THE M ICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, MAY 11, 193 Text On Radio, First Of Type, Is Announced Wal io Abbott Writes Book Expected To Fulfill Need For Broadcast Guide A new textbook on radio broadcast- ing the first of its kind, will be pub- lished by McGraw Hill Book Co., this month, Prof. Waldo M. Abbott, direc-s tor of the Broadcasting Service, its author, announced. "It is an innovation in texts, writ- ten to meet the growing need for some sort of guidance in the teaching of radio speaking, dramatic and tech- nical work," Professor Abbott said. "A very comprehensive treatment, the book does not attempt to present complete information on every topic." Already Used Here According to advance indications, many colleges will use the book, Pro- fessor Abbott said. In addition to its discussion of education, there is ample material for the radio speaker, ' writer, broadcaster, listener and teacher. In mimeographed form, the handbook has been used for two years at the University. Among the topics treated are: the networks-disadvantages and advan- tages: the station, technically dis- cussed; transmission and pickups; radio speaking. A special chapter is devoted to radio features such as sports descriptions, round table dis- cussions and interviews. The remainder of the book deals with the preparation and delivery of addresses and the influence of radio in various fields. A section on the law "as it affects broadcasting" points out the legal aspects of the govern- ment-station relation. Many Contributions Added Professor Abbott, assistant profes- sor of the speech department, mem- ber of the Federal Radio Education Committee and vice-president of the Ann Arbor Broadcasting Co., Inc.. now petitioning for a local station, is in New York arranging for the final preparations with McGraw Hill Co. Contributors included Turrel Ule- man, formerly assistant director of the Broadcasting Service, who aided Professor Abbott in preparing the technical portions of the volume; Leo J. Fitzpatrick, vice-president and general manager of WJR; Franklin Dunham, educational director of NBC and "Ty" Tyson, sports com- mentator. SDRAMA (Continued from Page 4) before directing the play anew. I noted carefully every scholar's opin- ion, every important actor's inter- pretation. Shylock is not a lie; that is ob- vious. He is, indeed, quite the most poignant and penetrating study of the Jewish character outside of the Old Testament. If, indeed, he were an offense on this great people, then mothers-as a race-could rightly cry out against "Oedipus Rex," or wives against "Hedda Gabler," or Scotsmen against "Macbeth," or the British Royal Family against "King Rich- ard, the Second." Much of this confusion actually has been brought about by actors them- selves. Shylock, in the saying of the theatre, is the refuge of every brok- en-down old star. The whole legend of Shylock as an "old" man is inter- esting in itself. In Shakespeare's day we know that Shylock was played with red wig and beard. The "old" Shylock, indeed, came onto the stage a century later when an actor named Macklin, desperately poor, as this de- but in London did not have the money to buy a red wig and so used the stock old-man's grey hair that every character actor had in his kit. Once in the plaiy he is called "Old Shylock"; but, recalling that Shy- lock's daughter Jessica surely cannot be much beyond eighteen, it is not illogical to picture Shylock as a man in the prime of his vigor and vitality. "Old Shylock" has no more meaning, I venture, to age than our modern term "old boy." This apparently slight break with tradition actually is of the most illu- minating importance to the whole virility of the play. The Trial Scene then becomes the pitting of like against like, a crazed strong man pitted against the dignity and calm reasonableness of a Venetian author- ity. If Shylock is not a fit subject for drama, then we are passing by half the drama in the world of real life. The conflict of the quality of mercy as against "I would have my bond," entirely beyond any christian or jew.- ish connotations, has been the pith of the struggle of all time. To put it more clearly, "The Merchant of Venice" merely dramatizes the old adage "an eye for an eye" as against the newer and still largely disused >recept of "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Shakespeare, as we know, actually wrote "The Merchant of Venice" be- cause his rival theatre had a current success called "The Jew of Malta." But this giving the public "what it wanted" at the moment is only half the story; by the strange alchemy that was Shakespeare's he turned what might have been another Eliz- abethan pot-boiler into the most searching study of misguided emo-. tionalism the literature of the stage' has ever known. Yet frequently our actors, in ad- miration of this glowing portrait, have overlooked the true background and import of the play. "The Mer- chant of Venice" was written by Shakespeare, beyond doubt, as a com- edy-a comedy of carnival-time in old Venice. It is, I believe, primarily a love story; or if you will not go quite1 that far, at least Portia's story must! be equal in importance to the story of Shylock. The play must not end, with the Trial Scene; there is still the comedy of the lost rings to come, and, in Lorenzo's mouth in the Gar- den scene, some of the most exquisite lyric poetry Shakespeare ever wrote. "See how the floor of heaven is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold," he has said, and surely such heaven- wise music must not be thrown away. Perhaps our chief success in the present production of the play is that the scenes after the Trial Scene interest and delight the audiences as much as any portion of the entire production. For the first time, we have achieved the ambition of not having the audience reach for their coats as Portia returns to her idyllic Belmont. . NYA WORK DUE JUNE 19 All NYA work for the month of June must be completed by June 19, Harold C. Anderson, cost accountant of the building and grounds commit- tee, announced yesterday. Student workers will have until May 24 to complete their work for the present month instead of May 17. First Trip A Disaster 'SCA Air Cam p 'When Phi Betes Start Yawning, Falling Meteor Tag Salesmen Then Spring Season Is On Way Reported Seen Seek Help>ers .