II Presented -1y1 Lewlut Group r he'atrc TIE MICHIGAN IAILY Production Pied Piper,' Open 'Pu'SPipe I - ------7, 'f'T Makiinees Toqday, Frliday, A4i(I S"inlrdly A it 3:30 "The Pied Piper of Hanelin Town," presented by the Children's Theatre, will open at 3:30 p.m. today in Lydia Mendelssohn The:atr: with additional performances tomorrow aid Satur- day afternoons. The leading roles will be taken by Harry Pick, '34, as the Piper, Edward E. Freed, Grad., as the Mayor, and Betty Spooner, and Goddard Light, '35, as Li.'el and Karl. Miss Spooner appeared as Mrs. Giant in the pre- vious production of the Children's Theatre, "Jack and the Beanstalk," .in which Light also played. Large Cast Appears In representing the inhabitants of Hamelin, both adults and children, a cast of some 50 people is required, witliUniversitystudnents,townspeople, and children from the Ann Arbor, schools appearing. Many more peo- ple are necessary for work backstage, which includes the operation of the enormous rat puppets, which strongly resemble Mickey Mouse. These same puppets make necessary an ingenious stage set, in which two puppet stages are concealed behind the overhang- ing roofs of the houses surrounding the city square. Speaking parts other than the four leads are taken by Mary Potter, '37, Pat Wilson, Clarence Moore, '34, Paul Bauer, '35SM, George Munger, '34, Charles Maxwell, '37, Holland Hughes, Barbara Van Der Voort, '34, and Elena Veisides. Sets Stylized Sets for the play, done in stylized story-book fashion, showing the town square of Hamelin with its red- roofed houses, were designed by Oren Parker, '34A. Costumes harmonizing' with this colorful fantastic setting were planned by Margaret McOmber, '34, and Ellen Jane Cooley, '34. The music was composed especially for this production by Everett Hilty, '34SM. "The Pied Piper" also includes sev- eral dances, which are closely related to the type of acting appropriate in a children's theatre. Miss Marie Hartwig has directed the dances of the adult members of the cast, while the children's dances have been taught by Betty Ann Beebe, '37, Jean Keppel, '37, and Jane Edmonson, '37, The Children's Theatre is a League project, organized this year, and working in co-operation with Play Production under the direction of Russell McCracken. League points (iOflt-flhICI,1pi Popularity I'oves Ping- Pong Is /Not ad by JOSEPHINE McLEAN played with a rubber ball, it was at Is ping pong only a fad or will fust ignored by the public. When it last? questioned an anonymous celluloid was .substituted for rubber writer in Harper's Weekly of 1902, and its name was changed to its soon after the entertainment was present one, London society adopted introduced into America from Eng- it. Soon afterwards it replaced par- land. Since then the World War has 1cr croquet and ten pins in Ameri- been waged, Lindbergh has reached can homes. Paris via the Atlantic, stocks have 1 Why has thir: game proved more so(ie and crashed yet we still play than a fad? Ping pong car be played ping; ponl,;. on a tng from billiard to a din.- Tue game is bccoiniig more POP- ing room table, it requires wit and i har here all the time, according tot agility, and it affords amusement Miss Dorothy Beise, instructor in durig the indoor winter season. Pre- physical education. Last yar 1.here post:outs as it may cm, mighty Bill were 48 entrants in the caiipus tour- Tjilden has been caught by the cam- niament while this year 51 students era. in the act of ping ponging. are competing. Among those parti- ,ipating are Jeanne Reed, '34, last year's champion, and Emilie Paris, I rral (i . I Spring '36, champion of the West coast. Car UIse Any Table I Ife raided By New Any rogulAion table is permissible , Betty Spootmer, Alnn Arbor, plays the role of "Lisel" in "Pied Piper" which opens today at the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre. YgleiasDescribes Cubnr Unversities An illustrated talk on student life in the Cuban universities was given by Dr. Luis Yglesias at the meeting of the Sociedad Hispanica last night in the League. He discussed the dif- ferences in the organization of Cu- ban universities as compared with our American ones. Due to political influences, he explained, the former are subject to frequent and sudden changes; and everything they do must be approved by the government. One striking difference, Dr. Yglesias continued, is that professors in the universities of Cuba are selected on a competitive basis and not, as here, by the heads of departments. MARRIAGE COURSE SUGGESTED Two University of Wisconsin pro- fessors suggested recently that iore courses in matrimony be given in American universities. The consen- sus of student opinion was that the American schools are "glorified ma- trimonial bureaus." SENIOR GROUP ACCEPTS TWO Isabel Bonicave, '34, and Harry Hattenbach, '34, last night were ac- cepted into the Deuce of Clubs so- ciety, senior organization. and credit for Play Production stu- dents are