-THE- MICHIIGAN DAILY THE MICHIGAN DAILY 12f. tion makes it hardly worth more than a tired laugh. Yet there is good reason for the plea. Grass won't grow if it is trampled in the spring. It is necessary to "Keep off the Grass" when it is getting its start, or, instead of lawn a few months later, there will be only mud and dust. Particularly in Ann Arbor, where we have a large campus, is the request in order. And particu- larly is it in order this spring, owing to the exceed- ingly heavy snow we had early in the month. So in dead earnest we say, to faculty and stu- dents, "Please Keep off the Grass." Screen Reflections AT THE MAJESTIC ** PLUS "MASSACRE" Joe Thunder Horse .. Richard Barthelmess Lydia......................Ann Dvorak Quissenberry ............. Dudley Digges Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. 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Dorothy (He, Jean Tanmer, Florence Harper, Eleanor Johnson, Rnh Loebs, Josephine McLean, Marjorie Mor- rismi, Sally Pace, Rosalie .Resnick,, Jane Schneder. BUSINESS STAFP Telephone 2-114 BUINESS MANAGER ...... W. GRAFTON SHARP CREDIT MANAGER...........BERNARD E. SCHNACKE WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER ................ .......................... CATHARINE4 MHENRY DEPARTMENT MANAGERS: Local Advertising, Noel Tur- ner; Classified Advertising, Russell Read; Advertising Service, Robert Ward; Accounts, Allen Knuusi; Circula- tion and Contracts, Jack Efroymson. ASSISTANTS: Milton Kramer, John Ogden, Bernard Ros- enthal, Joe Roliard, George Atherton. Jane Bassett, Virginia Bell, Mary Btirley, Peggy Cady, Virginia Cluff, Patricia Daly, Genevieve Field, Louise Plores, Doris Gimmy, Betty Greve, Billie Griffiths, Janet Jackson, Louise Kraise, Barbara Morgan, Margaret Mustard, Betty Simonds. FRESHMAN TRYOUTS: William Jackson, Louis Gold- smith, David Shiffar, Willham Barndt, Jack Richardson, Charles Parker, &,oert Oen, Ted Wohigemuth, Jerome Grosman, Avn.r, Kronenberger, Jim Horiskey, Toi Clarke, Scott, Samuel Beckman, Homer Lathrop, Hall, Ross Levin, Willy Tomlinson, Dean Asselin, Lyman Blttman, John Park, Don Hutton, Allen Ulpson, Richard IHardenbrook, Gordon Cohn. NIGHT EDITOR: JOHN C. HEALEY We're Sticking .o Cappon .. . D tURING the vacation period, Mich- igan students who perused the sport pages of various newspapers throughout this sec- tion, were amused, perhaps slightly shocked, at reading rumors of a proposed change in the bas-. ketball coaching situation here. - Somewhere or other, certainly not from the local athletic authorities, a rumor started that Ben Van Alystine, Michigan State cage mentor, would take over Coach Franklin Cappon's duties as Wolverine basketball coach next year. Coach Cappon, accord- ing to the rumor, would be shifted to some other position. The rumor was quickly spiked. Athletic Director Yost denied it. State's Athletic Director, Ralph Young, denied it. Furthermore, Yost stated that he was perfectly satisfied with Cappon and that no change was even contemplated. Although we don't know where the rumor start- ed, we dislike the whole idea. We believe that Michigan is satisfied with Cappon. We are entirely in discord with the common practice in some of the prominent universities of firing a coach on the slightest provocation. Coach Willaman of Ohio State lost a couple of football games to Michigan. He was replaced. Coach Anderson of Notre Dame had a compara- tively poor season. The alumni kicked up such a fuss that Elmer Layden now holds his position. Michigan doesn't do things that way. Perhaps that's one reason why the Wolverines keep on winning games. The student body, we believe, have faith in Franklin Cappon. The S.C.A. Breaks A Precedent.. F OR FORTY YEARS a junior has been chosen in the spring to serve during the next year as president of the Student Christian Association. This year the precedent has been broken, the board in control of the S.C.A. has selected for the honor and responsibility of its presidency a sophomore, Russell Anderson. We are all in favor of breaking precedents. Re- form and progress are built on broken precedents. The S.C.A. has seemingly caught the spirit that is the local and national air. Congratulations. "Massacre" is a film of the modern American Indian problem. Handled in the stereotyped Holly- wood manner, its happy and contented ending is not only false, but spoils what is otherwise a power- ful expository drama of the exploitation of the original Americans at the hands of big business and its tools, the ignorant, selfish, cruel, petty government officials. Joe Thunder Horse is a rodeo exhibition rider whose blood is Indian, but whose education, speech, and ideas are thoroughly Chicagoan. On news of his father's. death on a western reservation, he drives there with the intention of settling his par- ent's estate-,and returning in a few weeks. But the winsome face of Lydia, an Indian girl, and his uncovering of the miserable conditions under which his people are living and being mistreated, force his conscience and person to remain. He devotes his time to