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0 PAGE 2 FRIDAY, MAY 22; 1936 Efce Don K. McKee A. Reed Sarratt, Butler French I I B C T D SI Hi P D Sa If t f f J Batty tar Heel The official newspaper of the Publications Union Board of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where it is printed daily except Mondays, and the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Spring Holidays. Entered as second class matter at the post offke at Chapel Hill, N. C, under act of Inarch 3, 1879. Sub scription price, $3.00 for the college year. Business and editorial offices : " 204-206 Graham Memorial Telephones: editorial, 4351 f business, 4356; night, 6806 Jr.. -Editor Manaeincr Editor Business Manager Editorial Staff Editorial Assistants: Edwin Kahn, Stuart Rabb, Mac Smith. Cjty Editor: Charles Gilmore. News Editors: Don Becker, Bill Jordan, Lytt Gard ner, John Jonas. , Deskmen: Herbert Goldberg, Newton Craig. Reporters: Voit Gilmore, Bob Perkins, Will Arey, Jimmy Sivertsen, Herbert Hirschfeld, Gordon Bums, Dorothy Snyder Paul Jernigan, Joe FlAtrlipr. Allen Merill. Ben P. Dixon. Cat.hprrno . DeCarlo, Jake Strother, Ruth Crowell, Hazel Beacham. Sports: Ira Sarasohn, editor, Ed Hamlin and Ray Howe, night editors, Bill Anderson, Fletcher Ferguson, Len Rubin, Graham Gammon, Harvey Kaplan, Ed Karlin, Bill Raney, E. L. Peterson, Ray Simon, Tom Hawthorne, Tom Tufts. News Release: H. T. Terry, Bob Brewer, Randolph Reece, John Eddleman, Herman Ward. Reviews: Bill Hudson. Assistant to the Managing Editor: J. L. Cobbs. Exchanges: George Butler, Norman Rothschild, Ted Britt. Art: John Chapman, Phil Schinhan. Radio: Ned Kornblite. - .- . Photography: John Larsen, Alan Calhoun, Jerry Kisner. ', -. Business Staff Circulation: Jesse Lewis. : Collections: Herbert Osterheld. Local Advertising: Eli Joyner. Office: Roy Crooks, James Wharton. Local Advertising Assistants: Bill McLean, Page Keel, Crist Blackweil, Bob Davis, Marvin Utley, Bill Lamont, C. S. Humphrey, For This Issue News Editor: Lytt Gardner. Sports: Ed Hamlin. o Grade-Coated Stagnation Several students are determined to make use of the recently revived "honors college" type of education in their junior and senior years. This substitution for the usual major depends on stu dent interest in self -education. , The ,1- student plans his own course (with guidance) studies' as he pleases, attends classes when he wants to, and -then is examined for his degree. One of the most striking aspects of the plan is the way in which it shows just how ridiculous cheating is. The student, working to educate himself, motivated by a desire to learn rather than a grade, has absolutely no inclination or temptation to misrepresent his ability. Why -should he do so? His purpose is to grow, not to get recognition. All the iron-bound folk-way obstacles that ob . struct the path of the honor system as we know it would be removed if the honors college plan - were generally adopted. Under such a method of . education there would be no necessity for a grade- protecting honor system, for there would be no grades.; Neither would there any longer be the worthless process of periodically requiring stu . dents, through time-wasting examinations, to par rot back the contents of the professor's previous lectures. - Andso we plod ahead with our lazy educational -system, making study a complicated game of cards with grades as chips. To develop ambition for self -development rather than encourage grade coated stagnation should be the basic purpose of an educational institution. S.W.R. On the Air Ray Noble, dance band favorite of two conti nents, will arrive in town two weeks from today to play for Carolina's famous German Club Fin als. The American band of the young English man has had phenomenal success before American audiences and is a coast-to-coast radio star. Yesterday we learned from the program man ager of Durham's Columbia chain station, WDNC, that a Dixie broadcast, very likley a nation-wide hook-up, might be arranged for Noble during one of the Tin Can dances. Other outstanding universities in the East and Mid-West, and several of our contemporary southern schools, have grabbed network time at every chance. And Ray Noble's is no mean name to associate wit hsocial activities at the University of North . Carolina when you're talking to the world. Apparently the only detail of the plan which might stump us is a matter of $45 which we'd have to dig up to pay for equipment and the tele hone line to Durham during-the broadcast. WDNC will handle the rest. . . ' -" We can't deny the great advantages to the University and to the students themselves which might come with the Ray Noble publicity; this is a great chance for some of these All-for-Carolina organizations to pack a neat punch. J.M.S. CAMPUS LITERATI ON REVIEW By Bill Hudson ' HUMOR, OLD STYLE New Buccaneer Looks Like Pre Lansdale Issue, Plus Much Padding with Exchanges We were afraid of it. The old pirate's gone " and got drunk again, got his new-clean face and hands and brand new. Lansdale fitted clothes all soiled again. We hope, though, it's just a lit tle spree occasioned by the change of . skippers, and