SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1946
PAGE TWO
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Playmaker Review
The official newspaper of the Publications Union of the UclreniRy of North Carolina t
Chapel Hill, where it is printed daily, except Mondays, examination and vacation periods.
Entered as second class matter at the post office at Chapel Hill, N. C, under the act of
March 3, 1S79. Subscription price is 5.00 for the college year.
Complete Leased Wire Service of United Press
EOBERT MORRISON
WE STY FENHAGEN
t CARROLL POPLIN and BILL WOESTENDIEK
BILL SELIG
Editor
Managing Editor
Co-Sports Editors
.Business Manager
CLIFFORD HEMINGWAY
Circulation Manager
FOR THIS ISSUE:
JACK LACKEY
RAY CONNER
BILL WOESTENDIEK
Night Editor
Assistant Editor
.Night Sports Editor
VOTE TOMORROW
Be sure to vote tomorrow ! - The polls will be open in Ger
rard Hall. The vote tomorrow will decide next year's president
of the student body and the editor of the Daily Tar Heel. These
are the two major policy forming student positions on the
Carolina campus. Both of these offices have become much more
powerful by virtue of the new constitution of the student body.
The president of the student body, who iieretof ore was noth
ing more than the chief justice of the supreme court of stu
dent government, is now given sweeping powers of veto and
appointment.
The editor of the Daily Tar Heel (although many previous
editors have taken the bull by the, horns and assumed powers
they really didn't constitutionally possess) will at last be able to
set indisputable policy for all of the newspaper's ramifica
tions. .
Several other minor offices will be in the run-off Monday
(tomorrow).
The election last Tuesday settled the minor positions and
eliminated all but two candidates for each of the two major
positions. The most important election is tomorrow. It is
your duty to take a few minutes time to vote ! R.M.
WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Write a letter to the editor not to the DTH editor, for he
receives his share of letters (more than ha can print)- but
write a letter to the editors of the newspapers in Greensboro,
Raleigh, Durham, Charlotte, Asheville, Winston-Salem, Wil
mington, and other North Carolina dailies
Ask the editors to publish your letter so that you can tell the
people of North Carolina that the men who fought a war for
them are being denied an education for which the federal gov-
ernment will pay. Tell them that their state university is not
able to take care of more than a small percentage of the students
who want to study here. And most important of all, tell
them that the University needs a large appropriation to provide
adequate facilities for citizens of the state.
The student body, by a wholesale lobbying campaign, can
become a powerful factor in helping this University make the
most of its time of crisis. -
So write a letter to the editor today, and send a copy to the
men who were elected to the General Assembly from your dis
trict. Tell them that your vote will be greatly influenced by
the way they vote on issues affecting the state's university.
R.M.
LAUNDRY COMPLAINT
Most of the University has returned to normalcy, but the
University Laundry is still its old self. The Laundry office
is well able to explain its inefficiency in terms of shortages of
help and materials, but the students are still having a hard time
receiving their laundered clothing in one piece if at all.
Here is a sample of the sort of letters we're receiving from
our readers; this one was written by Richard Stern after he
suffered from a rather unfortunate laundry mix-up over at
Steele Dormitory:
"If the shirts that have been lost, consumed, stolen or mangled
by the University Laundry were assembled in one pile it would
make Mount Everest look like a microfilm version of a Lenoir
Hall hamburger.
"Something is rotten in Chapel Hill. We are not thinking of
the compulsory laundry fee for town students ; we do not refer
to service that would put Rip van Winkle to ,shame ; we do not
even complain (now) of the rips, tears, gashes, lacerations,
paints, dyes and burns that disfigure our clothes. We refer to
facts that resemble the omission to return about a hundred
white shirts to the third section of Steele Dorm.
"Members of this abused section are willing to purchase a
reconnaissance plane, a sub-machine gun, an X-ray and John
L. Lewis to observe the malefactions that account for insuffi
cient returns on our laundry investments; the members are
willing to form committees, armed guards, lynching parties,
nudist colonies, trucking service to new laundries and clothing
Soviets if necessary. All they, we, you want is the return of
anything and everything we put into the University Laundry in
a fairly reasonable condition.
"This is the plea. Its rejection will be followed by an ultima
tum and a Revolution." .
We think the University Laundry should either begin giving
satisfactory service or waiver its policy of compelling students
to use its facilities. B.M.
School for Husbands Said
To Be Delightful Production
The thermostatic quality of the audience mind is the fortui
tous source of much pleasure and amazement. .Without it, few
revivals could.be attempted, and the fine entertainment offered
by the Playmaker production of the "bchool for Husbands" would
be denied us. Lines and situa
tions that an audience would be
completely insensitive to in a
contemporary context are trans
formed by the magic power of
this adapter into warmly humor
ous, vastly appealing moments.
Arthur Guiterman and Law
rence Langner, the modernizers
of Moliere's comedy, have takera
advantage of this human ther
mostat rather than relying upon
the obtrustive anachronisms
and vulgar intrusions that dis
figure most modernizations.
