THE MliCHIGAN DAILY .... I HIGAN DAILY modern tradition in the acting of the play-with Shylock wearing his red hair of older days and no doubt being much less the play's hero. Apt l x4. ,.-4 1' I 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 itor not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches are reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Postmaster-General. Subscription during summer by carrier, $1.00;by mail, $1.50. During reglular school 'year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. Offices: Student Publications Building, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. .Phone: 2-1214.. Representatives: College Publications, Representatives, Inc., 40 East Thirty -Fourth Street, New York City; 80 Boylston Street, Boston; 612 North. Michigan Avenue, Chicago. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR............FRANK B. GILBUETH CITY EDITOR ........................ KARL SEIFFERT SPORTS EDITOR..................JOHN W. THOMAS WOMEN'S EDITOR.... ......MARGARET O'BRIEN ASSISTANT WOMEN'S EDITOR......MIRIAM CARVER NIGHT EDITORS: Thomas Connellan, Norman F. Kraft, John W. Pritchard, Joseph A. Renihan, C. Hart Schaaf, Brackley Shaw, Glenn R. Winters. SPORTS ASSISTANTS: L. Ross Bain, Fred A. Huber, Albert Newman, Harold Wolfe. REPORTERS: Hyman J. Aronstam, Charles Baird, A. Ellis Ball, Charles G. Barndt, James L. Bauchat, Donald F. Blakertz, Charles B. Brownson, Arthur W. Carstens, Ralph G. Coulter William G. Ferris, Sidney Frankel, Eric Hall, John C. Healey, Robert B.'Hewett' George M. Holmes, Walter E. Morrison, Edwin W. iichardson, John Simpson. George Van Veck, Guy M. Whipple, Jr., W. Stoddard White. Katherine Anning, Barbara Bates, Marjorie E. Beck, Eleanor B. Blumh, Maurine Burnside, Ellen Jane Cooley, Louise Crandall, Dorothy Dishman, Anne Dunbar, Jeanette Duff, Carol J. Hanan, Lois Jotter, Helen Levi- son, Frances J. Manchester, Marie J. Murphy, Eleanor Peterson, Margaret D. Phalan, Katherine Rucker, Harriet Spiess, Marjorie Western. BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 2-1214. BUSINESS MANAGER................BYRON C. VEDDERa CREDIT MANAGER ........... ..... .. HARRY BEGLEY WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGHR.... BECKER DEPARTMENT MANAGERS: Advertising, Grafton Sharp; Advertising Contracts, Orvil Aronson; Advertising Serv- ice, Noel Turner; Accounts, Bernard E. Schnacke; Cir- culation, Gilbert E. Buraley; Publications, Robert E. Finn.+ ASSISTANTS: Jack Bellamy, Gordon Boylan, Allen Cleve- land, Charles Ebert, Jack Efroymson, Fred Hertrick,; Joseph Hume, Allen Knuusi, Russell Read, Fred Rogers, Lester Skinner, Joseph Sudow, Robert Ward. j Elizabeth Aigler, Jane Bassett, Beulah Chapman, Doris Gimmy, Billy Griffiths, Virginia Hartz Catherine Mc-1 Henry, Helen Olson, Helen Schmude, May Seefried, Kathryn Stork. SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 1933 Which brings up the old dispute: what sort of erson did Shakespeare mean Shylock to be--and if we knew definitely, should that make any dif- ference in the modern interpretation? There is no record in existence, except the play itself, that gives any information on Shake- speare's attitude toward Shylock. The first criti- cism of it that has survived comes from the early days of the Restoration, when Lord Lands- downe rewrote Shakespeare (without superlative success) and made Shylock into a red-headed comic. His highly popular version held the stage for forty years. In 1741, Charles Mackin, a London actor-man- ager, announced a new production of "The Mer- chant of Venice." He surprised, and then de- lighted, a brilliant court audience by turning Shy- lock inside-out, making a tragic hero from a cheap buffoon. That was the beginning of the modern tradi- tion which has seen Shylock more intellectual, more center-stage, every day,. down through Kean, Booth, Kemble, Irving. With David War- field, as Eaton points out, the beginning of a re- action set in. For it soon became apparent that with Shylock the important character he has be- come, Shakespeare's last act (in which he does not appear) becomes unnecessary and almost cheap in spite of its poetic appeal.. The present day divergence of theories on Shy- lock remain at that point. Shakespeare was too good a craftsman to write that last scene without needing it, and Shylock was in fact merely a. very interesting villain in Elizabethan eyes, some point out. What is that?