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THE TAR HEEL SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1945 TtwrWttWWW,,mtw,,,wytt,fTt,,tmwtrT,,,w,,,,,,,,Wi,1,w,,,ltlww,liiiiiililiiMMi' 1 Ututitiiiiitii4iiiiiuillililiiiiiiliiiiiitmtiitiuniiuttunluiuHittuuiiiiiU''iM'''"'M' ett&il The Ram Sees ... BY AN OLD GOAT Editorially Speaking PAGE TWO biijiiiiilili SPRING HAS SPRUNG . Spring seems to have given fhe buildings department a shot in the arm ! It must be an other one of the Carolina idiosyncrasies that defies any explanation. While everyone else on the campus, except the politicians, seemed drugged with THE fever, the boys down be hind Phillips all of a sudden start plowing up the S trodden paths across the campus and, at long last, blasted the Dook war paint from our buildings. There's a great deal to be done to give this campus the face lifting it needs. Now that the buildings department has gotten on the ball and started it rolling it is up to the student body to help with the inertia. There has been an order published that pro hibits the military students from walking across the grass; punishment is severe. Obviously there is no way of forcing civilian students to keep on the walks. We can only ask. How about it? . . ":": : ; . FootprintsMn the sands of time were never made by sitting down paths are made especial ly for footprints. It takes little thought, and little time. When you see someone straying from the straight ( ?) and narrow, yell at 'em, KEEt OFF THE GRASS! r. NOW THAT ELECTIONS ARE OVER Now that elections are oyer the campus can settle down to ah industrious year and let's hope hit a harmonious note until such time that another election is staged. With the large turn over of students who have held offices it has been most difficult to hold student government and publications intact. 1 The officers were elected by popular campus vote. They are the ones upon whom we have placed the important responsibility of really getting Carolina straightened out. This does not mean that the elections will usher in a slate of officers who will revolutionize Carolina. Straightening out simply means the awakening to the fact that we have lost out on a great num ber, of things which have made Carolina. We sincerely hope that the newly elected of ficers will stick by their platforms. Often times platforms are just words, but in most cases we believe that the candidates who presented their platforms in the Tar' Heel lastv issue had some thing which" they sincerely believe will help Carolina. It is not going to be easy for these newly elected officers. The great majority is new to the campus. They haven't had the op portunity to understudy Carolina student lead ers of pre-war days.: ,Yes, it will be tough but these officers will try to do their part." - The question is, will we as citizens under these officers do our duty. We are the little cogs in the vast machine which is to be headed by the new officers. If the little cogs don't tick how can we expect the larger ones to run smooth ly? . We should feel our responsibility to find out about Carolina and be able to check our leaders who might go amuck. In a sense we are their bosses or rather that should be the case. The newly elected officers are our servants. They are working for us and we have every right to know what they, do and how they do it. True it is an important job for the officers but what is more it is vital that we as students fit in the picture of student government because after all what is student government without the mass of students? With the shortage of help it is most difficult - for the buildings department .to maintain the standard of campus cleanliness that they would like. So if you were a candidate or even just a mere bystander make it your duty to clean up the campaign posters. IN CONCLUSION With the next edition of the Tar Heel the new editor, Bob Morrison, will be behind the editor's desk. Assuming this position at a time when Carolina is groping its blind way for the road leading to "normalcy" is a distinct chal lenge, for the Tar Heel is the lone medium which binds together our perpetually changing stu dent body. This paper belongs to the students. Although one man is charged with -the immediate re sponsibility of publishing it, the success or fail ure depends upon the students. Therefore the challenge is not alone to the editor. The Tar Heel has endeavored to maintain a steadying influence, felt there was no place for radical changes or violent moves because the campus is not united as one in thought and action. The battle for unity has just begun. To the new editor, "good luck." To the staff, "gory, but fun, wasn't it ?" To the readers, "come beat a typewriter before you beat your gums!" Charles