I PAG!L LIGHT THE MICHIGAN DAILY,, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12,154 Williams' Play Opens TCB Fills Classroom Sace Need By MITZI BOURGIN "Temporary" classroom building, known to most students as TCB, is still in use seven years after its construction. Presently used by both speech department and Army ROTC, the building originally was constructed to accomodate the general over- flow of studentshreturning from World War II. Located behind the Dental Building and North Hall, the structure provides working space for the speech department's set construction and classes. Constructed in 1947 The "temporary" building, ori- ginally two government warehous- es placed side by side, was con- structed in 1947 with funds from the Federal Works Agency. FWA was helping institutions meet emergency student housing as well as class space. Adequate exits have been pro- vided in this timber structure to enable quick evacuation of occu- pants in case of fire. A plant of- ficial observed that, "It is no more hazardous than many other build- ings on campus." "Only Temporary" "The important thing to con- sider is that it is only a temporary classroom building and will be re- placed as soon as possible," the official said. He added "no definite date can be set because of the already num- erous projects being carried on by the University although plans are being studied for an addition to the dental school which would re- quire its removal." The University did not have to use as many temporary structures is some schools. Government ware- houses were not used for dormi- tories here as they were elsewhere. PRINTER'S INK: Stewarts Like Newspaper Business. Drama Concerns Emotions, Not Ideas-Playwright Rice -Daily-John Hirtzel In the picture, left to right, are Ruth Livingston, former Univer- sity student, Howard Green, '57, and Marjorie Austin, '56, who are appearing in the Civic Theater's current production of Tennessee Williams' "Summer and Smoke." In addition to Green and Miss Austin, Lloyd Newman. '56, has a supporting role. Bob Schultz, '58, is helping with set building and carpentry. The play opened last night and will rum through Saturday at Ly- dia Mendelssohn Theatre. Tickets, priced at $1.50, are available at the Lydia Mendels- sohn box office in the League. Ann Arbor Civic Theater is an organization of students, graduates and residents of Ann Arbor and nearby communities. Ted Heusel, former University student and Theater director, said the Civic Theater is a self-sup- porting stage company and not di- rectly connected with the Univer- sity. University and the theater, added Heusel, cooperate on such matters as use of the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre and exchange of props. He said all actors in the com- pany are amateurs. Tryouts for both actors and stage crew take place a month and a half before each play opens. Bolet To Play Haydn, Liszt By DEBRA DURSCHLAG and MICHAEL BRAUN j Sometimes in the midst of a particularly hectic day of teach- ing, Prof. Kenneth Stewart of the journalism department wishes par- adoxically for the tranquility of a newspaper city room. "The impression the average person gets of a newspaper office is mor is erroneous" he says. "Actually sometimes it is more orderly than a question filled classroom." His wife Evelyn, newspaper and mag- azine writer who is now editor at the Institute for Social Research center, tends to agree. However, even though there is no way of removing the last traces of printers ink from their blood, the Stewarts who have been in the newspaper business for most of their lives are happiest, though sometimes harried, at the Univer- sity. Varied Stories In their careers as journalists they have fixed their byline to stories ranging from the state of the nation to the sociological side of the Lindbergh kidnapping. Most of their actual newspaper work was done during the thirties in New York. Describing their marriage in 1931 Walter Winchell wrote in his column; "Hurld Trib scribe and the World Telly's best, femme reporter will be sealed by1 Christmas." The thirties were the times of economic depression particularly in the newspaper profession. Al- though both Stewarts had well paying jobs they joined with Hey- wood Broun of the World Tele- gram in the founding of the News- paper Guild. Broun and Steffens Broun and Lincoln Steffens are described by the Stewarts as "the two greatest people we had ever known." With Broun they stood on picket lines and fought for better conditions and higher wages for journalists. Although -he has since devoted his life to teaching Stewart is still a charter member of the Guild. After the Guild had become firmly established he worked on the Literary Digest as national news editor and also taught part time at Columbia. A full time teaching job follow- ed at California's Stanford Uni- versity but in 1937 the urge to write called him back to New York and the Sunday desk of the New York Times where he worked on the magazine and special sec- tions. "In 1940," Stewart now remem- bers, "everyone at the Times was excited over a newspaper called PM, which would print news that other newspapers couldn't hand- dle." "Our old friend George Lyon of the World-Telegram was to be managing editor so I decided to apply for a position." When he went for an interview he was told he was "too much the Times type," but that PM needed techni- cians as well as "screwballs." Stewart laughs over this today because he had considered himself the kind of screwball that PM wanted. Tried to Cover News PM tried to cover