UA MORGA STATES OPERA- BOOK GOOD *it * * * * fAT THE THFEATER:' * *i lae stic-Vsaude-ille, S Years of t':'he l" iut,"Al RES FAVORABLY IRETTO$ PRODUCED OTHER COLLEGES WITH AT Si x x *I 'g vichigan's 1917 opera book com- s favorably with those of any other ege with which I have been af- ted," was the way Director Charles gan who has conducted operas at iceton, Yale, West Point, and Penn- ania, characterized the book for year's Michigan Union opera, when rviewed yesterday. "Of course," he :inued, "in the eastern schools a e is awarded to the author of the sen book. Pennsylvania for in- ce offers an annual prize of $250, rou see this is a stimulus for the to put their best into the pro- ion. The author, Mr. Pardee, has luced a clever book, one that any ege man might be proud of and that I am sure will make up into ever production. [am well satisfied, indeed, with the things are going; last year every- g was new to me and it took some to get acquainted with conditions . This year, however, I have been to go right ahead. When I re- after examinations I can im- lately start work training the cast chorus. I have already revised the lario so that it is practically in its form, and have outlined the mu so that by Feb. 10, it should be pleted. Things are in infinitely er shape this year than they were year at this time. he aextended influence of last 's opera is shown by the fact that ral days ago I received a letter a one of the large scenery com- .es of Chicago asking if they might e a bid for the scenery for this ' -pera-. Yesterday their repre- ative came on to see me and I out- ,the general outline of the scenery nim. Previously we have always to seek bids from various com- es in Detroit, so you see the effect od opera one year has on the next LANE AIIL)L WORK RSHED ; TO BE FISIIED NEXT MONTH ias,flor, antI Panels Already in PUk'; Provide Room or 40 *: * '4 ~X rcat1.e- 'I'l~~'da IlflTaL iii '~TI~c Vixen." Work on the new "Y" building is taking on an added hurry and bustle this week. The contractors are put- tin; urmre men on the job and it looks as if the front steps would be wearing away under the steps of many students about the middle of i1ebruary., The building of Lane hall has been most peculiar. It has be.n finished many tires, according to the news- papers. Put with the new marble Woct treads on the iron stairs already in place, the beautiful oak floor swept clean from the rubbish that a carpent- I er leaves, and the oak panelling of the second floor already in place, the fin- ish looks near. Up on the third floor, where the moving picture machine will be in- stalled and the assenmblies will be held, the workmen are now putting a mahogany finish on the woodwork. The walls are being finished in white ivory. This combnation makes the auditorium both ligt and attractive. Provision bas been made for mete who are working their way through' school in the new building. On the fourth floor, on each side of the bal- cony, are two large dormitories. These will be furnished with beds and at least O men-can sleep in each room. * * * * * * * * * ,6 * *o AT THI WIIITNEY "The Girl Who Smiles," the musical comedy which enjoyed 200 perform- ances of real prosperity at the Long- acre theater in New York and was sub- sequently most cordially endorsed by the Boston critics, and which comes to the Whitney theater next Saturday, Jan. 20, matinee and night, seems to be particularly rich in number of prominent comedians. Among those having the greater responsibility as fun-providers may be mentioned Le- land Stearns, who impersonates the character of "Theodore," out of which he manages to extract food for hearty laughter. Previous to his member- ship in "The Girl Who Smiles" ranks Mr. Stearns was seen in the part of "Halloway," in the "Man Who Owns Broadway" with Raymond Hitchcock. It is claimed that in "The Girl Who Smiles" he is allowed wider. scope, which has a real plot filled with hu- man interest. Provision has been made, also, the employment bureau secretary. room on the third floor has been aside for him. for A set AUFIiI4T~i ViS I ~ >~if~il ' .YMT~AT TE1~ ERN ~l~rt~l''Y O I-lti)A Ni~ITIT LTASTN NORT/HEST- d "FAIRAND:WARMER" So great was the success of "Fair and Warmer," the Avery Hopwood farce of temperature and temperament, which Selwyn and company will pre- sent at the