SUNDAY, OCT. 30, 1938

THE MICHIGAN D.AILY


Shadow Plays
Will Be Given
Red Gate Players Portray
Chinese Theatre Art
Chinese shadow plays, music and
dance are to be presented in the RedI
Gate Players' performance of "High-
lights of Chinese Theatre Arts" Fri-
day, Nov. 4, at the Lydia Mendel-
ssohn Theatre..
The shadow play is an ancient
form of Chinese theatre art rarely
seen in America. It is presented by
gaily colored parchment figures, on
a brilliantly lighted white silk screen.
The figures, operated behind the
screen by a cast of both Chinese and
Americans, move and dance across
the screen with surprisingly realistic
movements. The dialogue is in Eng-
lish.
Miss King Lan Chew, popularly'
known for her interpretation of the J
"Sword Dance" in the motion pic-
ture "Good Earth," will act asn'is-
tress of ceremonies and will also pre-
sent several dance numbers, includ-
ing the "Sword Dance."
The musical background for the
entire performance is played behind
scenes on Chinese instruments. The
audience, however, will be given the
opportunity to see them when mem-
bers of the cast play the instruments
in front of the curtain.
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'Counselor-At-Law' Stagecraft
Crew Constructing Unique Set

Novel Scheme To Enable
Rapid Scene Changes
By Use Of Two Stages
The show must go on, and, in order
to live up to the ancient law of the
theatre, the scenery crew of Play'
Production is constructing a unique{
set of two complementary stages for
"Counselor-at-Law," to be presented
the week of Nov. 6 at the Lydia Men-j
delssohn Theatre.
The entire play is set in two scenes,
the inner and outer law offices, and
the action goes rapidly from one to the
other. In order to avoid the great
waste of time ordinary methods would
require. Robert Mellenkamp, scenery
designer, has evolved a unique tech-
nique that will permit instantaneous
scenery changes.
One of the two office scenes has
been built on a complete small stage
to be fitted into the Lydia Mendels-
sohn stage. When the change is need-
ed, the entire set, floor and all, will
"fly" up, leaving the other scene
ready.
This unique system has necessitated
building the properties light and
sturdy, as well as small enough to
allow the inner stage to fit down into
the larger one without moving more
Alpha Kappa Delta y
Hears Sociologist'
Prof. Richard La Piere of the so-
ciology department spoke on "So-
ciology and the Scientific Method"
at the meeting of Alpha Kappa Del-
ta, national honorary sociological so-
ciety, held Friday evening at the
home of Prof. and Mrs. Arthur Wood.
Dr. La Piere stated that sociologists
are suffering from an inferiority com-
plex and are seeking a cure-all
through the "scientific method"
which method he believes does not
exist.
Dr. La Piere, who is'on the staff of
Stanford University, is on the facul-
ty of the University of Michigan for
this year only.

than a few center pieces of the outer
set.
With muslin, stage lumber, and
paints the stagecraft crew, of Gene-
vieve Hoffman, Grad., Ransom Miller,
'40, and Julius Epstein, '39, are trans-
forming old kitchen chairs into mod-
ernistic, rich-looking office furniture.
They have built a realistic-looking
switch board around which a great
deal of the action centers.
Mellenkamp, like the student actors,
complained of the total inadequacies
of the Laboratory Theatre. They are
working under the most strenuous
difficulties, he said.
Local Recrnit
To Spam On
WayHome
Word has been received by Mrs.
Mary Service of Tecumseh that her
grandson, Elman Service, '37, mem-I
ber of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion
of the Spanish Loyalist International E
Brigade, is en route home from Spain,
the Daily learned yesterday.{
Service, who left for Spain in-com-
pany with a group of other Michigan
students in June, 1937,'has been with-
drawn from the lines by the Valencia
gornment in accordance with the
terms of the recently concluded pact,
on volunteers signed at Geneva. It is
believed that all the Michigan stu-
dents still under arms in September
have been removed from the lines and
have either been mustered out or
soon will be. ,
Service was reported missing last
spring and the letter announcing his
return, received by Mrs. Service last
week, was the first word heard from
him since that time. His letter, dated
from Barcelona about a month ago,
indicated that he will be home with-
in a few days.-
U.S. Peace Support
Sought By France
MARSEILLE, Oct. 29.-(P)-The
governing party of France, the Radi-
cal-Socialists, today closed its Na-
tional Convention With an implied in-
vitation for the United States to help
buttress the Peace of Munich in al
world economic conference.
By an unanimous show of hands
the 2,000 delegates adopted a resolu-I
tion on foreign policy which ex-
pressed the convention's desire that
the Munich Accord mark the start of
broader negotiations and friendship
among Britain, Germany, France and
; Italy.

