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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12, 1949 af()e3Daitijsrar3 XX The official ntwupaper of the Publication Board of th Unlvertity of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, whera it is issued daily during the regular sessions of the University by the Colonial Press. Inc.. except Mondays, examination and vacation period, and the summer terms. Entered ai second-class matter at the post office of Chapel Hill, N. C, under the act of March 3. 1879. Sub-m-ripuon price: $8.00 per year. $3.00 per quarter. Member of The Associated resj. The Asociated Press and AP features are exclusively entitled to the H J it or , i'poTjt Editor ijuvrtal Staff: Charlie Gibson. Tom Wharton. Wink Lockiair. BiU Uon Shtor.rilr. Jimmy Rutherford. John Ktumn Vtal Toint wilt u'L H$y "LkeC; ir ' Zane bobbins. Bill Johnson. Sam McKeel, Wuff lor Clenn feden Ne'U' C,rol,M Bruner. Bob Hennesaee. Graham 'Jfwrti Slail : Frank Alston. Jr.. Ken Barton. Lew Chapman. Joe B Cherrv i;7ynx0X. Vlf uGldb. Greenbaum. Billy Peacock. JonrT Aindexte?' VadV? brt-.Jo.hn.Shertil, Bebe Smith, Andy Taylor. Ronald Tllley. Buddy ?ZL'ZVa SLa".- iive Watk,ln Ed Williams. Neil Cadieu. June Crockett. Don 2??n?VUr ZVSrJ Bli1 Braln' Tr'nk Daniels, Ruth Dennis. Evalyn Harri, ?! Hobwpn. Kuth Sanders. Peggy Sheridan. Rodney Taylor. Marie Withers Stag P.rograpucr ' Jamtg A -ft-fa Fraternity Exchanges An old Carolina .custom that seems to have been lost in the shuffle is that of exchange dinners between campus fraternities. Before the war it was common practice for a fraternity to send five of its members around to another house, and in return entertain five itself for dinner on some 'of the week nights. Ed Joyner, editor; of' the Daily Tar Heel last year, ad vocated reviving the custom of exchange dinners, and for a while the custom enjoyed a brief rejuvination. Now the idea unfortunately seems to have been forgotten. How ever, interfraternity squabbles and prejudices are just as prevalent today as before the war. The presidents of each chapter could considerably better the campus relations of their fraternity by reviving the policy of having exchange dinners with other fraternity men. ' . Campus Thievery Journalism Department officials yesterday reported that a new Royal typewriter is' missing from their offices in Bynum Hall, thereby adding another item to the growing list of articles stolen over the campus recently. The wave of thefts is showing no letup, and apparently the days when one could leave his door unlocked are at an end in Chapel Within a period or little over a. week, there have been six major thefts. These robberies do not fit into any definite pattern, and perhaps none were executed by students. However, there is a strong probability that students did figure in some of them, for they generally .are more familiar with the Univer sity and its laxities than an outsider would be. The students have been hard hit in many cases by ihlMMfwt BUV CVe? more conquence is the fact that if the thefts continue, the whole student body may lose rnany privileges. For example, it may be necessary in the future to close up Bynum Hall at night. Right now the building remains open, and students may go there in the evening and make use of the typewriters which the Journal ism Department generously leaves out. Also it would not be advisable to keep Woollen Gymnasium open during the evenings if items continue to be found missing the follow ing day. Right off no solution seems to be available as to bring ing a halt to the robberies. The Carolina Honor System seems to have no influence over the thieves, whoever they raay be Apparently the only solution is to lock one's door at night and not to leave money and other valuables in such accessible places. But in the case of Woollen Gym and Bynum Hall being robbed of articles, all we can do LnT tthIre n- recurrens. It would be most unfortunate if the students should have to be deprived of actsoTathief bUildingS at jUSt beCause of the Student Government Tripe And Trivia By Bob Sturdivant This is the first in a series of articles on campus life as seen from over our way. If the series Samav h" abrUPtly' yU rCad- IZT L T T Wn CndU- sions, based on the coroners re- rtittMStud GSt rtCar 1W S"a! I' HeadS' SeC Firstly, let us look at the structure of the organization. It is based somethat on the ideas advanced by Rousseau in his now famous essay,"La Fille Est Dans La Rue." This cannot be "accepted as being entirely true, however, since the great master of French, or a French master as they are sometimes called, made no