THE MICHIGAN ]AIlLY (OP ied Piper Qf iamelin' Will Combhine Many Arts Of Theatre Several sororities -announce pledg- ing which has taken place since the renewal of rushing this semester. Fraternities are beginning to enter- tain with formal dances after the lull in activities which always fol- lows the J-Hop week-end. Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta announces the pledging of Betty Jane Flansburg, '37, Kalamazoo. Alpha Omicron Pi Alpha Omicron Pi announces the pledging of Rose Perrin, '37, River- ton, Wyo., and Thais Bolton, '36, Ann Arbor. Theta Phi Alpha Theta Phi Alpha elected the follow- ing officers last Monday: Pfesident, Eleanor Blum, '35; vice-presideht, Margaret Phalan, '37; treasurer, Jane Schneider, '35; recording secretary, Betty Immel, '35; Panhellenic dele- gate, Mary O'Neill, '36. Delta Chi Delta Chi fraternity will hold its annual winter formal Saturday. Prof. and Mrs. Glen L. Alt, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tonks of Saginaw will chaperone the party. Hal Green ahd his Royal Vagabonds from Detroit will play for dancing, according to an announcement by the chairman, C 'rl Schneider, '34E. Athena, Alpha Nti Will Hold Dehate "Resolved That the Charm of Woman Varies Inversely With Her Size" is the question to be debated by rival teams of Athena Literary So- ciety, women's national debating clib, and Alpha Nu, men's speech society, when they meet in their annual battle Wednesday, March 17, it was decided yesterday. The Athena team, whose members have not yet been announced, will u- hold the negative side of the ques- tion, which, as has been true inj former years, is a humorous one. Thej Alpha Nu team will stand on the af- firmative. Margaret D. Phalan, '35, has been chosen chairman of the debate, which will be held in the Alpha Nu room and will be open to' the public. Officers for the semester were chosen at a meeting of Athena Society last night. The new heads of the or- ganization are: Dorothy Saunders, '35, president; Margaret Phalan, vice president; Grace Bartling, '36, secre- tary; and Martha Littleton, '34, treasurer.' )y LOIS JOTTER through dancing, as i Contrary to general opinion, "The the awkward acrobat Pied Piper of Hamelin Town" which who are not only unga w to be given tomorrow, Friday, and'i logged, and also in o Saturday afternoons by the Chil- dance in which come dren's Theatre, is not a puppet show. slinging type is includ but is a combination of the various The dances done byc arts, including music and dancing, cast are directed by Be as well as acting. '37, Jane Edmondson, The puppets, which represent the Keppel, '37, all of Wyve brawling rats infesting Hamelin, ao- dramatic group. pear for only a short time, but dapc- As in the case of th ing and music which fit into the gen- duction of the children eral unrealistic atmosphere proper music has been compo for a children's play, not concerned for the Ann Arbor pre with psychological problems, are used erett Hilty, '34SM,. is1 throughout the play. the music of the Pie -arry'Pick, '34, who had the lead- inality is one of the ing part in the January dance recital Children's Theatre, an given by Play Production and the de- that next year, because partment of physical education, will of plays suitable for do much of this dancing as the Pied production, all origina Piper. Pick has had considerable presented, according t dancing experience and in this part Cracken, director of th does dancing suited to the exemplifi- The settings and cost cation of the romantic poet and wan- Pied Piper" will be ver derer, the Piper who pities the poor stylized, since designers man who must always work but is limit of stylism witho really the only one who has true spir- conventional type of s itual insight. It is tor this reasonJ quired in more realisti that the Piper pipes away all the poor down-trodden citizenry who are chil- dren at heart. .sw s u 1it k.i. th ^ " 1% n the case of s at the fair, ainly but bow- ne pantomime dy of the pie- ed. children of the tty Ann Beebe, '37, and Jean ern's freshman he earlier pro- 's theatre, the osed especially esentation. Ev- the author of d Piper. Orig- goals of the d it is expectedj of the scarcityj this type ofI 1 plays will be o Russell Mc- e organization. umes for "The y colorful and s can go to the out regard for tage craft re- c productions. keive m c i-t) lAud Wite } }ar } an , ivsrcl children., The adult. members of the (ast, Black and white, perennial favorite with the exception of Pick, were di- and by all means the most chic of rected in their dancing by Miss Marie combinations is very much in evi- Hartwig, who is also directing the dence on the campus these days. Ipantonime of 70 people which occurs We've seen it in all varieties and nthe muyof thGis Play. M cof styles, from the very tailored street the comedy of the )lay i 5upldt costume to the formal afternoon,--- frock, and of course it is the prime Workersge favorite for evening. to One of the most striking black out- P fits we have seen for campus wear is a smart black wool dress, one piece! and of simple lines. We have traced By MARIE MURPHY its development throughout the year System in costumingi The idea in and have seen it appear in many itself was absurd, and after we had anid various different guises. I taken one glance at the sewing room To begin with it was worn with with tables heaped high with oddly a fur ascot, which might have been assorted big and little scraps of cloth, leopard if leopard came in black we merely looked askance. and white, with trimming of the same But what a shock to discover that fur on the belt. Later on we noticed the costumes for each chorus of that the ingenious owner of the