THE MICHIGAN DA ItY FRDAY, JULY The Michigan Daily Established 1890 % o- ' ! a 7777r Music and Drama "BERKELEY SQUARE" fA Review ByM. A. S. For sheer artistry alone-of acting, of direct- ing, of staging, of costuming-this week's produc- tion of "Berkeley Square" should be seen. The play itself is vivid and alive. Intellectually alive. It revolves about a young man whose love of the eighteenth century is so keen as actually krlt_ A=,. O - , out Ei s o'f Rublished every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of the Western Conference Editorial Associa- tion and the Big Ten News Service. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use or repubication of all news dispatches credited to ituor not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dipatches are reserved. 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Kline~ Asistant Business Manager............Norris P. Johnson 0trculution Manager ..................Clinton B. Copger FIDAY, JULY 22, 1932 tQ throw him back into that period. He achieves I' a reunion with these past figures through his spir- itual closeness to them. To try to explain in de- tail the conception of time that is offered by Mr. Balderston would be very confusing. It is a glib offering and seemingly simple, but when studied closely presents several practically unsolv- ed snags. However, it should not be analyticall approached. This is not a staged theory but a real drama. And as such it must be aCcePted. It is a new and refreshing drama. There is no eter- nal triangle here. But there are several triangles if you choose to find them. Picture a man-Peter Standish by name-in love with a girl who died a century and one half before he was born and hating a man who existed then. Picture a girl loving a man who had not lived. Picture another whose love was cast aside 'for that of a ghost. Picture them all involved together. There are angles to this play. Many of them. And the Lydia Mendelssohn theatre was the perfect setting for it. It created a desirable intimacy. Alan Handley proved that he can be a real ar- tist. His technical facility and emotionalism in times past have shown possibilities, but there was always present a rather forced egotism which limited him greatly. As Peter Standish there was none of that. He gave a truly fine performance. Martha Ellen Scott was well cast as the fragile and delicate Helen Pettigrew. Miss Davie was capable as Lady Anne. She has an unusual voice which she uses to advantage. Harry R. Allen as the Ambassador was interesting. The first scene between him and Mr. Handley was nicely balanc- ed-the restraint of theone contrasting the agi- tation of the other. Mr. Crandall's Tom had a poor, beginning but developed toward the end. Miss Keller's portrayal of Kate was strong and in- telligent. Lauren Gilbert as Mr. Throstle had an easy grace and familiarity which was character- istic of the whole cast. Mr. Windt's directing- was easily recognizable in its careful thoroughness. It will be some time before there will be suph a spirited student production as was presented this Sympoems class both to those that might know anything about the subject and to those who admittedly do not. Such a method of cramming knowledge and the "I am God" attitude are positively dis- tastefully revolting to any desire a student may have to get ahead in some subject. By the time such instructors attain the position of being paid for instructing in college . grade schools they should know themselves well enough to be abe to make a good self-evaluation. It sometimes works the ether way and gives these instructors what is familiarly known as the swelled head. From 'those instructors who just grate on you our only prayer is that we be spared, for their hu- mor is over our lowly head. SUCCESSFUL PRECEDENT (The Daily Iowan) The University of Iowa has followed, directly or indirectly, a precedent set by its sister institu- tion within this state with its plans for a co-oper- ative dormitory system. At Iowa State college the idea has been in effect several years for wo- men and recently, within the last school year, was tried by the men. The idea has been a successful one at Ames, throughout all of its life. Residents of Mary Lyon hall, girls' dormitory operated under the co-oper- ative -plan, have been able in the past to cut ex- penses of living by an average probably nearf40 per cent under the cost to residents of the dormi- tories under the regular system. The plan as worked for the men attending the state college has not been of as long duration, and cannot offer figures for a period of years, but the saving in its first year of existence. has been at least proportionate. There is no danger in one point which might be questioned. That is in the matter of paying too much attention to "housework" and too little to study. The work of 'Jhousekrepin" 'is notutoo great and too little to study. The work of "house- keeping" is hot too great to permit efficient use of text books. Neither is that work too much on the menial arder. Probably less so, and surely no more, than -the average amount of help at home which might be given by any student. Such a life builds up a fine fraternal spirit, just as any co-operative gesture does in any field. The plan has been successful in another neighbor school, and now Iowa should put it to work suc- cessfully. WATERING ATHE FLOWER