rnasi 1rwu THE SUMMER MICHIGAN DAIL\ SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1929 To 1ummrr-I Published every morning except Monday during, the University Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. The Associated Press is exclusively en- titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news pub- lished herein. Entered at the Ann Arbor, Michigan, postoff'ice as second class matter. Subscription by carrier. $r.So; by mail $2.00 Offices: Press Building, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. EDITORIAL STAFF Telephone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR LAWRENCE R. KLEIN Editorial Director.........Howard F. Shout Women's Editor ...........Margaret Eckels City Editor.................Charles Askrea Music and Drama Edtor.. R. Leslie Askren1 Books Editor............Lawrence R. Klein Sports Editor............S. Cadwell Swanson Night Editors pressure age in which the securing of an education is an investment from which the greatest possible dividents are tob e extracted. Even youth is not to be wasted today; it must be employed to the fullest advantage to the end of making the life of every individual of more service and benefit to society. Un- der the new methods set out in this plan every student will have a certain amount to do each week and a certain time in which to do it. This is the scientific side of modern education and balances the personal objective of giving the in- dividual a broader range of intel- lect, a higher spiritual existence. The only possible conclusion from this review of the salient features of the Dalton Plan is that it a constructive innovation in the ed- ucational world, a plan which is not in the experimental stage but i which has proved itself practical, beneficial, and in line with the modern spirit in teaching. 0 This endurance flying question is now becoming one of how long the public can endure it. Babe Ruth is reported to be in debt $14 for taxes in Florida. Let's see now-$14 from $70,000 leaves-? Wyoming adopted woman suff- rage in 1869, being the first state to make the move. Well, they could afford to in 1869; they didn't have any women out there then. Campus Opinion Contributors are asked to he brief, conhning themselves to less than 300 words ni possible. Anonymous com- munications will be disregarded.- The names of communicants will, however, be regarded as confidential, upon re- quest. Letters published should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of the Daily. Howard F. Shout S, Cadwell Swanson: Charles Askren Assistants Walter Wilds Harold Warren Ledru Davis Margaret Harris William Mahey Ben Manson. Ross Gustin Dorothy Magee Paul Showers BUSINESS STAFF Telephone 21214 BUSINESS MANAGER LAWRENCE E. WALKLEY Assistant Business Manager ..........Vernor Davis Publications Manager..... .......Egbert Davis Circulation Manager............Jeanette Dale Accounts Manager..... ..........Noah Bryant Night Editor HAROLD WARREN SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1929 THE DALTON PLAN One of the outstanding achieve- ments in modern instruction meth- ods is the Dalton plan sometimes known as the Dalton Laboratory TRAGEDY Dear Editor: Plan. This system of classroom It was with deep interest that I work is based on three principles: read the letter of "Vis Viri" to you freedom, community living, and yesterday, especially since it tend- budgeting time. By freedom is ed to corroboratea asuspicionh o meant the encouraging of the stu- my own to the effect that there dents to assume the responsibility are the germs of a great tragic for organizing their own programs drama in this latest stage of the of study; by community living is relations between the sexes. May meant the making of the school I go on, abstractly (and I warn into a model community so that the you) profoundly? student will have the same assoc- I refer, of course, to the gradu- iations and problems as he will al disappearance of the chivalric have when he goes out into active attitude in man that is so clearly life; and by budgeting time is evidenced in Vis's letter. Man long meant the individual arrangement ago recognized the stifling monot- of plans of work. This plan had its ony of his actual earthly relations origin in Dalton, Mas., wher it with woman and demanded a mas- was developed about 1923, and qur3.d2, a triumphant hallucina- since then it ha, bean itnding wi- ion. Rhecognizing Woman as the der and wider recognition las a i'irst Cause of his existence, he practical method of conducting blazed a halo around her head and school-work. worshipped her. With characteris- The advantages of this system tic energy, Man hastened to make are more or less obvious at first the delusion firm and perennial; glance. Probably the greatest in- the imagination of the artist was novation is the freedom and re- applied to lend color and an en- sponsibility which is placed on the ticing variety to the picture of the pupil. This is certainly a trend new Goddess; the average man in the right direction and away planned and often enacted bold from the old methods of suppres- physical dramas in tribute to her sion and domination which were radiance and inspiration. in