880. Anything less "academic" in the usual pedantic sense of the work can scarcely be thought of. It is university life presented from a characteris- tically student point of view, and contains four of their best known songs, which are used with extraordinary ingenuous effects. Concerta for Piano No. 2, Op. 21 . , . .Chopin Chopin's adherence to the strict concerto form is an all too obvious vault, even in the compara- tively compact and concisely instrumented F minor. There is a constant alternation of solc .Anri nrh~ a that almost destroys any feeling By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON-Since the day when Lincoln's tall, lanky, stooping figure strode first into the White House to begin the writing of that glowing page history reserved for him, the Republican party has been generally the most powerful poli- tical force in the nation. Momentary defeats down the .years apparently have meant little to its chosen party leaders. Time has been when they have let control of Con- gress, the presidency itself, pass from their hands rather than brook challenge of old guard com- mand. It was so in 1912, when Theodore Roosevelt surged into a Republican national convention, confident of a new nomination, bursting with plans for making over the whole intimate struc- ture of his party on lines of social progress. The old guard met him with thumbs down. By ruthless parliamentary procedure, it banned him, precipitating the Bull Moose third party break that spelled eight years of Democratic rule in Washington. The old guard stalwarts of those days knew what that decision would cost. A Pennsylvania cynic of their high command was reported to have met pleas that it would wreck the party with the grim observation: "What of it, so long as we control the wreck- age?" AND IT WORKED Eight years later the soundness of that dictum seemed proven as Warren Harding of Ohio, despite a fierce convention deadlock from which his cam- paign was launched, was swept to the presidency by a huge majority. It had taken eight years to salvage the G. o. P. wreckage of 1912, refit it for service and steer it again to victory. Three Republican ad- ministrations marched in succession through the White D ouse with only the bickering intra-party conflicts in the Senate to mark the scars of 19:2. But.what now of 1932 and the years just ahead? Again the party ship lies on the rocks of defeat, more severely buffeted than ever before in its history. Veteran leaders like Watson of Indiana, who have withstood all attack for years, have been swept away. President Hoover and the cabinet circle upon which he chiefly relied in his desperate losing battle must in the very nature of things pass off the quarterdeck. daisieswon'ttel DoQ the whereabouts, the incidental activities and general movements of. certain members of this great uniuversity ever make you pause? There is one way of having these valuable bits of in- formation at hand with- out going to a clairvoy- ant. Spend a dollar for a student directory and stop sleuthing. ON sale on the cram- pus and at the Union desk and Publications Building. I i J k' 1 rf Campus Opinion Letters published in this column should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous communcations will be disregard- ed. The names of communicants will. however, be re- garded as confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, confining thLemscves to less than 300 words if possible. THE METRIC SYSTEM FOR WEIGHTS AND MEASURES In Europe every person of average intelligence knows the measures and weights by heart, for the