Wickenberg. To the Editor: For many years I had heard sung the praises of the Carolina Play makers. Through their originality and. skill, the organization became nationally known. V Then I entered the University and to my amazement I learned that the Playmakers have a "black eye" on the campus. Why is this? Having had access to both sides of the picture, I shall try and express my opinion on the matter. The Playmakers insist that false stories have circulated concerning them. This I don't doubt, but every false tale is based on a truth. The truth is that many of the players do dress in a freakish manner the girls in their overalls, and the s boys in their gaily colored slacks. That many of them have assumed a "theatrical speech"; is also true. ' Several , days ago, I observed a couple of the girls talking. Their words were beautifully clipped and - beautifully artificial. Each sentence ended with a "dahling." They were both being, or trying to be, a little Tallulah Bankhead. And there, I think, lies the secret. Many young "atre hopefuls" will take one pa." :lar acclaimed performer as a model to follow usually the hopefuls will choose the more ec centric personalities. They consider that unique fashion of dress gives them an artistic appearance. Also, the legends that circulate about the vivid behavior of the worshiped stars fascinate the wistful actors to such an extent that they are con stantly trying to do the unusual. But when they pattern themselves after a Hepburn, a Bankhead, or a Barrymore, they loose the one qual ity essential in good acting, and that is genuine naturalness and , complete sincerity. These young people fail to see that a Hepburn or a Barrymore is a dynamic per-' sonality because he or she is copy ing no one, but merely being him self. Several months ago I had the pleasure of meeting Helen Hayes. Miss Hayes is generally considered America's greatest living actress; yet to look upon her, one jmight easily take her to be Joe Smith's cousin, Minnie. Neat in her, attire, but refreshingly commonplace, Miss Hayes is simplicity personified. In her' voice there is no trace of a "stagy" influence. By keeping in close contact with the average John Does, Helen Hayes has re tained' a warm human quality, both in real life and on the stage. Why, then, can't a Playmaker de cide to be "just himself" as God made him ? 'Why can't he study human nature instead of ways to make his voice sound beautiful ? For isn't acting after all a repro duction of life in digested form? Why does he wish to appear artis tic externally, when genuine art shines from within one's soul? The late Professor Koch labored many years to build up the Carolina Playmakers into the established organization it later became. Then in all justice to the great man, don't you think that as a tribute to his sweat and toil, the Playmak ers should try and restore the good name it once enjoyed? Yours truly, . -' James Leslie Watson, Room 7, Battle. iiiiminuiiiiiiiiiiii ? Nyy War Bond Cartoon Secriea , "Maybe YOUR Bonds are buying automatic rifles, but I happen to know that MY money was spent on silky unmentionables for WAVES!" Exchanges By Peggy Case In the recent student elections at the University of Texas a wom an was elected president of the student government for the first time in the -history of the school. . Recently 250 Chinese students from West Coast colleges gathered at a conference in Berkeley, Cali fornia. The purpose of the meeting was the promotion of friendship, and understanding among these Chinese students. . Life Photographer James Laugh head was at Texas Christian Uni versity the other week, taking pic tures of the "school's "Ranch Week" an annual affair which features a rodeo, a hay ride, dances and a parade. So be looking for these pictures in wEif" - : :::::::: T GOULD WORS E t By Robert Morrison 6:00 A.M., Friday To the Studint Body: " You have placed in my hands a serious responsibility the editing of thi Tar Heel. I shall do my best to serve you. Burned ITwigs and Olive Branches By Olive Ann Burns mare I racing s "The Last Time I Rode Trilby' We really took ;ie blue ribbons, Trilby and I. Trihp was a young bought f rcth . a bankrupt able a rql black beauty, with long, slender legs jnd a fine head. Wien I let hr gc in" a run, we wen as one sp -it vi the wild exhilirat ion of the race; yet she would st p, tremblin i with heat and excitement with but a hisper from me. That was why five took blue ribbons; because Trilby was a splendid horse, because we under stood ea h other, and we both thrilled j achieving power and superior . We were proud of each other. T ire was the smart green riding h tit complete with crop that I n r used and Trilby with her glos sj black coat. The last time I rjxi Trilby she Phooiei might