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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Sunday, April 30, 1933
fiTllO "Ja'atltl TiTftV SfrfrT though he already had engagements for the
. VUJJfc jdtillj Uiui ttl two days of the dances, he felt almost certain
The official newspaper of the Publications Union Beard that he could break these engagements to play
of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hm for the three junior-senior dances for approxi
where it is printed daily except Mondays, and the , ,
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring Holidays. En- mately 370.00.
Thursday night at a joint executive commit
tee meeting of the junior and senior classes,
tered as second class matter at the post office of Chapel
Hill, N. C, under act of March 3, 1879. Subscription
price, ?4.G0 for the college year.
Offices on the second floor of the Graham Memorial if We in attpneixnna oro fnM tliaf. n Mprrrnm
t,,,m I '"J-V- -
UUUUlUgt
had been received frnm T,eftwich. statins that
..Editor he. could not break his -nrevious engagements.
.........jylanaging Editor This carried no ST&i f truth f Fridav the
CITY EDITOR FOR THIS ISSUE: PHIL HAMMER
Sunday, April 30, 1933
Claiborn M. Carr.
Thos. H. Walker.
R. D. McMillan, Jr..-.......- .......Business Manager Tar Heel in a telephone conversation with Jelly
Leftwich was told that he knew nothing what
soever about any telegram purported to come
from him and that his original statement still
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Backstage! nem irue
tt 1.., xu - , 11 tne executive committees can not be
dances were given primarily for the benefit of I , , , - . ... , . Z,
the members of the classes giving the dances; L-,ct , . . , ,
, 1 -i i ! 1 x uiiuo nidi Accumg, nicy Biiuuiu ue xurceu
Only a few outsiders were given bids. I . --u 1
, However, in the last few years, the classes lT aT' 4 T ,
nave gune lniu cumueuuon wiia me ueimau , - . -r, .
45 lit3PiT at o maca moDinnr TT1 M II
ciuu, Liie iviity -jc rune,- ami tne opuug rcsuvai,
nrA hnvp hppn mittino- nn more extravagant
MAAXA MT V FVWW . .... J A
rlnrfPs in jm nttpmnt to keen nn with these Julors'--
ntV.pr nro-nmVaHnTis. Sinr.fi' manv members of. pionaay JNight
the two upper classes look upon this annual The cry for a show of student opinion with
inninr.ffpninr f nnrtinn as their maior social whirl "Kra u me jumor-semor aance situation nas
" I J. 1 x. 1 1' -ji nr -i 11
f r!rnlin3 thpv wnnlri naturallv bp. interested at iast Deen answerea. monaay mgnt tne mem
"w " " w - 1 .v. , , ,-,
in putting on as nice an affair as possible. The uer OI. ine JUIllor ciass are to oe given tne op-
money, belongs to the classes and, tinder ordi- inirtuuity mi express xnemseives on tne matter,
nnrv fmaWi! rnnditinns a '.biff dance would be auu at same unie.:ine ciass W1" De Seil
, . .. ,t ' t .! the chance to ratifv nr reipct thp nlnn nrnnnspH
m order, provided tne majority 01 tne memoers . - ; - m - - v-v--
i - - :xx
uy i,ne uarice committee.
It is to the interest of the class to have a large
of the class voted for such a festival.
xxx ,xx. . representation present. The greater this rep-
volved hasn't the money, our financial condition ro.Q w x,.. , Q ' , , .
. , . . - 1 snn. i ' j f i ncvumnuii. nic n-oo tiiv xxc4,xxvc; dual uicx c w xxx
is most uncertain, and 1,600 is being spent by , .... . , , . . .
- ' :4.Ll xi,. be any political or other type of manipulation by
the executive committees of the two classes
t x i. x xi. xi. i v x- ,,-, success of the meeting. Now that the referen
Retrenchment rather than elaboration should , , , -j .
any group. This protection is essential to the
be practiced now hy the two upper classes so
that a few hard-earne'd shekels may be left in
dum has been offered, it should be made rep
resentative.
TVio mootinn1 10 o nVi o 11 cm era 4-n ni ni niriA mraviT
the pockets of the members of the classes. When . . . , T, . , , -
500 students m the University are staying here , , . .
, , j xi. t a i eacb member to attend. This is a duty which
by the grace of God and the Loan Funds, when . xxu i vx u-t-t.
;l,x, on, nnn v he not only owes to the class, but one which he
. , t , ocrnnnA - owes to the University and to himself . Not only
thisyear to remain m school when $50 OOOis an(J
owed the University at present, represented by . . . . .. . TI.