Whitney theater tonight, that before it had reached its first hundredth performance at the Harris theater, New York, there was a de- man~d for it from every quarter of the country, and its fame has been carried from coast to coast and from the gulf to' Canada by the out-of-town mem- bers of its capacity audiences. Its success was so instantaneous and ;o unceasing during its year in New York, that a nation-wide interest was created. It will come here with a typical Selwyn and company cast of excellent farceurs, who will give the fullest flavor to the Hopwood lines and situations. MICHIGN RDEBATE TEA ,Il TO MEET NORTH1-r. .. [ST e N .9I ' I AFFIRMATIVE TRIO AVVES T RVS 3iORNINC FOR 1YAM$TON SAT 8:12 O'CLOCl Michigan's affirmative debating team will leave Ann Arbor for Evanston, Ill., at 8:12 o'clock this morning, where they will meet Northwestern university in the annual Central league debate. The personnel of the team is: I S. Toplon, '19L, W. P. Sandford, '19, and G. C. Claassen, '17L. The question to be debated is the inheritance tax question, and Michi- gan this year sends her aflirmative team away and has her negative team debate at home. Michigan's debaters have all had much experience and have also been active in other L'niverity orensic ac- tivlties. Toplon was born in Lake Linden, Mich., and attended the University of Chicago high school, which he rep- resented three successive years in de- bate. He was a member of the team which last year won from Wisconsin and is a member of Delta Sigma Rho, the honorary debating axid oratory fra- ternity. W. P. Saidford bears the distinction of being the first sophomore to repre- sent the University in a varsity debate for many years. ie was born in Kewanee. Ill., und for three successive years he was a member of their de- bating team. He will gain member- ship in Delta Sigma Rho by virtue of his participation in this debateA. G. C. Claassen is for the third time dIebating for Michigan, having already appeared in winning teams against Wisconsin and Illinois. He was born in Grundy Center, Ia., and took his preparatory work in Fort Scott, Kans. lie was graduated from Findlay col- , l>indlay, ., with an A. B. de- gr e, and while a studefit of that col- leiw ht participated in both oratorical t debating activities. He is also a Ihi a Sigma Rho, attaining member- ship after his first varsity debate. '1he d baters will each receive a tsiionial of $50, and the Alger gold medal. given by Mrs. Alger in memory of the late Senator Alger. '':?l1iNE 1 COUNCILS TO GIVE SEtiES OF WEEKLY PARTIES Saturday night of this week the first I' a series of weekly dances to be given throughout the rest of the school year by the student council and wom- eu's judiciary council will be held in the Barbour gymnasium parlors., The great demand for dancing space which the Union is unable to satisfy ha been the prime factor in bringing ab(ut these dances, yet there is no in- iention of interfering vwith the Union's' rei :lar Saturday night affairs, which= will be given as usual. A five-piece orchestra furnished by Ike Fisher will be on hand to guide the dancers in their steps. All proceeds a the dances are to go o charity, the making of profit from them not being considered by the coun- c . he princ of admission has been ect at 50 cnts per couple. The oommitt~e in charge is under. he chairmanship of Howard S. Hatch. C, for the student council. and Miss Anita M. Kehey, '7 for the wom en s udiciary council. THE DELTA CAFE MANAGEMENT ANNOUNC ES Excellent facilites for catering. We take complete charge of dinner and dancing parties and give service which is SUPERB R. B. ZEBBS, Manager Call us for estimates 1370-W MID=WVINTER SALE fa Of Bostonian and Florsheim Footwear With shoe prices soaring, and many styles costing more today at rvholesale than we are asking at retail, it would be folly to reduce the prices of a single pair except that we are badly overstocked on some lines; and with'spring shipments soon due to arrive me must reduce our present stock. organ will remain in Ann riday when he will leave hia to take charge of the taged by the Mask and the University of Penn-1 CAM IPUS BOO tEY 308 So. State St. inia. ALLMAND & FORSYT HE P. S.-By buying at this sale will enable you to $1.00 to $2.00 per pair on your spring footwear for doubt prices are going much higher. 