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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL Wbt Batlp Xar t)ttl The Skoal newspaper of the Carolina Publications Union 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 el ass matter at the post office at Chapel Hill, N. C-, coder act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price, $3.00 for the college year. ' . t - Business and editorial offices: 204-207 Graham Memorial Telephones: news,' 4351; editorial, 8641; business, 4356; night 6906 circulation, 6476. Allen MerrilL Will G. Arey- .Editor , Managing Editor Qen S. Humphrey, Jr. Jesse Lewis .Business Manager .Circulation Manager Editorial Board Tom Stanback, DeWitt Barnett, Walter Kleeman, Raymond Lowery, Carroll Costello. , Reporters Morris Rosenberg, Jim McAden,' Carroll McGaughey, Jesse Reese, Bill Rhodes Weaver, Donald Bishop, Miss Louise Jordan, Martin Harmon. Columnists Laffitta Howard. Miss Lucy Jane Hunter, Adrian Spies, Elbert Button Henry NigrellL Technical Staff News Editors: Ed Rankin, Bill Snider, Charles Barrett. Night Spokts Editors: Fred Cazel, Gene Williams, Bush Hamrick. Associate News Editors : Edward Prizer, Ben Roebuck, Bob Barber. Feature Board Miss Gladys Best Tripp, Sanford Stein, Louis Connor, Larry Lerner, Harry Hollingsworth, Sam Green. . Cub Reporters Louis Harris, Miss Doris Goerch, Miss Dorothy Coble, Jimmy Dumbell, Miss Jo Jones, Arthur Dixon, Charles Gerald, Tom Dekker. - Sports Staff Editob: Shelley Rolf e. Reporters: William L. Beerman, Leonard Lobred, Billy Weil, Richard Morris, Jerry Stoff, Prank Goldsmith, Jim Vawter, Roy Popkm, Marty Kalkstein. , ' Assistant Circulation Manager: Larry Ferling. , Business Staff Technical Manages: Ned Hamilton. Durham Advertising Manager: Gilly Nicholson. Assistants: Andrew Gennett, Bill Brunner. ' Local Advertising Manager: Unit 1: Bil Ogburn. Assistants: Rufus Shelkoff, Bill Schwartz, Bill Orr, Allen Headlee, Grady Stevens, Jack Dillon, Tom Nash, Warren Bernstein, Joe Zaytoun. Local Advertising Manager: Unit 2: Bert Halperin. Assistants: Bob Sears, Alvin Patterson, Irv Fleishman, Floyd Whit ney, Morton Ulman. Co-Collection Managers: Jim Schleifer, Bob Lerner. Collections Staff: Charles Cunningham, James Garland, Hal War- shaw. Office Manager: Stuart Ficklen. Office Staff: Mary Peyton Hovr, Phil Haigh, L. J. Scheinman, Bill Stern, Jack Holland, Mary Ann Koonce, Lan Donnell, Dave Pearlman. For This Issue: NEWS: WILL G. AREY SPORTS: FRED CAZEL o Cowards and Heroes The Gallup and Fortune polls report that over three-fourths of the American public believe that the United States will get into the next war. The one-time cool and comfortable specu lations of the social-conscious conversationalist have given away at last to a wider and more popular conviction that war, sooner or later, is inevitable. Peace organizations are grad ually turning into preparedness organizations. The govern ment, the press, and word-of -mouth opinion is drifting away from isolationism. Arguments of those who still say "I hate war" are pushed aside as lectures "on navigation while the ship is going down." After the maimed American people left the battlefields of France, they were convinced for twenty years that war was not a method of preserving liberty, democracy, or freedom. The Versailles Treaty, in fact, stands as testimony that war destroys rationalism and democracy and breeds totalitarian ism and more war. The twenty-year stand for peace was understandable, however. For, there was no opposition to the unanimous cry. . Public opinion, guided by the government and the press, is emerging now from the "I hate war" period into the fatalistic era of resignation. "War is inevitable." The next logical pe riod will be that of mass hysteria. Old slogans freedom, democracy, liberty (the meanings of which are seldom sought) will uncoil themselves again and become death-words. All people will fall again into two groups the cowards and the heroes. Mr. Chamberlain has already been branded as a "yellow-belly." And the University of North Carolina will turn from its search for truth to lend its resources and prestige to a bel ligerent nation. In 1918, says Mr. C. H. Hamlin in a highly documented historical account, "The University of North Caro lina was the principal propaganda center in the South At lantic states . . . The entire faculty and student body seemed docile with no questioning of the hysteria." Colleges through out the nation became military camps and propaganda sources. German courses were cut from curricula, degrees of educators who opposed war-entrance were revoked, a history professor who suggested that "there are good and bad qualities in the Germans . . ." was expelled from college, faculty men who had pacifist leanings were given "indefinite leave of absence !" The