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FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1937

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DRAMA

By MORLYE BAER
Last Sunday a simple little notice was tacked
onto the big bulletin board that rests against the
wall of the rehearsal room underneath Lydia
Mendelssohn theatre. It had just left the roll
of Valentine B. Windt's typewriter, and like all
his messages it was pertinent:
"It has been found desirable to substitute
Accent On Youth, by Samson Raphaelson,
for Dangerous Corner, August 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Because of the lateness of this decision it has
been impossible to have general tryouts.
"Accent on Youth rehearsal--Monday 11
a.m."
Behind that curt clear message was much ne-
gotiating. When Windt first read Accent on
Youth, he recognized its possibilities as an Ann
Arbor presentation. The characters involved
were unmistakeably suited for home talents. And
the high, modern comedy, a combination of a
professor's love story and a bachelor's romance,
is "tops" with most summer audiences. So he
tried getting it. But Accent on Youth was a
piece of special popularity. It played for over
two hundred performances in New York after
it opened there Christmas night, 1934, it was
played at all kinds of professional companies up
and down the eastern barnyard theatre coast last
summer, and the movies flickered it across the
country and back again to packed houses. But
the owners wouldn't release to non-professional
companies-until ...
Windt received notice of its release last week-
end and because he thought Dangerous Corner
was the only bill he might improve on, he
put Accent on Youth in its place.
At 11 a.m. a small group of actors sat around
the edges of the rehearsal room and read the
play. Ironically enough, they aren't the "youth"
of the Michigan Repertory group. They're the
so called old-timers, the ones that have played
through forty or fifty plays with the same
people and who, because of their long experience
and training, can be relied upon to whip a diffi-
cult theatre piece into shape on short notice.
There was Frederic Chandall, who last week
directed Yellow Jack; Sally Pierce, who's grum-
bling around with her black parasol right now
in Pride and Prejudice; there's Richard Orr, who
played the belching Carter Hibbard in First Lady.
Charles Harrell, who quietly passed away as Dr.
Lazear in Yellow Jack; Claribel Baird, who hasn't
been seen since her Zenobia in Ethan Frome;
Virginia Frink, fresh from Elizabeth Bennett;
and Ralph Bell, still the old man.
They make up the older crew of Play Produc-
tion, and look how easily they fit into Accent on
Youth. First, we have Frederic Crandall as Ste-
ven Gaye, the worldly, middle aged, playright.
Then Sally Pierce as his efficient, but even-
tually-loving, secretary. Charles Harrell takes
to the millionaire, play-boy, actor; and Richard
Orr will play Flogdell, the beaming gentleman's
gentleman. Bell and Baird will fit into the roles
of an old actor and actress whom Gaye calls in
to read his newest play. Mrs. Harrell will play
a younger actress who won't act for Gaye be-
cause he promises to go to Finland with her-and
he breaks his promise.
The comedy peaks of the play are reached
when Gaye says to his butler (they both weigh
plenty and have too much rotunda around the
waist line):
"Flogdell, do you know how to dance?"
And Flogdell; the funniest butler this side of
Eric Blore, says, blandly, "Yes sir, I know how
to dance."
With that Gaye and Flogdell start humming
the Merry Widow waltz and like nothing you've
ever seen Astaire and Rogers trip through, these
two worldly gentlemen fairly shake the stage
with their beef-trust pirouettes.

On The, Level
By WRAG
WE ARE STILL LAUGHING at the ironical
twist that resulted from an error in the As-
sociated Press ad in yesterday's Daily. The ad
took up nearly half of the back page, and in
blaring type said, "'Report me and my cause
aright' ... so spoke the dying Hamlet to Laertes.
These words sum up the ardent desire of every
man to be fully and accurately represented be-
fore his fellow men ... "
It so happens that Hamlet said this speech to
Horatio and not Laertes.

DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the
University. Copy received at the office of the Summer Session, Room 1213
A. H. until 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
All students expecting to receive office of the Summer Session today.
the Master's Degree in Sociology at
the end of the Summer Session are Students in Education: An excur-
requested to see the secretary at the sion to the University of Michigan's
Sociology Office, 115 Haven Hall, im- Fresh Air Camp at Patterson Lake
mediately. is being sponsored by the School of
Education this afternoon. The group
Will the four Chinese students who will meet in front of the University
had their pictures taken at the Gen- High School and leave that point at
eral Motors Proving Ground last Sat- 1:30 p.m. Anyone interested in mak-
urday, and also the young ladies who ing this trip should call Miss Fiegel
had their pictures taken, come to the (Phone 4121, Ext. 685) for reserva-
tions.

