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THE DAILY TAR HEEL PAGE TV0 Dr. Tribble 81 His Faceless Alumni The Livespike 'Help!-A Giant!' Wohcs in annum rjotliiii" 'have apjK-arcd at Dr.. Harold Tribe's, door over at Wake 1 orcst college, W hether they Jkivc any just reason for bein there is unknown. Thus tar, they have hooded themselves and remained faceless and nameless. A prologue to tin's "crisis" which could cither vanish or spring to larj;e proportions now went u stae at Wake Forest last week w hen a mob of students marc hed to Presi dent Tribble's house one niht to cry dieir complaint against a rumored "de-emphasis of ; hlet ics. Following the prologue, in time if not . in ( ircumstance. came a lneetini; of about uhk F.asterii North Carolina alumni (accorditi'4 to the newspapers) at the Hotel Goldsboro in Goldsboro. The unknown handful closeted there and passed three vaue resolutions. 'I he ist of their resolutions is that Dr. Tribb'e has lost the conlideiue of the students, facul ty, ahumii, and the Baptist denomination, ami should be replaced. Wi h all tiie secrecy and generality, the af fair his the dark, and repellent hw of mys teiv about it. While the state at 1 Uie-ancl this newspaper cannot question the right of the Wake Forest board of trustees to remove a president iiom oil ice when there is good lea son, we may ask plchtv of questions about the dark, hidden events of the past week or two. If it is true that Dr. Tribble has "lost the confidence of students, faculty and, alumni," why hasn't news of the loss come from a more reliable origin than the impromptu meeting at the C.oldsboro Hotel? When have the stu dents made known their loss of confidence? When has the Wake Forest faculty expressed any formal complaint? If it is true, as the resolutions implied, that Dr. Tribble has lost the confidence of the liaptist denomination, why did the members of the Hayes-Barton .Church in Raleigh ex press themselves to the contrary? Is it the real I t, as the 100 Goldsboro mal contents claim, that the athletics controversy now throbbing at Wake Forest plays a negli gible part? Indeed, does Wake Forest's alum ni assoc iation intend to have their opinion, no matter what it is. flashed. all over the state by an unofficial, meager group of 100? Have alumni ethics th .re dropped so dizily that a, president may 1 railroaded out of office be cause lur refuses r kiss the feet of the goldcii idol of sub :idi,:aticn? ri::a!ly, why does all the buzz seem to come from Eastern North Carolina? If Dr. Tribble's accusers could be held re sponsible for the answers to these questions, Wake Forest College might find : itself. in the middle -of a distasteful affair. But little real worry seems in order. As long as the curious recent events 'move. -behind an opaque cur tain, as long as the accusers stay faceless and nameless, the charges and resolutions will poof away because sensible people will pay no heed. , . . tije Sailp ar Heel The official student publication of the Publi cations Board of the University of North Carolina, where it is published daily except Monday vacation nerioH' mnA I summer terms. Enter " ed as second clas matter in the post of fice in Chapel Hill, N. C, under the Act of March 8, 1879. Sub scription rates: mail ed, $4 per year, $2.50 "" 1 cieier; aenverea, -ki 8 8 year. $3.50 a ae- mester. LOUIS KRAAR. ED YQDER PKofogrdphy Irr The Courtroom At Mock Trial 0"" .Fred Powledge ill - I 5 . it Hi I it 1 Editors Managing Editor News Editor FRED POWLEDGE : JACKIE GOODMAN Business Manager BILL BOB PEEL Associate Editor J. A. C. DUNN Sports Editor WAYNE BISHOP Advertising Manager Assistant Business Manager .Coed Editor Circulation Manager . , Subscription Manager Staff Artist Dick Sirkin Carolyn Nelson Peg Humphrey Jim Kiley Jim Chamblee Charlie Daniel EDITORIAL STAFF Bill O'Sullivan, Charles Dunn, Dill Ragsdale. NEWS STAFF Mike Vester, Charles Johnson, James Nichols, Peg Humphrey, Charlie Sloan, Charles Dunn7-:i:than Tolman, ,Joan McLean, Curtis Cans, Bill Corpening. OFFICE TELEPHONES News, editorial, subscrip tion": 9-3361. News, business: 9-3371. Night phone: C 444 cr 8 445. : Night Editor For This Issue 1 Fred Powledge A PHOTOGRAPHER demon strated Friday night, as photog raphers all over the country have been eager, to demonstrate, that news pic tures can be taken in the courtroom. The photog rapher equipped' his camera with high-speed