PAO TWO
fRl DAILY TAR HEEL
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 195?
Student Solons
Tight On Purse
I i.t IIhiimI.iv nielli. 1 1 ic Student Lrjjsla
tiiic took .ution on two hlils vvcuthy ol com
ment. I.oih win- clclc.itccl lor ummmis beyond
oiii c oinpu lu nsion. I lie lint w.is to piovide
.in .ulditioii.il SS-,.imi t the luud to send
( iiolin. del.r4.1tes to the N.itional Student
.m i.ition (lonjtess in I v.mstou. III. The
st 1 oikI w.is .111 apjMopi i.it ion ol S-(S.oo to the
nnioi Cl.iss I01 a Junior Day.
On the liist it seems a hit illogical that a
silinol which h is supplied the NSA with two
union. ! jtti sidents and scenes ol lesser olli
1 (is. .ind 111 1 it u 1 has two oflireis lor the
( ,uo!iii,i ii 'ini.i legion should suddenly
dtiide tli.it to send a lull dcl.14.1t ion to the
( '01141 es iN an unnecessary expenditure. It
m cms that this i . luriher manilestation ol
41 uiii!i!m4 on tne pan ol students who are
n.t ,n ipiaintt (I with the NSA pioratu. and
who ojidcr 1h.1t ir dors them little i;ood.
' II the ot 4.ini.it ion is 4ood enough lor a
oujlr ol hundted schools atouud the eoun
. ti. its (iit.iiuh 4)od rnou4h for ("arolina.
As it (iineiith st.uids, Caiolina will send
nine h! 14.1ns to the two well. Concuss in
late Aii4iit and eail Septemher. A lull dela
4itii'M toi this I'nixersity would have railed
lor tn he. I en with the SS.Voo, we could
iiil hie hid tin. With the situation as it
. st mds. we ate. in ali pi nl. hilit v. noin;; to
M ini sexen pi-ople automat ii alh , these hein
the r.14 I 0111. .issisi.int to the pirsident. edi
toi ol tin pa pet and the ct unnamed NSA
e ooidin atoi . I his is 011U riht: ut. there is
. a nerd lot tnoie. I heie should he live mote
. position upeit to iuteiested and (ptalilied
. st udrnts. instead ol two.
In a time when NS.Vs pirstie is i't a low
j.int on this i.impus. we must he lully tcp
Hsruted. so the delaaten (.111 leturn home
and tell their oiistituents the true story be
hind N. that it is not pink, that it is
not .u .ill subetsie. but in nality a poten
tialU jM.wiilul oiauiation which can be of
sen ice eithet eliuetly or itidiieitly to evety
student on this t ainpus.
As oi the bill to appiopriate S7H.00 to the
Jimioj ( lass, thete is little doubt that it. de
sen rd to piss. Junior Class President Wade
Smith and his ollieis have done a commeiid
.ible job thioii4hout the tenuie of their oi
lier. I he sdiol.iiship program which they
hae lounded .1I0114 with the fieshmcn and
sophoin.M es will be truly unicue when it ",otv
into ojHiatioii next vear. Possibly the hesi
titics on the put ol the class ollicers to air
tioimcc the natine ol the program was a
handicap to ihe juniors ellorts to secure
funds. Yet. as we know lull well. Smith and
the junioi ollucis hae certainly fulfilled
one- hall ol then pi e elec tion objectives. They
ha c eli ue s mH thin , for the University. And
now. thc simply ask for a dunce to do some'
t hi 114 loi the ii c lass.
It is a shame lor the Student Legislature
to be somewhat unaware of their ellorts,
and the clients ol the ollicers of the other
tluei- classes to accomplish something worth
while this c.r. We will never object to the
Student I c4isl.1t me keepiit4 a close eye on
finaiwcs. Hut. when a "toup comes before
that bodv with a "ood put pose and a record
l accomplishment and is denied a piddling
x-m.oo. we think that they ate a little too
ti'ht with the purse shin.
fldiu4 it up. the student solons, by saving
a tunc ii",.oo the other night, lost f.T more
in uood programming and activities lor
gn.iips tint aie woithy ol mote than a monc
l,it skip ill the face.
