1.1 PAGE SIX I THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 36, 3954 PAGE SIX TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1954 Pirates, Dog Shatter Quiet On Diagonal Breaking the noon-time tranquili- ty of the diag yesterday with the screams of women and the barking of a Great Dane, the Gilbert and Sullivan Society was preparing for the opening of its production, "Pi-. rates of Panzance," at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre at 8:00 to- morrow. Pirat'es and police were engaged in mortal combat which disturbed the peace of the Great Dane who is accustomed to take his noon si- esta on the diag. However, everyone, Great Dane included, left the diag for the Lyd- ia Mendelssohn box office where tickets for the operetta are now on sale. Yearly Events Tickets for the performances on Wednesday and Thursday are 60 and 80 cents. Those for the Friday and Saturday performances are priced at 90 cents and $1.20. The Gilbert and Sullivan Society produces two operettas a year with the profits going to support a schol- arship for a needy member of the organization. Frank Green, '56, society presi- dent, invites all students "interest- ed in working for us" to get in touch with him. Staging Diversy The society differs from most musical groups on campus in that it attracts students from various schools and colleges. The diversity of jobs means that almost anyone interested in stage production will find a waiting position, said Green. He added that after the produc- tion of "Penzance," some of the members will get together from time to time to read and discuss the works of Gilbert and Sullivan. In addition to the Ann Arbor performances, the operetta will be presented in Bay City on Nov. 26 and at Detroit's Rackham Auditor- ium on Nov. 27. ACTORS SHOULD BE VERSATILE: Director-Actor Breck A voids'Types' By PHYLLIS LIPSKY "In theater I've been fighting type." Peter Breck who has played "ev- erything from a 17-year-old juve- nile to Iago" feels that an actor should be able to cover all kinds of character. Coming from a theatrical family -his mother was a chorus girl, his father a band leader-the 25-year- old actor originally planned a ca- reer in business administration. Show Business Unstable His parents felt show business was too unstable so Breck gave business school a try. He soon found, however, drama was what he really wanted. Breck decided to give himself six years to see how he could get on in the theatrical world. Seven years later he is still with it. In the interim the young actor has attended drama schools at the University of Texas and Houston University, written and directed shows for Houston's "Frontier Fi- esta," and appeared with stock companies and in television shows. To Play Darrell Blake Currently a member of the Dra- matic Arts Center company, Breck will appear as the revolutionary, Darrell Blake, in "The Moon in the Yellow River" opening Friday. Breck likes the type of plays the Dramatic Arts Center is doing be- cause they avoid the "schmaltz" which makes up the repertoire of many community theaters. Directing, Breck says, is his eventual goal. At Houston's 1952 "Frontier Fiesta," an annual pag- eant similar to Michigras at which 35 shows are presented by students, he wrote five and directed 10 of them. The young actor also direct- ed three shows in Melville, Pa. this summer. Breck prefers acting before a live audience to television work. In TV, the actor is restricted by the limited range of the camera and cannot devote his full energies to his role, he said. Although he has Dos Passos Novelist and historian John Dos Passos will be the third speaker of the University Lec- ture Course this semester. He will speak on "Jefferson's Times" at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in Hill Auditorium. The author's Ann Arbor ap- pearance iS part of his first lecture tour, devoted to Jeffer- son and Jeffersonian ideals. A result of considerable re- search his book, "The Head and Heart of Thomas Jefferson" ap- peared in 1953. "U.S.A.," Dos Passos' well known triology deals with Americans in every walk of life. His most recent book is "Chosen Country." Tickets for the lecture which will be on sale tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., are priced at $1.25, $1 and 50 cents. PROVIDE CONTRAST: UCLA, Florida Political Life Unlike 'U' By LOUISE TYOR Political life on two universities at opposite ends of the country of- fers a contrast to political activity at the University. While organizations can receive recognition by the Office of Stu- dent Affairs here, a University of California at LospAngeles regula- tion prohibits partisan political groups from meetings on campus or applying for university recog- nition. In addition, by-laws of the gov- erning body of UCLA, the Associ- ated Students of the University of California at Los Angeles, con- tain a section prohibiting political advertisements in The Daily Bru- in, student publication. Successful Groups However, certain groups have been able to operate with some success. in carrying on political ac- tivities. The Speech Activities Board has sponsored debates be- tween political figures; Public Leg- islation Committee attempts to keep the student body informed of important issues in the state leg- islature and in Congress have met with Administration censorship. National Students Association conducts an annual campaign to recruit members for the Young Democrat and Young Republican clubs which are scattered through- out Los Angeles. Labor Youth League, Young People's Socialist League and Schiller To Talk On Anthroposophy "Anthroposophy, "A Modern Ap- proach To Man and World" will be the lecture topic of P. E. Schiller at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Auditorium C, Angell Hall. Second lecturer in a series spon- sored by Lane Hall, Schiller is a staff member of the Department of Natural Science at the Free Academy for Spiritual Activity in Science and Art at the Goethea- num in Dornach, Switzerland. Young Progressives groups also hold meetings near campus. University of Florida At the University of Florida, an entirely different situation pre- vails. There is only .one organiza- tion-Young