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u - 7 W I I II ri 1 A Tl I J W I I I 4 I -l 1 I fl I I I . I I Yi.' III f I I I I I p ' ip i. . s I a lie liiiX tl liJ.ll latjw vaam - Awu. ()0 iatip UL.3r vvvl pressed this writer concerning the recent elee rua npof the Publications Union Board tions was the generally sportsman-like attitude of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 0f the defeated candidates. In the face of a hard where it is printed aauy except jmmuays, anu rpe-vear stmtro-TA fnr the toD then exDecta- T,vffiri. rhristmas. and Snrinz Holidays. En- tnree-year Struggle tor tne top, men expecia tered as second class matter at the post office of Chapel tions of a victory as recompense and then loss THE THEATRE it is extremely hard to take one's defeat philo-! Hill, N. C, under act of March 3, lb7y. buDscnpnon S4 on fnr the college year. Offices on the second floor of the Graham Memorial sophically; but most of them did, and in so doing Bnilding. reflected the true spirit of the University of Claiborn M. Carr.. ...................lEditor North Carolina. Truly, these men "were great Thos. H. Walker - Managing Editor in victory, but greater in defeat' V.J.L. R. D. McMillan, Jr Business Manager The German war-play, Der Flieger (Aviators), by Herman Eossmann, Saturday evening, the riaymaKers theatre. CITY EDITOR FOR THIS ISSUE : BOB WOERNER Wednesday, April 12, 1933 Reviewed by W. T. Couch c The play has been an unusual success on tne uermau swgc. The theme is old and of univer- Without Honor In Its Own Country The University has long been recognized as sal interest the dramatic con one of the foremost institutions of its kind in flict between the desire to live the country. As a seat of education, of culture and the necessity of performing and tradition, there are few places elsewhere duties which mean death. The Yet a great major- only obstacle to full apprecia- Declaming vs. Debating The Di and Phi societies organized the High that can surpass our record School Debating Union among high schools in hty of the student body fails to take advantage tion on the part of an English North Carolina back in 1912 in an effort to en- 0f one 0f jts most worthwhile activities, de- speaking audience was that the courage debating m a systematic fashion on bating. performance of Der Flieger Sat- the part of the high school students of the As a means of securing an unbiased, lucid out- urday night was given mostly in state. The idea was to have triangular deoates look upon some of the major problems of the German. Two other languages, out in the state with the winners coming to day there is no better way than attendance at, French and English, occurred Chapel Hill each spring for further debating m or participation in debates. By hearing both only now and then. tne nnais. sides oi a question expressed mtemgioiy witn- Lansuaee Is Obstacle From the start the. triangular feature was out the same pressure upon one certain side of jn spite of the formidable ob dropped in the competition held in Chapel Hill, a question as is usually found in a class where stacle of a foreign language, the and it was replaced by a system of mere de- a professors arguments must be accepted tor play caught and held the inter claiming by the speakers, and a pnysicai enaur- tne most part. , est of the audience, with very ance contest for judges, University student as- It is the aim of the debate council to sponsor f w iat)ses fr0m beginning to sistants, debaters, and Chapel Hill hostesses. debates in which there is no attempt to coerce en(J The rgt act was some As the competition is now handled here each anyone in attendance to adopt a particular view- .at glow, especially in the part spring, the debaters are divided into groups of point, and for this reason almost all the debates wkere volunteer Mueller eight, for example, four negative teams and four in which the University is represented are no- c011fesses nis inability to bring affirmative teams. These eight teams gatner m decision deoates wnere tne audience is permitted himself to the point of making the various auditoriums on the campus Thurs- to take either side on the basis of the arguments parachute jump Mueller's day night at 7:00 o'clock. The first affirmative presented. fright impressed the audience team and the first negative team speak, and on Every student on the campus pays a fee of . mnr tw f h aown tne line m auernaie lasnioii. imu ueusiun cculs a jear iu ue useu in ueuauug, uut han of a soldier mortally afraid is given by the judges