PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1940 PAGE SIX FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1940 Mellencamp. Designs Union Opera Scenery The campus on canvas is being de- signed for the sets of the Union Opera by Robert Mellencamp, instruc- tor of stage-craft in the speech de- partment. Scenes which Mr. Mellencamp has painted include the diagonal, the Parrot ,the "stacks" of the General Library, the Union Ballroom and rooms of fraternity and sorority houses. Mr. Mellencamp describes his back- drops for the Opera as "recognizable, but not realistic." Rather than striv- ing for ultra-realism, he explained he has sought to give each scene a humorous, satirical twist. For example, his picture of the stacks of the library resembles a gloomy prison cell as much as it does a storeroom for books. "This is to make the setting agree with the script of the Opera," he said. "In the show Lee Grant hides Hedy La Tour away in the stacks." Mr. Mellencamp, who graduated in the class of 1938, has designed the sets for Play Production for two years. RADIO and MICHIGAN Cobs Phones 3030 or 7000 READ THE DAILY CLASSIFIEDS Marley To Talk On Broun's Life Columnist's Catholicism Will Be Considered Rev. Harold P. Marley will speak on "The Meaning of Heywood Broun," at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Church. 4 His talk is the third in a series of four contemporary biographical lec- tures. Reverend Marley will dis- cuss the question of the role of the liberal in religion in view of the late Mr. Broun's association with Catholi- cism. Without criticizing the late column- ist, Reverend Marley will indicate how much more effective Mr. Broun could have been if he had identified the social elements in religion with the individual urge for perfection. Reverend Marley will complete the series Sunday, Feb. 25, with his talk on "Well Known Congressmen." He will discuss Senator Norris, the late Senator Borah and ex-Representative Maverick. No Scenery Shifts In'Julius Caesar,' Says Mellencamp A battle, a garden scene and sev- eral scenes in the Roman Senate will be enactea in the same setting in Play Production's forthcoming pre- sentation of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." Robert Mellencamp, the group's scenery director, explained this seem- ingly impossible "unit setting," and said that no scenery changes at all would be made in the play. Such a setting, he added, is all the more advantageous in Shakespearian plays, l as "flowing" speed and little delay between scenes are essentials for good presentation. Shakespearian drama, indeed, he explained, does not depend on setting, and adapts itself admirably to the unit setting. Mellencamp explained this particu- lar unit setting as comprising a num- ber of platforms, levels and stair- ways. Such a set, he added, is truly a director's joy, as it facilitates the emphasis of particular actors at vari- ous times. A real Elizabethan play suggests first the peculiar Elizabethan stage, Mellencamp observed. However, to use the scenery director's own words, "'Julius Caesar' isn't Elizabethan enough to warrant its special type of stage." The play will be given at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, with a matinee at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Tick- ets may be secured at the theatre box office. CN - 4 J IN] LA 1' Summer Must Job Applicants Register Today Students who wish to register for summer employment must do so today at the Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall, it was announced yester- day. There are still several positions available for which applications bhave not been made. Registration blanks may be obtained at the office from 9-12 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. POPULATION GAINS IN RUMANIA-From Bucharest, Rumania, comes this picture of Papa Nicola Anton and his growing family, posed step' by step, with Mrs. Marie, 31, holding the newborn boy. Girls are leading their brothers, six to four. i HOIPE.-Weght of his 79 years couldn't oocnv hi the fire with which Ignace Paderewski cried, "We will deliver Po!and from capitivity," in Paris, when the pianist became president of Poiand's national council, the parliamenat-in-exile. RALLY TO BRITAIN'S CALL-While one squad stands at attention men of the Royal Indian army ser- vice corps and veterinary corps arrive at their camp in France. { e an (erl AND BETTER-TASTING You'll always find these two qualities at their best, plus a far cooler smoke, in Chesterfield's Right Combination of the world's best cigarette tobaccos. Make your next pack Chesterfield and see for yourself why one smoker tells another They Satisfy. You can't buy a better cigarette. RISING STAR-Those two masters among jockeys--Eddie Arcaro and Don Meade-may have to make room soon for this apprentice, Jackie Flinchum (above), 17, of Miamisburg, Ohio, who's in Miami, Fla., riding winners at Hialeah track. 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