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Doffing his hai to the crowds ,
Senor Romulo Gallegos enters his car in Caracas as an honor
guard of soldiers present arms. Delegates from thirty nations
witnessed the inaugaration of the new Chief of State.
(International Soundphoto)
Rolnik Handles 60 Speaking Roles
In Unusual Radio Show Production
By Raney Stanford
Radio students working in the
Communication Center in Swain
hall last Wednesday evening un
veiled the University's successor
to the old "one-man-band", in
the person of Robert Rolnik, ra
dio student hailing from New
York City.
For Rolnik, since Wednesday's
University radio drama, number
19 in a series of "33 By Air",
finds that he is a one man radio
show. In a half hour dramatiza
tion going out, over five North
Carolina radio stations, of James
Thurber's sardonic short .story;
"The Greatest Man in the World",
the remarkable Robert acted
and dramatized the parts of J0
different characters.
The program, student directed
arid "produced, was expanded for
radio by Rolnik from Thurber's
tale of a tough little punk who,
Music, Motorcycle, Flying.
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By -Z. ryan" Haislip
Riding a niotyiicyile .to .Wash-
ington, D. C, and back over a
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sonata to add to his collection
Dr. William S. Newman, member
nf the university's music faculty,
easily lakes cither in .stride.
Catching him at an idle-mo-,
ment is next to impossible. A
man of unlimited energy and in
terests, he is at once an accom
plished musician, a writer, a stu-"
dent of music history, a collector
of rare musical works, and a pop- t
ular and witty teacher.
At the present time, whenev-
tr he can snatch a half-hour be- J
twecn classes in music apprccia- i
tion, lessons with advanced pi
ano students, and majors in graa
uatc music history and theory,
Dr. Newman can be found in his
Hill hall studio, practicing for
his recital here on March 4.
New Music
"It tal s from six to ten weeks
t work up a recital," he ex
plained, interrupting his practice
for a short talk. "The amount
of time depends on how much"
of the music is new." New music,
by the way, is one of his chief
interests. He has given the first
performances in many cities of
piano sonatas by Hindesmith,
iiTs. His coming recital will fea-
ure a sonata by Ernest Bloch:
gave the first American per
ormance of this sonata in New
l'ork in 1940.
A rapid, efficient worker, Dr.
the new President of Venezuela.
by flying solo around the world,
finds himself on as shiny a pedes
tal as Lindbergh in the eyes of
the people, even though in re
ality he is the kind of person
who would j ust as soon kick his
mother's teeth in as look at her.
The show was originally sched
uled to include a cast of 20 ra-
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an hour before air time, the stu
dent producers realized the show
lacked that unidentifiable some
thing that show people speak of
when they say a performance
"clicked". - " v." . ' " : :
So the spur of the moment de
cision was made to revert , the
tale back to one viewpoint and
let the author take all the speak
ing parts., At .3 o'clock then, 20
people moved back from the mU
crophonc and Rolnik, .with .only
(See ROLNIK) page 4) .
In A Hurry
, Newman has "a reputation for be-.
in-
lable.. to get- - enormouaihis-playing-comes out in gestures
amount of -.vork done in a short
time At the end of the fall
Dr. Newman
quarter, he gave an examination
to 125 music appreciation stu
dents. After marking their papers
and preparing the grades, j he
climbed into his new Plymouth
and drove to Boston, making the
trip in a' little more than four
teen hours. Last fall, ! he ; spent
many weekends doing, research
in Washington. While the weather
was
still! good, he otten; maoe
tho trio, there
and - back, -by
motorcycle.
When he is not seated at . the
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Wallace Club Hears
Conference Report
The Wallace for President club
heard reports Friday night from
three delegates attending the an-ti-UMT
conference held in Wash
ington last week by the National
Youth Assembly.
Reporting on the . conference,
which was attended by more than
2,000 delegates from universities
and labor and political organiza-
tions, members Jerry Hodgson,
- Vera Scales, and John Myers told
the local Progressive party that
General ' Herbert ' Holdridge and
Paul ' Robeson spoke against pro-
J'Uat.-U Ulixvt'iscil lumiaiji
,tion 'at.-Hhe'- Wys'hington meeting.
