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French Will Try lo Forget .A I Kmt k A. Marshal Petain was a student of defensive warfare ... one of history's best. So it was only natural France was to turn to him when its national life depended upon a successful defense in a pending battle. In February, 1916, the German army launched a major offensive toward Verdun. In sad need of a large scale victory, the Germans had chosen Verdun because it was a historic site, which the French could ill afford to surrender without a fight, and it was, so the Germans thought, indefensible. With all the fury and power of the united German states the Kaiser's army struck. The world was somewhat startled for Pe tain's French army was holding. For six unrelenting months the greatest battle of history raged and, .finally, in autumn the attack was halted. At the cost of the cream of .the French Republic which lay dead on the fields surrounding Verdun, Petain s army had held and his immortal words Us ne passer on pas they shall not pass- held true. Many students of the Great War contend this French victory was the turning point of the conflict although the German of fensive at the Second Battle of the Marne, fought before the gates of Paris, was yet months away. Marshall Petain was acclaimed a national hero of France, but 29 years later, on August 15, 1945, he was convicted of high treason by a special French court and sentenced to life imprisonment on He D'Yeu. The latter years are yet vividly known. France will try to forget Petain and so will the rest of the world all except Ger man students of military history; for they will never forget the Verdun and the de fensive genius of the French Army. Perhaps, as one newspaper remarked upon Petains death of this week at the age of 95, some men live too long. The official student newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is published by the Summer School every Tuesday and and Thursday. Printing is done by Colonial Press, inc.. Chapel Hill, N. U Editor- Business Manager Managing Editor-.. Sports Editor .Bob Hennesses . Oliver Watkiks .David Bucknir Society Editor. Advertising Manager Circulation Manager Assistant Sports Editor. Buddy Norihaet .Mary Nell Booth Mark Cosrnxo JTEIL CaDIKU Ken Barton Staff: Fred Thompson, R. Bruce Melton,' Kit Crittenden. Movies Letfer About The Play Far Removed From Reality Harry F. Byrd, a Senator from Virginia, has labeled Truman's suggestion of an in crease in the armed forces as an attempt by the President to "squander the nation into bankruptcy." Mr. Byrd was saying about the same dur ing November of 1941. The lesson of four years of hardship and sacrifice, it seems, should be ample. To be caught unprepared for the approaching conflict will be disas trous. In spite of the Virginia Senator's eratic charges and insinuations of Communists in the State Department and such, it would appear that in the final analysis the only red which the Senator really ever sees is the red in the apple which is responsible for the blackest figure ever in his account books. . The Senator would seem to be trying to live in some world that doesn't exist, for, in spite of his self-termed reality, he is as far removed from the cold reality of present times as any man we know. He looks down when he should look up; he looks inward when he should look outward; he walks backward when he should walk forward. Byrd was one of the first to "break" with the New Deal. This break occurred rather early when Roosevelt sent his minimum wage bill to Congress. Byrd immediately announced his opposition and was called to the White House to explain himself. He tried to dismiss the issue with one of his usual "unAmericanism" charges. But he was foiled. "Tell me Senator," the President asked, "what do you pay the workers in your orchards down in Virginia?" "Why, I pay the standard wage," Byrd replied. "Yes, but what is that this standard wage," asked Roosevelt? wage," asked Roosevelt? "The standard wage is just the standard wage it's what everybody pays." "But tell me," Roosevelt queried, "in figures, cents, what do you pay the workers per hour?" "Ten cents." "Now I understand, Senator," the Presi dent answered. (Mr. Smith's letter refers to an article written on July 17th by Tom Kerr, a former student, who will enroll In Yale Lew School in the fall.) Editor: . I wanted to write just a few words to praise the fine work you have done so far this sum mer, and also to make a few comments in regard to one of your articles in the July 17th paper. Having read some of the very worth-while material in your paper for. some time, I was terribly upset by the re view of the Carolina Playmak ers' presentation of "Pursuit of Happiness." To get to the point, the writer of the article certainly had an abundance of brazen assurance and sheer gall to call the play "amateurish, but honest," in one of the most amateurish examples of writ ing I've ever read. It just doesn't seem possible for him to tear down such a thoroughly enjoyable play; and that's what it was, judging from the acclaim of the capacity au diences of four consecutive nights. In reference