THE MICHIGAN DAILY MICHIGAN DAILY. nujm-'- Iwwae--..- 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 Association and the Big Ten News Service. $zgociated ~okiate $rtes 1933(NATONM ' COV{RAGE 1934 - MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is enclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispathces credited to"it or not otherwise credited in thli paper and the local news published herein. All rights of republication of-special dispatches are reserved. Eantered at thetPost Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Asistant Postmaster-General. Sbscriltion duringsummer by carrier, $1.00; by mail, $1.50, During regulai school year by carrier, $3.75; by mail, $4.25. Offices: Student Publications Building, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Phone: 2-1214. Representatives: PCollege Publications Representatives, Inc., 4C East Thirty-Fourth Street, New York City; 80 Boylson Street, Boston; 612 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR .........THOMAS K. CONNELLAN EDITORIAL DIRECTOR............. C. HART SCHAAF CITYEDITOR...................B ACKLEY SHAW SPORTS EDITOR...............ALBERT H. NEWMAN WOMEN'S EDITOR ..................CAROL J. HANAN advice offered the council was so weighed under by the flood of popular prejudice based on political pressagentry, that the Council dared to take no action at all. The Daily does not presume to decide which system for improving the water supply is best. It does, however, insist that regardless of how it is done, it must be done without further delay! Technical experts, men who have made a life study of such situations, say that there are three bases for the consideration of a proposed water supply: quality, dependability, and cost. In quality, University experts say, well water, if softened, would excel softened water from the Huron River. It is clearly free from pollution, its temperature is more desirably uniform, it has no taste or color, such as might affect river-derived water. In dependability, technical advices disagree. It has been stated that our underground source is clearly undependable, and might run out within the next five years, necessitating the drilling of additional wells, at additional expense. On the other hand, it is true that no comprehensive sur- vey has ever been made to determine exactly the extent of our underground sources. It is true un- deniably that the dependability of the river source is unquestioned. Even though no rain should fall for a period of eight months, the water in Barton Pond from which the supply would be taken could easily supply the needs of the city. It has been mentioned that some commercial firm might use the river for industrial waste drainage, but the possibility is remote because of the nature of the Huron River. The final consideration is the cost. It should be the least important of the three, for the quality of our city's water should be the finest, regardless of the expense entailed. Clearly, it would be less expensive to use the Huron River as a source than to build a softening plant using the present source of supply. The Board of Water Commissioners has recommended to the Council that a plant for the extraction, filtration, and softening of water from the Huron would amount to approximaely $300,000. At the same time they reported that the cost of softening the present system would be very obviously out of the ques- tion. Although no figures are quoted, it is stated that the cost of piping the water from each of the wells to one place for treatment would be a tremendous expense. Further than that, the board warns that with the well system, there is always the possibiliy that another well might have to be drilled at additional expense. Such are the facts. They are clear and unbiased. The Daily pleads that the judgment of them be left to technical experts, that laymen refrain from presuming to offer opinions. But above all, and by whatever means, let us have action at last, Screen -Reflections eQ AT THE MICHIGAN "THE SHOW-OFF" * MINUS TIGHT EDITORS: A. Ellis Bal. Ralph G. Coulter William G. Ferris, John C. Healey, George Van Vleck, E. Jerome Pettit. SPORTS ASSISTANTS: Charles A. Baird, Arthur W. Car- stens, Roland L. Martin, Marjorie Western. WOMEN'S ASSISTANTS: Marjorie Bek, Eleanor Bum, Lois Jotter, Marie Murphy, Margaret D. Phalan. REPORTERS: C. Bradford Carpenter, Paul J. Elliott, Courtney A. Evans, John J. Flaherty, Thoma A. Groehn John err, Thomas H. Keene, Bernard B. Levick, David G:. McDonald, Joel P. Newman, John M. O'Connell, Kenneth Parker, William R. Reed. Robert S. 'uwitch, Arthur S. Settle, Jacob C. Seidel, Marshall D. Silverman, Arthur M. Taub. Dorothy Gie, Jean Hanmer. Florence Harper, Eleanor Johnson, Ruth Loebs, Josephine McLean, Marjorie Mor- rison, Sally Place, Rosalie Resnick, Jane Schneider. BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 2-1214 BUSINESS MANAGER...........W. GRAFTON SHARP CREDIT MANAGER...........BERNARD E. SCHNACKE WOMEN'S BUSINESS MANAGER...,..... .,.; ............................... CATHARINE MC HENRY DEPARTMENT MANAGERS: Local Advertising, Noel Tur- ner; Classified Advertising; Russell Read.; Advertising ServIce, Robert Ward; Accounts, Allen Ifnuusi; Circula- tion and Contracts, Jack Efroymson. ASSISTANTS: Milton Kramer, John Ogden, Bernard Ros- enthal, Joe Rothbard, George Atherton. Jane Bassett, Virginia Bell, Mary Bursley, Peggy Cady, Virginia Cluff, Patricia Daly, Genevieve Field, Louise Florez. Doris Giminy, Betty Greve, Billie Griffiths, Janet Jackson, Louise Krause, Barbara Morgan, Margaret Mustard, Betty Simonds. FRESHMAN TRYOUTS: William Jackson, Louis Gold- smith, David