February 28, 1964
BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
Beatlemania Strikes
St. Mary’s
^t. Mary’s—home of the gentle,
reserved, the suave, the colle-
^ifite, the sophisticated — nestled
ill stately oaks; peaceful quiet. As
eiie rounds the shady drive and
’Hounts the' historic steps, from
"'indow, door, transom, and crack
'ringing on the gentle southern
breeze suddenly your ears are at
tacked, pricked, stabbed, nmtilat-
rd, virtually drowned in madness
P'“Ohoooo 1 won’t to hold your
band/ ,and/an/ an—Hut Oh my/
ai/ai—1 Love You Yeah/yeh/
"b~Ohoooo—Epidemic ! HEAT-
HES !! Swooning, wiggle, squirm,
rontort, scream, ooze, writhe—In-
'’•‘^eapable unavoidable cool, cool,
rool Beatles.
, What is the magnetic force rad-
^ted from these four singers ?
What lias caused this sudden out
burst of fanaticism?
reeling around St
»ied up in one phrase — they’re
different
The general
JMarv’s is sum-
V Jl I.
If can’t be attributed to their
J’Xcessive talent, for they willing-
br admit they have no real taleiA,
I'or does the answer lie solely hi
'eir four year growth of hair;
M this appeal finds its origin in
re maternal instinct. They are
'bolesonie boys yon just want to
•'upieeze.
biociologists explain them as a
•rriii of protest against the adult
^'oi'ld—something to believe in—
another fad; but no matter
' rat the reason, the Beatles have
'■.'rptiired the hearts and imagina-
loiis of the people and have
lowii so large that it will take
roi’e than insecticides to end their
’badness.
^ I be craze is inescapable. Their
' ®iisuous moans r e v e r b e r i
rai-ougiiout every hall and
orm. They are talked about,
fbPrr'd’ and worshiped. They are
(1 .bd, chewed and digested. Their
•'iiamic impact can be
?’''r«sed by remarks fr
rails:
r^barilyn Stadler
supreme.”
nicy Brown
‘Sell Fleming
Faul. 1 think he’d look sexy
iim be wakes up in the morn-
o •
^ay Symons. “1 love them!”
cn 1 b b 11 e y Barfield — “They’re
„ ^ brrirra Goubaud—“1 love Ein-
Ge’s mv
Oil
ate
every
best ex-
rom their
“Paul’s lips
-“They’re great.”
—“I’ve got a crush
Greek Drama As The Beginning
h
, type.”
Ijl'bi'i-y Grimes—“1 sure would
jb fo have some of their hair.”
rpiuiiah Vaughan —“Paid is
'• lie has the sexiest e.ves.’
■ Eelen Wright—“Mv ’ “
heart goes
beaty, beaty.”
Sol are a fad, but old
a'vay^*^ "over die they just fad
'roati
t;
February 29
1 in 4
T^ake Advantage
Of Same
Focus On Two Chinas
And DeGaulle
By Ibis Ponton
In January de Gaulle recogniz
ed Red China. De Gaulle made
certain that the U.S. knew of his
decision becanse the U.S. had ask
ed him to wait until after the
American November election to
change his international policy.
But de Gaulle has not achieved
his present status by following
U.S. advice or by consideration for
anyone. Tims it would be rather
strange for him to suddenly be
come thoughtful of others. Since
de Ganlle considers himself almost
infallible, he was somewhat shak
en when his recognition of Red
China did not go as smoothly as
he had hoped. Priding himself on
his unbeatable logic, de Gaulle
was certain that Chiang Kai-Shek
would be so mortified at French
recognition of Red China that he
would withdraw his Nationalist
Chinese diplomats' immediately
and break relations with France.
Much to de Gaulle’s chagrin,
Chiang Kai-Shek did nothing.
Then Peking began to pressure de
Gaulle to withdraw recognition of
Nationalist China, and de Gaulle
was forced in a corner. De Gaulle
had to get the Nationalists out of
Paris before the Red Chinese ar
rived. The French minister had to
tell the Nationalist foreign min
ister that there was no longer any
reason for his remaining in Paris.
Since the Nationalists have some
of tlie courtesy which de Gaulle is
so noticeable lacking, they broke
relations with France, allowing
de Ganlle to honor his pledge of
not breaking relations with Chi
ang Kai-Shek.
Leaving the field of diplomatic
niceties, we note de Gaulle’s basic
ideas in order to see how compat
ible they are with his recognition
of Red* China. De Gaulle is a
“chauvinistic anachronism; he
believes in national ambitions ex
pressed in terms of economic em
pires' and not in international
ideologies united by reason. 1 here
was no particnlar hurry for de
Gaulle to recognize Red Chnia
since France did not recognize Pe-
kiiu' in 1950 along with Britain
Denmark, Norway, and several
other western European nations.
If it is possible to separate real
ities from politics, we can iiiider-
flnd whv de Ganlle recognized
S Chii^-simply because Red
ridiri exists Even if the U.b. does
^ t ike it there is no way to get
d ti e i-ealitv that Mao Tse-
iur represents Gie 600 million
Mtizeiis of the Chinese niamland.