that Captain Babbitt, of whose inex- ! perience the rough old scoundrel has taken advantage, will soon bring him back to his cabin in the New Yorker suite, Bromo-i Seltzer his hangover, and make him once more the gentlemanly delight of the first-class passen gers. For his very censorable The Trouble : : : Originality's a desirable char acteristic ; but it seems to us that the new editor is going too far when he junks, indiscriminately of good and bad, all the' features of his predecessor's rather suc cessful magazine, substitutes a lot of miscellaneous stuff of poorer quality, and fills in the gaps left by a dearth of staff talent with great gobs of second hand humor clipped from ex change publications. And con siderable off -color material has crept in too. We say "off-color" to avoid the accusation of Puri tanism which might follow our use of a more appropriate7 ad j ective Anyway, see for your- -self, on pages 1, 12, . 16, 18, 19, 22, etc. Most of the impurities are . in the form of exchanges, which, by actual count, fill up at least one-third of the issue. Editor Bobbitt had planned a "travel issue" (see the rather at tractive cover, done by Ernest Craige) ; but things didn't work out that way, staff contributions didn't turn up in the expected quantity and quality, and he had to fall back on the exchanges, of which by far the most unforgiv able is. "Romeo and Juliet," an endlessly boring parody from The Stoic. v::;' ;-: We'll refrain from lengthy discussion of the more objection-, able original contributions, such as "In the Nick of Time," writ ten, probably ditto, in a less lu cid interval by Pete Ivey, who ought to be ashamed of himself, 'cause he really can do better; "Laughing Water," Fletcher Ferguson's survey, of campus drinking preferences, which could easily and better have been made into a statistical table, with prices, where to get what, and so forth; and, worst of all, an amazing labyrinth of puns, "War is Hell," by H. Abelman and S. Maletz. The Good of It All Several features aid toward redemption of this particular is sue and indicate that future is sues may ibe considerably better. First there are the editorial "Pieces of Eight," little stories every bit as good as any H. N. L. told, but . written with a less skillful touch and marred by as many annoying tyle peccadil poes. In "Bromo-Seltzer" Law rence Hinkle tells perhaps the most amusing weekend anecdote of the year. Be sure to read it. Socialites will like Bob Page's feature story, "Noble Finesse," about the English orchestra lead er who has been contracted to play for the Finals. (Continued on last page) From The By William ' Wilton Mason, at his" senior piano recital Wednesday night in Hill Music hall played in a direct, dignified, clean-cut, musi cianly style .which greatly im pressed anenthusiastic audience. Not only is Mason's playing free from mannerisms, but he possesses a quiet confidence which immediately releases his audience from the. restraint which usually accompanies stii-, dent recitals. .'. The program by Mason was well chosen, and included a. va riety of compositions which de manded a resourceful technique and an artistic understanding of music. The announcement of the theme of the great D major "Fugue,'! by Bach, d'Albert . ar rangement, was firm and convin cing. v The young pianist began the fugue with an ease which he " retained throughout the per formance. He immediately cap tured the mood of the composi tion and executed it with the dignity,, and religious . depth which characterizes the piece. ; Following the difficult per formance ot th0 fugue wasp an- other favorite of concert artists, Beethoven's "Sonata," op. - 81, also known as the farewell sona ta. Although an excellent ex ample of sonata form, this work contains programmatic elements which are suggested in the three movements. The poet ic depth of the music was well expressed in the performance. The final movement, as played by Mason, was a rare achieve SAND AND SALVE By Stuart Rabb j TERRIFIC STRAIN i From Durham, where they make smoke and smokes, comes an account of the rantings of an extremely loose-tongued individ ual named David Strain. Mr. Strain, who characterizes him self as a "hard-headed, dyed-in-the-wool, Roosevelt Democrat," is running for the United States Senate. His words convince us of the first adjective, at any rate. Mr. Strain claims that he is neither a lawyer nor a prof es sional politician. Then he pro cedes to make statements pecu liar to the aforementioned "oc cupations." He attacks Sena tor J7W. Bailey, his ownjparty member, for disagreeing with Roosevelt in 7 out of the 10 votes he cast. He would have the Party "punish" Bailey as it "punished" Senator Al Simmons when Simmons let reason and common sense override the dic tates of the Democratic party. And then, of course, as a mi nor detail, Mr. Strain would like to have Bailey's job. "I'm interested in the devel opment of anything," Strain de clared, "in North Carolina, from the destruction of the mosquito beds in" the east to the Great Smoky mountains. Even Strain and Roosevelt might have a tough time destroying the Smok ies. , ' ' " ,; Thus we are afforded with