I THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, JULY13, 1954 TWO-DAY MEETING: Speech Conference N ~Set To Op--en Fridayv "THE GUARDSMAN"-JULY 13 THRU 24: 04 Saline Mill Theatre Presents Plays WILLIAM DOPPMAN, JORGE BOLErT ... Naumburg winners one generation apart Speech science, pedagogy, tele- vision and the theater-thiese are just some of the topics scheduled for discussion during the annual Summer Speech Conference, Fri- day and Saturday. Sponsored by the Department of Adorniments On Exhibit Tibetan ladies go overboard for earrings, Chinese for symbolic jewelry and the Filipinos weave cloth from pineapple fibers-evi- dence of such doings can currently be found in the "Articles of Adorn- ment" exhibit in the. Rackham Gallery. Presented in conjunction with the summer program "Woman in the World of Man," the display will run through Saturday. It was arranged from University collections by Mrs. Kamer Aga- Oglu, associated curator, Division of the Orient of the Museum of Anthropology. The Tibetan belles seem to like earrings, especially heavy ones, As a matter of fact, one ancient pair, silver inlayed with turquoise, is so heavy it has achain worn over the top of the head for sup- port. Practical Ornaments The Tibetan gals of the past went in for more practical orna- ments, such as, one of silver, coral and turquoise worn ont he shoulder. Hanging from the ornament are a toothpick, ear-spoon and set of tweezers. Also included in the display is a Chinese necklace of openwork ivory beads and glass. These are connected with silk cord, ornamented with "endless knots," symbol of longevity. Pineapple fiber woven into ma- terial called "Pina" is seen in scarves and a blouse in the ex- hibit. Another fabric sample is the Ta- pa cloth from Polynesia. Made of the inner bark of the paper mul- berry tree, the material has a de- sign stamped on it from wooden blocks and painted bamboo sticks dipped in vegetable dye. Gallery hours are 2 to 10 p.m. every day except Sunday. Speech, the conference is open to the public. All sessions will be held in the Rackham Bldg. Starting the two-day event off on Friday will be a demonstration debate on "Resolved: That the Federal Government Should Initi- ate a Policy of Free Trade Among Nations Friendly to the United States." This will be followed by a talk on "Technical Aids in Inter-Lingual Communication" by L. E. Dostert, director, Georgetown University Institute of Languages and Lin- guistics. Closing the morning session will be Prof. Eugene H. Bahn of the Wayne University speech depart- ment who will speak on "The Bas- ic Nature of Oral Interpretation." Detroit Education TV That afternoon, Kathleen N. Lar- die, director of radio and television for the Detroit Public Schools, will discuss "Education Television in Detroit." Next on the program will be "Freedom of Speech and t h e Speech Teacher." discussed, by Prof. Waldo W. Braden of the Louisiana State University speech department. That evening will be devoted to a panel discussion on "Trends and Opportunities in Speech Educa- tion." Participants will be: Prof. Brad- en; Prof. Thomas A. Rousse, Uni- versity of Texas speech depart- ment chairman; Prof. Paul D. Bag- well, chairman of the Michigan State College Department of Com- munication Skills; Prof. W. Nor- wood Brigance, Wabash . College Max Fuller, director of Field Edu- cation, Maytag Company, Newton, Ia.; Prof. Karl R. Wallace, Uni- versity of Illinois speech depart- ment chairman and president of the Speech Association of America. On Saturday the conference will start off with a talk on "Problems in Communication" by Fuller. Prof. Brigance will then speak on "On 'Appeal to Reason' and 'Ap- peal to Emotion." Next on the program will be B. Iden Payne, guest drama director, who will discuss "Shakespearean Productions." Closing the conference will be B. luncheon in the Union. Speaker will be Prof. Wallace who will discuss "Rhetoric and Politics." Pianists Bolet, Doppmann Discuss Naumburg Awards, Saline Mill Theatre, playhouse-in-the-round, will present Frank Molnar's "The Guardsman" at 8:30 p.m. tonight through Saturday, July 24, as the second in the summer season series of productions. Tickets for the plays, which are priced at $1.65 for individual per- formances and $5 for student membership for the entire season, may be put on reservation by calling Saline 31 or writing to Box 205, Saline. Saline Mill Theatre, "possibly the most beautiful and comfortable summer playhouse in the country," according to J. Dorsey Callaghan of the Detroit Free Press, dates back to 1935, when Henry Ford built the Mill from the remains of an earlier wheat mill. Constructed early in the period of the George Washington Carver soybean experiments, the colonial architecture of the original mill was preserved, even to retaining the foundation. Only electricity, steam heat and modern plumbing were added. During the years of its operation, Saline Mill produced such varied items as soybean paint, Ford steering wheels, Illinois license plates, cattle feed, industrial soybean oil and powdered plastics. The crude processing building, cleared of machinery and ex- tensively remodeled, is the present Saline Mill Theatre. The Mill proper has been