. - , , , i -i , i ( xi ""I aiou vxxc ncuaic exxxu. yicotiKC ui tiic viii-
notes of students who have had to defer their . , t -j xt. x
. ... i i a -uxi, versity is under fire. Besides the obligation
tuition on account of lack of: funds, when the , . , , . ,
state is in the economic chaos that it is today,
which each man owes himself he owes something
r Viics place on Viia orVirnl Tri nrrl ay 4-n rnlr
lilffl'l t ' " T 1 J W Ilia yXUkJU HUU IliU kJVllVVl! JXX ui ui vu ivua
it seems utterly foohshand criminally extrava- after own interest the interests of the
gant to allow any executive group authorize the , ,,,Jl . . , , xi, TT -x
payment of $1,100 for an orchestra, and $1,600 Ltudent shoud fee, he has a ,,,3
iur txixec uaiiuco. 1 x. . .in , xx j xi x.
T, . . , ,. ... luuiigaLion iu lumii oy atienumg tne meeting
It is customary for the executive committees - f ... . J , ,,6 , r.
. j., 1 J? J X 1T I XXXC VllCUXCXlgG : 110,0 UCni UUUYY11 UUti ' JL
. , . - .. , Tx. . n junior class should and will accept. Each mem-
class as a whole, for its approval. If the class . ... , , - , ,
. , - ii . , -A , ber of the class wi41 take up the challenge and
meets before the expenditure is decided upon, it i.- ' j- i j x
authorizes or rejects it then. If the executive " LU ue - I1Ium7;u
committees recommend an expenditure at an- jt' Thls WJ 1 come Monday mghtwhen
other time the matter should be referred to the member buckles on his sword and attends
class for its ratification or rejecture, before any "1C
To the Editor,
The Daily Tar Heel:
Since the inimitable Horace,
the peculiar foibles and colossal
inconsistencies of frail1 men
have evoked, by. their asinine
display and insistent parade,
that species of criticism known
as invective. Some sage has
observed that asses are polite
save at meal time men only
when dining which may ac
count for a part of man's disre
gard for the welfare and. opin
ions of their fellow associates.
Evidently those members of the
junior and senior classes insist
ing on an. unprecedented high
expenditure for the Junior-Senior
dances conceived the idea
when fasting. Their concern for
musty traditions and their pre
tended public spirit are potent-
y inconsistent in these days of
an ubiquitious depression. Mar
velous to say, they invoke the
god of pomp and plenty in this,
the leanest of the seven lean.
eaner years. In so doing, if
their prayer is heard and their
plan accomplished, they will call
down upon their heads and the
fair escutcheon of their Alma
Mater a never-ending and well-
deserved criticism of the bela
bored taxpayers, to say nothing
of that disgruntled body the
enemy of higher learning. But
men go on, forever bent on dis
playing ridiculous manners, in
consistent purposes, and often,
at inestimable expense in the fu
ture, filch Peter to pay Paul.
Silence and Wisdom, Charac
ter and Chastity, labor and love,
"Light and Liberty" are un
questionably always commend
able, but pomp and poverty
never. H.L.W.
contracts are entered into at all. By no means
is the committee empowered, to enter into con
tracts and make expenditures without the con
sent of the class.
This vear the committees have assumed a
"divine right" of making arrangements and sign-
ins contracts involving the class' members'
money without their consent. With the devel-
A Warning
To Be Heeded
"The eyes of the legislature are on Chapel
Hill," stated Representative Tarn Bowie Friday.
A simple statement, yet one which carries with
it a world of meaning. During the past few
-months the ranting gentleman from Ashe has
onments as they are. it seems that the commit- rcc" ? ""Bl "ie uuhj uuu ux
tfipa h vp nPtPd in . w.v and unwarranted the University and the cause of education, but
-mannpr "Rv all ritrbts W . and not tbp classes. in this remark he sounded a warning which for
should be held personally responsible for any lthe student body to pass by unheedingly would
losses the classes may suffer through their un
authorized actions.
be to make it the greatest enemy of itself.
