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f AGE TWO . $11 to Bui Student Assembly Report Delegate OiitliiiesWprk 'SSSSBSSSBSg- M decent SS A Meet ty 01 norzn ." Christmas and Spring Holidays. Entered N. C, under act of SarS ?3?1879. Subscription price, $3.00 for the college year. . WnlMNTIO PO WATWNAI. ADVKKT1MNO UT . National Advertising Service, Inc. Member College Publishers Representative rWrtr-irrtoH Chflef<e PfGJS 420 Madison Ave. NewYork. N.Y. Boston Walter Damtoft Ernie Frankel Bob Covington LOS AMSILSS SASB FMUKMCS Ed.it or Managing Editor Business Manager Associate Editors: Henry Moll and Kat Hill. g!TS:: Frl'SnlerV Uoyd Koppel. Roland Gidnz and John Kerr. C0i?aveJHSry Segal. Chuck Howe. Charlie Johnson. Sara Yokley. Dick BKPotSr'HrDall Nivioria Caplan. Bill Orth and Margaret HemphDI. IS SCNArtSha?n( BoGolTwater. Marv Wulf. Art Stammler and George Mitchell. Photographers: Karl Bishopric. Tyler Norse. Local Advertising Managers : Henry Petuske. Cal Warren. KES?' McSSE TfmnW Thompson. Mildred Wilkerson. Elise Hutchison. Fran Defandorf. Bebe Castleman. Sanford Doxey. CN Sxa: Wayne By Lee Bronsbn The program of the United States Student Assembly, adopted at the final session of the conference in the form of two reso lutions, laid the groundwork for a dynamic forward-looking year of action, if the resolutions are translated into actual work on every college campus. - The program calls for full support to the unconditional sur render policy of the Casablanca conference; the opening of the second front in Europe as soon There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Shakespeare V Gentlemen - NO MORE "CARR" ORGIES . . . . Evidently the Interdormitory Council, compared by columnist Wallace to a hibernating bear, isn't going to wake up for the rest of this year. So if its president, Moyer Hendrix, can't prod its members into some sort of activity, it will be necessary to use other means to carry out its duties of protecting dormitories. Ana one 01 tne easiest uj. uieac i w manly instincts of dormitory members. We ask you to activate these instincts when the year closes so that there may be no repitition of the vandalism that ran riot in Carr dormitory when its members were asked to move so that the Navy might have it. It is true that those students were given very short notice to move, practically no aid in moving, and we can well under stand how they could have been angered. But to have purpose ly damaged the building as much as they could in those last two or three days was inexcusable. They accomplished nothing. The damage had to be repaired, and they failed to see that the expense involved will ultimately be borne by their parents as taxpayers. And though the situation facing dorm residents at the end of this quarter is not comparable to Carr residents, that is, they have been given plenty of notice and many of them will be reservists who will occupy the buildings themselves, still there is a tendency for a last fling to take place. Such is al ways the case when any large group goes into military service. But again we say, whether or not that last fling takes place or not, call up your gentlemanly instincts and refrain from dam aging the dormitories in any way. N , If for no other reason, consider that labor is scarce and that to repair any such damage would take time that would slow down the Naval reserve program, and consequently interfere with the war effort. In the large part, students during the past two years have made tremendous sacrifices to the war effort in good spirit and without thought of any public recognition. Don't let that excellent record be spoiled by any acts of van dalism in your last few civilian days at Carolina. What Went, What Goes Solons At Work; NROTC Obtains Fix; V-l Clears Fog; Senior Fling Over The student legislature advanced two more steps in stream lining student government with the passage of a duo of reor ganization bills. First bill to merit the approval of Speaker Terrell Webster's legislative group was the loudly publicized Student Council Reorganization bill providing for a four mem ber increase in student council posts, leaving the student body president as its only elective post, and giving to the council and legislature the power to appoint the new men at present and all members in the future. Under it reservists and civilians will get appropriate representation. Swift on the heels of the first bill came the passage of the Inter-Town Reorganization bill, which will replace the Inter Town council set-up with an entirely new council. Both reorganization bills represent the first positive action on the part of the student legislature to speed up its tempo, although late, to meet the changing rhythms of war. V-l students who failed to pass the written examinations , given by the Navy can still transfer to V-5, in spite of the general misinterpretion of the original orders issued by the Navy department. In a letter reinterpreting the orders, the Bureau of Naval