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! Page Two THE TAR HEEL May 22, 1923 ft Car $eel 'The Leading Southern College Semi' Weekly Newspaper." Member of N. O. Collegiate Association Press Published twice every week of the col lege year, and is the official organ of the - Athletic Association of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill N. C. Subscription price, $2.00 local and $3.00 out of town, for the eollege year. Entered at the Post Office, Chapel Bill, N. C, as second class matter. Business and editorial offices rooms 8 and 9, New West Building. Office hours 2 to 3 p. m. daily, except Sat urday and Sunday. 0. B. Colton Editor F. M. Davis, Jr. A9sistant Editor8 W. XT. Saunders .... J. M. Saunders Managing Editor E. D. Apple Assignment Editor J. O. Bailey H. R. Fuller J. E. Hawkins R. C. ilaultsby W. T. Rowland J. M. Roberts E. S. Barr O. A. Cardwell, Jr. REPORTERS h. A. Crowell, Jr. C. L. Haney R. W. Linker H. N. Parker W. B. Pipkin Geo. Stephens, Jt. O. M. Williford M. M. Young T. P. Cheesborough, Jr., Business Mgr. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT has recently bad a play produced by the "47 Workshop," probably the fore most collegiate dramatic organization in the country. The play dealt with the race problem and was received with such acclaim that it may possibly be produced on Broadway by a New York producer. The work these men are accomplish ing comes back in the form of a beau tlful bouquet to their inspirer, but it also spreads the gospel of the Carolina Folk Plays in foreign fields and is a splendid advertisement for the Univer sity as wen as the State. There is a growing demand all over the country for men who can instill the native dra ma In universities, and many are turn ing to Carolina for applicants. Incu bator Koch has one or two promising young chickens whom he can soon re lease to carry on the work, and If he sends out more of the Greene, Heffner, Wolfe type, the University will have built up an enviable record in this line of activity. &he Wilderness ' By J. Osier Bailey We are grateful to the Hon. J. J. Par ker for one utterance he made on the occasion of the Golden Fleece tapping:. "No cynic or skeptic has ever accom plished anything in the history of the world." We think he meant, "con structed anything," aud he was right. Any empty fool can sneer at something, and slander cleverly; but it takes a MAN to courageously coustruct a thought from the raw material of ideas. No, we do not intend to moralize: but it is because we realize that would-be cynicism, and skepticism that does not try to find out anything, are the most insidious forces at work undermining our literary traditions today, that we speak. And it is because we wish to make the position of this Colyuin clear, that we speak. We intend to try our pens at gentle satire. We hope to find the ridiculous on the campus, and point it out; but may mountains fall upon us, and may our Colyum pr in the printer's hands, if ever we sneer at weakness, and show not a remedy therefor. B. H. Miller Staff J. H. Lineberger CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT W. C. Perdue ... Circulation Manager T. D. Wells . . Ass 't Cir. Manager C. L. Jones Ass't Cir. Manager Staff R. P. Stainback E. N. Anderson G. R. Ivey W. B. Pipkin 8. N. Carrington Z. J. Waters H. L. Estridge Ton can purchase any article adver tised In The Tar Heel with perfect safety because everything It adver tises Is guaranteed to be as repre sented. We will make good Immedi ately if the advertiser does not. VoL XXXI. May 22, 1923 No. 57 KOCH THE INCUBATOR When the new Tar Heel staff geared "p the old machine for higher speed, we made a firm resolve to avoid two trite subjects Js our editorial policy for the balance of the year the much bat tercd and abused co-ed problem and the fast stepping Playmaker organiM tio. The former is a dead issue; the orgy of controversy stirred up by tao extri edition of the Tar Heel died down gently when more rational reasoning prevailed. The woman's dormitory is going up, the co-eds will come here in increasing squadrons, and there is no thing more to be said about it. It is more difficult to dismiss the Play makers from these columns for they are so confoundedly active and omni present from Professor Koch to tne scene shifters that they can not be kept out of print. In swinging around the western and eastern circuits of the state they left a long trail of blazing propa ganda; small newspapers and big news papers were aroused and lauded their work to the high heavens. Well known powers in dramatic circles outside the state have taken note of Koch and his troupe and have thrown more wreaths on his altar of praise. Koch has been put behind a string of adjectives a mile long by writers of varying skill who have labelled him a genius, a nut, and even as one of the four wonders of North Carolina along with Mount Mitchell. The Tar Heel sought to keep aloof If there is any one thing that might ause ruction on this fair campus, it is that someone might take this Colyum too seriously. That would be deplor able. On the other hand, kind reader, it will distress us greatly if you take our Colyum too lightly, if you laugh too boisterously at something we niean in all earnestness. Here, guarded by the sacredness of our Sanctum Sanc torum, we intend to call a spade a