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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Thursday, December 4,
Published daU;- during the coitege year
except Monday? and except Thanks
giving, Christmas and Spring Holi-
.. days.
The official newspaper of the Publi
cations Union of the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Subscription price, $4.00 for the col
lege year.
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basement of Alumni
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t ""i"tfn 7tt Tttl dication. It is an indication that
tycllip iar Vjttl the University authorities have
. . ! j opportunities for petty money- j
grabbing and do not take them.
J !
i's '. Last week we heard of a
school that demands from each
student living in a dormitory a
twenty-dollar deposit v against
possible damage to his room.
And it is a remarkable fact that
it takes the whole twenty dol
lars to repaint, or wash with
Dutch Cleanser, a black smudge
under a desk. The students pay
a blanket ten dollars for three or
possibly four home, football
games. Down in the city tickets
are one dollar. Another school
charges five cents each time a
student uses an electric iron, al
beit he happens to press only a
handkerchief. It is not a diffi
cult experiment in physics to
find the real cost of the electri
city required in the pressing of
a handkerchief.
These x are not state institu
tions, it is true. The University
is a state-supported institution.
and has therefore less occasion
arid excuse to demand a dollar at
every turn., But nevertheless;
the authorities have opportuni
ties of being tike modified edi-
Hm-i's rvf fVinsp ntripr nntVifYrit.ips:
Louise McWhirter Dan Kelly? ', , ? .
F. Broughton McB. Fleming-Jones ; it is to me cretui oi our uiiiciais
W. E. Davis George Malone'Kat thev nermit the ODDortuni-
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EDITORIAL STAFF
City Editors
J. M. Little W. A. Shulenberger
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Ben Neville
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Sports Staff '
K. C. Ramsay .....Sports Editor
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I Assignment Editor
Charles Rose
By Moore Bryson
The Carolina Playmakers
present
THE JITNEY PLAYERS
. in
The Murder in the Red Barn
and "
The Duenna
Paul, and in the latter role he J them? The answer is no.
; received many laughs and a I suppose the instigators
! great deal of applause. In fact, say 'm a it-hurts-me-more-tha
j the laughter caused by his por- idoes-you tone that they are do.
j trayal of the bloated old monk ns this to protect our dear f eia
j almost stopped the show. Ellen
inine element from the octopus
t Love as Donna Louisa was the. Carolina demons that reach
quintessence of grace and charm. ' with a thousand outstretr'j
crous characterizations of the f she has a lovely natural, butarrns to entwine tlie poor inEo.
evening. j apparently untrained, voice. cent girls into the predestined
Between the acts, members of I Frederick Forman, .Harrison meshes of circumstance. I nu
the cast gave aivertissemenis
rxrrt-fa in IrtxaTilTtcr With tVlP
the lovers, Mr. Skinner, giving piained, not to imply, that I
spirit in which the play was
given. The quartette singing
"Come, Birdie, Come," was the
most outstanding feature of the
whole program, and had the
Imperial Hungarian Tumblers
shortened their act by . a few
REPORTERS
If appreciation for the theatre
has been on the wane in Chapel
Hill this year, it is because the
lovers of the drama have been
forced to suffer from malnutri
tion. The Jitney Players requir
ed less than half a scene in order
to restore life to what at first parently enjoyed
1 j. i ji i
appeared .10 De a nsxiess . au
dience. This wandering band of
troopers, who last year so en
chanted the local theatre-goers
with The Wonder and A Trip to
Scarborough, completely won the
hearts of all Chapel Hillians who
saw them Monday ' and Tuesday
night at the Playmakers
Theatre. The only regret which
a remarkably graphic portrayal
of exactly what a good lover
should not be. .
individually concerned, that I
greatly appreciate " this most
noble effort; but, 1 feel sure that
The sets for The Duenna were? when any Carolina boy invites
much better than those used for
The Murder in the Red . Bam.
falls, they would have been asi designer had caught the
entertaining a pair as could have delicacy of the play and carried
VV. R. WOerner
Otto Steinreich
F. W. Ashley
George Vick
Mary Buie
E. E. Ericson
E. M. Spruill
BUSINESS STAFF
Harlan Jameson .
John Manning
Al Olmstead
Pendleton Gray..
W. C. Grady. .
.As't Bus. Mgr.
...... Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
.. Advertising Mgr.
.rA'88't. Adv. Mgr.
iAss't. Adv. Mgr.
ties to pass,
could charge
The University
two dollars for
Jack Hammer . .Collection mgr.
Bernard Solomon As8't. CoL Mgr.
Robert L. Bernhardt Want Ad Mgr.
John Barrow ... . .. . .Subscription Mgr.
C P. Simms Frank S. Dale
Zeb C. Cummings . II. A. Clark
Bill Jarman ' Ed Michaels, Jr.