Personnel proved that as far as the Navy is concerned, it is still upholding the contract made with reserv ists by a hundred per cent. And on Friday came the announcement from NROTC head quarters that Old East and Old West, after a period of renova tion, would be used for housing the Naval Officers Training corps. This constitutes the first news of what definite plans are being made for the reservists to be activated in July. Seniors had their final fling during the speeded-up five day Senior Week, which in spite of excellent planning, was not too well attended by the superior upperclassmen. The annual Forest Theatre production opened and was hailed as a definite success, in spite of the impending bad weather which several times threatened to stop performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." 1 as. possible ; close alliance be tween the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and China both during the war and in the post-war period. In or der to make this last point more specific the resolution demands the establishment of a joint military command and the establishment of coalition strategy in the war. In addi tion, the students called for close cooperation between the trade unions of America, Bri tain and the Soviet Union. The resolution condemns the past and present policies of ap peasement and attacks the de featist factions within the United Nations. Although stating that there may be military reasons for not break ing relations with Franco Spain, the students sharply condemn the Franco govern ment, and all State Depart mentofficials who praise the Franco regime. The immediate liberation of all Spanish loyalist prisoners in North Africa is demanded, as is the earliest possible rec ognition of the loyalist gov ernment as the official govern ment of Spain. Hitting hard at other poli cies of our State Department, the resolution calls for the breaking of diplomatic rela tions with the fascist govern ment of Finland, condemns Darlanism, opposes any nego tiations with fascist forces in the occupied countries, and calls, instead, for the achieve ment of unity with the peoples' movements of these occupied countries. Finally, in the field of for eign relations, it demands the establishment of the unity of all the forces representing the French people and the immedi ate reopening of negotiations looking toward Indian inde . pendence. On the domestic front, the program urges support to tie President's seven-point pro gram for economic stabiliza tion, and endorses the Tolan-Pepper-Kilgore bill for reor ganization of the war agencies and unified control on the home front. It condemns by name both John L. Lewis and Eddie Rick enbacker. Taking a firm stand on the integration of the Ne gro people in the war effort, the program assails the poll-tax, calls for the reconstitution of the FEPC with full powers to put an end to discrimination against Negroes in industry, and blasts discrimination against Negro youth in the armed forces. It backs the lowering of the voting age to 18 and expresses full support to the report of the National Resources Plan ning Board and any similar ef forts to guarantee economic security to all people of this country. It demands the immediate release of loyal-Japanese-Americans from the intern ment camps and condemns the policy of putting these Amer ican citizens behind barbed wire. It calls for the roll-back of prices in order to stabilize the cost of living. At the same time it called for sup port of the rights of labor and expressed the hope that they would make further gains in the future. The North Carolina delega tion supported these resolu tions wholeheartedly, differing with the convention as a whole only when an amendment was suggested to demand an imme diate break with Franco Spain. The delegation sup ported this amendment, believ ing that appeasement had re sulted in a weakening of the, United Nations in the past, and that an appeasement of Fran co at this time represents a di rect strengthening of the forc es of Fascism. G rapevine It happened in Alderman the other day ... The short sandy-haired cadet walked in to the office of the girls dorm and faced the coed at the desk. He eyed her with compara tive assurance, "I want a date." The coed looked him over and smiled. "What kind of girl do you 1 i k e," she queried? "Just give me the specifications of what you have in drydock," he answer ed jauntily, "however, I would like something that's not to long between the quarter deck and the crow's nest." Seeing her look of conster nation, he explained patient ly: "A girl that isn't too tall for me." "Oh, I see, is there anything else you want," she said airily. "No, nothing ex cept it would help if she doesn't have to big a displace ment." While the girl stifled her laughter, he continued. "You see the girl I want can't have By the Staff something in the control room, it will be all right. Yes, I like 'em to set a straight course, but she will have to be able to handle herself in rough wea ther." "Don't get me one that will try to slip the old hawser around my neck though, be cause I just want to charter her for a cruise." -. P. S. He got the date. W. T. O. Pharmacy Program Dean J. G. Beard of the pharmacy school has an nounced that beginning on June 10, that school will adopt an accelerated program simi lar to the one being used by the medical school. Further information may be obtained at Dean Beard's office at 203 Howell. Aw 3 U MAY REMOVE THE UMBRELLA NOW, STDKELEISW- TOWS AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT SAYS VfCTORYG MOULD. BEjGR.OWN INTHE.SUM.