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The guardian., 1953-06-20

easy for you to have fun-yeu
can't be like crocodile and
sleep away your life and be
satisfied. You must do some
thing. and normally it must in-
volve others-something you do
for them. The satisfaction
| it is trite, but 1t is true-the
satisfaction Of a clear con-
science, no matter what hap
pens.
You can get a lot OF fun out
of shooting a good game OF
golf. But you would not have
the slightest fun out Of achieV-
ing that first 10, If you did it
by teeing up in the rough, or
taking the slightest advantage
anywhere, and no one but you
knew 1t. that game would never
be 10 to you. And so 1t was
not worth while because you
had no tun doing II.
Whatever you do, lend q
helping hand to someone along
the road-something you have
achieved-like your Dartmouth
diplomas today, those things
that have become worth while
in your own estimation, will
contribute to your happiness.
They will measure up to your
standards. because your stan
dards have become those that
only you know, but they have
become very high, and IL you
do those things that are the
kind OF things that will satisfy
you, and make life something
that is Joyous, that will cause
/ your face to spread out tindi-
eating a smile), instead OF 60
ing this way Indicating a long
facel-snd there's too much OF
that In the world, anyway.
You are leaders. You are
bound to be such, because you
have advantages that will make
you leaders to someone, whether
you know il or not. There will
be tough problems to solve,
You have heard about them.
You don't solve them with a
long face.
That brings me to my second
little topic, which is courage.
forget the author, but you have
heard that famous saying, ths
coward dies thousand deaths
but the brave man dies but
once. In other words, you car
live happily If you have courage
because you are not seeking
something that you can't have
You must have courage to lool
at all about you with honesf
eyes-aboye all, yourself, aut
we 60 back to our standards
Have you actually measured VI
to that courage to look at your
self and say, well. I failed
miserably there, I hurt some
ones feelings needlessly. losi
my temper-which you mus
never do except deliberately
Then you did not measure VI
to your own standards.
Now II you have the courage
to look at yourself, soon yor
begin to achieve code. or
pattern, that is closer to YOU
own standards. BY the same
token, look at all those dear tC
YOU. your own family-of course
YOUR own children are going L
be the greatest and most extra
ordinary that ever lived. Buf
also look at them as they are
occasionally.
Look at your country. HERE
Is a country Of which we arr
proud. and as you are proud
Of Dartmouth or OF your fam
lily. This country Is q long way
from perfection.
We have the disgrace Of ra-
ciaI discrimination, or We haF'
prejudice against people heeaus'
"A - tkelv reHr{on. We haYs
The guardian., 1953-06-20

HANOVER N. H., June IA
Following is the text of the ad-
dress delivered by President
Eisenhower ut the Dartmouth
commencement after he had
received tas honorary degree
of doctor of laws today.
President Dickey, Secretary
Pearson, members of Dart
mouths family, and their
, friends,
Your president possesses a
brash bravery approaching
foolhardiness when he gives
to me this platform in front Of
such an audience with no other
admonition except so say, speak
informally-and giving me no
limits of any other kind.
he has forgotten, I think,
that old soldiers love to remi-
nisce, and that they are in
addition notoriously garrulous.
But I have certain limitations
of my own learned through
out these many years, and ]
think they will serve to keep
me from offending too deeply.
But even If do offend, I beg
in advance the pardon Of those
families and friends and. sweet
hearts that are waiting to greet
these new graduates with a
ehaste handshake Of congratu-
lations. and assure you that
any overstaying Of my time
was unintentional, and just
. merely a product Of my past
up-bringing.
: First I could not pass this
T. occasion without the traditional
congratulations to this class
the completion of four years Of
arduous work at a college OF
such standing as Dartmouth
p and of which there no higher
Next, l think I may be par
doned if ! congratulate YOU or
/ the quality of the addresses
you have heard up to this mo.
ment. l think that your com
mencement addresses and The
two valedictory addresses es'
tablish standard that coulC
we'll be one to be emulatet
even here in the future.
Now, with your permission,
want to talk about two points
two qualitites-that are purel
personal. I am not going to b
an exhorter. as Secretary Pear
son has said. I want to tai
about these two things, an
~ merely suggest to you certai
: ideas concerning them.
am going to talk about fu
-ioy-happiness; Just fun i
life. And 1 am going to talk
little about courage.
Now, as to the fun, to ge
myself straight at once, for fea
that in my garrulousness
might stray from my point,
say this: Unless each day ca
be looked back upon by an in
dividual as one in which Il
has had some fun, some io'
some real satisfaction, that da
is : loss. It is unChristisn an
wicked in my opinion, to alloy
= such a thing to occur.
Now, there are many. man
: different ideas that will con
z tribute-many acts Of your owr
! that will contribute to the fui
: YOU have out OF life. You ca
: 60 along the bank Of a stream
: in the tropics, and there is
! crocodile lying in the sun. H
: looks the picture Of content
! ment. They tell me that oftsl
4 thev live to be a great age
100 years or older. Still lyin
in the sun, and that is all the
do.
; Nov, By going to Dartmouth
by going this far along tn
road you have achieved certain
standards. and one Of thos
standasdg b, q b no longer
The guardian., 1953-06-20
TIE PRESIDENT DARTMOUTH SPEECH

