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THE TAR HEEL
TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1945
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH OFFERS
VALUABLE PROGRAM TO UNIVERSITY
, The campus is due to receive soon some of the world's fore
most authorities in certain fields of research. On May 9, 10, and
11, quests to the University will include two college presidents,
a brigadier general, a governor, an ex-governor, the Undersec
retary of War, the chairman of TVA, a number of college pro
fessors, and the heads of severaMarge industrial companies.
The occasion will be the Conference on Research and Regional
Welfare. Our own Dr. R. E. Coker is chairman of the confer
ence committee, and Dr. Claiborne S. Jones, assistant professor
of zoology here, is acting as Dr. Cokers assistant.
In a letter to the editor, Dr. Jones stressed the fact, that the
conference, a part of the University's sesquicentennial celebra
tion, would have as its keynote a very real concern for the
Souths needs and opportunities. At a tea given by Dr. Coker
we learned that the conference may be considered an attempt
to help the South regain its rightful place in the nation by en
couraging research in the colleges and universities throughout
the South. The graduate schools of the North have long held a
monopoly in fields of research and advanced study which should 1
logically belong to the South in view of the South's position in
regard to geography and natural resources.
Douglass Hunt, speaker of the legislature, who was also at
the tea, ' suggested that one reason f or the backwardness of
Southern universities might be found in the arrangement we .
have here in North Carolina. Mr. Hunt stated that the con
solidation of the three branches of the Greater University has
confused and made impossible much research.
Dr. Coker pointed out the necessity of synchronizing graduate
studies and agreed that the South has a great need of inter-university
organization.
These, and other problems of the South, will be dealt with at
the conference. The immediate value of the conference, how
ever, will come from the opportunity of hearing and meeting
some truly great leaders in fields of knowledge.
ROBERT MORRISON
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VANCE PUBLISHES "CAR WHEEL
The fact has come to our attention that the "Car Wheel," official pub
.lication of the Vance Publications Union serving V-12's in Vance Dormi
tory, is being published regularly now. T. G. Wicker serves as the Car
Wheel's editor, and J. S. Townsend and J. H. Hulbert have other impor
tant positions on the staff.
The big news item carried by the latest issue of the Car Wheel concerns
the attempted assassination .of John G. Miller, who was elected head man
of Vance Dormitory by a total of 27 votes, Vz vote going to Bob Eagle,
distinguished- as the roommate of Lee Silverstein, well-known writer for
the Tar Heel, the rival publication of the Car Wheel on the campus.
Ed Gaither, former chairman of the Elections Committee of the legisla
ture, believes that the Car Wheel will become a powerful instrument of
news. Gaither's opinion is shared by A. B. Smith, also of Vance Dormitory.
LETTER FROM STUDENT BODY PREXY
To the Student Body:
During the past two weeks an. ef
fort has been made to encourage
the use of the campus gravel
paths. The President of the Uni
versity, Frank P. Graham, Chan
cellor R. B. House, and a leading
campus organization have all con
tributed to the effort. The idea was
not conceived on the spur of the
moment. Each year a drive is put
on in the early spring to persuade
the students to make use of the
pathways that were built for the
express purpose of "campus travel."
failed to meet with complete suc
cess. Those who are backing the
campaign this year are encouraged
by the cooperation which the stu
dent body has shown thus far.
Naturally there is the fear that the
student interest in the "grass
problem" will disappear with time
and the same situation will prevail
in 1946. This has been the past ex
perience of such drives.
Let's view the situation from
two standpoints. First, from an
economical standpoint. -The Uni
versity spends thousands of , dol
lars every year in 'grading and
seeding the "short cut" paths
which are worn by hurrying stu
dents. If we stop and think for a
moment it can easily be seen that
such a sum is being used waste
fully. We all agree on the fact that
the paths as constructed do not lead
. directly to all buildings from all
points on the campus; however,
when we consider how little time
and energy is saved by using our
"own" pathways we can easily see
that the saving falls short of off
setting the expense 'incurred in
grading and seeding each year.
From a standpoint of beauty,
the Carolina campus is unsur
passed. By wearing new paths
across the campus we are marring
this beautiful . landscape. Such dis
figurement detracts a great deal
from the impression that our cam
pus makes upon a visitor. Each of
us should take pride in the appear
ance of our University.
We have made a good start. Al
ready the grounds have begun to
show signs of great improvement.
