THE MICHIGAN DAILY THUF IE MICHIGAN DAILY cial Publication of the Summer Session -4-, ~,,4' T1he'Theatre' "SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL" In Review By BRACKLEY SHAW Richard Brinsley Sheridan's satirical farce on scandal-mongers "School for Scandal" has been given an excellent mounting by the Michigan Rep- ertory Players. In contrast to "Grumpy," the first play which Francis Compton, guest-director of the season, directed and took part in, the rest Kof the cast kept right up with Mr. Compton. But have hope; we'll step out of the sticks surely. 'What makes it worse and worse for the sticks, is these Junior Professors, jolly rogues, not so bad at that, pipe in puckered mouths, weighted with ponderous problems, that gallop into classrooms where us Sticks set around, look us over with a wise glint in their kindly appraising orbs, then begin a bombardment with university words, heavy, distant, Alpine, bottomless, Gee Wiz, and the smoke of battle blown away, look at the clock, tell us briefly about the next lesson, and leave us to pick up the pieces. Say, Ed, my Roget gets nervous, then, dizzy, and seems not to get over it; in fact, it gets worse at sight of a Junior Prof. -One of the Boys. 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CONGER Breadth Of The San Franciso Strike... ,W HE RIGHT of employees to strike against employers has been held in- violable in innumerable cases by the courts of this country, but by no legal or moral principle can the general strike being attempted in San Francisco be supported. This because it effects the liberty and person of those -not .effected by the immediate and original controversy, as the longshoremen in San Wrancisco. fiut by the same reasoning that makes the gen- el strike -abomiftble, it also defeats its own purpose.'For, by effecting the whole public, it makes that public turn from any degree of neu- tra ity whiCh it-might formerly have possessed and extend all efforts toward culminating the strike.- Thus the general strike is foredoomed,,and experi- ences of the past show that it is impossible of ful- fllment. At the same time, however, the original dispute remains, involving the demands of the longshore- men. If the general strike is defeated, it 'appears all too likely that the employers in the original dispute will recognize the fact as a termination -of all claims upon the part of the longshoremen,.and thus the whole situation will be only aggravated, for the conditions which brought aboutthe original strike will remain. When Prof. Gilbert Murray of Oxford addressed the International Universities Conference recently, although he was thinking in the sphere of inter- national relations, he made some remarks which apply fittingly to the domestic situation. Speaking on the international spread of violence, Prof. iVur- ,ray said, "In an atmosphere of violence everything for which we stand and in which we believe is made powerless. We want truth. It is a big blow to us if we only say what the man with the revolver wants us to say.", It is the old question of agreement under coer- cion. If the general strike were to succeed, which we have remarked is impossible in the natural order of things, then the Industrialists and employers of San Francisco would be at the mercy of the strikers. On the other hand, now that the strike is to be broken, the longshoremen, who in their original controversy precipitated the general strike, it ap- pears that their claims may be wholly abrogated. The only solution appears to be the extension, by the industrialists and employers, to the strikers and particularly the longshoremen, of a logical for of retreat and a continuation of negotiations to reach a fair settlement. Vote In The All-Star Football Poll.. .. A real professional air was lent to the produc-r tion by the introduction of considerable stage bus- iness not indicated in the text of the play, and in many cases lending an unexpected angle to the dialogue. This business is traditional in the British theatre as Mr. Compton's father was well-known in the English theatre and an authority on the early English drama. One of the amusing scenes in the play is provided by reconciliation of Lord and Lady Teazle, por-7 trayed by Mr. Compton and Sarah Pierce, fol- lowed by an idyllic scene of marital bliss which gives