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"Trader Horn", must certainly be highly com-
mended for his ability to pick an all-eskimo cast
and find that they aren't such bad actors as might
be expected, in fact the hero Mala (also Kripik
is an fine as anyone could expect from a native
northlander and his supporting cast of men and
women certainly are above the average. The
photography, faked in a few places, is in spots
very fine as the setting in the north offers a
chance for such, although this point is not taken
advantage of to any great extent. The outstand-
ing point involved is the expression of the life of
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the Eskimo, his habits, customs, code, and manner
of living. This is highly interesting and is done
admirably leaving out the many objectionable
qualities of any picture revealing, for instance,
the life, customs, code, and habits of the Amer-
ican people and such things as the relationship
between man and wife are done in a very dis-
criminating manner, in fact a much better one
than is usually present in the average American
film.
Mala sees a shot-gun for the first time when a
friend of his brings one back from the "floating
house of the white man". He packs up and begins
a long trek to the ship to trade firs for the "boom-
gun". The ship, sadly lacking in the homey
touch usually lent by the fair sex, has a rather
wild time and Mala's wife becomes involved with.
the ship's captain: After this Mala refuses to
take his family aboard the ship and when he re-
turns from a thrilling encounter with a whale he
finds that his wife has been accidently slain by
one of the crew while hunting seal. Mala kills the
captain and escapes into the night. The Canadian
Northwest Mounted now sets up a post near the
location of the' ship. The news of the murder
of the ship's captain reaches the post and from
this point on Mala is a marked man. Mala now
changes his name to Kripik in order to forget his
lost wife. Kripik now marries a second time( in
fact he marries two women at the same time) and
one of the two women is rather a gem for those
parts and proves to be his devoted wife. The
Mounted, in search of Mala, flounders miserably
in a storm and is rescued by their victim without
knowing it. A fast friendship is struck up between
one of the officers and Kripik. The officer learns
that his friend is Mala. "Eskimo" is solved in a
clever way from this point on and the chase at the
finish is a thrilling as well as bit trying in spots.
(Kripik is forced to eat his dog-team to keep from
starving).
Mala is, and this is representative of all the
Eskimoes, forced to believe that the white man is
nothing but a white man with a black heart by
the treatment of his first wife, and though he
never realizes it, the white man finally proves
to be his friend and a happy medium for the
finish is thus struck. Best shot; taken while
aboard a dog sled as it winds its course through
the ice-fields. Unusual shot; Mala pulling his
hand free from a hand-cuff chained to a wall.
The news pulled a fast one and brought forth
another carnival from France but then redeemed
itself by showing part of the Vines-Tilden vs..
Plaa-Cochet doubles match recently played in
Madison Square Garden, New York.
ceases to be a work of art: it becomes unbalanced,
and incredible.
In addition to the poor cultural diet imposed
upon Ann Arbor audiences by overly stringent
censorship, the scope and thoroughness of the
training which is given students of dramatic art
must be limited and vitiated. It is supposed that
the primary purpose of Play Production is to give
groundwork in acting and producing to students
who intend to go into these fields after grad-
uation; that its secondary purpose is to aid any
student to polish off his cultural development
and to acquire the poise, and ability to cope with
situations, which are so needful in a pretty well-
veneered world. When such students are denied
the possibility of working out many of the cur-
rent problems in modern drama, then growth in
both branches; of Play Production's work is
obviously checked and stunted.
About Student Moral Standards
Students who take part in these productions,
and students who watch them, are not likely to
have their moral values undermined by such
plays. Cases of moral turpitude in college are
reassuringly infrequent, and when they occur they
can invariably be traced to hereditary or en-
vironmental causes which would be operative un-
der any conditions of dramatic censorship. The
moral standards of students are, by the time they
reach college, pretty well formed -sufficiently
so, at least, that a work of art will be taX n at
its face value, and ordinarily cannot exert a
vicious effect.
It is unfortunate that Play Production and
Comedy Club are forced to feel so strongly the
austerity of censorship at the present time that
they, knowing the committee's dictum in advance,
reject many excellent plays without even bother-
ing to submit them to the censors.
I cannot express too strongly our hope and de-
sire that this suggestion be seriously considered
by the committee. I speak officially for The Daily,
unofficially for every lover of drama in Ann
Arbor.
Courteously yours,
JOHN W. PSITCHARD
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A Mighty Fortress is our God. .Luther-Brewer
The Agincourt Song,.......... arr. by Willan
From Ms. dated 1415
Divine Praise ............. . Borniansky
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General William Booth gnters into
Heaven ...........................Jam es
Poem by Vachel Lindsay
A Rhapsody for Male Chorus, trumpet, trom-
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La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin ........ Debussy
Prelude, No. 2 ..................... Salzedo
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Rantin' Rovin' Robin.............. Scotch
Down Among the Dead Men......English
W assail Song.......................English
The Jolly Drummer................French
The Hundred Pipers................Scotch
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Beat! Beat! Drums! ................ Loeffler
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THE DRIVE for initiative petitions
to repeal the 'East of Division
breet' beer ban has accomplished one prominent
sult. It has nliade future action on the matter
andatory.
A legal technicality has kept the charter amend-
ent which the Citizens' Committee proposed off
e ballot. However, 1,600 persons have signified
teir will in this matter. During the past year,
veral members of the Council have insisted that
tere is no interest in the repeal of the charter
nendment and that for that reason submission
the electorate was unwarranted. The recent
'ive has completely exploded this theory. The
nnber of persons who had the opportunity of
ining the petitions in the short time of less than
ur days is probably insignificant as gompared
the number who were interested in the subject.
le number of signatures was, however, a good
trometer of the sentiment prevailing in the city
r a decision.