215 $o. Main St. save from without a OFESSORS TO ATTEND PATRIOTISM CONGRESS AT THE (G1RRICK Detroit i TO E 1IMEMBERS OF FACULTY REPRESENT MICHIGAN AT WASHINGTON Five members of the faculty have been appointed to represent the Uni- versity at a congress of constructive patriotism which will be held in the city of Washington, Jan. 25 to 27, un- der the auspices of the National Se- curity league. Dean Henry M. Bates, Dean Mortimer E. Cooley, Prof. S. L. Bigelow, Prof. W. H. Hobbs, and Dr. J. F. Scott will make up the University delegation. Fifty other universities are to send delegates and it is hoped that through' the unified efforts of the members of the Security league and prominent educators of the country that the con- gress will lead to the adoption of un- iversal military training and service. Through the assistance of university representatives it is planned to create a university extension or lecture sys- tem on patriotic topics, and a special committee headed by Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard University, will hold sessions during the congress for furthering this plan. Governor Ferris while still in office, appointed three delegates to represent the State of Michigan at the congress and Mr. Gardner S. Williams, lately a professor in the University, has been appointed by the National Security league, as their delegate. The program which covers the top-, ics, "America's Present Needs," "Am- erica's Position as a World Power," "Americanization," "Governmental and Individuai Efficiency," "Universal Military Training and Service," "Pre- paredness," and "Patriotism Through Education," each treated at a separate session, will be discussed by such men as, Hon. Elihu Root, William Roscoe Thayer, Rear Admiral Bradely A. Fiske, U. S. N., Hon. Theodore Roose- velt, Hon. John Purroy Mitchell and others of equal prominence in the na- tion's affairs. The meeting will close with a banquet at the new Willard hotel. Other members of the Ann Arbor branch of the National Security league who expect to attend the meet- ings are advised to notify the Chair- man Prof. W. H. Hobbs or the secre- Life, love and youth, that eternal triangle that is as old as the aeons of time, will again be most charmingly pictured at the Garrick theater, De- troit, next week, by that presentor of bewitching musical comedies, Arthur Hammerstein, in his newest produc- tion, "Katinka.' This play with its delightful music by Rudolph Friml, itN sparkling comedy by Otto iauerbach, its captivating lyrics and sprightly dances has made an impression on theater-goers, both here and in the eastern and western metropolis. The company to be seen at the Gar- rick is the same that figured in it here before and at the long run at the Casino, New York, and comes back to us from its successful engagement at the Garrick theater in Chicago. It is, as heretofore, headed by T. Roy Barnes, a Detroit home-town boy, and a versatile comedian of the somewhat different sort. AT TlHE MAJESTIC Those who have had'an opportunity of witnessing Boyle Woolfolk's suc- cess, "Six Little Wives," which opens at the Majestic tonight, have com- mented upon the seeming facility with which the sextette, from which tlhe show takes its title, speak the various linesin foreigt language allotted to theim.Thereby hangs a tale. The "Si, Little Wives" is by Will Hough author of "The Time, the Place, and the Girl," "The Stubborn Cinderella" and nearly a score of other big Chicago musical comedy successes. On the arrival of the "Six Little Wives," they are supposed to speak their lines in Russian, Italian, German Turkish, Japanese and Scotch respect- ively. Hough provided the lines. The Russian, Turkish and Japanese languages proved the hardest and re- quired an entire week for the young women to attain proficiency. Regular Assembly at the Armory Saturday night. 18-19 AllCloth ing, Including the Famous 3n AKm , . t , a~ wR : j' . Ar 11 11 \r11 ! I : E.. ' F ss ;f °! t , , ,, ;, , _ u 1 n {4 ' " + " , ; : . : Suits a, and sepai nd Overcoats rate trousers at Co. "eet : N . F.: Allcn 211 South Main Stn Alarm clocks, $1.00 up. Jeweler, 113 South Main St, Chapman, tues-eod Children's aancing class at the Packard. Fridays, 3:30 P. M. 16tf For results advertise in The Mich- a ;.,; !. - w , ' W. T. Barbour. igan Daily.