Th offirtal fUudeii puhltmti.Mi t the Public:"!.
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Norman Esfos Smith
One of the members of the Stu
dent Legislature has mentioned to
me the reason why he voted
against Rep. Crownovcr's bill to
require legislators to attend dorm
and fraternity meetings. The rea
son he gave was that his consitu
ents did not want to be bothered
by him telling what the legislature
is doing because they do not care
about the issues involved in the
bills before the legislature or the
actions taken by the legislature.
Since ho represents them then he
stated he should vote against a
bill which would be against their
wishes. This is contrary to a basic
obligation of an o'cced represen
tative in a democracy; the obliga
tion to lead.
Representative student govern,
nient does not mean to follow the
nttitulc of the majority of students
on this campus. Many students on
this campus do not care whether
student government exists or not,
and a very sizeable group are
completely apathetic toward stu
dent government. Should our cam
pus government be "of the apathe
tic, for tho apathetic, and by the
apathetic?" No. rules of this type
can only lead to the destruction
ot student government hecaue the
future of student government de
pends on interest. There arc spee
fic serious problems facing thl
campus which can only be solved
by interest and participation of
students and not by the "who
cares" attitude. The future of this
university and the happiness of the
students here depends on their so
lution. What then does representative
government mean? It means what
it meant to those who campaigned
for its adoption: government ac
tion in the best interests of all the
people and not in the interests of
a particular group. Student leaders
have the responsibility to decide
issues in the best interests of stu
dents and in the best interests of
the university as a whole. It is cer
tainly in the best interests of the
students to know about student gov
ernmcnt since the future of this
university and its students depends
on the decisions they make at
election time and the participation
of them in student government. It
is the responsibility of every stu
dent to know about his government
and the responsibility of
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But Mostly Shades Of Gra
Norman B. Smith
representing them. It is a repre
sentatives obligation io lead not
fellow.
There once was a man who lived in a forest.
(It is not important who the man was because h
could be men and it doesn't matter when because
it could be was and is and will be, nor docs it
make any difference about the forest because it
could be this sphere, though with rockets and
cameras the fuel gatherers are getting desperate
now and are looking for a new forest which they
will never find they have found it really isn't
a sphere, nor an ellipsoid, but sort of an irregular
pineapple-shaped monstrosity it is said.) As far back
as he could remember he had lived in the farest
every and he had always been alone. At one edg of the
elected student representative to forest there were jagged, unscalable cliffs and at
keep his constituents informed on the other edge of the forest there was a bottomless
campus issues and the actions of abyss, but the man didn't know about these things
a body of which he is a member yet. He was much too young to remember when
he had been drawn out of the pit, led to the middle
of the forest, and abandoned.
The forest had been cold for along, long time.
He must have learned to ihc fire shortly after the
warmth left else he would have soon frozen. To
feed his fire he at first picked up dead branches
nearby from the forest floor, for it was a virgin
forest and there were fallen trees about. After many
years he had burned all the dead branches and ab
the dead tree trunks in all the forest, except for
those that lay past the dragon's path that made 1
circle just within the rim of the forest (although he
didn't know that beyond the circle lay the end of
the forest and the cliff and the abyss lay beyond
that).
Just as the fire was about to die because all
the available fuel had been burned, the man dis
covered that by using a sharp stone he could cut
down some of the smaller trees (living ones) and
we would like to protect the waste could get the lower limbs off the larger trees, if
of money involved in such a coun- he hacked at them and scraped on them enough,
sclor. Sometime, probably when the fire began to die
It is realized that many of these out a stcond time, (the chronology isn't exact) ho
sduhnt helpers are performing ,carned how to climb the large trees and cut
with ability in their capacity Ho, "inches off them all the way to the very tip.
ever, we feel that there i a need Before thc flrc almcst dird out a third time' ,ho
man discovered mat Dy lasmng a neavy snarp cngect
rock with honeysuckle vines to a stout stick he
could fell the larger trees, so for many mor?
years he, was able to kcop his fire going thai way.