OF MATURITY (Daily Tar Heel) President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard in his annual report to the board of overseers states that "students as a whole appear more mature than a generation ago, not only in sholarship but also in their outside interests and in the sense of pro- portionate values which is the flower of matur- ity.", Such stateme'ts are probably necessary at per- iodic intervals but they seem very trite. Millions have been poured into the coffers of the univer- sities and colleges throughout the country to in- crease the size and efficiency of the plants. Run- ning budgets have been ever on an increased basis. The money problems of the state institu- tions have been continuously before the state leg- islature and have thus received a great deal of publicity. If the public did not realize that the universities could be improved and did not think they were being improved, would they have ap- proved these increased expenditures? In these big institutions it follows naturally that a stu- dent matures more than in the smaller institu- tions of a few years ago. The contacts of the larger group and the necessarily increased in- dependence of th individual facilitate this. The general truth of his statement is obvious but we are inclined to doubt the great extent of this maturity. For instance, thegauthorities here 1had recently to tighten the regulations for class attendance. Would the University find it neces- sary to restrict absences to keep really mature students from flunking? Wouldn't mature stu- dents be able to regulate their activities to their best' personal advantage? GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS Strikingly indicative of the growth of the Brown Graduate School is the announcement of the awards made to advanced students. Many critics s of Brown have found fault with the idea of a t graduate school in this University, but the suc- cess of the institution in spite of its short exist- ence augurs ill for the arguments of these com- mentators. The fact that over seven'hundred and fifty applications were received shows the /plane , which the Brown Graduate School has reached under the able direction of Dean Richardson, who is to be congratulated on his untiring efforts. r The creation of the graduate school was the f only factor needed to allow Brown to assime a position as a full-fledged university. Those who wish to deny the college this factor evidenced s themselves as being conservatives and reaction- aries, who were not sufficiently up-to-date to l recognize the growth of Brown. Congratulations are to be extended to the Committee on Fellow- ships for the wisdom of their selection of candi- dates and to the recipients of the awards them- n selves 'for their wisdom in selecting Brown as the t stage of their further development and learning. I 1 :klp- In Spite}of the Warm Weather , , . Your doilies will soil easilVy during the hot suitmer months, hut he Varsity will always be ou h and to wash tIhetin 1for you. You will kvda Varsity a-gency cotcinl located in yor or bo oJst dial -31-23 and 410d ouw~ of the Varsity's delivery trucks will call for your bundle. Remember that the Varsity uses Qnly p 6 re IVORY SOAP in washing your clothes, and the most modern of laundering machinery. t 10 t I i / LtTEM a )R A .a . . a Much may be said for intelligent socialism. It has been responsible for many of the progressive wind liberal measures which have come into exist- enee in the past half a century. Among the im- provements- which have been directly fostered by socialist thought and action may be named the public schoolt systems, old-age insurance and workmen's compensation laws. Some interna-, tional legislation of a progressive nature has been fostered by these groups though when the gen- eral liberal tendency of their thought is consid- ered, the amount is surprisingly small. . The entire situation has, however, become ex- tremely -complicated with the introduction of ele- ments totally foreign to the best type of social- istic thought-elements who expend their entire energies in attempts to foment revolution and class hatred of the most bitter type. World revo- lution is their aim. Anihilation is their password and construction has become only secondary in their program. Borne away by the most bizarre and impossible dreams, their fanaticism stops at nothing. Like a strong magnet near a compass needle, their Third Internationale shibboleths so deviate their mental powers that normal reasoning becomes impossible. They fall themselves com- plete victims to that condition which .they so bit- terly castigate in others-intense prejudice. Time was when almost every thinking person admitted socialistic principles and affilations. But this has long since changed and the infiltration of other elements has put socialism,, in many cases, in bad company. A large number of per- sons today, motiviated by the principles which form the best in socialism, will vigorously deny any such connections because of the intensity of the stigma attached to socialism by the entrance of these foreign elements. - I. Such is the case on the Michigan campus. No one will deny that some of the efforts of the var- ious organizations on,,the campus are of distinct worth. We would mention particularly some of the discussions fostered under socialist direction. Occasionly, they