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MEANDERINGS ... We have been afraid to
verify the fact .. . but we hear . . that Frank E.
Robbins . . . assistant to President Ruthven ...
has been playing two games of solitaire ... each
night . . . since 1927. For all these games .. .
over the entire ten years ... Dr. Robbins has kept
accounts . . . of how he turned out . . . in his
battle with "Sol" . . . by writing the results .. -
in several notebooks.
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PROF. T. A. KNOTT was trying to turn on a
victrola in one of his speech correction
courses, the other day, and the results were
more than even the class expected. The record
to be played was supposed to exemplify perfect
enunciation, but Knott had a terrible time trying
to start the machine. He fuddled around the
vic for about five minutes but failed to get even
a squeak out of it. Then, when he was about
to give up and confess to his class that he
couldn't make head or tail of the affair, the vic-
trola started suddenly and the record blatted
out, "You have no more mind than a blade of
grass." We understand that Prof. Knott actually
blushed.
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A NEW LOW in intelligence has been struck.
The following story should give new hope
to those who are despairing at their poor mid-
semester marks. It concerns a girl in a Southern
university who wrote "The French Revolution
wrote insulting letters to the American Revolu-
tion," in one of her examination papers.
This blue-book statement puzzled the profes-
sor, so he called the girl into his office to see
why she had written such a foolish sentence.
The girl turned the tables on the prof by telling
him that he had said what she had written in
one of his daily lectures. The instructor said
that this was asinine, that he had never lectured,
"The French Revolution wrote insulting letters
to the American Revolution."
To prove her statement, the girl hauled out her
notebook and showed the professor the following
sentence in her class notes: "The French Revolu-
tion corresponded roughly with the American
Revolution."
We see where one of our better known zoolo-
gists has been making an investigation into the
sensory powers of various fish. The other day,
he issued a statement to the effect that whales
cannot smell. We are pretty sure that he could
not say the same for any other fish.
more pleasant for everybody who finds it neces-
sary to be there during the heavy traffic hours.
-Walter L. Coplin.
More On Forgotten Men
To the Editor:
The other day we shed quite a bitter tear or
so, upon reading the lament in The Daily, of two
of our alleged college mates. These great, he-
men, having struggled through the depression
years, and turned aside the red-eyed monsters of
want, were unable to convince a mere employer
of their sterling qualities. Year after year passed.
The Bureau of Appointments, they said, failed
to hand them jobs, that would provide for them
in the fashion to which they had been accus-
tomed. No superintendent rushed in with open
arms and grateful heart to receive them. How
could life be so cruel as to let two such fine
healthy diploma-pluckers sit by, unbesieged a
host of employers? The pity of it, to sit idly by,
while others received jobs.
In reality there are any number of jobs suited
to go-getters of their caliber. We suggest that
one of them might try his pen on a revival of
the Ode, or Graveyard Poetry, since their tem-
peraments seem suitable to such a sensitive call-
ing. Another equally red blooded work might
suggest itself; that of posing for a sculptor. This
enables complete immobility of mind and body,
and we understand one can become quite well
fixed or fixated.
By no means, however would we advise our
colleagues to venture out into such an unfeeling
world. Far better to "sit serene and fold our
hands," with now and then a rebelling kick at
the Bureau, or gaze like the hen at the ostrich
egg, and sigh at what others are doing.
-Ruth Westover.
God Bless The Court

To the Editors:
The editors of The Daily have touched the
core of the Supreme Court controversy I think
in their editorial of the 28th when they state
that, "The court bill insured that a majority
of the court would not go against the wishes
of the majority of the electorate to safeguard a
minority or a class in the electorate."
That is quite true, and that is the main ob-
jection to the court bill. It is the duty of the
court to protect the minority of the electorate
from the abuses of the majority. It is to the
Supreme Court that such men as Angelo Herndon
may go to seek refuge when convicted of anti-
sedition for passing out Communistic literature.
It is to such a court that the Scottsboro boys
may oannan 1 the ir. nocac. Ti-is .crni in a n-n-ci-th~at

