AY, FEBRUARY 19, 1935 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE FMA . . .... .... ... - PAGE FITh Play Pro U- luction Will Present Farce o'red:Irunets Interstate Basketball Games Are Possession Of t_01.:_ rfL Shakespearean Comedy To Be, Ar'4F'Z A Af-h 7~1 11 Second Pla Y_ What is probably the finest col- Midsuinm er Night's Dream letion of four musical instruments Is Combined Effort Of in actual use today is in the posses- Ision of the Gordon String Quartet, Music, Drama Group which is to play a concert at 8:15 Play Production will open the dra- p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in Hill Au- matic season for the second semester ditorium. with two majo'r presentations 'in Realizing that every stringed in- March, Valentine B. Windt, director, strumeit varies in the subtlest way stated yesterday. from every other, the members of the The first offering will be Jules Ro- Gordon String Quartet have chosen main's satirical French farce "Doctor their instruments to match each other Knock," which will be presented Wed- exactly. The result is an unparalleled nesday through Saturday, March 6 purity and beauty of tone and a high to 9, at the Lydia Mendelssohn Thea- aggregate of insurance premiums. ter. Mr. Gordon's violin is the famous The School of Music and Play Pro- instrument formerly known by the+ duction will combine on the second name of its possessor, Tom Taylor, presentation and give an "elaborate one of the ten most perfect Strad- production" of Shakespeare's "A Mid- ivari in the world, made by the master summer Night's Dream," which will in 1731, when he was 90 ybars of appear the week of March 25, at the age. Among those who have used it Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. are Paganini, Ludwig Spohr and Jo- "Doctor Knock," according to Mr. seph Joachim. It was purchased for Windt, is broadly satirical and hum- $40,000.. orous and takes the medical profes- Ralph Silverman, the quartet's sec- sion for "a grand and glorious ride." ond violinist, plays an instrument He further stated that the play be- made by Nicola Amati, the teacher longs to the cartoon type of comedy of Stradivarius. It is appraised at and is a decided deviation from other between $20,000 and $25,000.! Play Production work. "It is typical- Paul Robyn plays a viola made by ly continental in flavor and humor, Gasparo de Salo, the founder of the but has a universal appearl," the di- renowned Cremona school of violin rector said. makers. It's value is $25,000. Nahoum The play has been presented in Benditzky's cello is one of the best England and the United States as known of those made by Guadag- well as in France. nini. It was formerly a part of the The entire University Orchestra Rudolph Wurlitzer collection and is will accompany the Shakespearean worth between $25,000 and $30,000. comedy and there will be a chorus 6f 3 Basketball like so many other sports is dynamic. The latest technique per- mitting lateral guarding over the player and ball providing there is no contact will be in evidence in the intorclass basketball games. The season will open with practice games at 4:15 today in Barbour Gym- nasium and will close March 17 when the winning team will play a demonstration game against North Central Teachers' College, Mount Pleasant. Any student proficient in! this sport is invited to practices. This new type of guarding incor- norated in the game in 1933 makes for faster passing and shooting. The rule places a premium on the de-I fence; hence, the scores are lower, than ever before.; The swift game of today has pro- gressed a long way from the basket- ball formulated in 1812 by Dr. James Naismith of the Y.W.C. College in Springfield, Mass. in answer to the need for a competitive indoor game. Peach Baskets Used Originally the equipment consisted l of peach baskets suspended 10 feetl above the floor for goals and a foot- ball instead of the round ball now used. The ball tossed into the center of the court by an official was rushed I4-1N If ' Ii by the players lined up at either end At first a team was composed of from nine to fifty players, but the number was gradually reduced to five Players for men and to six to nine for women. The characteristics of the basket- ball as it is now played were estab- lished by 1894. The game, immediate- ly taken over by women, was modified to suit their needs. Corierenve held L7IlflhI I Keen dissatisfaction arising from O a and Mrs. Harley A. Haynes. the fact that scarcely any two edu- Others are Dr. and Mrs. James D. cational institutions for women fol- Bruce, Dr. and Mrs. Francis Fralick, lowed the same rules was remedied Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Curtis, Dr. Albert in 1899 at the Physical Education Baorrett, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Ed- Conference. Springfield, Mass. ; munds, Dr. and Mrs. Udo Wile, Dr. and Mrs. Rollo McCotter, Dr. and An investigation committee ap- Mrsd Chalmers Lyons, Dr. and Mrs. pointed at this conference drew up MDs.dCowier yns. Dr amps the first basketball rules for women. Dr. and