President Eisenhower whose campaign speeches We
criticized because he advocated gradual ntegratlon of
arn1y troops land this in spite Of Truans order ior
f ntegration) - and this presumably because he was
sseng Bize votes now comes out boldly for eraSure OF
the contrys disgrace We publish the text Of his Dart
mouth speech for all to read:
The guardian., 1953-06-20

over four months.
Rose Pulley
crime on the docks. We have
not had the courage to uprOOt
these things although we know
they are wrong with our stan
dards-the standard given us
at places like DartmOuth-we
know they are wrong.
Now that courage is not go
ing to be satisfied-our sense of
satisfaction is not going to be
satisfied, II you have not the
courage to look at these things
and do your best to help cor
rect them, because that is the
contribution you shall make to
this beloved country in your
time.
Each OF US, as he passes
along, should strive to add
something, 1t is not enough
merely to say I love America,
and to salute the flag and take
off your hat as it goes by, or by
singing the star-spangled Ban
ner. Wonderful. We love to
do them, and our hearts swell
with pride. because those who
went before us worked to give
to us today standing here, this
/ pride.
This Is a pride in an institu-
tion that I think has brought
great happiness. You must add
to it. Don't join the book
burners. Don't think you are
going to swerve something by
concealing evidence that they
ever existed, don't be afraid to
go to the library and read
every book, so long as thai
document does not offend oul
own ideas of deceney - thai
should be the only censorship
How will we defeat commu-
nism, unless We know what Il
is, and why it has such an ap'
peal for men. Why are So
many people swearing alleg-
lance to it. 1t is almost re-
igion-albeit in one of thu
neither regions. We have go
to fight it with something bet
ter. not try to conceal thl
thinking of our own people
They are part Of America.
And even if their thinking
and ideas are cntrary to ours
their right to say them, thei
right to have them in place
where they are accessible K
Others is unquestioned, or it il
not America.
I fear have already violated
my promise not to talk to-
long. could not, though, g
back to my chair with my sens
of distinction in Dartmouth
hnorary doctorsge, in the over
generous remarks Of Presiden
Dickey and the present OF thi
cane from the young men o
the graduating class, all o
these things are precious t
me. have been fortunate tina
my life has been spent Will
Americas men, probably tn
finest thing to happen to me Ii
a long time.
The guardian., 1953-06-20
GARD OF THANKS

Mrs. Rose Pulley of 80 We'll
linton St., wishes TO thank the
Rev. Nathan Wright, Jr., Rec
tor of st. Cyprian's Episcopal
Church and members and Guild
members and other friends for
kindnesses, as visits, flowers and
delicacies, during her illness of
over four months.
Rose Pulley
The guardian., 1953-06-20
Grant A.M.E. Church
COR. WASHINGTON AND
NEWCOMBE STREETS
REV. S. McNEAL, PASTOR