Then, as the fire was ready to die a fourth time,
tho man loarnrd tn tip a diffrTnt rharpH ston"
hall definitely does not pcnd twen- tf).a ionger stick and grub soil out from around
ty hours a week to help the stu- the stumps so they and the roots could be burnod
dents. The only time he is ever as wcn. This was exceedingly hard for the ground
observed is when he is yelling at -
Dissatisfied
Dorm Resident
To the Editor:
We were interested to read the
article in the DTH of April 28 con
cerning the dormitory resident
counselors. The idealistic picture
painted in this article is not quite
ture to life The treatment our res
dent counselor gives our hall is
far short of the description, and
Harper's
Bizarre
for some kind of board which
would oversee and investigate the
students' feelings about the job
their dormitory counselor is doing.
The "resident" counclor on our
was frozen and he had to thaw it first.
You have noticed by now how much harder it
was for the man to keep his fire going, how much
more ingenuity he had to employ and how much
more he had to physically exert himself to stay
alive. It must be remembered, too, that the man
was getting older all this time and that his capacity
for work had been decreasing. He was reminded
of this when thc weather changed and the sap ran
up the trees each year, and he thought about it a
great deal when he would sit down to rest, al
though there came a time when he hardly had a
moment in whicii to rest. And as once the warm
had changed to cold now the cold was changing to
bitter cold so that it took much more wood to keep
the fire hot enough for the man to stay alive.
Then one day it happened: the last of the wood
was gone; even the charcoal had been burned. But
one thing remained and that was to cross the dragon
path. The man did cross the dread (That was one
of the few things he had been born with: fear of
the dragon path.) dragon path expecting that at any
minute a great punishment would be sent down
on him from the heavens, but nothing at all came.
The trees beyond the dragon path lasted for
only a short while, however. He was full of hope
at first, but then he saw the cliffs. In desperation
he fled madly back across where the forest had
been, seeing the fruits (which were piles of ashes)
of is lifetime extend out from him in all directions
as he ran. He finally came to the other end of
thc forest, crossed the dragon path without fear
this time, and ferociously began to cut the trees
there. Soon he had a new fire going ignited by
the torch he had brough with him from across
the forest.
Now there was no hope left in him because he
felt that there were cliffs on this side, too. As
he staggered par the hole where thc last stump
of the last stump of the last tree had leen dug
out, he looked for the cliffs and came to the very
brim of the abyss before he realized . what was
there. He stood for a moment aching with fatigue,
shivering with cold, dispairing with old age, and
then he purposely fell forward. Nothing more is
known of him. (It is only fair to tell you that the
real story stops before the man got to the cliffs,
a short while after he had crossed the dragon's
path the first time. But if you don't believe the
rest of it comes true, run back where the forest
was and Kok for tne pattern. I could have tr!d
you to ask the dragon if it is true, but nobody
believes in dragons anymore.)
Too much has already been said
about the late (great) "Sound &
Fury" production some good,
some bad, all of it anti-climactic.
What we have to say is not in
tended to cast a bad light on Oh
Hellas. It' could have happened at
any production.
But it did happen in Memorial
Hall, Sunday night.
A good friend of ours (and here
friendship reaches its highest peak
j he shall remain anonymous
literally runined the life of what
could have been a fine upstanding
citizen: he took a child, hardly a
year old, backstage.
, It was obviously a man-child,
for his eyes lighted up the mo
ment he sighted the chorus girls.
Already a woman-killer, he smiled
impishly, and the chorines ran
squealing to hold him. He was
bussed repeatedly about the head
and neck, and poor soul) he loved
it. He would keep one eye on his
current admirer, Jiut he would be
winking at the next girl in line.
He was saved from total and im
mediate degeneration only by the
stage manager, who shooed the
beauties into the dressing room.