Now it is up to each individual to
continue to cooperate and make our
campus one of which we may be
justly proud.
W. R. McKENZIE,
President, Student Body.
THE MONKEY'S VIEWPOINT
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Three monkeys sat in a cocoanut tree,
Discussing things as they're said to be,
Said one to the other, "now listen you two,
There' 8 a certain rumor that can't be true,
That man descended from our noble race,
The very idea is a great disgrace.
:' v No monkey ever deserted his wife,
Starved her babies and ruined her life,
And you've never known of a mother monk,
To leave her babies with others to bunk,
Or pass them on from one to the other,
Till hardly is known who is their mother.
And another thing you'll never see,
A monk build a fence around a cocoanut tree,
And let the cocoanuts go to waste, I .
Forbidding all other monks a taste. ' - ' -
Why if I'd put a fence around the tree,
Starvation would force you to steal from me.
Here's another thing a monk won't do,
Go out at night and go on a stew,
Or use a gun, vr club, or knife,
To take some other monkey's life.
Yes, man descended the ornery cuss,
BUT BROTHER he didn't descend fr&m us."
By Cadet Richard G. Salter, NROTC.
Last . Saturday night the campus
and the nation were electrified by
the news'that the war in Europe
was definitely over. V-E Day had
undoubtedly arrived!
Undeterred by the few who re
membered by first or second sight
the many false armistices in the
fall of 1918, a large portion of the
campus, your columnist included,
settled down to a session of heavy
celebration. Floyd Gillis found
quite a few takers for his five cokes
to three that the unconfirmed re
port was a flash in the pan, but at
the same time ABC men were
rushing to make sure the stores
that dispense the golden anodyne
for all joys and ills were closed.
Every few minutes the radio was
blaring further reports on the ac
cursed "unconfirmed report" re
leased by an anonymous "high of-
Exchanges
By Beverly Eisenberg
Daily Texan
The Daily Texan, commenting on
the San Francisco Conference:
"WTien thinking back on what we
have observed this year (or have
failed to observe), we realized for
possibly the first time that here,
too, college students seem to know
little about this most important of
conferences. We cannot recall one
conference, or debate on the sub
ject. Outside of a class in Post
war Problems and current His
tory lectureg, we have not even
' heard the faculty bringing the mat
ter up in class ... a damning
piece of evidence in a recent Gal
lup poll among college educated,
about half, 53, named the pur
pose of creating a world organiza
tion as the chief purpose of the
meeting."
Utah Chronicle
Editorial in the Utah Chronicle ,
doesn't intend facetiousness with
its title "Let's Play Grocery
Store." "Studies in history would
become more valuable if teachers
would spend less time describing
the intricacies of a certain period
in history and show what mistakes
made in the past might be avoided
in the future, demonstrating how
current problems might be solved
by past experience," the Chronicle
points out.
Minnesota Daily
On the subject of education: in
the Minnesota Daily an article on
the annual Beekeepers short course
to be held on the University Farm
campus next month. The 1 follow
ing topic is listed for one of the
discussion groups: "You and Your
Honey." Dates for the conclave are
listed as May 0, 11, and 12 should
any Tar Heel authority want to
attend. ,
William and Mary Flat Hat
A delegate from William and
Mary at the Southern Students
ficial" at San Francisco. Steve
Early had announced that Presi
dent Truman would speak later to
confirm or deny the rumor, and
many were hanging to their radios
with a glassy-eyed stare waiting
for the expected confirmation.
Graham Memorial, as usual, was
filled with some of its "permanent
. fixtures" who, as usual, were com
menting in their, as usual, loud
tones on various possibilities in
current in the truth or falsity of
the long awaited news; a few par
ticularly sober souls were specu
lating on the eventual conse-
quences of this occurrence. One girl
said, with a suddenly saddened
face as the initial news was re
ceived, "I only hope my little
brother is still alive.". ,
There were many like her who
saw through the tinsel of a cele
bration to the irrevocable injus
tices and tragedies that this war
had wrought on the world, and
there were many in whom the de
termination not to let this disas
ter reoccur was strengthened ' by
what was apparently the end of
much of its misery. It was these
who felt even more than the care
free merry-makers the import of
the thing, and it was these who
were affected even more strongly by
the realization that it was only an-?
other glorified rumor.
