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Lat Sunday, around $ a.m., the person who mentioned the word
"apathy" would have been stoned in the struts. .The stremjvexe full of
people (some of them stoned) celebrating the Tar Heels' basketball
victory. .
lint, as a columnist jxiius out elsewhere on this-page, apathy was
cnerwheliiiiug in other areas4 of the campus last week. -
The I'niversity was honored bv the presence1 of Robert Frost, Dame
Ftlith Sitwell and Don Shirley '
The attendance at Frost's first talk
looked impresshe because Hill Hall
is rather small, and the ranks of stu
dents were swelled considerably by
the townsfolk and faculty members
who attended.
If every scat in the auditorium
had been filled by a student, still
oidy one in 10 would have been
represented The actual figure was
probably ' about half of that one
out of every 20. This must mean
that 19 out of 20 student on this
campus either don't know who
Robert Frost is, don't care or feel
that they have heard him before
and can't spend the time to hear
him again. Both of the first two
excuses are pitifui..and the last is
insupportable.
In the case of Dame F.dith, there
i a .somewhat stronger case for.
raying away, but even it is not
much of a case at all. ;
Most Ameruahslo not know
enough of the literature of the
language they profess to speak to
recognize the name Sitwell. Most
of tfie rest do not speak, read or
comprehend the language, well
enough to feel the beauty of her
jxietry. much Jess to understand it.
Those w ho do not know who
Dame F.dith is.'or Vho didn't un
til last weeki might have1 summon
ed up enough real spirit to find
out; they 'might even have become
eggheaded enough to browse the
bookshops and thumb through
some of her poetry. And then they
might have had the energy to show
up at Hill Hall after dinner and
try to learn what it was all about.
This is sometimes called learning.
The Don Shirley slight was ab
solutely unforgivable. Once again,
there were undoubtedy many who
did not know who Shirley is; once
again, they could have found out
easily. For those who still don't
know. Dr. Shirley is a go-year-old
pianist of whom Igor Stravin
sky was moved to say "His v irtuosi
ty is worthy of gods."
So the University last week pro
vided in just those three events
srnall but wonderful parts of an
education in literature, philosophy
and music. Not many had enough
energy to even give education a
try, or even to seek a little enter
rainment somewhat more substant
ial than getting drunk over a win
ning
ball team.
Stranger' VVas JEsfrange
If the opening night of the new
play. "Stranger In The Land" at
the lla makers Theatre Wednes
day was something less than a suc
i v-ss. the author is not entirely to
bl. uue. Where Christian Moe's
p!av wns lacking, the actors em
phasized the fault: where it was
strong, its strength vas lost.
Moe treated the currently over
worked irreconcilability of the cul
1 1 ires of Fast and West: That ; he
did not treat it as well as it has
been treated in tlje prst . (South
Pacific, Sayonara, Teahouse, etc.)
is epiite understandable. But the
only excuse for reiterating a theme
which has been done before with
the same setting ail virtually the
same characters and situations' is
to add some new dimension.. There
was none. . .'-
!u fact, 1 he only departure from
the now stereotv ped plot is in.ihe
character of the Japanese girl who
finds herself in conflict .with the
olci culture in which 1 she was
raised: this is an interesting ad
dition, but it weakens the love
tragedy. The tragedy is convincing
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JJaaley Springs
only if the love is made impossible
ly the diversity of cultures.
In. ' Strraiger In The Land,"
however,' the'. -Japanese, girl is
faced with a decision, and either
clioice is" equally acceptable. That
she chooses the move tragic of the
alternatives is dramatic but fool
ish. The play had other faults. In
r loye story, it always helps to
'have some poetry in the dialogue;
love is in life unspoken, and if it is
to 'be spoken in a drama,4 discuss
ed and dissec ted. it must be done
poetically.
The c losest that this play comes
is in the Japanese sayings which
were generously sprinkled through
out the dialogue. All that was lack
ing w: s the "Confuc ious say . . 2
to make.it even less authentic.
'.-'There were characters such as
the British Sailor and the Old
Woman who' could just, as well
have been omitted along w,jth the
W hore and much of the Ragged
Man; there were others such as
Sweeny, Gil, and General Yatnada,
who were inadequately conceived,
poorly written and badly acted.
