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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
SUNDAY, MAY 25. i94t
The official newspaper of the Carolina Publications Union of the University
cf North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where it is printed daily except Mondays,
and the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Spring Holidays. . Entered as second
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W1L W. BRUNER
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ASSOCIATE ixjuis - n , " ' eonv sometliinir. anvthinir. f nr tT.n
Editorial. Boaed: Bill snider, uncxy iiarwara, simons jwooi, ueurge ouup- -
son, Mac Norwood, Henry Moll, tsrn jseeman.
SSKEKiTjKfil Jo ABdoe, ta- from writing such a theme-
This week the absolute lack of inter
est the average freshman has for the
hygiene class required in his currricu-
: jRfctor mn was sPtUTed to a lethargic sem-
Bu&Su Manager bIaEce of enthusiasm as three-fourths
Circulation Manager of the, freshman class rush madly to
the most remote files of "Hygeia" to
Koch, Tschaikowsky and WPA Fuse
To Do Right by 'Romeo and Juliet9
mrhATA Adler. Marv Caldwell. Billy Pearson.
News Editors: Fred Cazel, Philip Carden, Bob Hoke. t r. . .
Repobttes: Grady Reagan, Paul Komisaruk, Ernie Frankel, Vivian GiUes-
pie, Larry Dale, Billy Webb, Carey Hayes, George Stammler, Ed Lashman,
Grace Rutledge, Jimmy Wallace.
Photogkaphzes: Jack Mitchell, Hugh Morton.
S posts Editob: Harry Hollingsworth. ' ' . . .
Night Spobts Editors: Earle Hellen, Baxter McNeer, Buck Timberlake.
SP03T3 Reporters: Ben Snyder, Abby Cohen, Bill Woestendiek, Fred Mo-
Coy, Mannie Krulwich.
Ass'T. Business Manager: Bill Schwartz.
Local Advertising Manager: Bill Stanbaek.
Durham Representative: Jack Dube. m
ijnr.ki. Assistants: Jimmy Norris, Bob Bettman, Marvin Rosen,
Stout, Tyndall Harris, Ditzi Buice.
Collections: Elinor Elliott, Millicent McKendry.
Office Assistant: Sarah Nathan.
Office Manager: Jack Holland. n - , T , ,r .
Circulation Office Staff: Henry Zaytoun, Joe Schwartz, Jules Varady.
it is reminiscent of the Medieval monk's
monotonous duty of copying and re-
copying the Bible but '-.then few
freshmen pretend to derive any use
ful knowledge from the hygiene
T7rnoTT course. Hygiene is
PHOBIA
For This Is me:
. not a dull, impracti
cal subject, but its
presentation here is faulty. More than
likely the teacher is absent when class
Farris I dav comes around, and even when pre
sent puts about as much enthusiasm
in teaching as his bored students put
in studying. The long period between
the weekly class meetings tend also to
cause the student to lose interest.
Perhaps a three-hour, one quarter
hygiene course would inject vigor into
the lagging interest of both teacher
and student. Stress on the practical
The Waynesboro News-Virginian aspects of hygiene, deleting the nu-
, n j I merous unpronounceable medical terms
There are today over a million and a half young men enrolled m the many facts inapplicable to
American universities and colleges who are candidates for degrees, everyday life, would also increase the
More than this, they are candidates for future American leadership, student's ability to understand what
-M- f i,oo0 Towner ttipti hnvo Tint advanced tn the staere as vet to he is studying which would also boost
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stand and face any serious problem alone, but today, as a body, they
News: PHIL CARDEN
Sports: BAXTER McNEER
o College Man, What Now?
hygiene morale.
face the most critical and pertinent problem of their time or gen
eration World War II. ,
As country after country has fallen under the totalitarian axe
and government leaders in Washington have taken precedent shat
tering moves adequately to prepare this country for any emergency
and to aid Britain to the end, the early casual and indifferent attitude
of the college man toward these events has given way first to wish
ful thinking, and finally, to downright worry. . ,
He is confused and bewildered by a maze of questions that have
arisen in his mind questions precipitated by the gravity of John
Bull's position and the determination of Capitol Hill statesmen to
see the axis powers obliterated.
He is concerned with his own plans for the future. He is still in
the embryo stage, inculcated with his youthful ideals and beliefs.
He has taken the first essential step up the ladder of life to estab-
When the German Club announced
Bob Chester and Jack Teagarden to
the campus for Fall Germans and
Mid-Winters, we very nicely com
plied with saccharine preview pub
licity, having little to go on except
inflated press' releases and the omni
approving Metronome. After we
heard them play, we were frankly
disappointed but saw no point in
kicking the German Club after
Messrs. Chester and Teagarden had
departed with their money.
We're not saying these two bands
were poor. We enjoyed Chester's
"Octave Jump" al
though he read his
rides- . We got , a
GERMANS
SCORE
liali Tifmcolf on a trained riti-zen in American societv. He sees war kick out of Teagarden's blues trom-
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oo'o rmVn,ot rt crm fco Tinrmal flow nf fiitiire ambitions. - For bone despite the inferiority of his other
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these reasons, he is reluctant.
