SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1951 THE MICHIGAN D AILY PAGE THREE _____________________________________ I Hot. Hunt Enthusiasts To Reform Mins tre s By MARILYN FLORIDIS "We're going to revive the min- strels of America," says James radley Gaughen, spry 71-year- old minstrel enthusiast. Gaughen and his would-be min- strel reformers-the Minstrel Men of America-are worried about the ,teady decline that minstrel shows have gone through since their golden age around the turn of the century * * * BELIEVING THAT there hasn't been a real minstrel show in 37 years, Gaughen and the rest of his group are setting out to rectify this and return the minstrel show to its former position as one of the lead- ing forms of entertainment. No one nows how to put on a real minstrel show now, Gaugh- en says. The present day at- tempts are only imitation black- face performances. "A minstrel show must have at least two sets of bones, as well as singers and dancers, end men and interlocutor. Everyone has got to be able to come on down in the circle and do something. Just singing "Old Black Joe" won't do." HAVING APPEARED a number of times on "Al Bernard's Min- strels" show during his radio ca- reer in New York, Prof. Philip A. Duey of the music school agrees with Gaughen that minstrels have changed. However, he thinks that radio cannot do full justice to the minstrel show, since the visual aspect-one of the most import- ant in minstrels-is missing on radio. There have since been further minstrel show attempts on the ra- dio, but they have never succeed- ed, says Duey. In fact, Prof. Duey believes, it was the advent of ra- dio and its easily available enter- tainment that put minstrels in the background. Hearing entertain- ment while relaxing in the easy chair was just tao tempting. FURTHERMORE, Prof. Duey feels that our present day humor is of the sophisticated variety, more in tune with our present way of life. The unsophisticated min- strel show with its repetition of old jokes and acts doesn't appeal to the modern public as it did years ago. However, in television's search for entertainment, it has once more restored vaudeville; and since vaudeville and minstrels are closely interrelated, TV op- ens up a possible new vista for minstrels, says Duey. For with television, the visual aspect can again be had while still in the comfort of one's own home. So, once again it may be possible to return to the showboat days and hear the blackfaced comedi- ans go over the tale of "Who's dat gal I saw you walkin' down the street with last night?" You see, Mr. Gaughen, there's still hope for those minstrels. HouseHnt Conducted By Barnaby Barnaby is looking for a home. Barnaby is a semi-cooperative eating society organized a few years ago by a group of students interested in cheap meals and en- tertaining table conversation. At first the group was located in Lane Hall until its expanded size forced a move. The basement of the Disciple's Church has been their home for the last three years. Now Barnaby has a cook, a large membership, but no home. Originally titled t h e Little Men's, Nome's and Leprachauns Marching and Chowder Society, shortened to Barnaby, the group met, bought, cooked and ate their food together and talked. After the move from Lane Hall, a cook was hired and the mem- bers assisted in the preparation of the meals. Last year ten meals a week were served, at a cost of $6. SINCE THE group is inter-cul- tural, inter-faith, and inter-racial there's no difficulty in finding a variety of table topics. Speaker programs specializing in diversity were planned once a week last year. In the past Norman Thomas and a Budahist priest have en- hanced the dinners. If plans for the future ma- terialize, Barnaby will rent a house for the cook, her family and several members of the so- ciety, with the rest of the group dropping in for meals. A supper business meeting will be held by the present members at 6 p.m. tomorrow in Lane Hall to discuss the possibility of rent- ing a house. Disc jam Session To MeetTonight The first meeting of the Univer- sity Hot Record Society will be held at 8 p.m. today in the League. The club, which meets every Sunday night, features the records of such performers as Louis Arm- strong and Benny Goodman. A live jam session is held once a month, and any musician on cam- pus is welcome to sit in, Bob Leo- pold, club manager said. Meetings are open to the public. ASP Council To Discuss Plans for Year C The University Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions will hold its first meeting of the year at 8 p.m. Monday in the Hussey Rm. of the League. Plans for ASP's proposed year- long lecture and symposium series on "Freedom and a Philosophy of Action for the Intellectual" will be the prime topic of the meeting. Also on the agenda is the election of officers and a report on this summer's re-evaluation meeting. The meeting will not be restlrict- ed to current membership. The aim of the program is to brixg the various academic disciplin.es to bear on the problems of freedom, social structure and international tension. II~~ - aiv~ --Daily-Roger Reirke DESPERATION TRY-Lowell Perry takes an unsuccessful lunge on the Stanford four yard line at Ted Topor's fourth down pass early in the fourth quarter. Michigan, needing 15 yards for a first down and 22 for the tying touchdown, relinquished the ball to Stanford after a 65 yard march downfield which began when Don Oldham intercepted a Gary Kerkorian pass on the Michigan 13 yard marker. The Maize and Blue never again threatened, but Stanford went on to ice the game, 23-13, on Kerkorian's field goal with 41 seconds remaining. Covering Perry on the play are Dick Horn (54) and Gordy Rice (35). FOOTBALL SPECIAL MONDAY AND TUESDAY ONLY! Your chance of a I fetime topickoutyournewfall SU IT or COAT for a fraction of the original price! New Fall 100% WcoI Gabardine Zip-In With PAULA EDELMAN © .. Television is smack in the middle of a battle, and TV owners are fast becoming the lssers. The whole movie industry is los- ing money because people can stay at home and receive the same dra- matic marijuana on TV as at their neighborhood shows. And the ad- dition of great sporting events on TV just made the situation bleaker for the movie industry. * * * THE .SOLUTIONS which tele- vision and movie outfits are com- ing up with to make people pay for the best without actually wresting the sets from their homes should be very discouraging to set owners who bought TV in good faith. Theater TV is the first usurpa-. tion of TV owners' rights to see not only mediocre sporting events, but the big games and fights. This device adds a middleman to sport- ing events so that now, instead of seeing the Robinson fight in his home, the owner of a television set has to go to a crowded theater and pay for seeing the fight. Another innovation dreamed up by some of the biggest televi- sion and movie outfits is putting home video on a cash and carry basis. One motion picture com- pany is experimenting with a gadget which would require the viewers to put a coin in to focus the screen. Another concern has a gimmick which works via telephone lines. If the subscriber wants to see a certain show he calls the phone exchange, is switched on and gets a bill. Incidentally, all of these gadgets have installation costs at- tached. Some will run as high- as 40 dollars. The whole situation is being surveyed by the Federal Communi- cations Commission, which is the guardian of the public interest on the airwaves. Unfortunately, how- ever, FCC had its chance once with an invention called radio and prov- ed itself remarkably ineffectual by allowing it to develop "into the rather horrendous device it is now. Rhodes Candidates Meet Tomorrow A meeting for students inter- ested in applying for the Rhodes Scholarship will be held at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow in Rm. 2013 Angell Hall. To be eligible a candidate must be an unmarried male citizen of the United States between the ages of 19 and 26. F'rench Clubs New members are invited to at- tend the first meeting of Le Cercle Francais at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the League, according to James Clark, '52, president. 'vesentation of the club officers will be followed by an introduction by Prof. Charles E. Koella, advisor. Singing of French songs, dancing and refreshments will be part of the evening's program. 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