to the, comments about the actors themselves, I'm sure that your "over-eager" re porter is sadly mistaken in his criticisms. Mel Hosanky did a splendid job, and he definitely was not miscast. Miss Ellis like wise did a very good job, al though she was accused of "act ing uncomfortably" by this same "jealous critic." (She was act ing her part in accord with the casting of the play!) On the whole, it was a piti ful review, and an injustice to the Playmakers, who are per haps the school's leading en tertainment organization. Congratulating you on your good work, but questioning the necessity of the aforementioned article, I am, Yours truly, George Smith Playmakers. Cecile Aubry Is Great In Manon Football vs. Education (Greensboro Daily News) Cecile Aubry. what she is to the moving picture! What she is! As an unknown she stole the show (true, it wasn't much of a show) in The Black Rose and went back to Paris and Tyrone Power went scurrying for the nearest western. In the French picture Manon, Miss Aubry, like the picture it self, is nothing less than magni ficent. Playing the part of Manon, a young French girl whose mother operated a cafe which catered to German sol diers during the war, she finds herself about to be "shaved" by fellow villagers when the libera tion army clears the Normandy town. But she is saved from this embarassing fate by a young Frenchman, Robert, who has joined up with the liberation forces. And here begins a fan tastic love affair amid vivid reality. Robert, tired of women by 19 until he met Manon, who "looks like a child and acts like a woman (as too few women can) takes her to Paris. The story winds through the French black market, through an ad venture in a house of illrepute, to a murder, a refugee ship, to a paradise and to a most unus ual ending one which Holly- The Chapel Hill Tar Heel has delivered a sockdolager to foot ball. Football will keep on run ning to its goal whatever that may be without breaking its stride, but is was time that someone on the campus got it told anyway. The Tar Heel did its talking editorially. It noted that foot ball has changed from an ama teur sport to a big business; the Carolina Athletic Associa tion grossed $958,978.73 from football in 1949-50. It wanted to know why it was necessary to pay $12,721.59 that year for "Scouting Pro spective Students" and $(5,620.02 for "telegrams, Telephone and Postage." What of it? The University of North Car olina at Chapel Hill, according to The Tar Heel, is the "core, conscience and guiding force of the North Carolina educational system, and to some degree, that of the Southland as well." This entails obligations and disci plines, moral and intellectual. One of these disciplines, the edi tor contends, is the "removal of professional football." Why? Because it is too big, too en gaging and too distracting for an educational community such as this." It may be easy to convince the faculty and student body of this because they are still en gaged in educational endeavors, but with those of the alumni who have finished their educa tion it will be a different matter. pp7 r FT Vk Campus Briefs Graduation exercises for the Highway Patrol School, held here under the sponsorship of the In stitute of Government, will be conducted tonight at 7 o'clock in Gerrard Hall. On display throughout the sum mer are original works by Picas so, Braque, Gris, Klee, Dufy, and wood could never do. The direction is good, the story is excellent, and Cecile Aubry is great. Playing at the Varsity Wednesday and Thursday. 16 other famous artists from the Duncan Phillip's collection, in Person Hall from 2-5 p.m. every afternoon and from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday evenings. Dr. Arthur Fink, Dean of the School of Social Work, will leave in September to teach social work courses in the University of Bir mingham, England, for a year on a Fulbright Scholarship. He has been granted a leave of ab sence by the University. Dr. Fink, who has been here since 1945, will be accompanied to Eng land by Mrs. Fink and their three children. HORIZONTAL 1. outmoded 6. flap 9. pronoun 12. lessen 13. what-not 15. cony of Old Testament 16. normal 17. delay 18. male swan 19. speck 20. the heart 21. hourly 23. born 24. identity in pitch (music) 26. Buddhist column 28. traded 29. European language 33. still 35. a roll of parchment 36. indite 39. oblivion 41. dancer's cymbals 42. in the fork (Bot.) 44. fish delicacy 45. timely 46. brook 48. theme 50. a law- 51. unaccom panied 52. lamprey 53. precious jewel 54. transport boat VERTICAL 1. stuff 2. ear shell 3. ancient kingdom 4. male fox 5. even (poetic) 6. drift 7. kettledrum 8. club 9. wading bird 10. incensed 11. fray 14. an adhesive Answer to Saturday's puzzle. S I A I R j jH0MIES 1MAIM A LPUVENEU t)ed ZIZ ill N - Aii-r-r. sThall r t riiIJii P A C EL MA. iN E LJA N ESS INjH 0 G jlE d E n Gi" sTa n E : mEiPiEiLiui Nor n 1 e i aPe ek 1 El 1A k IaIlIlLisItIeipIsI, Jplttlv 4-U Arertte time of wlutloa: 17 minute. Distributed by Kin Fetturu SjnwUcaU 18. learn 20. food to be rechewed by ' ruminants 21. 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