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By JAMES E' WADSWORTH
Director of Housing
UNC Chapel Hill
Who's your roomate9
This question is asked
thousands of times on college
campuses each year. Many
beheve that a person's future
may be greatly influenced by
nis roommate. This influence
may help determine whether a
student makes Phi Beta
Kappa or flunks out of
school, they say.
During my 20 years of
handling room applications, I
nave encountered some strange
requests and situations both on
and off campus.
One young man asked to be
'Black Like Me':
Study In Racism
By ERICA MEYER
DTH Staff Writer
.. . "Black Like Me", which is
out of proportion to reality in
;'that it shows only the worst,
.leaves one with a tremendous
t feeling of personal guilt.
It is based on the book
written by John Howard
Griffin, a white man, who with
' the aid of drugs and a sun
lamp, spent ten weeks as a
Negro in the deep South.
His story is introduced by
this information presented in
white letters on a black
background. The beginning
' tells you this could be "any
man's life, if he were black."
The movie, directed by Carl
Lerner, also shows a
, confederate flag, backed with
heavy drums and a discordant,
in its titles. This image was
hissed by the audience
composed primarily of
participants in the racial
dialogue seminar.
"Black Like Me" is not an
entertaining flick. It is not
supposed to be. It is a
documentary. The acting is
poor and the characterizations
are shaky. 4 , .
- But, on the other hand, the
photography is dramatically
shadowed with intense - grays,
the staging is apt and the
message is clear.
The story line traces Mr.
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placed with a non-drinker. As
fate would have it, his
roommate turned out to be a
fine student the name of
Boozer (who incidentally was a
non-drinker).
Other frequent requests for
roommates include: a
non-smoker, a studious person,
a party boy, an athlete, one
interested in classical music,
one who prefers hillbilly songs,
and a drama major. Since little
of this information is available
on new student room
application forms, these
requests are difficult to fulfill.
When Knight and Day
became roommates, they felt a
kindred spirit for Wolf and
Lamb who lived down the halL
Griffin's relationships with
people in the small southern
communities he traveled
through. He had contact with
whites, largely bigoted ones,
and Negroes, largely
philosophical, genial and bitter.
. The contrast between
Griffin's former life and
present life is shown in a series
of flashbacks As the two hours
wear on, you can see his
personality change. He
becomes defensive and
outraged. He considers quitting
and is put back on the track by
a liberal newspaper editor and
a catholic priest
One of his last contacts is
with an old Negro man who
offers him a place to stay. He
meets, through this man's son,
the young, black reformers in
this particular "redneck"
community. He tells them he is
a writer and interviews many
of them; getting a more open
outlook because he, also, is
Negro.
But whenthe old man and
his son are told that Griffin is
white, he is gently asked to
leave; asked to leave by a man
who said to him,"If we was to
hate the white man, then we'd
be dragged down to his leveL"
He rejturns home to hisWife
and child and writes a series of
magazine articles, which
became a book and then this
movie.
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Roommates Influence Student's Future
There have been many actual
and possible comibations with
sound intriguing. Some
examples are Goodnight and
Sleeper, Street and Alley,
Young and Old, Winters and
-Summers, Starr and Moon,
Silver and Gold, and Long and
Short.
Even a computer's face
would turn red if many of the
above combinations actually
occurecL Of course the primary
question remains, "Who is my
roommate, and what is he
like?
This is not always easy to
answer. Sometimes
upperclassmen take the liberty
of moving freshmen to other
rooms, but this is rather rare.
Usually those who live in
campus residence halls know
their roommate's identity.
It is not this simple off
campus. For example, one
absentminded landlady rented
her double room to three
persons. Unfortunately they all
arrived at the same time. This
same lady had for years double
rented her 3-room apartment
One landlady answered the
door one day, and there was a
long- haired, beared young
student wanting to rent her
roam. She said, "Young man,
the nearest barber shop is
about three blocks down
Franklin Street I am 85 years
old, and I don't have time to
reform you. If you care to
come back after you shave and
haircut, I'll be glad to show
you the room."
Another landlady reported
that the student we sent to
rent her room was driving the
other roomers away. I asked
her how he was accomplishing
this feat She said, "He sings in
his sleep-long songs all the way
through-verse after verse."