film (which takes much less light and shorter exposure to make a good negative) and a long lens (a tele pholo, or telescopic lens) and turned out two dozen pictures worthy of engraving and printing. Three of the pictures were se lected for a layout on the mock, trial and were published Sunday morning in this newspaper. IN NONE of the pictures did you see a "defendant" hiding from the camera. You didn't see the judge assuming the theatrical pose of the scales of justice. You just saw three pictures of a trial, with. human beings dis playing human emotions. Several newspapers, among them important and widely-read North Carolina publications, have been trying for a long time to get the camera admitted to the court room. In most cases, they have succeeded. But in the rest of the country, photographers have generally met with opposition. Judges, asked why they object to a photographic news story of a trial, give vague answers or none at all. BUT, I think, those pictures that were published Sunday show ed that a photographer, armed with the proper " materials and soft-bottomed shoes, can take pic tures of court proceedings with out the principals' knowledge. I am sure ? most intelligent judges, who are the ones to de cide if the camera will be admit ted, will soon decide in the news papers' and the public's faor. , IF YOU want to see a bit of imagination, take a look "at the tree (?) in Graham Memorial's front hall. It isn't like anything else you've ever seen. 1 can't even describe it. II j worth a look. ' ' MESSAGE FOR those politic ians who, dur.ing the strain and stress of last spring's elections, advocated a coordinating group to space out and regulate campus activities: Last v.c there were 33 sepa rate and distinct activities on this campus, ranging from South and Fury to Honor System Week to a talk by a YWCA executive. On The Town Chuck Hauser C. H. Weekly As I glanced through the last issue of the Weekly, I came across something which made me think tor a moment I had mis takenly picked up a copy of an other newspaper. The something was an advertisement placed by -the Carolina Sport Shop extoll ing the virtues of the "New Web cor Pixie Fonograf." , Get that, will you: Fonograf. Not Phono graph, but Fonograf. Now the only other place in the world you would run across such a unique system of phonetic spelling is the Chicago Tribune, which blatantly and unashamedly calls itself the "World's Greatest Newspaper." Many years ago the late Col. Bertie McCormick, pub lisher of this journalistic Goliath, decided that the English language was a pretty silly business and why shouldn't we write the way we talk. He came up with his own spelling system, which is still in use on the Tribune. Well, all I've got to say is a sys tem of phonetic pardon me, fo netic spelling may be all right in Chicago, but the nicest thing about Chicago is that it's so far from Chapel Hill. And besides, my old dictionary has got to last me another few years. . ; '' Night Beat The Tiny Group That Governs, & A Problem Mo'l Bass ri IUESDAv, t. I' . ill I V MATTER OF FACT: til J i Be a mmQ.am 1 o Joseph & Stewart Alsop WASHINGTONr-It is entirely possible that Pres ident Eisenhower may be faced, early in the coming election year, with the kind of decision which only a President can make. If the worst comes to the worst, he may have to decide between abandoning West Berlin or adopting the course which President Truman once seriously considered ordering an r armored convoy to Berlin, with instructions to shoot if necessary. , . i ',;.;. u-ir yt j ri Most of the experts in the State Department, it'' should be said, hopefully believe that the Soviets will not dare risk' a second blockade of Berlin. But they do not exclude it. And what is now going on in Berlin looks suspiciously like the preliminary stage-setting for a blockade. - The stage-setting began with the obviously plan ned arrest of two American Congressmen. It con tinueTl with the rejection of the resulting American protest by the Soviet Commander, on the. grounds that East Germany was now a sovereign power. It has continued further with hints in the Communist' press that the "sovereignty" of the East German puppet government extends to all Berlin; and with threats to stop the barges which bring essential sup plies to West Berlin. r KENNAN - Months ago, former Ambassador to Moscow George Kennan publicly predicted that just