place, in turn to a bitter quarrel. The play moves at high speed throughout with the possible exception of the first act in which the conversation of the gossipers, while witty, is inclined to over-balance the action. Another outstanding feature of the performance is the costumes designed by Miss Evelyn Cohen. They are truly exceptional for anything short of a professional production. With one or two exceptions the student members of the cast were well-chosen and performed their roles with skill. Mr. Compton was as usual excel- lent in the part of Sir Peter Teazle. Special men- tion should go to Charles Harrell who has con- sistently improved during the course of the sum- mer. As Charles Surface, the playboy nephew of Sir Oliver Surface, he received an ovation as he left the stage after one of his scenes. George Totten in the role of Sir'Oliver Surface, the kindly but canny relative of the Surface brothers, made the character entirely convincing.'\ -Claribel Baird as Lady -Sneerwell, John Lee Doll as Joseph Surface, Nancy Bowman as Mrs. Can- dour, Morris Greenstein as Crabtree, and Sarah Pierce as Lady Teazle were also very satisfactory. The play itself is probably familiar to most of the audiences. It deals with that element of society which seeks its vocation and avocation in tearing down the reputations of its members. The hypocritical and backbiting side of this sort of scandal is amusingly brought out in the play. But virtue is triumphant by the final curtain. Campus Opinion DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Copy received at the Summer Session office until 3:30; 11:30 Saturday. Screen Refletions AT THE MICHIGAN "BABY TAKE A BOW" Much as we hate to see "Little Man, What Now?" move out of our midst, there's no other show we'd prefer having replace it as much as little Shirley Temple's latest picture - "Baby Take;, a Bow," which opens at the Michigan Theatre today for a three-day run. The Michigan, incidentally, seems to be copping all the Butterfield gravy of late. So far this sum- mer they've had "Little Miss Marker," "The Thin Man," "Such Women Are Dangerous," and "Oper- ator 13" - all three-star shows - climaxed with "Little Man, What Now?" - a four-star produc- tion. And "Baby Take. a Bow" promises to maintain this high film standard. I'm sure anyone who saw Shirley Temple in "Little Miss Marker" wouldn't think of missing her current presentation. James Dunn and Claire Trevor are cast as her father and mother in a picture that deals with the struggle of a young man just out of prison, and a girl who marries him because she believes in him. Shirley, as their baby daughter, lends merriment to the action and turns a trick in the nick of time that makes her the heroine of the drama. Comedy and human interest has been injected into the scenes showing the camaraderie and af- fection between daddy and baby and the episode -of the child's birthday party affords Shirley an- .other opportunity to show her talents as a singing and dancing entertainer. Alan Dinehart is cast as the blundering detective who is always dogging Dunn's heels. It's a Fox Film, directed by Harry Lachman The story is based on the play by James P. Judge AT THE MAJESTIC "THE GREAT FLIRTATION" It will require a better than ordinary picture to remove the awful memory of "Laughing Boy' from the minds of those hapless moviegoers who attended the Majestic Theatre yesterday or the day before. And that task is the responsibility of Elissa Landi and Adolphe Menjou, who appearin "The Great Flirtation," which opens there today. The film relates the adventures of this pair Menjou, as Karpath the darling of the Budapest Theatre, and Miss Landi as the ambitious unknown who climbs to fame over the wreckage of her husband's career. The major portion of the action is laid in the United States where these two have come in pur- suit of theatrical fame. Conflict of temperament professional jealousy, the inveterate tendency to act even in real life situations soon split them asunder. Miss Landi is attracted to David Manners, a young playwright, and Menjou drifts along unti he comes back to view her as a star. In the supporting cast are Adrian Rosley, Pau Porcasi, and Lynne Overman. Charles R. Rogers produced the show from the story by Gregory Ratoff. Schooi of Education Students: All students now