SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 19SI SIX THWRSDAY, MARCH 29, 1951 URLESQUE, CURCUS SPOT: Ann Arbor Boasts Long Theatre History, * * * * * * * * * (Editor's Note: This is the first of<> ;wo stories on the history of the the- tre in Ann Arbor.) By CHUCK ELLIOTT Though the Arts Theatre Club is he first permanent theatre to be rganized in the city, Ann Arbor as been a theatrically inclined wn for more than a hundred From the 1830s when the city as little more than a village, to e advent of the motion picture a, Ann Arbor was a name well- own to travelling dramatic oupes, circuses, vaudeville wads, and other "entertain- ents." '* * * THE FIRST recorded local thea- cal attempts took place in 1837, ien the Ann Arbor Thespian So- ety was organized. This was a irely amateur effort, made up of out twenty men and women of e village. This burst of interest appears o have been only temporary as he group went out of existence few months afterwards. In July, 1841, the Bowery Am- iitheatre Circus turned up in wn for the first time. It adver- ed, among other attractions, Vr. Lipman, the Vaulting Pheno- enon, who has actually thrown 71 mersetts at one trial, the greatest at on record." Although the townspeople liked well enough to applaud its re- rn the folowing year, the Bowery rcus drew healthy blasts from nth the local press (" . . . it is aking even more serious our :isting state of penury") and the resbyterian church (for under- Lining local morals). * * * DURING 'tHE 'forties, theatri- ls of one sort or another were it on in Chauncey Goodrich's n, located on the courthouse fare about where the YMCA illding stands now. Most of these ere staffed with home talent, but a occasional professional troupe oud stop by for a short stand. Perhaps it was the success of hese plays that inspired two rentlemen named Ellis and Parker to build a theatre here luring the summer of 1850. It eated from 1500 to 2000 spec- ators, and was- reported well- itended during September, the' inly month that year in which it operated. There is no record of the Ellis- arker theatre operating in the Pianist Will Perform in IU'Concert Percy Grainger, internationally known pianist and composer, will appear as featured guest soloist with the University Symphony Band when it presents its annual Spring Concert at 8:30 p.m. Wed- nesday in Hill Auditorium. Grainger will play the first movement of Grieg's "Concerto in A Minor" and will conduct the playing of his own composition, "Hill Song, No. 2." * * * A SELF-TAUGHT composer, Grainger does not follow the tradi- tion of the "old masters" in style and technique. Instead he has giv- en his attention largely to the folk music of the many countries he has visited. He has toured America several times, and has also made re- peated visits to Europe, Australia and South Africa. The program will also in- clude Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor," Goldman's "Echoe Waltz," Gragnier's "La Dame De Coeur," Handel's "Water Music Suite," Strauss's "Phaeton," Vidal's "Fanfare," Skinner's "The Shawl Dance," and the first movement of Borodin's "Second Symphony." Admission is complimentary. OLD OPERA HOUSE-This picture taken in 1892, shows the Athens Opera House Building (on the far right). Built in 1871, the second floor theatre was for 35 years the center of theatrical activity in Ann Arbor. The picture was taken looking south on Main from the corner of Ann. * * * * Dean Rusk, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, wil speak at 4:15 p.m. today in Rackham Amphitheatre. Rusk, who is slated to address the two day session of the Foreign Policy Association in Detroit this week, will speak here on "Funda- mentals of our Foreign Policy." JOINING the State Department in 1946, Rusk was appointed to his present post last year. He has also served within the department as assistant director of International Security Affairs and chief of the Office of United Nations Affairs. Rusk was an alternate repre- sentative on the U.S. delegation to the second and third sessions of the United Nations General Assembly in 1947 and 1948. He has also held the upper level positions of deputy Under Secre- tary of State and Assistant Secre- tary of War.- * * * DURING THE WAR the far east expert served in military intelli- gence and in the Third Infantry Division. He later became deputyk chief of staff for U.S. Army forces in the China-Burma-India theatre. Rusk, a graduate of Davidsont College attended Oxford Uni- versity as a Rhodes scholar and1 was faculty dean of Mills Col-l lege, California, before entering the service. The secretary's Ann Arbor ap-1 pearance is being sponsored joint- ly by the political science depart-1 ment, the Ann Arbor chapter of the League of Women Voters and the local branch of the American Association of University Women. Pharmacists To Meet Here "Opportunities in Pharmacy" will highlight the student branch convention of the American Phar- maceutical Association to be held April 15, 16 and 17 in Ann Arbor. Specialists in pharmacy and re- lated fields will address the group and lead discussions during the convention. On Tuesday morning, April 17, visiting students will tour the facilities of the pharmacy school, and Health Service and University Hospital pharmacy facilities. FAR EAST EXPERT: Rusk To Discuss Basis Of U.S. Foreign Policy * * * DEAN RUSK ... Assistant Secretary of State Murray Seeks Senir Dues All seniors who failed to pay their $1 class dues at fall registra- tion have been requested to do so by Chuck Murray, '51, senior class president. Dues may be paid from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. today in the Administra- tion Bldg. Most of the money collected will be used for a gift for the Univer- sity, Murray said. 