Schiffer, William Barnt, Jack Ricardson, Charles Parker, Robert Owen, Ted Wohgemuth, Jerome Grossman, Avnr, Kronenberger, Jim Horisey, Tom Clarke, Scott, Samuel Beckman, Homer Lathrop, Hall, Ross Levin, Willy Tomlinson, Dean Asselin,. Lyman Bittman, John Park, Don Hutton, Alien Ulpson, Richard Hardenbrook. Gordon Cohn. NIGHT EDITOR: GEORGE VAN VLECK Time For Action On Local Water Supply... HE WATER SUPPLY of Ann Arbor T is clearly unsatisfactory and ought to be improved. Although the Water supply has degenerated to the point of-offeisiveness, and al- though unfavorable comment and reports have been made for over 20 years, nothing has been done to improve the supply. The City Council will consider the report of the Board of Water Commissioners at its next meeting Monday, and ought to act while the opportunity presents itself. Since the water board took over the problem of supplying the city with water in 1914, Ann Arbor citizens have been protesting the unsuitable sup- ply. Until 1918, the city was using Huron River1 water with an antiquated system of purification. At that time, however, the supply became so clearly unsatisfactory that, impelled by popular clamor, the city ran a pipe out to the Steere farm, four miles south of the city, where water was derived from a group of wells. This project cost the city $350,000. From that time on, the Steere farm water became steadily so distaste- ful, so filled with mineral ingredients, and dif- ficult to use that a few years ago, the water board had two more wells drilled, the Montgomery and the Barton, which together with the Steere wells, have been supplying the city since. That the present water system is bad is unde- niable. The people of Ann Arbor have been com- plaining of the water constantly; yet no real ac- tion has been taken. The City Council has had over a half dozen technical reports and recom- mendations made to them; one of which, by Maury & Gordon, consulting engineers of Chicago, in 1926 post the city $10,000 and yet was put away -seemingly without being read. The University, which uses over one million gallons per day, about 30 per cent of the total city's consumption, has had to incur needless ex- pense because of the corrosive effect of the water on the plumbing, and has been so dissatisfied with the quality of the water, that in 1926, the Uni- versity considered installing a water plant of their own, to extract water from the Huron River, and had University experts draw up plans for such .a venture. The plan was deemed feasible, but the financing of such a scheme was prohibitive to the University. It is evident that the water might be improved in The Theatre AT THE LYDIA MENDELSSOHN "ONCE IN A LIFETIME"--A Review By JOHN W. PRITCHARD A T LAST we can say it! Play Production's 'Once in a Lifetime" is a show without a flaw! This is a statement of considerable breadth, and it should be borne in mind that it is a comedy, not a drama, "Elizabeth the Queen" is still the finest production that Ann Arbor has seen this year. But "Once in a Lifetime" is the snappiest, technically the most perfect, from an entertainment stand- point the most uproarious, of any of Ann Arbor's 1933-34 non-musical presentations. Many of you know this play. You have seen it on the stage or in the movies. You have experi- enced the delight of its sharp satire on the Holly- wood movie industry, the pure comedy of its char- acter sketches. You have learned to like immensely the unmatched trio of cynical but lovable May Daniels, the voice-culture expert (Sarah Pierce), Jerry Hyland, the dynamic promoter (John A. Silberman), and mentally nebulous George Lewis (Goddard Light), whose ineptitude at supervising a cinema production is matched only by his genius at cracking India nuts. But the fact that you have previously met these people has no bearing on the problem of whether you should see Play Produc- tion's version. The play is identical, but the con- ception is filled with a bright, sizzling newness that makes the production different from anything that you have seen this year. The George S. Kaufman-Moss Hart play is sound comedy. It does not depend on artificiality for laughs; no elaborate stage machinery is needed. All is there, all is seen, and yet all is side- splitting. There is, of course, much subtlety in the lines- which are necessarily masterful - but the true joy of the play is in almost unbelievable cari- cature. When Russell McCracken was announced as di- rector, I foresaw an amusing evening. The results have proved that Mr. McCracken, if past work means anything, is almost incapable of producing a lemon. His tempos were matched and harmo- nious with unerring accuracy; his groupings, his business, his complete grasp of the character im- plications made the seven somewhat episodic scenes into a unit hazardous to visceral well-being. Miss Pierce once again demonstrated her out-. standing worth. She has, in particular, two at- tributes of high importance: great powers of con- centration, and an unusually permeating and thrilling voice which is capable of a wide range of versatility. When her voice is ultimately brought under her control, she will be about as close to per- fect as'an actress at her stage, of experience can be expected to be. Last night her voice was, with a few exceptions, nicely under control. Had the re- mainder of the cast been less notable, less beau- tifully harmonized, her performance would have been unusually conspicuous for its mingling of pathos and comedy. Mr. Light, cast in a role in every respect fitted to his talents, rose to the occasion - rose, in fact, above it. His business with Indian nuts, his demon- stration of execrable stupidity, his almost Harpo Marxish moments of rising ire, brought pleasing Aubrey Piper ............Spencer Tracy Amy .. .... ........ ....Madge Evans Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's screen version of George Kelly's "Show-Off" is a one-man show but the kind in which it is impossible to tire of the antics and the personality of that ever vital indi- viduality who calls himself Spencer Tracy. The story deals with the tribulations that beset a chronic boaster. As J. Aubrey Piper, the hero of. the play, Mr. Tracy all but breaks his arm in patting himself on the back. He is one of those fellows who knows everything about everything. He tells his boss how to run his business, settles matters of importance with a grandiloquent wave of the hand, and in general makes a nuisance of himself. He brags of his social position, his motor cars, his estates, none of which he has. Through all of his experiences, as manager of his brother- in-law inventor, as a sandwich man advertising a cheap beanery, as a bookkeeper in a railroad office he remains true to his character, his dom- inating "humor," as our drama professor would term it, the braggart, the entrepreneur, the show- off. Since this film concerns itself chiefly with Spen- cer Tracy, it is no more than fitting to devote character analysis to him. Made famous by his sincere and effective portrayal of the convict in the stage production, "The Last Mile," Mr. Tracy has been gradually building up for himself a reputation as an actor capable of portraying the most varied dramatic roles. It is true that the movies, true to form, havekept him down to a stereotyped char- acter in most of his screen roles, but he has overcome this handicap by his injection of touches of originality, humor, and spontaneity. Unlike the slick, well-groomed clothes-model Hollywood us- ually presents as the hero, he is the human young man of today, putting over a polished perform- ance instead of a polished appearance. "The Show-Off" is a good comedy. It shows the average family with its matter-of-fact troubles, its mother-in-laws; father-in-laws, brother-in-laws, and sister-in-laws. Well photographed and consis- tent in its theme and continuity, it brings home to one the spirit of the typical American family. Manager Hoag must be complimented for secur- ing short subjects that are different and genuinely funny. There is a two-reeler, I think, in which the "Barber of Seville" is presented in a modernistic, burlesque style that tickled my ribs and should yours. ur ..S. "The Mimic World," is the stage attraction at the Michigan starting Sunday. According to ad- vance announcements, the Michigan Theatre will present a stage show in conjunction with its fea- ture film that promises to be different from any- thing previously presented on the Michigan stage. As the title suggests, it consists of a coterie of clever artists selected for their ability to imperson- ate stars of theeradio, stage, and screen. Among those to be impersonated are Mae West, Amos & Andy, Joe Penner, Lupe Veez, Ed Wynn, Bing Crosby, and others. Accompanying the performers is the Cadman-Wayne Orchestra of eleven musi- cians who gained their reputations last summer playing at the "Dance Ship" at the World's Fair. Collegiate Observer By BUD BERNARD The following is a letter which was found in the editorial office of the Brown student publication: "Dear Dad: Just a line to tell you I've a swell prof who says A's aren't important to success at all. You know, Dad, Einstein once flunked out in Math.; it just goes to show, Dad, what a racket, this marking business is. The profs select pets and you can't beat it. If a fellow doesn't wear smoked glasses and stoop like a longshore- man under a stalk of bananas, he doesn't stand a show. I'm a sort of conscientious objector, Dad; I think if you get the worth out of a course, exams don't matter. They're just a grind that weakens your eyes and your health, and mums is always warning me about that. Travel broadens, but studying just thinnens. Profs can't correct all the papers in large courses, so they just give you what they think you deserve, and if you haven't agreed with them in everything you don't stand a chance. But I was always like you, Dad, I stood up and objected if something seemed wrong to me. Well so long, Dad, and love to Mums, Respectfully yours, your son J P. S. By the way, Dad, you'll find my last semester grades enclosed." Here is good news for the seniors. According to the best available statistics only 15 per cent of the 1,500,000 graduates from American colleges and universities have succeeded in securing something that we might call a job. * * * * In the spring a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of - finals. But spring also brings ro- mance and romance brings headaches, and head- aches bring A POEM SPRING SONG HOT, heavy breakfasts are out of date. It's spring- and time to change to crispness! Try a bowl of crisp, delicious Kellogg's Corn Flakes. See how much fresher, fitter you reel. Kellogg's at night, just before bedtime, make a splendid pick-me-up. So appetizing. And so much better for you than heavy indigestible foods. In a few minutes you re ready for sound, refreshing sleep. Made by Kel- logg in Battle Creek. COR N FLAKES "OVEN-FRESH' FL.AVOR-PERFECT 'ADE SY KELL.O G 114AT E CREEK~H. 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The answers to these questions forix a A danca A data Perchanca Next Daya A quizza No passa Gee whizza! but then what is these days? most fascinating story 0 s 0 TOLD IN Not original, A registrar at the Barber's College is reported to L -Ir -f i "L -r " -Ik T , I