effect many years ago. Individ- The earthly woman, possessing ualism has become the keynote in any way in her nature a peculiar modern education, and the partic- aptitude for hyprocrisy and the ular characteristics and talents of masquerade, were for the most part each student are being developed successfully deceitful, using rosy and guided as they have never been blushes and undulating movements previously. Undoubtedly, the new in very plesaing angelic style. Of' Massachusetts plan will carry on course, from time to time, they be- this trend to even more beneficial came reckless in their hyprocrisy; results than have already been ac- and gave evidence of that compo- complished. site of simplicity and cunning, wis- Individual instruction and the dom and folly, which is their true placing of greater responsibility on nature. Man's feminine religion the pupil will do at least this: it quivered under these blows from will more or less eliminate the ten- fact; looking more carefully at rec- dency to uniformity and mass pro- ords he found the truth-a history duction which have become char- reeking with the awful, malignant, acteristics of much of our Ameri- sinister truth about the actual wo- can system of education and it will man. There was some disillusion- lessen the importance of extra-cur- ment; there were pessimists and ricular activities by making more hermits. interesting the work in the class- But it is to the great credit ofI room. man that in the face of such dam-l The purpose incorporated in the ing evidence he continued to pred-1 plan of making the school a min: icate all his relations with women! iature of a larger community out- on the assumption that she was an- side is practically as important as gelic and delicate, in need of pro-c the matter of attention to the de- tection. Year after year man's in- velopment of the individual. The genuity in defence of his greatest o o Music And Drama o 0 TONIGHT: The Michigan Re- pertory Players present Salis- bury Fields' laughable "Wed- ding Bells," in Mendelssohn i Theater beginning at 8:15 o'- clock. * * * "WEDDING BELLS" Reviewed by R. Leslie Askren When critical reactions to a play differ so widely from the genera audience reaction that a play which makes a whole theater rock with laughter seems only a tissue of glumness and horrors, then the critic has no right to criticize. There t must be something wrong. It would be a trifle rash to call the en- tire audience braying fools, and yet no self respecting critic will admit himself to be one without some definite proof. Perhaps not enjoying "Wedding Bells" is proof enough, but I had a good dinner and my great aunt Harriet was in a good humor so there was no reason why I should not have en- joyed the show if it had been en- joyable; I suppose the only refuge is in the platitude that there is no accounting for tastes. Fields' comedy is billed as two and a half hours of laughs; it ap- pears to have been written from just that point of view, There is little use in stirring up the pedan- tic quarrel of the unities;the uni- ties are only the red rags that gen- ius uses to bait the critics with, and every critic sooner or alter suc- cumbs to the temptation to write a good stiff indictment. So I shall call Mr. Fields a genius, and mere- fly point out the interesting variety of characters he has collected in his play. There was the sentimental comedy, Alfred Foster; the high comedy type of the butler; the comedy of Manners type, Arthur Hinkley; the remnant of Brieux's influence, Shirley King, and so on down to the shoe, which after all was not a shoe but a symbol, per- haps of the intellectual level the play achieved. With such conglomerate charac- ters it was fairly easy for the play to split the difference between comedy and farce; and the split was considerably widened by the directing. It is a little difficult to believe that Professor Wallace is entirely responsible for the direc- tion; it looks much more like the work of an inexperienced zealot, afraid that his audience will miss the point. It would have been a relief if occasionally the point could have been missed. The sledgehammer technique becomes a bit tiresome after a while. But there were some good things in the production, Perhaps the chief of these was Shirley King. For the Thursday night perform- ance the charming Miss King was so taken with an attack of ptomaine poisoning that a man was kept in constant readiness to drop the cur- tain. Only the courage and grit of a "trouper" kept her on the stage and carrying on her part. And be it said to the brave lady's credit that her performance that night was the most satisfying of a long series. Perhaps it was the driving insistence of illness that made her take refuge in her part, but the simplicity and straight-forwardness that characterized her version of the tantalizing Rosalie was a grat- ifying achievement. Alfred Foster played a very stu- died and carefully executed senti- mental comedy hero. Mr. Foster has already once proved his will- ingness to appear a fool on the stage for the play's sake-in "Take My Advice." In "Wedding Bells" he repeats, with the addition of a maturer element than character- ized his Buddy