THE FRIENDLY CHURCH
IN A FRIENDLY CITY
Sunday Services:
ll:0o am - Morning Service
$3.50 pm = ACE. League
$3.50 pm - ACE. League
$3.50 pm - Missionary SER
ca. End Sun,
Always a Welcome at
Grant Church
Evening star., 1953-12-13

tinue to happen. Slips such rs
playwright George S. Kaufmans
famous remark about "Silent
Night" last Christmas which
caused an industry-wide ruckus
and got Kaufman fired from the
panel of This Is Show Business"
until he explained he meant no
sacrilege when he said: Let SNAKE
this one program on which no one
sings Silent Night"
NInvasiou Of Privacy"
AND slips like the one which gave
television the shudders last May.
Russ Meyer, the fery-tempered
Brooklyn Dodger pitcher, threw a
tantrum on the field and was tossed
out of a game in Philadelphia by
the umpire. The TV camera fol-
lowed Meyer off the field and
picked up an indelicate gesture he
made in the dugout runway. 1t
was not seen from the ball park
but was spotted clearly by thou
sands of local viewers. Roger Clipp,
director of station WFIL-TV in
Philadelphia, reported a stream of
indignant phone calls and the in
cident prompted Ford Frick, COM
missioner of baseball, to warn that
turning cameras into dugouts dur
ing a game is IAN invasion of the
players privacy"
Things like this scare TV to
death. As one NBC official put it:
We've got a sword of Damocles
over our heads and it's held up
there by a cobweb." The End
Evening star., 1953-12-13

AMUSIC HOp much does the
N1 United States spend year to
haze music in the AIMED Forces?
60 million dollars. with band in
struments alone totaling over 5
million dollars. The armed forces
have ESQ bands with more than
5000 enlisted men musicians -
enough to man two regiments.
PA, KnOxrilLe, IOtUa
CRAVING -. What dish on the
menu did the 10 japanese mayors
miss most on their recent US. tOnT!?
Evening star., 1953-12-13

= and keep their fingers crossed.
On the regular as well as the un-
rehearsed shows, networks protect
themselves moneywise by insert
ing a clause in contracts with pro-
ducers and individual talent under
which they are held blameless in
the event of legal action. "Finan-
cially," declared Mr.. Cuddihy,
I'VE cannot be hurt, but it does
hurt our regulations if we are sub
jected to many suits"
'Television bristles with rigid
precautions against slips. Declared
Mr.. Robinson of CHS: I'VE screen
people to make sure no crackpots,
causists or persons with a mission
get before the cameras and sound
off. If we inadvertently stumble
into something, our masters of
ceremonies are specially trained to
take care of it in a matter of Sec
onds, and on panel shows we select
people on whose judgment and
common sense we can rely"
NGo Black"
l HE instant an offensive remark
comes out or is imminent, direc-
tors are alerted to command a
switch to another scene, cut out
the sound or, as a last resort, "go
black" - blank out the screen.
The latter hasn't happened often
because, as one director explained:
Once remark has been made the
damage has been done and going
black will only make things worse"
Man in the street interviewers
Evening star., 1953-12-13
WHAT SCARES TV MOST

stay away from persons who ap-
pear overly anxious to get on. Ben
Grauer, MICS special-events re-
porter, said: Il can spot a show
off, a wise guy, a life-of-the-party
boy a mile off. They're the ones
who can cause trouble"
Grauer's blooper-insurance
method is to stay ION top" of a
subject all the time. You're DOM
mating him every second" he said,
''psychologically and physically.
When he starts saying something
offensive, you cover him vocally,
drown him out and move on"
COllyer and Garry Moore
agreed the worst thing an NC.
can do after an off color remark
is to acknowledge that he
understood. IF / so much as arch
an eyebrow. said Collyer, "the
studio audience will pick it up and
roar all the more. pretend the re-
mark was never made and move on. "
Strangely. quiz contestants are
generally not warned in advance
to watch what they say and Coll
yer explained why: "A warning
might prey on their minds and
cause them to blurt out something
really bad. It's like the story OF the
little girl who was told a dozen
times not to mention her uncle's
prominent red nose when he came
to dinner. The adnonition stayed
with her, so that night she asked
politely: Uncle Harry, please pass
your nose'!"
But despite the care, slips con-
Evening star., 1953-12-13
z. FRED MILLER

