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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1931
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HANLlEY TO PLAY
LAD IN MOIR
Has Title Role in 'Don
Juan;' Becker Will
Play Sganarelle.
STEVENS DIRECTS
Carnegie Drama School
Founder Will Stage
Production.
Alan Handley will recreate the
role of Don Juan in the Repertory
players' production of the Moliere
satire of that name which opens
tonight at the Lydia Mendelssohn
theatre, it was announced last night,
by Thomas Wood Stevens, visiting
director.
Handley is known to campus aud-
iences for his recent work in "The
Blue Anchor'" and "The Good,
Hope," and in "Holiday," "Three,
Musketeers," and "Crminal Code,"
last summer.
The play, which was mounted byl
Stevens in his own translation from
the French, will run through Sat-
urday night, with a special matinee
Friday afternoon.
Becker Plays Sganarelle.
Albert B. Becker will play the
comedy lead as Sganarelle, servant
to Don Juan, according to the an-
nouncement.
The remainder of the cast for
"Don Juan," as released by Stevens,
contains a number of studentsj
prominent in Play Production pre-
sentations. They are: Robert B.
Huber, Dorothy Thompson, Fred- #
erick O. Crandall, Doris Kerlin, Mu-
riel Thompson, Kenneth Boyle, Ed-
ward Freed, H. Theodore Cox, James
A. McMonagle, Lawrence Vrede-
voogd, Victor H. Hoppe, Arthur Se-_
cord, Charles H. Fines, and Ninae
Lewis.
Music for the production has
been selected from Mozart's "Don
Giovanni."
Moliere wrote "Don Juan" at the1
request of his patrons from the leg-t
end of Don Juan Henorio of Se-l
ville as it was played by wander-
ing troupes of the seventeenth cen-t
tury.
Play 250 Years Old.e
Moliere finished the play more
than 250 years ago and presentedz
it before the royal family with thez
famous company of actors whicht
he directed, playing the role of
Sganarelle himself. The French1
author has been termed by Branderc
Mathews "the greatest of the com-1
ic dramatists."
Stevens, director of the present
production, is nationally noted as
founder of the Carnegie School ofl
Drama and as the director of the
Goodman theatre in Chicago for a
number of years.
Directs 'Don Juan'
WOODCOCK BEGINS
EDUCATIONAL PLAN'
FOR ENFORCEMENT
Prohibition B u r e a u Predicts
Arrest of All Commercial
Dry Law Violators.
PAST YEAR SUCCESSFUL
Golf
Its
Course Changes
Summer Schedule
75,365
and
in
Prosecutions in State
Federal Courts Result
50,334 Convictions.
Thomas Wood Stevens,
Founder of the drama school at
the Carnegie Institute of Technolo-
gy and former director of the
Goodman theatre, Chicago, who di-
rects the Repertory players' pro-
duction of "Don Juan" which will
open tonight. Stevens was one of
the Hopwood play judges.
S e e i n g Frontier's Significance
Has Changed Viewpoint,
He Contends.
"Modern history is not only based
on factual investigation as distinct
from the literary style of the grand
theme but is a discussion of the
social, cultural, and economic forc-
es in society and not mainly a po-
litical story," said Prof. Thomas M.
Marshall, of the history depart-
ment of Washington university,,
speaking yesterday in Natural Sci-
ence auditorium.
"The changed viewpoint in early
American history has come about
from an appreciation of the signi-
ficance of the frontier in American
history and the expansion of Europe
over the American continents,"
Professor Marshall said.
The first period of European con-
tact with America has been inade-
quately described as a period of
exploration and discovery, while
it was in fact from the very begin-
ning an expansion and colonizing
movement, Professor Marshall con-
tended, and the general impression
given by history texts that the ear-
ly comers to America were merely
consumed with curiosity, came,
looked about them and went back
is erroneous.
"Spain was thrilled by the dis-
covery of new lands, and Columbus
had more applicants than could be
accommodated in the seventeen
ships with which he sailed on his
second voyage. These men were
colonists," Professor Marshall de-
clared, "who came with animals
and seeds to make their homes in
the new world and to take posses-
sion of the land."