It is not too late to get an amendment on the
pril ballot. The Common Council still has the
iportunity to make submission possible. If the
uncil has any respect for the plainly expressed
11 of the people, it will vote for submission. Its
ity is clear. It does not matter whether an in-
vidual member of the Council is a wet or dry,
iether he is personally in favor of the repeal
the charter amendment or not. He is not com-
itting himself to either side of the controversy
voting for submission. After all, we are still
ing in a democracy and the will of the people
.ght to mean som~ething to their representatives.
the Council fails to vote submission, the indica-
)n would be that it is not wiling to allow the vot-
s of Ann Arbor to run their own government.
ich a decision would indicate that ours is not a
mocratic city but one throttled in the grasp of
1 oligarchy.
We believe that the members of the council
11 realize their position. We believe that a ma-
rity of them have. acted at all times with com-
ete sincerity, and that their sincerity will make
;elf manifest now. Since the city attorney de-
ared the petitions invalid, we have heard com-
ents from all sides with the one theme - the
mncil must act now. We have complete faith
the integrity of the Council. We are sure that
will act.
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The Theatre
OPEN LETTER REGA DING
CENSORSHIP OF CAMPUS PLAYS
To the Members of the University
Dramatic C mmittee:
STRINGENT censorship of lines and situations
in Elmer Rice's comedy "See Naples and Die,"
which was acted on Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday nights by Play Production, has brought
conspicuously to the attention of Ann Arbor audi-
ences the effects of artificially narrowing the
scope of University dramatic enterprises, official
or unofficial. In view of our consideration that
such limitation is usually bad for the interests of
all concerned, we wish respectfully to suggest to
you that greater leniency be the. keynote of dra-
matic censorship, and to present to you the rea-.
sons for our desire.
We appreciate the fact that certain plays, be-
cause of cheapness and poor art coupled with un-
necessary moral license, should be banned en-
tirely. 'In this connection the function of cen-
sorship is an advantageous one, for it prevents
the campus theatres from being cluttered with
dramatic rubbish, and even dramatic filth. Thus
discriminating censorship is excellent if it makes
a point of keeping the standards of produced
plays an artistically high one.
Nevertheless, when in an innocuous comedy
like "See Naples and Die" the cutting is carried
so far that one character is obliterated, one char-
acter is materially weakened, several minor char-
acters are distorted, the plot (which originally
was credible enough for a comedy) is made too
incredible for any use, and many amusing
situations and lines are utterly lost - and all be-
cause of an objection to lines that are typical of
discussions which form a part of everyday con-
versation in mixed 'company - we feel that the
function of censorship is carried too far.
In consequence, we are requesting a more
lenient censorship, for the reasons which follow.
Sex in the Modern Play
Many works of realistic or naturalistic dra-
matic art which are being written every year, and
which are applauded by critics, must necessarily
contain a certain amount of sex discussion or
situation. No one today even thinks of denying
that sex has been brought out of its shroud of
darkness and is frankly recognized as one of the
foremost problems of human adjustment. Many,
of course, will state that the light thrown on
sexual matters today is excessive and deleterious.
Most psychologists will probably disagree with
such an opinion, and will assert that sex is never
more pernicious than when it is, banned from
polite conversation and forced to smoulder un-
seen. Regardless of this opinion, the fact remains
that sex is frankly regarded as a problem with
which we of today must contend. Art reflects
nature; the realistic and naturalistic arts carry
the process farther, for they very nearly repro-
duce nature. Sex, therefore, whether in comedy
or in tragic drama, must be an element of vary-
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THE BOYS have been promoted. Before this
time the Varsity Glee Club has assisted at
various and sundry functions wherever a good old
Michigan spirit needed pepping up. This after-
noon the Varsity Glee Club is appearing as a
musical organization whose purpose it is to. put
on a performance of importance equal to the other
concerts of the Faculty Concert Series. This is
no small task. Therefore the program is not of
the four-part harmony type that our ears have
been accustomed to hearing from glee-clubs,
which now may gather round the flowing bowl
(west of Division Street, for the time being) and
produce what has heretofore been the co-ed's de-
light, good part-singing by a group of men. This
program calls for more than that, it requires in-
telligence and technique.
Two works of American parentage have been
picked for the star positions of this concert.
"General Booth Enters Into Heaven," is a set-
ting of Vachel Lindsay's poem, by Philip James,
having a spirit of fanatacism, of energy and
fervor, that is evident in all parts of the arrange-
ment: snare drums roll, the trombone and cornet
blare with street-corner incitement, as the inci-
dent concerning the Founder of the Salvation
Army is told by the chorus.
The other exceptional American work that has
been chosen for this program is Charles Martin
Loeffler's setting of words from Whitman's "Drum
Taps", written for unison voices with addition of
a small band and two pianos. Loeffler, a natural-
ized American composer, now residing in Boston,
who, according to Louis Elson, has been one of
radical composers in American music, is one of
our oldest composers living.
"Beat! Beat! Drums!" is stirring, vigorous, and
militaristically colorful, with piccolos and drums,
cornets and trombones, saxaphones and tuba, sup-
ported by two pianos.
An interlude of individuality will be contributed
by the ensemble of six harps under the tutelage
and direction of Miss Ruth Pfohl of the School of
Music Faculty. The arrangement of the Debussy
is by Miss Pfohl. Salzedo was Miss Pfohl's teacher
at the Curtis Institute of music and is considered
the world's most distinguished harpist. David
Mattern of the School of Music Faculty directs
the Glee Club.
This program is something different, and some-
thing worth your time and attention.
-Sally Place
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article but the story came to me about a freshman
at Kentucky University who signed up for a lan-
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