until all eight teams have the maximum audience at any debate here in tQ Q hig dutyv Mueller had spoken. Then these patient judges, after listen- quite a while has been between thirty-five or dreams that his parachute would ing to something over four hours of steady de- forty, a number of which are townspeople who open that he would be claiming and no debating, name the best affirma- have no part in the financial support of debating. dagned to death This part of tiye and tne Dest negative teams mat appeareu ioi oniy are auuiences oi any numuer lacking, before them. but there is practically no desire upon the part Then Friday morning at 9:00 o'clock the sur- of the students to participate in this activity. viving affirmative teams hold forth in one. hall The University of North Carolina has such a before only the judges, while the negative sur- widespread reputation for its ability in debating yivors speak in another hall. This lasts well on that we are asked to debate with practically all past 3 :00 o'clock in the afternoon before one the leading educational institutions in the United affirmative and one negative team are named to States. When debate teams come to America compete Friday night in the finals. It is then from England, the University always schedules too late to call to Asheville or New Bern to tell a debate with them. At Western Reserve and the folks to come up for the finals. the University of Pittsburgh, the two best The only real debating is done Friday night known debating universities, the University is between the best speaking affirmative team and (given the leading debate every year. It is in Viq Toof cnoQlriTifp -nocpQiTro foam in no state moorl citron tr a hn on anivitv vP fVf TTnivprciv aVi no nr-pliTninnrv nnnvnrtHinn in f!hnnpl TTill iwhirh is lennwn in an rrmnv nther nlftf.es for its U0 ahead and fight the Colonel i : i.x ...vit. n i.i . n .-4. ' even though he feels certain has fatigued the contestants and killed what in- It is time that the students recognize the exist terest there might have been on the campus ence of debating here and seek to obtain the here for attending any of the high school de-good from it that would be so easily forth- bates. coming. F.P.G. There may be some who feel that the old the play is important since it forebodes the fate of Mueller and the corresponding fate of Lieutenant Frank, the hero and the chief of the flying squadron. Mueller is tortured with dreams of his fate. Frank also dreams that he will meet death at the hands of the flying English Col onel who has brought down his former commanders. But Frank has to order Mueller to make his parachute jump, and he has to which he had to die. And of course, measured by any realis tic standard, the author is right. Men often do have to die for causes that appear to be sense less. This aspect of the problem was handled with extreme skill. The whole performance must have been in entire conformity with the author's intention. The play is going to be pre sented again on the Playmaker stage during the latter part of May. Autopsy By Robert Berryman GRAND SLAM A few days ago in Aycock dormitory a small group of stu dents sat, playing poker. The room, an unoccupied one, they had entered through the win dow. A dispute arose over the di vision of a pot, and one of the gentlemen smacked another in the snoot. From the injured member ran blood .... and more blood. Onto the cards, onto the table, onto the floor it ran. The injured player left the hubbub to seek repairs for his injured member; the others, fearing that the noise might have drawn unwelcome visitors, were gathering themselves to gether to depart when who should stick his head through the door but Ellis Fysal! It is his job to report gambling, drunkenness, and bad conduct among the students. "What's going on here?" he demanded, noting the blood, the cards, and the overturned chairs. "What's happened?" "Nothing," spoke up the man who had just popped the other guy in the nose. "Nothing's happened. We were playing bridge and when my partner re-doubled my three no-trump bid, I hit him!" order should continue, but the DAILY Tar Heel To Be or suggests that in view of the numerous dissenters What to Be to this theory, the High School Week Committee with the present year fagt drawing to a close call a meeting of the various coaches before the a thought or two might well be given to next ceremonies are over tms weeK to ascertain tneir iveara nrobw Gf fraternitv rushintr. The nres feelings on the matter. We also suggest that ent system undoubtedly