"Even at the time of the Ameri-
can Revolution there were not 13
but 19 British colonies in America,
and the French, Dutch, Swedish,
and Spanish colonies were occupy-
ing the continent," Professor Mar-
shall said. This changed viewpoint
takes into consideration the occu-
pation of American continents by
the expansion of Europe.
WASHINGTON, July 7.-(/P)-A
national prohibition policy of leav-
ing each private violator of the dry
laws "to his own conscience and
the forces of education" was enun-
ciated last night by Prohibition Di-
rector Woodcock.
The federal dry chief, speaking
over the Columbia Broadcasting
system, asserted he believed such
"real progress" had been made by
his bureau during the past year that
eventually it should attain abso-
lutely its objective of wiping out
those who deal in quantities of il-
licit liquor.
"The bureau ought eventually to
apprehend every commercial vio-
lator," he said.
Woodcock said he could not an-
swer satisfactorily questions as to
the "extent the unlawful traffic has
been stopped." The bureau has no
means of estimating, he explained,
the number of violators who are
not caught.
For the record of his first year in
office, which ended July 1, the for-
mer United States attorney in Bal-
timore listed a total of 75,365 cases
for prosecution in federal and state
courts. Of these, he said, 58,173
cases were terminated in federal
courts and convictions obtained in
50,334, with 29,372 jail sentences im-
posed.
In adition, he said, there were
fines aggregating $5,497,566 togeth-
er with $6,378 in permanent in-
junctions granted and 8,245 auto-
mobiles and 31,321 stills seized.
HUN DREDS BATTE
CALIFORNIA BLAZES
Forest Fires Destroy Ranches,
Towns, Produce; Damages
Placed at $100,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7. ()-
Flames left blackened wastes in
more than a dozen different parts
of California today as hundreds of
weary fire-fighters continued ef-
forts to subdue the blazes in heat-
stricken hills and plains.
Mountain towns, ranch houses,
herds of cattle, stands of timber,
ripened grain and valuable pasture
fell before the onslaught of fire
Monday and early today.
A force of 700 men used every
possible fire-fighting trick in an
attempt to control a 25,000-acre
blaze which swept up three sides
of Mount Diablo, Contra Costa
county. Early today damage was
estimated by fire officials at $100,-
000. Several stands of timber and
500 head of cattle were destroyed.
The fighters were attempting to
keep the blaze, which at times
burned on a 14-mile front, from
Marsh creek canyon, on the west
slope of the mountain, where doz-
ens of summer homes and ranches
are located.
Because of a lack of demand dur-
ing the early hours, the University
golf course is to open at 6 o'clock
on Saturday and Sunday and at 7
o'clock on all other days, it has
been announced by R. O. Court-
right, director of the course. The
new schedule will go into effect Fri-
day.
The present schedule provides for
a 5 o'clock opening on the two week
end days and 5:30 on other days.
It also provides for closing of the
club house at 8:30 p. m., which is
to be continued under the new
schedule.
Courtright is organizing a group
for special instruction, the class to
meet each Tuesday and Thursday
at 4:30 o'clock, starting July 14. It
will continue for three weeks. The
fee will be $2.00, an amount set
by the board in control of ath-
letics.
Excursionists Will See
Ford Factories Today
More than 130 students will take
the second Summer Session excur-
sion this afternoon, going to River
Rouge by bus for an inspection of
the Ford plant, Carlton F. Wells,
secretary of the Summer Session,'
said yesterday.
The students will leave at 1 o'-
clock, starting in front of Angell
hall, and will return at about 5:30
o'clock.
The excursionists will see the
motor assembly plant, the final as-
sembly line, the open hearth fur-
naces, and the rolling mill.
This trip will be repeated next
Wednesday, on account of the great
number of students requesting res-
ervations, Wells said.
Music School Alumna
Gives Recital Toight
Mrs. Hel. ia Munn Redeil, an
alumna of the School of Music, will
present a r 3cital of modern music1
of Russia, Norway, France, and
Spain at 8:15 o'clock tonight in the
School of Music auditorium, it was
announced yesterday.
The music will be illustrated by
some of Mrs. Redewill's original po-
ems, for which she is noted on the'
west coast.'
There will be no admission
charge, it was announced. The'
public, with the exception of small
children, has been invited.
University Eeports 19'
Auto Riling Violations
Nineteen violthr o 7__ auto-
mobile ban hav b n :: ported to
the University admini Ation in the
last three mcnth', cizrding to an
announcement yesterday.