Another landlady
Playmakers Start 50th Season
With 7 Scheduled Productions
The Carolina Playmakers
here is celebrating its 50th
Anniversary this year with an
ambitious schedule of seven
major productions.
One of $he oldest and most "
widely known universily.-,
theatre groups in the nation
The Playmakers has a rich
heritage extending back to the
early days of American folk
plays. Tryouts for productions
are open to everyone within
commuting distance of Chapel
Hill. Curtain time for all
performances is 8 p.m.
This year's dramatic
offerings include a popular,
romantic musical, a tragedy, a
Shakespearean comedy, a bill
of original, one-act plays, and a
special production in tribute to
UNC's noted alumnus, Thomas
Wolfe. Also on schedule are
new plays by Pulitzer
Prize-winning playwright Paul
Green and by former
University student Randolph
Umberger of Burlington.
The season opens the last of
October with The Most Happy
Fella a rich and lively musical
based on a zany mail-order love
affair.
The. play, which will run
Oct 25-27 in Memorial Hall,
stars Joel Carter, Joan Schuetz,
John Whitty and Susan Long.
Becke titie ironic story of
the tragic relationship between
a primitive-minded king and his
saintly friend, will be presented
Nov. 22-24 in Memorial HalL
Three original, one-act
plays, billed as Encore and
reflecting the color of the
continent, will be staged Dec.
11-15 in the Playmakers Theatre.
They are a Mexican drama,
Tooth or Shave staged by
Josefina Niggli; a Canadian
play, Still Stands the House by
Gwen Pharis Ringwood; and
What Did You Learn in School
telephoned and said, "I dont
know whether the boy who
rents my room is a beatnik, bui
he just doesn't take a bath.
Furthermore, he seldom ever
changes his sheets I've got to
get rid of him."
Within the hour, another
lady called and said,"This
student who rented my room
shares my bath. He gets up
early and showers and showers
He bathes all the time, uses up
all the hot water, steams up the
mirrors, and I'm late for work.
I've got to get rid of him,"
A number of studies have
been made in the field of
roommate compatibility.
Donald Gehring, housing
director at West Georgia
College found that there were
no significant differences in
compatibility between
randomly selected roommates
and those carefully matched on
the basis of educational level of
the father, size of student's
high school, regularity of
church attendance, predicted
grade point average and
smoking habits.
The author has made a
study of six selected residence
halls at UNC in Chapel Hill to
determine whether mutual
roommate requests had been
honored. It was found that 85
percent had been placed with
their preferred roommates.
Actually about 30 percent of
the total had no roommate
preference. There was a
decided decrease in disciplinary
cases involving personality
conflicts. The grade point
study is still under way.
It sometimes appears that
parents play too active a role in
roommate, selection.
Experience indicates that it is
not always best for two close
friends from high school or
prep school to room together.
Today? by Wallace Johnson,
which is set in the U.S. A.
Randolph Umberger's new
play Amen to a Mantis will run
Feb. 2&-March 2 in the.
Playmakers Theatre. ; It ' is a
.ripping drama depicting the
'raw -passions of - North ,
Carolina's Ocracoke villagers.
Sing All a Green Willow r.
Paul Green's new play, is
"scheduled for March 28-30 in,
Memorial HalL It is a religious
folk fantasy with music, a
dumb show, folk song and
dance showing the devastating
effect of a narrow fanatical
religion on the poetic soul of a
young girL
A dramatic interpretation"
and staging of selections from:
the works of Thomas Wolfe,
arranged by Kenan Prof, of
English, C. Hugh Holman, will
be a highlight of the. spring;
season. Holman is an authority
on Wolfe. The tribute to Wolfe
is scheduled for April 23-27 in
the Playmakers Theatre.
The Playmakers Golden
Anniversary season will
v conclude with William
Shakespeare's riotous comedy,
Taming of The Shrew May 8-11
in the Forest Theatre. This
production will be a revival of
the first play produced in the
outdoor theatre in Battle Park.
Other facets of the
Playmakers Golden
Anniversary include aspring
homecoming celebration,
special lectures, and three
major publications.