pro vision for a committee on the elimination of bugle blowing be hind Spencer. As far as can be ascertained, however, this is th only instance of deviation from the master plan and can most prooaoiy te checked up to in- experience in the application of semantics on the part of some power mad student leg slator. r ,.. v n. . It has been held hv mm eminent scholars that the afore mentioned essay lends iteslf rsadily to misinterpretation through its clever use of the passive subjunctive. In fact, one of our more famous stu dents of political science had this to say concerning the essay and its author: He should live so long already". But I digress. As for the operation of student government, we" need to go no DICK JENRETTE ,. C. B. MENDENHALU- CHUCK HAtlSKR BI1.LY: CARMICHAEL. Ill Kellam, . farther . " V I during the "let's go get those s7 bines" period. (Acruf lly tn s ha 1Utle t0 WIth government o any kind' but its a darn sight more interesting reading.) We see our aCtWe StUdent adVrs doinTthel bU aU abUt US' esPecial while Seated in the diversity cafe. Student government it limit ed by the constituency, repre sented by defeated aspirants in the race for spoils. There fore. U goes without saying! The situation here on campus almost coincides the one which was prevelant in France during the eighteenth century. Con cerning this, Voltaire was once heard to mumble "Ou est le crayon?" This cannot be ac- cepted without reservation, however, since he had just been erved a martini with onion. And any student of classical literature will tell you that Vol taire simply deplored martinis with onions. In general one might say that student government is m-a u u r, limited by the Curve Inn on the . . - uuviuitci viii me west, Kenan stadium on the southland Pearl Harbor on the east. It has been rumored that some have ventured beyond but it is only hearsay. So much for today, kiddies. And remember, next, week we write on Little Miss Muffet sat on' a Buffet, or Man TViaf'o XJaoi Eating. THE WJlSIIIIGTOn SCEIIE By George Dixon (Copyright King Features, 1949) WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 One of the nicest women around our town has just written a very interesting book. I mean Grace Tully, Private Secretary to F.D.R., 1932-45. The beloved Grace, in her work "F.D.R. My Boss", has a number of hilarious stories but the one that tickled me most concerned Mrs. Henrietta Nes bitt, the strong-minded house keeper at the White House. "No system, however," writes Miss Tully, "was quite equal to the housekeeper's conviction that the proper diet should be 'plain foods, plainly prepared' and the President pretty much had to take it "The most graphic disclosure of the Presidential attitude to ward the 'plain foods' came in the late summer of 1944 when I was chatting with him and his daughter, Anna Boettiger. " 'You know,' " The Boss sud denly remarked, " 'I really want to be elected to a fourth term.' " "It was a provocative remark and sounded like a momentous pronouncement. "'I want to be elected to a fourth term", he repeated, "so I can fire Mrs. Nesbitt.' " '. One particular outgrowth of the hullabaloo over Congress men using Army transport planes has me deeply intrigued. This is the explanation offered by Rep. Wickersham, of Okla homa, as to why he made two trips in an Army transport. Rep. Wickersham declared that both trips were to Okla homa City and both on official business for the House Commit tee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, of which he-is a mem ber. I don't see how anyone could possibly question Mr. Wicker sham's going to' Oklahoma City on Marine and Fishery business. As everyone surely knows, Oklahoma City contains practi cully nothing but mariners and fish. Mighty ocean-going vessels can be seen tied up in the lobby of the Skirvin Hotel, built by Perle Mesta's pappy, and the North Canadian River billows with waves that sometimes rise to a furious height of half an inch. A Credit To Tar A few days back we were stopped in front of the Play maker Theater by a rosey cheeked youth who apparently hadn't kicked around ye olde campus long enough to rub the shine off his saddle shoes. "Where", he asked, "can I get a look at one of these Play makers I've heen hearing about? Been, sitting here 30 minutes and haven't seen anything un usual about the people hanging" around this place." .The best we could do on the spur of the moment was mutter something about "Maybe they aren't in season," turn our hat brim down, our collar up, and sneak in the side door for our play writing class. But this naive member of the Class of '53 started us thinking, and