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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1951 Orchids The Coed Senate is to be heartily congratulated on their' consideration of a bill iiitroduced Tuesday night by Ruth Conner. .-'-"V .' J;l . ' The resolution proposed a long-overdue move by the legis lature to abolish the senate." The need for abolition of the out dated and jiow all but useless organization has long been recognized, but that the first move should come from within the body itself is highly commendatory. - The orchids will really be due next Tuesday night, if the senate sees fit to approve the measure. Reviews and Previews A Gentfe Summons Nonplus by Harry Snook Student Government at Caro lina is a dictatorship by de fault. e. ' ... ' . - A. handful of students less than one per cent of the stu dent bddy controls the whole government. . Only about 5 per cent of the student body knows much or seems to care about student government. These are the students who hold .office or those who aspire to such office. The rest of the -students don't understand, or give a damn. But student government has sweeping powers that affect ev ery student .at Carolina. These powers are extremely dangerous when only a handful of students exercise them. Most of our I student leaders seem to be well-meaning. This, however, ; does not make up for lack of experience, limited per spective, immaturity and the ab sence of a defined system. The student leaders themselves would prefer to have the gen eral student body know what is going on. Chances are you know nothisg about the Men's Council, which is one of several student courts. The Men's Council has the pew er to suspend you from the Uni versity. Yet the Council operates with out defined authority under the Student Constitution. It decicias what is an offense, ho you shall be tried, what will be your sentence all in the strictest secrecy. No report on the actual . " production . works diligently to The initial presentation of the Carolina Playmakers hew season is "The Silver Whistle" by Ro bert E. McEnroe. The play" will be presented through Sunday. " If an unusual comic situation and romantic dialogue make - a - good play, "The Silver Whistle" is one. In it an imaginative, liter ary tramp invades the gloomy precincts of an., ecclesiastical home for the aged. The gloom has evaporated by the final cur tain' and the old people and the audience have been treated- to large measures of fanciful dia logue. : ; ' ' - ' -" - The cast in ,the Piavmakers'- proceedings of any . trial is ever revealed to the student body. , --. The St u de n t Constitution grants the Men's Council orig inal jurisdiction in cases involv- ; ing violations of the Honor ; and Campus Codes by male students;' the Constitution also grants -the Men's , Council the power to mit igate, suspend sentence and im pose probation. - But there is nothing in the Student Constitution which gives the Council the power to hold trials in secret even when the accused student would rather have it open to the stu- ... dent body. There is nothing in the Stu- . dent Constitution which gives '. the Council the power to sen tence a student to suspension from the University, oreven to so much as officially reprimand a student. There is nothing in the Stu-, dent Constitution which gives """ the Council the power to pre vent a student from having outside advice during a trial. evoke an appropriately whim sical atmosphere." Unfortunately, the playwright : provides obsta cles. Whirnsv is delicate, its charm ; must be 'expertly maintained-and illuminated by glit tering technical facility on-the part bf . the actors.'. McEnroe has written scenes," particularly in the first and second acts, which' do not succeed in maintaining pace or continuity of effect. - The principal role requires the consummate technique of an actor trained in romantic drama. William Hardy acts Oliver Er wenter with dexterity and style, though he is not always vocally satisfactory. The old folks are performed with distinction. Lillian Prince, Bruce Strait, stitution which says merely that the "judicial power" shall be vested in the various Councils. Otherwise, the Men's Council (and the Women's Council) is given only the power to miti gate, suspend sentence or im pose probation, as mentioned above. Leslie Casey - and Josephine Sharkey display unusually amusing and . consistent char acterizations. Pearl Fisher and I. T. Littleton also act in good comig style. The other characters are some . what pallid compared to their lively elders. James Pritchett.as Reverend Watson and. Anne Mil ler as Miss Tripp lack effective vocal projection In the third act occurs a ' deluge of minor . characters which were all played satisfactorily. Lawton Haney is aptly, sepulchral as the funeral .director and John Miller aptly "He's not the handsomest hap. 