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Page Two The Chapel Hill Weekly Chapel HiD, North Carolina 126 E. Rwttry Telephone >-1271 or 8461 Published Every Tuesday and Friday By The Chapel Hill Publiahing Company, I«*. Louis Gravis Contributing Editor Joe Joves Managing Editor Billy Arthur Asiociate Editor Chuck Ha user Awociate Editor Orville Campbell General Manager O. T. Watkins fAdirertising Director Charlton Campbell Mechanical Supt. Entered u second-class matter Pedruary 28 1923. at the postoffice st Chape! Hill. North Carolina, under the act of March 3 f>~9 SUBSCRIPTION KATES In Orange County, Year $4.00 <6 months $2.25; 3 months, si.so> Outside of Orar.ge County by the Year: State of N. C., Va., and S. C. 4.50 Other States and Dist. of Columbia 5.00 Canada, Mexico, South America 7.00 Europe 7.50 Yale President Griswold Said It: Hate of communism is less likely to deter those who follow that philoso phy and way of life than it is to hurt us who practice hate. Whatever we may think of communism, to answer those who preach it in kind exposes us to the same fate ... . Somewhere between the extremes of appeasement and hate there is a place for courage and strength to express ourselves in magnanimity and charity—and this is the place we must find. North Carolina Boosted North Carolina is being widely ad vertised this fall. Stories about the Outer Banks ap pear in the current issues of the Na tional Geographic and Readers L>igest; and one about Pinehurst’B field trials and fox hunting, plus mention of Out er Banks fishing, appears in the cur rent issue of Sports Afield. Too, Look Magazine devoted space to New Bern in its October 4 issue, and the New York Times had voluminous reports of the International Cup Regatta at Eliz abeth City. Abroad, London readers of Food Manufacture have been told about the Mount Olive Pickle Co. And, the Lincoln-Mercury Times and Ford Magazine used stories about Chapel Hill. All that was for free, so to speak. In addition, the N. C. Department of Conservation and Development has placed color ads in Holiday and Salt Water Sportsman magazines, and the Asheville Chamber of Commerce is placing newspaper advertising about its “Autumn Colorama.” This month, too, the Travel Council of North Carolina was organized at Raleigh with purposes to promote tour ist traffic and industry on a state-wide basis. Further, the N. C. Business De velopment Corp., authorized by the General Assembly to advance develop ment of small industry in the state, launched plans to furnish long-term credits to small businesses. All this means that millions and mil lions of people this fall are being told about North Carolina, what it has to offer the tourist and industry, and what a good place it is to live. The n suits will be noticeable. Whole World Loves a Lover One doesn’t have to be a senior citizen to look back 20 years to a radiocast that was probably awaited by more people in distant parts of the world than any other in history. Both men and women reacted, some thrilled, some disgusted, when Edward VIII renounced his throne to marry the twice divorced “woman I love.” Today the world awaits word whether or not Princess Margaret will wed Cap tain Peter Townsend. The princess is a favorite of the British people, she’s lovely and she’s personable. Captain Townsend seems to be handsome and charming as well as divorced. There’s something about this romance that appeals to us, possibly because all the world, so ’tis said, loves a lover. Ourselves and Our Beaches In Good Shape Certainly Eastern North Carolina coastal areas have been hard hit fin ancially as a result of three hurricanes this year and one last year. An up lander might easily think residents and businessmen of the affected areas are discouraged. And, actually, some of them are. But Eastern North Carolina will re cover, and recover fast if it follows the advice of Victor Meekins, editor of The Coastland Times of Manteo: , "Everything we’ve got is just as good as ever, and there’s plenty of it. Consequently there is nothing for us to sit down and cry about. In fact it’s our job to sit up and convince others they have nothing of which to be afraid. “Next year the same old ocean is going to roll up and bathe the finest, fairest, cleanest and least polluted sea shore on the Atlantic Coast. The same kind of nice cool and clean breezes will meet our customers with a gentle kiss. New green will cover the places where green belongs, the sands will spread out for miles, and visitors will be drenched in beauty and thrilled with