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$5,353 Given
On First Day
Of Fund Drive
Amount Tops Last Year's,
First Day Subscriptions;
Is 9.5 Per Cent Of Total
Subscriptions totaling $5,353.20
were received Friday, the first day
of the Ann Arbor Community Fund's
18th annual campaign, it was an-
nounced yesterday. The figure, which
exceeded that pledged on the opeing
day last year, represents 9.5 per cent
of the goal, $56,500.
Friday's returns included $2,590
from the national corporations' divi-
sion, and $2,500 from the special gifts
division, which began soliciting
pledges from large donors in advance
of the general solicitation. The na-
tional corporations' division was with-J
in $710 of its quota.
National corporations withi
branches in Ann Arbor who made
pledges to the Fund were: F. W. Wool-
worth Company; Milton's Inc., auto
equipment; R. L. Polk Company; Kro-
ger Grocery & Baking Company;
Johnson Optical Company; Sun Oil
Company; Swift & Company; Shell
Petroleum Company; Miller's Dairy
Farm Stores; S. S. Kresge Company;
Mary Lee Candies, Inc.; Thom McAn1
Shoe Stores; Sinclair Refining Com
pany: Detroit Edison Company; the
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Com-
pany; R&S Shoe Stores; and Stand- t
ard Oil Company.
Larger daily returns are expected
during the remaining days of the
drive, which closes next Wednesday
night. Reports are being received and
tabulated each day at the Y.M.C.A.
Bromage Thanks
Faculty And Staff
When interviewed last evening on
the result of the Community Fund
campaign so far, Prof. Arthur W. Bro-
mage of the political science depart-
ment, chairman of the University Di-
vision, voiced his gratification at the
quickness of the response from mem-
bers of the faculty and staff who
have been asked to contribute.
The headquarters of the University
canvass received the first report yes-
terday from captains and solicitors.
Professor Bromage stated that do-
nations are sought as the voluntary
expression of contributors' belief in
the work of the Community Fund..
On behalf of his co-workers, he
expressed the opinion that the Fund
will be enabled to fulfill its financial
and social purpose in Ann Arbor if
the pledges come from the good-wil
of those that make them. He felt that
on this basis support for the'campaign
will be readily forthcoming.
During the next few days the so-
licitors will give every member of the
University staff an opportunity to as-
sist the city's unified program of so-:
cal service.
Timber Land Owners
Hear Senator McCallum
Timber land owners from all over
the state assembled yesterday morn-
ing in the Union to hear Sen. George
P. McCallum, of Ann Arbor, review
the work being done by the state tax
commission in its study of inequities
in the Michigan tax system. The
meeting marked the end of the an-
nual two-day Land Utilization Con-
ference.
* Prof. Horace J. Andrews of the for-
estry school gave a report on the ac-
tivities of a forestry survey commis-
sion in the Pacific northwest, of

which he is a member.


DAILY OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
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after Saturday, Nov. 5, by students
other than freshmen will be recorded
E. Freshmen (students with less
than 24 hours of credit) may drop
courses without penalty through the
eighth week. Exception may be
made in extraordinary circumstances,
such as severe or long continued ill-
ness.
E. A. Walter, Assist. Dean.
Course on Marriage Relations: A
course of six lectures on Marriage Re-
lations has been arranged by a com-
mittee of faculty and students. En-
rollment is to begin Monday, at the
Union for 225 senior men; at the
League for 225 senior women; at the
hospital for 150 junior and senior
medical students. A fee of one dollar
will be charged for the course. The
lectures will be delivered in the
Michigan League Building.
Nov. 2, "Emotional and Sexual
Problems Today," Dr. Joseph Baer.
Nov. 9, "Anatomy and Physiology
of Reproduction," Dr. Raymond
Squier.
Nov. 17, "Adjustments Before Mar-
riage;" Dr. Beatrice B. Berle.
Dec. 1, "Adjustments After Mar-
riage," Dir. Robert G. Foster.
Dec. 8, "Modern Parenthood," Dr.
Robert G. Foster.
Concerts
Orchestra Concert. The University
Symphony Orchestra, Thor Johnson,
conductor, assisted by Wassily Be-
sekirsky, violinist, and Andrew Pon-
der, violist, will give a program of
works by Beethoven, Mozart and
Schumann, Monday evening, Oct. 31,
at 8:30 o'clock in Hill Auditorium, to
which the general public will be ad-
mitted without charge. It is respect-
fully requested however, that the au-
dience come sufficiently early as to
be seated on time, as the doors will
be closed during numbers.
Exhibitions
An Exhibition of Early Chinese
Pottery: Oiginally held in conjunc-
tion with the Summer Institute of
Far Eastern Studies, now re-opened
by special request with alterations
and additions. Oct. 12-Nov. 5. At
the College of Architecture. Daily
(excepting Sundays) 9 to 5.
Lectures
University Lectures: Dr. Albert
Charles Chibnall, Professor of Bio-
chemistry at Imperial College of Sci-
ence and Technology, University of
London, will give the following lec-
lures under the auspices of the De-
partment of Biochemistry:
Nov. 4, 4:15 p.m., Amphitheatre,
Horace H. Rackham School of Grad-
uate Studies, ,The Preparation and
Chemistry of the Proteins of Leaves."
Nov. 4, 8:15 p.m., Room 303 Chem-
istryBuilding, "The Application of
X-rays to the Study of the Long
Chain Components of Waxes."
Nov. 5, 11 a.m., Room 303, 'Chem-
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