-say their opponents-If the play gains importance, as it certainly has, with a; sympathetic Shylock, why make a change? Warfield tried to make his Shylock a smaller character-a humble man caught by circum- stances-and thus restore some unity of the play. As we remember (and we weren't at a hypercrit- ical age) he failed to some extent. The character remained big in spite of him, and consequently you were left with little sympathy for the lovers who gambol romantically to a happy ending through the final scene. "On such a night--" TheX lines were lovely and Belasco's set glowingly pretty-but somehow the memory of Shylock'st unfair tragedy rankled, Perhaps in next week's production Mr. Hender- son can help to clear the situation by going on where the Belasco-Warfield production left the reactionary movement. He will not, naturally, gof back to the Landsdowne tradition, but will prob- ably try to synthesize the old and new and bringt forth a unified "Merchant of Venice." There's a fighting chance that next Monday night will bet important in theatrical history.t between the teeth and worked back and forth, thus cleansing an area of the tooth not readily accessible to a brush. By following this simple procedure, a good status of oral hygiene can be maintained, which, coupled with regular visits to one's dentist and the liberal use of X-ray facilities, will reduce the dental care to a minimum and assure a cleaner and healthier oral cavity. -Health Service Q - _ ...._.._. _.._M ._.. . .._.r ...._.,.,. .,_ Editorial Comment PENAL EDUCATION " I i Criminologists have been wailing for years that American penal institutions are schools which turn out professional criminals. Evidence in sup- port of their contentions has not been lacking. Now, a new era of education invades our peni- tentiaries. Inmates, instead of using their spare time to be tutored by accomplished safe-crackers, kidnappers, and murderers, are taking courses under professional men and scholars who are criminals only incidentally. The Stateville and Joliet Penitentiaries of Il- linois recently began a course with 22 convict-stu- dents. The curricula consists of English composi- tion, English literature, mathematics, history, Spanish and Latin. The faculty includes an at- torney, an engineer, and several students, all of whom are serving sentences. We are hesitant to recommend that more men with teaching qualifications enter penal institu- tions until we observe the products of this ex- periment. Undoubtedly they will be vieing with college graduates for positions. Seriously, we do commend the idea of giving an inmate of a prison the opportunity to spend his time in a more profitable way than plotting fu- ture crimes and learning new criminal devices. --Ohio State Lantern FOOTBALL A I w YOU R LAST II I.-T OPPORTUNITY III c' Another semester is rolling around, and many of, the Michigan student body are looking for rooms. Today, yesterday, and eons back, smart ladies have used the "For Rent" columns of The Michigan Daily to find tenants for their vacant rooms, and have gotten results. Phone today and place your ad with us for Sunday's paper and the J-Hop extra. Rates are unbelievably low. The attitude of students towards "commercial- ized football" is adequately shown by a poll of candidates for student offices at the University of Washington, which was conducted by the daily paper at that institution. In answer to the question, "Do you favor con- tinuance of commercialized football at Washing- ton as opposed to a 'sports for sports sake' pro- gram?" five of six candidates who answered said "Yes.". The most common reason was that "To com- pete with .other schools it is necessary. The pub- lic demands a football team, and commercializa- tion is the means to that end." If this is an indication of the student's attitude, there is something radically wrong with his no- tions of college. We believe that football is a game.. When it becomes a means of the college's serving as a buf- foon to the man in the street, the game should be eliminated. There is no reason why the college should seek to answer the demands of the general public for" amusement. Colleges cease to be institutions of education in the same proportion as they yield to the public lemands for entertainment. If the business of ed- ucation is not serious enough to justify itself without yielding to this demand, it has little place in the scheme of things. --Colorado Silver and Gold i fl n CALL AL THE AD-TAKER 2-1214 Campus Opinion Professor Hayden And The Pi lippinBill P ROF. JOSEPH R. HAYDEN, of the political science department, has