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The Daily Tab Heel
MAY 29, 193
Flagstones , "
And the PWA
tab rner cftka Publications Union Board IlK.fli. 5aity, ersWfim aean ox ine bcnuoi
fcf the University of North Carolina at Ghapel HOI where I U of phVineeriner at the University.? has the
BfiSSft! l&MSSS ainazing sum of 121.000,000 in IVA funds to
matter at the post See ldf TJfcapel Hill, NC, under act distribute for state projects in his role of state
Df March 3, 1879
jollege year. :
Subscription price, $3.00 for the
A. T. Difl,,
Robert C Page, Jr.L
Joe Webb I.. ......
..Editor
-Managing Editor
....:.... Business
administrator. - Only approximately five of these
twenty-four millions have been expended in this
commonwealth on public works projects
Efforts have been made oh the part pf Chapel
Hiilians to array Professor Frederick H. Koch's
Editorial Staff I prize Forest theatre With seats such as the
EDITORIAL feOAlil Philip Hammer, chairman, Don J ancients were accustomed to rest themselves
Becker, Nelson Lansfdale, E. K. Oettinger, Jeanne noit, ., wnfy1sTlfr dramatip nprformaTirp? nirh as
n r Prtor. Tom Walter: Kenneth Warren. Lawrence I while watching dramatic periormances sucn as
ZZ. . . . ... . - i ,i: . ' - I tv 1 tr.i. ; J ; . T4.
.rrpiessor xvucn aim ins crew pjrcsenu At secuis
that the PWA could use some of its local appro
priations to supply the theatre with flagstone
slabs to fit the sylvan beauty of he forest and
the figure. .Without some sort of protection the
PORTS DEPARTMISNT-Jsmmy morns ana unit, u 1 hion thp thpatrp dpnpnd for iU nat
lruTnn o.n-edttors. c. p. Nicholson." Mnh Gialariel-1 hill upon wnicn tne tneatre aepenas ior its nai
ls," SiniUi Barrier, "Tom Bost, Lester Qstrow, Stuart Jural utility will wash away in the course of a
. . . . ,. ,, , . Ii.cw .yea ao, nuitii occiuo a ouauic.
EEPOKTEES E. L. Kahn, Emery Kaper, Saja Willard,
" Francis Clingman, Don Wetherbee, Margaret Mc
Cauleyi Bill Lanier. ... t ' ',,
Patten.
FEATURE BOARD Vermont Royster, chairman, Wal
ter Terry, Ed Goldenthal, John Wiggins, W. W. Boddie.
CITY EDITORS Irving Suss, Walter Hargett.
DESK MgN Nick Powell, Don McKee, Jim Daniels,
Reed Sarr'att, Ralpn Burgin. ' '
SPORTS" DEPARTSlENT-immy Morris and Bill
It is not only the devastation of the hill by
Jupiter Pluvius that we are worrying jjbout but
also the devastation of attending mankind as he
snrawls unceremoniouslv amonff the leaves to
?TvLM.G7i!f JHtch a Haymaker performance. As Y. M. C. A.'s
Buiixiesi Stall
OFFICE MANAGER -L. E. Brooks.
DjRH REPRE:nTAT B. Darling.
3r. Harry Comer puts it, you "get sore from
your toes to your ears or vice versa." And the
LOCAL ADVERTISING STAFF Butler French (man- buers often become irked at foreign intervention
' "jttelf explore the dark wildernesses beneath the
xyree, coyian barr.
ClRetJLATION MANAGER Ralto Farlow.
CITY EDITOR FOR THIS ISSUE: IRVING SUSS
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Tuesday, May 29, 1934
light summer clothing of the audience.
The PWA won't suffer extensively by provid
ing body-rests fpr woridrworn Chapel Hiilians.
A mite of $24,000,000 can't go wrong if it will
taring as much good as a flagstone seat to the
sore aim itchmg.-r-P.tr.H.
Wat, Peace,
And Armaments
CONGRESS has given the President power to Art
v declare ah embargo oil arms shipments to the! For Our Sake
South American participants in the Gran Chaco lTN the summer school announcement edition of
war; it is doubted, however, that all the other the "Jniyersity Record, courses are listed under
important arms producing nations of the world "Art History" to be offered undergraduates as
will co-operate. I either one-half or one full course credit each.