- CWC Review l!!l!llll!!!l!Il!l!II!lII!illll!i!Il!i:!!l!I!!l!l!H!Iifl Play maker's Shakespeare Production Near Perfect - By Richard Adler A pageant of color sparkled a dark moonless night when the Playmakers opened the other evening in the Forest Theatre with a lavish production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." A melee of children's voices, lion's roars; costumes of brief chitons and flowing robes; music and dance, formed the proper contrasts and represented IRC Banquet The International Relations too much speed, but she has Club has cancelled its regular to be pretty maneuverable ; Sunday night meeting, but will naturally the shape of the hull hold the banquet Friday night as counts, but as long as she has scheduled. most all of the Arts. Director Proff Koch and his Lieuten ants Linda Locke and Foster Fitz-Simons successfully man euvered the entire company in to the realm of polish and , fin esse that makes for a near pro fessional production. Working with a play that presents many fierce directing problems they evolved a policy that was bound to please even the most stump-nosed Shakes pearean criticos. The farcical elements were stressed. The play was light and full of fan tasy almost ethereal. The evening's most pleasant sur prise was a literal pouring out from the forests of what seem ed hundreds of tiny children singing, dancing, playing. These little people were the fairies and their freshness and natural thespian ability proved one of the strong motivating spirits of the play. Of course there was little man-made setting, but what was there was skilfully de signed and constructed by Mr. Fitz-Simons and Robert Bur rows: However, a beautiful column with steps, symbolizing the palace was ineffectively lighted and the result was a one dimensional perspective. The lighting on the whole was good, but Martin Leonard's greatest mistake was lack of clarity, and failing to point up clearly, facial characteristics. Irene Smart's costumes once again showed her ingenuity in doing, a lot with a little. Miss Smart, in spite of her com ment that, "Greek costumes make grace seem awkward," designed and sewed the gar ments for a cast of sixty-five. Each costume showed indivi duality. Each was colorful and exhibited detailed labor. "The players" purposefully, hammed their way into the au dience heart. Led by Douglas Hume and Mr. Burrows, they romped, jested, "acted" in their Pyramis and Thisbe play let with ; necessary abundant corn. Mr. Burrows as Quince "directed" his "company" with stumbling competence. Mr. Hume played Bottom with amazing force. Mr. Hume, an extremely mild person hurled himself into the role with lus ty energy, and his grotesque ways were very funny. His rendition of Bounce, the ass, was an unusual complement to his first entrance. Outstanding juvenile per formances were turned in by Claire Russell as Peaseblossom, Sebastian Sommer as Oberon, Fairy King, and Catherine Lewis as Titania, Fairy Queen. Little Miss Russell was per haps the most delightful per son on the stage for she really looked her part, (lovely fairy attendant) and backed up her appearance with well-trained skill and nymph-like grace in her movements. Young Mr. Sommer and Miss Lewis played their parts of fantastic majes ty with the calm dignity that befits a fairy king and queen. The two pairs of lovers Joan Kosberg as Hermia, Rus sell Rogers as Lysander, Nell Hill as Helena, and William Pitts, Demetrius, were con vincing in their roles of twist ed amours. Although there was a bit too much over-gesticulating from Mr. Pitts in his effort to be a gay blade, he was effective in the fight scene. Rogers was in character all the time and the two women did their best bit in their "shrew squabble." Martin Newman as Puck was the evening's most unique performer. And I believe he had the hardest job of all, for he was the only college student to play a fairy's part. His in terpretation had to be kept in line with the child performers to give the show balance. Still the role demands the maturity of an older person, and with these two things in mind he went through his paces with great understanding. This production, and its players, is one that will be re membered, and it is still one more living example of the "things of beauty and joy for ever" that we shall fight for to endure and endure.
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