PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1953 MM- OLYMPIA JULIETA, ANTONIA: Curtain To Rise on'Tales of Hoffmann' Exam Schedule EIGHT WEEK EXAM SCHEDULE DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN {1 Hour of Recitation Time of Examination * * * * * 2* - ; * 8 9 10 11 1 2 9 a .m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.nI. p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13 Friday, Aug. 14 Thursday, Aug. 13 Friday, August 14 Thursday, Aug. 13 Thursday, Aug. 13 Friday, Aug. 14 8-10 8-10 m 2-4 p 2-4 4-6 10-12 10-12 a .m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m# a.m. a.m. All other hours Friday, Aug. 14 4 - 6 p.m. New Clue Found Connecting Premature Babies to Cancer s I 1 ( -Daily-Lon Qui -Daily-Lon Qui THE PREPARATION THE WAITING .. . * * * By FRAN SHELDON Behind the bright lights and the glitter, the dancing and the sing- ing of "Tales of Hoffmann" lie months of work, anxiety and wait- ing. Countless rehearsals and ob- stacles that have been overcome will culminate when the speech department and the School of Mu- sic combine to bring to the stage of the Lydia Mendelssohn theater tonight its presentation of Jac- ques Offenbach's popular opera of fantasy. ** * ON STAGE the various groups -singers, actors, dancers, musi- cians-will come together in a unified whole. They will have lost their piece-work quality-become finished prodpucts. But behind the scenes the in- completeness and anticipation, the worry and anxiety will con- tinue to be part of the "back- stage threatrical atmosphere." The finish will not come until the final curtain goes down on Monday. The 130 cast members will never be on the stage together-except to take their curtain call. Throughout the performance in odd corners of the theater, groups of people will be huddled. Among them ballerinas cueing, bartenders on their lines, singers humming their melodies, and prop and wardrobe people making last- minute alterations will rush from place to place. And in the wmgs, waiting for the right second ... * * ON STAGE, the opera will tell of the three loves of Hoffmann, the latter played by Charles Green. His association with a dancing doll, Olympia, a courtesan, Julieta, and an opera singer, Antonia, are musically told-translated from their original French by Prof. Jo- self Blatt of the School of Musid, who is also musical director and conductor. Prof. Valentine Windt, of the speech department is stage di- rector'. A new clue has been added to the solution of the mystery of cancer. Scientists at the University Medical School have found that premature babies may have cer- tain chemical characteristics in common with those of cancer. By doing further investigation in this field, they hope to alleviate the high death rate among pre- mature infants and possibly to de- velop an early diagnosis of cancer. , * * *' AN INITIAL GRANT from Play- tex Research Institute, a non- profit foundation devoted to pedi- atrics, enables the research team to carry on its work. EventsToday PROF. PERCIVAL PRICE of the music school will present a Caril- lon recital at 7:15 p.m. The program will include works of Bach, Chopin, Schubert, Brit- ten, Menotti, Mozart, Verdi, Ber- lioz, and folk melodies. GLEN WALKER, Grad., will present a clarinet recital at 8:30 Finding the identical chemical substances in the urine of both premature infants and children with cancer, the scientists hope to confirm the theory that pre- mature infants go through a period of low oxygen metabo- lism, similar to that existing in cancer. Low oxygen metabolism, explained as a period of sub- normal activity in the "life pro- cess," results in the emission as by-products of the chemical substances common to both pre- mature babies and cancer. This life process known as meta- bolism therefore may provide the answer to the high death rate among premature babies, a third of whom meet death from un- known causes. The nature of these substances and their relationship to factors in the life process has not been discovered, but under a second grant from the Playtex Park Re- search Institute, investigation is underway. Grants now amounting to $18,- 750 have been advaiced to sup- port