RADIO 1
Sunday night at 7 p.m., radio
drama will probably reach a new !
high because, at that time over
WXYZ, Miss Ina Claire and Osgood
Perkins will be heard in a dramatiza-
tion of Sardou's "Madame Sans t
Gene." In the light of their pasts
successes in the theatre, we suggest
that you reserve a half hour this
evening for this first of a series of
three productions to be given by this
eminent pair.
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If you want to hear some harmony
that, for a change, has good quality,
try WJR late in the afternoon. Three
gals who call themselves the "Three
Smoothies" get together almost every
afternoon at this time, and give out
vocal work that is the nearest thing
to the Boswell threesome we've heard
in many moons. It is, as a matter of
fact, the best feminine vocal com-
bination we've heard in three moons
because it was at least that many
moons ago when we last heard Con-
nie, Vet and Martha.
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Some more radio drama of excel-f
lent caliber is in store for you Mon-
day evening. Over WJR and other
stations of the CBS, Claude Rains
will be starred in Shakespeare's
"Julius Caesar" at 8 p.m., while the
last of the streamlined Shakespear-
ean series will be presented at 8:30
p.m. over WXYZ and the affiliated
stations of the NBC. This evening on
the later program, John Barrymore
will offer "The Taming of The
Shrew."
If you're thinking of going out
dancing any of these evenings, the
thing to do is to test it out over the
air and thensdecide where to go. Try
WWJ at 11 for the music of Freddie
Martin from Westwood and that of
Little Jack Little over WXYZ from
Eastwood which is aired at different
times during the evening. If you still
can't make up your mind, the best
thing to do is to go to the League
where cutting is in full sway.

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Linguistic Institute Lecture: Prof.
Leonard Bloomfield of the University
of Chicago will speak on "The Struc-
ture of the Algonquian Language" atc
7:30 p.m. today in Room 25 of Angell
Hall.
Public Evening at Angell Hall Ob-I
servatory: The 10-inch refractor and
the 15-inch reflector, located on the
fifth floor of Ange'll Hall, will be1
available for Summer Session stu-
dents from 8 to 10 p.m. this evening.
Michigan Dames Family Picnic this
afternoon at Loch Alpine. Group
leaving Michigan League at 5:15 p.m.
There will be swimming and baseball.
Bring food for your own group.
Excursion t o t h e Cranbrook
Schocls will take place Saturday, July
31. Meet in front of Angell Hall at
8 a.m. Round trip by special bus.
Trip includes inspection of the five
schools of the Cranbrook FoundationI
Bloomfield Hills, Christ Church, and
the Carillon. Reservations should be
made in the Summer Session office,
1213 Angell Hall, by 4:30 p.m. today.
Professional Students in Hygiene
and Public Health: A supper for all
professional students in Hygiene andl

Public Health attending the Summer
Session is scheduled for Sunday eve-
ning, Aug. 1, Michigan League, 6
p.m. The price for this supper is 40
cents. All students are urged to at-
tend. Tickets may be purchased in
Room 2, Waterman Gym before noon
today.
. Christian Students Prayer Group
cordially invites all students, interest-
ed, to participate in the weekly meet-
ing held at the Michigan League on
Saturdays. 7:30 pm. For room in-
quire at desk.
Deutscher Verein: There will be a
program of music and dramatic read-
ings on Monday. Aug. 2, at 8:15 p.m.
in the Grand Rapids Room of the
League.
The Men's Education Club has
changed its meeting date from Mon-
day to Tuesday, Aug. 3 so that all
men wishing to attend the Cabaret
Dinner sponsored by the Women's
Education Club may be free to go.
All graduate students who expect
to comrplete the requirements for a
degree at the close of the Summer
Session have not already filed the di-
ploma application should call at the
office of the Graduate School, 1006
Angell Hall, to check their records
and to secure the proper blank to be
used in making application for the
degree. This application must be
filed this month. C. S. Yoakum, Dean.
Comprehensive Examination in Ed-
ucation: All candidates for the
Teacher's Certificate (except grad-
uate students) are required to pass a
Comprehensive Professional Examin-
ation covering the Education courses
prescribed for the certificate. The
next examination will be given in
1022 U.H.S., Saturday, Aug. 7, at 9
a.m. The examination will cover Ed-
ucation A10, C1 special methods, and
directed teaching. (This notice does
not include School of Music students).

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reject letters upon the criteria of general editorial
importance and interest to the campus.
'Of All The Things'
To the Editor:
It seems to me that one of the most ridiculous
practices that could be devised is being carried
out on the main street intersections of Ann'
Arbor every day at the traffic rush hours. Are
the people of Ann Arbor of low mentality, such
inefficient observers, and just so plain dumb that
they cannot tell when a traffic light is red or
green? Then why have a policeman standing
under each light to blow his whistle when the
bell rings and motion the people to go ahead
when the light is green? It is as complimentary to
the intelligence of the population of this intel-
lectual University center and as helpful and
necessary as having the policemen stand at the
corners and direct pedestrians by telling them,
"Step down from the curb here" and "Here's the
curb-step up." What good is the policeman
under the light if there are half a dozen cars
held up behind the red light and none coming
through the green light while he stands there
as if playing that children's game of "statue."
until the light should change so that he can try
to beckon the cars to come ahead before they
begin of their own accord?
How much better the situation would be dur-
ing these traffic rushes to turn out the lights and
allow the policeman to direct the traffic in such
directions as would most readily relieve conges-
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