They have made a rather expert
transfusion of Moliere's blood to
modern comedy requirements.
Along with the wonderful Sgnar
elle they have introduced song
and ballet interludes, and with
Ergaste and Valere they have
supplied a sheen of facile coup
lets and quatrains for the play
stuff.
They have gotten good sup
port from the Playmakers. Bob
Burrow's sets were function
ally beautiful. The costumes
would have delighted the four
teenth Louis himself. The act-
t
ing and dancing were splendid
and it was even a beautiful eve
ning.
The finest performance bar
none was Sam Hirsch's Sgnar
elle. Mr. Hirsch is one of the
few Playmakers who can be very
funny without being complete-
y ridiculous. Sgnarelle is
more than a painfully pompous
puritan. While he is percep
tively mean, he manages to be
extremely appealing without be
ing pitiful. Mr. Hirsch got him
down to the subtlest inflection,
the slyest glance and ludricous
walk.
Other lights in the really fine
cast were Lynn Leonard and
Raikes Slinkard.
Foster Fitz-Simons choreog
raphy was amazingly close. to
the period dancing of the classi
cal age, and he had a well trained
group to recapture it. Its star
was Anne Osterhout who,1 with
the occasional aid of Mr. Fitz
Simons nearly stole the show.
The only drawback to the pro
duction was the singing which,
with the exception of Carl Per
ry's pleasant tenor was rather
abominable. Most of it, exclud
ing the admirable Mr. Hirsch's,
was inaudible. Mr. Slocum's
tempo enlisted little support and
it was a relief to get back to the
less lyrical part of the show.
Mr. Selden, the director,
avoided the myriad scene chang
es by availing himself of Mr.
Burrow's aforepraised sets, and
thus the performance avoided
the wounded-snake-pace that has
been the death of an unhealthy
majority of the world's productions.
Moliere seems to belong in the
Forest theatre. When he gets a
pleasant remodeling and a good
performance, as he did the other
night he is almost unbeatable.
Bill Crisp
Dear Bob,
I have stated many times in
the Tar Heel, in speeches and in
general conversation that I be
lieve that the next president of
the student body should, above
all, be qualified for the job
through previous experience in
student government.
There can be no doubt in the
minds of anyone who looks at
the record that only one of the
two candidates left in the race
for president meets the test of
qualifications. That man is Bil
rrisn. His oDnonent, Dewey
Dorsett, has never participated
in any phase of student govern-
ment excepting nis very unmeu
service on a very inefficient stu
dent orientation committee. Bil
Crisp has always stood for an
active, working student govern
ment. I have differed with him
on many occasions, but I am
sure that if the student body
elects Crisp to this position he
can and will represent them ably
and efficiently.
This letter is not directed in
any way against Dewey Dorsett
personally. He is a fine boy, and
if he had had previous expert
ence in student government
would have no hesitancy in sup
porting" him. However, I cannot
see any value or purpose in
fact I see a great deal of poten
tial harm in electing a man to
office who does not possess the
most valuable qualification of
all experience !
Therefore, I shall support Bill
Crisp in the election tomorrow.
A. B. Smith, Jr.
You're NOT in the Army Now
By Jack Shelton
Former GIs on campus well
remember (with appropriate
grimacing) the theory of super
iority of officers as practiced by
the army and navy. Of all the
difficulties encountered in the
adjustment of civilian life, this
was by far the hardest pill to
take. Lack of privacy, stereo
typed menus, ill fitting clothes
and even danger itself were by
comparison minor irritants. But
ask any GI what he hated most
about the army and the answer
was usuall yan emphatic "os
sifers."
The average American sol
dier has great difficulty in get
ting the "master race" con
cept through his democratic
brain. Even though most sol
diers concede the necessity of
the class distinction between
commissioned and non-commissioned
personnel, they can
not see nor condone the ex
tent to which that distinction
was underlinedAdd to this a
bitter resentment in the
methods used for handing out
commissions and appoint
ments to OCS and you have
the leading bone of conten
tion among our servicemen.
No matter where an army
bull session started, it would
invariably lead to the revela
tion of a new discovery as to
what the civilian occupation
of the CO really was. It could
possibly be attributed to wish
ful thinking, but every new
outfit one became assigned
to was' commanded by a for
mer A & P salesman.
"Boy just wait till I get out
of this unprintable army and
meet up with that unprintable
of an unprintable son of a very
unprintable CO of mine clerking
in the local A & P. I'll walk up
to that old ditto and say "Boy,
give me a pound of butter ans
no backtalk; I'm in a hurry."
Statements along these lines
floated in and out of barracks
from Fort Bragg to Myitkyana.
With this picture, so very lucid
to everyone who has been in
the army, it is not understand
able as to the motives involved
in a few former officers contin
uing to wear their insignia and
signs of rank long after return
ing to civilian life on campus.