angering the resident officials and is driven to appeal to influential friends in Wash- ington to intervene and reform the existing evils. The portrayal of the exploitation of the Indian is a counterpart of Negro exploitation in the South, and is interesting in its revelations. The theme of the piece, save for its unfortunate and unrealistic ending, far overshadows anything else in the film. This is proper in this type of film. Director Alan Crosland almost succeeds in toning down the histronics of Richard Barthel- mess, Ann Dvorak, and Dudley Digges. While it lacks the expected elements of suspense, fear, and humor, its steady progression, Fixity of purpose, and unity of idea all contribute to the film's value as a social document of a problem which is still unsolved. _J.C.S. TheTheatr Musical Events GRADUATION PIANO RECITAL Prelude in G minor ............ Bach-Siloti Chorale: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring ...................... Bach-Hess Bouree in B minor ........ Bach-Saint-Saens Sonata, Op. 53 (Waldstein) .......Beethoven Allegro con brio Adagio molto Allegretto moderato Cappriccio, Op. 76, No. 1.......... Brahms Intermezzo, Op. 116, No. 4 ....... Brahms Rhapsodie, Op. 119, No. 4 .. ...... Brahms Prelude, Chorale and Fugue .......... Franck WINIFRED ARTHUR, will give her graduation recital in the School of Music Auditorium this evening. Her program has been designed to meet academic standards yet it has its own value in being splendid music. Many familiar things are included, the appeal of which is not diminished by familiarity. TECHNICALLY, Everett Jay Hilty is capable of giving a much more convincing recital than he gave yesterday afternoon. For he has a technique and a musicianship that has worked out contrasts and color effects, he has a knowledge of the type of music he is playing, and the appropriate ap- proach for that. The first section of the program, with a well- defined characterization between the Ranff and Buxtehude, and a sound attack with the Bach, gave way to a nervousness that diminished the force of his best intentions. However, to continue, he drew well the contrast between the Bach works and the Karg-Elert improvisation of the Bach Choral Prelude; the feeling for them brought that portion to a normal close. The concluding Vierne Symphony had its very satisfactory moments. Emergencies, and exigencies of a student recital in this case have less serious impingements for probably Mr. Hilty's work will be such that he will not be appearing as a concert organist. At any rate, he proved himself master of his fate and captain of his soul, besides a musically-minded student. I, - -- SEE '02 sout s!I r e * Day and Evening Classes in Shorthand, Stenotypy, Typing, Accounting and Secretarial Training. Free Placement De- partment assists graduate: to procure positions. Enter At Any Time HAMILTON BUSIN ESS COLLEGE State and William Sis. L ~T rade I MICHIGAN BELL TEEHNE O Have You Telephoned Home Thi:s Week? OUR own spoken words thaf "everything is fine" is good news to Mother and Dad and the rest of the family. And it's reassuring to you to talk whhl the folks and knoW atll iS well at homie. Regular calls home cost surprisingly litle, and you cai reverse the charges if you wish, Below are shown rates fov Sa(.on-to-St.uiioj ca kfrom ninnArbor to repre. aiif[til i~d pits. MR, KEITH TO MR. TIENDERSON 4 ROBERT HENDERSON, organizer and director of the annual Dramatic Festival that will pa- rade glittering units before us during the last half of May and the early portion of June, has at last succeeded in coupling Ian Keith, noted star of stage and screen, with Florence Reed, who has thus far limited her talents to the legitimate theatre, for a presentation of "Macbeth" as a featured part of the festival. Miss Reed will be remembered for her outstanding work as Lady Macbeth in the George* C. Tyler piece of some years back, which was addi- tionally blessed with the scenic artistry of Gordon Craig. Ian Keith, however, has his own ideas about a production of "Macbeth" - and when an efficient actor uses his head sufficiently to evolve a scheme of production for so intricate a tragedy as this one, lofty things loom iminent. Mr. Keith's letter to Mr. Henderson, setting forth these ideas, is printed here: My Dear Mr. Henderson: First I want to say that I am very happy over the prospect of playing "Macbeth" and shall cer- tainly do my best to make it everything you hope for. The text of the play contains fewer ambiguities than most of Shakespeare, and the play itself is so short that the question of cutting is not such a bitter problem as usual; but I have an arrangement which I should like to send on to you; not that you will learn anything new from it, but it might suggest some tricks of gaining tempo by certain blendings. I shall, if agreeable to you, supply my own wigs: the Westmore boys here, who make all the wigs that you see in pictures, are old friends of mine and give me non-movie prices. They -do amazing work, and can be working on my stuff while I'm out here. Also, if I can