THE MICHIGAN DAILY
annual Military
Ball Scheduled
Noted Singer Here
'Gondoliers' Principal Has Had
Interesting And Unusual Career
For April
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Sale Of Tickets Will Begin
Soon; Three Orchestras
Under Consideration
Definite plans for the annual Mili-
tary Ball to be held April 27 in the
Union ballroom are now being formu-
lated, according to the announcement
last night of Fredrick S. Kohl, '34E,
general chairman.
The orchestras under consideration
are those of Don Redman, who has
played at the Casino de Paree in
New York and who broadcasts over
the Columbia system; Art Kassel, who
has played at the Drake and Bis-
mark hotels in Chicago and over the
National Broadcasting company; and
Emerson Gill, known for his playing
at the Lotus Gardens in Cleveland.
Tickets for the dance will go on
/sale about April 2 and will be avail-
able at the Union, R.O.T.C. head-
quarters, and at Balfours.
The chairmen of the committees
are John Odell, '34, orchestra; Ed-
ward F. Jaros, '35E, tickets; Stanley
Killian, '34E, publicity; John Sager,
'34, programs; Truman Smith, '35,;
invitations; and Don W. Lyon, '34A,
decorations. The assisting under-
classmen are Charles Framberg, '36E,
Kenneth Mosier, '36E, Robert Cou-
sins, '37E, and Henry Gilfilan, '37E.
Original ,Drawings
Of Mickey Mouse
Are On Exhibition
By MARJORIE E. BECK
Despite the many and varied uses
of cellophane today, one is still rather
surprised to find Walt Disney using
it as a material on which to draw
"Mickey Mouse." However, there is
our movie favorite, appearing in cel-
lophane in the original drawings of
"Mickey" and "Minnie Mouse," on
exhibit in the large gallery on the
third floor of the Architecture Build-
ing.
Disney's unique method is to paint
his figures in tempora on sheets of
cellophane. These, sometimes two
and three in number, are mounted in
front of the background scenes which
are done in wash on the usual draw-
ing paper. The result thus achieved
is to throw the figures into sharp
relief and at the same time create
an added impression of depth. And
what is probably the most amazing
part of it all, despite the seeming dis-
assemblance of the picture, Disney
manages to effect a harmonized unity.
Excerpts from several well-known
"Silly Symphonies," such as "Three
Little Pigs," "Father Noah's Ark,"
and "Old King Cole," are included
in the display, which is open every
day from 1 to 6 p.m. until the end of
this week. When you go, you will
chuckle again over the antics of the
world's most delightful movie star,
recalling vividly the scenes which ac-
companied the selected bits as you
saw them in the movies. You will be
amazed, too, by the intricacies of de-
tail and the wealth of imagination
which Walt Disney's work reveals.
The exhibit, shown under the au-
spices of the Architectural Society,
has attracted a large crowd so far.
No one, apparently, is too old or too
young to enjoy a showing of "Mickey
Mouse."
Journalistic Fraternity
Gives Tea For Rushees
Theta Sigma Phi, national honor-
ary fraternity for women in journal-
ism, is giving a rushing tea for 12
guests from 4 to 6 p.m. today, at the
home of Mrs. John L. Brumm. Mrs.
Wesley Maurer and Mrs. Donal
Haines will assist.
Initiation will be held Thursday,
April 5, and the ceremony will be fol-
lowed by a light supper served at the
home of two of the members. Prof.
John L. Brumm, head of the Jour-I
nalism Department, is faculty adviserI
for the group.;
-Courtesy Ann Arbor Daily News
Bertha Bright Knapp, Grad., grad-
uate of the famous Guild Hall Dra-
ma School of London, who has sung
before King George and Queen Mary
of England, has a principal role in
"The Gondoliers," which opened last
night at the Lydia Mendelssohn The-
atre.
Local Artists I
Poster Prizes
In one of a group of contests spon-
sored by the World Peaceways, New
York City, local artists will have a
chance to compete for a prize of $30
for the poster which will be most ef-
fective in anti-war education.