given for participation, al- though the activity is open to towns- people and high school students as well as t9 those in the University. for the opening matches according to Beatrice De Vine, '35, who is in charge of the tournament. The fin- als will be played at Barbour Gym- nasium with official referees. The serve alternates between the server and the striker out every five points, while 21 points complete the game. The match goes to the winner of two out of three games played. Ping, pong or table tennis lacks the romantic history of its predeces- sor. Whereas tennis arose from the desire of the sexes for some sort of a game which they could play to- gether, but with the barrier of a net between them, ping pong was merely sponsored by an enterprising toy dealer. First Called Gossima Originally called g o s s i m< a and I - -__ _m itr A AT THE MICHIGAN LEAGUE Mike Falk anriounces the return of his popular orchestra to the Michigan League Ballroom. Plediagns And Dinners Head Sorority Week Mid-week days find the sororities entertaining at dinners. Announce- ments, too, are made of recent pledg- ings and new house officers. Chi Omega Helen Loomis, '35, was elected pres- ident of Chi Omega at the meeting last Monday. Dorothy Park, '35SM, was elected vice-president; Mary Morrison, '35SM, secretary; Jane Ar- nold, I'6, treasurer; and Ruth Root, '35, pledge mistress. The sorority entertained six guests at a rushing dinner last night. Collegiate Sorosis Collegiate Sorosis is honoring ten' guestsat dinner tonight. Those at- tending are: Dean Alice Lloyd, Mrs. Byrl Bacher, Miss Jeanette Perry, Miss Alta Atkinson, Dr. Margaret Bell, Miss Laurie Campbell, Miss El- len Stevenson, and Miss Ann Wiggin, New York. White calla lillies in- a low white' bowl flanked by yellow tapers will form the center piece. The cloth will be yellow damask. 00la Delta DrI) ta Delta Delta Delta announces the pled;inlg of Dorothy Sprow, 37, of Kalamazoo. University Of Alabama Offers Coirse In Magic (By Intercollegiate Press) UNIVERSITY, Ala., Feb. 28 ---Un- iversity of Alabama students proba- bly are the first in the country to have offered them a course in magic. The teacher of magic is the track coach, Bob Clark, who is an old-time professional of the mysterious arts. No credit is to be given the course's followers, but u n i v e r s i t y officials think the new kind of study will be valuable not only from its entertain- Aient qualities, but also because it will teach muscular and mental con- trol and stage poise. camp'us Foolwar As the slush disappears from un- derfoot and we begin to shed our overshoes, which have been such an integral part of our costume for many month and reveal our long obscured pedal extremities, we get more and more shoe conscious. And a good thing too, for it would be terribly futile to ignore the in- teresting new shoes which have made their appearance. The newest thing in footwear is so light colored that we fear we resemble those hardy males who appear in white shoes, at least originally white, in mid-winter. Aside from color, the distinguishing feature of the new mode in footwear is the appearance of chamois which is taking the place of suede as a cam- pus favorite. Very light beige chamois ornamented with leather lacings on the toe is a popular model shown, while kid is also combined with the new material. For campus wear madrucca is the most practicable as well as the smart- est of leathers. It is a rough leather which does not scuff like kid and is still good looking. It is shown most as a tie with the continental heel, a more graceful version of the Cuban, which we advocate as the best bet for the mile or so walk between classes which is peculiar to the Mich- igan campus. Models for dress wear are as al- ways the pump and sandal in kid or patent with blue kid making its per- ennial reappearance. An innovation for evening wear is the gold sandal, now taking the place of silver kid which has long been the only thing. I Colgate University Plans U111i le Shol alentlidar President Cutton of Colgate Uni- versity has recently suggested that the university operate by a new cal- endar, whereby the summer vacation will be taken in the winter, from Christmas until April 1. The advantages of this plan, as stated by Dr. Cutten, are that fuel costs will be ninimized and that the students can more readily find posi- tions because of the lack of compe- tition from other colleges. Difficulty is, however, encountered in the mat- ters of studying in the hot months and of inter-collegiate athletic com- petition. ~ -~ FRIDAY, MARCH 2 For - * tr w t L. ±R THE NEW HI-HAT INN (Formerly Nankin Mills Inn) o1---- ANN ARBOR TRAIL Between Wayne and Middle Belt Roads. Dance Every Night to the Music of Charlie Lazin's H I- HATTERS Pleasing Entertainment *Vickie Vanr *Dolly Francis Here's YOUR shoe! Brown leather tipped ties to match the Kiltie gives the throat of this beige Porette shoe that smart "windswept" look...per- III II