In the light of subsequent national and inter-
The least that can be done now is to hold a national events including the abandonment of
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class meeting of both the junior and senior tne goia stanaara oy America since tne passage
classes and thresh the matter out without delav. of the biennial appropriations bill, the situation
The juniors are meeting Monday night and every here h,as assumed an unf orseen seriousness. The
mprnhpr should he there. Tf thP class as a whole state legislature, with the graciousness of the
approves the expenditure, under present condi- Penniless, has granted the Greater University
tic, or nmstanrps tfcor, tht is np hnsi. 2,uuu, DUt tne oeuverance oi tms into tne
ness of the class.
hands of Comptroller Woollen is still a matter
of speculation. Although this amount has been
levied by the legislature it is still within the
power of the Budget Commission to reduce this
amount when the necessary revenue is not f orth-
Dictatorship
Buncombe
The far-famed democracy of the University coming.
oi isortn Carolina seems to nave gone into ai- The University therefore, is not yet safely
most total eclipse due to the power of dictator- bod the r)OW&r of thnsp ho controi ti,ft TOir
ship assumed by the class executive committees. strings We as it were in the of
No longer is the student free to carry out his a chnd whoge mother hag promised him a quar
opinions; the class executive committees have ter .f he ke hig dothes dean The student
usurped nis ngnts ano uulcu uu uic uiviiie xigut body heretofore has not realized to what an ex
oi Kings so prevalent in iuiiua ua. tent the eyes of the legislature and the people
Aimougn-me auwu lo ue are focused upon the University. During the
representatives ox uie cu dt ihtkb, in tne lace t hectic session in the Houge the University
eeinmKly. umiuix uuu, - tptibe was accused of all manner of wanton extrava-
should be lowered during the time of economic gance not alone on the part of the administra.
unrest, tney nave used money collected lor dues tion but of the students as well. It was this
' as they see fit without consulting the other mem- charge against student extravagance which
oers oi me xow, upon discovering tnat brought about the abandonment of 297 free tui
tneir enorts nave resulted m a iacK oi iunus, tionR a short wWie am.
they propose to levy an extra tax upon each The University afford at present to
. mwuur. ui uie WB -,aung Lu ataxia tne attract any more unfavorable attention to itself
junior-senior dances. "ThP pvps lpdaf,, nv. xr;r
At last, although realizing that they are Lnd the students and ft " behooves them to watch
wrong, tney are seeing lu uoisier tneir crumD-ubejr sep y C R
ling structure of dictatorship through the use!
of deceit. It had been advocated that they se- Seventy per cent of the inmates of the Min-
cure a cheaper orchestra from within the state nesota state prison enrolled in university cor
to play for the dances. The orchestra leader, respondence courses received grades of A. or B
"Jelly Leftwich, informed the ' Tar Heel that, Swarthmore Phoenix (N.S.FJi.) .
SPEAKING
the
CAMPUS MIND
pensed with their funds to the
extent that they are now con
fronted with a deficit; they
knew this before they made
plans for the $1,600 dances.
Now they have pictured the sit
uation beautiful to the junior
class officials so as to get their
support in the financing of the
dances. Unfortunately, they
have been able to do so.
The members of the two
classes who have paid all of
their fees are entitled to the
dances without any further
charges, and if such further
charges are made it is grossly
unfair and is no less than open
robbery.
It has already been stated
that the executive committees do
not have the rights to impose an
extra charge and determine
what we shall have without our
consent, then are we to sit idly
by and let the assumed dictators
brandish before our empty pock
et books a $1,600 dance and an
extra fifty cent levy to pay for
same? The classes should have
an immediate vote to determine
what shall be done in regard to
the present dance situation.
It has been suggested that the
dance committee arrange to sell
some 125 or more bids publicly.
If such plans are being formu
lated why not return all dance
fees to the members of the
classes and have a public dance,
for to sell bids publicly will
break the significance of the
dance anyway? J.P.
To the Editor,
The Daily Tar Heel:
"Say, young fellow, I thought
you people at Chapel Hill were
preaching economy this year?
How do you reconcile that idea
with an elaborate dance that I
noticed is to be put on down
there?" is one of the expressions
I heard while at home during
the holidays. I believe that
thought typifies the idea in the
minds of most of the tax payers
in North Carolina who have
heard or will hear of the pro
posed Junior-Senior dances.
When student opinion is op
posed to such an expensive af
fair ( ?) and when the idea that
the administration of , the Uni
versity is surely behind the acts
of its two upper classes is cer
tain to permeate the minds of
those who even now are grudg
ing in their support of our
school, should we, the members
of the junior and senior classes,
stand by and see a couple of ex
ecutive committees make us pay
for something which we do not
want? Should we deprive our
selves or our parents of hard
earned money so that a rela
tively few people can bring
their girls to a really gala af
fair? I think it is high time for
the student body to throw off its
cloak of inertia and raise its
arms in action against a $1600
dance. E.W.,Jr.
To the Editor,
The Daily Tar Heel:
I noticed in your Saturday
issue of the Tar Heel that the
executive committees of the
junior and senior classes have
compromised and are to give
X X1 i.i
out tne oids tor junior-senior
senior dances to those entitled to
them only when they pay. an ex
tra fifty cents. .
