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The official newspaper of the Publi
cations Union Board of the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
where it is printed daily except Mon
days and the Thanksgiving, Christ
mas, and Spring Holidays. Entered
a3 second class matter at the post
office of Chapel HilL N. C tinder act
of March 3, 1879. Subscription price,
$4.00 for the college year.
Offices an the second floor of the
Graham Memorial Building.
Jaj Dungan . : Editor
Ed French . Managing Editor
John Manning Business Mgr.
Editorial Staff
EDITORIAL BOARD Charles " G.
Rose, chairman; F. J. Manheim,
- Peter Hairston, Vass Shepherd, R.
W. Barnett, J. M. Little, A. J. Stahr.
FEATURE BOARD Donald Shoe
maker, chairman; James Dawson,
Robert Berryman, Scott Mabon, and
E. H.
LIBRARIAN E. M. Spruill.
CITY EDITORS George Wilson, T.
W. Blackwell, Robert Woerner, Jack
Riley, Tom Walker, William McKee.
DESK MEN Frank Hawley, W. E.
Davis.
SPORTS DEPARTMENT Jack Bes
sen, sports editor; Phil Alston, Mor
rie Long, assistant editors.
NEWS MEN William Blount, Clai
born Carr.
HEELERS J. S Fathman, Donoh
Hanks, A. G. Ivey, J. H. Morris,
Walter Rosenthal, Joseph Sugar-
man, A. M. Taub, C. G. 'lhompson,
A. G. Leinwand, J. D. Winslow,
Milton Bauchner, P. W. Crayton,
A. T. Dill, V. C. Royster, R. H.
, Crowell, Franklin Wilson, P. W.
Markley, C. S. Mcintosh, W. N.
Ormand.
Business Staff
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Tom Worth, manager.
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT R. D.
McMillan, Pendleton Gray, and Ber
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Saturday, November 14, 1931
Indications of
An Active World Opinion
It is amazing just how little is
known today in America or any
where else exactly what is in
volved, what is happening in the
x. ht i ; -r.L
present jyiancnunan crisis. ieu
messages flash over cables and
through the air every minute.
The world is cognizant of the
- crisis even though they do not
1 3 :4- 1 4-1
Twenty years ago such a cris
is would Have been enshrouded in
mystery. Court cabals and sub
terfuge were the vogue. There
was no information, only subtle
and misleading official propa
ganda. The fact that the world is de
manding the facts of China's
grievances, and the details of
Japan's ruthless aggression is a
fair indication of growing en
lightment and increasing Hon
esty in our public mind. Bert
rand Russell once described the
cynic as the individual who has
ideals and cannot believe in
them. The insistence upon truth
is a happy sign of intellectual
progress.
The conflict in China is as
suming a perilous complexion.
The day is past when tne world
sits back and takes sides. To
day we find men crying for
truth and the discharging" of
justice. Regardless of the out
come of the present crisis it
has demonstrated two import
ant things : first, the existence of
iit..
a worm .sentiment, second, a
widespread demand for facts.
Should world sentiment have
any influence upon the . settle
ment of issues involved in Man
churia there are excellent pros
pects of further interest by a
wide awake Dublic in nrohlpms
of vital importance economic,
political, and moral based upon
information rather than pmn
tionalism. R.W.B.
Tired Japanese
Soldiers Relieved -
When a shipment of machine
guns was ordered from Tokyo
to Japanese troops in Manchuria
last; week by War Minister Gen
eral Jiro Minami, hi war office
stated: "These machine guns
are being sent to relieve Japan
ese troops in Manchuria who are
suffering from overwork."
With all the wear and tear on
the soldiers of Nippon causing
Japan's stand to every day be
come more warlike, . despairing
China made a last effort to get
action at Geneva from the
League of Nations and the Unit
ed State's observer, Prentiss Gil
bert. So far the League has
lived up to its reputation of do
ing neither good or harm.