The homecoming will be
held March 27-29. Among the
events scheduled for these
three days are a banquet, a
capers program, a lively panel
of celebrities in dramatic
controversy, an exhibit of
books, theatre programs and
other objects revealing talents
of today's and yesterday's
HEADQUARTERS MUST BE PLANNING
A BIS DRIVE.. I KXT RECOGNIZE A
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It might be preferable for
roommates to be strangers.
This could be the beginning of
a life-long friendship, or it
could be the start of a semester
of trouble for both. Whether
the residents of a room are old
friends or strangers, each must
have consideration for the
other fellow. Courtesy and
common sense are two
essentials.
Playmakers and a gala
performance of Paul Green's
new play.
Lectures by renowned
personalities from the critical,
playwriting,.. . and direction
professions will . be offered
periodically throughout the
year. All lectures will be open
to the public.
Publications for the
anniversary celebration include
Adventures in Playmaking an
anthology of four of the most
outstanding full-length plays
written and produced by the
organization from the
beginning.
Also being published are
The Carolina Playmakers: The
First Fifty Years a history and
evaluation, and A Roster of
The Carolina Playmakers a list
of names, addresses and awards
of more than 5,000 alumni.
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Who's Your
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A few suggestions to
promote a happy "home away
from home" would include
very limited lending and
borrowing. The lending of
clothes, money, and other
personal items between
roommates has often caused
conflict
In,every residence hall there
are a few Moochers. They
never seem to have anything of
their own. They borrow
cigarettes, paper, soap, razor
blades, and homework. These
persons are to be avoided.
The noisemaker is
sometimes a seemingly quiet
fellow. He may just like for the
opera to drown out all other
sounds, or it may be a musical
instrument, his singing voice,
or his friend next door.
"Silence is the element in
which great things fashion
themselves together; that at
, length they .1 may? v emerge; :
full-formed and majestic, into
the delights of life, which they
are thenceforth to rule."
(Carhle)
When a student has always
been neat and kept his room
"ready for inspection", he is
much disturbed by a sloppy
roommate who prefers to live
like a pig. Frequently, the
"pig" is a fine young man from
a good family, but he has never
had the opportunity to make a
bed, sweep a floor, or pick up
his waste paper. Be patient and
try to teach him.
The Roamer is a very
common sight in most
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residence halls. This friendly
person visits every room where
the door has been left open. He
is always looking for
conversation, food from home,
or anything that will relieve his
"I should be studying" pains.
He will waste your time. If you
are to survive the academic
strains, you must get rid of this
character.
With all due respect to the
value of a bull-session, the
talker who never knows when
to listen is a bore.
Socrates once said,"Nature
has given us two eyes and two
ears and but one mouth to the
end that we should see and
hear twice as much as we
speak."
No matter who your
roommmate turns, out to be,
Campus
WUNC RADIO is looking
for students interested in radio
broadcasting. No experience
necessary. Apply at Swain Hall,
west entrance.
NICK GALIFIANAKIS will
speak at the Orange YDC
Rally, Frank Umstead's place.
Barbeque begins at 5:30 p.m.,
$2 for adults, $1 for children.
Remarks will be at 7:45 p.m.
HONORS STUDENTS meet
at 7 p.m. in Gerrard Hall.
CAROLINA TALENT
SEARCH meets at 7:30 p.m. in
203 AlumnL Interested persons
are( asked to drop by 203
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try to adjust to your new
environment There may be
some educational value in
living with an alcoholic-your
resolve never to indulge if it
would make you act like your
drunken roommate.
Try to see the other fellow's
point of view, study when it's
time to study, sleep when it's
time to sleep.
These hazards lurk even for
the fortunate student who has
a single room. Needless to say,
the roommate problems are
magnified in triple rooms.
By applying some of the
above suggestions and being
constantly alert for
unnecessary distractions, things
should be better. Here's hoping
that your roommate will be a
wonderful person.
Calendar
Y-Building for . further
information.
COMPANIES that will
recruit on campus today
include Atlantic Richfield
Company; The Flectcher
School of Law & Diplomacy,
Tufts University; North
Electric Company; Hallmark
Cards, Incorporated;
Northwestern University,
Graduate School of Business
Adminstration. Students
desiring interviews with the
representatives should go to
the Placement Service, 211
Gardner Hall.
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