R. D. McMillan, Jr. Jas. M. Ledbetter
A. H. Fleming, Jr. v;,
make-up labs ' in the botany de
partment, because some assist
ant may haye to wade in a mile
of marsh to find the specimens
necessary ior tne experiment.
But if we are not very much mis
taken,' the charge for the first
opportunity to make up a lab is
only fifty cents, which is also an
indication. V. A. D.
could be expressed was that thej
representative of our own little
theatre, Sheppard Strudwick,
was , not with theni again this
year Unless the forthcoming
season brings an extraordinary
I offering,. The Jitney Players will
been found.
The beauty-of the play lies in
the fact that the players ap-
giving it as
much as the audience enjoyed
seeing it.
The Duenna.
If it were possible, the pre
sentation of The Duenna would
beJ termed perfect and nothing
more would be said about it.
However, to do so, would be to
fail to give sufficient credit to
such performances as those
it into the execution of the
scenery! The costumes were rich
and colorful and lent ari air of
splendor to the production.
All who saw. The Jitney Play
ers hope that they .will continue
to pay Chapel Hill an annual
visit, and assure them of a warm
and enthusiastic welcome should
they return.
given by Alice. Keating Cheney,
Edmund Forde, . and Douglas
Rowland,, When Sheridan wrote
The Duenna he wrote a most de
lightful comic opera, and when
OPEN FORUM
girl to spend the week-end she
will be old enough to be perfect
ly capable of taking care of her
self. (If she's sober and if net,
either he or an officer can take
care of her.)
In fact I think the law wiB
have a negative effect, because
lots of the dames, who would
heretofore have gone to bed im
mediately after the dance will
now stay up just to get a chance
to violate a rule, . Everybody's
doing it now ; if you don't believe
it just wait. Time will tell (at
least I guess it will; it usually
does).
L. B. S., '31.
Thursday, December 4, 1930
Traditional
Reactions
The game Saturday with Duke
will be a threat to the traditions
of the University. Either defeat
or victory may cause reactions
Which will not be in keeping with
the traditions of this institution
and may destroy in one moment
of Passion the results of more
than 5 a c en turv's labor.
Defeat brings bitterness which
'causes, resentment and anger.
Victory brings joy. which some
times knows no bounds. In
either instance events may occur
which would reflect upon the stu
dents as individuals and as parts
of the University. A victory f or
Carolina will result in a celebra
tion both on the Hill and away.
But if it is true to our tradition
, al celebrations then no one need
caution the students as to the
possible results.' Carolina stu
dents have conducted themselves
: in the past in such a manner as
to reflect only credit to the Uni
versity;
But defeat may bring an as
sault upon the goal posts or oth
er actions which might be re
sented. The goal posts are per
fectly able to take care of them
selves and they need no aid from
..any students. An assault upon
the goal posts will not be con
sidered an assault upon our dig
nity or pride. Carolina retains
its dignity and its traditions re
gardless of football games. And
its traditions will hold no mat
ter who wins Saturday. But the
. University will not retain its
dignity, if over-zealous students
attempt to restrain, by force
harmless celebration.
Indications v
: We read Tuesday that no ad
mission fee would be charged for
the organ concerts, no fee for
concerts by guest organists,
even. And we saw in that an
nouncement the -keynote of the
University's administrative pol
icy. Perhaps the announcement
was simply an announcement.
once more be the high spot .manner. Alice Keating Cheney as
The Straight
And Narrow
We feel called upon to take
notice of recent actions by stu
dents of one of our brother in
stitutions. Surely it is but fit
ting that decisions of such far
reaching influence in the world
of ethics and morals should re
ceive proper evidence that they
are appreciated by the rest of us
who have not yet been seized so
strongly by the urge to virtue
and moral reform.
The highly commendable acts
referred to include: the attempt
ed dismissal of a fellow student
who certainly must have been a
moral reprobate, since he dared
to suggest that there might be
defects in the working of the
honor system ; the no doubt very
effective resolve of the sopho
more class to "outlaw" the drink
ing of nasty, poisonous liquor;
the organization of various
small groups to control any and
every kind of vice ; the passage
of resolutions directed against
the same; and now, to add the
crowning touch, the organiza
tion of a "Virgin Club" for the
purpose of "promoting " better
moral relations between the sex
es of theyounger generation."
All credit to the worthy up
holders of the standards of the
younger generation ! But why
stop at this point? We suggest
that the reformers decree that
all students give up smoking
that virulent weed, tobacco ; that
the co-eds cease employing those
instruments of the devil, powder
and paint; that only Ivory Soap
(99.44 percent pure) be allowed
on the campus; that strict cen
sorship be instituted over all
reading matter available to stu
dents and only the Christian
Herald be allowed on the library
desks ; that chapel be compulsory
twice a day; and that all forms
of profanity and slang be purged
from conversation, and only
"pure" English allowed. Then,
indeed, will this venerable insti
tution become the fit cradle of
future members of the W. C. T.