Jerry- Hodgson reported that a
Tiiass iiK'eting was . held on the
j: Piinitat : 'sfns in ( Wnshintrton and
that Conressmcn questioned by
delegates reacted "favorably to
, me -principles or me .. aim-urn
Joe Martin stated that the bill
would probably be defeated and
V,.,t Drncilniii Tfumrin rnicrM
drop the issue. i speak here tonight at 8 o'clock
Local Wallacites 'also reported in the Roland Parker lounge on
that the Washington conference the Palestine question.
Political Parties Begin Campaign Plans
As Candidates Start Soliciting Votes
It's impossible to get across, the Y court these days with
out seeing little groups of people in a huddle planning po
litical strategy.
With the three party tickets beginning to fill out, the can
didates taking their stand on
friends beginning to "solicit
approaches a spring election.
Heading, the. tickets of J.he Uni-
versity and Campus parties will
be Jess Dedmond, chairman of
the legislature elections commit
tee, president of Phi Eta Sigma,
freshman scholastic honorary
fraternity, and the chairman of
the University Orientation com
mittee. Mike Ittibish, a member of the
legislature and the Monogram
club, who has played varsity
football for three years,, will op
pose Dedmond as the SP nomi
nee. His running mate will be
the former regional chairman
and executive committeeman of
the National Student association
Herman Baker, who the Stud
ent party has nominated for the
student body vice-presidency.
The University party has nom-
Are Among His Numerous Hobbies
piano, the energy that goes into
and conversation. Pacing about
the studio, he talks of his work
jn music historyrout of which his
collection of about 3,000 key
board sonatas the most com
prehensive private collection in
the .world has "grown.-
"When the miscellany collected
in the process of applied musical
study gets so out of hand that
I the owner purchases the same
j item more than twice, there us-
ually comes a decision to or
Iganize the material. Then, if the
i owner is not on his guard, he is
i bitten by the collectors bug. He
dignifies his status by calling
himself a 'collector" and his new
ly shelved music a 'library'."
That is no disparagement of
his library, of which he is justly
' proud. His collection of key
! board sonatas is outranked only
by the Library of Congress col
lection, which holds a slight
edge in number, though none in
comprehensiveness. He also has
a supporting library of important
landmarks in ; music history.
These include both music and
books. '
"I picked up a good many of
the sonatas while 1 was -studying
in London, Paris, and Flor
ence. My first aim has been to
get at least one representative
work by as many different com
posers as possible rather than to
exhaust each minor composer as
I come to him," Dr. Newman ex
plains. Highlights of the collec-
FBI
agents and Capital police.
Recordings of film actress
Katherine Hepburn's speech,
condemning practices . of the
House un-American Activities
committee, that was delivered at
a Wallace meeting in Los Ange
les last May was also featured at
the meeting Friday night.
Members of the "New" party
will canvass North Carolina col
leges this week-end to contact
students interested in attending
the Tarheel Students for Wallace
assembly scheduled for Febru
ary 2Cth and 20th in Chapel Hill.
A meeting of college representa
tives of the Wallace movement
will be held at North Carolina
vinf.k.tn draw un ten-
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tion.
It was announced that Rabbi
1 Jamos W'ise of NeW York will
the issues, and the candidate's
your vote", the campus again
jnated UVA prexy John , Clam-
pitt, an ex-chairman of the Ori
entation committee and Univer
sity dance committee to oppose
Baker.
For the secretary-treasurer's
post, the hats of Bob Kirby of
Charlotte and Gran Childress of
Chapel Hill have been tossed in
the ring by the University and
Student party respectively. As
yet, the Campus party has not
announced any nominations for
the positions of vice-president
and secretary-treasurer.