this sort of thing, would happen, as the Soviet response to the adherence of West Germany to the North At lantic Treaty Organization; The Soviets would con fer a phony sovereignty " on East Germany, Kennan predicted. Then the .East Germans would put press-' ure on. West Berlin, , for two purposes. ( First, the Western Allies would be forced to protest to the Soviets, and these protests would be rejected on the grounds that East Germany was a sovereign state. The West would thus be humiliat ed, and Soviet power in Germany demonstrated for all Germans to see. :. - . : Second, the East Germans would use West Ber lin as a hostage, to force West Germany to negotiate directly, with the Communist puppet regime. Thus the stage would be set for what Europeans call ."Tlie dialogue Bonn-Pankow" the direct negotia-' -tions on unification between the two Germatiys, on an equal basis, which' the Soviets have long been maneuvering " for. Kennan begins to look like a better than average prophet. The State Department experts also, of course, foresaw that (he Soviets might leact in ' some such way. The question now is how; far the East German puppets and their Soviet masters are 1" prepared to go. ". ' , Most State Department experts believe that the Communists will adopt a policy of "maximum harassment." They will subject West Berlin to. a series of pin-pricks, or even needle-pricks, holding, up traffic, demanding! excessive tolls, and so on.' But they will not plunge in the dagger they will not stop all traffic into Berlin, and thus impose a total blockade. ' ' TOO TOUGH j If the East Germans get too tough, it is pointed , out, the West Germans can also get tough. East Germany is still heavily dependent on West German coal and steel. Last spring the East Germans threat eried punitive tolls on traffic to West Berlin The, Bonn government ostentatiously reduced( shipments ! of coal and steel to East Germany, And suddenly . the East Germans began to sing a far milder tune. , But that is not the only reason for the diluted optimism in the State Department. Too rauch tough- ness could unite all West Germany, whsch the So viets have been, at pains to woo, firmly! behind the policies of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. It could re vive the faltering fortunes of NATO. Finally, a total blockade of Berlin involves a clear risk of war. And despite the recent hardening of the Soviet line, the American experts remain convinced that the Krem lin does not want to risk war. The risk of war would be greater than in 1948. After the first blockade, the three Western Allies pledged their national honor to the defense of Ber lin. Eien the instinctive appeasers . in f Paris, Lon don and . Washington, for that matter are fully aware that to abandon Berlin would be lunich a thousand times over. 1 ." ' " AIRLIFT -. S-. . Ycl'the airlift, which saved Berlin last time, may provide-no way out now. East German radar-jamming facilities have been greatly expanded, and they would presumably be used. An airlift cannot operate wiihout radar. Moreover,- although the air lift was an 'adequate response to the first blockade, it wou'c surely seem a weak response to a second blockade., SHnr.of abandoning the city, the only alternative to an-airlift is direct force. This is why it is worth offe:ing a -passing prayer that the State Department experts t.e -right, and that the worst will not come to the worst. But even the optimists agree that the worst might happen, especially in view of the amaz ing, sudden truculence of the impulsive and-power-ful Soviet boss Nikita Khrushchev. Foreign Policy As A Campaign issue , Doris Fleeson WASHINGTON Secretary of Stale Dulles meet? the press every Tuesday morning when he is in Washington. He now knows, and so do they, that foreign policy will be ah issue in the campaign next year. The, result is that a large part of the current conferences are an attempt to draw him out on the question of how U. S. position in fact cornpares to Demorcratic complaints. The Secretary refuses to be drawn out. Officially he is optimistic and bipartisan. "Others" he would not name them will defend him, he assured reporters. The President is of course the poltical shield and buckler for the State Department which in theory does not mix in domestic politics. Presumably Dulles was thinking of President Eisenhower who next month will step back into his most popular