There are two interesting viewpoints that can It is unfortunate that subjects of this type must
be taken towards these bare facts. One, that of be limited to the summer sessions when there
the grim humor implied in the great nations' are many students especially desirous of taking
desiring to end a small-scale Latin American such courses who are unable or unwilling to plod
conflict while at the same time they do nothing through the hot months just in order to study
to obviate another world War amongst them-ltnem
selves. The second, that of asking what reason- , Several years ago an effort was made to create
able excuse cah be found bv anv nation, league a school of fine arts at the University but the
member or hot, to refuse to co-operate with the Pn did not succeed because a limited budget
United States hi our effort to force the Grah prevented the replacement in their incumbent
Chaco war to a coiiclusion. ' positions of professors on the faculty able to
ItwhnWTsi ii W o o i,0W0ior,f teacn courses on arc or arcm tecture, or uie cm
gagemeni oi new proiessors ior me latter puai
tions. The plan stipulated -that the technical
side of architecture or artcraf t could be easily
provided through the school of engineering,
ing gpverihtiints ould pledge themselves under whereas the cultural and historical phase would
no conditions to manufacture arms for other e taken care of by the professorial staff of the
than their own use. Fnr it hna hevr, snnwn inlnew SCnOOl.
the hast that thP flpsifp hf arm .rii,:feiir. A of ?rt embracing a careful scrutiny
to make profits has worked against the aims of and appreciation of the masters -and present out
culars have endeavored to show
that the graduates of their
schools fiave a business advan
tage oyer the graduates of other
msutuuons. ? . . j
But that shock is slight com
pared to the one coming when
the idealist actually arrives, at
college. K he tries to register
in a professional course, he finds
that his curriculum, including
preparatory work, is determined
for him without help, leaving
but scant opportunity for inde
pendent study outside of , the
chosen field.
Unfortunately for both Dr.
Butler's theory and the ideal
istic high school graduate, the
world is organized on a pay-asr
ypu-go basis. The overwhelming
majority pf college students have
not the funds to stay in school
after their vocational training
is over. They have 3VSX' enougn
to obtain t)e necessary training
in their phosen fielp!. This they
must dp, for it is the pnly iope
of insuring a comfortable mini
mum pf bread and butter.
It is unfprtunate that college
slipuld be merely a training
ground for people who want to
earn money. Yet that fact must
be recognized. Nor can it be
righted by merely describing a
happier state pf affairs. Pollege
has a definite part to play in
society as it is organized. The
opportunity for a better part
will come, not from a change
within the college, but rather
from a fundamental change in
the spci6ty of which it is a part.
-Minnesota Daily.
I
sQJil ft
WpJrld jbiarmament conference could reach an
agreement whereby the manufacture of munir
tiphs of war would pe carried pri as a goyern-
ment monopoly, and whereby phe manufacturr
disarmament conferences.
growths of ancient types Would be an extremely
Tn 1929 a Mr WiiliaiVi ti siioarAr inf beneficial and worthwhile study in our modern
extraordinary, wearing the self -appended label r4ulxlululli L1ViC . uaw""?
tions are available under the courses listed as
"Archaeology" but these do not. offer a com
plete program which is necessary for a fair
understanding of the trends up to the present
of "Big Bass Drum," brought suit of $250,000
against certain shipbuilding companies in the
United States the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cor
poration . the Newnort News t)rV Doric and Shin-
building Company, and the American Brown da Dr William & Bernard, who will Offer the
Boveri Electrical CornoratiPn for hack wao-P art courses his summer, is so laden with teach
coming to him for his labors at the Geneva Naval ing and campus work that during the regular
Disarmament Conference of 1927. In calling for sesslotns he cannot conduct such courses; if a
a Senate investigation. Senator Borah oVrlarPd school were created under his leadership and
on September 5, 1929 i "those familiar with the P11'3 Present burdens assumed by other profes
historv of the Geneva Confprpnno Vhow cnmo so?s students would be able to study this inter-
thindr of ttiP nron irnnrin thora or, co estmg and important phase of cultural educa
thing of Mr. Shearer's connection. It wonld hp tlon under able guidance. R.C.P.
interesting to know his real connection.
