PAGE TWO
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1953
Thar's Gold In Them Hills
Johann Strauss: The Man
Princess
Secrets & Honor
Carolina's dorm residents exercised one
political privilege this week when they voted
for new officers, but they had another right
taken from them: The right of secret ballot.
The voters found they were required to
sign their room numbers on- the bottom of
the ballot. In other words, a voter's signature
was demanded.
Those who conducted the elections did
this, they say, as a protection against ballot
box stuffing, something which has happened
before. It seems to us, however, the vote of
ficials have added to the first sin rather, than
corrected it. It cannot be assumed students
will vote dishonestly. If so, what good is the
honor system?
The Daily Tar Heel believes it would be
wiser to maintain a registrar to check names
off as residents vote.
Practical, efficient and downright constitutional.
Oyez! Oyez!
Bee alle able bodied citizens of thise faire
village informed that a bonde election wille
bee helde todaye, state-wide, fore the purpose
of the upbuilding and the strengtheninge of
our mental houses, and fore the most worthie
purpose of our public schooles. .
Knowe ye, moreover, that direst conse
quences poore schools and helplesse citizens
lie in waite fore those who refuse to vote
fore these bondes.
Bridge By Beshara
John Beshara-
North-South vulnerable;
NORTH
S 8
H 10 7 4
D K Q 9 8 7 J
C Q 8 6
EAST
5 4 2 S li 6 3
K 9 6 2
D A 10 2
C K 9 5 2
South deals.
WEST
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EAST
pass
3 no trump pass
The bidding:
SOUTH WEST
1 club pass
2 no trump pass
pass pass
pass
Opening lead: Five of spades.
Playing a no trump contract requires greater
skill than does most suits. It is a Contest of timing:
whether the opponents can get the setting trick
before the contract is made. Today's declarer en
countered two shrewdies.
South's opening club bid is called a "convenient
club.'' His holding of 19 points is too strong for
one no trump (16-18 points). Whe he rebids two
no trump, North adds his seven points to partner's
announced strength of 19 or 20; a combined total
of at least 26 points, which usually produces game.
East covered the opening lead with the ten and
declarer's jack won. Declarer played the jack of
diamonds which held and continued with another
diamond, dummy's kipg also held.
East's "holl-up" on the ace of diamonds is a fine
play. Declarer has no other entry to dummy except
diamonds, since East is holding the club king over
dummy's queen, and is thus prevented from "setting-up"
diamonds.
Realizing the futility in continuing diamonds, de
clarer shifts to dummy's heart ten, losing the finesse.
West's nine of spades is a brilliant return. If he
plays the ace and another spade, East will not have
a spade to return. Declarer is forced to win with
the quee and pauses to deliberate his next play.
He already has four tricks and three good hearts
and the ace of clubs in his hand. His only chance
to make the contract Is to steal a club trick hoping
the opponents won't play the king for fear of creat
ing an entry to the board.
With that reasoning, he iplayed the jack of clubs
and East, too, called time to think. He had seven
points, there were seven in dummy and his partner
played there. Declarer is known to have 19 or 20."
Therefore, his partner must be holding three or
four points, either the king or ace of spades.
If declarer has both black aces, he can readily
take nine tricks. So, the only hope of setting the
contract is to play the king of clubs," the ace of
diamonds and a spade to his partner. This he did
and West ran four spade tricks, defeating the con
tract three tricks.
On A Spree
John Taylor
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PECK
On the last stroke of twelve a
runaway schoolgirl named "Smit
tie" returns to being Princess
Anne, heir - apparent to the
throne of an unnamed kingdom.
And will she live happily ever
after?
No, she will not. That' is obvi
ous with one look at the pained,
but always regal,, face of Audrey
Hepburn, who plays the princess
in "Roman Holiday," which be
gins a run at the midnight show
tonight at the Carolina.
So what's so bad about being
a member of royalty? Well, as
the picture graphically and hu
morously shows, it entails an end
less succession of speeches, inter
views, reception lin-
1 ps. narades. and rig
id royal protocol on
all occasions and
UJU the normal everyday
things that a pretty
girl likes to do. Con
sequently, during an
official visit to
Rome, Ann throws a
very un-regal fit of hysterics and
is given a sedative.
But before the sedative takes
effect, she decides that enough
is enough and takes off on her
own unofficial tour of Rome. The
sedative begins to take effect and
she is found dead to the world on
a bench in the Form by Greg
ory Peck, a newspaperman. Not
knowing who she is and knowing
less what to do with her, he tak
es her to his appartment. The
next day, now aware of the reyal
personnage in his midst and de
termined to capitalize on the lady,
Pack, accompanied by a photo
grapher (Eddie Albert), takes the
princess, who w posing as a
schoolgirl on a whingding of a
spree through the city.