the research team composed of Dr. Bruce K. Graham, Assist- ant Professor of Pediatrics, Dr. Makepeace Uho Tsao, Assistant (Continued from Page 2) Hall. It will include ne works of Jo- hann Wannal, E. Lucas, H. Busson, H. Rabaud and M. Glinka. Mr. Walker is a student of Professor Wm. H. Stubbins and his program will be open to the general public without charge. Carillon Recital, 7:15 p.m., Friday eve- ning. August 7, by Alan Ross, Guest Carillonneur from Culver Military Aca- demy. His program will include the works of Harty, British Folk Songs, Se- lections from the opera, Down in the valley by Weill, Music from Germany, Bach's, Sheep may safely graze, Ger- man Melody, Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones, Mendelssohn's, On Wings of Song, Folk Songs and Peter Tschaikovsky's, Waltz from Serenade for strings. Exhibitions Museum of Art, Alumni Memorial Hall. Popular Art in America (June 30 -August 7). General Library. First Floor Corridor. Incunabula: Books Printed in the Fif- teenth Century. Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. Gill- man Collection of Antiques of Palestine. Museums Building, rotunda exhibit. Steps in the preparation of ethnolo- gical dioramas. Michigan Historical Collections. Mi- chigan, year-round vacation land. Clements Library. The good, the bad. the popular. Law Library. Elizabeth II and her em- pire. Architecture Building. Michigan Chil- dren's Art .Exhibition. University High School. Childrens' Books from Fifty Countries. Events Today Classical Studies Coffee Hour: 4:00 p.m., in the West Conference Room of the Rackham Building. Professor Mein- ecke will play some of his compositions for the piano on Roman themes. Stu- dents of the department and all others interested in the Classics are cordially invited. International Center, Weekly Tea, to be held at Madelon Pound House,. 1024 Hill Street, from 4:30 to 5:30 this after- noon. Figy Denies I Illness .Rumor Michigan Christian Fellowship Bible study: The Nature and Person of Jesus Christ, Lane Hall, at 7:30 p.m. this eve- ning. Tonight in Lydia Mendelssohn The- atre, PROMPTLY AT 8:00 p.m., the Department of Speech and School of Music Wil present Jacques Offenbach's fantastic opera, The Tales of Hoff- mann. Music direction is by Josef Blatt with the stage direction by Valentine,. Windt and the choreography by Betty Pease. LATE COMERS WILL NOT BE SEATED UNTIL AFTER THE PRO- LOGUE. SL Cinema Guild Summer Program: Dick Haymes-Dana Andrews-Jeanne Crain in Rodgers and Hammerstein's "State Fair" in Technicolor. Cartoon: "Back Alley Uproar." Showings at 7 and 9 p.m., Architecture Auditorium. Hillel Foundation. "Music Calling" .Classical Music played on high fidelity system at 8 p.m. Everyone welcome. Re- freshments served. The informal Spanish conversation meetings which are held every Tuesday and Thursday in the North Wing of the Michigan Union Cafeteria will now take place at 3:00 p.m. instead of 2:00 p.m. Coming Events The Fresh Air Camp Clinic will be held Friday, August 7. Dr. Ralph Rabin- ovitch will be the psychiatrist. Students with a professional interest are wel- come to attend. Main Lodge, University of Michigan Fresh Air Camp, Patter- son Lake, eight o'clock. College ROTC Officials Meet Air Force ROTC Officers, from 20 mid-western universities and colleges are at the University for a two week workshop to familiar- ize them with a revised AFROTC freshman curriculum. The workshop which includes 22 officers from Michigan, Illi- nois, Indiana, and Missouri, is be- ing conducted on a "group dynam- ics" basis. The revised freshman curriculum which it is studying emphasizes academic subjects. Col. William L. Todd, Lt. Col. Samuel R. Beckley, Capt. Harold K. Jordan, and 1st Lt. Carl D. Gould of the University AFROTC are supervising the workshop. L Cinema Guild Slates 'State Fair SL Cinema Guild has scheduled Rogers and Hammerstein's madcap musical, "State Fair" for 7 and 9 p.m. today and tomorrow in the Architecture Auditorium. Filmed in technicolor with an all star cast, "State Fair" depicts the gay pageantry of the annual Iowa state autumn festival. Saturday and Sunday Cinema Guild fare will offer the "Maltese Falcon," a thrilling