Next year's editor of the Daily
Tar Heel will be chosen from Ed
Joyner, the triply endorsed man
aging editor of the DTH, inder
pendent Art Melton, or a pos
sible additional candidate. Oth
(See POLITICS, page 4)
tion are rarities such as the set
of six two-movement sonatas by
the Spaniard Blasco dc Nebra:
Czerny, Wagnor, Burney, and
Padcrewski composers not us
ually associated with sonata writ
ing are also represented.
Book Published
Also in conjunction with his
work on the "History of the
Sonata Idea," which he has been
shaping into book form for the
past twelve years, Dr. Newman
has had numerous articles pub
lished and has given many
lecture-recitals. His latest book,
a critical edition of "Thirteen
Keyboard Sonatas of the Eigh
teenth and Nineteenth Centur
ies," has just been published by
the University Press.
"For the lecture recitals, I talk
about one-third of the time and
then illustrate the lecture by
playing appropriate music," he
says. "They are usually on some
aspect of the sonata form either
history or theory." Julliard School
of Music, one of the top music
schools in the country, has in
vited him to give a series . of
six lecture-recitals this summer.
These will touch on highlights in
the history of the keyboard
sonata.
i was cerefully watched by
On May 2nd, he returns to his ;Wise is also the co-author of the
hometown. Cleveland, to play ! famous Springfield Plan for
with the Cleveland philharmonic, working unity among various re
conducted by Karl Grossman. "It i ligions. He is the director of the
will be a sort of homecoming," j Stuyvesant House in New York
he says, "I haven't played there 'and has written several books
in almost two years." dealing with Jewish world af-
(See NEWMAN, page 4) fairs.
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Margarel Kolb
Music Recital
Features Pianist
In Hill Tonight
Mrs. Margaret Kolb, piano so
loist, will be featured with the
University Symphony orchestra
under the direction of Earl Slo
cum in a concert in Hill hall at
8:30 tonight.
- Mrs. Kolb, instructor in the
music department, will do solo
work in Variations on a Nursery
Rhyme, by Donnanyi, highlight
of the concert. A Viennese Waltz,
a March, and a Fugue are used :n
a series of variations on the well
known "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little
Star."
A graduate of Salem College,
Mrs. Kolb received her M.A. from
Columbia university and studied
with. Olga -Damaross Stokowski
in Philadelphia. She gave a re
cital last spring which students
and townspeople will remember
was well received.
Mrs. Kolb is accompanist to the
Music Theater Repertory group
which gives chamber operas
throughout the state. In the past
she has been associated with the
Berkshire Music Center, Colum
bia Opera Workshop, Piedmont
Musical Festival, and the Ashe
vilie Mozart Festival.
; The program will include the
Brassy Prelude by Ganz, Bee
thoven's Leonore Overture No.
3, Schubert's Symphony No. 5,
Borodin's Provetsian Dances
from "Prince Igor".
China Cooperaror
To Speak Monday
The coperative movement in
community, state, and world is
the theme of a meeting this Mon
day night for all Chapel Hill co
operators. Speaking on the
worldwide aspect is Dr. Fuliang
Chang, Executive Secretary of
the Industrial Cooperative Leag
ue of China. His visit to Chapel
Hill and the state this week is
part of Dr. Chang's current
nine-month tour for observation
of U. S, cooperatives.
Other visitors are Mr D. R.
Graham of the Credit. Union di
vision of the State Department of
Agriculture and Mr. Samuel Ro
senberg of the University Eco
nomics Department. Sponsored by
the Methodist and Presbyterian
Supper Cooperatives, the meeting
is at 7:30 in the Presbyterian
Church. All members of the Vic
tory Village Cooperative Store,
the Orange County Credit Union,
and the Farmers Dairy Co-op are
especially invited, and the ses
sion is open to the public.
Rabbi To Discuss
Palestine Issue
Rabbi James Waterman Wise,
noted Jewish leader, will speak
on the Palestine situation at a
public meeting in Roland Parker
lounges 2 and 3 this evening at
8 o'clock.
Director of the Council Against
Intolerance in America, Rabbi
Week-End Retreat
To Be Discussed
By Y Delegates
By Betly i'eirson
Reports on the Y Retreat be
ing held at ' Natural Bridge this
weekend will be presented at the
Coed Get-Together tomorrow af
ternoon at five . o'clock in the
main lounge of Graham Memori
al. Representatives from the
commission groups will give the
reports at the meeting which
this time is open to everyone on
campus. .