Then begins the most delight
ful series of escapades that has
reached the screen in a long time,
climaxing in a wild brawl on the
banks of the Tiber. By this time,
of course, the princess and the
commoner are in love, but realiz
ing that her duty is to her people,
she returns to her lonely throne.
Many people are going to be
disappointed that an act of Parli
ament or of God does not reunite
the pair for a traditional happy
ending, but that would have been
completely out of keeping with
the rest of this literature, bitter
sweet comedy.
Everything, with the possible
exception of the music, which oc
casionally gets out of hand, is
sheer perfection. Miss Hepburn,
who is making her American
screen debut in the film, is des
tined to be a star of the first
magnitude. She exhibits a great
range of emotions from embar
rassment at being discovered in a
man's apartment through unin
hibited glee at cracking an agent
over the head with a guitar to in
nocent bliss at her first kiss and
plays them all with perfect tim
ing and an infectious sense of hu-mor.-
Peck, Albert, and an assort
ment of Italian amateurs add a
great deal of fun to the pro
ceedings. Director William Wyler,
in an abrupt switch from serious
drama, demonstrates that he is a
master of humour. And the tra
velogue of Rome is worth the
price of admission in itself.
For a comedy with a slight pull
at the heartstrings in it, "Roman
Holiday" is to be heartily recommended.
Bond Vote Not Card Stunt
McClellan
Up until last Saturday, we had
always kept a soft spot in our
hearts for those hard-working
and talented students whose
efforts and abilities result in
the performance of the card
stunts during half-time intermis
sion at football games.
We had often remarked that
we jst didn't see how they did
Your Schools,
Your Health,
Your Vote . . .
TODAY
it and that those who figured out
the stunts must be very bright
young folks indeed.
But our illusions as to the gen
ius of that group and its presum
ably brilliant leaders were some
what shattered during the half of
the recent State College slaughter
when there appeared before our
eyes an over-sized edition of an
invective to which we can attach
no other label than "political
poster".
We are speaking, of course, of
s the card stunt which urged us to
"Vote bonds on October 3". In
our opinion, the decision to in
clude this bit of propaganda
among , the smears,; jibes and
gloats over apparent victory con
stitutes an indiscretion and an
oversight on the part of the lead
ers of the Card Board.
We are not here concerned
with the relative merit of the
bond issue, but will go on record
as being in favor of it. Our re
sentment, then, is not to be con
strued as stemming from opposi-
Get Hep, House
Jenks Robertson
"Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast." Congreve.
After a virtual student riot was turned into a healthy pep rally
last week by a smiling Negro trumpet player, we would like to suggest
to Chancellor House that he take lessdns from this modern-day Pied
Piper. ' -
If the riot were known to be the last, the lessons might not be
necessary, but undoubtedly Spring will bring the cry, "panty raid!" and
chaos will again be reigning in the midnight air.
Instead of pouring verbal gasoline on the panty raiders' inner fires
with such remarks as, "I didn't kmow there were so many damn fools
in the University," Chancellor House might try a little psychology,
whip out his trusty harmonica, and lead the rioters in a chorus or two
of "Goodnight, Ladies."
. So come on, Chancellor, bring out that crazy harmonica next time
-sand maybe you'll find a hep student body that's really cool!
Do you dig us, man?
tion to the bond issue itself. We
just believe that when vested po
litical interests are permitted ex
pression through an organization
of the University which is at least
semi-official and which will be
regarded as completely official by
thousands of visitors, there is in
dicated a lack of prudence on the
part of members of that orgaai
zation. We trust that in the future
some of the more thinking mem
bers of that organization will be
keenly and consistently aware of
the fact that political ground is
ground upon which it is very easy
to step on someone's toe.
YOU Said It
Editor:
Commentator Gennifer Johnson
almost makes a distinction which
would clarify the issue: A dis
tinction between actors (those
who feel . and "create" various
roles) and movie stars (a peculiar
breed who have script rewriters
to make the role fit a "pattern").
Compare Hollywood's glamor boys
with England's Alec Guinness.
However "sweet" Marilyn may
be, she has to "play her role" so
that Hollywood can write scen
arios with that sort of role in
them. I certainly wish this were
not true (and even her studio is
not pushing her public act quite
so much), but the studios, eye to
the box office, believe the Ameri
can public attends a movie show
ing to see "favorite actors and
actresses rather than good stories
well performed."
Marilyn cannot be considered
a freak at all, but rather a pro
duct of a certain "culture". Hol
lywood is the freak.