Fourteen years ago, John kostei
Dulles said that “we ougdit to be
Slio, for all of tl’o
tions to be meiiibers of the UN s
Fconomic Coniniission foi Asia
mul he Far East without attempt-
• “ to appniise closely tliose
are ‘-oo 1’ and those which aie
Cd;’^f the Coinniimis goverm
ment of China proves its abiiitj
By Beverly Bailey
Tonight in America approxi
mately seventy-one thousand peo
ple will attend the legitimate pro
fessional theatre, according to Dr.
Frank M. Whiting, Professor of
Speech and Theatre Arts at the
University of Minnesota. This
number does not even inclnde the
thousands of people who will at
tend non - professional perform
ances all over onr country. Cur
rent magazines are bursting with
articles on the theatre, not only
on Broadway theatre but on rep-
retory theatre and community
theatre; while thousands of our
nation’s schools are preparing
theatrical performances as a part
Triangle Beaux Arts
The triangle area will be high
lighted by several cultural events
during the first of March. Begin
ning March 1 and continuing
through April will be an exhibit
of the paintings of Jacob Marling
at the N.C. ilnseuni of Art. At
Ackland Museum in Chapel Hill
the exhibit “Great Paintings of
Onr Time” will be shown through
the end of March. In the way of
concerts, Richard Leshiii, violin
ist, and Adelaine Leshin, pianist,
will present a concert at Didte on
March o. On March 4, the Cliad
Mitcliell Trio will ])erforni at
Memorial Hall at U.N.C. For tlie
sports-minded the ACC Basket
ball Tournament will be lield at
Re.vnold’s Coliseum at State. Also
the Harlem Globetrotters will per
form their usual antics at Rey
nolds Coliseum'March 2.
to govern China witliout serious
domestic resistance, then it, too,
should be admitted to the UN.”
Today we have advanced so far
into tlie Cold War tliat it would
be difficult for the U.S. to reverse
lier policy and to admit Red China
into the UN. However, as a result
of examining the French-Chinese
situation, several authorities on
international affairs have propo.s-
ed a rather feasible solution to the
problem. Since Nationalist Cliina
cannot allow Prance to recognize
Red China without admitting tlie
hollowness of her claim to the Chi
nese mainland, these experts sug
gest tliat Chiang Kai-Shek accept
tlie reality of liis situation and
tnen proceed to a solution rather
than retaining the nostalgic, un
realistic idea of reconquering the
Chinese mainland. They suggest
that the only future for (9iiang
Kai-Shek and his Nationalists is
as leaders of an independent state
of Taiwan. Even though Red
China might not recognize Taiwan
under such an arrangement, it
conld exist nevertheless; and the
huge sums spent by the U.S. on
military aid for Taiwan could he
used for desperately needed so
cial and economic improvements.
Perhaps neither de Ganlle, Chi
ang Kai-Shek, nor the U.S. would
like this plan, but we do.
of their educational plans. Only
one period in all the history of
diaina has outshone the modern
period in which we live, and that
gieatest period of drama was
about 2,464 years ago.
rile theatre’s origin can be
traced back as far as 4000 B.C.
in Egypt, and probably there was
theatre before that date. A man
named Thespis goes on record as
world’s first actor in
-I'M 1,.C. But the fir-st great age
ot the theatre and the greatest
iige 111 Its history is the Golden
Age of drama in Athens durino-
the fifth to the fourth century B.c!
Most of the hundreds of classic
plays during this time were the
products of four men—Aesehylns,
the Father of Greek drama; So-
phocle.s, the author of Oedipus
Rex; Eurijiides, the author of
Medea; and Aristoiihanes, the
only great writer of comedy in the
period. This Greek drama was bril
liant for many reasons. First, the
education of the Greeks inspired
the ]ieople to love beauty and
truth, which was set forth in their
plays. Iiitellectualisni and love of
music, art and creativity were
boosted by the Greek government,
which patronized the arts of all
kinds. There was a storehouse of
wonderful mythology from which
writers drew material for their
plays; and tinally, the Greek har
bors sheltered ships from various
lands; and the foreign merchants
provided another source for ma
terial. 1 he fall of Constantnople
sent the Turkish intellectuals in
search of refuge which they found
111 Greece, and they added their
share to Greek drama. During this
age, theatre flourished as it has
never flourished since; in fact,
drama was comparable to a re
ligion, as the Greek people used
plays for a purgation of their
souls and as a means of expression
of their ideals.
When the Romans conquered
the Greeks, however, the Greek
arts declined. The Romans tried
to imitate Greek drama, but they
never produced any 'greatness
comparable to the Greek art.
Plautus, who wrote comedy for
the common man; Terence, who
wrote comedy for the elite; and
Seneca, who wrote tragedy, did
produce well enough to become
models for later play-wrights. But
the main characteristic of Roman
drama was the lack of it. The rea
sons for this lack of drama lie in
the character and nature of the
Romans. They were imitative
when they wrote. They were a
war-like people, not interested in
art. The intellectuals of Rome
were engaged in either govern
ment or war, and the common
people much preferred the thrills
of the arena to the catjiar.sis of a
Greek play. Consequently, the
Roman period was followed by
one thousand years of no drama
at all.