the vigor and life that always springs from breathing the breezes of the seashore. "When business gets scared away and backs off. we just have to work a little harder, that’s all. But we just have this old ocean, this fine seashore, these delightful breezes, and if we are too sloppy to put out whatever work is needed to exchange ’em for cash next season, we don’t deserve any business.” Frank P. Graham Speaks in l T tah (From Salt Lake Tribune) The atomic revolution “binds us all together either for potential doom or creative hope.” This was the theme of a challenging talk by Dr. Frank Porter Graham, wide ly known university president, United States senator, public official and today a representative of the United Nations. Dr. Graham spoke to a joint luncheon « meeting Thursday of Salt Lake City Kiwanis and Lions Clubs. He also ad dressed the Higher Education Section of the Utah Education Association Friday. Dr. Graham emphasized the tremen dous impact the development of new ideas has upon society, citing the ex amples of the trade revolution initiated by the discovery of the compass and the industrial revolution begun by the discovery of the steam engine. Similar ly, he said, the idea-created revolution of atomic power is having profound im pact. The nations and peoples of the world are inevitably now bound togeth er—for potential doom or creative hope. It is a point worth considering. Whe ther we like it or not, the atomic age has shattered old isolationist concepts. This is indeed today one world. And we are bound together, not really by the words of a United Nations charter but by the fact of atomic power, and its potential of limitless harm or limitless good. Collective action we cannot escape. The only question is whether it will be collective action for human progress or for human destruction. If this is a correct view—and it does make sense—then a United Nations is not a pious hope but a realistic need. As sensible men we must maintain and strengthen some international organi zation dedicated to directing the inevit able collective action of the atomic age into peaceful and constructive channels, and to diverting those disruptive in fluences which threaten to make this collective action collective doom. No More Back-Door Business (From the lowa Fall* Citizen) In putting together the information for the centennial edition, we were im pressed, as we went about our research es on the history of main street bus inesses, at the very considerable num ber of drug stores which seemed to exist here in this relatively small pio neer village. There always seemed to be several doing business at the same time. Upon inquiry we were advised that these drug stores not infrequently did a bigger business out of the back door than they did out the front door. In short, a good many early day drug stores were more important as an out let for a good grade of drinking alco hol than they were for the drugs they might provide. , Here again we have had a change from “good old days”—and a change for the better. Drug stores may now retail almost everything under the sun. By the very nature of their bulging counters have become an American in stitution. But at the same time the pharmacy department of almost every drug store, however inconspicuous it may be in relation to the soda fountain, the trinkets, the get-well cards, etc. is manned by a capable, well-trained technician who can decipher the doct ors' illegible prescriptions with speed and a sureness that brings satisfac tion and comfort to his ailing customer. Changing one thing for the better is worth more than proving a thousand things are wrong. THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY I Like Chapel HUI Gene Strowd of Johnson-Strowd-Ward is a director of the Bank of Chapel Hill, and one of his partners, Bernice Ward, is a director of the University National Bank. The other morning we saw Bernice making a deposit at the Bank of Chapel Hill. “How come?” we asked. “We divide up the business,” he replied. “We bank half the year with the Bank of Chapel Hill and the other half down at the University National Bank.” Seems to me, however, that Gene should lug the money to his bank and Bernice to the other. Unless, of course, all the while they're spying. • * * Hugh Lefler tells the story about a farmer get ting up in the middle of a winter night to go outside to see about his squealing hogs. “Do you mean you’re going out in this weather to check on those hogs,” the wife exclaimed, “and you’ve never got out of bed at night to tend to any of