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Greensboro Daily News
Hold Line Against What?
"-There is a determination among legislative leaders at
llaleigh, we are repeatedly told, to hold the line in North
Carolina during the next biennium. By holding the line is
meant acceptance of the Advisory Budget Commission's rec
ommendations as, with tightly drawn expenditures and con
servatively estimated revenue, they affect to assure a
fiscally balanced budget.
But surely there are other considerations than dollars and
cents; than a cold hard dollar accounting in North Carolina.
There must be a budget of public services, needs, respon
sibilities and necessities. There must be a balance between
human considerations and financial considerations. There
must be a searching that looks not merely at the Treasury
till but at the hearts, souls and minds of the men and women,
the children, who constitute North Carolina in its ultimate
resources, faith, obligations and future. . -
It is this human balance, tnese social responsibilities and
these suppressed possibilities upon which we must' think as
we strive to chart our course for the days ahead, days which
by their very uncertainty give unprecedented challenge to
utilize, protect and conserve our opportunities as never before.
tAs our leaders insist we hold the line may we engage in
earnest, even prayerful, consideration of what actually con
stitutes the line which we are admonished to hold, or, to put
it another way, what it is this line, formed dollar-to-dollar,
is concerned with holding.
Is it against North Carolina's contractual commitment to
its employees, nbt the highly placed appointees but the masses
of employees who do the work and keep the affairs and
duties of government going, that we would hold the line in
a weakened retirement system and the abandonment of
merit system increments?
Is it the medical care program in North Carolina
against which t we would hold the line with our draft
rejections for physical defects still shockingly high, with
hospitals or health centers still unconstructed in certain
counties and the areas which need them worse, and with
discontinuation of loans to medical- students who have
already entered upon their education and who are being
counted upon to provide medical service in rural North
Carolina?
Would we hold the line against our public school system,
in whose product rest our whole faith and hope for the
future, by an actual reduction in teachers' pay, and increase
in the still-too-heavy teacher load, by a backward step, after
steady and hard-earned progress throughout the years, at a
moment when demands are heavier than ever, and the war
situation assures an increase rather than a lightening of those
demands?
Or. perhaps it is the State's mentally.. ill against whom we
would hold the line.- What is the alternate conclusion when
incomplete building. ' progiiris r.t mental institutions are put
in jeopardy; when requests for 200 doctors, nurses, and psy
chiatrists, necessary if a proper program of therapy is to be
inaugurated, are whittled down to a total of two for. each
year, of the biennium; when appropriations for fuel, food,
drugs, and other vital supplies are reduced so that the per
capita expenditure is smaller than ever; when recreation,
which is a major element in the therapy of the mentally ill, is
cut down to an appropriation that has to be examined with a
microscope?
Or is it that the line must be held against a psychiatric
unit at the University of North Carolina Medical School's
training hospital where psychiatrists would be provided
to fill the roles in which they are so vitally needed, or a
tubercular hospital which might similarly serve another
segment of the state's citizenry who otherwise will be
left to waste away?
,.. Yes, we must hold the line in the 1951 Assembly, a line
against which press inadequate educational facilities, ignor
ance, the physically and mentally ill, the contractual obliga
tions, the social responsibilities and the human equations
which obtam in North Carolina. These are the forces which
boat against the budget, against whom the dollars must
stand and the tax lines hold impregnably.
No prophet is the Daily News; out, rather, a firm believer
in the conscience of North Carolina. In its dedication to the
right, the just and the humane, we foresee, before the Legis
lature is over, the irresistible manifestation of the spirit and
u ui i akihrough at those points where the line's callousness
n : tu .uiu v-eiitmnation are most vulnerable.
Holding the line FOR is just as important in North Caro
lina as holding the line AGAINST. And as for the ultimate
saving, there is no comparison.
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.. chuck hauser
... don mavnard
... zane robbins
ed williams
Neil C'adieu. Ad. Mar.
Oliver Watkins, Office Mgr.
Shasta Bryant. Cfrc. Mor.
Tom McCall. Subs. Mar.
on the Carolina
FRONT
by Chuck Hauser
I'm not much of a shoes and
shipi ind sealing "wax type of
columnist, but every now and
then you gel hold of a variety
of subjects which seem to fall
into the same day's writing dot,
even though there's not much
connection between them.
So today let's tackle peanut
butter soup, the time the Dance
Committee summoned the Phi
Assembly before it, and amusi
cal comedy that could have been
shorter.
If you" haven't been down to
the Monogram Club recently,
it's about time you gave the
place a whirl. I ate dinner there
one Sunday evening a week or
so ago, and was pleasantly sur
prised to find, along with the
good food on the table, extreme
ly fair prices on the menu.
For your information, dinners
during the week are always un
der $1, with the average price
running around 85 cents. On
Sunday night, the . Club serves
a better menu, and charges
slightly more for it, but the
average price for a Sunday din
ner runs only about $1.10 or
$1.15.