The regulations governing the con-
test are as follows: the size of the
poster shall be 23 by 34 inches; the
contest closes Friday, April 20, 1934,
and all posters must be at the office
of the committee in Lane Hall, cor-
ner of State and Washington Streets,
Ann Arbor, not later than the speci-
fied date. The contest is open to all
students of the University of Michi-
gan and Ypsilanti Normal College,
and any questions regarding it should
be addressed to Carlton Angell, chair-
man of the committee, in Lane Hall.
Education CluiT9
Hear Dr. MeClusky
"An English View of American Ed-
ucation" will be the subject of an
address to be given by Dr. Hovard
Y. McClusky at the next meeting of
the Women's Education Club at 8:15
p.m., Monday, April 2, in the library
of the University Elementary School.
After the speech there will be a
general participation in an informal
discussion of the evening's topic, in-
cluding consideration of such ques-
tions as the advisability of educating
an increasingly great percentage of
the people.
The Women's Education Club, or-
ganized under the auspices of Pi
Lambda Theta, honorary society of
the School of Education, is sponsored
by Dr. S. A. Courtis. All women in-
terested in teaching are invited to at-
tend the meetings.
Graduate Group Hears
Descriptions Of Europe
Descriptions of Europe as seen by
Prof. Howard McClusky of the edu-
cation school during a recent sab-
batical leave, was the subject of an
informal talk at the Graduate
Luncheon Club's weekly meeting at
noon yesterday in the Russian Tea
Room of the League.
Last week some 35 members of the
club heard Dr. Warren E. Forsythe,
director of the Health Service, and
the week before that, President
Alexander G. Ruthven.
The formal title of Professor Mc-
Clusky's talk will be "Impressions of
Europe as Seen from an Automobile."
By LOIS JOTTER
A student of the famous Guild Hall
Drama School of London, Bertha
Bright Knapp, Grad., who has sung
before King George and Queen Mary
of England, is appearing as one of
the principals in the cast of the Gil-
bert and Sullivan comic opera, "The
Gondoliers," which opened last night
at the Lydia Mndelssohn Theatre
for a four-day run.
Mrs. Knapp, who plays the amus-
ing role of the duchess of Plaza-Tor-
ro, came to the United States after
building a career in London, where,
after studying at the Guild Hall
School and also under Liza Lehmann,
she played in the Savoy Theatre with
the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company,
the most prominent Gilbert and Sul-
livan company in England.
Since her arrival in this country,
Mrs.'Knapp, now a resident of De-
troit, has toured Michigan with the
J. L. Hudson quartette, and is a
soloist at the Grosse Pointe Presby-
terian Church, as well as taking an
active part in directing children's
productions in Detroit. In spite of her
very active life, she maintains a
charming home for her husband and;
two small sons, and commutes reg-
ularly to Ann Arbor, where she is
studying with the idea of becoming
a director of plays, and more partic-
ularly, of operas.
Mrs. Knapp has the rare ability
which singers. often lack, of putting
her songs across with the art of an
actress, according to Valentine B.
League Stunt Night
Features JGP Stars
Stunt Night at the League last
night featured acts from the current
Junior Girls Play, "The Gang's All
There," with Jack Nestle acting as
master of ceremonies.
The scrub women's trio of Maxine
Maynard, Ruth Kaser, and Mary
Morrison repeated their act which
won, such popular favor, featuring
the numbers "Crossing My Fingers"
and "Ringing Out Rhythm."
Charlotte Whitman, the versatile
leading lady, sang her success from
the show, "You, Only You," and fol-
lowed this with a tap dance number
with Beatrice Devine who played op-
posite her in "Gang's All There." The
concluding number featured Billie
Griffiths, the night club blues singer,
who sang "Grey Shadows."
Sigma Rho Tau Debates
Streawining Of Trains
The proposition as -to whether a
railroad corporation would profit by
remodeling its trains to conform with
streamlining principles was debated
by members of Sigma Rho Tau in a
meeting held last night in the Union.