our children!” “I know, I know,” he replied, “but those pigs are thoroughbreds.” * * * Who was it, I asked Joe Jones, who said “all the world loves a lover?” “Don’t know exactly,” he replied. “But it could have been Byron, Keats, Shakespeare or some joker like that.” And, who was it who said, “The only way to live with criticism is when you go to bed, just say your prayers, tell everybody to go to Hell, and then go to sleep” ? * * * Vice President Nixon is a leader in the Republican party, but I can’t tell whether the folks behind him are following or chasing him. * * * i As I sat in the reception room of the Dental School the other day, a charming lady walked in, wheeled and spoke: I’m Didi Hudson, your neighbor. I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting you.” It’s true. One of the first people I met when coming back to Chapel Hill was her husband Jerry. Too, they built a house close to us. Still we didn’t meet. Then, out of the inner sanctum walked another per sonable citizen, this one of Durham and being Watts Hill Jr. All three of us exchanged greetings and salutations, and Watts wanted to know “where is Jerry flying these days?” “I don’t know,” Mrs. Hudson answered. “Haven’t seen him since morning.” * * * The latest issue of Library Notes tells about Librar ain Andy Horn being asked by a barber, “Didn’t I see you on TV’ ?” Mr. Horn blushed and modestly admitted that maybe he had. “I thought so,” the barber went on, “didn’t see much—just passed you as I was getting an other channel.” • * * I’m told that the the new fall hats for women are different this year is that fashion experts never make the same mistake twice. * * * Definition for buffet dinners: French for fight it out among yourselves. * * * Although money can’t get you friends, it can provide a better class of enemies. * ♦ * Latest safety hint: Watch out for school children, especially if they’re driving, ♦ * * Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile. * * * The Rev. Charles S. Hubbard, Tony Gobbel, and Orville Campbell met for coffee the other morning. “When a printer, a minister, and a banker get together, I can’t tell who needs whom,” a quipster quipped. * * * It hasn’t been so long ago that when a student had an automobile at the University, it was prima facie evidence his dad was a millionaire. A Delightful “Petite Musicale” By Jose A. Helguera Robert Wallenborn, an ex eellent pianist, gave a fine re ntal before a substantial aud ience on Sunday evening, Oc tober lijth, in the main lounge of Graham Memorial. His was a rather unusual program which will be reviewed in de tail. The first number was a “Toccata,” by Petrassi, a con temporary living Italian com poser of the modern school. This work, although based on a modernistic melodic line, is written as a clasical Toccata with modern harmonization, and the result, us interpreted by Wallenborn, is highly inter esting and very good music. Begun at a conservative tempo, the initial theme of the four voice fugue was the subject of a fine exposition and the fugue itself was very well developed by the artist. Well marked and smoothly brought in con trasts were the characteristics of the whole interpretation, which ended with a finely play ed coda. Wallenborn’s beauti ful touch could be appreciated from the very first notes. Bela Bartok’s Sonata, next in the program, in three move ments, not enumerated in the program, began with an "Al legro,” initiated at a good, conservative tempo, which left enough technique in reserve for the smoothly brought in ac celerandos this movement con tains and also for the brilliant final coda of this Allegro. The second movement, an “Adagio," started also at a well-measur ed tempo and was suds By Billy Arthur throughout with rarely heard poetry and devotion to Bartok’s intentions. The third move ment, a “Scherzo-Allegretto,” was given a true interpreta tion. with the Hungarian popu lar nursery song which Bar tok intewove inthis move ment “masterfully develop ed. The treatment of this son ata, as given by Wallenborn, has begun to convince this writer that Bartok’s music is both interesting and good, and this statement comes from someone who has labored for many years to know and ap preciate this music. To him, this performance has been a revelation. The next treat was Robert Schumann’s “Etudes Symphon iques.” Each one of these twelve etudes was given its own individual interpretation, and yet, Wallenborn gave us to understand that each was a part of a well integrated whole. No nuance of Schu mann’s romantic phrases