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Vzzz Two - Sunday, March 8, I H rl IIAII V Ta It 11 t.tlt 'Ulil . - - ' a? : i . . , ' , Si) Eatip Ear tyttl Published daily during- the college year, except Mondays and except Thanks giving, Christmas and Spring Hob days. The official newspaper of the Publi cations Union of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscription price, $4.00 for the col lege year. OSces in the basement of Alumni Building. W. H. YARBOROUGH...Editor JACK DUNGAN...-Ugr. Editor H. N. PATTERSON-LBus. Mgr. H. V. WORTH . Circulation Mgr. OPEN FORUM EDITORIAL STAFF , ' News Editor Charles G. Rose Editorial Board Beverly Moore Chairman Virginia Douglas W. M Bryson Harper Barnes Wex Malone Oscar Dresslar Robert Hodges J. C. Sitterson Philip Liskin E. F. Yarborough City Editors J. M. Little Ed French Peter Hairston E. C. Daniel Billy McKee George Yilson W. A. Shulenberger Sports Staff C. Ramsay Sports Editor Assistants Don Shoemaker Jack Bessen Librarian Sam Silverstein News Men Mary Buie W. E. Davis E. M. Snruill T. H. Broughton Frank Hawley Dan Kelly Otto Steinreich T. W. Blackwell McB. Fleming-Jones P. Alston xr.hnrlps PnA Bob Betts W. R. Woerner Jack Riley L. L. Pegram F.W.Ashley Alex Andrews Business Department Harlan Jameson -Ass't. Bus. Mgr. John Manning Ass't. Bus. Mgr. Advertising Department Al L. Olmstead ... Advertising Mgr. Pendleton Gray .; Advertising Mgr. Bernard Solomon .Ass't. Adv. Mgr. R. D. McMillan, Jr. ..-Ass't. Adv. Mgr. James N. Nowell H. A. Clark Collection Department Jack Hammer ...Collection Mgr Carol Spencer KoDert tternnarat John Barrow James M. Ledbetter Frank S. Dale Correspondence Department Ed Michaels, Jr. Correspondence Mgr. Wvnn Hamm . Ass't. Cor. Mar. W. M. Bliss Ass't. Cor. Mgr. Editor The Daily Tar Heel: Last week a Canadian paper was indefinitely suspended from a Canadian campus" for its ac tive interest in Atheism and its growing significance on the col lege campus in the Americas. A sinister and criminal im port is thereby attached to a code and creed of tremendous importance in the future of a mechanical and scientific world. Be it contrary to the beliefs of the majority or not, and be it wrong in the minds of subjects of deism or not, Atheism is not and shall not be criminal. The right of a faith and a faith Atheism is is given to all mankind. The mere absence of a controlling deity in that faith cannot lessen its importance or sincerity to its possessor. Can not one, in self-reliance, in a sort of spiritual self-sufficiency, find a social doctrine comparable to the so-called universal Christi anity? Can he not, in his indul gence in and subservience to this fWrinp hf corrmarable in "wuvi 3 ' i rightousness and character to him of merely another faith of not one bit more actual right than his own. We live in an age of fact ; the progress of our world, of our lives is based on fact. The whole system of society is material, factual. Should an active, fac tual living-precept be categoried and set down as criminal? Atheism does not lack , its spiritual aspects ; it is a spiritual belief. Though lacking a god a specific, controlling deity it bears a spiritual support in the profound faith in the doctrine of human right of social obh gation of progressive ambi tion. It is not a creed of God for man ; it is a creed of Man for his fellow-men. Quite sincerely, A. T. H. Sunday, March 8, 1931 Gifts and Donors The senior class voted Friday to donate five hundred dollars of its class gift fund to the Hu man Relations Institute. This action is new in the field of class gifts to the University. About the campus and in some of the buildings we notice ob jects which have been donated by classes in the past. None of these are of great value in them selves but they all .blend with the University to increase the value Of the University. So this gift of the present senior class will go towards in creasing the value of the Uni- ' versity. , There will be no ob ject made of concrete which the seniors may later behold as their gift to the University. Nor will they point with pride to "our gift" and say, "that is the donation of the class of 1931." ' Instead the seniors prefer to en able the Human Relations Insti tute to bring a group of authori ties in certain fields of human relations to the University. And by so doing they have given the University a gift, the value of which will not become apparent for years, maybe gen erations. But such a gathering as the Human Relations Insti' tute will bring to the University cannot fail to produce results of a very