know your wishes in the matter of costume colors and general design, it might relieve the wardrobe mistress if I brought on at least one or two of my Macbeth costumes. I know Kerrigan of Metro very well, and he has made stuff for me for years. (In fact they are making my armour for this "Cleopatra" picture). My feeling about the costuming is that it is never rugged and barbaric enough. (Neither is "Hamlet," usually). The Scots at that time did not have the complete Tartan designs as we know them, but they did use the belted plaid, and rough skins - also cross-gartered thongs to hold leggings, and often went bare-footed even in the winter. There is a picture of Booth as Macbeth in the cauldron scene which is very striking. Is it possible for the first four scenes of the second act to run as, in effect, one scene. If you use your idea of starting with a battle in a storm, and can blend to the witches, have them disappear in the lightning flashes, return your scene to Dun- can, then back to the witches, etc., you will have a stunning effect of sweep and rushing drama. Herman the Great or Houdini might be of help to you at such a point! Now about the other play which you so gener- ously suggested that I also play in: you have no idea how hard we work in thes eDeMi nwenm. Tampus Opinion Letters published in this column should not be con- strued as expressing the editorial opinion of The Da3ilyAnonymous communications will be disregarded. the names or communicants will, however, be re- garded as confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, confining themselves to less than 500 words if possible. MICHIGAN TOMORROW We wish to congratulate the editors of "Michigan Tomorrow" for their credible (sic) effort in the first issue which appeared recently on the news stands. It is a worthy step in the direction of a free press, and deserves much credit. Of course the Vanguard Club and its writers were walking on thin ice in dealing with some of their subjects. We (the much misled public), however, welcome a paper which is not too strictly censored by advertisers, or other controlling fac- tors. We don't expect you to print this. It seems to be The Daily policy to avoid the subject altogether. Is The Daily's face red? Didn't they like what was said about them? Or are they so smug, so far above criticism, that they don't even recognize its existence? -M.R.T. Collegiate Observer By BUD BERNARD Even anti-co-ed men wish they could change places with the four men students who were quar- antined with 26 fair co-eds in a sorority house at the University of California. The boys, who were waiters at the house, were quarantined with the charming girls because one of the occupants had scarlet fever. Their clothes were brought to them by their (jealous) friends. BATTLE CREEK. CHICAGO ... CLEVELAND DETROIT GRAND RAPIDS, MARQUETTE.. PETOSKEY . 1)A V 7:00 f .60. . 1.05..- ®70. . .30. . l.80... 1-Vl,:NW P .45..... .90... .60 .30.,,., .60.... NIGHT .35 .60 .40 .30 .40 . 1.35 - 1.00, SAGINAW .60 . . . .45 Swank makes your favorUe collar SMART. 1 The Baer & Wilde Co.y Attleboro, Mas Jewelry Accessories for Menr Ratecs to othrIrr stre /hu.111.. rIrc J lriely low'. .1lI DAILY CLASSIFIEDS ADS ARE EFFECTIVE * * * A little mousie crept across The Chi Omega Dorm Ile blinked his eyes in wild surprise And fled into the storm. -Exchange. * * * *~ No, cribbing isn't new! A silk handkerchief many centuries old, recently presented to a mu- seum, reveals that cribbing in examinations is no new invention. The handkerchief was identified as bearing thousands of microscopic characters used to convey answers to examination questions during the Kang Hi period of the Chinese government. The co-ed who's never kissed a boy Can scarce expect connubial joy A kiss is trifling, still we know That mighty oaks from acorns grow. -Harvard Lampoon Here is a subject of a recent debate at Concordia College, in Moorhead, Minnesota - "Resolved, That a House Burns Up and Not Down." * *I**x Here are some words of wisdom coining from the Daily Illini: Man is but a worm; he comes along, wiggles about a bit, and then some chicken gets him. S* * * * It has been proven at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that it is cheaper to be a blonde than a brunette or redhead. According to a price scale used at a recent dance there, platinums had to pay ten cents, brunettes 15 cents and red-heads 20 cents. The balance of the admission price was determined hy weight at the rat o f nnP ent nf-nr - - These humble quatrains are composed To tell a sprightly tale Of how a witty junior nosed A senior with a frail. The tale, ye hearties, goes like this: It seems two lads were nuts About a certain little miss Wliose name, we'll say, was Lutz. Thejunior's Christian name was Tom;* f ' I Now Bert had honors, letters; he Was quite the well-known lad. While two-bucks-ten and faith-in-me Were all that Tommy had. When blond Miss Lutz declined to ga With Bert, he wondered why. That Tommy should get all the show, Was quite a blackened eye, He learned the night the prom was thrown\