Dashiell Ham- mett mystery starring Humphrey Bogart and Sidney Greenstreet. Shows will be at 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday and at 8 p.m. only on Sunday. e f I i p.m. in Rackham Assembly Hall. Professor of Biochemistry, and Walker, who will be accompan- Dr. James L. Wilson, Professor of ied by Eunice Knapp, pianist, and Pediatrics and director of the re- George Rohrer, bassoonist, will search team. play works of Wanhal, Lucas, Bus-{ son, Rabaud, and Glinka. Admis- + A7 inn is n en to the public without UT M eniAttend -Daily--Lon QuA AND FINALLY A fire that caused the death of several persons at its premier caused the opera to be considered a "hoodoo," and because of this for many years it was shelved. * * * ATTAINING popularity compar- tively recently, "Tales of Hoff- mann" had its premier in Vienna in 1881. Now music such as the student's drinking chorus and "Barcaxrole" are internationally famous. The University Summer Session orchestra will provide the instru- mental accompaniment for the two choruses and the nine dancers as well as for the 12 principle cast members who are opera students in the music school. Four performances have been scheduled. In adition to tonight, tomorrow and Saturday, a final show will be given on Monday. All performances will begin at 8 p.m. 'U' Band To Visit Minnesota in Fall The University of Michigan Marching Band will travel to Minneapolis October 24 for the fiftieth anniversary of the an-$ nual "Little Brown Jug" football rivalry between the Michigan Wolverines and the Minnesota Gophers. According to Prof. William D. Revelli, director of the band, plans' are being made to have, the Band make the week-end trip via New York Central and Milwaukee rail- ways. Popp Goes 1own IONIA -(p)- Alderman Ed- ward Popp could blame no one but himself when the City Council refused to buy him a new chair. Popp broke his chair in the council chambers. He leaned back too far and the cast iron leg snapped. He picked him- self up from the floor and de- manded a new chair. "It isn't in the budget," other aldermen told him Tuesday. Popp is chairman of the com- mittee that wrote the budget. charge. GUITAR-PLAYING Milton Ro- Law Confab LANSING )- senberg of the psychology depart- can lick my weiu ment will give a talk at 8 p.m. in Two faculty members and a sideStat Aricu Audioriu A, ngel Hal onDirector Charles Auditorium A, Angell Hall on University regent have been cho- Figy thus scoff 'People, Popular Arts and Soci- sen to represent the state at the had been asked ety. iwe long National Conference ofhabenskdt Illustrated with the animated on State Law op- f bad health. Commssinerson tateLawOP- "In 11 yearsc film, "Mr. McGoo in Trouble In- ening August 17 in Boston, Mass. just been off t demnity" and 20 slides from the The two professors are Dean E. said. current exhibit in the Museum of Blyth Stason and Prof. William J. "That was las' Art, the talk by the folk-singing Pierce of the law school. Univer- had a bad atta instructor will show the individual I sity Regent Roscoe 0. Bonisteel figured I could as he projects himself in the arts will also be a representative atjhomed" of the mass media. i the conference. m Given in conjunction with the summer symposium on "Popular 1 IN AN executiv 1Arts in America," the lecture is ;'syChoogy Book ton Harbor, mem open to the public without charge. nA gytreg T 1 r* *f*Wins Nat l ward gu to resign. The AMIYA CHAKRAVARTY, visit- member board re ing professor of English, will speak "The Psychology of Teaching in favor of the r on "The Art and Action of Gand- Reading" by Prof. Irving Ander- "I certainly w hi" at 8:30 p.m. in Lane Hall. son of the education school has I someone gives so The Student Religious Associa- been selected by the National Edu- said. tion and the Committee for Stu- cation Association as one of the He said coma dent Fellowship of Reconciliation 60 Outstanding Educational Books had told him he are sponsoring the talk. of 1952. job. -"I feel like I "ht in wildcats," lture Department Figy. fed at reports he to resign because on the job, I've wwo weeks." Figy t winter when I ck of sciatica. 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