now. after due deliberation and with malice aforethought, the conclusion has been reached that all this business of "he's-a-Playmaker-ha-ha" should be dispensed with once and for all and for gotten. Like an old Wilkie button.. it just ain't funny no more. A goodly portion of the old salts around the campus and not a few of the freshmen are laboring under the erroneous impression that the Playmakers are little more than a grand and glorious collection of nuts with theatrical tendencies. This idea popped up a number of years back and since that time the fires have been fanned at reg ular intervals by the always present group 'of self-rightious fault-finders that invariably have a hand in such matters. It's quite possible that . the Playmakers do harbor one or two individuals of questionable 1 i..imLi MlifMlllllMMM .. itHS 1 Return My old, congenial, friend, Wilbur Amberson dropped a round to my room in Sutton Heights the other mghi and as soon as I saw him in the door, I knew he had problems on his mind, so ' I let him speak his piece. "Buchan", he says, says Wil bur, "What the devil is the mat ter with you this year, you can't write any more, all you are is a common ordinary gossip. Son, you're in sad shape." "Bui." I protested, "folks like io see their names in the paper. The more names, the more people read. You know that, old buddy." "That( ain'l no excuse." "But. Wilbur, most of the stuff I write isn't so, I make up 50 per cent of it and throw somebody's name In for kicks. Can't you realize that. People like the stuff. They protest, but they like to see their Playmakers By Bill Johnson personality, .what organization doesn't? Yet the Playmakers are ridiculed because the nature of their activities places them be fore the public and in a position where popular approval or criti cism is expected. Most of us are too quick to emphasize the bad qualities of a group and much too slow and hesitant when it comes to dealing out the orchids. Sure, it's only human.. but that doesn't make it right. Another natural reaction, and one that a little thinking now and then might prevent, is the inclination io find fault with individuals and groups who have the ability, the de sire, and the backbone to en gage in activities that we. as individuals, have often want ed to take a crack at. but from lack of iniliairre, opportunity, or talent, have never gotten a round to. The Carolina Playmakers put in their appearance orr the campus in 1918 under the guid ance of the late Professor Fred erick" H. Koch. "Proff", as he came to be known to his stu dents and friends, believed in the folk drama and he believed in the Playmakers as the in strument by which a younger generation of theatrical aspir ants could gain experience and at the same time bring about a deeper understanding of the forceful drama- which is an in tegral part of life itself. As testimony to 'Proff's" vi tality and the strength of his ideals, the Playmaker's record is one .of accomplishment and ceaseless activity. Since 1918, the Playmakers have produced over 650 original one-act plays, more than 80 full-length plays, 50 professional one-act plays and over 35 out-door shows. Caterpillar Club Candidate This 'nThat Of The Amberson By Bill Buchan names in print." "The heck they do". You're not writing anything but pure tripe. Now take last year," Wil bur said, "when I was in at least half of your columns, when you had something to campaign for, some fights to win. That was the time." "That was in the old days, son," I answered, "this business this year is really going over. Why, my good buddy (I hope) Ted Leonard even mentioned me in the Legislature meeting Thursday night." "Yeah, the Tri Delts are men tioning you too, but it ain't printable." , "I've only the best of inten- tions." "Well, why don't you do something different for a change. Go back to your old business of writing solid col umns about one thing or a cer tain group of people. Get away Heelia Over 4,000 students have joined the organization and from them have come many of the nation's celebrated writers and enter tainers. Thomas Wolfe, Paul Green, Jonathan Daniels, How ard Richardson, Betty Smith, George Denny, Josephina Niggli and Noel Houston are just a few of the famous names to be found on the roster of past and pre sent Playmakers. On tours throughout the state and nation the Play makers have gained a repu tationj that has greatly added to the growing acknowledge ment that Chapel Hill and this tjniversity are one of the country's greaiesi culirual centers. More than 300.000 people have atvdienced Play maker; performances in Bos ton, St. Louis. D'aTIas. Texas; New