_THEMICHIGANDAILY 11 CHIGAN DALY Publication of the Summer Session were strangely ccmbihmd with genial kiudliness sociai grace, a±d a capacicj foi stauhn.n epduI ng friendshipd"s Screen Reflections L , r E r II Published 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. MdEMNBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is excusi vely entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches are reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Postmaster-General. Subscription during summer by carrier, $1.00; by mail, $1.50. During regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. 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PIERCE MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1933 AT THE MICHIGAN "HELL BELOW" (Playing Sunday through Wednesday) Robert Montgomery, as Thomas Knowlton, a lieutenant aboard the submarine AL-14 in action off the coast of Italy during the World War, fig- ures in more sensational action that is usually his lot on the screen. Between Austrian mine layers and air raids, the submarine in the story has a hard time of it, and this is the first time that Montgomery has been planted in such a scene of constant activity. He does it well, as the picture comes close to being one of the outstanding hits of R. M.'s ca- reer. As the young officer who falls hopelessly in love with a woman already married, he is pre- cipitated into a series of occurrences in which he disobeys the orders of his submarine commander in an effort to save his friend adrift at sea and target for the guns of a squadron of airplanes, is dishonorably dismissed from the service after unwittingly causing the entire crew a narrow escape from a horrible death at the bottom of the ocean, and finally vindicates himself before both his commander and the woman he loves in a heroic gesture in which he forfeits his life. Walter Huiston, who recently contributed a memorable performance as the President in "Ga- briel Over the White House," has another stir- ring role as the submarine commander, and the cast also includes such notable film names as Madge Evans, Jimmy Durante, Eugene Pallette, and Robert Young. The picture was directed by Jack Conway. it id Cintinents, world) wiich is sentinmnal d.ecad.ana, Sophiszicated-te lives mn his Wor d with a grown up playfulness which he brings wholesale into his plays. He has reached a cynical ease in his outlook on life which is not devoid of the more sentimental emotions. PLAY PRODUCTION'S "HAY FEVER" AGAIN- AND IT'S BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER. The three months that have elapsed since Play Production first produced Noel Coward's giddy farce, "Hay Fever," have done great things for the people who then made up its cast and who have now returned as the Michigan Repertory Players to give Ann Arbor a quite considerably improved presentation of the play. Back in March we were more than merely enthusiastic over the work that Billee Johnson, Frederic Crandall, Jack Nestle, and Sarah Pierce did in the show-we were downright excited. So, by all that is right, adjectives should be flying thick and fast at this point, for every mem- ber of the "Hay Fever" cast has increased the polish, the precision, the vivacity of his per- formance by a very respectable margin. Not only have the headliners-Johnson, Crandall, Nestle- improved substantially, but the lesser lights too have become more sure of themselves and of their parts. As we have written before, "Hay Fever" is about the Blisses - arty, temperamental, pseudo-Bo- hemian -about their guests -uncomfortable, shocked, panic-stricken-and about a week-end- rainy, nerve-wracking, abruptly ended; the whole is done in the best comedy manner of the estima- ble Mr. Coward. For sheer farce, "Hay Fever" is essentially what "Design for Living" is, without the sinister implications. Probably the most significant feature which this most recent production of the play has brought to light is the satisfying manner in which Frances Manchester, Robert Hogg, and Donald Brackett have developed since early spring. In general, it is difficult to trace accurately the prog- ress of a young actor unless it is possible to see him repeat a performance after a period of some months. For this reeason, "Hay Fever" offered an excellent opportunity to judge the work that Play Production has done in the past semester, and the performance of the Michigan Repertory cast Friday night showed definitely that that work has been considerable. So all in all, prospects for the summer look bright indeed. With the return as guest director of Thomas Wood Stevens and the establishment of an outstanding student and ex-student tech- nical staff, the season which opened with "Hay Fever" and which continues with the opening to- night at Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre of Franz Molnar's "The Play's the Thing" promises to be one of unusual interest