EIGHTEEN THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, AUG. 15, 1936 Varied Opportunities Offered Here. For Students Interested In Drama u + May Join With Play Production In First Year Aged University Conventions Call For Certain Do's And Don'ts For Freshmen, All Phases Of Stage Studied In Classes Laboratory Theatre craft s In By ELSIE A. PIkRCE Opportunities for taking part in student productions rivalling those of experienced little theatre groups as well as for viewing some of the best of modern drama as presented by the Spring Dramatic Season is offered to the dramatically-inclined student at Michigan. The University Play Production group, directed by Valentine B. Windt, is an integral part of the University. curriculum, and students enrolled in this department are taught every phase of stage work, including acting, costuming, direct- ing, and stage designing. Although the courses are not open to fresh- men, any student with sophomore standing may be admitted to the de- partment. Play Production gives about seven plays annually, each of different type, in order to give the student a more varied education in dramatic work. In interest the plays presented range from light comedies to Shakespearean drama. Last year the roster of plays pre- sented during the year in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, a completely- equipped theatre seating 700, includ- ed the first presentation by any group outside New York, of Clifford Odets' drama "Waiting for Lefty," a mu- sical. production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, "Ruddigore," with the School of Music and the physical education department, Moliere's fa- mous comedy, "The Doctor In Spite of Himself," and "Alice In Wonder- land." In addition Play Production students may take part in the four plays presented annually by the Children's Theatre, in which both students and local school children work together. Dancing, Music, Combined During the past few years the de- partment has attempted to correlate education in acting with music and dancing, and Play Production has combined with the School of Music in presenting several operettas. In addition, students enrolled in Play Production are required to take in-' struction in. rhythms under the di- rection of Miss Ruth Bloomer of the department of physical education for women, and several interesting dance recitals have also been given by stu- dents of this department. In "Ruddigore" the acting was in charge of Mr. Windt and his classes, while the School of Music faculty di- rected the music ,and special dance choruses were trained for the pro- duction by Miss Bloomer. This year, an even more ambitious program is being planned for the cooperation of the three departments. The Laboratory theatre of Play Production is used for all classes,.in acting and directing, and all the sets for the plays are built there, al- though the plays are always produced Michigan is no University composed of hide-bound, snobbish super-col- legiate undergraduates, yet down through the years the University has accrued a great many tradititns and conventions - some enforced and others unenforced-but all of which undergraduates in the majority fol- low closely. Here are a number of "do's" and "don'ts" for entering students, all of which have been definitely estab- lished in the culture pattern of Uni- versity life: WOMEN Don't smoke while strolling about the campus. There is absolutely no objection to a girl smoking here and there is no University law to prevent a girl from smoking where she so chooses, but the practice on the cam- pus is generally frowned upon. Don't wear an excessive amount of jewelry about the campus and dress conservatively for classes. The trend among women here is toward sport clothes for campus wear. Don't try to go into the front door of the Union. There is not only a rule against it, it is also one of the University's favorite conventions. MEN Don't call a fraternity a "frat." The use of that word is the world's worst 'faux. pas' as far as fraternity men are concerned. Don't smoke a pipe on the campus if you are a freshman. No law, you understand, but one of those unwrit- ten customs. -Don't listen to self appointed stu- dent advisers. Your faculty instruc- tor, nine times out of ten, is the correct source for any information about the University. Tip your hat when you meet the President of the University. Do not cross the campus lawns. I - Trail blazing is definitely not in vogue here. General Suggestions Don't wear high school emblems. The Yellow and Blue, Michigan's alma mater song, is always sung with head bared. Don't call a professor an instructor or vice versa. However, if you are to make the error, by all means favor vice versa. Participate in all class games and activities. During the rushing period always call a fraternity when you are unable or do not wish to keep an appoint- ment. Just because you might not want to "take" that house there is no