as well tell you what real:happened the last time I rode Tr:y. Trilby lis an inmate . of Mr. Vicars' rjdi academy. We met about thrfeeeeks ago in exchange for a dolfaito.Mr. Vicars, and in consequencef a telephone conver sation durin which a friend and I made dates ;th cadets for Sunday afternoon; ",re," I said gaily, "we'd love; t g0 horseback rid ing.".', a-'- There was thing except attitude to qualify injriend, (who-prefers to be known 1 Betty) for such an outing. As fome, I knew how to fall well, havi practiced that the last time Ih gone riding. As a child I had ibe a premature Lone Ranger on it ietland pony named Beauty, butjh found there is more bump oand off a horse than a miniate. The only thing left to do was iearn how to ride between Wednjay and Sunday. We thought Fiay and Saturday afternoons wou j0 it. 7 Fortified , witthree good horse women, we wei riding Friday. I fear. I was neier proud of poor trilby, nor shf,f me. Her mud covered legs, thun coat that was shedding .in tuf ail over, and her bored attitude djiusioned me from the beginning, q I was not much of a model mjsrf jn my room mate's blue jeans. (My roommate isn't as . long-legged as I am. Since I had' just bought an aqua hat with the money I had meant to buy jodphurs with, I had to ride in what I could find.) On the walk out to the dirt road, we pretended we were experts and enjoyed a bit the important feeling of being so high above all the people we passed. Because Betty pulled both reins at the same time, her horse didn't even know which way she wanted him to go, but Trilby did pretty well. That is, until we left the pavement and the others had set off on a gallop leaving me alone to make Trilby trot. I can't imagine how, but those broken-spirited horses seemed to realize that we didn't know how to ride. I think. Trilby must have de cided I wouldn't have the heart to beat her. I got so disgusted that I had the heart, and went so far as to get a switch, but decided it wasn't worth it when her hind legs started raising up and down. Her feelings must have been hurt, be cause suddenly not only she wouldn't trot, but she wouldn't even walk. , "Come on," I said with enthus iasm and sympathy. Trilby shook her head and stomped her foot. "Giddap!" I tried to sound com manding. Then I remembered about psychology, and gave her a long, sweet talk you know, the way the horse book says to become friends with your mount. She still shook her head, but I realized she wasn't saying, ''No, I will not," when the gnats and flies started Swarming around my head too. "All right, then, stay here." I was angry. '"See if I care." Trilby didn't. Every time she shook herself I noticed she had dandruff. So we sat there Trilby, the gnats and flies, and I, Once she took four steps to get out of the ' road for a car, but that was all she budged. I wondered if I would have to walk home, but when 'the others came back Betty was still stick ing Trilby turned around very nonchalantly and wouldn't be held , See TWIG AND, page U. t ar tti OFFICIAL NfiTSPAPER OF THE PUBLICATIONS UNION SERVING CrLIAN AND MILITARY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITloF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL CHARLES WICjnbERG, USMCR BOB MORRIEO BARRON MILLil" JU.' BETTY GAITIIi HARRISON TTEY ..Editor ..Associate Editor .lanaghir Edijtor Business Manager ..Circulation Manager Published Tne-ayhx Saturday except during . vacation, examinationa and holiday. - r Deadlines Than&zy , oTindily. Entered as tecond class matter at the post office at faapei Hill, N. O, under t5 3 "March 8, 1879. M ember of ASC and Natt Ad. Service. Inc. It came to pass! During the past week two world shaking events came to pass. The impact has not yet died down. Shakeup number one was the gigantic, stu pendous, colossal election held Thursday. The second , was the cleaning. Yes, it happened; the pain was finally removed from our buildings leaving a cleaner outlook, "Duke'less. , ' LASSES AT LIBERTY Miss Mildred Kresnik, one of the Tar Heel's most industrious workers, and Miss Evelyn Davis, a ravish ing redhead, are planning a big political campaign in their behalf. Since the 63 Battalion at Pre-Flight flew, these ladies find themselves at liberty. Their posters will contain their qualificatfon and their experience. THIS is big, but for once typical Carolina tactics should make good reading. , STALKS OF CORN With all due apologies to "Leaves of .Grass" Rameses offers the following: If anybody calls you "floor face," ,they just mean you have a board expression. Mac Hob kirk in answer to a catty remark asked "Would you like to share a bowl of cream"? An Aldermanite while un packing her laundry found one of her skirts so stiff it would stand alone. She cried: "The laundry has