and activity. -K. S. :S f .e 1I Forty Years Ago And Now. FORTY years ago, when the first Summer Session of the University f Michigan was established, only 91 students were enrolled and less than 50 courses were of- ered in the curriculum. Last year approximately ,000 students were enrolled during the summer erm and more than 600 courses were available. In keeping with this remarkable growth and vith the pioneering reputation that it has ac- iuired in the field of education, this year's Sum- ner Session offers to its students not only a wide rariety of courses but a program of what, for a >etter word, we will call educational-entertain- nent, that cannot be matched by any other uni- rersity in the country. Teachers have long agreed that the knowledge gained in the classroom, while extremely im- portant, should be supplemented by knowledge gained through more pleasant mediums if that knowledge is to be retained. It is only through his dual system of education that one can obtain a well-rounded background. The extra-curricular program of the Summer Session includes a number of lectures given by noted authorities on subjects which range from 'Diet and Nutrition as They Relate to the Decay >f the Teeth" to "Observing Total Eclipses;" from 'The Trend of Collegiate Athletics" to "Some ?roblems of Real Estate Bonds." Productions are being presented by the Michigan Repertory Play- rs which include Noel Coward's mad modern farce, "Hay Fever," and the Classical "Hyppoly- us" by Euripides. Other forms of entertainment ire offered in the form of concerts, excursions to nearby places of interest, and athletic recreation or which the entire equipment of the University ias been made available. We welcome the students of the Summer Ses- ion to Ann Arbor and to the University. We hope hat you will enjoy your stay here and that you will take advantage of the educational-entertain- nent that is yours. AT THE WHITNEY "SLIGHTLY MARRIED" (Playing Sunday through Tuesday) Blonde Evalyn Knapp and suave Walter Byron are the harassed lovers in "Slightly Married." Evalyn is seen as Mary Smith, a girl whose des- perate poverty makes her easy prey for a vice spy and results in her being brought into night court. Here, Jimmy Martin, adventurous young scion of a wealthy family happens to be among the spectators, and, on impulse, marries the girl to get her out of the jam. . Complications set in when they realize they love each other. His haughty mother, his snooty, blue-blooded fiancee and his "friend" succeed in their efforts to convince him that Mary is a mercenary little "tart" and has been making a fool of him. Jimmy gets terribly drunk, makes his way to Mary's flat and overpowers her. A quick Paris divorce follows. Then Jimmy learns the stories were a tissue of lies, but the grievously wronged Mary refuses to see him, until the event of Jimmy, Jr., patches things up and the couple are remarried. Marie Prevost shines as Evalyn's wise-cracking girl friend. Others in the cast are Jason Robards, Robert Ellis, Clarissa Selwynne, Phillips Smalley, Herbert Evans, and Lloyd Ingraham. The pic- ture was directed by Richard Thorpe. f AT THE MAJESTIC "INTERNATIONAL HOUSE" (Playing Saturday through Tuesday) One of the most interesting features of this picture which presents many radio and screen stars, .is that it is also the vehicle for Peggy Hopkins Joyce's screen debut. All of which pro- vides, apropos of nothing at all, an opportunity to review the past of this much-married woman. Peggy ran away from home to marry Everett Archer. Since she was under age, the marriage was annulled three days later. She later met and married Frederick Hopkins but finally left him too, after a year. Following a successful career on the New York stage she married Stan- ley Joyce, multi-millionaire lumberman who showered extravagant gifts upon her, a mansion, a villa in Europe, and a marble swimming pool. She eventually obtained a divorce and married Count Morner of Sweden, divorcing him six months later. Despite all this background which Miss Joyce provides, "International House" is nevertheless an unusual and entertaining movie. It contains a few good songs, and features an unusually large number of excellent entertainers. The scen- ario was from a story written by Lou Heifetz and Neil Brant and the picture was directed by Ed- ward Sutherland. Campues Opinion Letters published in this column should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous communications will be dis- regarded. The names of communicants will, however, be regarded as confidential upon request. Contribu- tors are asked to send in only typewritten or legibly articles, using one side of the paper only. Contribors must be as brief as possible, egnfining themselves to not more than 400 words. The Editors ANOTHER REASON FOR AN HONOR SYSTEM To the Editor: It seems to me that after a university has been in existence for over a hundred