Briand, in a recent statement
has said: "We have already
made war more difficult than
it used to be ... By preventing
this conflict from degenerating
into warv the League has render
ed great service to humanity."
All of which is to the advantage
of Japan, because if the League
wishes to claim that Japan is
not at war the Japanese are
surely not going to refute
Briand's statement.
Nevertheless, a' state, border
ing on actual warfare exists in
Manchuria today. The League
threatens boycott, but takes no
action. Russia is the only
country that' has made any
definite stand against Japan to
date, and Russia's stand is lim
ited. As long as Japan centers
her activities in Southern Man
churia Russia will not interfere.
China, having no military
force must depend upon diplo
matic means to settle the Man
churian question. China's stand
has been one of peace, request
ing that the affair be settled by
the League, but the League is not
and probably never will be a
force strong enough to serious
ly compete with military rival
ry among the nations of the
world.
Japan knows hat the League
does not have the power to, en
force its edicts, and until some
definite form of action is taken
by that body such situations
will arise time after time The
only way the League can become
a success is to make an ex
ample 'of some nation inclined
to world war, and we believe
that that time is at hand and
that the League should strike
now. E.K.L.
The New
Viewpoint
The negro is greatly to be ad
mired. Transplanted from his
native environment, he has
quickly absorbed a veneer of our
culture and has acquired for him
self a real niche in American
life. There is no ''doubt that
this place could be much larger
if it were not for the tremend
ous race prejudice surrounding
him. This prejudice is so that
we fail to realize his value to us.
Could we, if placed in the heart
of Africa, so readily have adapt
ed ourselves to the new situa
tion? Not only has the negro
shown a marked ability to be
come a part of his new surround
ings, but in the course of a few
centuries has contributed some
what to the culture of those
surroundings. Considered as a
menial, stoically he has main
tained an attitude of non-restrained
cheerfulness. Disre
garding the theory that all races
have similar mental endowments
we have chosen to treat him as
mentally inferior, therefore off
ering him only inferior educa
tional advantages.
In spite of this handicap, we
find him in many instances
overcoming this barrier to at
tain success. Confronted by the
same obstacles, could we as- a
race have overcome them in like
manner? Modern thinkers are
beginning to see in the negro
may qualities formerly unnotic
ed, qualities deserving our com
mendation. With the implements of "our
progressive civilization it is
within our power to foster a
greater development of the ne
gro, as it is our privilege to
speculate upon the outcome of
this powerful human experi
ment. L.C.
THE DAILY
All In A
Single Pattern
It is difficult to conceive an
age in which machinery would
play a larger part than it does
in American life of today. It
has been estimated . that for
every person in the United
States there are 217 mechanical
helpers.
From the very nature of a
machine, it becomes evident
that the products of a single
machine are necessarily very
similar in nature they are us-
ually identical. Not only are
the products of singles-machines
much alike, but these machines
resemble each, other to a great
extent. Hense we may have a
slightly different decoration or
color between two feminine
pieces of head gear, but essen
tially they are of the same color.
It .is one thing that our pos
sessions be alike but quite ' an
other that we ourselves arei
growing to act alike. It has
been said. too often to bear re
petition that one does and
thinks almost exactly what peo
ple expect him to do and think.
This is especially true in an age
where "better transportation
and communication facilities"
make every effort to inform the
world of what the world thinks
and does.
The newspaper and magazine I
fashion section decree the color , Student Federation of America,
of Sister Sue's new pumps and j an organization which is corn
John Jehu's latest era vate. In posed chiefly of student govern
most of our classes we are told ment officers. Naturally, as
what we are to think on certain
subjects. No effort is made to
teach students to evaluate the
facts of given cases; the facts
are first dished out and then
evaluated by the professor in
charge. The result is that an
endless chain is set up.
