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VXG1Z TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL TRIEUM rEDFORP, OREGON'. "WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 1935. AT Chimes of Normandy Scores Hit- Robert Murphy Stars As Gaspard To Re peat Performance Tonight By John Snider Opening; before a capacity audience of 1200. tha cut of the. "Chime of Normandy," high school production, premiered one of the meat outstand ing bits ever to be hown In the lo?al auditorium, laat night. Thla operetta, written by the clever Planquette, vu more than well re ceived. The orchestra, the setting de partment, the eoatumera, and the vo calist all did a remarkable task In turning out this musical playlet. The final performance will be given thla evening, with an equally larc audience expected. In laat night's allowing, the por tion of the production leaving the moat lasting Impreulon waa Act II. A ghostly setting In the Interior of haunted chateau, with a soft blue light playing over the gray walls, waa enough to aend anyone home with a aevere case of Jitters, were they to find themaelvea there In real life. Murphy Outstanding Without a doubt, Robert Murphy as Gaspard, wa the outstanding lead. Mr. Murphy, aligned the difficult role of a decrepld, miserly Individual, treated this character role with al most professional adept new. Mlaa Mary Kem a dermal ne, and Harvey field as Henri, romantic co- leads, displayed fine voice qualities and a decided ability In acting. Mlaa Constance Moore as the village good-for-nothing, gave an excellent Interpretation of her part. Miss Mary Ann G a tea will depict thla role of fierpolette, In this evening's perform ance. The rest of the leads, Olaf Scveraon, Marvin Burke, Delmer Wright, Bob Cherry, Laurel Morris, Betty Faake. Ellen Louise Belts, UTilne Brophy. and Weanora Pof fen barker all performed is veteran troopers. Much credit for the success of this operetta la due P. Wilson Walt, musi cal director, and Mrs. Esther Leake. Tocallst director. These two have worked constantly for some two months In preparing the "Chimes of Normandy" for presentation. The manual art department, under the supervision of Mr. Lei and Mctzer. was In charge of the stage construction. The clothing department, with Miss Mauri ne Carrol as head, destgned and made the costumes. Mrs. Alice Eng lish painted all scenery for the four scenes. Htory Olven A summary of the operetta la given below: Henri, Marquis of Cornevllle, who has been since childhood, owing to the civil war, an exile, returns to hla ancestral home on the occasion of the great fair which Is being cele brated In the village that receives its name from his chateau. It la one of the old-fashioned Norman villages of the 17th century. In the first act, the curtain rises en a gathering of village gossips, discussing scandal and small talk fierpolette, a village tomboy, Is the toplo of conversation among the girls fo Cornevllle. She come In Just In time to turn the tables on the others and changes their taunt into rage. Gaspard, an old miser, wishes to marry hit nloce, tier mains, to ths principal magistrate of the district, tha Balllt. Tills arrangement does not suit Germalne, nor a young fisher man named Jean Orentcheux, who pretends that he has saved her life from drowning on a certain occasion. To escape from the power of old das pard. Germalne takes advantage of tha prlvllcgea of the fair, and becomes the servant of the marquis Her ex ample It followed by Qrenlcheux and fierpolette. Chateau Seltltur The second act Is In the hall of the deserted chateau which belongs to the Marquis of Cornevllle and tne ghosts who have supposedly Inhab ited It for some time and cau.ed much dread among the villagers. Henri determines to find out the real character of the ghostly ap pearances, and discovers that It Is all the work of the old miser. Gaspard, who has concealed hla treasures In the chateau. The discovery drive Otspard crazy, especially when he heart the bells of the chateau ringing for the first time sinew the flight or the old marquis. The third act rrp.Trnted the grand fet given In honor of the return of the marquis to his ancestral home, fierpolette arrives as a marchioness, as some papers, found In the chateau. Indicate that she is the lost heiress The miser .however, recovers hi reason, and nhowa that Germalne !t the true marchioness A reconciliation of all parties brings 'he romantic story to a close. Cyril bander, business manager of the production, lias ttnin laaued the appeal to persons attending the play tonight to come as early iu pnwlbl. a no seat are to be referred. Officials Hope to Tell the President Birthday Ball Result Within Month NEW YORK (Special) With in the next month or elx wcekf officials of th. Biithday Ball for Ihe President hope to tell Presi dent Ttooeovelt nnd the 4,oon,nnn Americans who attended 7. find hirtliday parties la more than 4,000 cities and towns how much their 1S35 contributions have sided ths war against Infantile paralysis. The thrill, the drama and the ipeclacle of simultaneously ataK IliK the world's Greatest social event under 7.600 roofs Is his tory. To the heads of organized labor, fraternal, social, civic and Industrial groups which cooperat ed in the work of raising funds to aid Americas JOO.000 suffer ers from infantile paralysis, the national committee has sent its thanks. But there' remains to faco Col. Henry L. Dohcrty, na tional chairman, and others who have contributed their time and talent, one of the moBt stagger ing accounting Jobs in modern business