York City, i Washington, D. C. and dozens of other smaller cities. Of the Playmakers' first per formance in New York the re viewer, of "Theater Magazine" wrote; "The rare characters and the homey qualities of these plays linger in one's memory long after some of the more sophisticated plays of Broad way have been forgotten. Each time we witness a .program: of the CAROLINA FOLK PLAYS, we feel for a moment that we, too, are just 'folks', .along with those folks on the other side of the footlights, who transport us for a brief" but happy period back to their hill country with its rich traditions, legends, and folklore". Such is the character- of the Carolina Playmakers, who rate, not our cynicism, but our hon est appraisal; not our censure, but our -praise. from this ancient gossip busi ness, son, you're not in high school anymore". "But Wilbur, people like it". aainst its Republican Com- ings were held on unification. "Buchan, just how stupid canl manders-in-chief than against Again Congress listened patiently you be. Change over for two! the Democrats, under Franklin to the admirals, but again Con weeks, ' do anything, make upl D- Roosevelt, a former Assistant gress voted against them, tighten- stories about your friends.. if F you have any. They'll enjoy itJ Other people will like it. Then people won't be using their own interpretations to those corny paragraphs you write." . .. Amberson had had, as usual, a few beers, but I figured the euv was RPrirmc anrt T take suggestions (except one, - ! lunrajs Places) so I listened. , "AU right, friend." I agreed, ? 'for two weeks. I'll produce six sohd subjects for col umns, like the Tri Dell busin ess' last week. 111 use my imagination like Gus Travis, and then well see how they like it." Don't ever do any corny, unfunny thing like the Tri Delt column, but. try your luck. If people prefer it the other way, they'll tell you. If they like it this way. they will tell you. Just ask them." You mean write a column a- bout Ralph Bowden and his date out at Hogan's Lake Sat- urday aternoon, or about Bill Mclver over at the Phi Delt House?" Reckon so, though . I don't know those characters. Use what weak brain you have, stupid, do something original Folks will like it. You can do somethng, kid, if you want to, it just takes common sense." "What for instance". "Why stay away from politics, except to boost future president Dortch Warriner. Make peace with Leonard, the Tri Delts, Russ Batchelor, those women you've been accusing of drink ing suds alone. And most of all straighten up and fly right." "Well, Wilbur, you've put me ; through many a column and provided more than enough' copy, but if neonle don't like ., , . , , . , . f my swiicning TO tnis single column story" stuff, I'm gonna switch back. And incidentally,? there are folks who don't like? you or your attitudes. So there." "People who don't like me arej; just stupid, like you, stupid. Itf was your roommate, Maynard.f who persuaded me to come up! and straighten you out". "Okay," I says to Wilbur, L says, "your advice goes until folks tell me otherwise, but if they want me 'to switch back to what you call "gossiping" I'm gonna do it." s With a look of sucess and the impossibilty of such a request, Wlbur gathered up his 23 beer cans (full) and staggered back to the lower quad. And we're off, as of now, on a new series until we hear diff erently. ; WASHINGTON. It's been a : long time since the U. S. Navy : hung the son of the U. S. Sec- : retary of War, John C. Spencer, : "at the yard-arm of the brig Somers for insubordination and f attempted mutiny," but there's : always-been a certain amount 3 of insubordination in the Navy : not unlike that flaring in the : headlines today. There was the case when the the Naval Reserve officer who so admirals, through their mouth- grossly libeled Secretary of Air piece, the Navy League, called Symington under the safety of their commander- in-chief Her- Congressional immunity, bert Hoover "abysmally igno- The public has largely forgot rant." There was the case of ten it, but twice the Navy has when the admirals, led by been given complete and lengthy Hilary P. Jones, sabotaged hearings by Congress, and each Secretary of State Henry L. time Congress ruled against the Stimson on 8-inch-gun criusers. Navy. Following which the ad And there was the bitter attack mirals refused to accept the Con on Stimson's 'war record, car- gressional decision, ried on sub rosa by the ad- In 1946-47 Congress held pro mirals. tracted hearings regarding uni- There was also the leak of a fication of the armed forces. The secret naval document regard- Navy was vigorously