The scenery was unobtrusive,
but scenery is not supposed to be
that. There was none of the sim
ple beauty so characteristic of the
Japanese arts and which could
have been effective in contrast
with the. roughness of the IT. S.
Navy.
Nancetta Hudson, as the Japa
nese girl .Who is torn between the
old and the new, was the only
member of the cast " a ho drew
everything out of the script that
Aloe. put. in it and then some. She
came the closest to approximating
the graceful oriental shortstep, and
she kept the accent down ''to" "a
reasonable degree.
IJoyd Skinner was very amus
ing in providing the welcome
comedy relief, and his is the sole
minor role well-done enough to
merit comment. This in itsell is
a serious fault in the play.
TJie only' other-acting job worrliy
of note was. Mary Johnston's por
trayal of the girl who has compro
mised herself in order to eat. The
part, was not -as well written as it
might have been, though, and Miss
Johnston was forced to flit about
the stage miking symbolic remarks
which were too profound to ring
true: Evidently the author was
afraid not to pound , the "theme"
out early in the play, lest, the au
dience miss it." Not a chance, Mr.
Moe.
YOU
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Said It: Le
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spate has
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Erfiter:
'Students and faculty alike
sorely by now are completely
confused by the merry-go-round
fervor over working conditions
"at Henoir Cafeteria a la Prill a
mao. As a student employee I
. hope I can present in a concise
way the crux of the matter.
The contract which the stu
deiyt employee signs with Lenoir
states that he will "be compen
sated for his work by providing
him three square meals per day
with a maximum allotment of
$1.90. Should . he eat less than
$1.90 maximum, the remainder
is non-cumulative.
Furthermore, he is forbidden to
use any part of his allowance
in;the Pine Room. A few weeks
ago several student employees,
much to the satisfaction of fellow
workers, initiated a petition de
manding that the management
of Lenoir allow workers to use
the remainder of their food al
lotment in the Pine Room, thus
effecting a change in Lenoir
policy. The petition got no
where! JMr. Prillaman. forced by press
ing unfavorable publicity in The
Daily Tar Heel, called a meeting
of employees in which he flatly
refused the student demands.
However, Prillaman invited us
to carry our demands to his su
periors, if necessary the trus
tees of the University.
-.. Rut as self-help students wee
certainly have no time to carry
en such a crusade. Sympathetic
feeling to our cause by The
Pally Tar Heel and the campus
political parries helped take up
the slack. We felt that it was
how a, matter of time until our
demands were met.
vJIuch to my regret, an unfore
seen thing happened last week.
Caleb White, a "self-appointed"
student leader among us, wrote
The Daily Tar Heel to the effect
that we were now satisfied and
content with conditions at Le
noir. White took such naive ac
tion because we refused to sign
an apology he drew up to Mr.
Prillaman for misunderstandings
concerning the petition.
Accompanying this paper was
it sew petition calling for a vote
of confidence by student employ
ees to carry the fight to higher
levels. The workers were so riled
that many refused to sign either
paper. White took this to mean
that we were no longer interest
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CONTRARY TO SEARS' OPINION:
ed and took it upon himself to
let the University population
know our "new" position.- ,
This obviously was . means 5
to vindicate himself with Lenoir
Hall management. .This diplo-f
mafic error by. White could be-i.:
the death knell for ; our :''de-r,i
mands which are practical and .
are well-meaning.
It is the general concensus'
among us that pressure continue
to be brought, to bear on the
management ,of Lenoir Hall for (
fairer treatment of its student
workers. This plea is. directed to
The Daily Tar Heel, Student
Legislaure, University and Stu-
dent Parties, faculty, students,
and interested persons. .Without
your .invaluable help , we are
doomed to failure.
f Tom Reaves
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Editor:
Since when has it been the
policy of The Daily Tar Heel to
editorialize in direct contradic
tion of the facts?
I am referring to the recent
editorials regarding the Lenoir
Hall situation in which the stu
dent workers have been chastised
by the editor for giving up their
light to get better working con
ditions, yet all the while the ed
itor has had a letter refuting Mr.
Caleb White's statement that the
workers wanted the whole mess
stopped.