The arguments in favor of stream-
lining, introduced by Robert Lowe,
'36E, contended that lower operation
costs and higher speeds would re-
sult from such a plan. The opposi-
tion, led by John O'Bryan, '34E, ar-
gued that the new trains would be
too light to hold the road, their in-
creased speed would deteriorate the
road beds, and the little difference in
speed would not warrant the adop-
tion of the plan anyway.
SPECIAL COMMUNION SERVICE
A special communion service will
be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the
Baptist Church in connection with
the Easter Week program. The Rev.
R. Edward Sayles will conduct the
service, which will be augmented by
special music.
Windt, director of Play Production,.
which organization, in co-operation
with the School of Music, is present-
ing "The Gondoliers" as the work of
the newly organized music-drama
class.
"The Gondoliers" cast is thus made
up entirely of University students,
both from Play Production and the
School of Music. An alternate cast
will be used for different perform-
ances, since understudies have been
trained for many of the roles. The1
cast for tonight, however, will be the
same as that of last night, with the
exceptions of the part of Gianetta,
taken last night by Margaret Burke,
'34SM, which will be taken tonight
by Helen Haxton, '36, and the part
of Fiametta in which Mildred Stroup,
'36SM, will replace Kathryn Hilde-
brand, '35. Further changes will be
made in the cast for the perform-
ances to be given tomorrow and Sat-
urday nights, as well as for the spe-
cial matinee to be given Saturday.
Houses Busy
With Dinners
1And Initiations
In spite of midsemesters this week,
four fraternities held rushing, pledg-
ing, initiation, and a sleigh ride, while
two sororities entertained members
of the faculty at dinners.
Delta Chi
Wednesday night the members of
Delta Chi fraternity entertained sev-
eral guests on a sleigh ride. Those
who attended were: Harriet Woto-
wicz, '35, Marion Foley, '34, Jean
Bentley, '33, Virginia Denny, '35, Jean
Field, '37, Doris Campbell, '34, Lu-
cinda Smith, '36, Mary Jane Clark,
'35, Lucille Foxx, '35, and Helen
Thompson, '33SN.
Delta Sigma Pi
Delta Sigma Pi announces their
recent pledging of Colin MacDonald,
'35, Jackson, and Julius Marquard,
'34, Muskegon. Present at the Sun-
day dinner were Dr. and Mrs. Clar-1
ence S. Yoakum. Alumni present
were Robert Adams and Louis Mc-
Grath.
Kappa Alpha Theta
Mary Garrettson, '36, was in charge'
of the dinner given at the chapter
house last night. During the dinner'
the Intramural swimming cup was
presented to the sorority. The mem-
bers of the faculty who attended the'
presentation were Dr. Margaret Bell,
Miss Marie Hartwig, Miss Irene Field,
and Miss Laurie Campbell.
Kappa Sigma
Seven men were recently initiated
into Kappa Sigma fraternity. The
initiates are: Robert Ladd, Grad., Ni-
agara Falls, N. Y.; Roy Emerson,
'32E, Jackson; Robert Eckelberger,
'37, Johnson City, N. Y.; Edwin Eck-
ert, '37, Detroit; Willard Jones, '37,
Midland; Robert LaCroix, '37, Mid-
land; and Jack Merrill, '37, Detroit.
Sigma Nu
K. Francis Hildreth was in charge
of a rushing dinner last night, at
which Prof. Beatman and Prof. Van-
derVelde were guests of the frater-
nity.
Theta Phi Alpha
Members of Theta Phi Alpha so-
rority entertained Dean Alice Lloyd, 1
Miss Jeanette Perry, Miss Ethel C.
McCormick and Miss Ellen B. Ste-
venson at a formal dinner Tuesday
night. Mrs. Maude Cushman Thomp-
son, house mother, presided. Table
decorations, planned by Helen Foley,
'34, were of pastel tapers, tulle and
flowers.