We in time consider Shakes
peareTas being great not "because
he was a skillful dramatist or
because he wrote beautiful
poetry, but because the text or
the instructor said he was. The
instructor has been taught that
Shakespeare was great by those
before him, and so on back. The
whole thing, of course, started
with someone who really did
thought-work discovering that
he was great. We do have such
scholars today, but many who
think must think wrong. It is
nothing to their discredit, but
eventually everyone must do
some' thinking and evaluating
for himself and not depend on
the crowd to do it for him.
P.W.H. "
Mere Words Or
Clear Thought
A glance at the type of edi
torials being published in college
dailies will indicate that college'
journalists are shallow in their
thinking. They do not delve
deeply into any subject which
they attempt to treat, but are
content to present the question
with but brief impressionistic
comment, leaving the remainder
to the reader's imagination.
So infrequently do college edi
torials discuss serious. topics that
when writers do attempt such
feats they are at a loss to know
what to say. They are accus
tomed to writing only fluent con
demnations of campus organiza
tions and student programs.
- Every college press, no mat
ter how high its ideal, at one
time or another fills its editorial
columns with absolutely worth
less material. Many of these
editorials contain perfect phras
ing and high sounding terms, but
any evidence of thought, on the
writer's part is nowhere to be
found. Rather than do a con-
l siderable amount of research be
fore writing editorials, writers
hurriedly read sketchy accounts
in state and national papers, and
viewing the news in the light of
their narrow experiences, they
sit down to peck off hastily their
ideas on a typewriter.
We naively believe that an
average college editorial writer
has enough intelligence to dis-j
TAR HEEL
cuss a question after he has all
the facts before him, but even
a genius fails in arguing a case
he knows nothing about. Most
editorial writers are lazy. They
do not wanto "waste" time in
thoroughly studying a subject
before writing; they are smugly
satisfied with what little they
know, and are unwilling to busy
themselves in learning more.
Such action on the part of col
legiate writers causes readers to
lose confidence in the profundity
of college editorials, diseourag
ing these readers from further
editorial reading. Were the
average writers less content to
base their claim to distinction
upon smoothness "and even pre
cocity, editorials would have
much more power in convincing',
hence wrould be much more wide
ly read. C.G.R.
Suggesting
Co-operation
At the last meeting of the
North Carolina Collegiate Press
association the question was
brought up as to whether or not
the N. C. C. P. A. should have
representation in the National
ever, there were arguments for
and against such action, and to
be sure some points were good
and some were bad. When it
was stated, however, that college
newspaper women and the stu
dent government officials have
different problems and could
gain nothing by co-operation we
felt that the objections had
ceased jto be merely bad, and had
become slightly ludicrous.
Perhaps we have used the
wrong word in describing the
1 effect of the above statement,
for in the first analysis the stu
dent editors and presidents may
appear to have different aims,
but when the situation has been
thoroughly perused we believe
that in every case the two of
ficials will be found working for
the same end, that isto make the
college better in every respect.
It is true that they use entirely
different methods but only by
pulling together can either hope
to accomplish any worthwhile
purpose.
There are, to be sure, numer
ous ways of student presidents
and editors working together.
In the first place both these of
ficials are well informed on cam
pus affairs and are able to dis
cuss plans for improvement and
to decide how the newspaper can
help in the needed change. In
short the president can decide
what she wants to try to do and
the editor can spread "propa
ganda." The point of this discourse is
obviously not to say that the N.
C. C. P. 'A. and the N. S. F. A.
should combine, in any sense of
the word, but simply to say that
we can see no objection on the
grounds of dissimilarity, and to
show how and why we think they
might get together on collegiate
problems. We have not intended
to be dictorial, and present our
views only as a suggestion.
The Carolinian. -
We should think Captain
Hawks would live in constant
fear of meeting himself flying
back. Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Those grape-bricks ought to
provide apleasant paving substi
tute on that road which has here
tofore been partial to good inten
tions. Ohio State Journal.