definite nature in the fu ture. The value of the Institute will reflect itself in the thought . of the state and South of the years to come. At The Carolina success in London. The Modern Language Show to be given at 11 :00 p. m. will be "Der Blaue Engel," starring Emil Jannings, and Marlene Deitrich. Charles Farrell, with his new leading lady, Elissa Landi, ap pears Thursday in "Body and Soul," in which Miss Landi is making her American screen debut, "Body and Soul," which was adapted from the stage play "Squadrons," shows the complications of a sensational nature which follow the arrest of a young American officer in the R. F. C. during the World War, when he is accused of being in league as well as in ove with a woman spy. Farrell will be remembered for his famous, roles in "7th Heaven," Street Angel," "Sunny Side Up," and "High Society Blues," in all of which Janet Gaynor played opposite him. "Divorce Among Friends" Friday brings Irene Delroy and Lew Cody in an interesting comedy drama of modern mar ried life. It is a story in which two young wives, after having daily squabbles with their hus bands, decide to exchange with each other. The cast includes Edward Martindel and Mar garet Seddon. Roy Del Ruth is the director. As" the last production of the week, Walter Huston, in the leading role of a prison warden, will appear in "The Criminal Code," one of Broadway's smash stage hits. Although Huston has for sometime been one of the highlights on the New York stage, it was only re cently that he made his debut on the screen. Other stars in the romantic drama are Con stance Cummings, who plays op posite Phillips Holmes. Boris Karloff, Mary Doran, Arthur Hoyt, Ethel Wales, DeWitt Jennings, Paul Porcasi, Nicolas Soussariin, and John Sheehan are some of the other promin-ents. With . Contemporaries We haven't any really con . striictive suggestions for the cure of our national tendencies to leave the narrow path, but sometimes we think that an am plifier for the - voice of con science wouldn't do any harm -Boston" Herald; The Carolina theatre brings for this week's selection of shows a group which begins with "Cimarron," directed by Wesley Ruggles, tomorrow af ternoon. This picture, taken from Edna Ferber's best-seller, is acclaimed by many to be the best production of western life ever to appear on the screen. Ruggles made himself famous several years ago while he was directing Charlie Chaplin, and since that time some of his most successful talkies have been "Street Girl," "Condemned," "Honey," and "The Sea Bat." Tuesday, Virginia Cherrill will make her second screen ap pearance as a college co-ed in "Girls Demand Excitement," wherein she upholds the rights of the girls in the school, with John Wayne leading the oppos ing boys. Wayne himself is a comparatively newcomer to the talking screen. His best roles have been those in "The Big Trail" and "Breck Coleman." Marguerite Churchill destined for stardom, according to the Fox officials, "is the third mem ber of the featured trio. The theatre presents Wednes day, Otis Skinner in his debut in sound pictures, "Kismet." This role that brought him his greatest theatrical triumph has been repeated on the talking screen by the First National Studio. The original play; written by Edward Knoblock, was first produced in this coun try in 1911 at the Knickerbocker Theatre. Since that time it has also achieved an' outstanding Napoleon, Meet Brother Capone War heroes we have always had, men whose feats in battle and conquest placed them apart as figures to be idolized -Alexanders, Napoleons, , Washing tons, and Fochs. In their day, escapades of bandits of the Jesse James type held thrills for youthful hearts. But no longer can the picture of George Wash ington retain its sacred place on the wall, or the bookxof Jesse James recline peacefully on our desk. Instead we will frame the picture of the sublime counten ance of Al Capone, and read the exploits of 'a new hero, Jack "Legs" Diamond. . A moving picture in a down town theatre this week allegedly bares some of the awful truths of gangland life, behavior, and problems. It is an excellent picture well directed, and equally as well acted. But in stead of arousing one to indigna tion toward the activities of the underworld, it glorfies the gang ster. . In spite of the obvious at tempts made throughout the picture to point a moral, the sympathy of the viewer is di rected to t)ie heroj a handsome young man who heads the or ganized rackets, of the city. His ultimate death is undoubtedly an attempt to show this moral that finally the