converted into an art gallery and living quarters for the company. Both buildings, which could have been designed for a theatre, are finished in native rock and knotty pine-panelling and are nestled in a natural valley just beyond the Mill dam near Saline's busines district. Center staging, or the true theatre-in-the-round, was ftwv1 bped by a West Coast group at the University of Washington to p10v1de audience seating on three or all sides of the playing stage,. lowerPw g;, the cost of design and construction. The absence of walls also leod- itself to flexibility in staging and scenery. Business manager of the Saline Mill Theatre is the Rev. John J. Hamel III, former assistant rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Ypsilanti. His sister, Barbara, is one of the original producers of the theatre-in-the-round plays, and brought the idea to the Saline Mill last summer. Serving as actors-directors for the productions are Ted Heusel, of the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre and a graduate of the University; and Earl Matthews, of the speech department, now ,teaching in Detroit high schools. Florence and Gene Rupert, who will have the leads in "The Guardsman," Nancy Born, Dorothy Patterson, Jim Schneider and Gene Jankowski provide the talent for the main acting roles, while subsidiary parts are played by Beverly Clevinger, Susan Goldberg and Shirley Tepper. Air director for the summer theatre is Charles Hoefler, a graduate, of the University, and the house manager, "chief cook-and-bottle- . washer," is Frances Charrier, Congregational theological student. Future plays on the summer schedule include G. B. Shaw's "Can- dida," July 27-August 7; Christopher Fry's "The Lady's Not for Burning," August 10-21 and Thomas Job's "Uncle Harry," August 24-September 4. Performances each week run Tuesday through Sat- urday. FLORENCE RUPERT, CO-STARRING IN "THE GUARDSMAN," IS "MAKING-UP" FOR HER PART IN THE RECENT PRODUC- TION, "PRIVATE LIVES." DAILY PHOTO FEATURE By DAVE TICE Two gifted pianists, a generation apart, and both winners of the much sought-after Walter W.Naum- burg award, met in Ann Arbor yesterday. One was the celebrated Cuban pianist Jorge Bolet, and the other was 19 year old William Doppmann Jr., resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a junior in the University School of Music. Describing himself as "an an- cient Naumburg winner," Bolet re- lated how his own musical career has fared since his release from the U. S. Army in 1946. He spent three years in the Army, first in the Infantry, then in the Special Services during the Japanese occupations. His career as a pianist had just begun when the war intervened, and, as he said, "It's difficult to pick up the pieces after an inter- ruption of three years." His success in "picking up the pieces" may be ascertained from the number of his engagements- 55 during the last year alone. Goes to Germany In addition, he and four other young musicians were invited to Germany several years ago for a tour of the country, as guests of the German Federal Government. While there, the four performed at a concert of the Berlin Phil- harmonic Orchestra, and Bolet wigl play at one of the New York concerts of this orchestra during its forthcoming American tour. This year Bolet has recorded two works of Prokofiev for Remington Language Tallk Set Thursday Thursday Prof. Kenneth Milden- berger of the Modern Language Association will be on campus as a special consultant for Teacher of French and Spanish. He will give an address on "The Renaissance in Language Learn- ing" at 3:30 p.m. in 439 M a s o n Hall. The lecture is open to the public Without charge. Prof. Mildenberger has achieved stational renown for hs brilliant fork in directing the Foreign Lan- uage Program of the Modern Languag gAssociation.hThis pro- 4 ram, backed by funds from the I ockefeller Foundation, is a three- ear study of the entire field of .freign language teaching int he United States, DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 4) Coming Events Kaffeestunde. A German conversation oup will meet informally every wed- nesday at 3:15 in the South Cafeteria o the Michigan Union. All persons in- t rested in speaking and hearing Ger- n an are cordially invited to attend. Russian Circle-Professor Grossman, vsiting professor of economics from t e University of California. will address the Russian Circle in the International Gnter at 8 p.m., Wednesday. July 14. records: the Sonata No. 7, and the Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Thor John- son conducting. Cincinnati Greatest Triumph It was in Cincinnati, one and one half years ago, that Bolet made perhaps his greatest triumph. After his performance of the Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3, the usually apathetic Friday afternoon audience gave him an ovation that was described by old-timers as the loudest and most prolonged they had ever heard at the concerts. Bolet admitted that he was al- most unnerved by the newspaper notices the next day, "which led people to expect some super-colos- sal Horowitz." When the concert was repeated the next day, Cincinnati's Music \Hall was entirely sold out, and the performance of the