reason to offend people. Don't bolt classes with the thought that you can make it up later. It is a virtual impossibility. Don't try to act like a senior be- cause everybody will then know you are a freshman. Only seniors act like freshmen. Be yourself, if your ordinary "your- self" is yourself. The University of Michigan claims that it is the source of the popular song, "Man on the Flying Trapeze," basing the claim on a story in the stu- dent paper of Oct. 13, 1883. Probably the most frequently mis- spelled words in common usage today are "consensus" and "sacrilegious." Even in metropolitan newspapers one finds "consensus" spelled "concensus." sclhool Sp>iril SIIOWs i i ii Gign tic iRdli(s Michigan's spirit was mamies~ted by the largest rallies Michigan foot- ball ;en s have ever recved last fall. Before the Jndiana game, the grid- irron warrios opening Did Ten en- gagernent, more than 5,000 students gathered around a huge bontre in Ferry Field, directly behind the In- tramural Building, and cheered untill every throat was hoarse. Seniors, wearing pots, led one of the most enthusiastic freshman classes in years in snake dances up &, e Sto , the campus main street, and over the campus. Fierling Il. Yost, Michigan's Grand Old Man, and many of the old-time Wolverine athletic heros spoke to howling students in Hill Auditorium before some of the games. The Var- ity-R.O.T.C. Band led Michigan's traditional songs upon each occasion. Campus leaders predict that stu- dent enthuiasm will not only be greater this year than last, but that it will be rewarded by the finest foot- ball teams that Michigan has had in some years. K ipe AOpti mistic Akbxnit Prospects (Continued from Page 13) chances of appearing in the starting lineup. One of the most intelligent players ever to enter Michigan, Ferris Jen- nings, a better than average passer, Louie Barasa, two speedy runners, Bill Barclay and Bob Cooper, and the newcomer Louis Levine, will all be fighting it out for the coveted quarter- back post. Decision as to which one will get the first call will depend upon the development of the line and needs of any particular game. Cooper, be- cause of his greater weight, is the possible selection over Jennings. Ced Sweet will be the only ex- perienced man after the full back position. He will pit his prowess against Knickerson, Bob Curran, and Stanton, all able men when it comes to backing up the line. In the event that Jennings is started at quarter, Cooperdmay get the call over the whole field. Johnny Smithers, hard hitting old reliable, appears to be the standout at the wingback post, although he will be pressed by Ed Phillips and Steve Loiko, sophomores, who have been training faithfully all summer. The left halfback seems to be slated for the more experienced men on the squad, Stark Ritchie, Everhardus, Joe Ellis and Bob Campbell. Russ Hook, a brilliant sophomore in spring prac- tice, is the only newcomer to threaten their supremacy. Ritchie and Ever- hardus, whose flashy play last year was one of the few highlights of the season, are the two most favored at the present time. All in all, the Wolverine lineup this year presents a more imposing front than it has ince the Maize and Blue flew at the top of the mast. With a speedier and more determined squad promised, 4 -i in the Lydia Mendelssohn theatre at the League.- For those who have no interest in taking part in plays, but who enjoy seeing professional productions, the Spring Dramatic Season directed by Robert Henderson is of interest. Each spring Mr. Henderson brings to Ann Arbor some of the best plays of the year, selecting his casts from among the best American actors. This year the plays produced in the Dramatic Season were Edward Wool's Broadway success, "Libel!", Ivor Novello's "Party," "Hamlet," "The Distaff Side" by John Van Drut- en, Elsie Schauffler's drama "Par- nell," and another Broadway hit of last year, Ayn Rand's "The Night of January 16." Featured among the distinguished artist 'who came t8 Ann Arbor to ap- pear in these plays were Blanche Yurka, who was seen in "The Distaff Side," Kenneth MacKenna and Er- nest Lawford, who appeared in "Li- bel," Ian Keith who played Hamlet, Effie Shannon, starred in "Parnell," Estelle Winwood, who played in "Party," "Hamlet," and "The Distaff Side," and Margalo Gillmore, Eddie Garr ,and Lya Lys. Next year will be the seventh of Mr. Henderson's Dramatic Seasons, and an even more ambitious schedule has been planned. The season opens during the middle of May, and runs for five weeks. .I . Regulation GYM SUITS SHOES SWEAT SHIRTS ATHLETIC SUPPLIES F- I WVELCO No doubt this is one of the very first spots you will seek out when you come to Ann Arbor ... MICHIGAN STADIUM - really a bowl scooped out of the earth, with a seating capacity of 87,000 people. Quite a crowd! TH E CLEANING sN 1 thOF MEN'S SUITS. . a t's Not the Job I t Used To Be--I t's a Job L E ,.-- . 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