Rice! Hosts figured they'd be
fed up with it. However, the visit
ing mayors often sneaked out to
japanese restaurants for rice dishes
after banquets featuring only
American dinners.
RS, Miami, Fla.
FORE 80. What ,cGs unique GbOtd
the gOlfng tournament held recently
in Central City, Neb.?
There was only one hole and the
2,700-yard fairway was the dried
up Platte River bed. A mere SIS
Evening star., 1953-12-13

prize was at stake. but entry fees
swelled the fund for a new city
swimming pool
-S.B., Trenton. N. J.
OUCH -. HotO do present income
Tar rates COMPARE With those in effect
When the IGW V0S passed tn 1913?
A married person with two de-
pendents besides his wife, with a
net income of $40 900. paid $50 in
federal income tax in 1913. Today
he pays over $500.
WC.V., Norman, Okla.
HELP ... Why did NeW HGcen
police call tn a Yale language pro-
tessOr after 0rreSting an alleged
bOOkmakeT?
Betting slips were written in
Hindustani.
-O.M.G., Cedar Rapids, IOscG
FAULTY -. What is the most
common incOnse-t0x riOI0tiOn dis
closed tn surrey conducted by the
Internal Reuenme Service?
Failure to file estimated tax
declarations. One out of four tax
payers questioned had committed
this violation.
TEA, Warren, I'll.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
CONDUCTED sY y NJ

NOTE: We will pay 81 for question and
answer used in this column. Questions
are based on current news and clipping Of
news source must accompany answer.
Address: Tom Henry, THIS WEEK,
42O Lexington Avenue. New York II,
N. Y. Unaccepted contributions cannot
be acknowledged or returned.
Evening star., 1953-06-30

for Constance BENEFITS summer
enterprise, is an able man who
obviously has seen Moore play
Throttlebott He cuts quite a
comic figure.
OF the others. the most effec-
tive probably is Dorothea Nc
Farland. She sings and acts
most capably as the Southern
belle who wins a contest to be-
come the Presidents bride, then
loses her prize to true love. Harry
Fleer, as Candidate Wintergreen,
who campaigns on a pro-love
platform, a good safe one, is
earnest, and Diana Drake is
lively and attractive as his Mary
Turner.
Evening star., 1953-06-30

The remainder of the players
are well-intended, eager and
completely lacking in faith in
the amphitheater's pa, system.
Arthur Sircom's staging is effec-
tive and Albert johnson has de-
signed some tricky settings to
help him.
The most durable ingredient Of
"Of Thee I Sing" of course, is
its musical score. Gershwin's "Of
Thee I Sing, Baby" is Still a
rouSing tune and the orchestra
under Jay Chernis' baton and
chorus do it rousingly. "Who
Cares?" Wasn't This a Lovely
Day" and Love Is Sweeping the
Country" are other samples Of
the Gershwin genius which fan
pleasantly on the ear.
The ''Of Thee I Sing" book
has been updated. it might be
noted. The political boss. for in
stance, tells the girls in that
contest to find a wife for the
presidential candidate that there
will be consolation prizes for the
runnerS-up. One of these, he
says, will be an autographed
picture of Senator Mccarthy
or 10 cents in gold" The up
dating obviously was not done by
MIR. kaufman.
# you've never seen "Of Thee
I Sing" you probably owe it to
yourself to see it as part of your
education in theatrical antiqui-
ties. It is done here at least bet
ter than you are likely to see it
done by any little theater group,
II you saw the original, however,
Evening star., 1953-06-30
BY HaEEY MocArthur