are highly intelligent and very worth while as was Professor McClusky's inter- pretation of the public school system. At other times, they are a bitter ,disappointment to the socialists, as when Eugene Brock spoke and pub- licly declared himself a Republican, the anathema of socialists. Occasionally they are even worse than miserable failures as was the "Mooney" meeting. But despite all this, it is still impossible to es- cape the 'realization that such organizations and activities are s ptoms, often rather painful, but not vital, progrgssive movements. It is impossible for thinking persons to deny that a need, and a very definite need, exists for reforms and changes in the governmental structure of the country. Many of its branches have become diseased but socialist excecrances remain only indications of a need. The doctor is elsewhere. Fullprovision. for changes in form and effect has been made in the instruments upon which the government of the country has been built. The remedy is to be found in the people and in the action of these people along the channels provid- ed, rather than in a complete destruction without a progressive program. An active movement for change along the lines already in existence would be of distinct worth. Thus, it ecomes apparent that a movement Which was once of the highest calibre has degen- erated through a number of stages until at best it is but a token of a needed change. At the worst, it must be classed as a distinct nuisance and, on Editorial Comment SOME ARE BORN GREAT (Daily Illini) Of prime impdrtance upon this bright and sun- shiny spring morning seems the question of re- lative greatness in the faculty. Far from being one of those devil-may-care fellows, who does not value his standing in the community, we are not going to endanger his scholastic career by stoop- ing to concrete comparisons among the lesser dieties that may and probably will control our destiny as far as graduating very soon is con- cerned, we will retain our generality. For those who may have blundered on to this little squib hoping for some verbal fifipeworks of no uncertain color and of unquestionable finality, we apologize. We certainly, like everyone else, have our pet peeves as to instructors et cetera, but this is hardly the place to air them. Our question for this morning, as they say in some of the prize sections, is one of more fundamental importance. In fact, it is a discussion of the whys and wherefores of the practice of eliminat- ing the density 'of undergraduate intellects, with- out even coming so close to the main topic as to mention one single name. For the purpose of argument, or anything you care to label it, we will divide our pedagogue into three classes. First, there are those who' are born great, then there are those who achieve greatness in this, the teaching profession. Then as a final classification, to which all instructors are prone to precipitate themselves during a hot and sticky summer session, are those who just grate on you. This classification, although admittedly inade- quate, will serve for our purpose to separate the sheep from the wolves or the foam from the beer as you will. To put it midly, the predominance of the members of the third class is a condition under which no institution of higher education can exist. Here at Illinois, under our system o liberal student self control and expression, there is nothing that could possibly strain the imagina- tion more than the toleration/ of such individual on the faculty long. Students always have and probably always will claim aversion to professors, instructors, and teachers as a breed, but there is a noticeable tren toward the classes taught by certain professors on the campus that forms a basis for our separation of pedagogues. This trend expresses itself mos unquestionably and conclusively in the increasec registration in those classes. For those. who are born great we have only admiration. This poor tribute is merited' by thei superior skill in presenting a subject so that ever those not especially interested in the subject al least enjoy the hour enough to keep awake. It i through these gifted individuals that our whol careers are changed on the spur of the'moment That is, those of us who are unbalancedenougi to want a life of comparative enjoyment along with our remunerative efforts. Rather than live a life with a purpose we would probably drift hithe and thither upon the so called stream of life i it weren't for these enlightened indiiduals whc really are born to impart information in an in- teresting way to those sitting at the other side o the desk. For those who achieve greatness we hold only respect. On summer days such as these no con- ceivable scope of the imagination will include the effort necessary to become great in the teach- ing profession. The effort at times must seem greatly out of proportion to the rewards as the futility of said effort must almost continuously impress itself upon most of thos, instructors whc experience any sort of thoughts concerning those students which they encounter in their classes '1iose who just grate on one are found, it seems, to be more numerous in college than in secondary or' primary schools. They are some- what of a throwback from the educational techni- que practiced in the lower educational circles. 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