functions as well as ariy the system of triangular debates might be car- fW prTT11-f ipHmntr within tho first, fpw wpaVs ried on here in the finals Thursday night so f th Man freshmen come to college linger) Frank (Dr. Spann), actual aeoaters instead oi ueciaimers win ue -a r nni i-mnoj I w i ill a, VCi taiu xiatgimijr ou vxijij iiuiboou va their minds that they will not death will ensue. He orders his subordinates to avoid combat with the Colonel because he knows the Colonel is a superior fighter. It is his duty and his alone to reckon with this most skillful of the opposing pilots. Although this part of the play was somewhat slurred by the failure of Mueller adequately to carry his part, the finished per formance of Bolle, (G. Hel- Hensch, (B. Thurman), and uncovered. even consider Aimee E Stewart) insured I 4-1, -C 1, TT any other. The general excitement of the first tms x few weeks coupled with the intensive and ex- Move-maKing scene wim imee Now that the heat and fluster of the campus tensive rushing, leaves them so befudd ed that .-- - competence on the part of Dr. After the Battle Is Over Spann and Miss Stewart who played the roles of Frank and Aimee. . . Acting Inconsistent There were a number of breaks in the quality of the act- elections are over, one may take stock, so to jf next to impossible to make an intelligent speak, of the general results in terms of the ele- cnoice- ments which characterized the campaign. Deferred rushing would be equally beneficial Thp first ; imnnrtflnt mnnifpstntinn nf tho p!p- to fraternitv and freshman. Although most AAA IsJ W A.AArV A. VHAA w M. M. A A AA V - VV V A V A A W A V A A W A w I tions was the tremendous amount of interest new men are previously recommended to some elicited from the student body. Practically lodge or lodges, there is the question of their every position was hotly contested in view of fitting in. If any group is to function co-ordi-tho -foot tliot tiVWo nt.inoi oviionf natelv they must have more in common than men for almost every office. The evenly bal- the ordinary goal of all students. Every group S b lortunately none ot anced strength of the two parties made it prac- on the campus, like every individual, has more these breaks occurred m any of tically impossible to foretell individual results or less aenmte cnaractenstics ana m oraer ior and in thp fpw rasps whiVn niiTnittert nf wedic- any pledge to be perfectly satisfied with his portant characters. tion, there were upsets recorded. One fact which choice he must find that group with which he The great moment in the play should have caught the attention of most care- can work and live to the best advantage of all. came when the English Colonel ful observers was the election of manifestly To do that in the short period now provided is challenged Frank to a duel m weaker men for some offices. This situation im- a very difficult undertaking. tne, air ana r ranK oroKe nis ap- nresses one forcibly of the great dangers of a By providing an additional month or two the pointment with the seductive system whereby two strong political parties may number of disillusioned pledges and organiza- Aimee and went to meet him. contest thP el ections. Under this condition thp tions would be greatly diminished, for it would Beverly Thurman as Hensch, possibilities of weaker, poorer qualified candi- be impossible for either faction to keep its rush- ably seconded by Foster Fitz dates being elected through the nonularitv and ing personality to the fore throughout that long Simons as the English prison strength of a few major office-seekers are maxi- a period; Each group would be able to observe er Leeds, carried the final scene mized. the other as they actually are instead of as they in superb style. Another striking situation appears in the case appear to be. It would give the quieter chap PIay Well Written of the elections of the editors of the several a chance to become better acquainted and bet- This scene was filled with op- publications. It is with a certain amount of ter known and would at the same time reveal portunities for ineffectiveness mi-x-pfl fpplintrs that. onp. takps r-ntmiVatipo thp the real character of the "shinincr first. mVhtprs " and maudlin failure. It called fact that three of the four successful candidates The system has been tried at many colleges for military stiff ness, many sal were not the choices of their respective staffs, and has met with success in almost every in- utes, and blind devotion to ideals Only the editor-elect of the Yackety Yack