The commissions are meeting
several times during the week
end to discuss the various prob
lems of the world today and what
the students at Carolina : can do
to help solve these problems. The
five commissions which include
student leaders and faculty ad
visors were set up in advance as
a general framework, "but con-
tributions from the floor will be
the most important factor in dis
cussions at the Retreat.
Group Discussions -
The group discussing the Pan
orama of Campus Social Life will
concentrate on the facilities for
recreation at the University and
ways to improve them. The lack
of social rooms in the dorms, the
athletic program, dances, and the
facilities at Graham Memorial
will be points mentioned. Emily
Ogburn will lead in the discus
sions which also include such
problems as where to go and
what to do on dates, the ratio of
boys to girls, and drinking.. Bill
Shuford, director of Graham Me
morial, is the advisor for the
group.
The commission on the Pano
rama of Campus Life, led by
Barbara Cashion, Bill Millers, and
Jess Dedmond, will discuss the
purposes of organization and po
litical offices. The program of the
?r?ip includes ' discussions on
now organizational set-up helps
students to prepare for citizen
ship and how to arouse interest
in campus, national, and world
wide political issues. The rseults
of lack of interest in leadership
as the problem applies to the
campus will also be a point of
interest for the group. Dr. Frank
W. Hanft, of the University law
faculty, will act as advisor.
Racial Tensions in World
Racial Tentions in Our World
is the topic for discussion by the
group led by Ethel Perry and
George Worth. Particular em
phasis will be laid on the ques
tion of what can be done to
improve the existing situation
and ease the tension throughout
the world today. Warren Ashby,
of the University philosophy de
partment, is group advisor.
Representatives from these
groups will be at the meeting to
morrow afternoon' to report, to
the students on the findings of
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Playmakers Present Original
Drama Soon As Major Feature
By Mark Sumner
"People laughed, that's the main
reason I became interested in
playwriting," says 27-year-old
Gene McLain, whose full length
play "Call Back Yesterday," will
be staged by the Carolina Play
makers as their fourth major pro
duction in March. He was speak
ing of the way his school mates
laughed at a comedy skit he wrote
as a class assignment in gram
mar school.
"It was a simple skit with only
five characters," he went on, "but
when it was put on as part of
our Saint Patrick's day show,
I the audience enjoyed it, and
watching it made me feel good.
Nothing went wrong, but it real
ly wouldn't have made any dif
ference to the skit."
McLain's original play has just
oeen selected for the production
as the annual student written
full-length experimental of the
Playmakers, and the announce
ment was made by Samuel Sel
dom head of the University Drama
Department.
Sandy-haired McLain is a grad
uate student in the Department
and his home is Mamaroneck,
Local Debafors Ciiosen
For Tulane ToiirsicimeEit
LSU Bans Mag
For Sex Issue
BATON ROUGE. La. There's
no "Pell Mell" for students at
Louisiana State University to
look forward lo. or "he and
she" jokes and cartoons show
ing lots of pretty girls. But
many a student is treasuring
a copy autographed by its chief
subject.
The subject of the last issue
was the subject of a lot of
talk that ended with Ihe ban
ning of "Pell Mell" by campus
authorities.
The students in charge de
voted the cover, and almost
the entire contents, to a New
Orleans striptease Artist named
'Stormy' otherwise Stacie Ran
dolph. Laurence. The pictures
and interview on the personal
and professional life of a strip
per raised a lot of eyebrows.
Then the student editors im
ported "Stormy" herself, to au
tograph copies of "Pell Mell"
5.000 of them that sold faster
than "Stormy" ever disrobed.
That was just too much for
LSU officials. They banned sale
of the humor magazine, rebuk
ed the staff, and hinted at ex
pulsion of Editor Pat Mclntyre,
Publisher Ray Brannon, and
Publicity Manager Robert
Carter. -
The good name of the uni
versity, said student life di
rector J. Perry Cole, was at
stake.