spade, but may Heaven forbid that ever we shall call a spade a blamed old shovel. We intend to render hypocrisy sans culotte; but we trust that we shall al ways be standing by with a pair of the breeches of Truth. Some of the things we will say here in will be as serious to us as Heaven and Earth; sometimes we shall aspire to gentle satire. At all times we shall attempt to use discre tion; please, charming reader, will you not try to use discretion in your reac tions to our little, stump speech! S I 8 Many of our unsophisticated friends have been inquiring what the Honour able Booloo Club Organizations, S. I. N. and S. T. P., may connote. Yes, admir able, but quite naive, reader, S. I. N. means "Soup-In-Noodle," and S. T. P. means "Scratch-The-Pup." asm Let us remark the recovery of George Bagsdale from a receut operation in Watt's Hospital. He is back on the Hill, and has plunged once agaiu into the "old swim." - S E9 "The time has come," the walrus said, to speak of a most important mat ter the Carolina Magazine. Just the moment Bagsdale, next year's Editor-in-Chief, recovered a sufficiency of strength, he called a meeting of the Board. The plans are already under way for next year's Magazine. Per haps it may not be sacrilege to say just a few things about the policy of the Magazine for next year. It is going to have one. In the fall, the Magazine will be read by more readers than ever before, Bags dale pointed out in the beginning. And it was in the full realization of this ! fact that the Board set about its work. This year's Magazine, it was freely ad mitted, and is, perhaps, too brazenly proclaimed here, has had an abomin able cover and an uninteresting inter ior, interest was the first chord Saea- 4VJ. w f . .. . . i "nc now 01 inouie just to dale struck. The need for writing that i uiua. out wun me recent report will be read was emphasized. The hu- 01 uu sigmncant acnlevements of two of Koch's disciples In other localities, we find it irresistible, and have fallen in line with the rest. We groped des perately for some term that has not yet been fastened on the organizer of the Playmakers and finally hit upon it Incubator. Professor Koch is an incu bator and a very productive one that hatches the Playmaker eggs Into ambi tious young chickens, some of which develop into healthy young hens and roosters. Two of Koch's roosters, Hubert Heff ner and Tom Wolfe, have learned to crow the folk play song in lusty man ner. The former, a youth of 21 years, who had inflated himself with Koch's infectious enthusiasm, journeyed to the University of Wyoming to undertake the development of native drama and to initiate dramatic art there. In the course of a few months he organized a playmaker group and produced several successful plays that were highly com mended by the Wyoming papers. As a result he was offered a higher salary for another year, and was given an op portunity for promotion to the rank of associate professor. Three other attrac tive bids were made to him from other Universities, a clear proof of the suc cess he has achieved. Tom Wolfe, after having taken three years of intensive work at Harvard. morists and satirists were about to car ry the day, when a dark-horse opposi tion thank Heaven under the leader ship of "Soc" Proctor, sprang up. "Let's make it a literary product wor thy of Carolina," he said. The fight was 011. "All in the face of Death, rode the 'Soc' Proctor." Finally, as a result of the shining Grail that was held before them, the need for writing that would appeal to a large number of readers, and the com mon-sense of the most, a policy neither of heavy nor light writing, exclusively, was adopted; but one of attractive writing- The Magazine next year is going to aim toward literary excellence, but it shall not snub the legitimate tastes of its readers. One thing: heavy biogra phies are gone forever: "Praise God from Whom all blessings flow." m m m The actresses on our little worldly stage think they "understand" the ac tors. And the thing that makes our piny a tragedy they do! RIB Leedle Damit has cut another tooth. Lcedle dogs grow up; which is just one more reason why we have not adopted knickers. We vainly imagine that plump, woolcy calves appear more de lectable to the canine palate than our present flapping pantaloons. I lost my heart in my early youth, In May, when the flowers bloom 'd. And though I '11 seek to the ends of the earth, I 11 never find a home. I gave my heart to the bless 'd of God, To the dearest of the fair. Sbj; didn't know: she tho't it a clod, And left it broken there. I'll go a-roamiug thru Palestine, Thru France and old Cathay, I'll learn to laugh and drink sweet wine, My heart was lost in May. I lost my heart in my early youth, 1 lost both joy aud pain; And though I roam until my death, I H never find them again. The Tar Heel needs good reporters. It must have writers of quality, and men who are willing to work. In the fall the Tar Heel will play to a packed house over 2,000 in the audience; and those who tread the boards will find themselves ever in the limelight; that is one inducement. Another is, Tar Heel work, as it so well deserves, is recognized and given credit, as a full Academic course. But the big induce ments, for the man with literary abil ity, is the privilege of associating with his kind two men from the little group