annals. Although a full staff of certified public account ants Is working overtime under 'Keith Morgan, national treasur er, to correlate roporta aa fast as they come in from the 4,000 local treasurers, no final an nouncement can be mado within a month to six weeks. Col. Do hcrty aald. Unofficial- reports already re ceived by Col. Carl Byolr, who handled the enoTmous task of organizing the country to make the Birthday Balls possible, show that record-breaking events wore hold In New York, Chicago, Washington, Denver, KanHas City, Miami, Boston, Atlanta, Columbus and Cleveland, as well as In scores of other population centers and thousands of smaller communities. Involved in the final accounting this year is the fact that 70 cents of evory dollar raised by the birthday parties is to bo retained by tho communities for local re habilitation, tho other 30 per cont to go to, the President's Birthday Ball Commission for Infantile Paralysis Research. It t V ... 1 'yf ' x ' . ' ' " ill J f"vl l& - EDUCATORS VARY T F E Above, Mr. James Jtooserclt, mother of tho President, and Col. Henry L. Dohcrty. rlmirninii of tho Xntiowil Committee, talking things over at tho Waldorf Astoria Hirtliday Hall. Ilelow, Col. Carl llyolr, national orcnnlzer of tho Birtlxlay Hulls, rrcriviiiK contrilm tions from New York children liiiwlirnimccl by infautile iiaralysis. AGAINST FEHL. WIFE An order on Judgment against Ka'l H. FVhl. and hla wire. Elect A. PeM. algned by Circuit Jurte Carl K Wim berly of Douglas county, waa filed in circuit court yenteday tn favor o( Jesse B Thomas sud wife of Athlsnd. for 1495. This is the esse hretn Attorney T. J. Cnrlght swlg'ird a claim for 600 for legal service to Thomas, and It s one of the claim filed In the Kledermeyer, Inc., interpleader suit The court allowed he iJ00 sought ajid then decreeU tlOfi pstd by to deducu-4. I STILL UNRECEIVED The district attorney'a office and T. J. EnrlRht. attorney, still awatt tha mandate from the stats auprem court In Enright's conviction by circuit court Jury of driving an auto while Intoxicated. Upon Its receipt a commitment will be Issued and EnrlRht will start aervlng a sentenc of 00 days and fine of 100 In the county Jail. It la hla second convic tion of the same charge. In the first case a Jail torm of 30 days was sus pended upon payment of a 100 fine. The supreme court has 20 daya In which to return a mnndate and 10 daya of that period hns elapsed. Enrlght, the district attorney's of flee says, has advised them of his Intention to start serving his sen tence without further legal aklrmlxh Ing. The charge la a misdemeanor. Friends of Enrlght have lntlmnted they will seek leniency for him after he has served a portion of the sen tence. In order to permit him to maintain h!a law practice. He rep resents litigants In a number of cases pending In the circuit court. IDEE Workmen are busy widening the west approach to the Main street bridge over Dear creek In a project which, according to City Superintend ent Pred Scheffel, will occupy about three weeks' time. Three feet and nine Inches will be taken from the sidewalks on each aide of the street, making the right of way for traffic seven and a half feet wider than heretofore. The project will be com pleted at a coat, of woo, Schrffcl said. The work la a tle-ln with widening work done last year on the bridge proper and Is expected to remove the traffic harsrd o long accompanying the "bottle neck" in the strert at that point. A steady program of eliminating traffic hasrda In thla city has been carried on by the superintendent's office, other work having been the widening of Riverside, elimination of the had curve at the end of the pave ment on East Main street, and elimi nation and widening of other bad corners In the city. . 4 Cruiser Captain Hazarded Vessel rom'MOUTIl. Eng . Feb. 37. I AP) (.'apt, H. R. Sawbrldge of the battle cruiser Renown was convicted today by court mart lal on a charge of haarrilng two of Ihe empire s greatest naval ships, the Renown and the Hood. i The court ruled that he he dis missed from his ship. The deputy Judge advocate announced that the rhsre of hazarding had been proved, Meteorological Report February 27, 1035 Forecasts Medford and vicinity: Unsettled with rain tonight and Thusrday; moderate temperature. Oregon: Unsettled with rain west and rain and snow east portion to night and Thursday; moderate temperature. Temperature year ago today ; Highest, fiO; lowest, HO. Total monthly precipitation, 1.40 IncheB; deficiency for the month, 0.73 of an Inch. Total precipitation since September 1, 1934. 12.02 Inches; deficiency for the season, 0.43 of an Inch. Relative humidity at A p. m. yes terday . 75 per cent; 5 a. m. today, Ofl per cent. Sunrise tomorrow, 0:48 a. i Sunset tomorrow, 8 p. m. Otnerrntlunn Tnkrn at . A. UOlli Mi'rMliin'Tlme 2? FOR FARM WORK Farmers and orchardlsta of Jack son county need a period of fine weather for spring plowing and planting, according to County Agent Robert O. Fowler. Ist fall It waa too dry to plant grain, nnd now It la too wet. A week or ten days of warm sunshine would be welcome. The wind of Tuesday dried up the ground to some ex tent, but It la still too damp. Buds have started to swell, and there are signs the sap will soon be running in the trees. A number of gardeners have reported their let tuce la coming up, and they arc keeping an eye on the moon, to be ready to put pnp?r sacks over It to thwart frost. For Hose that Wear buy NOLDE & HORST Ethelwyn B. Hoffmann Collectivism Will Bring Se curity for All Is Theory of Columbia Professor Expressed at