twenty-year stand for peace was one thing. But to stand for peace today requires the knowledge that an exag gerated foreign war crisis is a well-known device for politicians to maintain office The next election cry may be about not changing leaders in time of peril. War news for the press is headline news. And war conversation relieves the public .".'mind from facing the drudgery of everyday problems. The propaganda snowball has already travelled a mile. But it may be stopped by individual self-assertion in condemnation of empty phrases that turn language into bloodshed. It may be stopped by scorning the fatalistic stand that "War is In evitable," and remembering that the greatest cause of war, over and above the petty ambitions of politicians and news papers, is the resignation of public opinion to unchallenged slogans. rm rrr no JLe TITS 11 The -Truth By Adsian Spies (These few paragraphs have been pilfered from the imaginary chronicle of a 21st century essayist. We fancy that the smug perspective of retro spection would have colored his com ments thusly, and that he would have interpreted the events of the past few months in the following way.) During the intrigues and counter plots leading up to the second World War, a most amazing act was done. It was a strange side-light to the in trigues and falsifications of the per iod. And its frankness was something unbelievable in an age when armies fought in wars that were officially not wars, and when soldiers died for a na tion apparently observing neutrality. Looking back now to the degenerate period of the late 1930's, we recognize it as one of the bits of brilliant gal lantry that lighten the task of a his torian of misguided people. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was then the president of what was then the United States, was one of the con sistent forces for peace in what was then the world. In the language of the period he was what is called a "pro gressive,'' and realized that his world had outlived isolation. Building to ward a reaffirmation of democracy at home, he knew that the Fascist pow ers in Europe threatened the blossom ing position of his country. He was one of the few wise men who was able to speak to the Fascists in their own language of force. And to do what in that strange day was known as "calling a spade a spade' Roosevelt, in the , midst of a scene that saw Fascist newspapers promise peace and Fascist organizers plan for i further conquest, sent a message to the dictators. (Hitler and Mussolini, who have already been referred to in the essay entitled "Pathological Freaks of the Dark Ages"). In this message he declared that all of the world was crying for peace, and he demanded guarantees of peace from the dictators. What is unique to a student of the period is the frankness in which the Simon Discusses "Battle Of Swing" Continued from first page) it's tough trying to impress with a quiet, trick style when you're tossed up against three other' units that for get the trick stuff and shell out with real, honest-to-goodness jazz. Ross The Chapel Hill Scene THE MOOM 'PI$S: "Grand Illu sion," prize-winning French film, is being held back, but E. "Carrington hopes to play it here before the end of the quarter ... Mickey Rooney and his regular cohorts Show us more Hardy family maneuvers next Sun-Mon at the Carolina . . . Irene Dunne's "Love Af fair" comes the following Thurs-Fri . . . And the next week, "Wuthering Heights," the Bronte book, and "Dodge City," another glorified horseopera, come our way . . . Following closely on the heels of these are the much-discussed "Confessions of a Nazi Spy," DeMille's "Union Pacific," and Bette Davis' supreme achievement, "Dark Victory." . . . Muni's "Juarez" won't show here this quarter . . . Will still be playing to New York prices. THE DRAMMER: There's a possi bility that you guys who wouldn't be lieve "Our Town" was good until af ter it had been given four times may get to see it yet . . . The Playmakers just want enough requests especially from you season ticket holders who couldn't find seats . . . Ignoring Shakes phere and Shaw this spring, the local drammer folks plan to present the French play, "Noel," in the forest theater . . . They should do a nice job . . ". Good idea that of splitting the experimental bill into afternoon ' and evening performances. THE BOOKS: "Out of the South," subtitled "The Life of a People in Dramatic Form," contains 15 of Paul Green's best-known plays and has just been published by Harpers . . . It's at the Bull's Head, if you're the borrow ing kind . . . Cost you three bucks for your table . . . About the title of her first novel, "Purslance," Bernice Kelly Harris says: "The purslane (pusley) is ... an annual . . . used as a pot herb, for salads ... a troublesome weed An early critic