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great" many more.- .
QLENN HOLDER
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Saturday, November 3, 1928
Retrogression
A distinct step backward is signi
fied in the proposal of the Golden"
Chain, ' honorary State College fra
ternity,' to abolish student govern
ment and return1 to ' the old system
of faculty rule, as announced in' the
state papers Thursday.
It is admittedly true that student
government on the University cam
pus is far from" perfect, but tlrere are
very "few here who will" dispute' the
fact that it is immensely superior -to
the antiquated system of faculty su
pervision of student life- We regret
that the campus big men 'at . State
have determined to eliminate student
government on their, campus, and we
will not be grieved - if their, proposal
is defeated when it is submitted to
a student body vote. - .
; Faculty rule on a college or Uni
versity campus tends to cramp stu
dent initiative and produce an un
healthy . attitude of resentment on the
part df the students toward the fac
ulty executives. We believe that it
has f oreverpassed into oblivion at
the University. . '
";,.' - GLENN HOLDER
The Usual .
Leap-Year Fiasco
The inevitable Leap Year political
fiasco takes place Tuesday. Both Al
and Herbie are scheduled to do the
'leaping act, but we hereby sorrow
fully predict that Al is scheduled to
do the falling.:
Not that we don't favor Al-our.
; Ford will attest to our support of
the scrappy New Yorker. He has
been gathering strength steadily of
late, and we believe that if the cam
paign had three more weeks to run
a Smith landslide would result But
Al hasn't had sufficient time to fully
overcome the effects of fhe "whisper
ing campaign" and the innate "preju
dices of rabid anti-Catholics and pue
rile Anti-Salooners.
We don't like the man who urged
us to conserve calories during the
" World War while he was subtending
a robust " abdominal appendage to
himself. Hoover failed to make a
single clear-cut statement of issue or
principle in all the verbal pyrotech
nics of his campaign speeches. ;
University students t are keenly in
terested in the campaign and in the
probable outcome. Smith is colorful
enough' to appeal to the collegiate
imagination, and he is an almost un
animous favorite. Smith money is
hard to find, however, and odds are
. as high as f pur to one on Hoover.
f --GLENN HOLDER
The North Carolina . r .
Club Proceeds to Step Out
' 'Professor Paul Wager, recently an
nounced that an effort is being made
to have at least one representative
from each county in the state present
at! the . bi-monthly ' meetings of the
North Carolina Club, The club is
one of the. .very few campus organ
izations devoted to research and dis
' cussion that makes a definite Contri
bution to" the scholastic knowledge of
its members and the campus and state
in general, and it is entirely worthy
of student participation and sup
port. . , - ,':
A every meeting an original pa
per is read by some student or f acul-
r .i .'.-.. - . '
ty member1, relative to an economic or
governmental problem of North -Car-,
olina. A definite problem ' is chosen
for study each year, and all the pa
pers, are directly concerned with some
phase of that problem. ' At the end
of the year - the papers are collected
and published in one volume, which is
circulated widely.. A course credit js
given for each undergraduate paper
written under the direction of the Ru-
A Daily
Tar Heel
The University is now ready for
a daily Tar Heel, in the opinion of
a large majority of those in close
touch' with journalism here; A group
of keenly interested "students and
faculty members are now, ; working
out a plan whereby a daily student
newspaper may be established on the
campus. ' - ; . ; ;; ' '
' Co-operation of the entire student
body is -essential, however, if the ,
plan, which is at present largely ten
tative, is to mature. There is very
little question as to the practicability'
of such a publication among those in
a position to realize the potentialities
of the embryo proposal.
If the student body desires a daily
newspaper, carrying campus, cnapei
Hill, state and national news and
features, the proposal will be carried
through to y completion. . Otherwise
the entire - project is, of course, ut
terly impossible of realization.