Mrs. John Sundwall, Dr. and Courts were marked off into three Mrs. Louis Newburgh, Dr. and Mrs. instead of two divisions, snatchingHorsLuiLewiga Dr. and Mrs and batting the ball was eliminated. Howard B. Lewis, and' Dr. and Mrs and a single bounce was substituted Robert Gesell. for the dribble. Minor changes have been made year by year since this conference. one of the most important of which has been the new guarding rule. Therc is a tendency, according to Miss Laure Campbell, professor of physical edu- cation to revert to two court basket- ball. Our Entire Stock of farch 6-91 Plans Announced For Medic Dance Further plans for the Caduceus Dance, have recently been announced by Edward Weinman, '35M. Patrons for the affair are President and Mrs. Alexander G. Ruthven, Dean and Mrs. Joseph A. Bursley, Dean Walter B. Rea, Dr. and Mrs. Albert W. Furtsenberg, Dr. and Mrs. Fred- erick G. Novy, Dr. and Mrs. Carl E. Badgley, Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Weller, Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Soule. Dr. and Mrs. F. Miller, Dr. and Mrs. Fred J. Hodges. Dr. and Mrs. Max Peet, Dr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Coller, Dr. and Mrs. Cyrus C. Sturgis, and Dr. i I , J i" t ,j SO PI P R E S E N T S and His BOOK -CADIL LAC ORCHESTRA fornerly of the D.A.C. Union Blroom March 1-9,30 o1.30 'wk e/s' 'iiay be obtained from Coininittee Members and at the Union. I I, I a I' 1 I picke voices from the music school providing a background of choral work for the play. The dance ar- rangements will be devised by the De- partment of Physical Education, ac- cording to Wr. Windt. This production will also be quite unique, according to Mr. Windt, in that heretofore the combined groups have staged operettas. Last spring Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Gondo- liers" was presented and last fall "Io- lanthe," an operetta by the same com- poser, wAs given. Tickets for both productions are priced at 75, 50 and 35 cents. Mr. Windt said that mail orders will be receivable now at the Laboratory Theater and tickets for both plays will be placed on box office sale at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater, Mon- day, March 4. Frosh Frolic Tickets GoOn SaleToday Tickets for the Frosh Frolic, to be held March 15 at the Union, will go on sale at noon today, Walter True, general chairman said last night. They will be priced at $2 and the sale will be limited to 325. The sale will be open only to fresh- men until March 8, but the remaining tickets will be put on general sale after that date, True said. Tickets for the annual underclass dance will be on sale at the Union and may also be obtained from the following committee members: Ed- ward Foote, Louis Hoffman, S. Mar- shall Smith, Frances Ready and Mar- garet Curry. John Luecht and Paul Henning, whose names were omitted from a previous list, are co-chairmen of the invitations committee. Announcement of the band will be made later this week, True said. Where To G French Motion Pictures: "L'ami Fritz" (in French), 4:15 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. Motion Pictures: Whitney, "One Exciting Adventure" with Binnie Barnes and "Sing Sing Nights" with Conway Terle; Wuerth, "Little Wom- en" with Katherine Hepburn; Majes- tic, "Rumba" with George Raft; Michigan, "The Iron Duke" with George Arliss. Exhibitions: Exhibitions of Persian miniature paintings, open from 2 to 5 p.m. daily, South Gallery, Alumni Memorial Hall. Dancing: Hut Cellar. HE TELLS THE TRUTH POTTSVILLE, Pa., Feb. 18. - (A) - Leonard Krakowsky, 02 years old, was called to the stand as a witness in a damage suit. "Do you know what would happen if you did not tell the truth?" asked the plaintiff's attorney seeking to establish the boy's competency. "Sure," Leonard replied, "we'd lose the case." He was qualified. ' , a HOEKSTRA SPEAKS Dr. Raymond Hoekstra of the phi- losophy department discussed "Reli- gious Values" at the student meet- ing which was held Sunday night in Harris Hall. The meeting was at- tended by students and adults. Comedy Club Tryouts - Toe Hed yt LNEW AUTOMOBILE PLANNED BERLIN, Feb. 18. - UP) - Reichs - : fueher Adolf Hitler tociay announcedl All people interested in technical the construction of a German auto- tryouts for Comedy Club are to meet mcile with "the least imaginablc in the Garden Room of the League at fuel consumption." 2:00 p.m. today. Mr. Raymon Van Indication that the Reich may soon Sickle is directing the tryouts. Those seek to export large numbers of low- accepted will- work on "Why, Minnie' priced cars was given by both Hitler Boggs!" which will be presented and Robert Allmers, president of the, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb- Automobile Industrialists' League. ruary 21, 22, and 23, in the Lydia ! Both men addressed the opening et Mendelssohn Theatre. the International Automobile Show. Fine Linens, Oriental Objects of Art, Brasses, Ivories, Rare Woods. Everything offered at Drastic Reductions. BUY! SAVE! 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