in residence having courses recorded as incomplete (), or absent from examii4°ation (X) must complete their work in these courses by July 21. If, because of ex- tenuating circumstances, a student is- unable to complete his work by this time, a request for an extension of time, with the written approval of the instructor, must be presented at the Recorder's Office of the School of Education. In cases where neither a supple- mentary grade nor a petition for an extension of time is required, the courses will be recorded with grades of E. C. 0. Davis, Secretary School of Education Students: Per- mission to drop courses without "E" grades will not be given after Satur- day, July 21, except under extra- ordinary circumstances. No course is considered officially dropped un- less it has been reported in the of- fice of the Registrar, Room 4, Uni- versity Hall. C. 0. Davis, Secretary University High School bDemons- tration Assembly: The second dem- onstration assembly of the University High School summer session will be presented Friday morning, July 20, at 10 o'clock in the University High School Auditorium. The program will be given by classes in the science and fine arts departments. A series of dialogues, written by the pupils, which grew out of the work in the unit on astronomy, will be pdesented by pupils in the science class. Cos- tume design will be the theme of the fine arts portion of the assembly. All summer session students who are in- terested are cordially invited to at- tend the assembly. School of Education - Four Week4 Courses - Second Period: The seconc group of four-week courses offered ir the School of Education will star next Monday, July 23. All students who expect to elect one or more 01 these courses should register for then this week if they have not alread3 done so. C. 0. Davis, Secy. Michigan Repertory Players: Sher ~ idan's "The School for Scandal" i: to be presented tonight in the Lydi Mendelssohn theatre with Franci Compton in the role of Sir Pete Teasle. Please make reservation: early. The paly will also be presente tomorrow and Saturday night. Today at 4:30: Trip to University t Fresh Air Camp for swim, supper an camp fire with the campers. All wel- r come. Physiological Chemistry 120: The first lecture in physiological chemis- try 120 will be'given. Friday, July 20 at 7:00 a.m. in the West Amphithea- tre of the West Medical Building. Students enrolled in the Graduat School will not be permitted to dro courses after Saturday, July 21. A course is not officially dropped unti: it is reported in the office of the Grad- uate School, 1014 Angell Hall. Students who have changed theil elections since submitting electior cards should call this week at the office of the Graduate School, 1014 Angell Hall. This involves the drop- ping and adding of courses, the sub- stitution of one course for another, as well as the change of instructors. G. Carl Huber, Dean Graduation Recital: Miss Mary Fishburne, pianist, in partial fulfill- ment of the graduation requirements for the Master of Music Degree, will present the following program this evening at 8:30 in the School of Mu- sic Auditorium. Bach, Toccata and Fugue in E Minor: Brahms, Varia- tions and Fugue on a Theme by Han- del; Griffes, The Fountain of the Acqua Paola; Lecuona, La Comparsa; Tansman, Hyme - from Third Son- atine for Piano; Poulenc. 1 1 X Dance Club: There will be a meet- ing of the Dance Club today at 5 o'clock in Sarah Caswell Angell Hall, Barbour Gymnasium. This is the second meeting and will be a prac- tice period. Everyone interested is urged to attend. The Men's Education Club baseball series will continue today at 4:00 p.m. in South Ferry Field. Professor Edgar G. Johnston, As- sociate Professor of Secondary Edu- cation, will speak at the Education Conference today at 4:10 p.m. in Room 4022 University High School. His subject will be "Standards for School." The following persons please re- port to the Office of the Summer Ses-, sion, 1213.Angell Hall, irmme iately: Robert Schlapp G. 