SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 105
THE DAir.Tr TAK HEEL
F reecfom Administration .
President Gordon Gray stood before the trustees of the
Consolidated University Friday, with his great dignity, and
cleared the air of any doubts as to the administration's feeling
on matters of freedom to teach and learn. .
Comptroller W. D. Carmichael stood before the trustees
with his great tact, and defended the operation of the student
supply stores, giving facts and figures to back up his state
ments. As a result, the meeting which was in some quarters ex
pected to be a tragic farce, or a comic tragedy, ended with
good will and clear understanding in almost all areas of the
University.
Through the media of the state press, the ultimate authority
of the university the people of this state have also been
informed as to the facts, and made to realize that their state
university remains free.
The sad or if you choose, the tragi-eomic aspect of the
affair is that the clearing of the air came so late. Tact and
dignity are much needed. But they are not enough. The ad
ministrative outspokeness shown Friday was the element
which really saved the day. "Trustee intemperateness, alum
ni intorelance, student error, faculty indiscretion, and stu
dent failure" combined with administration silence to produce
the day.
Had facts on the State College store been produced when
the student request was still a polite and temperate one, Fri
day's "hassle" would have been avoided. Had members of the
administration stated plainly to the public their opposition
to efforts at intimiation when they occurred, the loud screams
from the student press and low wails from the faculties might
never have been heard, and Gordon Gray need never have
apologized to John Clark.
If the administration will make the facts known when they
are. asked for, and make it's stand clear on issues of the mom
ent (at the moment) with all tact and great dignity, it will
surely come into its rightful place as the true element of
leadership in the University.
Letters to the Editor
Mr. John Clark
Board of Trustees .
University of North Carolina
My Dear Mr. Clark:
Here at Chapel Hill we have
two debating societies, of which
the Dialectic Society is one: The
second is known as the Philan
thropic Society, and itis of this
latter that I was a member.
During the segregation contro
versy of last fall we also passed
a resolution condemning the in
defensible' practice of discrim
ination on the basis of "race.,
creed, sex, or other irrelevant
considerations. I wish to as
sure you that this resolution was
, .not voted or passed on on the
quality of debate but was passed
as an expression of our beliefs
on this matter. The idea that
such resolutions do not express
. our beliefs is repugnant to us.
The Daily Tar Heel
The official student newspaper of the
Publications of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is
published daily at the Colonial Press.
Inc., except Monday, examination and
vacation periods and during the offi
cial summer terms. Entered as second
class matter at the Post Office of
Chapel Hill, N. C, under the act of
March S, 1879. Subscription rates:
mailed $4.00 per year, $1.50 per quarter;
delivered $6.00 per year and $2.25 per
quarter.
The Philanthropic Society is
traditionally conservative but we
realize that it is not a spirit of
conservatism which moves those
who support segregation but a
fear that they will be displaced
downward on the social or econ
omical scale if they are forced
to compete with all other men on
an equal basis. Here lies the root
of Nazism and other fascisms.
I am certain that you believe
that you are in the right and are
sincere in this: however, I must
regret that you should yet fall
into such folly.
Let me add that this is not
an official communication from
the Philanthropic Society. If you
desire that, I am sure that you
may obtain a copy of the resolu
tion I mentioned from the so
ciety. Tommy Sumner
Reviews and Previews
Winterset
The Carolina Playmakers pro
duction of Winlersei. which will
continue through Sunday night,
successfully conveys Maxwell
Anderson's conception of the
tragedy. Though one may not
concur with some of his ideas,
the play is methodically con
trived and projected.
Anderson's theory about a crit
ical tragic situation seems plaus
ible: "the mainspring in t the
mechanism of a modern play is
almost invariably a discovery by
the hero of some element in his
environment or in his own soul
of which he has not been aware."
Mio discovers love and rejects
revenge. His choice clearly de
termines the catastrophe be
cause, though love triumphs, the
antagonism aroused by his de
sire for vengeance causes the
lovers' deaths. Miriamne dies for
approximately the same reason
that Juliet does: the hero dead,
the heroine will "have power
to die."
. me necessity ox verse as a
vehicle for tragedy is not dem
onstrated by Winiersei. Many of
the lines are obviously difficult
for the actors, and some are im
possible. Anderson's metaphors
are curiously infelicitious: "He's
crazy as a bedbug and telling
the world." "I've groped long
enough through this everglades
of old revenges here the road
ends . . . the iron I wore so long
its eaten through." This man
acled groper along a road
through a swamp shortly an
nounces that he sought "light in
darkness, running from the
dawn, and stumbled on a morn
ing." - - - -t
The play begins "slowly; the
prolonged social comment in the
exposition is, perhaps not as in
teresting as it once was. ,Mio
and Miriamne, played with per
ception by Frank Groseclose and
Virginia Michelak, are sympa
thetic and attractive. Mio is
somewhat precocious for seven
teen, but tragedy has many ado
lescent protagonists.
Kai Jurgensen gives Garth a
hopeless ( quiet restraint which
clearly shows his similarity to
his father. Elmer Oettinger as
Esdras has dignity, humanity
and ineffectual goodness. Judge
Gaunt's role is unrewarding in
Act I, but John Miller makes
his degeneration and senile con
fusion frightening. Tommy Rez
zuto as Carr, Cyril Lang as
Trock, and George. Spence as
Shadow act with conviction and
often, with skill. Grotesque pos
turing disfigures some of the
minor roles.
The exterior set is appropriate
ly gloomy, but leaves little room
for the actors. The frequent ref
erences to the rain "which
freezes as it falls" are ignored
by the lighting, and the actors
remain wholesomely dry to the
end.
William M. Peterson
Austrian Troupe
Before a small, but responsive
audience, members of the third
Austrian Goodwill Tour last Fri
day night brought to Memorial
Hall the atmosphere and folk
dances of their native country.
From the moment Miss Sus
anne Polsterer stepped to the
footlights to win the audience
with her charm, poise and sense
of humor, the evening belonged
to the Austrians. Melodious folk
songs, humorous and intricate
dances, rhythmic "plaUling," vo
cal and instrumental solos fol
lowed one another, held together
by the tenuous thread of a sim
ple love story: the way of a.
maid after a man. The imagin
ary setting moved, from the
countryside to Vienna, through
the four seasons of the year. The
harvest-time pole dance, in
which the dancers wove a pat
tern with the red and white rib
bons, and the "Dreisteyrer," a.a
alpine figure and courting dance
for a man and two women (a
kind of "London Bridge" gone
mad) ' were particularly -attractive..
If among many excellences one
may be singled out, the lovely
singing of Margarethe von Jae
ger deserves special mention. De
spite -a hampering' cough, eh
maintained an consistent purity
of tone and won warm and mer
ited applause.
William K. Hv&fceft
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