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Page Two THE DAILY TAR HEEL The official newspaper of the Publi cations Union Board of the University of North Carolina at Chapel tun where it is printed daily except Mon days, and the Thanksgiving-, Christ mas, and Spring: Holidays. Entered as second class matter at the post office of Chapel Hill, N. C under act of March 3, 1879.- Subscription price, . $4.00 for the college year. Offices on. the second floor of the Graham Memorial Building. Chas. G. Rose, Jr... Editor G. W. Wilson, Jr... Mng. Editor John Manning... Business Mgr. EDITORIAL BOARD Don Shoemak er, chairman, Henderson Heyward, Dan Lacy, Kemp Yarborough, J. F. Alexander, E. C. Daniel, William McKee, R. W. Barnett, Ervin Jaffee, Bon Phillips, Karl Sprinkle. CITY EDITORS W. R. Woerner, Tom Walker, W. E. Davis, T. H. Brough ton, Claiborn Carr, T. W. Blackwell. FEATURE BOARD Ben Neville, Charles Poe, Joseph Sugarman, W. R. Eddleman, A. T. Dill. FOREIGN NEWS BOARD Frank Hawley, C. G. Thompson, John Acee, Ed SpruiU. . REPORTERS J. H. Morris, W. O. Marlowe, E. C. Bagwell, Harold Janofsky, F. C. Litten, N. H. Powell, Robert Bolton, P. W. Markley. Tuesday, April 12, 1932 Analyzing The "Ignohle Experiment" For Posterity The Literary Digest polls will give future historians of this bewilderingly complex period of the nation's history a method of analyzing accurately public opin- In reviewing the past the his torian has had to be more or less dogmatic in declaring when and how much sentiment on an issue shifted. Henceforth with the aid of the Digest, history will be less interpretation and more fact. If it were not for the Digest's polls on prohibition a 1940 textbook would say, "from the passing of the Eighteenth Amendment until 19 sentiment seemed to shift against prohibi tion. Certain elections, while involved with other issues, seem to substantiate this." But dig ging into the files of the Digest the writer will be able to trace the growth of anti-prohibition sentiment through the 1922 and 1930 straw ballots, "until in 1932 the American public al most was three to one against the Eighteenth Amendment." The Digest, polls have repeat edly proved their phenominal accuracy. The result of the 1928 Presidential poll ' exceeded M J luiiciy-imitj - tcui accuracy in forecasting the actual election results. Even in the present poll the magazine has offered ample evidence of its trustworthiness; notably in the case of the Wich ita Beacon which, independently of the Digest, ran a straw vote in its city which tallied to within One percentage point of the Di gest's returns from Wichita. It is strange then to find the Auburn Plainsman refer to the Literary Digest prohibition poll as, "a mere farce; an assinine traw vote which impedes an understanding of the country's real political status." The writer goes on to declare that, "some of the votes cast were sent in as a rather poor joke, and most of them were turned in without ser- People who have been lucky enough to receive ballots may well become indignant at the latter statement. The issue is so prominent as to definitely form opinions' in the mind of the great American public. Where as one voter has declared him self cntisfiprl wiTi tho nroconf regime; three have, after ser ious thought, uttered a protest against the "noble experiment." Which ever way the ballot is marked it represents a convic tion based upon thought. ' No person, thinking prohibtion a good thing is going to mark a ballot wet as a "poor joke"; and few who wish for repeal will send in ballots which will aid and p.nmfnrt. the Drvs. Manv of our fence-sitting politicians would be much relieved could they but believe the unground ed statement that the poll im pedes an understanding of the nation's political status. It seems probable that the Auburn writer is a disgruntled Dry seeking to discredit the poll in any way, possible. If the Drys cannot find better methods of explaining the preponderance of anti-prohibition sentiment than are advanced in this un thinking and ungrounded edi torial they had better accept their stinging defeat as grace fully as possible. B.P. Campus Illiterati The existing attempts at "lit erature" that are evidenced on the Carolina campus seem sadly at a loss. Much literature, it is true, is produced ; but unfortun ately it is not the amount, but the quality of the production that counts; The current literary produc tions, particularly in the field of poetry, are so shallow and super ficial that many of the students and practically all the out-of-towners cannot help but believe that this literature is perhaps a reflection of actual student life. A just parallel between the campus literature and the mod ern cubist art can be drawn. The painter of the modernistic masterpieces does not in any manner attempt to explain his drawing; he only places a cap tion upon it and leaves it for the public to puzzle out. The poetry and prose on the cam pus is written with the same in tention. The work is presented to the public, but unfortunately nothing (actually speaking) is given to the public to puzzle over, and what happens to be produced is generally so poor that no one wishes to waste any time in vain endeavors towards the solution of any such word enigma. There is really a subtle beau ty in modern poetry, but this quality is' sadly lacking in the "modernistic" literature which the Carolina campus attempts to write. ' To be a good poet it first is necessary to have a sense of rhythm and beauty; anyone can be a versifier. Modern -poetry although it lacks in rhyme scheme, makes up for it in in tricately delicate rhythm which is beyond the grasp of the adol escent campus poet. Unfortunately, again, poetry is not alone in its deplorable state; prose is hand in hand with it. If an out-of-town person were to read some of the ob scene stories that have recently appeared