PAGE EIGHT "THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, MAY M1, 1954 PAGE EIGHT TUE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1954 'U' Awards I .1 (. Announced University Regents-Alumni Hon- or Awards have been awarded to 830 graduating seniors of Michi- gan high schools, Acting Dean of Students Walter B. Rea announc- ed yesterday. The Honor Awards, in the form of certificates having no monetary value, are given to recognize out- standing high school seniors throughout the state who have been accepted for admission by the University. Also awarded Regents-Alumni Scholarships were 455 of the Hon- or-Award winners. These scholar- ships pay for semester fees and are renewable for the student's entire undergraduate program, if his aca- demic record warrants. continua- tion. The certificates will be present- ed at a ceremony in September. P CTU E EWS 4 '' THOMAS ROSCOE ARP . . . sympathetic friends help support tortured film critic after a "particularly bad one." Controversial Critic, Arp, Details Career of Smears Tihe Theosophic.l Society inin Arbor 4' f By GAYLE GREENE "Tom Arp slept here." This cryptic message was recent- ly tacked on a front row seat of a local theater after a rather somber review of the current attraction written by a student who has prac- tically become a campus tradi- tion. "Anyone who doesn't sneer when my name is mentioned, just hasn't been around." * *. * OBJECT OF the- sneers, the scornful laughs, the bristling ire and an occasional sigh of relief is Thomas Roscoe Arp of "the Dear- born Arps" whose career as'a Daily reviewer recently saw a centennial -"My one hundredth review ap- peared with little fanfare." The 21-year-old English hon- ors senior, who claims his birth in Detroit earns him the dis- tinction of being "born farther South than a number of other people," is a picture of studied sloppiness and non-studying scholastic achievement. "A man who is immaculately tailored can always be accused of being a 'secret slob' (with torn un- dershirt and month-old socks)," Arp said, admitting he followed the formula of sartorial elegance for many years. Today he affects the air of "secret gentleman"-in a wrinkled blue sweatshirt and torn wash- pants. "But underneath, the soul is immaculate." * * *- TALL, SLENDER, perennial crew cut, perennial blue sweatshirt - this is Tom Arp who will leave for Stanford University next fall un- der a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, having survived the wrath of the theater crowd, the English depart- ment, the Letters-to-the-Editor- writers and those who don't agree with him on Marilyn Monroe. Any film graced with Miss Monroe's charms is automatical- ly exempt from Arp's scathing comments. "I think she is an excellent actress and typifies the American ,girl." Height of his controversial career was the panning of "Miracle in Milan," which critics had hailed every- where. "I guess I was wrong," he mut- tered. (Ed. Note--As this issue goes to press, Arp is threatening to shoot the night editor unless we cut this last sentence, but journal- istic integrity will not let us heed his plea.) In his freshman year, an all "A' record, "a 4 point so to speak," convinced him he had time for non-academic activities. "After several months on The Daily, I definitely decided against a career in journalism." ON THE WAY downstairs "to leave the Publications Building forever," he mistook the Gargoyle office for the lavatory and became a member of that staff. "My sole function was to cheer up Gargoyle staffers who are, by nature, a rath- er despondent crew." As a senior, Arp finds time to engage in "more important activi- ties." Recently he headed the "oust SL movement" when the leg- islature moved into the conference room at the Student Publications Bldg. "Go Home SL" and "Do not feed the, SL members" appeared in red pagt on the glass window separating the Daily Conference Em. from the Gargoyle-Genera- tion office. Arp was also seen flinging a burning cross through the Conference Room door. Officers Elected EAST QUAD Ron McCreight, '56BAd, and Cice Coleman, '55, were elected president and vice-president of the East Quad Council for the coming year at this week's joint meeting "Rejecting three mediocre plays" was the extent of his activity as Generation magazin.e Drama Edi- tor. The Inter-Arts Union elected him vice-president and appointed him producer of the drama portion of their three-day program. As producer, Arp found himself mim- eographing plays and moving benches. * * * ARP, WHO WAS elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary society as a junior, decided to attend his sec- ond PBK banquet this year to "set an example for the new initiates." He set the mood for the eve- ning by eating fruit cocktail with a salad fork and comparing this year's meal to last year's. "It was exactly the same, in fact the chicken pie was probably left over from the 1953 banquet." Arp lives in an apartment filled with LP records, alphabetically arranged books and a hi-fidelity phonograph which dominates the living room. His roommate is a Frenchman "who thinks that his nationality makes him chef par excellence automatically." Unfortunately Arp finds it dif- ficult to survive on egg drop soup, which is the extent of his room- mate's culinary achievements. "I used to room with another Daily reviewer but I couldn't con- vert him to my point of view. He still writes nice, gentlemanly sort of reviews." ONE EVENING last week Arp was seen reading poetry aloud.to an unappreciative audience at a local combination pub-restaurant. He can be seen there every eve- ning, but this particular evening he was reading poetry. He is rare- ly caught in such academic pur- suits and friends wonder how he maintains his grades. "Once you've established a re- putation as an intellectual, no amount of work can erase it," Arp admits modestly. When asked how great an in- fluence he .felt his reviews had on the University public, Arp sug- gested a spot check of several pas- sersby. Sticking his foot into the aisle, he tripped the first passerby. First Passerby: I think Arp takes his reviewing very seriously. Arp: No comment. Second Passerby: Well, I think Arp: Never mind, Mother dear. Third Passerby, a member of the French Club: Paris est la cap- itale de la France. Arp: Honi soit qui mal y pense. Fourth Passerby, an actress: Do ~you know the first lines of The Shooting of Dan McGrew? Arp: It's one of my favorite plays. Fifth Passerby: Why do you hate the movies? Arp: I don't hate them (Quick- ly, at once, immediately) I don't hate them (Panting in the cold air,. the iron Ann Arbor air) I don't, I don't, I don't hate them. I don't hate them. E. NORMAN PEARSON International Lecturer, Retired Engineer in two public lectures "Mans Bodies-" Here and Hereafter" (lllustrated with Lantern Slides) Michigan Union, Room 3N Friday May 21, 8:00 P.M. ANIMAL FAMILY PORTRAIT- There's no doubt about family resemblance as Christopher, week-old camel in London Zoo, makes public appearance with mother, Peggy. S T A R R O L E A H E A D - Rossana Podesta, 19-year- old film actress who'll star in new super-epic movie "Helen of Troy," caresfor her two-months-old baby. in Rome, Italy, home. '1 Michigan Union, Room 3 B Sunday, May 23, 3:00 P.M. 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