Within the next few weeks a de
tailed proposal, taking into consider
ation the factors of finance, desira
bility of outside news service, staff
organization, and other angles to be
considered, will be worked out and
published. In the meantime the stu
dents working on the formulation of
the proposal are eager for sugges
tions, and they will be heartily -wel
corned. Expressions of student senti
ment -and any suggestions should be
addressed to the 'editor of the Tar
Heel. They will be- published in the
Onen Forum - or Campus , Mind col
umn, and will be appreciated, v
The initial step toward realization
of the "plan has been taken in the
form of the newly-created full time
managing editorship of the Tar Heel,
tryouts for which were conducted last
week and this week. . . They were
terminated with this issue. 'The Pub
hcations Union Board will select a
man for the place Monday evening,
'A University of North Carolina
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student daily is at present little more
than an ideal existing in the minds of
- ." ; .. 1 ' T " J J.
a small group oi mxenseiy mxerest,
ed . students, but theyintend to con
vert the ideal into an actuality, if the
student body so wills. . At any rate
present indications are that a care
fully considered proposal for a daily
Tar Heel will be submitted to the
campus in a special election early
next spring. GLENN HOLDER.
'With casual 'genuflections bef OTe
the possible , good qualities of this
university, the above mentioned pa
ternity most ardently believes , that
no alumnus sheeped by the regents
of this seat (higher) of learning is
dumb enough so to enjoy paying two-
j fifty for " admission to the field of
spheroid entertainment that he will
continue supporting the building' pro
jects of the University. ? ' 4
Too much red-tape and Freshman
coercion' have already alienated: the
affections of the .students. And. now
the; alumni are vociferating to the
effect that cash-taking on the part
of the Athletic Association is rapid
ly becoming something more than : a
sobriquet once naturally affixed to
the initials of . .
' The artist in any -form should
understand his art '
J. J. JUANJEAN -
Approves Greater - ;
Physical Development
It is pretty generally '"agreed that
physical development is one' of the
most important parts of college .train
ing, because a good mind, is seriously
handicapped unless it can work in
co-operation with a well-developed
body.- Students who are on the athle
tic teams get, this ' development ' (as
long, as the "season" lasts. Fresh
men get a spasmodic sort of exercise
three times a week in a foul-smelling
gymnasium. Quite a number of ' stu
dents play tag foot-ball until the wea
ther gets too cold. N When it is not
raining the tennis courts are well used.
Good as these forms of exercise may
be, they fall far short of meeting the
need of the average university stu
dent, because he does not have suffi
cient skill to make even-a scrub team,
or does not have time to. enter into
supervised athletics, r does not have
a strong enough body ; for strenuous
exercise, or is tpo timid to make a
public display of his clumbsiness.. To
the hundreds of students who J want
exercise, but- who have been unable
o'get it, the woods around Chapel Hill
give a standing invitation. An. end
less number of paths radiate in eyery
direction from the campus, and a
ihe
Joseph 'Mitchell
An Enemy of the People, -by Hen
rik Ibsen.. Presented by The Caro
lina Playmakers at the Playmakers
Theatre, Nov. 2nd and 3rd. Directed
by Hubert Heffner. Settings by Sam
uel Selden, assisted by Mary Dirn
berger and Fred Greer.
The Cast
Dr. Stockmann ..... ..........H. T.. McCone
Mrs. Stockmann Elizabeth Farrar
Petra...: .,;;,..;;;..:..Enita Nicks
Morten.. :-.:..;.ICJiarles Graham
Elif ........Charles Villbrandt
Peter Stockmann...T. P. Harrison
Morten KiiL.....Sydney Rothenbetg
HWstadJ-. ; : v,:,:,. JP' L: Henderson
Billing..'..:....... Diek Wals er
Horster..J.; Howard Bailey
Aslaksen...W. "N. Bissel
Townsfolk.
-Various students
Speaking
The Campus Mind
Harke Ye
Pritchard .
To.The'Editor:
The ineluctable m'odality ' of artr
in any formis a characteristic at
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systematic exploration of these rain
or shine will prove an interesting
problem of exercise for the average
student. ' It is not necessary to or
ganize "hiking "clubs". If every in
dividual will squaly face the undeni
able fact that a weak body is a handi
cap to a strong mind, then the Chapel
Hill woods will soon be populated.