Even if the editor did not have
such a letter it would have been
simple to interview Lenoir Hall
workers to get their opinions,
yet the editor did neither. The
Daily Tar Heel is correct h say-,
ing that the workers are scared;
after all, they must eat next Sep
tember as well as now; but he
and Caleb White are wrong in
saying that " we are satisfied
we will not be satisfied until the
management recognizes , that we
are workers who give our labor
in return for food, or money,
which is ours to do as we please
with, regardless of whether we
eat it, give it away, or: throw it
away. '
I know, and the editor also
knows, that Caleb White was
forced to, write that letter in
Order to continue his, job in
peace. (He no longer works in
Lenoir , Hall, and will gladly ad
mit the. reason he wrote the let
ter.) I regret to say that his let
ter did not. secure peace, and
he was finally forced to quit
wrok.
Before the editor criticizes us
it would be well for him to get
the facts. It would also be nice
of him to inform the public of
the true conditions. We have
done as much as we can, except
strike, and it would be greatly
appreciated if The Daily Tar
Heel would print letters that
show the true picture of the
worker's desires, not hold them
so that it can editorialize on
it
Parity Raider
apathy.
If you should decide r to inter-'
view student workers, and this
you ,c?eem reluctant to do, it
would be greatly; to your credit
to iterview the student workers,
not V the student supervisor's
wife, whom you quoted (anony
mously) as saying: - .... '
"I, as one student employee,
would like to say that I appreci
: ate the opportunity given me by
Mr. Prillaman, or who ever is
responsible for appointing stu
dents, for use as student work
ers " "
If you can quote only, a forced
retraction or the student super
visor's wife as your authority for
the statement that Lenoir Hall
student workers are now . satis
fied, it is just 'about time that
you shut up.
William E., Brigman
Shortly after the Lenoir Hall
controversy started. The Daily
Tar Heel interviewed several of
the cafeteria's workers,' asking
their opinion on the ' matter.
They commented, but shortly
afterward (after a talk with Le
noir Hail officials, we under
stand) they retracted what they
said. Told The Daily Tar Heel
would publish his. statement
anyway,-one worker asked for
anonymity for himself and his
fellows." i"he Daily Tar Heel
regrets that such an outspoken
young man is Brigman was not
on hand when i he interviews
were held. Editor,
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There Has Been Work On The Honor System
Editor:
I am writing this in tile hopes
that you will print it in The
Daily Tar Heel so that it may
serve to correct a terrible error
made by Mr. Sears in his article
on (the March 20) editorial
page.
In this. article Mr. Sears states
". . '. some chatter about the
honor system in last year's cam
- paign. Seems as though some
sort of commission was going to
he set up to work with the, honor
councils in an endeavor to
strengthen their position on the
I'll Abner
campus. There, was talk that, the
honor system was not respected
by the students as it should have
been. ..
"How about it? Anybody know
of such a commission? No, I
don't think so'
Yes, I do, I'm one of many
students who knows of such a
commission. I was one of approx
imately 20 students who had the
honor of being a part of this
commission. This was, I believe,
a hard working and sincerely in
terested group of students anx
ious to present the honor system
to the new students in a manner
which would do the utmost to
make them realize and appreciate
their responsibility as Carolina
students.
This commission, contrary to
Mr. Sears' beliefs, was conceived
by one of last year's candidates.
Bob Young, student body presi
dent. Also one of this year's can
didates. Sonny Evans (then vice
president of the student body)
played an active part in the form
ulation and workings of the hon
or system commission.
As for the value of the com
mission's work; I. have no def
inite campuswide facts. I can on
ly say that , all Honor Council
cases ih my dormitory this year
have concerned only seniors.
This seems to be a sign that
the commission made a definite
impression on the; students to
which it spoke. Since last year,
was the first time such a group
has functioned on this campus,
this is only in the experimental
stage. 'However, , I, for fone, rer
gard it as a successful experi
ment and 'one that should be con
ceived for a second year.
' Esther M. Ballentine
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School Spirit:
Slighted Giants
Anthony-Wolff
The Carolina student body took advantage of
three opportunities last week to pass up an en
tertaining and invaluable educational experience.
In so doing, it slighted somewhat two giants in the
world of poetry and soundly insulted one of the
nation's finest musicians.
One ef the obvious conclusions is that last week
was unofficially "Basketball Week" at UMC, and
school spirits ran so high that there was no school
spirit at all.