gone starch, raving mad." When told that this was corn, Rameses said, "No corn starch." BEFORE GOODBYE Duty calls! Dr. Friederick, granted a year's leave of absence from the German department, has been "wined" and "dined" by his socially intellectual classes. An election day luncheon at the Carolina Inn wa3 the "German 20" entertainment for this favored professor. Agnes McMurran presented Dr. Freiderick with two books on current affairs as a token of their mutual re gard and appreciation. CHATTER MATTER: Any night at about six-thirty you will find Pech Walker and Gwen Hill on the lawn in front of Phillips playing chess until night falls, then they go inside and grade math papers until grades fall . . . Bridge fever caused Dr. Wong to try to persuade Willie Meeks to get excused from Spanish so she could be his partner . . . V-12ers will be having a drill competition soon. The , Ram will give you full coverage on all maneuvers . . . Sound and Fury is in the throes of reorganization with much sound and fury . . . The ADPi's won the Softball game with the KAs 12-9. They were playing in the rain but paying the umpire with kisses.. Good duty! . , . Wednesday .the med students had a "Flunk Party" after a rugged quiz. Later that night the ATO sunporch sleep ers found the meddies were only a STONE'S THROW away- Remember the. song "Rocks In My Bed"? . . . Bugs Bunny when he was disguised as a Valkyrie in the cartoon last week gave a good imitation of. some of the co-eds ... A compact (lost) wes the reason for Buddy Glenn crawling around the Arboretum at 11 :30 the other night ... The polls at Swain Hall were a mad house eledion noon. There were even girls there in evening gofns trying to sway votes by swaying in general ... A sprained ankle kept Tommy Slayton from carrying out all (her big political plans on the big day. Oh yes, while speaking of Tommy, in the last column her "charge" cafrie from "Forever Under" not "Amber." TRUCKING OVER Thursday the campus was given the "once-over" by convalescent soldiers from Camp Butner. Five trucks brought the fellows over for the day with their picnic lunches. Students, especially co-eds, and professors chatted with these guys in khaki and served as guides on this Carolina tour provided by the Army for diver sion. KEEPING TAB, OFFICIALLY ' Alpha Gamma Delta held its pledge elections on Wed nesday, April 4. The following are the newly elected officers: Joyce Fowler, president; Nan Stoner, vice-president; Martha Faison, secretary; Angela Hardy, treas urer. Catherine Sloan was elected representative to WAA. RING-I-N-G Not pin-ups but ring-ups are Ann Christian and Jeanne Rundell, who've joined the "sparkler" parade. Their fiances are a soldier, a sailor, but not a marine . . . Congratulations to Charlie Goodno, who's serving over seas in Holland. He's Ann's love, so he's certainly NOT up to no-good this time . . . Changing her name-brand from one to another, Jeanne Rundell will be the new Mrs.-Ensign-Bill-Powell. THEY CAME AND SAW Lt. Paul Corbett has come from Boca Raton a-visit-ing Margie Jordan this week-end . . . Jane Rollins has as her guest her cousin Sylvia Carlisle of Miami . . . From Randolph-Macon by "Pogo stick" came ., Anne Ritchie Ware and Rena Letzcus down to see "Smokey" at the Tri Delt House ... Jim Lowry is down from Rich mond to see his "pin-up" Impy Shook ... At the ADPi House is Betty Parker from the University of Knox- ville. . WEEK-ENDING The Chi Psi House, with new draperies and spring flowers to lend colorful accents, is the scene of their annual long week-end shin-dig . . . Basketball players plus "drags" were the other half of the Friday night affair while Saturday night placed emphasis on the "nil and one" Carolina co-ed "tripping the light fan tastic" in the Chi Psi parlor. Bull City night hawks will be the "brass-horns" at the Cameron Avenue fraternity court pow-wow come Saturday . . . starting the ball rolling will be their round robin "diamondette" matches. 'Tis said there'll be much mug-sharing . . . a special enticement for all players who hit home-runs. Hogan's Lake and Shorty's will vie in popularity as week-end entertainment centers . . . ATO's, DKE's, and the med students all "have" or "had" parties on fire ... The week-end except Saturday is finding Mclver the stumping ground for Carolina's male population. Two receptions on Friday at 8:30 and Sunday at 3:30 "were" and "are" the order of the day. . . . Nancy Greenwald, in charge of arrangements has as her host of cohorts Flo Taylor, Betty Barnes, Inez Macklin, Betty Strick land, Emily Aliton, Jane McRae,Ginny Battersby,"Tina Dickes, and Jane Isenhauer. Saturday night etc. "is not the lonesomest night in the week ... at Carolina.
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