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Page Two tt)e Dailp Car ipeel Published daily during the college year except -Mondays and except Thanksgiving, Christmas and Spring Holidays. The official newspaper of the Publi cations Union of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscription price,; $2.00 local and $4.00 out of town, for the college year. Offices in the basement of Alumni Building. ' Glenn Holder....:;.....; . Editor Will Yarborough. Mgr. Editor Marion Alexander -Bus. Mgr. Hal V. WORTK.-Circulation Mgr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS John Mebane - . Harry Gall&nd ASSISTANT EDITORS ' Robert Hodges J. D. McNairy Joe Jones B. C. Moore J C. Williams CITY EDITORS E. F. Yarborough ; . R. C. Ramsay Elbert Denning J. E. Dungan . SPORTS EDITOR ' I Henry L. Anderson ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITORS Browning Roach J. G. Hamilton, Jr. REPORTERS Holmes Davis Louis Brooks Charles Rose Mary Price Kemp Yarborough Clyde Deitz George Sheram Frank Manheim B. H. Whitton J. P. Tyson Nathan Volkman J. M. Little E.C.Daniel Bill Arthur W. A. Shulenberger George Wilson G.E.French Harold Cone William .Roberts v Jack Bessen W. W. Taylor Everard Shemwell Vass Shepherd Ted Newland B. H. Barnes ' Jack Riley M. M. Dunlap John Patric Howard M. Lee J. J. Dratler George Barber ' Henry Wood BUSINESS STAFF Ashley Seawell Tom Badger John Jemison Harry La tta Bill Speight Donald Seawell COLLECTION MANAGERS ' J. C. Harris. T. R. Karriker B. C. Prince, Jr. Stuart. Carr Sunday, February 16, 1930 A THOUGHT A DAY Americans lean to optimism to re tain prosperity, the French people to pessimism to fool a jealous fate. Bernard Fay. ?.----; PURLOINED PARAGRAPHS Something that appeals to us as real news is that when "The Taming of the Shrew" was put on the movies it was called "The Taming of the Shrew.' 'Philadelphia Inquirer. The fact that a lady pirate is suc cessfully operating in the China sea suggests a congenial opening for night club hostesses whom the Wall Street slump has put out of commis sion. Weston Leader. ; -; "Although. I changed the number of my house from 13 to 11a," says a correspondent, "my luck has not improved." It takes more than a little dodge like that to deceive a postman armed with income-tax demands and bills. The Humorist. Tar Heel Topics The bacillus psittacosis, the germ supposed to cause "par rots' disease," has been revealed as an imposter by a group - of workers at a London hospital. We knew that anything with a name like that was some kind of a criminal. "If an X mates with a X the offspring will be a boy," Dr. Herbert M. Evans, chairman of the department of anatomy at the University of California, declared; recently. ;. Mebbe so, but that doesn't explain why we can't work mathematics. John A. Berge told North Carolina realtors at the insti tute here this week that" the stock market crash bettered real estate conditions. By the same token, a law abolishing real es tate men would probably have the same effect, only more so. A woman has been appointed to the United States Board of Tax Appeals for the first time, and it is expected that other women will be. appointed later. Maybe appealers . will get what they want when they go before the Tax Board no w, better figures. , A Statement Of. Potentially Vital Import Dozens of newspapers throughout the Southeast carry front page stories this morning concerning a statement which may have far-reaching conse quences in alleviation of the state's industrial crisis. Pre pared by Professor Frank Gra ham, of the North Carolina Con ference for Social Service and the University history depart ment, and signed by approxi mately, 400 of North Carolina's most prominent men and wom en, the statement, according to the author, is "no attempt to offer a panacea or even a solu tion to the problems incident to the industrialization of a rural state, but is simply a body of principles deposited by the cur rents of history and stated here for what they are worth." The ' statement contains four principles, "evolved out of his toric movements," which stand for our guidance "in our pres ent situation when the old strug gle for self-government has ad vanced from the religious and political to include tne industrial life." Stated simply, these four principles are equal rights Of organization and collective bar gaining; the constitutional and legal rights of person and prop erty and lawful freedom of speech and assembly for all persons, without regard to birth place, race, ownership or labor status, unionism or non-unionism, religion politics, or eco nomic views ; a nation-wide non partisan economic and social sur vey and analysis of