concerto received the same ovation that it had the previous day. Bolet To Play Here Ann Arbor will hear Bolet for the second time (he appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra during the 1952 May Festival here) on November 15 of this year, at which time he will give a solo re- cital for the Choral Union concert series. Doppmann, a student of Benning Dexter of the School of Music, was one of the four winners of the Naumburg award early this spring. The purpose of the award is to give young performing artists an opportunity for a debut in New York's - famed Town Hall. In order to reduce the almost astronomical number of applicants for the highly competitive contest (in a recent year there were 145 singers, in addition to instrumen- talists), the amount of music each contestant must be prepared to perform was recently increased from one to two 70 minute pro- grams Although no one actually has to play the 140 minutes of music, the choice of numbers is entirely up to the judges, who may demand to hear any of it. In comparing notes, it was found that despite the increased require- ments Doppmann had to play on- ly about half as much music as Bolet did when the latter won the Naumburg award in 1937. Wehn asked how he took the news that he had won, Doppmann re- plied, "I had gone through so much tension that when the re- sults were announced I didn't feel a thing. I was so dazed that I wasn't elated or anything else. I got over it, though." Lecture Film Series Slated The lecture-film series program sponsored by the School of Public Health for the week of July 12, will be Maternal and Child Health and films covering dental health, nutrition and maternal and child health. First of the series, all of which will be presented at 4 p.m. in the School of Public Health Auditorium, is a film-discussion entitled "A Well Child in Every Seat" Tuesday July 13. Dr. Donald C. Smith will c-onduct the discussion. Thursday, July 15, a series of films will be shown dealing with the topics covered by speakers for the last two weeks in dental health, nutrition, and maternal and child Pictures by DUAN E POOLE Story by SUE GARFIELD 4; Calendar o Events TODAY-- Harpsichord Concert Harpsichordist Alice Ehlers will present the "Goldberg Varia- tions" of Johann Sebastian Bach in a public concert at 8:30 p.m. today in Rackham Lecture Hall. Mrs. Ehlers is a lecturer in musicology in the School of Music for the Summer Session. She will present a second concert in con- junction with the "Woman in the World of Man" series orm August 2. The Goldberg Variations consist of an Aria with thirty varia- tions. The work was commissioned by the Russian Count Keyserling for his house harpsichordist, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, to be played on the Count's many sleepless nights. Soviet Discussions Beginning today, there will be four seminars and public round- table discussions on the trends in Soviet society with emphasis on de- velopments since Stalin's death. "Geographic Baese of Soviet Power" to be discussed under John A. Morrison, former chief of the USSR division, Office of Strategic Services, will be the first of the round table discussions which will be held at 8 p.m. today in the West Conference Rm. of the Rackham building. "Soviet Internal Politics" will be discussed in the sessions sched- uled for July 20 and 22. Thomas B. Larson of the Division for Research, USSR, Department of State, will lead them. All the round table dis- cussions are open to the public. On Tuesdays and Thursdays seminars will be held at 3 p.m. In Mason Hall. Both the seminars and discussions are part of the special summer program in Russian studies. TOMORROW- Arabic Literature Talk Tomorrow, Franz Rosenthal, a leading specialist in Semitic lan- guages and Arabic literature will speak on "Arabic Wisdom Litera- ture" at 4 p.m. in Auditorium B. Angell Hall. Professor of Arabic at the University of Pennsylvania, Prof. Ros- enthal will discuss "Arabic Historiography with Special Reference to Ibn Kaldun" Friday at the same time and place. The two lectures are a part of the current series presented by the Near Eastern Studies department on "Studies in Near Eastern Culture." Speech Assembly "Fact and Fancy" will be the subject of a public lecture by the Rt. Reverend Thomas Bloomer, Lord Bishop of Carlisle, Stanwix, Carlisle, Cumberland, England, at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Rackham Amphitheater, sponsored by the speech department. Bishop Bloomer was appointed to his position in 1946 and was recently admitted to the English House of Lords. UNUSUAL GIFTS for all occasionS , INDIA ART SHOP 330 MAYNARD STREET (Across from the Arcade) rc--a F c oOc ~ o a o o( . I A maa a ae a a mm an a i w Na i a NANCY BORN, UNIVERSITY GRADUATE AND LEADING ACT- RESS AT SALINE, AS SEEN PLAYING "AMANDA PRYNNE" IN "PRIVATE LIVES" FLORENCE RUPERT, TED HEUSEL, GENE RUPERT AND NANCY BORN IN A SCENE FROM NOEL COWARD'S PRO- DUCTION, PLAYED ON THE THEATRE-IN-THE-ROUND STAGE AT SALINE. 4 SALINE MILL THEATRE, PLAYHOUSE-IN-THE-ROUND, BUILT IN 1935, LOCATED ON U.S. 112 JUST OUTSIDE OF SALINE. PERFORMANCES ARE GIVEN EACH WEEK, TUESDAY THRU SATURDAY. SINGLE ADMISSION IS $1.65. -.41 -J, - ~ ~Y