of the book, which is the first piece of fiction to be turned out by the University press and will be ready for general distribution on April 29, says that "if the right peo ple read it, they will like it" . . . Koch prefaces a new volume of folk plays to be out in the late summer or early fall . . . Adolf's "Mien Komfh" is one of Ab's best sellers . . . They all buy the Stackpole edition, the one which pays no royalties to Hitler. THE STORY-TELLERS: Those President named the 31 countries fear-! a fine orchestra for quiet, intimate house parties, but it lacks the weapons to compete in a Battle of Swing. The bands of Johnson, J ere King, and Charlie Wood, were. bunched to gether mighty tightly at the end. First prize for Freddie was out of the question because of the lack of atten tion to music, but there was still so much good stuff in this band that might have won hands-down, that hon orable mention had to go its way. That still left King and Wood, both of whom played mighty fine swing. King had the more exciting group of hot men, but Wood copped the prize because his band showed the greatest musical polish it paid more attention to finer points like dynamics, phrasing and intonation. Regarding that last aspect; had King's brass section played more , in tune, all the glory might easily have come his way. But Wood, in addition to paying attention to those musical points, was blessed with a truly fine lead trumpeter (Hubert Henderson), capable of executing those more subtle, but just as important, parts of dance music production. The good blend of, his saxes and the better brass intonation were, in great meas ure, responsible for pushing the first prize pendulum towards Wood's men. Surprisingly enough, choosing the All-Campus band was easier than choosing the best organized unit. That's mainly because the competi tion wasn't as keen: . 1st Alto Sax: CLARK (King) and Kennedy (Wood) both played fine lead, with the latter's tone just a bit better, but the former's superior hot style giving him the call. 2nd Alto Sax: COREY (Johnson) copped this because of his facile clari net style (despite his reed trouble). Tenor Saxes: Two hot men, JUS TICE (Wood) and ROGERS (King) rated here because of their great take off styles. These two were the after- ; noon's outstanding horn soloists. Year- gan (Johnson) played well but couldn't qualify since he is not a member of the University. Lead (1st) trumpet: HENDERSON (Wood), easily, for tone, phrasing, in tonation. Hot (2nd) trumpet: WILLIAMS (King) because he was the one hot trumpeter who improvised with rea son and a musical message. All-around (3rd) trumpet: MOORE (Johnson) because of his ability to ing aggression from the fascists, open ly placing the case of peace into the light. (As much light as there could be in that dark part of the past.) tie caugnt tne Diusters ana emo tional nothingness of the dictators in a neat trap of frankness. And there was nothing left for them to do but to treat the message as a "routine" mat ter worthy of only perfunctory con sideration. The reactions of Hitler and Mussolini informed the half-friends in Europe of the finality of their plans, and aided in the bolstering of an anti fascist front. (See essay on "Begin ning of Successful Democracy in the Dark Ages.") Of course the catastrophe which fol lowed was unaffected by Roosevelt's plea. But it placed the blame of ac tion squarely upon the doddering shoulders of the inefficient "democra cies" of England and France and the unstoppable war economy of the dic tatorships. It was a horrible example of the futility of fair proposals in an age that had distorted fairness until it meant only the perpetuation of national in terests. And there is an uncomfort able commentary on the state of the men of the time when one reads of the laughter and jeering that greeted the message. There was such a feeling of inevitability that the world merely stocked itself stronger and awaited the struggle. But it is worth knowing to us, the students of a painful past, that the president's plea promoted a more powerful democratic block. And that it showed more lucidly than ever the crude battle lines of the day. Even though these vital things were accom panied by the tragic sounds of a world laughing at a proposition for peace. CAROLINA By RAY LOWERY 1 B .TUESDAY, APRn. 18 , play good lead and iW v ' Trombones: NEWTON and OLSov (Johnson), though they werta upon for solos, played their pj with most precision Piano: HARTS ELL jocnsco) , many ways the most polished a' ; pressive musician in the coctes tT honors to him as arranger also. Way NICK (Wood) was a healthy -J' Guitar: BENNETT, becaie C' a around mastery of the ffistrumer " Bass; ROSE (Bennett), becau his fine tone and basic conception " Drums: SHEFFIELD (Rosa), i cause of his ability to hold