The violations are considered by
University officials as the result of
the policy by which students were
permitted to drive cars after they
had finished final examinations for
the past semester, and it is believed
that the plan will not be continued.
Educator to Address
Afternoon Conference
Prof. Louis R. Keeler, assistant
director of the Bureau of educa-
tional reference and research, will
address the second of the after-
noon conferences sponsored by the
School of Education at 4 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon in the auditori-
um of the University High school.
His subject will be "The Problem
of Educating the Crippled Child."
SETTLEMENT OF HOOVERl PLAN
HAILED IN EUROPEAN CAPITALS;
EXPERTS TO MEET NEXT WEEK
Named Head of
N.E.A
AssociatedPress Phot4
Mrs. Florence M. Hale,
Educator from Augusta, Me., who
Was elected president of the Nat-
ional Education association at its
convention in Los Angeles.
COPELAND FAVORS
HU1DSONW'ATERWAY
Declares St. Lawrence Route Is
Primarily One-Way; Appeals
to Patriotism.
ALBANY, N. Y., July 7. (P)-Sen-
ator Royal S. Copeland, (former
mayor of Ann Arbor), Democrat, "
New York, addressed the one-day
convention of the Great Lakes-
Hudson Waterways association to-
day, declaring the all-American wa-
ter route offered greater possibili-
ties for domestic trade than the
proposed St. Lawrence waterway.
He said the movement of middle.
western wheat to Europe was a fac-
tor scarcely to be considered in
evaluating either route, as increased
acreage in Canada, cheaper freight
rates in the Dominion, and agree-
ments with Great Britain had pre-'
luded any advantage in competi-
tion for the Liverpool market.
Senator Copeland said he regard-
ed the St. Lawrence route primarily
a one-way route-a heavy and bulk
cargo waterway, with little west-
bound traffic possibilities.
"The waterway to the sea should
be built where it will guarantee the
use of American carriers and Amer-
ican ports. To build the St. Law-l
rence canal is the first step toward,
the destruction of our merchant
marine. As I see it, no American
patriot aware of the possibilities
should think of such a thing as the
promotion of the St. Lawrence ca-
nal," he said.
Senator Copeland said Senator
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Republican,,
of Michigan, and Senator Thomas
J. Walsh, Democrat, Montana, chief,
advocates of the St. Lawrence wa-
terway, advised him that they
would support the Hudson River
route if unreasonable and insur-
mountable obstacles to the St. Law-
rence project developed.
League Witl Give Tea
Dance This Afternoon
A tea dance will be given for all
University faculty and students
from 4 to 5:30 o'clock this after-
noon in the Grand Rapids room
and Concourse of .the Women's
League building. This tea will have
<as special guests the women of
Helen Newberry residence and the
women of Public Health Nursing in
the School of Education.
BASEBALL SCORES
American League
Philadelphia 7, Washington 3.
Chicago 10, St. Louis 8. (12
innings).
Boston, New York, 2 games,
rain.
National League
Brooklyn 5, Philadelphia 1.
Chicago 14, 6, St. Louis 2, 3.
New York, Boston, 2 games,
rain.
Foreign Stock Markets
Reacting Favorably;
Shares Drop Here.
HOOVER SEES AID
TO DISARMAMENT
Gernany Prepares for
Regime of Economy;
Pledges Faith.
(By Associated Press)
Definite arrangemehts for a
meeting of a committee of experts
to work out the details of apply-
ing President Hoover's moratori-
um plan were made yesterday,
and the meeting is to be held in
London next week.
In most of the capitals of Eu-
rope and in other countries of the
world, the Franco - American
agreement was hailed with satis-
faction and enthusiasm.
European stock markets generally
reacted favorably to the announce-
ment of the accord, although the
New York stock market broke
sharply during the day, recording
net losses of from two to nearly ten
dollars a share.
Disarmament Aid Seen.
WASHINGTON, July 7. ()- A
definite advance in wold disarma-
ment was expected tonight by the
administration as one important
consequence of the war debt mora-
torium.
With the holiday in intergovern-
mental payments definitely assured
and steps already taken to adjust
remaining details, President Hoo-
ver and his advisers made the
forthcoming general disarmament
conference the next diplomatic ob-
jective.