'A. VanLear William Rarita W. H. Bair E. H. Keeping E. S. Akeley C. D. Hause R. D. Swisher H. H. Goldsmith B. Kurrelmeyer W. W. Wetzel Theodore Rushko H. W. Duerloo A. E. Edgecombe Dr. Paul' Bassow Dr. Paul Winde Armand Novalli Steve Worthin - Charles Smith Amanda Elbing A. M. Urfatt Mary B. Miles S. E. Munson H. B. Spencis G. H. Russel Sara Bruce A. A. Gould Esther Snell Lucille Poor G. E. Soltzman Fred Williams Irene Waldorf Roy M. Sleetor M. W. Young Robert Kelly Herman Hill A f LEARN TO -DANCE Social Dancing taught s daily. Terrace Garden Dancing Studio. Wuerth. Theatre Bldg. Ph. 9695 C. Meyer W. W. Luitje H. H. Shinn Henry VanEngen Michigan Vanguard Club meeting tonight in the Michigan Union at 8 p.m. Mr. Rodrian, recently from Ger- many, will lead a discussion on "The Second 'Revolution' in Germany." All teachers and students in the summer session are invited to attend the Forum. This group of hostesses will work Friday, July 20. Please report prompt ly at 8:45 on the second floor of the Michigan League: Delta Glass Alice Brigham Virginia Randolph Phyllis Bruin Kay Russell Margaret Seivers Marian. Wiggin Dorothy Moore Frances Thornton Mary Ellen Hall Elva Pascoe Barbara Nelson Marion Demaree Sue Calcutt Marie Held Margaret Robb Lucille Benz Charlotte Johnson Jean Keppel Marian Hymes Ethel MoCormick Men who are acting as .officials at the Friday night dance please report promptly at 8:45 o'clock on the second floor of the Michigan League: Dick Edmundsen Bob Calver John Streif Joe Roper Bill Langden George Burke Paul Kissinger Bob Hewitt " Bob Fox Garry Bunting Bob Babcock Chuck Niessen John Pyster John French Ethel McCormick Lutherans Join Attack On 'Debasing' Movies OMAHA, July 18.- VP) - An appeal to young Lutherans "to refuse to at- tend any theatre that persists in pre- seinting plays that are debasing," Was made at the forty-second annual in- terpational convention of the Walther League today by the Rev. 0. C. Krein- heder, president of Valparaiso Uni- versity. "Salacious plays," he said, "present a greater menace to the morals of our young people and a greater danger -to the spiritual life of our fine christian young men and women than anyone of the many other worldly amuse- ments that appeal for the patronage of our people in their hours of leis- ure." SWIM oat N EWPORT BEACH TRUNKS PERMISSIBLE Portage Lake 14 miles from town e.J'' . Y. 1 ~':-- "d I -, Letters published In this column should not be con- strued as expressing the editorial opinion of 'rhe Daily. Anonymous communications will be disregarded. The names of communicants will, however, be re- garded as confidential upon request. Contributors are 'asked to be -brief, confining themselves to less than 500 words if possible. STUDENT ATTITUDES To the Editor: While we are studying, directly and indirectly, ways and means of developing a more socially ade- quate coming generation,.dare we turn the mirror obversely upon ourselves? In a large eastern university some summers ago, I found students unhappy in answering one an- other's questions or willing to volunteer any help because they thought this would only increase their own competition. "Tell another student a fac\ which itshad taken an hour to ascertain? Oh, No! Make explanation of some subtle problem which it had required an hour to understand? Oh, no! Rather, let him find out for himself. I don't want to do my work for someone else!" Such an attitude is, of course, opposed to the spirit of education; but, further, it is also contrary to the learning process as can be shown by a homely comparison. If one has a pocketbook full of money and continued to give liberally right and left, there will come a time (all too soon) when this pocketbook is quite empty. So, materially, one. can become a bankrupt. But suppose one's mind is full of facts and truths and he continues to tell these to others - gives lib- erally, right and left - will there come a time when this store of truths is depleted? One may feel, for a time, intellectually sterile after having contributed much and long, but the return to greater spiritual energy and ideas is inevitable, both because of the natural accretion that comes from telling or teaching, and because this atti- tude is the way toward peace of mind. Intellectual stinginess is quite stupid, even from a utilitarian standpoint. You cannot bankrupt the spirit. It is the privilege of students in colleges and uni- versities to be of use. Each one of us may be a unit of helpfulness within the group, fostering good fellowship, an atmosphere of good will and ease in classrooms and in other school activities; we may volunteer information