(..* Sunday Evenina Scicntists Now Consider that the endocrine glands seem to --- Let-Down Is Probably have a definite cycle, enlarging and - contracting with the seasons. They "Trailing clouds of glory," in the fh-. L t11d(lnts lIteirested Piysiological One also concluded that changes in thefa I Are ReqIested To Leave I size and relationship of other impor- I of a meteor was seen to fall in the N By ROBERT FITZHENRY tant organs seem to have a direct re- ames At Lane Hall w lation to the amount of sunshine vicinity of Ann Arbor at about 10:30 AtLneHl When even the Phi Bete emits an peet mSna involuntaryywnth lro present. p.m. Sunday. Volunteers to help conduct the and turns a lack-lustre eye toward Also working on the effects of The meteor, which was also re- University Fresh Air Camp Tag Day ;he open window, when the green- weather on various body functions ported in four other Michigan cities be needed as soon as possible ness of campus and a hint from a Dr. William F. Peterson of the Uni- was described by witnesses as a white before the drive on Friday, it was an- pretty maiden's eye are suddenly versity of Illinois College of Medicine ball with a green tail. nounced yesterday by William G. treasured 21 times as much as all recently used the weather theory to Miss Marjorie Barber, a clerk in Barndt, '37, chairman of the Tag Day. the book knowledge in the libraries, demonstrate why more people with is i bsies ce wh I Any student on the campus who then it's time to get out the sulphur genius or with insane traits are con- was returning to Ann Arbor from is willing to take a post on Friday is and molasses; that season is here ceived in the spring. He maintained D etr it and Mr. Do asked to call Lane Hall and inform again. that the unusually stimulating cli- Detroit with Mr. and Mrs. Donald members of the general committee or Recent scientific investigations in- mate of the spring weather has a Boyd, Ann Arbor, said that they saw to leave his name with the attendant. dicate that there is a possible physi- tendency to produce an abnormal em sky from south to north. SMIembers of the Fresh Air Camp staff ological reason for the seasonal let- condition in the glandular system of rof Dean . Mnoft be aided by a few of the boys who Dr. Warren Forsythe, director of be communicated to the child. astronomy department, said that he h~ il ae sttionms owntwncandp.ildow.ithemotherwhicinftrnnsemset - have spent summers at the camp. the Health Service. termed plausible Another authority in this field is saw the luminous train of another Tdgisthe comment in the recent Literary Dr. Clarence A. Mills, professor of ex- meteor about four hours later, but Tagposwilltecmsoldatalldtstaeicthat without the reports of exper- Sspots on the campus, Barndt said, Digest which said that man has a perimental medicine at the University enced observers it would be impos- and at important corners in the definite endocrine rhythm which of Cincinnati, who says that "Sci- eted heresuch a ould city. Posts will be covered through- makes him feel differently according entific evidence accumulated in re- have fallen. out the morning and afternoon, and a as the seasons vary. Laboratory work-. cent years indicates that man re-_have__a__en. large staff of workers will be neces- ers, the Digest said, have reached sponds to his climatic environment sary, according to Barndt. this conclusion after studying rats in no uncertain manner. His energy Campus groups, including fraterni- and pigeons in detail. level and vitality, his inventiveness ties, sororities, guilds and other or- Dr. Oscar Riddle of the Carnegie and ingenuity, his progressiveness a _ _ _ganizations have been contacted, Institution and Dr. Wade H. Brown and ability to accomplish, all seem to PENS -- TYPEWRITERS at.ersll- Barndt stated. Among those already of the Rockefeller Institute for Med- depend largely on the degree of cli- the ill-fated Hindenburg for the indicating support are the Union, The ical Research, working independently matic stimulation to which he is sub- 302 South State Street first time on its initial trans-At- Daily, the Michigan Men's Indepen- j with pigeons, rats and rabbits, found jected." which end- dent Association, the Student Chris- ed ii disaster at Lakehurst, N. J, tianAssocieties and church affiliations. The is shown being carried to an am- University administration has backed bulance for removal to a New York I the pEoject.nTHE EVERYMAN LIBRARY hospital. _____________ Business men have been asked to contribute this year for the first time.Cioae fd Hindenburg Crash Contacts with the-Ann Arbor jewelers Containing world largest series of individual authors revealed support from every firm, anthologies covering every field and period of literature, Theory Is RefuTag Day include in addition to and catering to every taste. A catalog for the asking. Barndt, Fred Olds, '38, campus vol- (Continued from Page unteers; William Newnan, '39, adver- Priced at O NLY NINETY CENTS -- - __ _- tising; John McConnachie, '40, fra- a ternities and sororities; and Ralph STOCKED COMPLETELY AT as all the conditions are present every gam ,'7,sei sus time an airship descends." Segalman, '37, special stunts. Professor Fajans termed more UNIVERSITY plausible the theories that the explo- sion was started by static electricity watch Repairin g on the cover of the zeppelin, or by a H A L L E R' difference in potential between the earth and the ground rope, or by Jewelry .316 SOUTH STATE STREET sparks flying from the engines, or by State and Liberty sabotage.__ i l F Y J I Taste that says " Come again" Mildness that says "Come often"