on the Tar Heel board were picked for Golden Fleece; and the prilivege of developing himself. A new contest, to fill a vacancy or two, was announced in last week's Tar Heel; and take it from an old War-horse who has been in har ness for a year or so, and intends to stay in harness, the man of literary ability who fails to strive earnestly to get on the board, is shutting himself out of one of the finest things that can come the way of a Carolina student. ' H H H ' We notice, with a good deal of kindly interest, that Hank Parker, in picking the Tar Heel All-State team, did not say that he knew "it was impossible to please everybody." His assumption was a most pleasing departure from the; usual trite expression of team pickers. sua Who is more prejudiced tnan a next- dor neighbor? Our Colyumist recently became aware of the strains of some blessed music issuing from the recesses of that mos tunaecountable of places. B" Dormitory. He immediately be came quite polite to some of the inhab itants, in an effort to fathom the dark mystery. "Yes, there's a pianny in there," said one. When our most in sinuating Colyumist remarked that the music was soothing to the heart, ami that it must be wonderful to dwell in such perpetual proximity to it, one who roomed nearby, and was quite catty, withal, we thought, remarked: "Yes, he's pretty good, on one piece;" under pressure even admitted, "he has got one or two more he plays, sometimes." 1HHH8BKKBH8HH8B cnnrjTftr.OADiic JS 8 . ' By BANK M BSSBBBSSSIBIBBBIBI While the Carolina team sat idly about watching the antics of J. Plu vius, Davidson College gallantly put it back into the running for the state championship. , Jt The Methodists blamed their defeat on their four worldly errors. We sup poso that the Presbyterians credited it to divine predestination, although the joyful students carried Pitcher Boushee off the field on their shoulders. :: :: s The Trinity press agent had just got ten his publicity campaign into full swing with their claims not only for the State but also for Southern honors. M 7 S But the old birl that said pride goeth before a fall certainly spoke a mouth ful. If Carolina can defeat Wake Forest and Trinity the only claim that Steiner aud his angels can lay on . the cham pionship is the tie game between the University and Guilford. . But that, in our mind, is a claim too flimsy to be plausible, as the Quakers have been severely prommeled through out the state and the game itself is an admitted fluke. ... The only way to decide clearly who would be champions would be for Trin ity and Carolina to play a rubber match. , . But, of course, if Carolina were to drop or tie either one of the two final state games Trinkity would become un disputed champions. Stringfield, stellar shortstop on the Wake Forest nine, has reported to the Durham club of the Piedmont League and is now rated as a professional. There are rumors afloat that he will be allowed to play against the University by special agreement, although, strict ly speaking, he is debarred from further inter-collegiate ball. His absence from the Wake Forest line-up will meau a great loss, as "Swinky" is a great player and has contributed much to the morale of the Baptist team. Bob Gray, sport editor of the Baleigh Xews and Observer, announces to the world as official news that "Mule" Shirley has fallen down of late in hand ling the ellum. According to the best figures obtainable, Shirley's batting av erage is .373, which is considered by most other eminent authorities as a 'la i-n good mark. I MEN, WE ARE BOTH RUNNING OUR LAST LAP i I . OF THE COLLEGE YEAR J 1 2v I ( 1 By helping each other we I will both come out ahead 1 :: :: 1,1 I ALL WE WANT IS A LITTLE CO-OPERATION I I LAUNDRY DEPARTMENT ; I ' U N- C '- " I Ik Th Last Essm f THE YAM HEEL QUALITY caf; SERVICE 2fc HUBERT HEFFNER PUTS WYOMING PLAYMAKERS IN THE LIMELIGHT They Produce Their First Play After One Year's Work With Hubert Heffner. (By J. E. HAWKINS) Carolina is scheduled to play Georgia Tech at Atlanta on June 9 as a part of the latter institution's commence ment week program. Which means that the Tar Heels will have to play exactly four big games in eight days anil travel hither and yon through four states. ATHLETES WIN OTJT IN FRESHMEN ELECTIONS (Continued from Page One) GREAT VIOLINIST TO COME HERE IN 1924 The Music Department announces that a contract has just been closed with Mischa Klman for his appearance here in a concert on the evening of March 24. 1!)24. Mr. FJinan is famous through out the world as one of the very greatest of the living violinists, ranking with Fritz Kreisler, Heifetss, and Zir.ilmlist. Mr. Klman has been touring Europe and the Orient for two years, and returns to America in the fall for tours which will take him to every large city in the coun try. Chapel Hill is fortunate in hav ing been able to secure him for an ap ien ranee hire. "The Story of Abrasives," will be the name of the free moving picture tonight at 7:15 in Gerrnrd hall. The picture will show the mining of the ore and the final manufacture of the abrasives themselves. K. W. Pearce, 148; W. E. Un lerwood, 144; M. Bishop, 15; T. M. Whitener, 82. For vice president L. T. Bledsoe, 68; Nat Jones, 14; W. S. McTver, 144; Char lie Thomas, 163. For secretary-treasurer C. W. Gold, 256; M. M. Young, 127. For campus cabinet X. C. Gor