Wine, Women, and . . .
San Jose,- California-(UP)
A San Jose, California, man's
habit of trading bits of his house
for wine has cost him his wife
and what's left of the house.
Mrs. Carlos Bernal told a Su
perior Cour judge that it all
started last November when she
came home from the hospital.
The doorbell was gone. Her
husband explained that he had
sold it to buy wine. Then a win
dow vanished. Same story.
Five more windows went. Next
to disappear was the kitchen
stove, followed by the lighting;
fixtures. Finally, four strips of
plaster board vanished, one by
one, leaving huge holes in the
wall.
Yesterday, Judge Leonard Av
illa granted her an interlocutory
decree - of ' divorce, $75 a month
support, and what remains of
the. house.
N. Y. He served in the Army for
three years, entered the Univer
sity here in January 1946, and
has concentrated on playwrit-
Gene McLain. graduate stu
dent in the University of North
Carolina Department of Dra
matic Art, whose new original
full-length play, "Call Back
Yesterday," will be produced
by the Carolina Playmakers
March 10. 11, 12. 13.
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By John Slump
Four students have been se
.cctcd to represent the Un.vers.ty
.n-the competition for the Na
tional centennial forensic champ
ionships to be held at Tulane
university in Ntw Oilcans, La.
on Thursday, Fridr.y, and Satur
day of this week.
Carolina's representatives in
the debate classification will be
Charlie Long, Merl Stevens.
Dick Mottsman, and Herbert
Mitchell.
Topic for the competition, to
which .ill universities in North
and South America have been
invited to send speakers', is "Re
solved: That a world federal gov
ernment should be established."
Long and Miss Stevens will
support the affirmative side of
the question while the negative
is being argued by Mottsman and
Mitchell. These four people were
chosen after making what De
bate Council President Earl Fitz
gerald colled "an excellent show
ing against topflight competition"
in a series of preliminary try
outs. Tryout Called
To select representatives for
the university in the oratorical
and extemporaneous divisions of
the contest, the Debate council
has called a tryout session ot
be' held at 7 o'clock Monday
evening in the Di hall.
At that time two orators and
two extemporaneous speakers
will be chosen to accompany the
debaters to New Orleans. Those
trying out for the orator's po
sition will give prepared mem
orized, 1200 word-speeches on
any subject they desire. t
Persons trying out for the ex
temporaneous speaking aisign-
ments will be given a subject
30 seconds before they are to
speak and will be asked to give
a five minute talk on it.
New Orleans Requirements
The requirements in New Or
leans for the orators will be iden
tical with those here, but the
extemporaneous speakers will be
asked to speak for eight minutes
on a topic of national or domestic
interest which will be presented
to them 30 seconds before they
ascend the rostrum.
Contestants selected to make
the trip will be given plane tick
lets to and from New Orleans by
the Debate council. They are
expected to leave Raleigh-Durham
airport at 1 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon and will arrive
in the Delta city that evening.
International Entries
At last reports, teams from 14
(.Vec DEBATORS, page 4)
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"Call Bark Yesterday" is his
third full-length play, and he has
authored 10 one-act shows. Hia
original radio drama, "The World
Is My Domain," was aired over
several North Carolina radio sta
tions by the University Commun
ication Center. A second radio
drama, "A Penny For My Baby,"
will be produced on the air next
month.
He has acted in several of the
experimental productions of the
Playmakers, and has been act
ive in backstage work. He was a
member of the 'cast of Paul
Green's symphonic drama, "The
Lost Colony," during 1946.
"I have tried, since I started
working with the Playmakers,
to learn as much as I could be
fore worrying about productions
of my plays. ' 'Call Back Yester
day' is the first play I will have
had produced, and its the first
one I've tried to push," he said.
"Call Back Yesterday" will be
presented on March 10, 11, 12 and
13. Harry E. Davis, associate di
rector of the Playmakers, 'is di
recting the production, and James
Riley, West Palm Beach, Fla., is
designing the settings.