cre- "Gang's All There" were scheduled ation had discarded the fur trim to be completed on certain weeks and and was using three gardenias at the were keeping close to schedule. Sue neck, (no, they weren't real, but we Calcutt, costume chairman, is de-, almost had to ask ourselves); and termined that the outfits for a cast still later a series of fluffy white of 200 will be in readiness for dress collars appeared, changing the frock rehearsals and has. organized her completely, staff completely. Many different afternoon frocks in "Of course," she explained, "I really the black and white have been worn don't have to worry about all the dancing and teaing, among them a snaps and buttons, for the opening silk frock whose subdued mood was scenes of the play are regular back lightened with a huge white bow, and stage rehearsals and so I will be able another that used a deep white collar to bustle about as part of the show. ~~7Lad UIn Unopcial Student J.G.P. Trio To Ambassadors Spur Be Featured At Foreign Interests League Tom oht By MARJORIE BECK On practically every college cam- Junior Girls Play stars will be fea- pus of any size, new interest is man- tured at the weekly League Stunt ifested in the promotion of interna- Night which will be held in the Grill tional education through friendship lml stnight Ao tronumbers writen with students and professors from for "Gang's All There." The trio is abroad. The responsibility for giving composed of Maxine Maynard, Mary advice and counsel to the Univer- Morrison, and Helen Gram. sity's two hundred and fifty students, Jack Nestle, of Play Production representing forty different countries, fame, will act as master of cere- goes to Prof. J. Raleigh Nelson, head monies presenting among others, Bob of the English department of the en- Calver, '35, who will recite a humor- gineering college, and Counsellor to ous poem. Sam Stoller, '35, will sing, Foreign Students. Orin Parker, '34, and Carl Ells- The past year in particular has worth, '34A, will put on a skit, ac- witnessed new manifestations of na- cording to an announcement by tional consciousness and ambition. Grace Mayer, '34Ed., who is in charge Students from the Far East have of the Wednesday night features. eagerly defended their countries in Al Cowan and his orchestra will the Manchurian crisis; Korean, Fili- play for dancing from 8 to 10 p. m. pino, and Indian students are not The purpose of these programs is reticent about expressing their views to bring out amateur campus talent. on imperialism and their zeal for in- dep edence. Cuban students have mi- groateEdieato gra ed here, and to other parts of the country, in large numbers be- cause of disturbed conditions at home o p ak Here resulting in the closing of the USa- versity of Havana. These and other ** us an insight into their situation which emphasizes the importance of Dr. J. L. Meriam of the University more conferences on Latin American of California at Los Angeles will be soil, of the nature of the recent Mon- the principal speaker at a dinner to tevideo meeting. be given by Phi Delta Kappa, educa- Feig Students Chaenge Us Ition society Friday night at the om "ii In tfitjal :minba;ssadors" from Union. abroad are challenging us at every Dr. Meriai is the author of "Ch ilt point. They take a fling at our boas- Life and the Curriculum" and is a ed civilization, in which crimes of pioneer in progressive education. Hle every kind seem to increase; they is noted for his revolt against the doubt the quality of our vaunted stressing of a common curriculum prosperity, when millions are idle and for all pupils without due consider- "on the dole." They are mystified by ation of the peculiar requirements our loud acclaim of world brother- of the individual child. hood and our practice of discrimina_-I tion against cultured people of other1 Al Illinois State Normal University, laces and religions. whei half a dozenf fellows visit the Inevitably, these student guests of girls' dormitory without dat'es, the ours are doing something to us. They imen candidate dropheieupon he widen our horizon; they stimulate fellows draw and the evening is a desire to travel, to study the lan- started. guage and literature of others; theyesr e show us ourselves as others see us; they share with us the best in their art, literature and religion. Their presence here is promoting world cit- izenship among American students: they are establishing friendship ties - which will never be broken. Significant Steps Forward All over the country, organizations are engaged in international serv- ices andl the promotion of mutual re-*n spect and understanding between American and foreign students. At Cornell University a Director of In- ternational Student Affairs has been appointed. Christian Associations churches, and Cosmopolitan Clubs continue their activitieg with their student guests. And deputations are frequently sent to surrounding com munities to address or provide dis- cussions for clubs, high schools, and / . ;.. churches. Everything is being done in the way of mutual co-operation and friendship. I That eight of the attendants at mixed badminton r1jactices Wednes- day evenings at i3arbour Gymnasium were taking the sport seriously, may be proved from the fact that they are now playing in the Mixed Bad- minton City tournament. Students participating are: Betty ' Cad.y, '34, Beatrice Massman, '34, Margot. Goodrich, '37, Betsy O'Dell, '36, Thomas Auketell, '36,. Harry K;S- abach, '37, Bruce MacDonald, '35, and Nelson Shaw, '34. The Ann Arbor Badminton Club is sponsoring the tournament and many of its members are competing. Al- though the opening matches may be played on any regulation court, the 1 finals will be