Edward Rondthaler, Jr.
Pepping Up ; . '.:...;,'.
With Chandler . .
I believe that it is the duty of every
Freshman on the campus to take "an
active interest in the Cheerios. This
class' of '32 came to N. C. U. all
"pepped up." On .the campus they
are peppy; wherever you see a Fresh
man he is peppy, and thanks to the
fine work of Bill Chandler this so-
called pep has reigned, the campus."
Why not carry this "pep" into the
Stadium where it will be beneficial?
Some Freshmen raise a . racket
when they are compelled . . to wear
white duck trousers "and a blue coat
before they are admitted to, the game,
while some of our upper-classmen
protest against an All-Frosh Cheerio
Section! Why? If tlie Frosh were
not compelled, to do this where would
the bid spirit of OJ. N. C, be? How
many upperclassmen would take
time to learn the yells and songs?
and how much cheering would they
do if they did know them? If upper
classmen want to exercise their
lungs that's great the , bigger the
cheering section, .the better.
Let's go Frosh! and just show old
State what real pep and cheering is!
Let's tear that State stadium apart
this Saturday.
; W. H. C. '32
V RHAPSODY IN BLACK
; John mebane
Dark shadows seep, about the walls
The gloom appals
A cold moon stares with lipless grin
I tuck the sheets beneath my chin.
A screech owl .calls. -
Close by, the rustle of the ..leaves
Beneath the eaves
Awakens me in clammy fright,
My- eyes attempt to pierce the night
My body heaves
And shifts position right to : left
As fingers deft
Clutch suddenly ' my window -sill
And hesitate there hushed and still.
I am bereft ;
Of peace of body and of mind. '
A sound .behind r ' ' !: v
Leads me to raise my aching head -
And drag my stiff hulk from the bed.
Tight muscles bind
My movements as I pace the floor.
A creaking door v . "
Begins to play its ghostly tricks,
It quickly slams: the white knob
clicks
I flinch no more ,
But by the faint light from a star
I reach quite far
To take down off a dusty rack '
Relief which I shall never lackr
A bromide jar!
Despite the ukases of the academi
cians, Henrik Ibsen is still a wise old
guy v with whiskers, and altho the
erudites persist in dating his plays
with dissertations ' he remains com
paratively uneinbalmed. This play,
Art Enemy of the People is not 1 a
faint echo from the days when Ibsen,
was a bellowing prophet' nor, "as it
produced by the Playmakers as mere
ly, an:; important link in the history
of the drama. It remains a live play,
and it says things to people . who
think that the theatre "has gone I a-
head or even caught up with the
ideas of the Scandinavian philoso
pher., i A superficial analysis of the
last drama season in New York will
show how firmly the modern 'theatre-
is 'silled on Ibsen. Most of the -more
important plays are minor variations
on Ibsen themes, plus futility. , O'Neill
fulminates with the universal-mother.
The other, play-men are concerned
with the trouble some poor fool has
with his women, or they have gone
hazy over rationalistic despair, , or
they are obsessed with the twisting
of violet smoke around the machine
age. They .write their pieces with Ib
sen's' vocabulary shifted- up to i928.
Only their method is peculiar. In a
play about the machine age, for. ex
ample, they dodge the subject as much
as possible and show Wheels going a
round. Then they say, "We are grop
ing' Henrik Ibsen got through with
groping. Then he wrote a play.
This year is the centenary of Ibsen's
birth and his plays have been univer
sally revived. However, jn New York
and London the, directors chose : the
earlier romantic plays or ;the later
problem pieces with their ' patina of
romanticism, and'' most of them shied
from An Enemy of the People,r be
cause -they think it : "dates' in! , the
same way as The Doll's Houset Or
perhaps they thought it too obvious.