gangster must pay the penalty of death for his sins. But it is unconvinc ing. The gang leader is por trayed so sympathetically, the life he leads is so intensely ex citing, that one unconsciously hopes that he will come through all his encounters unscathed. That he doesn't, makes no dif ference, you still wish he had. But this movie, or other movies, alone cannot be blamed for the glorifying of the gang ster. The press has also played its part in picturing the loyalty' of the gangster to his gang, and the virtues of the underworld code. The racketeer's life has been shown as dramatic and ex citing. But it must be remembered that the gang hero's life is quite like the war hero's in one re spect the end is gained by murder and rapine. So after all, it might not be so incon gruous as it seems to hang the picture of Scarf ace Al Capone beside that of Napoleon Bona parte in the gallery of world heroes. Oregon Emerald. Strictly Dishonorable Chicago presents" a play under the auspices of the Republican Party which has for so many years past provided the country with entertainment. Today's performance is considered by some to be a boisterous farce, by others a grim tragedy present ing the human race gravitating toward oblivion. However, the majority opinion appears to be that it is a melodrama, lurid and sensational, but lacking the grandeur and universal of genuine tragedy. The play is one of the type known as "problem plays," here representing the evils arising in a democratic republic when mass control passes into the hands of unscrupulous and private-minded individuals. Ably creating an illusion of reality as clever and unprincipled politicians. William Hale Thompson and John H. Lyle act the leading roles. A certain A. Capone is rumored to be the producer of this bit of modern satire, and. Mr. Capone, it is said, has taken great care that every detail of the produc tion shall be perfect. The plot is woven about the figures of Thompson and Lyle, bitter political enemies, both of whom are trying to win politi cal control of the cify. As the last act closes, the victor is be ing congratulated by his oppon ent, and with a great prideful gesture he points to the national flags unfurled in his honor from every window. An irreprsssible tear drops from his eye as his followers march to the ordered beat of machine gun fire over the dead bodies . of the civil population. Unfortunately it is not yet known to which actor the role of victor has been assigned, for ..Mr. Capone, who possesses the only manuscript of the play, cannot be reached at his home. Harvard Crimson. A fudge rules that a husband must divide his salary with his wife, 50-50. Well, it's high time the poor old husband were getting a break. Telegraph. In anticipation of a change in the dry laws, some of the old brewers are getting busy and polishing up their machinery. In the interim, however, the beer runners are keeping busy and polishing off each other. Judge. History's Roaring Pages Flung Across the Screen! Heart and Soul of a Mighty People Poured into That Will Rock Creation "CIMARRON" '.' with RICHARD DIX ESTELLE -TAYLOR Heading a cast of 40,000 Superlative Artists Story by Edna Ferber Also Paramount Sound News MONDAY iiiiiiiiiiii Drar la jj No Flat Tires . . . HI In this rumble seat Just a flock of self-starters with free wheel fH ing ideas. A Co-ed Comedy to complete your education and hand you laughs. "GIRLS DEMAND EXCITEMENT" U JOHN WAYNE MARGUERITE CHURCHILL H TUESDAY Bliiillllllilllillllillliliiiiilllllll Wednesday The Day of Days The Greatest Talking Event in History Otis - Skinner Hf x? minimum m "KISMET" Peep into 5 the Harems of the mighty. Live with the beggar that fate made, king for a day. IIIIIIIIIIIIIII I Wednesday 11 P. M. MARLENE DIETRICH , -EMIL JANNINGS in "DEN BLAUE ENGEL" AH German Talking Picture Made in Germany jiiimiiimiiiiiiimimiiiiiiimmiim !!!!! Thursday CHARLES FARRELL ELISSA LANDI - in "BODY AND SOUL" Mil!!! Friday "Divorce Among Friends" with LEW CODY IRENE DELROY It's Love, Honor, and Oh Baby, when two young wives exchange husbands! IIIIIIIIillllllllillllllllllllllllllF Exposing the Naked Heart of a Tender Girl the Soul -of a Prison-Stamped Youth "THE CRIMINAL CODE" . ' with , jj WALTER HUSTON CONSTANCE CUMMINGS H SATURDAY BIIII1II!III!!!H 11 . aJ 1 4"l 3 Asbiiry College vs. University 0 North Carolina - on the -proposition that The Nations Should Adopt a Policy Of Free Trade 'li isesday, RflarcEa 3.s B l. CHAPEL HILL HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 'II
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