The child, smeared with lipstick
and grease paint, might have es
caped merely girl-crazy, but our
friend foul corrupter!) kept him
in the wings for the first act.
From the opening curtain the
child's eyes sparkled as the cast
filed onto and eff of the stage. Oc
casionally he would frown if a sing
er hit a sour note, and his was the
most agonized grimmace if some
one fluffed a line.
His ruination was complete. By
the third scene he was bouncing
to the orchestra's beat and cast
ing reproachful glances at laggard
stage hands. He would sit back,
take a deep sniff of the odors com
ing from the dressing room, and
sigh with contentment.
When the first act curtain fell,
our friend hoisted his charge to
his shoulder to leave. But the
harm had been done. The child
had been stricken with grease
paintitis. He upstaged our friend
and gave the entire company a
look which obviously meant, "I
shall return." And he will. Alas!
J. Harper
Humor &
'Oh Hellas'
Editor:
Open letter to all those who en
joyed the wit and humor of Sound
& Fury's production of "Oh Hel
las": Humor as original and entertain
ing as that seen in this production
can be found, free of charge,
gracing the walls of any well-frequented
public men's room. A pau
city of literary skill and imagina
tion ofttimes creates a necessity
for a plethora of smut. The Greeks
had a word for it, and unfortunate
ly Hardee and Bridges seem to
think it was a four letter word.
John Fisher
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Anthony Wolff
Compulsion poses two questions: (1) Is the in
tellectual giant necessarily bound to the limits whicii
his society forms for its members? and (2) Do
society have the right to take the life of any on-1
of its members? Its answer to the former is an
emphatic "no." And to the latter? Again, thnmrii
the words of famed defense attorney Clarence liar
row (fiction and film call him Wiikie), "no. Thn
points in question concern two brilliant young law
students, Artie Straus (Bradford Dillman) and Juid
Steiner (Dean Stockwell), who have committed a
vicious act of violence: the kidnapping and brutal
murder of 14 year old Paulie Kessler. Their motiva
tion? To achieve the perfect crime as a part cf
exploring "all the possibilities of human experi
ence."
Taken from Meyer Levin's bestselling fictions! ;
zation of the notorious Leopold-Loeb murder ra-o
("the crime of the century"), and more directly
from Levin's Broadway version of his book. Com
pulsion is actually a two part affair: the first half
of the movie is an intense, immensely excitng de
tiectve story, which. moves at nerve-wraking pacr;
the second half is concerned with the murder trial,
in which, through Darrow's brilliant tour de force
the defendants are lucky enough to escape th"
death penalty each gets life plus 90 years. For
most, this penalty seemed more lax than could b
reasonably expected. Yet. Darrow's eloquent p?
for the abolition of capital punishment was gK.d
enough for the judge; and so the villains are allow
ed to live.
GEMS OF THOUGHT
FIDELITY
I am constant as the Northern
star, of whose true-fixed and
resting quality there is no fellow
in the firmament. William
Shakespeare
Faithfulness and truth are the
most sacred excellence and en
dowment of the human mind.
Cicero
To God, thy country, and thy
friend be true, then thou'lt ne'er
be false to any one. Henry
Vaughan
Fidelity is seven-tenths of busi
ness successs James Parton
Fidelity is the sister of jus
tice. Horace
DAVIS B YOUNG
FR AlTcnO WTH ER
CHUCK ROSS
RON SHUMATE
WALKER BLANTON
T .. .. ANFRYE
ANTHONY WOLFF
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ELLIOTT COOPER
MARY ALICE hOWLErrTE
LEE ARBOGAST
BOB WALKER
AVERY THOMAS
some shonanigjns which his negli
gence in his capacity has been
partially responsible lor. As thc ai
tiu.tion now stands, few students
on this floor would ever take any
problems to this "advisor," as he
has never won our respect or.
frieni-hip.
It is realized that some of these
fellows are doing commendably in
their task of giving wise counsel
to the student, and that many of
them could not attend school with
out the money frcm their job. How.
ever, we feel that it would be bet
ter for those who do not fit into
the job to find ether employment,
rather than receive $1200 they do
not deserve frcm the fund-starved
university. This will prevent any
loafing on the part of the coun
selors; and the students will not
have to struggle alone with their
problems because of such "silent
Sams."