French Club
Will Present
Comedy May 1
Marcel Pagnol's 'Topaze'
Chosen For Vehicle Of
Aninual Prod uction
Le Cercle Francais has chosen for
its play this year one of the most
brilliant comedies presented in Paris,
in recent years, Marcel Pagnol's "To-
paze." The play which is now in re-
hearsal, according to M. Rene Tala-
mon, director, will be given by the
club on May 1.
"Topaze" is widely known in Amer-
ica from the successful film of the
same name in which John Barrymore
was starred. At the Varieties The-
atre in Paris, where the premiere wasI
held in 1928, it had a phenomenal run
of more than two year's, and has since'
been played on the stages of almost
every European capital.
"Topaze" is the story of an engag-
ing and ingenuous schoolmaster who
becomes enmeshed in the graft and4
corruption of big city politics. It is
a gay and altogether amusing piece,
said to be pungently satirical without
ever becoming unpleasant. The dia-
logue is witty and sophisticated, and
the plot absorbing. "Topaze," rep-
resenting as it does the newest and
most modern in French drama, is an.
interesting contrast to last year's per-
formance of the older school, Mo-
liere's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme."
The cast has been chosen for the
production, and will be announced
soon.
Michigan Is Asked_
To Big TenDance
Students of the University of
Michigan, along with those of the
other Big Ten schools, have been in-
vited to attend the University Easter
Round-up Dance to be held in the
Michigan room of the Edgewater
Beach Hotel, Chicago, on Saturday,,
March 31.
"Cope" Harvey and his band will
play for the dance, whose purpose is I
to create a spirit of good-will between
students of the Big Ten schools.
Invitations to the dance, which is
to be informal, have been sent to all
the Big Ten universities in hope that
the students of these institutions who
will be in or near Chicago over the
Easter week-end will be able to at-
tend. At present, responses promising
support of the affair have been re-
ceived from Michigan, Northwestern,
Chicago, and Illinois.
Open-House At
Leag'ue To Be
held Thursday
The date for League Open-House
has been changed from April 2, as
was originally announced, to Thurs-
day, April 5, according to an an-
nouncement made by Julie Kane, '36,
social chairman of the League.
Open-House is traditionally a pre-
vacation affair. This year there will
be dancing in the main ballroom dur-
ing the entire evening.
A reception committee will greet
the guests and guide them through
Any freshman woman who wopld
like to guide or act as hostess at
the Open-House should report to
Wilhemine Carr, '37.
the building if they should desire it.
The entire building will be open for
inspection.
Although the freshmen will be un-
able to present their play as origi-
nally planned, the Art Cinema League
is showing "April" the same evening
and students attending the Open-
House will have the opportunity to
see this, according to Miss Ethel Mc-
Cormick.
There will be no charge connected
with the Open-House unless students
attend the Cinema play.
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Monthly Birthday Dinner
Given In Mosher Ha'
Mosher Hall held their month
birthday dinner for the residents la
night. The women whose birthda
come in March are Katherine Bisho
'37, Gladys Hornung, '36, Doroti
Imrie. '37, Maureen Kavanaugh, '3
Gladys Margraf, '37, Alice Meadc
'36, Lucinda Olech, '37, Floren
Schenck, '37, Mollie Solomon, '3
Eleanor Wasey, '36, Phyllis Schmie
'34, Betty Davidson, '36, Helen Whil
'36.
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DISCUSSES PLANT LIFE
In the concluding talk of the na-
tural science radio series, Prof. Brad-
ley M. Davis of the botany depart-
ment discussed "The Awakening of
Plant Life Following Winter" over
the school program broadcast fiom
the campus studios over station WJR
yesterday.
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Motion Pictures: Michigan, "Fugi-
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Robert Montgomery; Majestic, "Lady
Killer" with James Cagney; Whitney,
"Counsellor at Law" and "The World
Gone Mad"; Wuerth, "Hoopla" and
"The Nuisance" with Lee Tracy.
Play Production: "The Gondoliers,"
8:10 p.m. in Lydia Mendelssohn The-
atre.
Dancing: League Grill Room, Prek-
etes, Tavern, Hi-Hat Inn.
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