denounced the Philippine independence bill as "sordid, selfish, and serving special interests in this country rather than either the country as a whole or the Philippines." And he has voiced the opinion that the islands would probably look with similar ill-favor on the measure. It must be gratifying for Professor Hayden to read that many Filipinos are reacting precisely as he believed they should and probably would. Ac- cording to the current issue of Time, "No bells rang," when it was announced that the bill had passed, apathy toward it was everywhere appa- rent, and Manuel Quezon, head of the majority party in the islands, termed it "unjust and .ab- surd." And evidence that the people will never accept it is seen in the plan of Mr. Quezon to visit Washington in the spring and present de- mands for "immediate independence." Even a cursory study of the bill and Professor Hayden's observations upon it, persuade us that we must hope that it will fail to be accepted, for it would impose such injustice upon the islands that our national reputation would inevitably suf- fer tarnishment. It provides: That the United States is to be granted a per- petual right to maintain a military base in the islands. That during the ten years before the proposed independence is to take effect, no restrictions are to be imposed by the islands on the U. S. exports, although limitations are to be imposed by the United States on the qualities of the most im- portant products of the islands exported to this country. That during these ten years, Americans in un- limited numbers are to be permitted to enter the islands, while onl, 50 Filipinos are to be admitted each year to this country. The sum of these clauses and many more of similarly patent unfairness contains every pro- vision to wring money, prestige, and blood from the islands that the comparatively few American Shylocks who backed the bill could devise.. So we agree with Professor Hayden that the bill' is a bad one, and hope with him that it will not be accepted by the islands it so insidiously pre- tends it would free, ' . , @eA 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. COMMUNIST PLACED IN CHAIN GANG To The Editor: Another case of terrorization in the South has again come to the notice of the public. Homer Barton, former student of Carnegie Tech, was arrested in Tampa, Florida for no other reason than that of being a Communist. The defendant was not allowed to see an attor- ney until just before the trial. Also when three young men and a girl came to see Barton they were immediately arrested on the same charge, that of being Communists. After a speedy trial Barton was convicted. Ile was released on a writ of habeas corpus pending the repeal of the trial. He was again arrested as he left the jail and this time sentenced to the chain gang for five days. As usual the police officials picked out the worst gang for him. They took him to a place where rattlesnakes abound in great numbers, probably with the hope that Homer Barton would not re- turn. On the way to this place where they were supposed to work, another prisoner attempted to talk to Barton. The guards jumped on both Bar- ton and the other prisoner and almost killed both of them. Anyone who has seen the movie "Fugitive from a Chain Gang" can appreciate the brutal treatment that Barton is receiving. The Communist Party is a legal party. It is un- constitutional to arrest anyone for their political beliefs. I believe that it is the duty of every stu- dent and faculty member who believes in the right of free thought to write a letter of protest to Chief of Police Logan of Tampa, Florida. --Irving Dalott S tudent HealIt h HYGIENE OF THE MOUTH The oral cavity in the cleanest of mouths per- haps contains more organisms than there have been individuals upon the surface of the earth since the origin of man. These bacteria exist and multiply from the time of birth to life's end in a media which is conducive to their development. Since this condition is always existent, it is only natural that the mouth should be taken care of most scrupulously in an endeavor to keep this flora reduced to a minimum and thus attempt to cut down the possibilities of infection. Dr. Mayo a few years ago said, "Seventy-five per cent of the infections of an individual have their portal of entrance above the collar." Others since that time have increased this estimate to as high as ninety per cent. Now it is very evident that the mouth is so extremely important to the physical welfare of the