Turning from the standard
operetta library to the Broadway
stage the Washington Music Fes-
tival has come up now with an.
old fashioned Broadway musical.
"Of Thee I Sing" on the stage
of the Carter Barron Memorial
Amphitheater this week, dates
back to an earlier pre-ballet day
in the theater. when q musical
was . musical comedy and not
ever . psychological drama.
1t also dates back to a more
innocent Washington day, when
it was a lot easier to laugh at the
antics of politicians. This happy
spool. with music by George
Gershwin. lyrics by Ira GershWin
and book by George s. kaufman
and Morris Ryskind. won the
Pulitzer prize In the 1923 sea-
son.
That was q time when 4
SWlLcn producing b song caIleQ
''Posterity Is Just Around the
Corner" was good for a laugh.
Now we can only hope forlornly
that it Is.
Still. q fair share Of the Kauf-
man-Ryskind comedy has proved
to be durable. especially that
centering around Alexander
Throttlebottom. Throttlebottom,
the forlorn and forgotten vice
president. may not be as funny
on the slopes Of Rock Creek
Park as he was when imperson-
ated by Victor Moore. But no.
body is as funny as Victor Moore.
Loney Lewis, who plays the role
Evening star., 1953-06-30
Where and When
Current TheoteF Attractions
And Time Of Showing

Stage.
Natlonal-"Guys and Dolls;
$3.50 pm.
Carter Barron Ampitheater-
"Of Thee I Sing; 8:45 pm.
Arena-"Boy Meets Girl:
Ambassador-"The Beast From
10000 Fathoms";; 1:2O, $40,
5:25, 1880 and 9::35 pm.
Capitol - Arena; II am.
1:45, 4:30. 7:15 and 10 pm.
Stage: 1855. $40. 6:25 and
9:1O pm.
Columbia-"The Desert Rats;
11:40 am. 1:40, 3:45, 5:45, 7:50
and 9:55 pm.
Dupont-"Man on a Tight
rope; 1920. 1925. 5:25. 1880 and
9:40 pm.
Keith's - "Gunsmoke"; 1885
am, 1:40, 3:45. S:45. 1850 and
9:55 pm.
THE Quiet Man: $40
and 9:15 pm.
Macarthur - "A Queen Is
Crowned: 2::2S. 4:20. $40. sos
and 10 pm.
Metropolitan - "Tarzan and
the She-Devil":: 11:15 am. 1:20.
$780,, $40. 7:45 and $50 pm.
Ontario - "Sangaree"; 1:20.
3:2O, 500. 7:25 and $3.50 pm.
Palace Scared Stir; II
am, 1:10. 500, $3.50. 7:45 and
9:55 pm.
Playhouse - "Lili"; IL am,
1885, 2:3O, 4:20. 6:15, $40 and
1905 pm.
Plaza - "The Seven Deadly
Sins; II an, 1:15. 3:35, $50,
sos and 1925 pm.
Trans-Lux - "Salome";; IL
am, 1880, 2:45, 4:30. $3.50. $40
and 10:15 pm.
Warner "The Beast From
10000 Fathoms";; 11:15 am,
1:2O. 1925. $50. 7:35 and GAS
pm.
Evening star., 1953-06-30