This seems very unfair to the
members of the junior class to
have to help pay for the inpffi
ciency of the officials of th eon.
ior class in handling their f unrts
If appears that they have' dis-
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Vacation Notes
All Fifth Avenue book shops
were carrying Shaw displays in
their windows. In Dutton's we
saw a very clever caricature
done in wire, against a blue
ground. Shaw's books ; (some
first editions) and -all foe books
about him including Dr. Hen
derson's biography, were much
in evidence.
First editions of Galsworthy
and Wells are the best items for
collectors among the Moderns.
Ann Vickers - is mentioned
more frequently than any other
novel.
Many beautifully bound books
dating back to the eighteenth
cenutry are to be seen amid the
antiques and bric-a-brac clog
ging the windows of the now
sluggish Interior Decoration es
tablishments along Madison.
We are finding a great deal of
pleasure in reading Vincent Mc
Hugh's Sing Before Breakfast.
This is the second novel by an
author who has been contribut
ing to The American Caravan,
l tie Bookman, and The Forum.
The conservation is handled in
a delightful and thoroughly con
vmcmg manner. Occassionally
the characters lapse into Hem
ingway, but they do so in slight
derision, and with tongue in
cheek.
"We only do Hemingway for
compound satire. No damned
grace under pressure. Explo-
muh unoer pressure. All that
gang's too proud of being able
to take it To hell with taking
it. Dish it out Fight. If it's
no use, fight anyway .
Sabatini has a new novel The
Rt.nl bin n TT
xx v jLne scene is
England of the seventeenth cen-
tury, with William of Orange on
XT- XI TT-
uie tnrone. iung James, de
posed, sits plotting across the
Channel m a palace at St Ger
mam. Such a situation leads to
intrigue and to a Sabatini no
vel.
The Herald-Tribune proclaims
Not To Eat, Not For Love as
"the first adult novel of college
me Harvard is the place.
Many of the characters" will be
By Robert Barnett
The Junior Playmakers pres
ed Ali Baba and the Forty Thki
written and directed by Harrr
Davis, Friday night, and Saturday
afternoon and night. This "produc
tion marks the second annual pre
sentation of the Playmakers young
er actors and actresses.
Ali Baba " and the Forty
Thieves combined at once the
subtle magic of the marionette
show and the more describable
fascinations of the legitimate
stage. Davis' direction of the
play was superb, seeming to
draw out of each of his little
actors and actresses their own
spontaneity and yet managing
to hold them closely related to
the play itself. The vigour, the
enthusiasm, the pride, excite
ment, suspense, jealousy, cun
ning, and humor of each speech
was usually as convincing as
Davis himself could have spoken
and felt them. And still the
audience was aware of each
separate personality. The Jun
ior Playmakers may claim a
charm and magic quite their
own, a charm arising out of im
parting to unreality an authen
ticity which only children can
deeply feel.
A word about the play Ali
Baba and the Forty Thieves,
taken from A Thousand and One
Arabian Nights, does not lend
itself easily to dramatic adapta
tion. The story shifts scenes
and action so rapidly that a
playwriter would have to com
press and distort it in order to
make its production practicable.
In 1849 at the Boston Museum
an attempt was made to produce
Ali Baba as a play, and in order
to heighten a rather flimsily con
structed play the use of duets,
choruses, extraneous, and fan
tastic scenes, all touched with a
proper moral tone, were em
ployed. One cannot help con-
rasting Davis' treatment of the
same story. The play is notable
for its simple adherence to the
tale, its judicious use of humor
to enrich the characterizations,
and the achievement of an un
expected suspense in the pro
gress of the performance. If
any criticism could be made of
the play itself it would be that
some, or even, most of the hum
or is anachronistic. A flapperisli
reference to "traveling men" in
an El Zandu harem is a bit of a
jolt
Foster Fitz-Simons' designs
for the sets were colorful and
exotic. The scene for the second
act was particularly effective. It
divides the stage in two; onei
half bright blue and yellow vita
the brilliance of the Arabian sky
and desert, the other rich and
deep and mysterious with thick
heavy masses that have the at
mosphere of great treasure. The
rock door intervening opened
for the magic words with a re
luctant whine. The bright, soft,
globular patterns of the scenes
for acts one and three added m
estimably to the effect of the
play.
Most of the young actors ai
actresses acted naturally.
Nathan has said that good act
ing is acting naturally, but
you act naturally you aren't act
ing; ergo, there ain't no
acting. This syllogism can j
applied to the Junior. Playntf'
ers. Save for an occasional ef
fort to project their voices U
young performers were at ease
and acted with a grace and un
concern that lifted it above ofr
trig. ; Kimball Dyer made a very
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