Dr. J. P. Jones
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Contemporaries
Theatre Guild Has Attained Its
High Position In Twelve Years
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Recognized Today as Most Liberal and Artistic Drama Group in
Country, Commanding Respect of Theatre-Minded
Individuals; Over 35,000 Subscribers.
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The Theatre Guild, Inc.,
which is producing Maxwell
Anderson's romantic tragedy,
Elizabeth, the Queen, in Memor
ial hall Monday evening, is gen
erally conceded to be America's
foremost theatrical unit. Its
position as leader of the New
York stage is unchallenged ; it
has - achieved a nation-wide
prominence through its policy
of road productions; and it has
frequently scored successes in
London and on the continent.
The Guild stands today as the
most liberal and artistic drama
group in the country. .
Start of Guild
Its record is all the, more re
markable wThen one recalls that
it has been the result of only
twelve years' efforts. The Guild
had its inception in the obscure
Garrick theatre, New York,
where it offered Benavente s
V
The Bonds of Interest in the
spring of 1919. It was hardly
an auspicious opening for the
i new group, for the play wTas
severey
criticized, and the
, nro(wtion branded as amateur
guf before the funeral
orators could open their mouths,
the ' Guild discovered a savior.
The brilliant and renowned Brit
ish playwright, St. John Ervine,
placed it in eternal debt to him
when he permitted the strug
gling organization to produce
his" play John Ferguson. To the
surprise of everyone in theatri
cal circles, most of all the Guild
itself, this was an unqualified
success. A second Ervine play,
Jane Clegg, served to increase
both the Guild's prestige - and
bank account to the point where
it was accepted as an exppnent
of the highest type of modern
drama. - -
Rapid Expansion
In the years that followed
those first precarious ones, the
Guild expanded enormously.
BOND SPEAKS TO
UNIVERSITY WOMEN
At the meeing of the local
division of the American Asso
ciation of" University Women
Tuesday evening it was decided
to change the year's program as
formerly announced and to sub
stitute a program concerned with
various phases of current litera
ture. Professor Richmond P.
Bond as first speaker gave a
general survey of literature for
1930-31, under the heads of fic
tion, mystery stories, short
stories, biography, poetry and
miscellaneous works, including;
popular history, the symposium,
reminiscences and books dealing
with various countries.
Miss Cornelia Love was ? ap
pointed delegate to the North
Carolina library association'
meeting in Durham, November
12 and 13.
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From producing but two plays
a season it undertook to offer
six, the number which it- still
retains. Its subscribers rose
from a mere handful to a figure
which demanded that the Guild
build its own theatre. In the
fall of 1923 this long cherished
dream of the experimentalists
was gratified wThen they opened
the Guild theatre, one of the
most beautiful playhouses in
the country.
The organization is governed
by a board of ' six directors,
most of whom have been as
sociated with the Guild since its
earliest days. This board con
sists of a director, an actress, a
banker, a scenic designer, a
playwright, and a laymen, thus
assuring full consideration of
the diverse interests obvious in
play production. This executive
body is solely responsible for
all aspects of the Guild's six
yearly productions and no play
is offered unless it is the un
animous choice of the board.
35,000 Subscribers
Today the Theatre Guild has
a total of 35,000 subscribers in
New York City, and almost as
many on the road. It controls
the services of the foremost
actors, authors, directqrs, and
technical experts in America.
Its policy has tended, of late, to
attempt to devise, as interna
tional a theatre as is possible.
Hence, we find on its list of
dramatists, Eugene O'Neill and
Sidney Howard,, of America;
Bernard Shaw, of Great Brit
ain; Alfred Savior, of France;
S. Tretiakow, of Soviet Russia;
and Franz Werfel and Sil-Vara,
of Austria. The Guild com
mands the respect of every theatre-minded
individual in the
country and serves a model and
inspiration to aspiring artistic
groups. ,
We have nothing official on
the next war, if any, except that
possibly for a time there will be
no wheatless days. Detroit
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