dame that is going to give them
the name Of q horse that will pay
100 to /, or that will flick . pair
Of dice to however many passes
are needed for q fortune.
They do not renounce Lady
Luck merely because she hap
pens to be busy elsewhere. They
can wait with a patience that is
one of their most dramatic gifts.
It is what Runyon has to say
OF this nature that makes the
story Of Sergt. Sarah Brown and
Gambler Sky Masterson and the
one Of Adelaide. the night club
singer and Nathan Detroit, the
best thing about Guys and
Dolls"
Loesser's music, pretty well
known by this time, is no handi-
cap Of course to the musical
produced by Cy Feuer and Ernest
H. Martin. Heard again in con-
text, and enthusiastically sung
by both principals and ensembles,
it is most agreeable score. I'll
Know" "A Bushel and A Peck"
IF I Were A Bell" MY Time of
Day." and rather above all,
"Adelaide's Lament" are tunes
worthy of the durability they
have achieved.
The same is true of Kidd's
dances, most especially of that
crapgame ballet in it's New York
sewer setting, which is one of
the few worthy descendants of
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"
4
The change from New York's
heat and humidity to Washing
toms does nothing visible to the
company's performance. This is
a group worthy of Runyon, most
notably in the case of Iva
Withers as Adelaide who keeps
losing to Nathan Detroit's devo-
ton to dice; Norwood Smith as
Sky; Susan High as Sarah
Brown; B. S, Pully as Big julie;
Jack Prince as Nicely Nicely
johnson: Dell Markee as Harry
the Horse. and Pat Rooney. the
elder, as Arvide Abernathy, q
missionary with an arch express
sion.
New York couldn't have sent
more popular group of summer
vacationers to Washington than
these Guys and Dolls"
Evening star., 1953-06-30

remain with "Caine Mutiny''
after all. The two children and
a governeSS have gone with him
and the rest Of the cast to Homo
lulu. I'm glad. It's q hack
neyed phrase, but work is the
best panacea for grief.
Robert Taylor writes from
London that the coronation was
the most exciting show he has
ever seen, and that he's sport
ing beard for his knights of
the Round Table" Bob will re-
turn here in October-later, If
Ursula Thesis can straighten out
her citizenship .tangle to visit
him over there.
Speaking Of beards-James
Mason, dining at Romanoff's.
looked as If he'd been riding the
freight trains. The 1O-o'clock
shadow is for ~Prince Valiant q
fReIeased by NANA)
Evening star., 1953-06-30

JCd1Os 41ICoC d1G uCW bypCS
around here, not as polished as
diplomats or as oily as politi-
clans, but q refreshing relief
from both.
The impression they create is
what this country needs is more
guys and dolls and fewer who
pretend to be something more
virtuous and refined. AS prof1led
originally by the late Damon
Runyon, and retouched in this
form by q group Of his admirers.
these Broadway types could give
lessons in virtue to their pro-
fessed superiors.
It is part of their fabulouSness
that they are people Of honor,
in their own way, and decency
and loyalty. All they want to do
is live their little loves, conduct
their floating crap games in
peace, and dress in the gaudy
splendor of peasants with q
sophisticated address.
This way Of life is amusing
and affecting and the six weeks
it is on view here should take
everybody's mind of his own
way, which has not been 80
cheerful of late.
4 y
This Guys and Dolls" if any
one has not heard, is the one
straight from Broadway. It is
now on a kind of vacation here
while its hard-used home theater
in New York is being refurbished
against the company's return.
Its appearance here is the
strangeSt prior to Broadway .
again booking in the Nationals
history, but somehow it is quite
In keeping with Sky Masterson,
Big julie, Harry the Horse, Miss
Adelaide. Sergt. Sarah Brown.
etc.
The most interesting quality OF
"Guys and Dolls" at this stage
of its career is the same as in its
early days.
This is it's retention Of the
Runyon flavor, which remains
sharp and pungent. with the ad-
dition of 10 Swerling's and Abe
Burrows literary touches, the
music of Frank Loesser. and the
dancing by Michael Kidd.
These creative people, with
styles of their own. could not
have been more careful to pre-
serve the original flavor if they
were thinking only of which
side their royalty checks were
buttered on.
They knew. as all Runyon ad-
mirers know. that these were the
original authors creatures
Broadway eccentrics whom he
understood, admired, and for
whom he had an unfaltering af-
lection. So, in setting them to
music, Loesser. Burrows, Swerl-
ing, etc.. left them pretty much
alone.
Runyon's guys and dolls are
people with a faith. a little Off
center as faiths go. but one
which they grasp firmly. What
they believe in Is Lady Luck, a