''Some of these shipbuilding companies have
since received contracts from the government to
build certain ships whose construction might
have been avoided if the conference had suc
ceeded. ..."
In discussing the World War, the New Inter
national Encyclopedia declares : "Of all economic
interests inimical to peace, the most dangerous
was the arms-manufacturing business. In Ger
many, the Krupps were accused of stirrring up
hostility between France and Germany in order
to obtain larger orders for arms."
Writh Contemporaries
Colleges Vocation, or
Liberal Arts, Institutions
ATICHOLAS Murray Butler, president of Colum
bia University, speaking of the purposes of a
college education, makes this statement: "The
true purpose of the college is in no wise related
to vocational instruction, and has nothing what
ever to do with preparation to earn one's liyeli
T1 ,,:4. .- a i
T.afplv it. has hppn r-r in on,0 wucc CAlols L ""r American youtn
at pvpn dnrincr thn the largest opportunity to gain ... a firm hold
on the essential elements of a liberal education
and thereby that fine, open-minded, forward
facing outlook on life which is characteristic of
the truly educated man." This is not an un
common thought, but it must command particu
lar attention, coming as it does from a man who
that even during the past war, the arms manu
facturers sold munitions to their country's ene
mies as well as to their own governments. If
these charges be true, they would seem to be
the last chapter of a sordid story of private arms
manufacturing. It is higji time for the goyern-
mpnts of thf wnrM f r rrndiir f Vioit-
thereby eliminating lobbyists of the Shearer heads one the outstanding universities of the
brand from the arms conferences of the future, COlJf 5 ' . 21 , ,
and thprphv makino. it imtvi4M i ut agme the shock coming to the idealistic
- .... "w fcvwwV AAA V Vli 1 J. 11 1 i i - -a ,
' - ' I hi rrfri i. ..,1. Jill - J 'ji Tnv
war, for a country's own resources to be used r V . T !i iu' 15111
against her. t).B.
ler's enthusiasm for a 'aiberal ! education j? js told
for the first time why he should go to college
Six bills were signed May 18 by President! According to frequently-published figures, the
Roosevelt making jit a federal offense for a college graduate has a greater , earning power
criminal to flee across state lines to escape prose- than one who never attended college, and there
cution for felony or to keep from testifying in ore the argument goes, we should all go to
a criminal case. I college. Indeed, some institutions in their cir
Strange Rumors
(Continued from page one)
urer B. R. Lacy of the Masons.
The box contained a catalogue pf
the University, current issues
of the University publications,
the names of the members of the
general assembly of 1921, names
of the governor arid council pf
state, a program pf University
Pay, 1 list of tjie officers of the
Free and Accepted Masons by
whom the cornerstone was laipT,
the names of the mayor of Chap
el Hill, the architect, and the
builder, and a copy of the acts
pf 5-921 containing the appropri
ation bill of funds. A copy of
the News and Obseryer was also
enclosed, turning the corner
stone into a regular catch-all.
Alter the cornerstone was
closed, it was measured by the
Masonic instruments and found
faultless. Grain wine and oil, sig
nifying plenty, good fellowship,
and peace, were poured over the
stone. The ceremony was then
terminated.
An inspection tour by the
local police force shows that the
cornerstones of the time worn
buildings have not yet been tarn
pered with, but the present tem
per of the campus seems to indi
cate that a mob with crowbars
will shortly pry open the marble
slabs in order to guzzle that
which lies therein.
By Don Shoemaker -As
someone (I rather think it must have been' that canny old
savant J. Fraser Ailenby, Bart.) remarked outside the portals
of Memorial Barn Saturday night. "Ifot very funny, Mr. Cow-
ard, not very funny," thereby venturing pojUi an opinion ana a
misquotation of Lady Diana Manners' classic touche, "Hay Fev
er" is not calculated to roll the customers in the aisles. Not, for
instance, like the riotous second act of "Private Lives" nor the
scene in Gilda's New York apartment in "Design for Living" when
tne reiracrory leo ana uxto norniy xneir iauy iciius
cross-fire of innuendo about cattle boats and Calcutta bat houses
and the like . . . nay, Mr. Coward is more often at his best.