Meeting ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Feb. 37. (AP) E I e v e n speakers expressed eleven varying viewpoints In a dis cussion of the teacher's role In a changing world at the 65th annual convention of the department of su- perlntendpnce of the national educa tion association today. A Columbia university professor of education. Dr. Jesse H. Newlon de clared capitalism la "not a solution of the difficulties we face In the United States at this time." "We are going toward collectivism until we achieve security for alt Americans," he predicted. Economist Has Faith Prof. Frederick 8. Diebler, of the economics department of Northwest ern university, expressed faith In the "essential soundness of the present system" and predicted there would be no change. "This Is not the first depression, even though It la the most severe," he suld. "Revolutionary changes have been proposed before. They always are after a period of depression." While these speakers took Issue on ' the 'prospect of political change, oth ers expressed sharp division on the basic thesis of the discussion "social change and education." Indoctrination Hit An attack on "indoctrination," the Introduction of new social principles in tho school room, waa made by Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools of Washington, D. C. "As a superintendent I should like to have help In defining what that new social order Is for which t he schools are to prepare " he said. "Teachers should confine themselves to giving pupils a clear Idea of the existing social order, some under standing of Its strength and weak nesses." Fred J. Kelly, chief of the division of higher education of the United States office of education, declared indoctrination to some degree Is In evitable since the teacher is certain to expose his own point of view In expounding his subject. "If the pupils have any respect for the teacher s opinion," he said, "they are sure to absorb some of his view point." Cannot Re Neutral Prof. Newlon declared that educa tors cannot be neutral and that they must choose "between fascism rule by some privileged group or govern ment of the people and by the peo ple." "Powerful enemies are at work to destroy the freedom of the schools." i he said, W. W. Thlssen. assistant superin tendent of schools of Milwaukee, Wis., declared It "naive" to place con fidence in the Judgment of teachers on social questions when economists. philosophers and statesmen are at odds. "The average of trained teachers Is not above the levels of normal school graduates," he declared. Worth McClure, superintendent of schools of Seattle, Wash., declared the aim of schools to be "develop ment of citizens trained to Individ ual discipline by a social conscience." and warned that school organizations mutt be more flexible. "We will not be indocrlnated by patterns of government borrowed from across the sea," he said. 3G OREGON STATE FROM MEDFORD THIS YEAR OREGON STATE COLLEGE. Cor vallls (Special) From the four corners of the United States Massa chusetts on the northwest. Alabama on the southeast, "Sunny California" on the southwest and Alaska on the northweststudents come to attend Oregon State. Twenty states, two United States territories and two foreign countries are listed In the geographical report compiled recently by the registrar's office showing the registration here during the winter term. Oregon, of course, placed first In the list of states represented In the registration with 2363 students out of the grand total of 2577, California led the list of other states with 112 registered, followed by Washington with 36 and Idaho with 10. New York led the eastern states with 5. In the lists of cities In Oregon. Portland placed first with 625, fol lowed by Corvallis with 465, Salem with 76, Albany with 46, and Klam- i ath Fallsv Medford and Astoria with 36 each.. Leaders In the registration by counties are Multnomah, Benton, Marlon, and Clackamas, respectively. COMPANY UNION HELD ADEQUATE IN COURT EDICT gaining clause of the recovery act was unconstitutional, u applied t the Welrton Steel company. The ssme attitude was expre-d by Francis Biddle. chairman of labor relations board. A final decision on whether to ;p peal would not be made until the de eiaion was received and atudled, J'.iav tie officials ald. (Continued trom page one) Use Mail Tribune want ads. fendant to the representatives and the payment by defendant of the expenses of operating t'.ie plan are lawful and 'do not constitute acta of interference, rstrvnt or coercion." Congress Power Limited i In point of law, the Welrton com pany won Its esse clearly on the con- ' tention that its relationship with Its ' employes does not constitute Inter- i state commerce and therefore any In- , terpretation of the section which ! would regulate that relationship would make the section void because ' congress Is empowered only to regu late, buslnesa of an Interstate nature . In this respect the court also ob served : 1 "Power to enact 7-A was not con- , f erred upon congress by the 'gen- I eral welfare' recital In the preamble to the constitution, nor by the 'wel- fare clause' article one, section clht of the constitution. 'The preamble confers no power and the welfare clause Is commonly considered as a specification of the p ur pose for wh lch m o ney may be appropriated and not as a substantive grant of power. 'The enactment of section 7-A either Is authorized by the commerce clause of the constitution or It Is un authorized and therefore void." 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