re- stance, the main objection being primarily the which today are generally re ceived this double commendation. This state lack of much needed financial support at the garded as unworthy. But the of affairs has never before been witnessed here early part of the year after the previous year's playwright handled his difficult at the University and will in all probability re- loss by graduation. However, if a few dollars materials so that attention was suit in a vigorous renewal of the fight to havelare more important than a careful splpctimv nf focused on the greatness of the various publication staffs elect their own men, the real purpose of the fraternity seems to Frank's character rather than editors. be waning. L.M.J. the smallness of the cause for SPEAKING ; the i CAMPUS MIND 1 Down With The Tyrants The Daily Tar Heel states that the "Bids for the Junior. Senior dances will go on sale May 10." Perhaps it would be wise for the class officials direct ly responsible for the class fes, that have been intrusted to their care, to give some itemized ac. count of what has become of the money paid to cover the neces sary expenses of the class. To those of us who have paid $8.50 in class fees, it seems an out rage that we should be forced to buy the dance bids that we have already paid for. In case we are so unfortunate as not to possess one dollar extra to pay for the bids on May 12-13, what is to become of the funds already paid in? Shall that money al ready paid by us be confiscated for the use of those who are blind enough to be sucked into paying the dollar and attending the dance? Furthermore, why pay such an enormous price for an orches tra for the dance when others, such as Jelly Leftwich, can be obtained at a much more reason able price. Such actions seem to be carried too far in an insane desire to seek publicity at the expense of those who are unfor tunate enough to be subjected to the rule of the executive com mittees of the junior and senior classes. M. T. CAMERON. FRATERNITY BUYERS WILL MEET TONIGHT Qualified The smoke of political batt ling having cleared away, it may now be appropriate to note as qualifications for the various offices what some candidates of fered: One man offered, as an induce ment to have you vote for him for the Vice-President of the Student Body, the fact that he had been on the varsity wrest ling squad. Another thought that because he had been the Junior Dance Leader, you would be inclined to prefer that he edit the campus literary organ. The editor of the annual pic i- T 1 ,. tuxe wuujs., someone ielt sure, you would want to have been a member of the freshman tennis squad. But the prize-winner of them oil an mc amDiuous young chap who expected you to sup port him for the office of Treas urer of the Senior Class because he was a self-help student!!! Members of the Fraternity Buyers' association will meet to night at 7 : 15 o'clock at the Ser vice Insurance agency company, for the purpose of electing of ficers to serve next year. X new house managers and fra ternity treasurers are requested to attend with the old represen tatives. The association was organized last spring for the purpose of promoting co-operation between fraternities in buying equip ment, to reduce the expense borne by each fraternity. STUDENTS TO ORGANIZE ARCHERY CLUB TONIGHT Shirtbreaker It was down at the dear ole Pika house, and a goodly crowd was there. One poor lad, in the heat of campaigning, had had several of his shirts torn off. He walked gingerly; his last was upon his back. Soon, alas !, that ioo was reduced to a mass of shreds. was again seen, raaiant in new finerv Don Shoemaker, a brother- approached him with a malevol ent gleam m his usually in nocent eyes. Sneaking Up be- nina nis prey, he grasped the collar of . the recently-donned snirt and r-r-rrip! Standing there triumphant with hi r w xuuuiv nein in his clenched hand, he happened to iook at it more closely. His face changed color as he noted the laundry mark: "D.C.S."! Students, members of the fac ulty, and others interested will attend a meeting tonight at 7 :30 o'clock in room 209 of Graham Memorial for the purpose of or ganizing an archery club. Ex- perience is not essential ior membership. The Modem Idea in travel TOURIST is HIGHEST CLASS on these great liners TO EUROPE It is the modern way to go college peopk are discovering the advantages of the f' clusiveyet democratic travel on theseshi?5 whereTourist is the highest diss-M waska, Mlnnetonka, Pennland and JFf land. 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