opposed, ing dirigible .bases by Adm. Pne of the admirals testifying Joseph M. Reeves, not unlike a&ainst unification ' at that time the leak by Capt. Crommelin was Adm- Gerald F. Bogan, who, today. And there was the aPParently forgetting his own shameless way in . which cer- testimony, wrote a letter, recently tain naval advisers to the leaked to the press, in which he Coolidge Naval Conference in comPlained that the Navy never 1927 conspired with William had a hearing. Baldwin Shearer, lobbyist for However, after months of hear American Steel Manufacturers ings and listening to any one who and Shipbuilders, to defeat the wanted to testify, Congress voted policies of their Commander-in- for unification. In a civilian form Chief, Mr. Coolidge. of government, it is the Con- Looking back over the last gress, not the Navy, which is three decades, the Navy has supopsed to have the final word, battled much more vigorously Again last winter further hear- iNavai secretary, there was al- most nothing the Navy wanted that it could not get. Even regarding uniforms -trr-in i , .... .... x "n oowea to tne admirals, be- cause of the scarcity of textiles the Navy the late Frank Knox had ST.wSi a "J . SUIIUIiei uniform. Fleet Commander A. Z House and reversed Knox in five minutes- rfason the admirals are so uaietoaay.ot course, is that their now easy targets for atomic inside drag with the White House bombs, would be put out of com is no more. Not only was Harry mission and there should be some Truman, an Artillery Cautain piace for Naval officers to go. during World War I, but his very The situation was considered close friend, Maj. Gen. Harry similar to that in the Army when Vaughan, is interested in the cavalry and horse-drawn artil Army, not the Navy. lery became outmoded. Cavalry Reading a book written 17 years men and any other officer in an ago J! came across this paragraph: outmoded branch of service "Leaks are among the ad- were permitted to transfer to mirals most effective means of the expanding air forces, some propagandizing. When a White times with a promotion. House decision has gone 'against But when Cnner nrnnA ' en the State DePartment can7ln2 on a negotiation which J i f mirf1PPe; when ey J, th ? apprP5iaT I . . f T and best Sti;ftegy 13 t0 leak- 'They do this to the press or to a discreet member of Congress, Both channels are effective. A furore is stirred up. The President or the state Department is pic- tured as stripping the country of its defense and baring its ACROSS l. Cover 4. Street urchin 3. Fashion 12. Employ 13. Tibetan monk II. Particle 15. liverreeu tree 16. Telephone Kirls -IS. Goddesses ot destiny 20. Bird's home 21. Polynesian 33. Crowds 34. Seaweed 35. Topaz hum- , miri-bii-ds Piece ojt 37. Pitcher 38 Copper ccn 20. Closed -ar 41. Brain passage 3. Belsian - ity . Chariot 4a Devi e fot fntensifyltifl sound 53. Wrath it. Seed cov4'ig 55. Promii'S 66. I' inly t7. S-'Uong w'n 53. Amtricar. uiiivcrrit;" ?a"?er yams -- i-and measure uupie. call 22. Silkworm OCTOIlER 11 Mn il , fi wW4Wa I Wi30 'M1 !L!ll " w tLi!i:isrr DREW PEARSON The WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND bosom to the enemy and after all the furore has subsided, the admirals usually find themselves on top." That statement, written by this columnist in 1932 in the book "More Merry-Go-Round," is equally true today. It is true re- garding the Captain Crommelin leaks; and it is true regarding the leaks to Congressman Van Zandt, ed unification, Admirals Bogan, Radford and Denfeld now complain that mo- raiP in th w9OT ic i -J " ai ia true. However, during the 1946-47 t Tr 1co"?ressmen Prosed ha NaVal fflCerS havethe right Lu "ansier to tne Air f orces or ! Army. Wlth fied. This provision was inserted because it was foreseen that battleships and surface vessels that Naval officers be alowed to transfer to the Army or Air Force, the admirals opposed, That is the real reas why moraIe is low in the Navy- The inescapable fact is that the bat- tleship is woefully out of date and the Navy would even like lay up the Missouri If Presi- dent Truman would consent. Thus Naval officers have no other branch of the service to which they can transfer. Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 59. Clu;;te- ot wool tibe- G DOWN L Wristband 2. Continent 3. Troubled 4. Shad 6. Knock 6. Word of animation 7. Unco erei 8. Dull rnista 9. A me .-lean Indian IP June bug Jl. -'pe' squares ' 17. i'erpentM 19. 1 receding nls:.ta 22. Pack 24. Peturn 25. Persia 26. Scries of ' names 27. City la Iowa is. Fue; U. Kxist . 31. Tairy 35. 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