But, all in all, it was something of a mistake fpr this candid
agnostic to receive such an assignment as the Playmaker produc
tion of "Hay Fever," for I went thoroughly prepared to dislike
the whole business. Tou'see, there being something of the ele
phant in me, 1 can never forger certain portions of "Princess
Ida" and practically all of that vermilion zombie "The Witching
Hour." (Liet's leave "House of uonneiiy" out oi tnis.j
What I am ingenuously driving at is that "Hay Fever" was
something of a pip. Jhe directing, the costuming, the lighting
(except fpr that ghastly green lighting at the window upstage
center in the thirl act Saturday night) , and much of the acting
set the final production of the year far above anything on the
Playmaker boards m my three or four years undergraduate
tenure. Mr. Davis' directing, his infinite sense of balance and
ability to arrange tjie stage so tht each situation presents a har
monizing picture, was everything that could be wished for. The
costuming, the make-up (orchids to the parties responsible in
the last department; the names were omitted from my program),
the pleasing distribution of lights, and the staunchness and taste
of the set gave the essential professional cast to the production.
And before I forget it, let's have a curtain call someday for those
slaves backstage. And now to dispense with generalities and as
many senile parenthetical observations as possible.
The aforementioned Memorial Barn is without a doubt the
worst possible place to produce a drama where much of the ef
fect is produced m the sparkling Covard lmes. Miss Tatum,
whose voice is always satisfactory in the Playmaker Theatre, was
at times indistinct. The heartless ceiling lent an unpleasant
harshness to Miss E wart's vocal efforts, though much of this
might have been alleviated, if she had toned down her yoice here
and had given it the gun there. Others of the cast were at
times inaudible, due, partly, to the frequent waves of uncontrolled
mirth that swept an unusually ' receptive audience. But those
acoustics are about the yprst I've ever heard (if you can hear
acoustics) , and if certain actresses aren't up for arson on a charge
of firing Memorial liali"iHiSe"wek:'then I'll be erlad to meet
any teii men 'heath the street lamp in front of New East with
hlty gallons of kerosene and a bale of cotton waste.
"Hay Fever" had its high 'and'low spots. Miss Jovner. whose
ig Sis-Big-Sue lipgp somehow didn't fit an English menial, failed
to click in the part pf Clara except during her little pantomime at
the tea tabe. Even that manoeuvre was a little drawn out. But
it brought laughs and a nice salute to Miss Joyner's ability to hold
that big stage for several minutes all by herself.
The second act, which isn't so very funny (you and me, Lady
piana) went off rather nicely after an almost boringly slow first
act that dribbled off into nothingness. The curtain in the sec
ond act Saturday night was the high point of the show, with the
dementia praecoxical Bliss family hoDDine- ahout likp
John Barrymores. That, to some, might have been riotous, but
irom tne I5tn row it looked like so much slap-stick.
After all "Hay Fever" is more or less a play of situation, which
is pretty obvious by the trite Sweethearts-On-Parade method in
the second act when the lovers are introduced in pairs. The lines
are there but their life is thoroughly obliterated by the histrionics
(Continued on last page )
A GIRL A GAMBLER
A DISTRICT ATTORNEY
STUDENTS TO SEE
RUZICKA BINDERY
School of Library Science Will
Visit Woman's College.
Faculty and students of- the
school of library science will vis
it the library of tjie Woman's
College of the Greater Univer
sity in Greensboro, and also
Ruzicka's bindery there tomor
row afternoon.
Susan Grey Akers, Nora
Beust, and the 17 students in
the school of library science will
make the trip, and this will be
the second and last trip the
school will take this year.
-The bindery jthat . the school
will visit in Greensboro jdoes the
binding iVylW. li
brary. . -v iv.iQ
mHE YOUNG MEN'S SHOp
DURHAM, N. C
One of them had to lose
in this warfare of wits,
passions, love!
Slf i THE YEAR'S
(Jlahfl, FINEST CAST!
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