role by way of a White House visit from Anthony Eden, British prime minister. v British sources say that Sir Anthony wanted the meeting becau.se of the failure of the -ast' Geneva conference to achieve results. He is also said to want an understanding with the President before the domestic imperatives of the Presidential cam paign appear and the partisan oratory gets really heated. U. S. "optimism will be put under some strain perhaps .by the British visitor. But Republican politicians -generally w?"com the prospect that Eisenhower'; will ..again be in the headlines as a leader in foreign affairs. They jscofT, with apparent cqnviction, at the use fulness of Democratic attacks when their champion is back in form. "Do you fellows really think there is mileage;,, in those complaints when we are at peace?" - one asked. "Don't you remember how unpopular, that Korean -War was?" . (Reporter Neil Bass has been observing campus politics since - his' first morUh in school last Sep , tember. Currently, he covers the student Legislature, and in this .'and future columns he will give his 'view of student government, students, and other facets of night activity (in Chapel Hilli Editors) CilAPEL HILL is an intriguing place, s There is little doubt of ' that. The hustle and scurry of acr-ademic activities. athletic events, and so on during the day just "engulf a fellow. But the real intrigue comes to front at night. : The colorful, yet conservative, tone of the town and University takes on a new appearance. Swad dled in the black robe of night, every little nook and cranny is accentuated, every action seems to take on a new luster. Of course, different facets of z night-action interest different .types of people. There is the ele ment that involves itself in fra ternizing in the local pubs, and with the opposite sex. There is also the element that concerns it self with nightiy sessions at the books. But 'the element which di rectly concerns every student, and which is under the. influence of dcemphasization and apathy right novVj' is the" tiny group which 'makes .student government a mo tivating force. .THE TINY group, of course; is composed (100 percent) of stu dents' who hold student govern ment offices, either elective or appointive ones. Of this tiny group, there are approximately half who have a slight interest in their jobs. The other half is just hanging in mid- , air waiting for terms to. expire. (100 percent, less 50 percent leaves 50 percent.) Of this small, at least slightly interested group, about half again' have a genuine interest in seeing something concrete and tangible, accompiishedjby studt govern ment (100 percent less 50 percent less 25 percent leaves 25 per cent.) y - Of this group, there re approx imately half who are working for the general good of the student ; body, and half who are. forking only for self-glorification. (12V2 percent of the total.) All these exhawsting figures y are given just as concrete proof of the somewhat pitiful state stu dent government finds itself in right this minute. Maybe these percentages hold true in organi zation, but I contend not. - WHEN ONE considers that stu dent government workers, who supposedly form the network by which 6,500 students are organ ized and governed, 'number few to., begin with, the 12z percent total who are really working for the student body seems distress ingly low. And tjien when one considers that only half this figure is com posed of truly capable people, the picture becomes alarming. There seem two definite al ternatives: (1) The student body can get on the ball and show an interest in their government not just in- f terest in participation, or (2) It would find itself replacv ed by an encasement offered by the University administration and faculty. Authority and control will rest in the hands of administra tion officials for all activities, rather than in the hands of -the student body. These are the choices. The tiny interest group in student govern ment at present which even now is decreasing can not, no matter how much time it spends shifting from mc-ttngo meeting, continue to uphold the fine stu dent government tradition which has been established at Carolina." Roger Wil! c,' ONE OF! the most beau years, is on the boards at the t'v the famed Home of Caro'li-ia ' Cfi: . opened last night and plav,y,i ; Sixteenth. Because of the V' sequent to the final date'.f