togethr . wavering rhythm section, his lift, and his superior taste. Bezz (Johnson), had he been s tea die- less eager io impress tne T.l might have won quite easily, Vibraphone: KING no coispetj. tion here, but he wouldn't have wj- a place unless he'd been as good he was. Vocalist: APPLEWHITE son), a really great singer who could put almost any big-timer in the busi ness to shame. In conclusion (and here pardoa the change to the first person), I'd like to thank all those connected with the battle for awarding a Metronome meis ber the privilege of acting as its judge. May I also state that, despite vfcat you may have read Sunday in the Tak Heel, I don't think Glenn Miller's is the only musical band in the coor.try -your college, for example, has four more! who enjoy bulling with lit'ry people might arrange to meet the ones appear ing on the campus this week . . . Hugh Tate, poet, novelist, and prof at Wo man's college, is scheduled to speak to the Carolina Arts group in Graham Memorial lounge Wed'day . . . His wife, Carolyn Gordon, who has gained more fame than her husband as a writer of fiction, will appear on the same day at the Bull's Head at 4:15 . . . Kon rad Bercovici, Roumanian writer, stop ped by over the weekend en route to Florida . . . James Boyd and Sherwood Anderson have been dashing about all over the state for the past week . . . Attempt should be made to get them here. THE MAGS: No doubt Dr. Groves' marriage courses are very inspiring, but those attentive students who ap pear in the current issue of Look mag were undoubtedly posing . . . Barbara Liscomb and three or four other co-eds were pleased with their photographs but a bit disturbed over what the cut lines said ... Green's all-fiction ex periment (the Mag) will arrive a week from Wed'day . . . Pugh's last try (the Buc) may be found in the dorm store on Friday of this week. THE HE ADLINERS : Said George Simon, editor of Metronome and swing authority, last week: "Larry Clinton has found a girl in Cleveland from whom he expects big things" . . . Noth ing like anticipation . . . Frank Hole man's post-election remark: "I guess all the boys are happy now" . . . Let's make it only one-half of the boys . . .. Paul Green's quote: "In the world of drama people are people no matter what their color is, or where they live, or what they should or should not be" . . . Which is further proof this world is not a stage after all . . . Yapped Hedy Lamarr: "The public will soon forget me" . . . After "Ecstacy"? Ridiculous! . "HOLD TIGHT" AGAIN: All right so I don't know the meaning of the forbidden wordage in the song, "Hold Tight!" ..71 do know that it has been banned on both major networks and will not be sung again until new lyrics are written. Let the Daily Tar Heel keep youi friends at home informed. George SimonTicks All-Campus Swing Band (Continued from first page) program alive with his between-cur- tain remarks and imitations. Simon, who is staying with his old friends, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Seebeck and Mr. and Mrs. L C. Griffiin, bronght the student body greetings from Alumni Hal Kemp and Kay Kyser. He said the program today showed that the University will continue to send forth good musicians and that the campus orchestras are much better than the usual class of college bands. Willie Hargraves, Negro employee of the University and arranger for Ted Ross and his orchestra, probably re ceived the loudest single applause from the audience with his "now sweet, now hot" sax renditions. Fifty-two boys and one girl per formed on the green and white deco rated stage. The lone feminine feature was Miss Frances Walker, vocalist in Jere King's orchestra, who sang "Deep Purple." Jeep Bennett was unable to present his band and substituted by playing the guitar with a piano and bass accompaniment. BOOKS DISCUSSED BY THE "Institute of Human Relations" and "Marriage Conference" For Rent or Sale BULL'S HEAD THANK YOU - - MY FRIEND! Yesterday about 3 o'clock called me on the phone . . . . A lady and asked IS THE PICTURE "LADY VANISHES" Advertised to play at the Pick Tuesday the same one that has received such wonderful reviews in the New York papers . . ." AND I REPLIED "YES. ..IT IS THE SAME" Then she asked me if I knew that this same picture VANISHES" was now tenth week in a New York theatre. "LADY in its AGAIN--I REPLIED "YES... I DDD KNOW THIS FACT" Then . . . she said "It might be a wise move for you to let other less informed theatre-goers know about the importance of the pic ture. "LADY VANISHES" Then She Hung Up! I don't know who it was . . . but she ap parently is ... a friend indeed . . . not only of mine . . . but yours as wellf SHOWING TODAY ONLY AGAIN- - I THANK YOU E. Carrington Smith, Mgr. PICK THEATRE
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