held on the Harris Hall courts.I Not only is Ann Arbor sponsoring' a contest for champions, but also aE class B tournament for inexperienced, players. Any one with as much as a season's practice is qualified, ac- cording to Miss Hilda Burr, instruc- tor in physical education. Persons interested are requested to get in; touch with Miss Burr who will give them more detailed information as t "TIs of Michigan" The Union celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of its founding this fall at Open House, but the League can boast of 44 years of existence in June. In 1890 with but about 100 women in the University a group banded together and formed the "Women's League." Surprise! The men are not always first. Let's abandon the marking sys- tem, daring young students cry, be- lieving themselves to be wickedly radical and progressive, but for over 50 years the University had no mark- ing system; one either passed, failed. or continued on condition. It was partly due to the agitation for the establishment of a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, which could not be maintained under that system. Now we all have the golden oppor- tunity before us, all we have to do now is to obtain those Phi Beta grades. "I want to go back to Michigan-. . . back tO'Joe's and the Orient," so the song goes. Where are Joe's and the Orient freshmen ask and they think it is another name for the Hut or the Parrot. But as fashions change so do cam- pus "Hangouts," and returning "alums" find their old gathering places still existing near the court- house, but with only memories of their prestige left. What a lot of imagination it must! have required for the early audiences of the Junior Girls Plays to see the heroes and men of the cast saunter about either in gym bloomers or long tweed skirts, for it was not until 1910 or '11 that the v omen were allowedt to wear men's clothes. And shhh . . . we understand that Dean-Emeritus Jordan's husband's suits were the first to appear in one of the plays. dofessor MeLasi ghlin Addlresses Frehch Club completely round with crystal but- tons down the back. Pleated jabots are also popular trimmings. As for the dinner dress, it is at its best in this color scheme. Black vel- vet with ermine tails was very promi- nent during the early part of the year, and lately the League and Union have been thronged with com- binations of black and white crepe. A white bodice and long black skirt makes a charming costume and one which the Michigan Co-ed receives very favorably. One dress of this type was made with long full sleeves and a, "My committee has been function- well as enter them. Christian Mack ing most efficiently," she remarked, will act as referee in both tourna- "for each woman is responsible for ments. a chorus and the other 12 work with her until that set of costumes is fin-P ished." Marie Metzger is costuming Prof. KENYON ofCte the cast, the gangster's gang, the prof. Herbert A. Kenyon, of the scrubwomen's chorus, and the singing Spanish department, will give an il- group alone, while Dorothy Hall, has lustrated talk on Spain at the meet- been illustrating the designs for the ing of the Sociedad Hispanica at 7:30 costumes. p. m. today in the League. "Not only have we budgeted our time, but since Christmas the com- 47c - EVERSI ARP - 47c mittee has been working out theI L styles, the materials for each costume, 4-in:h Leads Latest Mechanism and the budget. We have figured the materials very closely, for it has been necessary to economize care- 302 South State St. fully this year," she stated. slit back. Another, used a long sash bow as the only frock which was from the general7 tions was long and no trimming save a long black satin, caught in a huge note of white. A slightly different run of such crea- closely fitted, with a ruffle of sheer 11 r ,I - - white around the neck and others about the armholes. .E i, i I1' 'E Where To Go I I Potion Pictures: Michigan, "It Happened One Night," starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert; Majes- tic, "My Lips Betray" and "Hell and High Water;" Whitney, "Murder on the Campus" and "Marriage on Ap- proval;" Wuerth, "Big Executive" and "Pilgrimage." Dancing: League Grill Room, Stunt Night; Hi-Hat Inn, Dixie Inn, Joe Parker's, Preketes. Organ Recital: Palmer Christian, 4:15 p. m., Hill Auditorium. Friench Lecture: Prof. C. A. Knud- son on "Les Sports et les Jeux au Moyen Age;" Room 103 Romance Language Building, at 4:15 p. m. Lecture: Howard Scott on "Tech- nocracy: Diagnosis and Design," 8:15 p. In. in Hill Auditoritum. Wcslcyans4 WI PresenL Plays 'T oubfideFriday The Wesley Players will put on three plays at 8:15 p. m. Friday at Stalker Hall. The presentations will consist of two comedies, "Suppressed Desires" and "Dust of the Road;" and one social drama, "Everlasting to Everlasting." The public is invited to attend the performance. A master's thesis based upon a sur- v "y of extra-curricular costs of a Col- lee education at Marquette Univer- sity reveals that the average student spends two cents a weeks on books and five cents on movies. The md- ical student has the highest weekly Anrnouncemren t To Out Dpstr SCHEULE OF SERNVICE Iecie MARCH 1, 1934 Adopted and Approved by the ANN ARBOR CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIAION Call tt Your Bank. for I)rlailed In formation HERE'S AN UNUSUAL SALE! Coming just at the opportune moment. A Special Purchase brings one of our FEATURE SPECIALS on One Hundred- S'PRING STYLES Starting TODAY and con- tinuing until Saturday. Our biggest Spring event! A( i 4 ; i, ...., - ti., 5 P2 Prof. William McLaughlin of the romance languages department ad- I ! r, I I 111 rv rsn.- r irrrs rn krA.l