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-Clarence Stewart-
(This is the second of two articles by Mr. Stewart.)
Evidently Strauss discussed the offer with
Brahms, for he quotes him as follows: "The money
would be very nice, but not the trip. Nothing but
collisions! There is too much fog on the ocean! I
prefer the fog in which we live!" It is interesting
to note, on the other hand, that Brahms loved to
climb mountains, but Strauss in contrast disliked
even this kind of travel. When a friend once urged
him to take a hike into the mountains, he was re
lieved when it began to rain, for then his friend
had to stop entreating him to take a stroll for his
recreation.
The friendship formed between Strauss and
Brahms, the light-hearted Austrian and the taciturn
North German, has often been commented upon;
indeed, Brahms' inference that he would have liked
to have written the Blue Danube has become trite
through over-repetiton. Few knew that Brahms also
paid Strauss what is probably an even greater com
pliment: "The man simply exudes music; to him
something always occurs. In that he is distinguished
from us others."
Many are no doubt aware through false and
over-sentimentalized radio and film productions that
Strauss was known as Schani to the Viennese. He
usually signed his letters with the French Jean
or Jeany, which the Viennese "corrupted" into the
aforesaid nickname. He spoke French fluently, and
often interspersed his letters with words of French
origin. ' '
The most astounding revelation in the letters is
this: Johann Strauss, the Waltz King himself, to
whose ' rapturous music embraced millions have
whirled, could not dance! In a mood of exhilaration
he exclaimed in the third person: "He would like
to jest, laugh, leapA ,even dance, although the latter
would be rather difficult for him he was never a
dancer, you know!" This paradox is appropriate,
however; for Strauss did not compose merely dance
music: he apotheosized the waltz. The elder Alex
ander Dumas once stated:
"It often happened that my partner and I,
dancing to the magical music of Johann Strauss,
would stop in order to follow into the infinite
that inspired dreaming. It almost seemed to
us a desecration to allow such melodies to be
resolved into a physical pleasure."
If the reader should be interested in just how
many waltzes Strauss composed, he will not find
that number correctly stated in the English litera
ture; however, catalogs of Strauss' works have now
appeared, and from these an accurate figure can
be ascertained. Most encyclopedias of music state
about 400 waltias. Actually, Strauss composed about
170, each of which consists of four or five waltz
parts. He wrote more polkas (approximately 175
of various kinds) than waltzes, but it is his waltzes
of course which have made him immortal.
He also wrote nearly 75 quadrilles, nearly 45
marches, and in addiuun some czardases, polonaises,
romances, galops, and potpourris. The works with
opus number total 479. Counting the works written
in collaboration with his brothers, works without
opus numbers, and post humous works, a total of
almost 500 compositions streamed forth from the
seemingly inexhaustible reservoir of ravishing melo
dies in the subconscious of this amazing geuius,
who instinctively and without reflection transmuted
into music the positive, impelling vital energies
which pervade all life and give to life its sense
of urgency and piquancy, poignancy and mystery.
Are You Housebroken?
Anita Anderson-
You don't think your housemother earns her pay?
You say she has a soft job nothing to do but laze
around her suite all day. Ask your mother if she'd
like the responsibility of 89 others just like you. As
charming as you undoubtedly are, she would prob
ably slit her throat at the thought.
Maybe you have a special grudge. Did the house
mother throw your date bodily out the door at clos
ing time? Your date was probably lounged over the
divan looking as if he had settled down for a long
winter's nap. She, most likely, was ready for one.
Or do you feel that she doesn't like you be
cause she doesn't always emote gladness at the sight
of you? Think of your mother. Does your own sweet
mother always speak tenderly to you and handle
you gently each time she encounters you? Even
when you come barrelling into the house screaming
at the top of your lungs?
Do you think your housemother is dull compa
ny? -Have you ever directed more than a casual re
mark about the weather her way? Weather is here
to stay but not such an inspiring topic of conversation
Or do you avoid her except when you want a favor
or get cornered in the elevator with her? If she ap
proaches you do you immediately wonder, "What
have I done now?" 1
Have you thought about your housemother late
ly? She may be lonely for a little friendly interest
on the partof her charges. How would you like to
be tolerated but not accepted, ignored except when
favors were sought of you? Don't shun the little lady
who must wait for you every night. Why not talk
to her sometime? She may surprise you with con
versational depth that you never dreamed she pos
sessed. You'll resolve to be nice to her the next chance
you get but not now. You simply must tell your
roommate a million things and press that dress for
tonight What are you stopping at your housemoth
er's door for?
-B'J0? h to sign your permission slip!