was overlooked. This was, by far, one of the best interpretations of these Etudes which this writer has enjoyed in many years, reminding him of Ossip Gabrilowitsch, who during his life-time, was considered as one of the best interpreters of the “Etudes Symphoniques.” The last of these and its coda were perfection itself. After the intermission, while on the program the next group was shown as “Three, Pieces from ‘Miroirs,’ ’’ by Ravel, Mr. Wallenborn, byway of intro duction, and so he explained It to the audience, playetf^four Chapel Hill Chaff (Continued from page 1) the dead and dreaming: heroine return to life. All this weak ened the play as seen on the screen and made the Playmak ers’ production seem far su perior to the movie. We were reminded of this the other night while watching a television production of “Our Town.” Good as parts of it were, it seemed inferior to the fine show put on by the Play makers in 1939. It appeared that the TV act ors were trying too hard for effect, as contrasted with the really effective underplaying of the Playmakers. Frank Si natra as the narrator didn’t seem right at all. Certainly he was nothing like as good as was Harry’ Davis in the same role on the Playmakers stage in 1939. We can see and hear Mr. Davis now, casually standing at the front of the proscenium and talking to the audience in that easy-going conversational way, telling about the day-to day events in Grovar’s Corners and completely captivating ev erybody in the house. Another unforgettable char acter in the Playmakers’ “Our Town” was Walter Spearman as the undertaker. We’ll stack him and his fur-collared over coat and Harry Davis against Frank Sinatra any day. • • • M rs. Tom McCaulty wonders what ever became of the corn erstone of the Chapel Hill High School building that was built iri 1938 and burned down in 1942. When the Weekly recently ran pictures of the building taken before and after the fire she remembered that her autograph was in the cor nerstone. 1 was inthe freshman class the year the school was built,” she said, “and all members of the class signed their names to be sealed inside the corner stone. I wonder if the corner stone was saved when the building was razed after the fire.” Does anybody know about this ? little pieces by Francois Coup erin: "Le Vieux Seignerur,” “La Musette de Tavarny,” Rossignal en Amour,” and “Le Tic Toe Doc,” all of which were finely executed, with a delicate, yet pre cise, touch. Not for a moment did we feel that we were lis tening to spinet music played on a Steinway grand concert piano; but Wallenborn created and maintained the illusion that we were hearing early French music played by a mas ter, on the instrument for which the music was written. This set us fully in the mood to appreciate the three Kavel pieces: “La Vallee des Clo ches,” “Nocturnelles,” and “Al borada del Gracioso.” In the first, Wallenborn’s imagina tion portrayed the French val ley in the French countryside at the time the bells of the many churches in numerous villages peal at Angelus time. In the second, our pianist gave us a poetical description of swarms of night hutterfies in flight. “La Alboradu del Gra cioso” was interpreted with rare feeling for the nuunce fuil Spanish music, of whicn Maurice Kavel was so fond; the “Malaguena” and “Peten cra” themes which the compos ers brings were wonderfully sung by Wallenborn. This whole group of the program was an evidence of the sound musical upbringing, genius, and excellent taste which our artist possesses. As encores, Wallenborn play ed the Minuet from Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin,” which was also a masterpiece in interpretation; ami a very seldom heard Chopin Etude, with its main theme written in sixths, and this was Chopin playing at its best. Wallenborn has a very warm touch, absolute precision in everything he plays, his tem pos are well measured and maintained and he is a master at coloring and at bringing out the full poetry, the contrasts and shading intended by the composers. A few more ex ponents of Robert Wallenborn's quality would help to popu larize the music of contempor ary composers of the so-called “modern style.” Most-Sought-After Jobs Bill Sharpe in “The State” magazine says: The most - sought - after newspaper jobs in North Caro lina were those of Wallace Car roll, executive editor of the Winston-Salem Journal-Senti nel; Ralph Howland, “Charlotte Observer’s’ Raleigh correspon dent, and the late Bob Madry, UNC Newg Bureau manager. "Carroll’s job probably will go unfilled for some time, as Publishei Bill Hoyt surveys the field. A good salary is attached. “Many sought the UNC pub licity job, but it went to Pete Ivey, Shelby, who didn’t even apply. “The Raleigh correspondent On the Toitn THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS from Berke ley, California, that distinguished nuclear scientist Ernest O. Lawrence has announced the discovery of “a remarkable new atomic particle which can an nihilate the basic buijding block of all matter.” Let’s don’t let any of those things start running around loose, if you please, gentlemen. * * * .