in the earlier play, Distinctly limited in the range he can play, Mr. Foster nevertheless is a brilliant example of a con- scientious intelligence brought to bear on the problem of interpret- ing character. And the solution of the problem bears unmistakable signs, of individuality. The remainder of the cast ex- hibited a wide range of mixture of the good and the bad in interpre- tation, among which the cockney maid was adequately repulsive, and her much marrying husband was a charming fellow, ifnot quite the comic character that his lines seemed to suggest. Of the play itself it is a little dif- ficult to decide whether or not it is the worst that has been offered locally; "Take My Advice" was pretty bad. But then, the audience laughed, and these hot nights a good laugh is a worthwhile achieve- ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY -1 Repairing Watches SPECIAL ORDER WORK I RESERVE A SEAT IN 8:00 A. M.-Holy Communion. 11:00 A, M.--Sermon: Preacher, The Reverend Henry Lewis. 'f r SUNDAY SERVICES 'I 1\~ . . FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Huron and Division 10 A. M.-Student class. Merle H. Anderson, D.D., teacher. 10:45 A. M.-Morning worship. Sermon: "Through the ages-- O n e Increasing Purpose." Bastile Day. 5:30 P. M.-Social hour for the young people. freman 200 CHAIRS One Block North from Hill Auditorium Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner $7.50 per week Lunch and Dinner, $6.00 per week Service Location Courteous Treatment THE ANN ARBOR SAVINGS BANK TWO OFFICES Main at Huron 707 North University Avenue HALLFS STATE STREET JEWELERS At Liberty Street 6:30 P. M.-Young meeting, People's a.. .._ ... FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST 10:30 A. M.-Regular morning service. Subject: "Sacrament." 11:45 A. M.-Sunday School fol- lowing the morning service. 7;45 Wednesday evening testi- monial meeting. The reading room 10 and 11 State Savings Bank Euilding is open daily from 12 to 5 o'clock except Sundays and Holidays. FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Corner S. State and E. Wash. Arthur W. Stalker, D.D., and Samuel J. larrison, Ministers. 10:30-Morning Worship. Ser- n-on: "The Christian Right of Eminent Domain" by Rev. Mlarshall Russell Reed, Ypsi- lanti, Michigan. Jewelry I , v \ ,_T - CANOEI - vening Livery of Cedar St, I Every Afternoon and £ Saunders' Canoe On the Huron River at the foot 12: Q-Stwdent Class meets at Wesley Hali under the leader- ship of'Dr. Qarrother4. 11 "T1ll/:1kI ." ~/Y/l..~1 ." "/.J I1 .'/Oi..." "l/~«.«"r 1." ;/l 6:00-Wesleyan Guild tional Seryice. Miss Brandt will lead, Devo- Leona FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH E. Huron below State Rev. R. Edward Sayles, Minister. Rey. Howard R. Chapman, Min- ister to student~. 9: 30-Ail studepts affiliated with1 the church are asked to join the group meeting at the Guild House, 503 E. Huron. Mr. Chapman will open a dis- cussion of a chapter in Bih op McConnell's recent volume. 10:30-Morning worship at the church. A bief Organ Recital by Mrs. McGregor- opens the service. Mr. ayles will bring a message on "THY WILL BE DONE," in the series on The Lord's Prayer. 6: QO-Student, gathering and discussion at the Guild House. Social halt-hour with refresh- ments at opening. I 73 Years Serving Washtenaw County SEPARATE SKIRTS JULY SAVINGS Two groups of separate skirts in pleated or bodice top effect. Plain and pleated styles. Colors to harmonize with the new Summer sweaters. Black and white checks, navy, light blue, brown, green, red, yellow, and fancy plaids. JULY SALE PRICES I 5,95,m$975)P tree function of an educational in- stitution-the broad function-is to prepare the student for the life he will live after he completes his ed- ucation. This is unquestionably better accomplished by giving him training under the same situations as he is to meet later, by gettingI him into the "public life" of the school, by giving him an opportun- ity to test his ability in various lines so that he may make a wise choice of a career, and by enriching him mentally so that he may later enrich others by association. And as for the last main objec-; tive set out in the Dalton Plan, this too is subject only to unquali- fied endorsement. Time must be budgeted as well in the school room work of art never failed, dispos- ing of the facts about women as tactfully as ministers dismiss the not dissimilar problem of Evil; so' that by the Victorian period, the age of universal grace and dissim- ulation, man's worship was one of well-oiled acceptance. But today-instead of chivalric JMan, willing persistently and pas- sionately to see Woman in a sha- dow, mystic, holy light, we have (I speak with feeling) Vis Viri of yes- terday's letter (probably a rejected: adolescent) carping severely overt such a trivial thing as woman's traffic offeness and protesting at her beautiful treatment of police- men. Alas, alas-woe is me, and other expressions of gentle but deep CONOREATIONAL CHURCH State and William Streets Allison Ray Reaps, Minister SUNDAY, JULY 14 Dr. Tyril Haas, missionary from Adeva, Turkey, will speak at 10:45 on missionary medical work in Turkey. ii I READ THE DAILY CLASSIFIEDS!