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the fire to an area of approximately eight city
blocks after it had gained a tremendous start
in a district difficult of accessibility. While the
-havoc wrought was not as large as at first be-
lieved, it was a sufficient blow to have severely
crippled a smaller community or one of less vi-
tality.
Officials now generally believe that the con-.
flagration had its origin in a carelessly tossed
cigarette, possibly thrown from an automobile
passing over the yards on a nearby viaduct. Chi-
cago's earlier fire, in 1871, is supposed to have
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The The~atre'
MORALITY PLAY
BACK IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, when
the middle ages were drawing to a close and
the Rennaissance was about to begin, the theatre
was much closer to religion thai we think of it
today. Building upon the already established fervor
of the worshipers, the. play-makers of those days
sought to depict the value of good, to better the
audiences who attended their shows. When the
plays of -that p:riod are produced today it is rare
that they get closer to religious service than the
stage of a church auditorium.
Sunday evening, however, Play Production did
the unusual by presenting "Everyman," at the
Central Methodist Episcopal Church in Detroit, as
a. part of the regular evening worship. Sacred
music, hymns, and prayer preceded it; benedic-
tion followed.
,The idea -was a felicitous one. The services of
the evening enhanced the play; the play enhanced
the services. The effectiveness of the whole caused
this reviewer to wonder how "Days Without End"
would seem in a church.
James Doll's arrangement and direction, done
under the supervision of Mr. Windt, was excel-
lent, as was his acting in the part of Everyman.
Sally Pierce used her throaty voice to the best ad-
vantage as the First Narrator. The rest of the cast,
many of whom will graduate next month, ably dis-
tinguished themselves. Particularly deserving of
mention were Mary Pray, Barbara Vander Vort,;
and Frances Manchester, and Jay Pozz, Charles
Harrell, and Lester Griffith.
Campus Opinion
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garded as confidential upon request. Contributors
are asked to be brief, confining themselves to less
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ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE,
AND PEACE MOVEMENTS
EDITOR'S NOTE: Owing to the length of
the following discussion of the .recent Anti-
War Conference, it has been necessary to di-
vide the letter into two installments, the sec-
and of which will appear in tomorrow's Daily.
Musical Events
PIANO GRADUATION RECITAL
Suite XVI in G minor.............Handel
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gigue
Andante ingF .............. ..........Bach
Variations on an original theme in C
minor ...... . .:.............Beethoven
Prelude, Chorale and Fugue ..........Franck
Bagatelles, Op. 5 .. .... . .......Tcherepnine
Allegro Marciale
Prestissimo
Lento con Tristezza
Allegro con sprito
Presto
ARAH LACEY, winner of the Stanley medal, is
giving her graduation recital this evening in
the School of Music Auditorium. Miss Lacey has-
played in out-of-town recitals this year, and per-,
formed with the Chamber Music Class Recital
-in Hill Auditorium, April 22. She has a compre-
hensive grasp of the types of music that are in-
cluded in her program, from the Bach to the
sketches of the Russian, Tcherepnine. Her program
is intere tingly composed so that with the talents
of the young pianist, the-recital will fulfill more
than graduation requirements, but will be an hour
of musical enjoyment.--S.P.
S cree; n R e,.fl ec tio -n s
The rating pf motion pictures in this column is on
the following basis: A, excellent; B, good; C, fair; D,
poor, E, very bad.
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Double Feature
"THE CRUSADER"
With H. B. Warner. Ned Sparks, and Evelyn Brent
Ned Sparks' portrayal of a newspaper reporter,
while unrealistic, saves an otherwise worthless
movie from being a flop.
H. B. Warner is a mo're or less crusading dis-
trict attorney that Ned Sparks and his managing
editor wish to remove from office. The -D.A.'s wife,
Evelyn Brent, has a lurid past and Sparks discovers
among other things that she was once a gangster's
sweetheart, so he decides to strike at the district
attorney by revealing her in his paper.
The gangster, it seems, has also reformed .and
jerks plenty of tears with his Robin Hood antics''
such as giving a prostitute $100 and sending her
back to her mother.
The usual murder finally transpires, the D.A.'s
wife is accused, but the gangster confesses to shield
her name, and,-by the time the case comes up for
trial the D.A.'s sister has confessed, but is freed.
Clever: Ned "By-Line" Sparks scores a scoop by
having a lip reader observe the deliberating jury
through a telescope and announces the acquittal of
the D.A.'s sister in an extra before the courtroom
crowd hears the verdict.
Funny: The managing editor who throws ink
bottles through his glass door every 10 minutes.
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To the Editor:
Relative to the parenthetical "unanimously
passed" following one of the-resolutions recorded
in The Daily from the Anti-War -Confexrence Sat-
urday afternoon may we point out that this is in-
correct. To know that any vote was. unanimous
a reporter or official would have to know the exact
number of the voting delegates and possess an ab-
solute check upon them.