He wonders why he would fight if America declares war. Surely
not to save democracy! That was tried once before. He figures
that if World War I didn't make this world a better place to live in
that another place would not help. For these reasons, he is cynical.
He has been taught to beware mob psychology and propaganda.
He has read in text books that the Allies had a great deal to do with
bringing oh the last war. He knows of the rigid censorship abroad,
and of the coloring of news reports to influence the American pub
lic. For these reasons, he is suspicious.
But despite these natural emotions of reluctance, cynicism, and
suspicion, the college man possesses a stronger emotion that subor
dinates all others.
He believes in the dignity of the individual.
He is overflowing with the proud, inherent beliefs of free wor
ship and free institutions. He believes in the right to act and do
as he pleases. He believes in the development of culture and science
in a way that will benefit mankind. He believes to better society
will better the world.
Adolph Hitler does not believe in these things.
The college student is too well aware of that fact.
He will fight to the finish for these principles, for that is what
America believes in.
And he is the future leader of America.
o Misplaced Blame
.
Truman Hobb's concession that the fault for the unprecedented
number of honor system violations in this year's freshman class
was partly the Student council's was rather an understatement
It seems to us that all attributable blame lies with the council.
We have no sympathy, of course, with freshmen who by lying,
cheating and stealing undermine the effectiveness of codes on
which our whole student government is based. We are properly
shocked to hear that all but one of the cases tried this year involv
ed freshmen, that practically all of these were reported by in
structors instead of students themselves, that one of the offenders
was actually a freshman honor councilman.
On the other hand, we do not believe that this year's freshman
class on the whole is ethically less responsible than first-year
classes in the past. If successive classes became worse and worse,
eventually we could have no hope for the honor system.
Truth of the situation, as we see it, is that way last fall council
did an inadequate job during orientation week of explaining and
putting across the honor system to the newcomers. , ,
At any rate, the Student council has already decided that all
orientation committeemen shall take a brief course in the honor
system before they try to pas it on.
There are two additional measures which we would like to sug
gest regular accounts of council cases, including all facts but
names, to be published in this paper and effective supervision of
all four honor councils. The whole student body could stand a
thorough brushing-up on the honor system.
arrangements. We just felt somehow
that the German Club was able to pro
duce better than second-rate bands.
Other campus organizations with
less money to draw on brought, top
notchers to Carolina Jimmy Lunce
ford at Interdormitory dances and
Tommy Dorsey at May Frolics.
Irs a relief now to be giving
Jimmy Dorsey deserved publicity for
his appearance at Finals. Some of
ns even think that 'his band will be
the best to play this year for Caro
lina dances; others, of course, are
still salaaming to T. Dorsey and
Jimmy Lunceford. But this dispute
1 for the moment is immaterial. We're
glad to see that the German Club,
after two strikes, is finally about to
make a hit.
DAY
On the Campus
4:00 Band concert under Davie Pop
lar.
5:00 NCCN Glee club concert m
Hill halL Cheering squad try-
outs in Kenan Sta'dium. Art
gallery lecture.
8:80 Last performance of "Romeo
and Juliet" in Forest Theatre
Tomorrow
2:00 Meeting of DTH news and
sports staffs in the office. .
6:00 WA meets in Gerrard hall.
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Birthdays
(Students whose names appear
below may , obtain a movie pass by
calling at the box office of the Car
olina Theate on the day of publication.)
Dictatorship: A system of government where everything that
isn't forbidden is obligatory.
May 24
Bar ham, Ottis Ruttey
Bartlett, Clark
Bivens, Thomas Walter
Cutting, Dorothy
Davis, Richard Emerson
. Gilbert, Gracie Pearle
Gilbert, Lacy Earl, Jr.
Greenwood, James Brooks, Jr.
Klinz, William
Lefkowitz, Rose Eleanor
Rowe, John Lawrence
Shenker, Martin Frederick
Sweezy, Henry Lee
Send the Daily Tar Heel home.
By Sanford Stein
Accompanied by the haunting
strains of Tschaikowskfs overture,
the ominous rumble of thunder over
head, and the soft, dulcet tones of the
Lower Quadrangle informing some
one named Benny that he was wanted
on the telephone, William Shakes
peare's "Romeo and Juliet" (edited by
Professor Frederick H. Koch) was
presented last Friday night by the
Carolina Playmakers as their first
dramatic offering in the newly-reno
vated Forest theater.
as iar as the audience was con
cerned, the opening was a satisfac
tory one, for whatever specific criti
cisms may be leveled at the produc
tion, it was both a visual and techni-
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cai oeugnt. The vvpa has erected a
permanent stone structure that even
the .most die-hard Republican would
have to admit was a worthwhile proj
ect. And using .this structure as a
starting point, Lynn Gault has fash
ioned a setting that not only estab
lishes, the proper mood and romantic
atmosphere, but also because it util
izes three stages allows the produc
tion to run smoothly and rapidly.