Democrats - whose function it is to bring state and national political leaders to the campus. According to a spokesman for the University, "In analyzing the Southern political situation you can see the uselessness of forming any organization to bolster the cam- paigns of the Republican Party." During general elections, groups which back specific caniidates form and work as a coordinating body with the county party organ- izations. Look Your Best Join The Rest at 715 N. University Read and Use Daily Classifieds OUIMET ANNOUNCES: First Draft of Proposed City Charter Nearing Completion PETER BRECK ... "The Moon in the Yellow River" attended three schools - Houston, Breck's future plans include Texas, and Syracuse University as courses at the University, either a business administration student in the business administration --dramatic interests have always school or the speech department or interferred with getting a degree. both. AFROTC Grads Must Sign For 5 Years for Combat Flying I I , I I' KING SIZE SERVICEa Card to a Catalog by Push Button LOWER PRICES 3b, 3,a 3,r 3,c QUALITY PRINTI NG PHONE -NO 2-10134 A A A A .*.&£ A ~ A LAA &A.. AA AA A ~ AA AA AA AA AA A AA 6 Air Force ROTC men who want advancedrcombat flying training will now be required to sign up for a four-year period after their one- year post-graduate basic training. This information from t h e AFROTC headquarters in Mont- gomery, Ala., does not change present cadet commitments. They will continue to be eligible to gain their commissions upon gradua- tion, and to win their wings in the normal three year tour of active duty. This new order comes from an Air Force reviving of its stringent demands required of men who want to fly fighting planes. The move re- flects a situation announced earlier this month that pilot recruitment has "gone over the top." Due to Pilot Shortage Col. William H. Parkhill, pro- fessor of air science explained that a critical lack of pilot trainees in 1952 had jeopardized the air de- fense of the country, and drastic measures were needed. At that time AFROTC cadets, regardless of a prior understanding were re- quired in most cases to sign up for pilot training in order to be com- missioned. The tone of the current informa- tion indicates that this shortage has now been filled, and that qualified men are entering pilot training in unprecedented numbers. The pilot backlog, men who have not yet begun flying course, is re- ported to be in the neighborhood of 7000 men, of which some 5000 are AFROTC graduates. Cancer Society Begins Local Poll In its third annual follow-up of smoking in Ann Arbor, the Ameri- can Cancer Society began survey- ing residents in the local area. Part of a national annual check- up of 187,766 men who were inter- viewed in 1952, the survey is be- ing instituted under the direction of Mrs. C. W. Thrasher and Mrs. H. Marvin Pollard. Some 60 Ann Arbor women will report on data collected on nearly 1,000 men in this area. This nation-wide study is carried out in communities where reason- ably g o o d medical facilities abound, and where an experienced volunteer organization is already in existence. There must also be a great enough number of men ranging from 50 to 69 years of age. Volunteers are asked to interview only neighbors, relatives, and close friends in the appropriate age group. By JOEL BERGER First draft of Ann Arbor's pro- posed city charter will be complet- ed within a few weeks, Charter Revision Committee President Lawrence Ouimet said yesterday. Various local groups will receive copies, while an open meeting will be held a few weeks later to discuss the plan. Ouimet said that the final draft must be submitted to Gov. G. Mennen Williams by Jan. 31 so that it may be placed on the April election ballot here. Featuring many changes, the charter as it now stands calls for a city administrator who would co-ordinate the local offices. An appointed officer, he would differ from a city manager by not being able to hire and fire city employes. In addition to co-ordinating city offices in their work, the city ad- ministrator would supervise serv- ice departments, such as the de- partment of public works and the park department. The position of city controller may possibly be incorporated in the first draft, Ouimet continued. This post would enable the city controller to centralize the gov- ernment's purchasing and person- nel. Centralization of all city collec- tions may also be included in the proposed charter, Ouimet contin- uel. Water bills, for example, would be paid at this office instead, of another. With the exception of the health board, standing boards and com- missions will be abolished if the charter is passed, he said. How- ever, City Council may create spe- cial commissions to serve in an advisory capacity for two years after the charter goes into effect. Makeup of City Council will be different under the proposed char- ter, Ouimet pointed out. There will be no elected council president, while the mayor will take over as presiding officer and will possess 'a veto. 'In case of tie votes the mayor will be authorized to cast the deciding vote. Council will be reduced from its present 15 representatives and president to 10 members plus the f mayor by cutting the number of wards from seven to five. The five wards will be almost entirely new in outline, he said. They will be somewhat pie-shaped, enabling additions to the wards to be made according to changes in the distribution of Ann Arbor's po- pulation. Each ward will be set up with aproximately the same num- ber of voters, Ouimet asserted. Although nothing is specified in the charter's first draft concerning possible reapportionment in the future, this may be added, he con- tinued. As is presently done in Ypsilanti, county supervisors from here will be appointed to office by the may- or if the charter is approved. In addition, Ann Arbor's assessor would be a member of the super- visors, Ouimet concluded. Read and Use Daily Classifieds as follows: BEEF GRADING ENGINEERS MARKET & SALES ANALYST OFFICE ADMINIS- TRATION RESEARCH LABS. -Animal Husbandry or General Agricul- ture --M.E., C.E., or E.E. 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