the textile industry, not by way of attack, but by way of expert study by those most competent; social adjustment to industrial change, such as reduction of the legal sixty-hour week and gradual abolition of night work for women and young people. Simplicity seems to be the keynote of Mr. Graham's state ment. He outlines his four prin ciples clearly and lucidly; they are essentially sound, common sense doctrines. Writing not from the standpoint of a textile expert, propounding technical or legislative remedies for the present situation, but as a stu dent of history, Mr. Graham has formulated a simple statement of a few definite principles which have developed through cen turies of industrial and intellec tual expansion, and presented them for what they are worth. Such a statement was desperate ly needed ; Mr. Graham evidently realized the need and recognized the responsibility devolving upon him as a citizen and a stu dent of history. Unlike thous ands of his fellows who were confronted with an equal re sponsibility, he had the mental! alertness to recognize his duty and the courage and energy to carry it out. The long list of prominent men and women, representing almost every profession, occupa tion,' and condition of life, who signed the statement, indicates that it has the backing necessary for material results. If its four principles are adhered to in the industrial conflict which the state is now facing, hysteria will be replaced by calm sanity and narrow prejudice by open-minded reasoning. Millions of dol lars, hundreds of lives, and years of bitter controversy and blood shed may be saved through the results obtained from the mild appearing, inoffensive but poten tially vitally important state ment prepared by Mr. Graham. Faculty-Student Smokers Quarterly A year ago Walter Spearman editorialized on the breach be tween the student body and the faculty. Other writers for the Tar Heel have lamented the fact that the student and in structor have little contact. Now THE DAILY comes Mr. Bob House, who in an address before the sophomore class has expressed a desire on the part of some of the faculty that the two units of the Uni versity be brought closer to gether. The most valuable service that a university can do for an indi vidual is to stimulate him to think to have ideas of his own. It is quite universally agreed that it really doesn't matter whether a graduate remembers the formula for the circumfer ence of a circle, whether .there are gerunds in the Greek lan guage, that chismografia means gossip in Spanish, or what a j chain-reflex is. A professor is conceited who believes that he is able in fifty-three minutes a day for three months to change his subjects to such a great extent that they will throw overboard habits of thinking which they have . carried with them for eighteen or twenty years. There j are professors who wish to aid young men and women mould their minds, but they are not the fifty-three minutes a day pro fessors. We have never had a prof whom we felt has a genuine con tempt for the undergraduate mind, but we have often heard of such' men on the faculty, who are reputed to be hostile to undergraduates and their prob lems. It is apparent, however, that an astounding proportion of this and other faculties are in terested primarily in such hu manitarian projects as a com parison of the number of words in the average sentences of Emerson, Carlyle, Kant, and Johnson, or the use of the geni tive case in Goethe's Faust. Too many professors spend their time attending conventions, committee meetings, lecturing, and in work far from the ield that requires their undivided at tention. Until the rise of the notori ous Yellow Journal, which paper and its editors felt no compunc tion about magnifying and fes tering whatever blemishes ap peared in professional character "here abouts," the homes of the faculty were open to all students. It is regretable that the heroic cult of "I will not be a booter" on the one hand and the "We must be dignified and prof es soriar' club on the other are so diametrically opposed. The fact that the University has doubled its enrollment since the custom of "open house" was discontinu ed does not change the situation. If any thing1 has changed it has been a change on the part of the instructors who believe that their attitude should be one of frigid dignity in place of con-vival-friendship. We have enough faith in the student body here to assert that were the homes of the faculty re opened to student visitors, whe ther formally on certain days of the week or informally, that in the future there would be no repetition of the betrayals which some frantic journalists have perpetrated in the