During the second act, though, our
sympathies went out to Romeo and
Juliet, who were in four continuous
fecenes that Shifted with hardly a
break from one extreme side of the
theater to the other and who, by the
time the show is over, should be in
fine shape for cross-country.
But although the scenery, the light
ing the staging, and the costumes
were all excellent, the success of any
production of "Romeo and Juliet" lies
squarely on the shoulders of the actor
and actress who play the "star-crossed
lovers." Both Robin Bolce and Bob
Carrol have the necessary physical
attractiveness for the parts, both of
them showed signs of unmistakable
effort, work and sincerity, both of
them read their lines with a minimum
of self -consciousness and awkward
ness, both of them can move across
a stage with ease and grace. But, un
fortunately, they left their hearers
emotionally unstirred. The balcony
scene, for example, which should be
breathless with warmth, fire and pas
sion all the more intense because of
its purity, was merely a visually
pleasing episode of rhetoric set in
beautiful blank verse. Perhaps this
was due to a lack of maturity in the
couple, or the fact that playing before
such a vast audience in the open
makes the necessary intimate effect
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impossible, or that .Miss Uolce was
forced to crouch' in a decidedly awk
ward position on the balcony. Much
of the fault definitely lay in Miss
Bolce's peculiarly-affected voice pat
tern, which consists of certain stand
ard inflections that invariably end
each sentence as if it were a question.
Her voice, also was often too heavy
and lacked the necessary impulsiveness
and eagerness required of Juliet.
None of this, though, can detract
from Miss Bolce's decided personal
appeal and charm, which made her
Juliet a pleasing, if not a radiant and
glowing, one.
Best acting of the evening was pro
vided by Robert Bowers whose part
of Mercutio is by far the best male
role in the play and who acted it to
the hilt. His performance was alive,
vigorous, humorous, and, most im
portant of all, he made Mercutio the
thoroughly ingratiating creatuw
Shakespeare itended him to be. An
other memorable job was done by
George Wilson, who took the bit part
of Peter, the page, and transformed
it into an extremely comic characteri
zation. Wilson gave the opening
csenes a great deal of life and color.
Earl Wynn was a compassionate and
completely human , Friar Lawrence.
Josephine Sharkey has the physical
qualifications for
Nurse and also a
the
part Cf tv.
sharp, clear
but she lacked the necessary ea&ls
uoa auKA auiuiai gtieStO. Bob
made an acceptable
his voice was
Pinr
Tybalt, tWv
rather irritatino- ..j
unfortunately, Basil Rathbone
mc yaix. msi. a ne rest of the
was adequate. ,
cast
. Much of the play's beauty was cV
rived from the use of TschaikowsK
music. Nowhere was this more aj!
parent than in the beautiful!y.actj
marriage scene in Friar Lawrence's
cell when the sudden swelling 0f tl
overture's main theme (the "Our
Love" part) made the story for ocee
go to the heart as well as the hea
As for "Prof" Koch's cutting the tar
end of the play so that it end3 witi
the death of the lovers, we're all fn
it. It may be philosophically bad, but
artistically and pictorially it was fhj
The closing of the final curtain on
Romeo and Juliet laying across tt
tomb made an effective stage picture.
ine angels must have liked the tro.
duction, too, because they kept tie
ram away until just after the show
ended. "Romeo and Juliet," in short,
was aesthetically satisfying. ve,j
like to see Bolce and Carrol play the
roles in about ten years and make it
emotionally satisfying as well.
Lobred Answers Meyer
On Salary Question
Why Mr. Meyer.
The PU board's recent investiga
tion of publications salaries, instigat
ed on my part, involves more than a
new estimation of the worth of edi
tors and business -managers. Questions
concerning salaries arose last fall
when budgets were submitted, and at
that time salaries were lowered. In
discussions that followed, the board
agreed that a general revision of sal
aries was necessary, with some of the
major offices bearing reductions and
others receiving raises.
It is not with a feeling of complete
disregard that the PU board over
looks lists of high salaries paid edi
tors and business .managers at other
universities. Salaries, reportedly
ranging from $500 to $2,000 for top
men, are pointed to when " Carolina
editors ask for high pay. All of
these comparisons are made without
consideration of situations as they ac
tually exist.
At Duke, we are told, the editor cf
the Chronicle, a semi-weekly bulletis
board, receives $800. At State col
lege, the editor of the weekly Techni
cian reportedly is paid $450. At both
schools the offices of managing editor
and editor, as we have them here, are
combined so that one man does the
work. In some midwestern schools,
it is pointed out, graduate students'
are paid approximately $1,000 to man
age the school papers.
These figures, accepted as they are
presented, would indicate that salar
ies at Carolina are much too low.
Even if staff organization was the
same' everywhere as it isn't we
would have to consider other factors.
At schools that pay their editors
$1,000, one will probably find that the
paper is supported not by student fees
. Se& LOBRED, page 4
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