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MICHIGAN UNION 10--3
AN who was grad-'
e Law School but
rnalism died Satur-
onally known as an
llis J. Abbot, was in
d of the Christian
uished career in the
hough he was no longer engaged in the law,
Abbot was planning to return to Ann Arbor
ine for the 50th anniversary reunion of his
Class of '84. Had he come he should have1
able to participate in the dedication cere-
es of the University's completed Law Quad-
le, embodying perhaps the finest law school
(ties anywhere - the pride of all, Michigan
ii.
fore going to the Monitor, Mr. Abbot was man-
g editor of the Chicago Times in the '90s,
editorial writer of the New York American,
served on the Chicago American, the New York
and Collier's..On the Monitor, generally con-
ed by newspaper men as embodying a' jour-
tic ideal, he was for the five years until 1927
r, and since that time a member of the edi-
1 board appointed to supplant a single editor.
ng his writings are his reminiscences pub-
d under the title "Watching The World Go
and other books dealing chiefly with his-
al subjects. He was devoted to international
e and understanding and a student of the
e of the newspaper in the field of interna-'
il relations. , .
one of the finest of Michigan men and one
ae most successful in the field of journalism,
.s J. Abbot deserves a final word of sincere
In regard to the revised Oxford pledge, the vote
was 85 to 5 in favor, according to a careful count,
but we cannot be certain that this is absolutely.
right as in the above case.
We do not go on record as endorsing the res-
olutions of the commission on Mounting Arma-
ments and War Prevention in which we tried to
take- a part. We made it very clear to the com-
bined high school and college delegates of this
Commission Saturday morning that we do not
endorse it as a program of. purposeful .action,
or as expressive of the purpose of the Conference
as we see it.
We do support the Oxford pledge. We choose im-
prisonment or persecution in the event of another
war in which, according to the present ineffectual
and disunited efforts, the first of the youth will
be killed by materials made right in their own,
countries, countenanced by their own nations; and,
as in the last war, if men do not hang from
barbed wire fences made in unlicensed, unrestrict-
ed, and uncontrolled war materials factories of
their own countries, giving up their young lives to
die screaming and begging for their own soldiers
to shoot them to relieve them of their agony (while
armament criminals gloat in profits and million-
aires are made by rolling the dead out of their'
clothing), they will die in a way just as futile and
agonizing.
In our Commission we hoped for a program of
action which would be consistent in co-operating
with headquarters, the Congress -of the United
States. To fight for World Peace we believe is to
petition individually and unitedly for the entrance
of the United States into the World Court and the
League of Nations at the earliest Jpossible moment
as was pointed out by President Nash.
Also, to support the Nye resolution by direct pe-
tition to our senators in Washington; to demand
as the next and immediate logical step, the licens-
ing, restriction, and control of armaments; to de-
mand that our country lead the world in this firm
and unshakable legislation. The untold amounts
of munitions already sent to Japan and other
warring nations must someday, somehow, be ac-
counted for, to our great dishonor, we believe. Is -it
possible that the "little foxes will be allowed to
spoil the vine" ad infinitum?
Collegiate Observer
By BUD BERNARD
Things that a freshman should know 'before.
taking examinations are listed in a Bucknellian
column including the following: "There is only
one way to get a professor out of the room. Tell
him he's overpaid. He'll probably go through the -
roof."
The members of A.E. Phi at the University
of Illinois seem to be very religious. Every
time a male walks through the front door they
murmur, "Ah, men."
Atthe University of Minnesota an empty tomato
can mounted on a tripod is awarded annually to a
member of the business school who has rendered
outstanding service to the school during the:year.
Sort of giving the business school boys experience
in getting "canned."
A student at the University of Maryland
nicknamed his girl "appendix" because it costs
so much to take her out.
The University of Chicago permits students in
the humanities curriculum to bring with them to
final examinations any texts, notebooks, or refer-
ence material they choose.? The theory seems to be
that unless the student knows something of the
course he cannot "crib" enough in the allotted
time td raise his grade much.
"It is a slightly complicated matter. A mor-
tar board carried by a builder often has
cement on top, but the one here at school
often has concrete under the top.."
The University of Paris offers a: course in the
appreciation of "rare wines and - liquors." We
wonder if there is any chance of taking the course
in absentia?
hatred among nations by peaceful action on this
crucial point.
To study causes of war so that we may use every
means in our power to combat the 'psychological
campaigns for war preparations now being carried
on through the press, on the screen, and over
the radio.
To petition for legislation stopping the manufac-
ture and shipment of materials for the destruction
of human life to any country. To urge adoption
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