past. It is safe to predict that were this idea of salons, or better still the idea of informal visiting, recom menced the value of instruction would increase two-fold.' It is with the hope that the two integral parts of the Univer sity may be drawn closer to gether that we here offer the idea that once each quarter there should be a "smoker" for the en tire student body and the whole faculty in some such place as the Carolina Inn, the expenses be ing equally shared by class dues of the four undergraduate clas ses and the University adminis tration. Perhaps then we should all discover that, faculty man or student, we are all quite inter esting, human, and possess some innate intelligence. J. E. D. TAR HEEL len joints ) By H. J. Galland Interesting sidelights on Loo k Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe, an alumnus of this lit erary University, are contained in F. P. A.'s column in the New York World. An Asheville cor respondent wrote to F. P. A. and told him a few of the reasons why the book is not so popular in one section of this state. ; ; " V. t t t v "There are remarkable pages of description, of persons' and places, in the book,' says F. P. A. "It seems probably everybody knows it, though it was news" to us that Altamont, the scene of the book is Asheville, .N.'.'C. Ever since the book was pub lished the townspeople, accord ing to a present townsperson, are raucous in their condemna tion of the book and its author." .'V" t t t :-' "' Chief among the reasons is the lack of care on the part of Mr. Wolfe to disguise the dis reputable people he describes, or the names of places. Thus Col lege Street is "Academy Street," Raleigh is "Sidney," and Chapel Hill, of all places, is "Pulpit Hill." Somehow that last does not sound so well. t f t For the first time in many, many years- since his gradua tion from the University, in fact Mr. Wolfe did not return to his home during the Christmas season this year. And now it is rumored that he will be in Asheville in a few weeks. We are thinking of ordering a" suit of armored clothes from our tailor in Chicago and going up to Asheville to get a good view of what happens. t t t All of which calls to mind the fact that a literary career is not all it is cracked up to be in some cases. We once thought of writ ing the Great American Novel or something, but now it seems best to return to the job which has always been nearest our heart, and for which we are best qualified that of tester in a mattress factory. ' t "f t This department hereby an nounces that it will make no more veiled allusions. The comebacks from some quarters have been unveiled recently, and they were potent. We still be lieve, however, that people who live in small houses shouldn't throw bricks they might need 'em to build an addition for aforesaid houses. f t f . If necessary, you may blame this on the weather: Lines To A Wornout Prof There's hope for the man As he sits at his desk And drones of his lit Like a weary burlesque There is hope for the man, Though he's now pretty: old, And his notes have grown musty, And his facts have grown cold; Yes, there's hope for the prof As he sits with his stare, For on top of his head He still has some hair. INVESTIGATES HOSIERY Cincinnati, O., Feb. 15. (IP) Miss Rosamond Cook, of the department of home ; economics at the University of Cincinnati, is doing research work for the purpose of ascertaining whether women are getting "gypped" when they purchase expensive hosiery. It is her belief that the best materials often are found in cheaper stockings. j 221 tt I) Cijc BAPTIST , Eugene Olive, Pastor 9 :45 a. m. Sunday school 11 :00 a. m. Morning services. . Sermon : "What Men Desire," Mr. Olive. 6:45 p. m. -Young People's Union. 7 :45 p. m. Evening services. Sermon : "A Plea for Intoler ance," Mr. Olive. CATHOLIC 8 :30 a. m. Mass in Gerrard hall. Father O'Briant will speak. CHAPEL OF THE CROSS A. S. Lawrence, Rector 8:00 a. m. Holy , Communion. 10:00 a. m. Bible class. 11 :00 a. m.