years, it is almost time that it decide whether it wants an "honor system" or a "police system" in examinations. But evidently even a hundred and sixteen years is not a long enough time for the University to decide upon and to enforce its system. The cheating that went on in a certain Literary College course during the June finals was so disgustingly evident that even Michigan's worst cribber would think that it was overdone. Now I do not believe that the honest students in this course care a damn whether or not anyone else cribs, but the thing that gripes them is that the cribbers raise the class average sky high, thus robbing the honest students of a fair grade. Whose fault is it that some students cheat? Just picture this and smile. Most of the students are sitting beside each other-not in alternate seats-in a long, long roomin Angell Hall. The instructor (good scout that he is) sits up at the front of the room reading a newspaper, during the entire three hours! So you see it isn't at all difficult for notebooks, texts, prepared cribs and what-not to be spread all over the laps of those sitting in the rear of the room. But, for that matter, I wouldn't say that the cheating was con- fined to only those in the rear! Does the instructor know this is going on? Well, does a blind man have to see the sidewalk under his feet in order to know it's there? You bet the instructor knows it's going on-this course has the reputation of being a "cheater's paradise,' but what does he care? I understand that there was some agitation for an honor system last fall but it fell through, be- cause, if I'm not mistaken "the students were not ready for it." Well, what are they ready for -a "cribber's paradise?" -Sumner E. Shikes, '34. Edlitorial Comment LI IL Effinger bute. W ITH the death of Dean John R. Effinger, on June 7, the University an excellent administrator and a valuable id. Graduating from the University in the s of 1891, he continued to serve the insti- n faithfully for 41 years. Rising rapidly' i an instructorship to an executive position ie head of the largest unit of the University, ecame well known and liked by thousands tudents who passed through the Literary :ge. resolution, adopted by the faculty of the ge which he administered, fittingly sums up noble characteristics and valuable abilities h he possessed. .e resolution, in part, follows: n Wednesday, June 7, the University of .igan suffered a heavy loss in the death of . R. Effinger, Professor of French and Dean e College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. sudden and stunning blow which removed beloved friend and colleague from our midst terminated an honorable and distinguished r of 45 years as student, teacher, and execu- Few men have served the University longer; more devotedly. His loyalty to the Univer- vas jealous and passionate; his every thought wish directed to its advancement. His pro- d interest in educational progress and the >vement of teaching; his wholehearted fur- ,nce of the scholarly aims of his associates :ordial support of their undertakings in re- Lh; his unstinted and highly efficient efforts The Theatre FRANZ MOLNAR, AND "THE PLAY'S THE THING" By DAVID MOTT Surely any season which would bring us a com- edy by Molnar must be termed particularly lively. So it is with the delight of great anticipations' that we look forward to this play of the Michigan Repertory Players' season which opens tonight at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. ..Not that it is a Molnar play alone, but that it is a play about Molnar makes us unusually eager. For it is said that the piece was written shortly after the occasion of the playwright's only ex- cursion into the field of actual production. His leading man refused to learn the lines as they were written, his prima donna filled his cup to over-flowing with displays of temperament-so Molnar tossed up the diplomatic job as director, paid off the choruses, stage-help and hangers-on, and went off for an unmitigated rest-cure some- where in the south Mediterranean. The result was a glittering comedy at the expense of chief actors, leading ladies, composers, property-men, playwrights, collaborators, and family men. The playwright, who surprisingly looks like Molnar himself was the chief character and the deus-ex- A NEW TYPE OF RESPONSIBILITY? Because we are living in a transitional age when different factions are relaxing momentarily before uniting in the face of many difficult prob- lems which mean either the destruction of civili- zation, or its emergence to greater heights, educa- tion assumes a significance it has never had be- fore. Duing the years previous to this era, educa- tion was directed toward the perfection of pro- fessional studies, cultural training, and voca- tional achievement. Little has been done until recently in the matter of educating the mass of students to the world problems existing today.