over. ' l'er5' "Blood Wedding," by FedH ! Spanish dramatist, is patk ,'; power from its opening impa ' i curtain and a star-studded ional directing of Professor k Not only the leading roli-Y". parts, are handled by a. east-' , -professional-theatre experience a.c indumcc-m, uenverim 11 A... scr-ri? A POLITICAL note: Usually reliable sources have it that the reason Tom Lambeth is pushing the Selections Board issue is that he'll be a candidate for The Daily Tar Heel editorship in the spring. According to the bill passed by the Legislature (and, accord ing to President Fowler, vetoed by the President), Lambeth is in line to serve on the boad it it's, organized. WTonder who he'd pick? wis4 ua otnui joicas master-),., as inescapable as is the f-V ' drama of passion and passion " r The part of The Bride Fousc, whose role in the teltvH aro last Spring she was c 1 "Magnolia" in Shore Boat vas0'2". Marion Fitz-Simmons (Mrs pt plays the part of the Mother. 2--'v. her long experience of direct;,! professional theatre, and well'"' productions. More than one dra.r" portrayal of Lady MaeBcth as seen." "Arsenic and Old Lace; -. lome," Ibsen's "The Master . hicles among Mrs. Fritz-Simor' formanccs in more than a and tragedies. . The part of Leonardo, the kw ; 1 Robert Sonkowsky, a graduate $-j : whose Brutus in Julius Caesar a-' Crucible need no further praise t The role of The Bridegal! Phil Morgan who, in addition ; 1 Troubadours at Washington & Let' il'Uh th" William & Mary nlaycsJ Outstanding Actor award with Thr1 1954 Jiad a role in The Com?.-:: liamsbury, Va., and parts in "Mr;; Male Animal," "Detective Story." : other plays. Mrs. Marian Rosenzweig, the j raim M. Rosenzweig of Ilillel For,. ' the Beggar Woman alias. Death-! alone has starred in such success "The Silver Cord," "The Wct.ct," Came to Dinner," but also taut " for a repertory theatre in PennyV teresting sidelight: Rabbi Rosenw:; , a fairly accurate estimate of how r: garees his lady wore out crawlinja: sals as the Beggar Woman. I The role of the handsome Fair ! handsome Al Go. don, who acts in I Hills," at Cherokee, and is welib boro audiences through his work:;! Players there. J Martha Dow plays ' the. import: ; Servant, and 'brings to. her artist:: long experience with summer stock : with the Wellesley Playeis; and Eer: . Vermont. Miss Dow will be nr.-.:: stellar work in Arthur Miller's "The ':i The part of the mother-in-law r Saxon whose lovely voice graced "T; ! Figaro" and who was a convincing I in "The Crucible." The assisting, but so-nnportant. : Woodcutters, Three Young Men, lb ! men; A Small Girl, a Xeig'iborc! handled by experienced actresses an: persons of Mary Johnson, Mary Ff Nancetta Hudson, Anne Mackie F : i latter the daughter of UNC's Dr.E.l herself recently pinned by I'ln B Robert Thomas, Lloyd Skinner, Nc;!:, Rothrock, Alan Pultz, Ted Parker a" van. Sets and Lighting as the desisn 0: of Yale and the University of - t piaygoers in the area who have c great things of this young stage ari. to superlatives in praise of his j assisted by Harvey Whetstone, of D: j and the "University of North Carol: j The Master Electrician is J tumes are by Irene Smart Rains: tei j is Nancy Christ; and Make-L'p n '- j Craft, a Graduate-Assistant in D:-"- j role in "The Crucible" was higiib' ; Professor Jurgensen, who direc ding," and who is highly leganiedJ- i Shakespeare and is without a pftrj.i West, either, so far a we ki:o brings to his handling of this r "j study of Spanish Drama, a sine (fj ation of suspense in this work, anoj unceasing tightening of the susp-- j unfolds to its gripping climax. f A. proud people perhaps Ut r rope, of the world and a P' j flaming intensity, the Spanish a:e and conventional people. It w35 p s thodoxy and pride which finally re j pulsion of the Moor from Europe. a people of almost fantastic fait-'' ? tion and first among these is t family loyalty. But . . they ren-J deep emotion .d brooding love aii-- A paradise for psychiatrists, 1- , appear to a sophisticated MoO- j here to debate this issue. .. But ... a Heaven for PlaJfl thing for the occasional ti'-tatt ; artistic depiction of the clash of . passion opposes convention, an orthodoxv. . r this And if von don't thir.K ain't been listening. Which is as you come and look. To-night through Friday: At the Campus Playmakers Curtain at 8:30, p.m.; At campus-rates; The famous, the unforgettable "Blood Wedding." a!! i II