- Service and Ser mon. 7:00 p. m. Y. P. S. L. 8:00 p. m. Organ program. Tea will be served in the Parish house from 4:30 to 6:00 p. m. LUTHERAN (Gerrard hall) G. A. Metz, Rector 9:45 a: m. Sunday school 11 :00 a. m. Morning services. Sermon by Mr. Metz. Readers' Opinions IN ANSWER TO BEAU GENTS COMMENTS OF FEBRUARY 15 Editor Daily Tar Heel: Beau Gent, in the February 15 issue of the Tar Heel, makes this statement: " I believe that, since man is so much uglier than woman, he must pay more attention to external embellish ment, that he must dress well." Mr. Gent, I agree with you per fectly in all that you said in this article, with the exception of one thing. You gave the impression that man, through careful atten tion to his dress, 'can compete with women in good-looks. I grant you that some of the more handsome males on the campus might be able to do this in a measure ; but the women do n6t depend solely upon their natural fairness for their beauty. What with all the paint, powder, and such lavish attention that they bestow upon their clothes, they make it much harder, for the more ugly sex to come up to their standards. Now I give a reasonable amount of time to keeping myself well-groomed that is, keeping a crease in my pants, changing my shirt before the dirty streak around the col lar shows through, etc. But I must confess' that I feel very discouraged when I try, to make myself appear as handsome, f or all my efforts, as the women's extreme beauty, with their r arti ficial resources which I cannot invade. You forget that we are all not as well endowed by Na ture as are Beau Gent and El win Dungan, and some of the other more handsome fellows. All they have to do is press their clothes, change their shirts, and wear a nice-looking tie, and they' excite the envy of the co eds. Why not make some sug gestion whereby I, who cannot depend upon my looks as they do, for my fortune, might im prove them? j B. S. Unique Drama Enacted As Playmakers Depart , ... (Continued from first page) and the bus driver is hot and tired from working. He does not protest, but it is evident that he wishes to be off. By degrees the entire troupe has clustered about the waiting bus. As fin ishing touches, a half-dozen Playmaker posters are affixed to the bus windows or stuck in conspicuous positions among the baggage. Every one sees to it that his Sunday, February 16, 1930 Ci)urci)ti METHODIST C. E. Rozzelle, Pastor 9 :45 a. m. Sunday school Bible classes for upperclass men and freshmen.- 11:00 a. m. Boy Scout service. Sermon : "Give the Child a Chance," Mr. Rozzelle. 5:00 p. m. Afternoon services. Sermon: "An Apostle of Pes simism," Mr. Rozzelle. 7:00 p. m. Epworth League. PRESBYTERIAN W. D. Moss, Pastor 9:45 a. m. Sunday school 11:00 a. m. Morning services. Sermon by Mr. Moss. 7:45 p. m. Evening services. 8:45 p. m. Young people's so cial hour. UNITED CHURCH B. J. Howard, Pastor 9:45 a. m. Sunday school Grady Leonard, superintend ent;: Paul McConnell, teacher men's Bible class. 11 :00 a. m. Morning services. Sermon by Mr. Howard. 7 :00 p. m. Young people's ser vice. bag is aboard. Director Koch confers with the bus company official, intermittently drawing long puffs from his pipe. Mr. Heffner makes sure that all members of the party are pres ent. The driver manages to tuck the entire company into their seats. The bus snorts and sputters, swings into motion, and the Carolina Playmakers are off on their twenty-seventh tour with a rare treasure of comedy and tragedy for their waiting audiences. It is a far cry from the em bryonic dramatic productions of ancient India, and the Dioriysiac revels of Greece, to the Carolina Playmakers of today, but who can deny that a common tie ex ists between them? Through out the ages man has endeavored to act out that which he feels within. In like manner, in in terpreting for the public the folk-ways of our people, the Playmakers , are doing precise ly this very thing ; acting out that which they feel very deeply. The merry troubadours of the Middle Ages, as wTell as the play ers summoned by Hamlet to the palace iii Denmark, were of this strain. In ancient times, notably with the Greeks, these festivities par took of a religious nature. Similarly, as recorded in the Old Testament, such spontan eous exaltations were indulged in. We remember that Miriam "took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dances." Heathen war dances, of today, chanting rude defiance with savage gestures, are primitive expressions of these same hu man emotions. These heathen races are passing through the same stage of civilization tra versed by ourselves hundreds, and by the Hebrews, Greeks, and Indians thousands of years ago. The Carolina Playmakers do not fall far short of representing the . acme of development achieved by the American stage. Their role is to bring the art of the theatre closer to the Ameri can people through the medium of their productions, and to af ford a greater number of per sons opportunity to take an active part in playwriting and acting. In addition their pecu liar contribution is to immortal ize a cross section of the south ern people on the stage and in literature, and the Playmaker Theatre, birthplace and home of the Carolina Playmakers, is the first state-owned theatre in America to be devoted to the making of its own drama.
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