ex- Music Box Bract ment in the ultimate aim of all artists, the effort to express in performance what the composer has tried to express through his creative impulse. The contrasts in dynamics, the lyricism of the subordinate theme, these and other points were well conceived in the performance. The third section of the pro gram included four compositions by Chopin. This was the best received group on the program. The dramatic playing of the "Ballade" was acclaimed with enthusiastic applause. With the dazzling prestissimo Mason dis played a great resource of tech nique. , The final section on the pro gram was Debussy's "Suite." This suite fulfilled the modern requirements for a well-balanced program. Its technical difficulty was skillfully managed by the pianist, as. lie revealed his ex cellent understanding of the beauties of Debussy's modern music. . v . " ' V. After an outburst of applause, Mason offered as an encore one Of his own compositions, an etude for piano. It was acclaimed with so much enthusiasm that he found it necessary to play a second encore, Chopin's "E Ma jor Etude." Mason's recital was, without doubt, one of the best musical features of this season, in addi tion to climaxing his excellent pchievements as a student in the University during the past three years. RADIO 6:00: Vocals by Verril, WBT, WABC, WDNC; Niela Goodelle, Joe Lillies' orch., WPTF. Mario Cozzi, baritone, WPTF. Mario Cozzi, bar, WPTF. 6:30: Paris Night Life, WBT, WCAU, WABC; Tom Howard's Jamboree, WEAF. 7:00: Jessica Dragonette, or chestra, i WEAF, WRVA ; Fly ing Red Horse Tavern, WHAS, WCAU ; Ted Weems' orch., wgn. 7:30:. Broadway Varieties, WBT, WCAU, WABC. 8:00: Hollywood Hotel, WBT, WABC, WHAS ; Abe Lyman's orch., WEAF. - 8 :30 : Fred Waring's Gang, WPTF, WLW; Horace Heidt's orch., WGN. - 9:00: Kay Thompson, Koste lanetz orch., WDNC,WBT. 9 :30 : Marioir Talley, WEAF. 10:00: Leroy Smith's orchi, WABC. 10:15: Phil Harris' orch., WPTF; Ink Spots, WJZ, KDKA. 10:30: Eddy Duchin's orch., WPTF- Xay Kyser's orch., WGN. 11:00: Duke Ellington's orch., WEAF, WSM; Vincent . Lopez, WGN. 11:30: Don Bestor's orch., WDNC; Earl Hines' orch., WENR. . 12:00: Horace Heidt's orch., WGN, WLW. hibit A of the blind, unreason ing, and shallow type of leader ship that to often offers to rep resent US in Congress. Mr. Strain's type reveals him as the person whom deliberation an gers, whose only code is unques tioning: obedience to the "boss. If the people pull a second boner and elect this individual, we will be not long in seeing a - perfect example of the Strain on democracy. ...CABBAGES and kings:. By Bill Hudson j ! IRONHEADS CUSTODIAN John Lomax author of "American Ballads and Songs," curator of the folk-song division of the Library of Congress and custodian, by appointment from His Excellency the Governor of Texas, of Ironhead, Negro lifer -on furlough from the Texas state pen drove into Chapel Hill Tuesday afternoon to re new acquaintance for an hour 017 two with another folk-song: scholar in the English depart ment here. Before he left Chapel Hill, Mr. Lomax brought a glow to . his faculty friend's face by remark ing that he considered Duke and the University here to be the centers of folk-song scholarship in the South. He was on his way from the South Carolina state prison in Columbia to penal road camps- in Virginia, stops in a tour; of collection - of traditional Negro and white folk-songs ; and he- brought with him in his Ply mouth, besides regular travelling; gear, his two most important- articles of technical equipment namely, Ironhead and an elabo rate phonographic recording-ma chine. Folk-Song Habitat He says that the traditional unadulterated, unsophisticated folk-songs can be found only in backwoods neighborhoods and in state and county penal f arms, where, in their isolation ' front. contemporary song-trends, the singers revert to the types of their early years. He has diffi culty making them understand what he's after; so he takes Iron head (real name unimportant and doubtless much less pictures que) along with him to act as a sort of primer to the flow of lyric wells; Ironhead starts them going by singing one or two of his own ballads or folk-songs ; then Mr, Lomax presses a button on his phonograph, and the needle be gins to spin out a permanent re cord to be added. to the thou sands he has already stored away in a valiant effort to com pile a complete collection of American ballads and songs. He realizes that tfiis is too big a job for one man,but he's doing: his best at it. -Ironhead's History Ironhead, who is a quiet, nice looking gentlemen of about 55r had been in jail, off and on, for about 35 years when Mr. Lomax found him 4ast year. The" 35 years had been spent mostly in paying the penalties following convictions on six different counts, and Ironhead was4ip for life then. Asked what his of -fense was, he replied, "I'se a haybish, cap'n." "You're a what?" x a Alien xee uee. (Continued on last page Gussie Guesses: 'Koch is Director of Out door Play" Sounds like a new Schnell or Cornwall. The Weather: . Today and to morrow: fair continued. 'tot ft
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