The fare I had on my last
visit was highlighted by an ex
cellent rabbit stew cooked in
white wine. It would have de
lighted the hart and taste buds
of a gourmet, which", is a 50-
cent". word meaning a man who
likes good food. -
But the startler of the. evening
was the appetizer, which is ad
vertised under the name of
"cream of peanut soup." Into it
go, among other things, peanuts,
cream, and peanut butter. Don't
miss it.
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Last Monday night the Dance
Committee had an unusual sit
uation on its hands as it called
the vPhi Assembly on the carpet
to find out whether the Phi had
held a dance with live music.
Here's how the hearing went,
in the words of a Phi represent
ative present at the session:
The Committee read some
' thing ; in The Daily Tar Heel
giving them the general impres
sion (hat the phi had had a
danc o .some sort with live
music. They ca lied us up and
vanted to know what the situ
ation xvas . . .
We told them we'd given a
barbecue dh.ner during which
there was a record player play
ing. After we got through eat
ing, some of the members and
guests had brought instruments
of various sorts, including a
banjo, a couple of guitars and a
violin. We sat around and had
an "old mountain dew" type
' of singing session fnd listened
to the music.
The Dance Committee seemed
satisfied that there was no
dance. And they didn't seem to
ttiink they had jurisdiction over
it even though it was r concert
with live music.
.
It seems to mc , the Dance
Committee is biting off an aw
ful big hunk these days. From
the report of the above meeting,
it seems that if any dancing went
on up in the Phi Hall that night,
then the Dance Committee
would have jurisdiction over the
thing.
But in the matter of German
Club conceits with name bands,
the Dance Committee has al
ready assumed jurisdiction. So
why not smaller concerts?
Which reminds me of a sim
ilar circumstance which went on
at a certain fraternity house
not so long ago. Several of the
members had instruments (ac
cordian, trumpet, . piano, etc.)
and while they were having'' a
homey little jam session, an
other member and his date were
actually dancing in the same
room. ;
And that bringf. us down to
the musical comedy which could
have been shorter. It is, of
course, "Of Thee I Sing," pre
sented by the Playmakers last
weekend.
The show was grand, the di
recting very good, the cast top
flight, the stage settings excel
lent, the chorus Work typical
Hank Beebe (which is, as you
should know, top quality), and
in case I've left anything out,
I'll say the whole show was a
winner, except for one thing.
Thai one thing could be the
choreography, but it's not. It
was the length of the show. The
reason I mentioned the choreo
graphy is this: That was the
most expendable part of an all
around swell production. And
those seats are, still darned hard.
"It's
The SeCOnd AAaiV
The University Theatre's presentation tf S. N.
Belirman's comedy, The Second ' Man , again
brings theatrc-in-the-round to attention. A com
mercial success already in Dallas and New York,
and utilized in some academic theatres, arena
staging proves its adaptability to experimental
production. It is valuable particularly in the
United States, ; where plays have lor-g been un
imaginatively confined behind the act curtain
and the peep-show proscenium. Some audiences
and critics still regard theatre-in-the-round as
revolutionary, but. it is actually as old as drama
itself, as anyone . familiar with the Greek and
medieval stages immediately recognizes.
The main advantage of such production is the
intimacy which it affords between actors and
audience. This intimacy, completely eliminating
the conventional and comparatively modern sep
aration of the actors from the audience, is at first
startling, but the audience in Graham Memorial
profited. Subtlety and delicacy of interpretation
are made possible, and both were evident in
The Second Man.
S. N. Bchrman's script, whilcja musing enter
tainment, is not of the quality of such of his
later plays as End of Summer. The extensive
pantomime was probably firje for Lunt and
Fontanne in 1927, but some of i now suspiciously
resembles padding. Sophisticated is a word that
should perhaps be left to Noel Cowerd; The
CPU Roundtable
Sunday night at 8 p.m. in the Grail Room of
Graham Memorial, the CPU will discuss the
question of a state-wide ABC referendum. Vis
itors are welcome and urged to participate in
the discussion. Dr. I. G. Greer will be the guest
of the evening. Dr. Greer is executive vice-president
of the Business Foundation of North Caro
lina. The question of a state-wide ABC referendum
has been before the General Assembly for several
sessions. Governor Scott recommended to the
1949 Assembly that a referendum bill be passed.
No action was taken by the Assembly, however.
The Governor made the same recommendation
to the present General Assembly. There is much
feeling throughout the state about the matter of
a referendum.
Opponents of a referendum are usually op
posed to the idea because they have a fear that
the state might go dry. They therefore bring the
ABC question into the referendum question.
This is just a way of beating around the bush.
The question of a referendum is . solely one of
Nice If You're Dressed
For It"
M -y -
bY William Peterson
Second Man is witty, adult, and intelligent. The
actors and director found it so, and' communi
cated their enthusiasm to the audience.
The cutting and the elimination of one act
division were correctly calculated to give tempo,
but the timing throughout was somewhat slow.
A sharper sense of pacing and climax in individ
ual scenes would have been grateful. Perhaps
the actors were too conscious of their backs, for
they evinced a tendency to continual movement,
particularly in Act I, scene 1. They were, how
ever, always audible, and always more visible
than a conventional stage permits.