don, T34; M. B. Poole, 29; C. W. Hall, 38; R. R. Braswcll, 61; C. B. Shipp, 125. The outcome of this vote necessitated a second ballot for the offices of presi dent, vice president, and campus cab inet, C. W. Gold having been elected secretary-treasurer on the first ballot. On Saturday, the day of the final ballot, the friends of the various can didates got busy, canvassing every dor mitory. The watchword of the day was, "Have you voted yet?" and the re sult of this canvassing was that prac tically 100 more votes were cast on the second than on the first day. - Kmmett Underwood, the president elect, of Fnyetteville, is an athlete of no mean ability, having been a star on the freshman football team and a mem ber of the basketball squad. The choice for vice president, Char lie Thomas, hails from Beaufort and was a student at Oak Bidge Institute last year. As third baseman and cap tain of the freshmen nine this year he demonstrated his ability as an athlete. C. W. Gold, who will manage the fin ances of the class, resides in Greens boro. He, too, is an athlete, having played in the bnckfield on the first year football team. Kormnn Cordon, who is to serve on the campus cabinet, lives at Washing ton, X. C, and has made many friends on the enmpiiB. Wyoming Playmakers, promising one-year-old by Hubert Heffner out of Caro lina I'laymnkers. recently won his first race in record-breaking time. The vet eran Circumstances was a fair show and Faculty Opposition failed even to show after a bad stumble at the turn on the lust lap. The remarkable time in the thrilling three-cornered race was 2.7 (hours) of actual performance. Which is to say, the first offspring of the Carolina I'laymakers has been born in the far West amidst much re joicing and glad shouting. The Wyom ing I'laymakers, after a short existence of only one year under the direction of "our"' Mr. Hubert lleffuer, have pro duced their first performance of original Colorado Folk I'lays with glorious suc cess. The road was rocky and the weather was rough, but benevolent Uncle Sol finally has risen upon a beauteous May day of deserved reward. Our hat is off to Hubert. The Wyoming I'laymakers seems to be a lusty child and all indications point to a long ami hearty life. Already a local producer has offered to form the organi zation into a stock company to tour the Northwestern States during summer sea sons. And the director, who was a graduate student at Carolina last year ami is a veteran Carolina I'laymaker, has re ceived enticing offers for his services from the University of Arizona aud the Uni versity of Maine. After overwhelming the continued opposition of the president of the University of Colorado and win ning him over completely by the great success of the Playmakers, Hubert has been offered by that institution a hand some increase in salary as well as an assistant professorship. His future plans are not yet fully formulated. The first program presented by the Wyoming I'laymakers has a familiar ring to acquaintances of the Carolina I'lay makers. The trio of plays were "Grey Bull," a pageant-drama of Indian tra dition by Marion Iluggins; "Hcd Sun set," a tragedy of Wyoming homesteader life by O. Kdwnrd Pendrny ; "Meu is Men," a comedy of domestic life on a Wyoming ranch, by Mariette Gwendolyn Jones. We are assured that all three were of the highest quality while the tragedy was a masterpiece of writing. Mr. IVndray has some idea of coining to U. N. G to continue his work under Professor Koch. The Laramie Republican had a two column review of the plays by its editor, who, also, was originally opiiosed to the venture. Hut .rend the following ex tracts from his article ; "The Wyoming I'laymakers made their bow last evening with a most auspicious beginning of a movement which it is most sincerely hojied will not be allowed to be droped. Congratulations are in order to all who took part, authors, act ors and director, for in every way there was much to commend and much to en joy." Follows a most enthusiastic and in telligent review and criticism, and thd article is concluded with this paragraph : "This whole affair as undertaken by this Knglish class under Professor Heff ner is worthy the highest praise and con demnation. It has meant a very large amount of work on the part of both in structor and authors and they deserve not only congratulations but the thanks and appreciation of the University circle and community. It is one thing to give a play, but it is so much more first to have written it. The creative impulse is a magnificent one, and should always re ceive encouragement, particularly when it achieves such notable success as it did in this instance." Theatre Arts To Use Hsiung's Play "The Thrice-Promised Bride," a Chinese play written by C. C. Hsiung which was rend and approved for future production at the last author's reading of Carolina Folk Plays, is soon to be published in the Theatre Arts Magazine, a national dramatic- publication. The editor of. Theatre Arts praised Mr. Hsiung's play highly, especially commending its beauty and delightful humor. The play was recently produced with much success in a San Francisco Little Theatre. The Little Theatre of Santa Barbara. California, has since applied for production rights to the play. PATTERSON BROTHERS - - - DRUGGISTS
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