news that would be of particular interest to people in the working class. Al- though they covered this field well 'their readership was mainly intel- lectual," Stewart, recalls. Mrs. Stewart obtained a job on PM and was assigned to cover Eleanor Roosevelt's press confer- ences to which the first lady would only admit women. The drama does not "shape ideas or social theories," according to noted playwright and visiting lecturer Elmer Rice. Rice, speaking yseterday on "Drama as a Social Force," said that "dramatists are not thinkers. They deal primarily with emotions and not ideas." Commenting on the flexibility of the theater, Rice said that the theater "takes the form of the vessel into which it is poured." "You can't transplant theater from one country to another as an art," Rice said. He elaborated by recalling experiences in foreign theaters where the drama serves as a "reflection of the society." "It's almost impossible for a Westerner to understand the meaning and implications of Chi- nese life." And hence, "they can- not understand the Chinese drama either," Rice said. He described the Chinese theater as a place where "people are coming and go- Flash Cards Block 'M' members are request- ed to sit in their own seats at the football game on Saturday. In order to- make this perform- ance the best yet, members are urged to remember to line up di- rectly behind the person in front of them. ing," mothers are coddling 'cry- ing children," and there are "arias" every so often. "Rice explained that Russian theaters are supported by the gov- ernment. One theater he described as employing "about 400 work- ers," including cooks, actors, and stagehands. "But, of course, there is complete censorship in the Rus- sian theater, as in all totalitarian states," Rice said. When asked about the American theater in a question-and-answer period following the lecture, Rice chided the "richest country in the world" for being "unable to raise a few million dollars to support a theater." "People are not interested in whether a play is good or bad. They want to know whether it's a hit," Rice said. He cited "as- sembly line" movies and "TV which people think is great" as competitive forces which the thea- ter must overcome. 4 N -Daily-Dean Morton THE STEWARTS AND FRIEND ... During a hectic class thoughts of a quiet city room Try FOLLETT'S F USED BOOP at BARGAIN PRICI :irst {S Jorge Bolet, noted Cuban pian- ist, will perform at 8:30 p.m. Mon- ES day in Hill Auditorium. The first half of the program will include Haydn's "Andante Con Variazioni," Beethoven's "Sonata in E-flat (Les Adieux)" and Liszt's "Sonata in B minor." Bolet will conclude the program with four scherzos by Chopin. ®NYLON BIT I Ii DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN When the war broke out Stew- art.received a job with the Office of War Information in Washing-F ton. He was also awarded a Nie-l man fellowship at Harvard and managed to write a book "News Is What We Make It." When he returned to PM he realized it had not been the pa- per that many people had hoped for. While there was no one group controlling the paper there was a constant battle between various factions on the paper as to edi- torial policy. Opinionated Staff The high quality of the news- paper and the adamant viewpoint of the youthful staff led one pun- dit to refer to staff members as "those young fogeys." A year before PM folded the Stewarts left the staff and he obtained a full time teaching job at N.Y.U. When questioned as to the reason for PM's demise Stew- art thinks a moment and says, "there were many reasons and many surveys made of these rea- sons. I frankly don't think anyone knows one .definite reason." This attitude of not jumping to hasty conclusions characterizes the Stewarts particularly where the question of the state of the press is concerned. "There are just too many factors to be tak- en into consideration," he adds. Stewart remarks that "these are the type of questions that the peo- ple at the Institute where Evelyn works spend days and weeks try- ing to find out." Their newly acquired rambling white house with two porches over- looking the Huron River now oc- cupies most of their spare time -the activities of their two teen- agers and collie providing an inter- lude between the clamor of city, room and class room. Ii (Continued from Page 4) on "Some Recent Developments in Interpolation" at 3:00 p.m. in Room 3017 Angell Hall, Fri., Nov. 12. Refresh- ments. Psychology Club. Meeting Fri., Nov. 12, at 3:15 p.m. in Room 2429 Mason, to discuss Convention plans. Lutheran Student Married Group- Fri., 8:00 p.m. All couples are invited to come to the Center, corner of Hill St. and Forest Ave. Acolytes will hear Prof. Edward L. Walker of the Psychology Department speak on "Some Philosophical Prob- lems of Psychology" at 8:00 p.m., Fri., Nov. 12, in the East Conference Room of the Rackham Building. Coning Events Wesleyan Guild. Sat., Nov. 13. Bar- becue with Michigan State after the game. It will cost 75c. Dunker's Hour at the Newman Club Sat., Nov. 13 immediately following the Michigan-MSC football game. All New- man Club members and their f 'z ads invited. Hillel: Open House Sat. after the football game. Episcopal Student Foundation. Cider and doughnuts after the game Sat., at Canterbury House. Canterbury Club hayride and food roast Sat., Nov. 13. Meet at Canterbury House at 7:15 p.m. n i I ca «Qt C tV-*SC^ r«eCV"m t4czVO CT r4= r*[rec RENT-A-CAR Standard Rates.$100- Include: Gas and oil and Insurance. 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