Herman Coble, in the difficult role of Clark
Storey, was consistent in character, but perhaps
heavy in its projection, obviously a major prob
lem in this kind of theatre. Because the audience
is closer and sees more, the acting must be less
theatrical and more realistic. Brooke Robertson
as Monica Grey exhibited effective and well
calculated underplaying, almost perfectly suited
to the size of the production. J. B Cochran was
convincing vocally and usually in movement. Pat
Morse did not sufficiently project her character
ization. ' ...-'".
. Certainly the University Theatre has suc
ceeded in its first production. The director, Wray
Thompson, deserves much credit, for his interp
retation was conceived as an Imaginative unit.
The actors presented it, for the most part, with
conviction.
by Robert Pace
democracy. The people are sovereign and have
the right to express themselves on any question
that concerns them. .
The ABC question can only be decided by a
referendum and it should be a state-wide vote
because it is a problem that concerns the entire
state. Public opinion demands a referendum as
is shown by the facts: (1) Numerous organiza
tions have passed resolutions favoring a state
wide referendum; (2) numerous ''Letters to the
Editor" favor a referendum and (3) the Govern
or and members of the Legislature receive re
quests that a referendum be placed before the
people.
There is no valid reason, in my opinion,
against a state-wide referend um. The ABC ques
tion does not enter into the argument as that
would be decided by the referendum itself. There
are reasons both for and against ABC stores. They
should not enter into the question of the refer
endum, however. Both sides should realize this
and then there would be only one side those
favoring a referendum state-wide," that is.
On I he Soap Box
by Bob Selig
An angel came and stood at my bedpost the other m-ht. i.
tapped me gently on the shoulder and I awoke. He was not ar
ordinary angel. Apparently he had been some kind of prof. ,
or schoolteacher in the other life, for he was smeared from 1(i
to foot with smudges of chalk. Professors always arc. lie .
pair of neat, steel rimmed glasses and looked very scholarly.
was a briefcase tucked under one of his wings, and in his vi-.;,,
hand he carried a pointer. He dropped it several times.
The angel cleared his throat and there was a brief rumb',; (j,
thunder in the background.
"The lecture for today is war!" Muted trumpets in the b,K!.;.
ground.
Apparently he had been a social science teacher.
He folded his hands in front of him and began to .speak.
"Let us suppose that there is a God. Even if you do not hi lirV
in God, you must at least recognize Him as a concept."
The angel turned and looked straight at me.
"What is God? One who has all knowledge and all power. Aivi
what is man?. One who is less than God and therefore has ir
than all knowledge and all power."
He fluttered his wings and rose until he hovered light ;il,w
my bed.
"Thus, we conclude that any idea conceived by a God wouM
be all truth and that any idea conceived by a man would Ik- or,,
nart. truth."
sr
He alighted on the ground
Rnarks flew from his hands.
"There has never been any
race who has ever uttered a truth."
He. paused to let this sink in.
"Caesar spoke a half truth and asked a million pr-opl
they die for it. Napoleon spoke a half truth and a-ktcl a
of French to give up life for it. And Hitler spoke a lie aod
a race of fifty million to die for it."
The angel shook his head slowly b;ick and forth. Hi
changed, became deeper and graver with a kind of pity in i
"No' man has the right to lead a people to war. There
idea of man that is worth the suffering and dying. And when
leader asks his people to fight, they should rise up and pull him
down from the governing seat.
"This is a lesson you all must learn, or the Lord God help you,
the Lord God help you."
The angel vanished in a puff of smoke, and left a silvery
column of light where he had stood. There was a military blast, of
trumpets in the distance.
Flying
In. Washington during the last war, two reporters were discuss
ing the causes and effects of rumors. They thought it would In
interesting to see how long it would take for a manufactured rumor
to get back to them.
They made up the story that the Japanese Emperor was flying
to Washington to sign a peace treaty, and "planted" it with a
friend. Six hours later a girl reporter working for another paper
called them and told them the same story. It was changed quite a
.bit but was still recognizable. Her husband had called her from
San Diego, California, to give her the news.
There are several types of rumors, and with the international
situation being as it is, it is to be expected that rumors will increase
as time passes. If you believe everything you hear, and pass it
along, you not only damage your own morale, but also that of
your friends and your country.
"Hate rumors" arise from the widespread fear that the thin;:
rumored may be true.
"Hope rumors" we believe because they tell something we
want to believe is true.
"Hate rumors"... are the most vicious of all they grow on
groundless prejudices and hate. They drive wedges between peo
ples of a country when solidarity is most needed.
The biggest reason why most people spread rumors is the
big-shot feeling people get from apparently being in the know.
The way to fight rumors and keep from being sucked in by
their foolishnes is to get the facts, be skeptical, find out the source
of the rumor and laugh it off. If it concerns you, and you are
worried about the contents of a rumor, ask the officials concerned
if it. is true. Remember that the fellow who passes along a h,t
rumor is passing it along because it makes him feel important, he s
afraid, he's wishing, or he hates somebody or some group.
Don't be a sucker!! Get the facts.
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