* 1 DON’T KNOW ABOUT the rest of you all, but I’m nuts about the funnies. With just a few exceptions, I don’t pick and choose among them. I read ’em all. I get all wrapped up in the plots and can’t wait for the morning newspapers to arrive so I can find out whether Little Orphan Annie is going to uncover the nest of smugglers and why Smiling Jack is being so mysterious about his latest assignment to track down the big international spy ring. I get the biggest kick out of the comics which satire to entertain their readers. There’s been quite a rash of TV-ribbing sequences lately, and these I thoroughly enjoy. Li’l Abner, which is probably the strip best known for satires on current events of public interest, is one of the ones now engaged in jumping on television with both feet. In case you haven’t been reading A1 Capp’s brainstorm, the story sequence is about an aged university professor who has just an swered the 100 most difficult questions in the world on a TV’ giveaway show similar to the fabulous $64,- 000 Question. The professor has received a penny a question so far, giving him a total of sl. He has now arrived at the $64,000,000 Question, which is: What color under wear is General Bullmoose, the program’s sponsor, wearing? (Tune in tomorrow, or the next day, or may be next week, for the answer.) Judge Parker, which is a strip filled with stirring triumphs of justice over evil, well laced with humor and pathos, tells the story of a brilliant kid with an ex-convict father. The kid is appearing on the SIOO,- 000 Question TV show, and he just has one more question to go to win the grand prize. The program’s producers are a bunch of charlatans who are determined to find a question the kid can’t possibly answer, even though he appears to be the brightest boy genius in history. Then there’s Rip Kirby, a fast-paced detective thril ler, which is currently involved in a tale about a TV comedian named Giggles Magee whose weight «# sense of humor are about as grotesque as those of Jackie Gleason. In spite of the fact that I read them, I can’t help wondering how some of the poorly written and poorly executed comics keep up their strong following. The characters in Smiling Jack look as if they had two by fours strapped to their spines; all the women in Jane Arden look exactly alike, with the single ex ception of hair color (you have your choice of blonde or brunette, and since Jane’s a brunette almost every one else winds up blonde and anorfymous); Little Orphan Annie apparently carries a copy of Bartlett around in the hip pocket of that threadbare red dress she’s been wearing without a change for the past 27 years (Please don’t get me wrong; I’m really bats over Annie; it just takes so long for something to happen) ; and Captain Easy manages to get himself made a fool of by any queer character that happens to cross his path more than momentarily. Some people think reading the comics puts a person in a mental category roughly between moron and imbecile. To these critics, I have only one thing to sav in mitigation: I never never never—better yet, let’s make it NEVER NEVER NEVER—watch Gleason on television. I think that redeems me. I I lace, filled so brilliantly by j Ralph Howland, attracted the interest of several top-flight men, including some of the ■ i l SAVE REGULARLY 1 I with Hn Building A Loan L f for All Vow Noodtl V You can open a savings account at the Orange County Building and Loan Association, regardless of what your purpose may be. Open a savings account with us for any need ... to buy a car, build a home, or for future security. Then save regularly. We’li help by paying you a V/, dividend on your savings. ORANGE COUNTY BUILDMB ANB LOAN ASSOCIATION West FranltHn St. Tel. 9-8761 Friday, October 21, 1955 By Chuck Hauser staff of Raleigh’s ‘News and Observer.’ It pays SIO,OOO or thereabouts. There is talk that Pete McKnight will expand it into a two-man bureau.
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