Do these men really feel en
titled to a greater degree of re
spect or attention than the for
mer GI? Because officers are
fined and enlisted men sen
tenced to prison for identical of
fense, do they expect professors
to grade them from C up and
old GIs from C down? The aver
age civilian today accords a
great deal of respect to the hon
orable discharge button; Is that
insufficient for our former
holders of commissions?
It feels more than wonderful
to get back to civilian life (as
only a veteran can know). It's
sure great to drink milk instead
of little white powder droplets
in water. Ice cream still dazzles
many a veteran and that new
red tie looks mighty terrific. But
more than all this is the tremen
dous satisfaction in being able
to live a life of freedom, of not
having to take orders from per
sons now our equals.
Sure, veterans saw the neces
sity of the autocratic system in
the army ."Didn't they make an
adjustment (not too easy for
fellows born and reared in a de
mocracy) the success of which
is clear in V-J day and the bril
liance of our fighting? But
that's all over now and we vet
erans are once more back in the
democracy we gave up for a
short period to have the rest of
our lives. Can't you see that,
Lieutenant? Can't you see that
you are to be judged from now
on on what you do, not what in
signia is on your collar? Can't
you see you are no longer a
gentlemen by "act of Con
gress" ONLY by your own
deeds ? This is democracy again,
Lt., so "at ease!"
(Editor's Note: This article
is presented to show one side of
a controversial issue today.
Opinions expressed herein are
those of the writer and do not
necessarily reflect those of the
Daily Tar Heel. R. M.)
DTH Editor
Editor's Note: The following
is a letter which was turned over
to us by Eddie Allen, Bill Yce
tendiek's campaign manager.
All sides have a right to be
heard, and it it not our policy to
exclude material against the
present administration of the
Daily Tar Heel, but since this
letter contains true as well as
misleading facts, and editorial
note is appropriate.
The fact that none of the
staff supports Morrison is false.
The poll was conducted by the
managing editor (who supports
Woestendiek),' and was taken
among those who appear on the
masthead, most of whom are
members of the managing edi
tor's staff or Woestendiek's
sports staff. Morrison, as associate-editor
running for editor
last year, failed to receive the
support of as many staff mem
bers as support him this time.
In editorial positions he has
never' catered to the whims of
the staff and never will.
That Morrison claimed credit
for a rise in circulation is ridicu
lous. It was merely pointed out
that a great improvement is in
progress in the University the
number of students has in
creased tremendously, and the
student newspaper has kept pace
by going daily and growing to
meet increased circulation. .
Here's the letter:
To the Editor:
Bob Morrison, or his "friends"
states in a campaign handout
which appeared Friday that the
present Daily Tar Heel staff is
weak" and "far below what Bob
wanted." He also accepts com
plete credit for the rise in cir
culation of the paper.
These are most interesting
statements, especially in view of
he very pertinent fact that
none of the staff supported Mor
rison in a poll taken among staff
members. The rest were, and
See LETTERS, page four
Dorsett's Qualifications
There has been lots of talk
about the "qualifications" of the
two candidates in the run-off for
president of the student body. It
takes no profound thinker to
perceive the motive behind this
whisper campaign. It has been
instigated by Bill Crisp's sup
porters as their final resort to
win the presidency.
When we consider a man's
qualifications, we should, first of
all, seek Mr. Noah Webster's
definition of said terminology,
which is as follows : any natural
endowment, or any acquirement,
which fits a person for a place,
office, or employment.
Now let us consider Dewey
Dorsett's qualifications. Since
he returned to the campus last
September, Dorsett has been
chairman of the veterans affairs
committee of the University Vet
erans Association, president of
the University Veterans Asso
ciation, initiated into the Golden
Fleece and the Order of the
Grail, president of the ATO fra
ternity, on the freshman orienta
tion committee, freshman coun
selor of Old West dorm, mem
ber of the Carolina Political
Union and the Amphoterothen.
On the other hand, Bill Crisp,
during the years of 1943, '44, '45
and '46, acquired the following
qualifications: He was vice
president of the student body,
chairman of the Carolina Poli
tical Union, president and vice
president of the Debate Council,
president of the Dialectic Sen
ate, president of Tau Kappa Al
pha, president of the North Car
olina students' legislative sen
ate, and won the John J. Parker,
Jr., medal for student govern
ment leadership in 1945. Fur
thermore, Crisp has served on
the Graham Memorial Board of
Directors, Student .Welfare
Board, and as a member of the
International Relations Club,
Amphoterothen and the Golden
Fleece.
Before making his final deci
sion to run independently for
the student body presidency,
Dewey Dorsett consulted and
was assured support from vet-
nuu-cicimis aim coeus.
The first balloting last Tuesday
indicated that 711 students
wanted Dorsett for their presi
dent; 509 wanted Crisp. At
least 202 more students thought
Dorsett to be better "qualified"
than Crisp.
Monday is the day for the run
off. Let us elect a QUALIFIED
man to this high office. Let us
elect Dewey Dorsett.
Bill Lamkin