in campus publica tions, he would form a very in correct opinion of the general student. Because some budding author finds that through the medium of lewdness ; he can achieve a degree" of importance, cause a furor of protests, and lower himself and his medium of expression closer toward the gutter, is there any reason why this type of work should clut ter up the campus and assist in lowering its general moral out look? The answer to these failings can be found in insisting that. the would-be poets stick to some thing they can handle if rather clumsily and that the would be prosists stick to any form of writing that lacks obscenity or unnecessary vulgarity. E.J. Company In Misery A recent report from the University- of Nebraska contains news of cuts and curtailments that will save over $300,000 in fiscal biennium. The Michigan state legislature is facing the problem of the amount of the University appropriation. The proposed slash will reduce the University's budget almost $800,000. Harvard and Yale have also been forced to econ omize. It is probably some consola tion' to the professors here to know that they are not excep tions that prove the rule in this instance. Voltaire had some thing to say about companion ship in misery. It is unfortunate that profes sors' salaries have to be cut and we join with them in ruing the sad situation that makes such cuts necessary. No one blames them for crying out against the curtailment of their incomes and shouting about the paltry re turns they are receiving for their work without a cut. But when one realizes that 94.1 per cent of the people in the United States do not make incomes of more than $3,000, it looks a lit tle different. Add to this the fact that professors' positions are secure and they do not have to worry about where the next meal is coming from as travel ing salesmen and many others do. They have a sure thing. They are able in many ways to arrange their work to suit them selves. Their relations with their colleagues are very plea sant and agreeable. , Compared with the business world professors' salaries are not small and they have many compensating advantages as mentioned above. While the rest of us can sympathize with them af terliaving had the same experience we can see no rea son for them to expect to be. made an exception. H.H. 1 1 A Smite " For Smut A dispatch from Northwest ern University brings the news that the faculty there has es tablished a censorship of all material intended, for student publications. "The censorship plague that has taken the Ameri can colleges arid universities by storm," says the dispatch, "has alighted in fulll on the North western student publications." ; Less than a month ago, fac ulty censors slipped the much heralded "Obscene Virgin" from the columns of the literary magazine MS; they have banned a gossip column, "The Last Word," from the Daily North western; and they are holding up publication of the March is sue of the Purple Parrot until its copy can be made to pass the purity test. These actions should not ne cessarily be deplored or con demned. Out of conflict comes eventual adjustment. Without doubt, student editors and wri ters may have been ' indiscreet, irrational, obscene. Faculty men, also, tend to be irritable, excitable, and retroactive be yond reason. But, if left to argue their dif ferences, these two opposing fac tions may temper each other's extremes. An agreeable mean, a satisfactory, adjustment will eventually be reached. The im pulsive enthusiasm of the youth ful writers must be momentar ily checked until the wisdom of experience can ascertain its right to existence. And contra riwise . . . So, let us not. discourage, but rather cheer on the warring factions,-according to our indi vidual preferences. .Again, out of conflict comes eventual ad justment. E.C.D.,JR. The average paid-up mem bership of the American Fed eration, of-Labor for the year 1930 was 2,961,096. There are 180,000 miles of public highways in Great Britain. "Afternoon," according to the United States Weather Bureau, refers to the period between noon and 8:00 o'clock at night. Dry wood is two and one-half timesas strong in the green, or natural growing state. It Is Worth Knowing That mm TRIVIALITIES There's an insidious some thing in the atmosphere con trariwise to the general lassi tude which is supposed to per vade the southern hemisphere at this time of year. It makes me want to hop, skip, and jump. What I'd really like to do is to revive a sensational American fad of a couple of summers ago and become a tree-sitter, the bet ter to admire the quaint green tufts of grass which have sprung up in circles around the trees on the campus. To be ad mired they must be seen from above.. Fertilizer serves a two fold purpose : it enriches the spot where it is and shows up the surrounding arfea where it isn't. . .." "When the myrtle and the ivy were in bloom" is a stock phrase from those plaintive tunes of the mountaineers. But it is the japonicas, the redbud trees, the dogwoods, even the lilacs that are blooming in Chapel Hill and wafting their gentle fragrance through the air. The budding trees' remind, me of the days wTien, as a zealous botany stu dent, I knew both the common and scientific names of our na tive conifers as well as those of trees which shed their ieaves in autumn. Shades of Linnaeus ! And now I have to refer to the Boy Scout's Handbook to be able to distinguish between a hickory and a walnut tree unless the nut is hanging on the bough. All of which proves that education by rote isn't education at all but merely one way of passing the time away. Experience is the best teach er. Never; having, bummed a ride, I was';: desiriouV of know ing how, it feels to stand on the curb wanting to go places with cars whizzing by, but not stop ping. One afternoon recently I threw care to the winds (be cause I have not