'U Seech Clinic Camp Will Reopen Shady Trails camp, tle Universi- ty's pioneer project in speech retraining, will celebrate its twen- tieth season when it opens June 25. Located on the shores of Grand Traverse Bay, the camp provides speech improvement courses for 90 boys and men from the ages of eight through 24. It was the' first to apply the summer camp atmos- phere to curing speech difficulties. John Clancy, assistant to the di- rector of the Speech Clinic, found- ed the camp in 1932 as a non-profit venture affiliated with the Uni- versity, and the University ac- quired the camp in 1949 through a gift from the Kresge Foundation. It is operated in cooperation with the Speech Clinic and the Depart- ment of Speech. Boys with stuttering, lisping, voice problems, mild cerebral palsy, and post-operative palate problems attend classes and participate in specialized recreation and varied programs in speech improvement during the eight week stay at Shady Trails. Applications are still being ac- cepted at the Speech Clinic for this summer's program, which will run from June 25 until August 18. k i ik wintertime, probably because there was no way to heat it. However, the next summer it was going again, running one of the most spectacu- lar shows ever to hit Ann Arbor. Billed as "The Druids" it was an additional attraction,to the regu- lar play. The Peninsular Courier ran the ad: " . . . an aggregation which plays most eloquent music from four instruments composed of seventy oxhorns, dressed in cos- tume of the ancient Druidical priests and Bards of Britain.' ABOUT THIS TIME, the novelty shows and comic pieces began to take precedence over the plays themselves. Such things as "Prof. DeGray Bennie's Show: featuring Md'lle OCEANA; the great Ameri- can danseuse,' and "Yankee Robin- son's Double Show-The Great MORAL EXHIBITION! For the era we live in!" took over so thor- oughly that only one play--"Uncle Ton9's Cabin"-was produced be- tween 1852 and 1860. In 1860, Hangsterfer's Hall was built, and while not primarily a, theatre building, It served better f than anything that had preceded II Garg Sales 1 A: it. The morals of the actors were not all that could be desired by the strait-laced inhabitants of Ann Ar- bor. During a shaw by a team called Whiston, MacEvoy, and Goodall, in 1862, Whiston came on- stage reeling drunk. He no sooner began to mumble his lines than he stumbled, knock- ing over both the oil lamps light- ing the stage and the scenery. The flames were doused quickly, but comment in the newspapers went on for days. THEATRE had a great boost af- ter the Civil War was over. Hough's Triple Show came to town for a long run, featuring "Uncle Tom's Cabin," "Ten Nights in a Bar Room," and "The French Spy." It was about this time, in 1867, that the Peninsular Courier ran the following item: "The plea- sure of those attending ... has been greatly enhanced by the good order, preserved by Deputy Marshal Geo. W. Effner. We hope that those- unruly spirits who have heretofore had things their own way at public en- tertainments are permanently squelched." But good order was not all that was desired by critical University students. In 1870, a writer in the Chronicle (predecessor to The Daily) remarked ". . . The only dramatic entertainments now wit- nessed in Ann Arbor are the out- rageous burlesques given by wan- dering minstrel troupes." He advocated the establishment of a campus dramatic club, and the shortlived Shakespeare Club was formed. They altered "The Mer- chant of Venice" to exclude the women, but interest waned, and the club folded. In 1871, the city got its first full-fledged permanent theatre building when G. D. Hill built the fine new Athens Opera House. (To be concluded) Old-Fashioned Grocery Store To Shut Doors After- 75 Years U -rRS O$ TC~f ~f4 The Garg sold nearly 4000 copies in spite of the rainy weather yesterday, Peg Nimz, '53, Garg staffer has announced. There are a few issues left at local drug stores, she said. >c) . =>oc-=>o c>)c =mi) tX =ca=> 010 =s{ A.eM df Mother's Day Gifts, Pro. grams and Favors, Tradi- c tional Mugs, Tee Shirts, and Stationery for Spring. Why not order them BE- FORE you leave for Spring Vacation. - Delivery will be faster, service will be better, V and you'll be doing us a big favor. -Tom and Meredith Suckling V " P.S. Just phone 3-1733 if you wish, and an Balfour representative will call at your chapter. L. G. BALFOUR CO. 1319 S. University Phone 3-1733 O tm:' } ?) "t) }lOm t} nCo<- "'1) =- a ft McLean's grocery, t h e only Campus Town market which still retains many of the aspects of an old-fashioned general store, will cease to be a State St. landmark within three months. Warren D. McLean, 79 years old, has nnounced that the store will be closed in 90 days and leased to a medical equipment sales com- pany. * * * THE GROCERY has been at its State St. location under one man- agement or another for the past Campus Calenclar Events Today A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition, "Sculpture Lesson," is currently being displayed from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the exhibition corridor on the ground floor of the Architec- ture building. The pitcures show William Zor- ach, American sculptor, demon- strating the basic steps in modeling clay and casting. HAROLD WELCH, of the Chrys- ler Corp. engineering laboratory, wil speak at 8 p.m. in the Archi- tecture Auditorium on Chrysler's new 180 horsepower engine. * * * PROF. FRANK NOTESTEIN, of Princeton University, will lecture on "Population Problems in Under- developed Areas" at 8 p.m. in Rm. 131 Business Administration Build- ing. ** * ARTHUR D. KAHN, former American Military Government of- ficial in Germany, will discuss "The Betrayal of the Denazifica- tion Program," at 8 p.m. in the League. 75 years. McLean has operated the store since 1915. He has been in the grocery business for 65 years, and al- though the store has taken on many characteristics of a mod- ern, self-serve market, he still takes pride in having his shelves stocked with odd goods that are not found elsewhere in town. "We have managed to keep per- sonal sales methods that were found in the good old days too," he mused. MOST OF McLeans' memories are pleasant ones filled with "lots of friends." But the old store has had its tragic moments. In 1943, a 24-year-old baker died from a blast that occurred in the bakery of theplace. 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