individual that it is very necessary to use the most precautionary measures to assnre oneself of maintaining its health 'T'hi b f, e s+ ! U STARS I I .. .r & TRIPES By Karl Seiflert- The Carnegie Tech student who got an answer to a calculus problem by short wave radio from the University of Texas, 1,000 miles away, broke the Michigan record of three vacant seats in Na- tural Science Auditorium by more than 999 miles. We have been unable to substantiate the rumor that ex-Mayor Walker, during the Seabury inves- tigation, declared: "Ninety per cent of the lies being told about me are untrue." BILL WOULD CHEAPEN HUNTING AND FISHING -Headline Well nuts to Bill. Plans are under way to mgke the turtle who lived three days in a lethal gas chamber in Spo- kane the mascot of Huey Long's legislative under- studies. NEWS ITEM: "Five women and 11 men were arrested at 3 a. m. today in the Silver Slipper cab- aret and blind pig at Grand River Ave. and Fifth St. when police discovered the place open in vio- lation of the new 2 a. m. closing order." Two a. m. for speakeasies, eh? How late are the stick- up men allowed to work? SHEEP-EATING PARROT NOW ALMOST EXTINCT -Headline. In a couple of hours the snakes won't bother you so much either. Chicago's Mayor Cermak is flat on his bacl with a sore throat, but as soon as he's better he's going to talk over the city budget with his cab- inet. Going, as it were, from bed to worse. Religious Activities* FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL WSUNDATION CHURCH E. W. Blakeman, Director FOUNDATION State and Washington Streets Cor. E. Univ. Ave. and Oakland 6:30 P.M.-Prof. O. J. Campbell of Dr. Bernard Heller, Director Ministers the English Department of the Frederick B. Fisher Univer .itywill speak on "Culture Peter F. Stair and the Machine Age." s 6:30 P.M.-The Graduate Forum will hold a discussion. 10:45-Morning Worship 11:15 A.M.-Regular Sunday services 3:30 .?11.-The Oriental-American at the Women's League Chapel. group will have a discussion on Dr. Bernard Heller will speak. "HOW TO LIVE A LIFE the "Indian Non-violence." Subject: OF POWER" 9:30 A.M.-The regular classes for "THE STUDENT AND THE Dr. Frederick B. Fisher freshmen and undergrads. HILLEL FOUNDATION" 7:30-Evening Worship 5:30 P.M.-There will be a joint 8:00 P.M.--Open House at the Foun- Fellowship hour with the Presby- dation. "THE RUSSIAN INFLUENCE terian group which will be held at IN ASIA" Wesley Hall. THE FIRST FIRST BAPTIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CHURCH East Huron, West of State R. Edward Sayles, Minister Huron and Division Streets O OT Howard R. Chapman, University Merle H. Anderson. Minister Pastor Alfred Lee Klaer, Associate Minister N EGL ECT 9:30 A.M.-The Church School. Mr. Wallace Watt, Superintendent. 9:30 A.M - student Classes at the -i10:45 A.M.-Morning Worship Ser- Church House, 1432 Washtenaw mon by Mr. Sayles, on THE Avenue. BURIED TALENT. Music by Chorus Choir 10:45A.M.--Morning Worship. RELIGIOUS 12 Noon-The Student Class at Guild Dr. Anderson will preach on "The 6ous eM.-student meetin at Guild Prerogative of Partnership: Do- ACT IVII ES House. Miss Gertrude Mceulloch, minin,"thethir intheseris *' ** HGrad., in School of Music, who "Christ and the Modern Crisis." has spent eleven years teaching music in the Union Girls' School, 5:30 P.M.-The Young People wll Hangchow. China, will speak on :30 .M.-he Yung ill"Bottom Side Up." meet with the Methodist Student A social hour and refreshments Guild at Wesley HallrO.J. Camp- after the program. bell will speak on "Culture and Machine." The Theatre THE SHYLOCK TRADITION An Informative Essay by George Spelvin Mainly Swiped from Walter Pritchard Eaton and Two Encyclopedias Robert Henderson has announced that his De- troit Civic Theatre will be the scene of a thea- trical revolution next week, when his own inter- Enough telephone wires, says the Chicago Trib- une, are used in New York City to reach 35 times to the moon. And if the Tribune's readers were laid end to end they would yawn. Whereas a New York m n mnil nlnwd oiawav I ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod) Third and West Liberty O. A. Brauer, Pastor Sunday, January 29 9:30 A.M.-Service in German. ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Washington St. at 5th Ave. R. C. Stellhorn, pastor 9 A.Iv-'Bible -Sec ol. Lessoni Topic: BETHLEHEM EVANGELICAL CHURCH. (Evangelical Synod) South Fourth Avenue Theodore Schmale, Pastor 8:00 A.M.-Bible School "JESUS AND THE SABBATH" I I----------------- -~