U., Anti-Saloon League, etc. fit
to rank with that other "noble
experiment" in the field of edu-
But we found it, maybe we
were wrong, there are people : cation, the W. J. Bryan Univer
who think we usually are an in-' sity. J. M. L.
among the histronic events pre
sented at the University, just as
they were last. year.
The Murder in the Red Barn.
Should one have accepted the
explanatory line, "A Melodrama
of 1840," which was found on
the program for this play, and
contented himself with seeing a
play reproduced as it was given
nearly a century ago, then he
would have been most agreeably
surprised. If lines in this tra
gedy were spoken seriously, and
they seldom were, it was because
the players . thought that they
would be funnier than if given in
the comic spirit. In fact, the
greatest objection to the per
formance was that the director
had failed to realize the humor
which most of the dialogue held
for the modern audience, and
relied entirely too much on bur
lesquing the whole play in order
to make it amusing. Some of the
scenes, especially the one in the
prison cell where the old woman
took out her knitting, were over-
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burlesqued to the extent that the
real comicality of the situation
was lost. v
It required several scenes be
fore one could become adjusted
to the fact that a change of
scenery was represented only by
a change in the back-drop. This
was probably due to the fact that
the wings were painted as the in
terior of the barn. Had the wings
been less definite, the illusion,
possibly, would have been more
complete. The fireplace in Mis
ter Marten's kitchen, however,
was adequate compensation for
any discrepancies which might
otherwise have been noticed.
The acting throughout was ex
cellent. Alice Keating Cheney as
Maria Marten, was everything
the poor, young, heroine should
have been.. Her scenes with the
baby (the character of the baby
was not given on the program)
were filled with maternal ten
derness, especially when she un
knowingly gave the precious the
poison. Douglas Rowland as
"The villian who pursued her"
was most detestable and drew
many hisses and cat-calls from
the sympathetic audience. The
Rustic Gent, Tim Bobbin, was
cleverly acted by Harrison Dowd,
but Ellen Love, playing opposite
him in the role of Anne Martin,
was entirely too charming to be
completely funny. Edmund
Forde was able to rely on play
ing the character of the father
of the girl dramatically in order
to make it one of the most ludi-
Editor pf Daily Tar Heel:
Why not change this place to
a kindergarten or make it a
school for delinquent boys. Don't
The Jitneu Plavers presented it, say this sounds absurd ; it sounds
they did so in its most .delightful no more absurd than .these idiotic
rules tnat are supposea to go in
to effect governing the bedtime
of invited feminine guests.
I've never been exposed to
I history in this man's University,
like walk was one of the mostJbut I have heard that the Puri
coiriic movements one could hope j tans came over here from Eng
tq see. Edmund Forde symboliz-1 land in search of freedom. I feel
ed the spirit of the eighteenth sure that if any of them should
century theatre in his interpre- happen in Chapel Hill right now
tation of the gruff but kind Don ; they would drag their weary car
Jerome. Douglas Rowland play-Jcasses right back over the briny
ed both Don Carlos and Father deep and could you blame
the Duenna, was as ugly and . as
awkward as. the most discrimi
nating theatre-goer could ask for
such a character to be. Her duck-
Oklahoma Will Use
Stadium for Classes
Norman, Oklahoma (IP)
Because a heavy enrollment hag
placed class room space at a
premium at OklaKoma Univer
sity here, officials, are consider
ing making use of the large
space underneath the seats in
memorial stadium as extra class
rooms. It is believed that a wall may
be built along the outer side of
the big , athletic plant, and the
fifty by 250 feet thus inclosed
may be divided into smaller
rooms.
The new G-E low-grid-current PUotron tube capable
of measuring a current as small as 10-17 ampere
This
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Little Tube Measures Stars
Centuries of Light Years Distant
I Y means of a new vacuum tube called a low-grid-current Plio-
tron tube, astronomers can eather the facts nf stplW
with -greater speed and accuracy. In conjunction with a photoelectric
tube, it will help render information on the amount of light radiation
and position of stars centuries of light years away.. It is further
appUcabk to such laboratory uses as demand the most delicate
measurement of electric current.
So sensitive is this tube, that it .can measure 0.000,000,000,000,000,01
of an ampere, or, one-hundredth of a millionth of a billionth of an
ampere. This amount of current, compared with that of a 50-watt
mcanclescent lamp, is as two drops of water compared with the
volume of water spilled over Niagara Falls in a year.
entire
General Electric leadership in the development cf vacuum tubes has lately
been maintained by college-trained men. hat rlULj JAl
largely responsible for the impressive progress made by General Electric in
other fields of research and engineering.
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