Even if this is the era : of ''"city
managers and hygienic municipalities
the Playmakers did not think the
play 'antique. " So they chose it to
produce and altho their production
was not' smooth or finished, it was
more than creditably done. ,
The play shows Ibsen intent on dis
secting political ideals; it shows him
tearing the veils from mob idealism.
It also shows him bent on giving an
audience the impression that -? dem
ocracy, is," oftentimes mot "an ar
rangement by 'which Ihe whole people
are given .a certain share in the 'gov
ernment" It is more than often on
ly the cries of the mob--the slinking
rule of "the damned, compact major
ity." The drama is built on the at
tempt of a majority of townspeople to
conceal the 'fact that the medicinal
baths, the basis of the. town's liveli
hood,, are contaminated., And; when
Dr. . Stockmann, an honest man, : in
sists on exposing the diseased waters
his.fellow citizens wrap themselves in
mildewed idealism and tag him an
enemy of society. -V ' .
. . . There are scholars who say
that" this play dates that it is old
fa Jhioned, and merely ; a historical
piece." v In four days there will be
dozens of happenings which will "par
allel the incidents in this play.; That
is, there will be a presidential elec
tion in the United States in four days.
, Ibsen . is a realist- by method but
by impulse he is oftentimes a-rigorous
Idealist This play, is more, than
a' problem play." It is sensitive and
like' the majority of his work it is an
escape into life, rather than an es
cape 'from it. And so players who
wish to act it must work from the
inside.; And if they have no inside it
is . their hard luck, They should not
be thrown into a play like this. There
should be no surface acting of Ibsen.
On the Playmaker stage last night
there was more than one fine example
of slow surface acting. At "times this
gave the production the frayed ap
pearance which results from . some
thing, more" than actors cast indis
criminately. . '. " ''
i: Ibsen wrote this play after - the
whoopee over Ghosts and he modelled
Dr. Stockman . after ; himself. And
the : Doctor is more definitely Ibsen,
than Prospero was Shakspeare. . H. T.
McCone played the , Doctor - and did
it well enough, but there was a good
deal more than he gave necessary to
make it a rounded interpretation. His
emotion was' bare and seldom shaded,
and-there was no variety to his act
ing.' For anger he clenched his jaws,'
and his "gestures were identical
throughout the play. Elizabeth Far
rar as Mrs. Stockman gave a verv
fine performance, and so did Enita
Nicks as Petra. - T. P. Harrison as
the belligerent; old burgomaster- was
splendid. He was .consistent in the
part, but the steadiness never became
monotonous. : ' ;
. The best playing of the evening was
by W. N. Bissel . as Aslaksen, the
printer." He used his hands," was
never missing on the fit-in cueSj and
refused. to drop 6ut of the picture.
Sidney Rothenberg as old man Kiil,
and P.' L. Henderson as Hovstad; the
journalist, both' knew what they were
about, and the tempestuous Richard
Walser as a syncophantic reporter did
not slide off the "Stage. Howeveri
these three actors were ' industriously
theatric and like the others, excepting
Miss Farrar ancU5 Mr. Bissel, they
were automatic and, through with
their lines, they,- became -almost im
passive. Howard 1 Bailey managed
his -walk-on part creditably. ,
The mob scene in the -fourth act
was not a disappointment. The
townspeople made a lot of rhymed
noise. But" unless Scandinavians are
different from humans.' they do not
cry. a speaker down - in a regular
chorus. :
The settings were impressive and
very well" worked out. V The first
scene, Dr. ".Stockmann 's parlor, was
in' ornate Victorian- style with pale
red curtains and 1 a picture of the
battle of Waterloo. . The almost bare
newspaper-office scene, with crooked
walls, was brilliantly executed. The
mob scene was played in Captain.
Horster's parlor, which was a plain
and effective .set" Only the mob
scene was played;. on a darkened set
and the Playmakers demonstrated
that Ibsen can be acted perfectly all
right on a lighted stage.
The athletic music of the Univer
sity orchestra was not used during
the acts. Instead selections .from
Grieg and Tschaikowsky were played
on a phonograph. : '
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