yet succumbed to the blandishments of life, in surance agents) and parked my self opposite the post office at the granite marker for Jeffer son Highway. And I arrived in Durham in time to hear the fan fare of trumpets and see the freaks of the 1890 variety spon sored by the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Exposition. I love a parade ! ' - 1 Since spying seems to be the order of the day in the columnis tic world, I might as well give vent to the raptures I felt over a blue dress which appeared one day last week in the window of a local shop. The color of dresses never bothered me one way or the other until true love waned and died since then I have pre ferred strict mourning. But this was a sea-faring costume in yacht blue ornamented with var ious essential parts of a ship in white. Anyone with . a name like mine just couldn't escape liking anything' so nautical but nice." . . , Being a firm believer in the philosophy - that loneliness brings power and that only the lonely soul can annihilate the preposterous claims of the gre garious crowd and become a "Being" in the true sense, I like to read Powys. - To achieve hap piness in life, he writes, we must dissipate into thin air our "sense of humour," the last im pertinence of ignoble . minds, which is the outgrowth of a sap less crowd complex. Hereafter, I'll remember that brevity is the soul of wit. One of the greatest dams in the world will eventually trans form 500,000 acres of land, for merly under the Zuider Zee, into Dutch farms? aii; si Cinderella, a play in three acts Written and directed by Harry E. Davis. Presented by the Junior Play makers, at the Playmaker Theatre, April 8 and 9. Performance of April 9 reviewed. By James Dawson Not since Alvin Kahn's fan tasy, The Queen Has Her Face Lifted, has such a play as this one been attempted on' the Play makers stage, and never before has onev bean done with such a cast as this one liad. Com posed 'entirely of idea-play of the Grimm variety, the piece was as well constructed a bit of elaboration as has ever graced the boards of the campus thea tre. Adhering in the main to the essentials of the old tale, Mr. Davis played pleasantly with variations, the technical staff turned out an enchanted series of sets, and the young cast com pleted the fey effect with a charming performance. It is perhaps not too much to say that they set a standard that their elders will be hard put to equal, whatever they might see fit to do, and that statement is justified by the obvious fact that the Playmakers (senior) have not by any means equalled that performance in the past. Speak ing strictly, from the standpoint of " entertainment value, Cin derella is a play without a peer in the Playmaker organization, and that does not mean that this department has forgotten those Black Strike Waters, those Git Up An' Bar the Blue Re membered Doors, and those Scuffletown Houses of Grief, Half the fairy quality of the play was in the settings and the costumes. The first act set pr6mised little out of the ordin ary, save for a door that'opened and closed itself with the en trances and exits of the God mother's servants, and windows that were similarly trained. But the second and third act curtains rose upon visions of sheer beauty and enchantment. The set for the second act was a represen tation of the palace courtyard, and was like the archetype for a Metropolitan set of Tristan und Isolde. The third act set was something indescribable. It rep resented the street before Cin derella's home, and it was sim plicity embodied, but with the excellent lighting, and that gold-and-ivory Cinderella standing on the steps, it was breath tak ing. The costumes completed the physical beauty. That of Cin derella was easy to believe a charmed garment. Both she and Prince Charming were dressed in the Romeo and Juliet manner, which was in itself a stroke of inspiration. The palace guards shone in gold cuirasses and gold helmets, and they carried long gold lances. Underneath the breastplates they wore doublet and hose. All the extra people were dressed fittingly. Cynthia Grimsley opened the play with her impersonation of the prologue, which in its form was the , only really childish thing about the- performance. The words of the prologue dedi cated the play to ' children, in spirit, but the body of the play was enough to break the heart of anybody. The Prologue came back into the play at one point in the second act arid was as sat isfying as any of the other actors. However, and this is hard to put into satisfactory words, the whole enchantment of the cast was in the Jane Knight who played Cinderella. No . more lovely .a girl has ever walked on the Playmaker stage, for she was a chryselephantine statuette come to life. She was something Pygmalion might well have been proud of, and whether it was art or ingenuity she was an ex cellent little actress. Her hair had the quality of gold, and her movements were surprisingly graceful. It cannot be said with out fear -of exaggeration, but she was practically perfect. Even her voice was of a golden: timbre, an unexpected thing in one so young. She got all pos sible out of her lines, and! her triumph of action came when she stumbled convincingly on the palace steps and dropped her glass slipper. Her one flaw was that in her hearth-side rags she was just as lovely as in her en chanted garments. She made the change from servant to princess almost imperceptible. Erika Zimmerman was thor oughly shrewish and made a con vincing Duchess. . Doris Gra ham and Marie Lawrence, as Jujube and Gelatine, the two step-sisters, were satisfactory. Milton Hogan made a fine old man as Archibald von Poppa corn, Cinderella's father. Nancy Murchison was excellent as the Fairy Godmother, save that she was too convincingly loud in her screeching.' 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