This phrase "school spirit," as used on this
campus, has little meaning at all; or, more cor
rectly, its real meaning has been discarded and
a rather inadequate substitution made. In view
of the aforementioned occurances of the past week,
it is worthwhile to take a sober look at "school
spirit" in terms of ourselves and the University of
North Carolina.
In its best sense, "school spirit" is a term which
denotes participation in all of the diverse activities
of this institution: to. equate it with the easy act
of supporting a winning basketball team is to
.make a comfortable and serious oversight.
It is deplorable in this day of big-time "amateur"
athletics that school spirit should be so distorted
that it has ceased to- be a dynamic force in this
university.
"School spirit" really means the constructive
manifestation of love for the University. It is not
limited to athletics, or to any one part of life here;
it includes, rather, the active support of the Uni
versity in all its endeavors.
The University's major goal is the education of
its 'students,' and in the, name of school spirit the
students : should make every effort to take advan
tage of the educational opportunities provided for
them. The University also aims to further the so
cialization of its "students, and so the students, if
they would consider themselves as a part of the
University, must enter into its society and fill their
roles as members of a group.
Among other things this means that football
players, unless they wish to be considered as some
thing apart from the University, would be failing
to fulfill this part of their obligation if they add
segregated living quarters to the privileges they al
ready enjoy.
...
All this has a bearing on the obvious fact, that
this university is going to pot with alarming speed
despite the efforts of many to stay its decline. Part
of the fault lies with the "administration" from
the legislature on down to the faculty.
But the major share of blame rests with the stu
dents, for in a sense the student body is what
makes a university good or bad.
To be sure, there is a need for a distinguished
faculty, and adequate facilities, and this university
is heading for the day when it will have neither.
But it would be rather futile of this university
to build new buildings and make an effort to keep
its faculty if the students for whom these things
are provided will not take advantage of them.
Sound -& Furvites
Noisy St Furious
Charles McCorkle
Sound and Fury ts entering the last lap, with
performances of "Thieves' Holiday" slated for Sat
urday and Sunday, March 30 and 31, and it is be
coming increasingly easy to identify cast and crew
as they stagger wearily across the campus with
pale, drawn faces and dark shadows under their
eyes."
A typical rehearsal day begins at dawn and lasts
far into the night, with homework done at odd
momenta and sleep postponed until it's all over.
Cast and crew alike have been swept up with the
excitement of show business and are to a man ready
to give their life's blood for Sound and Fury.
One of the hardest working is Blynn Durning.
choreographer and lead dancer for the show. Blynn.
now in her third year with Sound and Fury, grad
uated from Carolina last spring and has returned
to the Hill after a wonderful six months in Europe
to get her teaching certificate.
A slender, graceful brunette, this Kentucky
girl has previously danced her way through two
seasons of summer stock at the Louisville Irequoi.-,
Amphitheatre and innumerable musicals both a
Indiana University and here at Carolina.
A young man who has devoted. heart and sou!
to Sound and Fury ever since its rennaisance in the
spring of 1955 is Cecil Ilartsoe, musical ' director
and pianist for "Thieves' Holiday." Cecil, a self
styld "hobo-composer" from Newton, is responsi
ble for the majority of the tunes that have mada
Sound and Fury famous, writing for such stars as -George
"A Rose and a Baby Ruth" Hamilton, Bo
Bernardin, Jane Edwards and Pee Wee Batten.
General whipping boy and Jack-of-all-tradts back
stage is Nancy Stephens, whose official title is
producer of the 1957 show. Nancy, who made her
stage debut at the age of 15 as Mr. Hyde in 'I Re
member Mama," has appeared in two previous
Sound and Fury shows and in addition has spent
a summer of stock at the Barter Theater in Vir
ginia, where she did everything from painting
flats to baby-sitting with the child star in "The
Bad Seed." In addition to her producer's job Nancy
will appear on stage as Marina, the exotle jewel
thief.
But it is John Ludwig, Sound and Fury's hard
working director, who deserves the majority of the
credit for this year's show. John, a senior from
New Orleans, has done every hing from , writ in
much of the script to painting the flats to de
signing the lights to blocking and directing the G0
odd cast members of "Thieves' Holiday."
Extremely capable, and possessed of infinite
patience, John has so far endured 100 inevitable
complications of producing an amateur show, in
cluding falling sand bags, time out for the basket
ball games and laryngitis in the leads.