'upper class as the man froiri.the ; tender in the world, hut he's Yale. Club. generous with the Angostura." Perhaps- "The Silver Whistle" would benefit from being pre sented as a period piece. The set was successfully adapted to the action, but period "costumes might well aid in establishing and maintaining- th mood which the playwright evi- PJSAjbTT.der'r reP"n " dently intended to create. T jd Tf J ' '"T? m Angostura. And for added glory as a chef, William Peterson try a few dashes in your salad dressing. J AROMATIC BITTERS MAKES B i T T E R D RINKS Stationery Books Greeting Cards Gift Shop Esterbrook Pens Picture Frames and Picture Framing Thomas Mook Store Cor. Corcoran & Chapel Hill Sts., Durham Phone J-2331 Shaeffer Pens Kodaks & SuppliesDesk Lamps L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriters Desk Pads DAILY CROSSWORD The Men's Council just as sumes that all of these powers are implied by one, and only one, phrase in the Student Con- Letters Madam Editor, ; . , .... (Regarding a letter from the Presbyterian Student Group which appeared in the paper as reading, ''We' wish to commend the administration and show our appreciation of their recent ac tion in furthering inequality of opportunity among students. . .") A Mistake like this should not . be glossed over. If it is due to (1) carelessness on the partof the person who wrote it and sent it to the Tar Heel, SAY SO and give his or her name. Young tpeople learn to "avoid careless ness, only by getting a "crack" for it. (2) Carelessness on the part of your proofreader (since there is so little material in T. H. that proof-reading is possible?) SAY SO. . (3) A typographical error? Tell that one to the marines. I don't believe any type-setter is that dumb! , I liked that article on the need for a new hotel (last Sat. Tar Heel) But Rogerson is, sub rosa, working for 100 more rooms in Carolina Inn. He needs compe tition and we need another hotel. Ridout would be a good man ager. - - Mary Gilson . Madam Editor: 1 I have found the tabloidrsize Dnily ; Tar Heel not only i ade- tjuatebut also more convenient to read and carry around. Last spring an editor Svas elected on -the promise that the students would be given a Tar Heel six days a "week, by means of trim ming the paper to tabloid size; and she was supported by a comfortable majority of the stu dents. Most of the students art more interested in an adequate, if small, paper that comes out daily than they are in one which may bring collegiate press awards to the Publications Board but -would, appear only five times a week.,-The decision of .the Publications Board and their "informed advisors" is just another example of our dull and ridiculous campus politicians prying into something they know nothing about. Last year there were two not- able cases involving the student -, courts where the accused stu v dents were tried, convicted and sentenced without knowing what the charges against them were! - In one case, the student didn't even know he was being tried until he was met on the -campus and informed of his sentence! As we have it now, the whole concept of a democracy under a constitutional system is abro gated. And wrongs are perpe trated without ever becoming known to the student body. Secrecy is always a deadly threat to democracy and con stitutionalityas is vast author ity without defined limits. The American tradition is one of open courts; constitutionality, due process of the law and de V fined authority. ' ; ; The Councils, though, continue tomete out judgement without public knowledge as a demo cratic safeguard What the students- do -not know, they cannot control. And it is your fault if you wait until you get caught in the web be fore you do something about the, present situation. ; 18. Along blouse 19. Fold over 20. Thin.brittle cookies ACROSS 3. Bind 1. A preposition 4. Door 5. Coarse joint hominy 5. Thin silk 9. Half (Chin.) diameters. 6. Roman 10. One's money successors 7. Isinglass 12. Girl's name 8. Objects 13. Scarf 9. Color 14. River (Scot.)H- Brar.ch 15. Depart 16. Ancient 17. Devoured 18. Narrates 21. Type measure 22. Island . , off Alaska 25. People of Denmark 27.3Vading bird 29. Portion -31. Banish 33. Mexican dollar 34: Masurium (sym.) 35. 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