Dissatisfied Dorm Residents
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The two young men make for most interesting
characterizations. Linked by a homosexual allianc
and an intellectual communion, they vow to cre?te
together for themselves a world of Nietzsche an
ideals. Already law students in their late teens, th'-y
have everything that makes for the "superman"
sort of individual; each is a perfect example "f
the remarkably prodigious mind. However, the -.
are significantly unalike: Strauss forceful, sadism-,
and altogether without feeling; Steiner is on th"
other hand, sensitive, incapable of individual ?
ticn. As cold blooded Straus, Bradford DiMman ;
uncomfortably convincing. Every sadistic crin. c;f.;
heartless glance is chilling. He is at once all ca'n.V
ing, all sly, every bit a devilish villain. But it ;
Dean Stockwell as Steiner who, in a far more suV'
and demanding role, demonstrates a laudable c;m
city to see far into the emotional make-up of hp
character he portrays. Without speaking a wor 1
his stoney facial expression can denote a variety "f
emotions, is able to suggest much of the depth f
his disastrous situation.
Orson Wells' Darrow-Wilkie is a top notch in
terpretation: he seems to understand the lawyer
every word, and he makes the most of a truly d.f
fcult role. Diane Varsi, in a brief but impresi"
portrayal as the young girl who shows Steiner un
derstanding and sympathy, is sensitive enough. Tb---movie
also benefits frcm a good supporting ca-?.
and E. G. Marshall, whoe reputation as a fir-4
rate charactor actor has long been firmly establish
ed, is particularly fine as the prosecu'ing attorney
In short, the acting is excellent.
The film's main problem lies in its attempts a'
the philosophical conclusion. The trouble is n t
that the philosophy is out of place here, but that
it is indicative of that sort of logical reasoning
which, upon examination, comes much too close to
emotionalism. The boys are caught because Steiner'
glasses were found near the body. Is it fate or
what? "God has nothing to do with it," says disbe
liever Steiner. "Well, who did?" replies a specula
tive Darrow-Wilkie, and the film abruptly comes to
a close. And, in employing such a means for exit,
many of the real concerns cf the film are lost in
the rather pat concluson.
But Comoulsion is always surprisingly intelligent,
engrossing picture. It never dwells rn the sensation
al, which would ordinarily be quite a temptation.
And the mood is well caught throuhcout: every light
ing effect, every camera device is used to crea'
the proper atmosphere, one of depression and d--sonance.
The actors are every bit what they sbojl-i
be, and they wrrk together with a sure awarrn"
of each other. Few complants can bo marie about
the script: it is exact and eloquent, taut and full
of meaning. But, most of the credit must so to ac
tors Stockwell and Dillman. They cnmprhen-l whi
is necessarily a highly complicated and ab-lru-e re
lationship, give solid elucidations to an overwhe'm
ingly complex and tragic study.
(Ncte: The figure of lawyer Darrow reappear
this week in the Playmakers' production of tb
Broadway succecs Inrit the Wnd, wh'ch d'
with the famed "monkey trial.")
Jack Harget
THE MORAL DECISION: Ri?ht and Wrong in th
Light of American Law. By Edmond Cahn. 342 pp
A Midland Book (MB 15). Bloomington: Indiana Uni
versity Press. $1.75 (paper).
Although Mr. Cahn does not specifically eon?;
the Leopold-Loeb case, his entire book is concern 1
with the same sorts of ehtical. philosophical q'K
tions with which Darrow bolstered his famous de
fense. Mr. Cahn is purposely non-legal in his treatmcn
here. His aim and a laudable cne it is ic f 1
reveal the moral foundation of American law.
Such a treatment neces-arily pursues enly
limited number of problems to any depth; but a'
least the often-obseurcd basic problem of leg
philosophy is raised.
A. Wolff
If