here and there, through conversation, to individual students and to the groups; we may develop the habit of giving knowl- edge to fellow students. It is our privilege to stimulate other students by example, in cheerful attitude, neat personal ap- pearance, and in attractive notes and written work. And it -is our privilege to stimulate teachers by thoughtful questions and remarks which imply a fresh point of view. -John B. Geisel. I i t r 6 IL I J I - p Washington Off The Record rFTEN a bewildered program manager presses Mrs. Lucille Foster McMillin, civil service commissioner, into service. She is one of the cap- itol's successful speechmakers. But she insists she will never be the same since she addressed a women's club. As she talked she was quite flattered to notice the rapt attention of a woman in the front row. In the midst of the congratulations afterward this attentive listener made straight for Mrs. Mc- Millin. "I just wanted to tell you," she whispered, "you're losing a hair pin." * * * * BOATS plying up and down the Potomac river go by Mount Vernon, where George Washing- ton is buried. For fifty years each boat has tolled a bell just as it passed his tomb. SO MANY PARTIES in Washington aren't "just for fun." The inner circle has to go gabbing day after day with some 200 near-strangers tea-ing at someone's house. One famous bachelor protested to his sister that no one really listened to conversations at such affairs. He'd go, but he'd try an experiment. He would say in a low voice, "You're a so-and-so, and I wish I hadn't come to this blankety-blank party." And then he'd see what they'd say. He proved his point. Everyone just smiled. He spoke his piece for the last time to a man on the back porch who was not confused by the hum in the parlors. He heard . "Shake," he said. "I'm the husband of this party." DR. CHARLES W. GILMORE has no 'illusions I- W- -- -- A I f COOL MATINEES. . . . MICH IGAN ATTEND .. . COOL MATINEES America's Newest "Crush" SHIRLEY TEMPLE in "BABY, TAKE A BOW" JAMES DUNN CLAIRE TREVOR Comedy - Cartoon - Novelties - News S . MAJESTIC . .. . . . . . . Matinees: All Seats 25c -- Evenings: Balcony 25c, Main Floor 35c It Wasn't What She Did ... But How She Did It! ADOLPHE MENJOU ELISSA LANDI "The Grea Flirtation" .....I .. Matinees 15c . . .. ..WU E RTH . ...... Nights 25c ENDS TONIGHT Frederic March Francis Dee "DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY" "COMING OUT PARTY" TOMORROW Sylvia Sidney Bing Crosby "GOOD DAME" "WE'RE NOT DRESSING" r cur T IS WITH A FLARE of what used to be known as the "home town spirit" that we note the results coming from the West Coast in the Chicago Tribune poll to select an all-star college team of players for a game with the Chicago Bears. For sectionalism to the highest degree is represented in Western balloting. We, of course, recognize that each individual has his own choice in anything, and few things are more arbitrary than establishing the relative abil- ities of gridiron performers. At the same time we resent the failure of Westerners to extend recog- nition beyond their own narrow horizons. Michikan has four outstanding candidates for the all-star squad. Two of them, both practically unanimous choices for all-American teams, we be- lieve should be included on any team. Of the other two, one is an all-American in his own right on many teams, and the other an all-Conference se- lection in what is without question the toughest league in the country, including the Pacific Coast Conference. if Opportunities Ready-.Made For YOU! The Market place of a thousand needs, and of opportunities f orhome and business ... Whether you want to find a lost kitten, sell an automobile, buy°a house, borrow money or trade a banjo for a rifle, our Classified Ad Columns will help you. Uhe Michigan C- -1 ONWO04i~ A HICK FROM TE STICKS To 'the ,editor : I wouldn't mind it a bit if a fellow with some- thing on his.chest shoved it over on the prostrate Ed's weary body. If he feels better that way let him feel, for it's curious, whichever way you look at it. He's fooled, the only one, and doesn't even know it's that way. Most likely he's from the sticks, like others of us, and speaks a funny lingo, a hick jargon, that doesn't scintillate that anybody Lydia MENDELSSOHN Theatre TONIGHT at 8:30 School'for Scandl " i