The disarmament conference will
be held at Geneva in Februajy un-
der the auspices of the League of
Nations. America will participate
fully and officially.
Germany to Cut Expenditures.
BERLIN, July 7. (iPF)-The Ger-
man government today in a procla-
mation issued to the peple warned
that greater economy tihln ever be-
fore is necessary an; edged its
word thst money mmJ available by
the Hoover war aebt plan will be
used scely {of the purpose of
bringing about ecczsoldation of the
nation's naences.
22 ENGINEERSGET
PERFECT:RECORDS
One Architect Also in Al-A'
Group; Leader Receives
21 Hours Credit.
Perfect records of "A" for the
last semester were earned by 23
students in the Colleges of Engi-
neering and Architecture, according
to an announcement yesterday.
Erwin R. Boynton, of Pontiac,
headed the list by completing 21
credit hours. Harry E. Chesebrough
and Byron C. Coats, of Grand Ra-
pids, each earned 20 hours.
Other "all A" engineering stu-
dents were: Robert O. Barr, Lima,
0.; Maurice E. Bates, Romeo; Owen
K. Brown, Newberry; Richard N.
Cogger, Detroit; Carl K. Davis, De-
troit; Jorge J. Jiminez, Ann Ar-
bor; Frederick S. Kohl, Bowling
Green, O.; Mathias F. Matzek, To-
ledo; Gary Muffly, Richmond; Carl
W. Nelson, Iron Mountain; Spencer
H. Rockwood, Hightstown, N. J.;
George M. Skinner,Buffalo, N. Y.;
George A. Spangenberg, Ann Arbor;
Victor L. Streeter, Macellus; Robert
D. hompson, Grand Rapids; Wil-
liam B. Tippy, Jackson; Lawrence
C. Whitsit, Detroit; Donald G. Wil-
son, Bridgman; and Edward G. Yee,
Detroit.
The only "all A" architectural
student was Malcolm R. Stirton, of
Detroit, who completed 18 hours of
work.
TTACKS CAMPAIGN
'0 CUT GAS fRATES
I
H. L. Doherty, Utilities Magnate,
Blames Kansas City Star
for Movement.
TOPEKA, Kan., July 7. (A')-De-
nunciation by Henry L. Doherty of
an attempt to force the Cities Serv-
ice Co. to reduce gas rates in Kan-
Ssas was studied by Gov. Harry
Wooding here today.
The New York utilities magnate,
in a telegram to the governor Mon-
day, placed on the Kansas City Star
responsibility for an order issued
last week by the Kansas banking
department withdrawing its appro-
val from all Cities Service curb
stock except its first preferred, and
barring such stock from further
sale in Kansas. Both Woodring and
executives of the Star declined to
comment immediately.
The banking department tempo-
rarily has been restrained by the
Shawnee county district court from
putting into effect its order bar-
ring sale of the Doherty securities
in the state. A hearing is set for
July 13 in Topeka.
Business Skies Rosy, Commerce Heads Say
WASHINGTON, July 7. (A)-Rosi-
er business skies the world over are
reported by Commerce department
representatives as a result of the
Hoover moratorium proposal.
Summarizing reports on the peri-
od since the President announced
his plan but prior to the agreement
with France, the Department an-
nounced that word of "improved
sentiment" had been received from
several countries.
Department experts said the psy-
chological effect of the moratorium
negotiations unquestionably has
been good. They were unable, as
yet, however, to tell what material
effect it may have.
A "survey of current business"
issued tonight showed declines in
the domestic business field for May.
The department said, however, in-
dications were that there was a
conside. able improvement in June.
The May employment situation,
though showing declines, was de-
scribed as better than usual for!
that season. General business drop-
ped slightly more than usual.
The rebound of sentiment abroad
was reported most marked in Euro-
pean countries. There was no great
change in Asia and South America.
where improved sentiment was
noted during the p: eceding two
weeks.
The greatest feeling of optimism
was reported from Great Britain,
Italy, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.
Japan reported optimism due to
the better silk and rice prices, while
confidence increased in the Dutch
East Indies and the Philippines.
Reports received thus far for
June indicate an increase in car
loadings and better than seasonal
production of electric power and
automobiles. The returns, however,
still are far from complete.