When the announcement came
from President Truman that Gen
eral Eisenhower had stated that
the rumor had absolutely no factual
basis, your columnist for one was
sobered by the realization that even
if the report had been true, it was
not the time for a riotous celebra
tion. The surrender of Germany
should bring the actuality of the
crisis confronting us closer to us;
we must remember that the con
clusion of the wars with Germany
and Japan will not be the conclu
sion of our task our task is to
build a lasting peace in the hope
that we may deliver our children
and our children's children from the
troubles ""of the world of our time.
I, for one, do not intend to forget
that again.
Editor
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Editorial Advisers
Desk Editor
BY AN OLD GOAT
Notes on May Frolics Before and After: Mother Nature's inclement
skies that led to a non-materializing meadow party . . . back-porch ex
plosions on Fraternity Court . . . Hank's song at the Beta Banquet . . .
Purple orchids, "etc.," adding life as well as color to the dance floor . . .
Imports swinging out on Freddie Johnson's hot and sweet rendition of
"Candy" . . Poised and sober Sam Laddy calling the sponsor's figure
. . . Ensign Day in tails . . . Midnight milk in the Sigma Chi kitchen (A. B.
Smith was said to have "afternooned" there) . . . Wee-hour Racket Makers
installed at the PiKA house ... the "seemingly deserted" DKE quarters
Jimmy ("Toad") Mitchell, conspicuous in green "specs," eating Harry's
breakfast specialty, the time being Sunday noon.
It was on a cold winter's day in 1943. Snow had fallen, and the paths
were thick with ice. Anita Laska slipped and fell . . . into a fly-fly's arms.
And now she, an engagement ring, and Milton are spending his leave with
her inlaws-to-be. So, co-eds, take heart. Carolina can be a match-makers
paradise.
Fire! Fire! Water! Water! were
the cries arising in Battle Dorm as
flames licked the ceiling. Andy
Griffith's bed was burning and he
was in it. Moral: It isn't safe to
sleep with a lighted cigarette in
one's hand. (In case any readers
might be interested, Griffith suffered
no serious after-effects!)
Just here'n'there: Sixty-four
dollar question in the Gaither-Pope
affair: "Who's snubbin' who?"
Scrubbing blisters on Tish Andrew's
hands and red roses at the Chi Ome
ga house meant Edna Earl Richard
son, chapter visitor, was in town
. . . Sunday evening harmonizers
(musically speaking) at the sign of
the X and horseshoe were John Wal
droup, Jack Perkins, and Jimmy
Lodge. Whitehead bell-bottoms are
practicing for a basketball game to
be played with boxing gloves . . .
Certain likely coeds are their would
be opponents . . . What will they be
doing next? . . . Wrestling? Hugh
Miller, Alpha Chi Sigma, wishes to
announce publicly that hot chocolate
is not to be heated in chemistry beak
ers. Congratulations to Mary Stew
art Synder, newest addition to the
Tri-Delt band. Jerry Frankel didn't
"hit the bottom" but rather broke
his thumb in tumbling . . . Reason
enough for, his sudden keen dislike
for fizz-ed. With tongue in cheek,
A. B. Smith innocently adds, "Lib
Schofield, I only know her by her
picture." If anyone wants a new
slant on Friday evening love, ask
. Pete Long . If not available, in
quire of a particular Carolina Play
maker. The Hope Valley Club recently
set the stage for Freddie Johnson's
$1000 brawl honoring his faithful
trumpeteer, Wally Andrews, who re
ported for induction at Ft. Bragg
Saturday . fr
"Happy birthday, Harry Bates!"
was the greeting of his best girl who
arrived from Florida by plane . . .
probably expressed in word3 and
otherwise. As thoroughly enjoyed
as this first wish was Archer
House's symbol of their birthday
greeting ... a huge chocolate cake.
Rameses wonders: "Did you blow out
all the candles?"
Heard on Campus: Fox Hole's ex
planation in the "Y" Court of the
finer differences between seduction
and persuasion from a hypnotist's
point of view only . . . The Wallace-Hunt-Mary
Lib Sunday serenade
(They seemed "sad" ONLY "when
that great ship went down") . . .
Rene Bernard's leading question to
late dancers in Graham Memorial:
See RAM SEES, page A.
Menagerie Mirror
By Linda Nobks
Yesteryear in movieland a five year old miss with shining curls and deep
brown eyes smiled vivaciously as the Fox shouted, "Lights, camera, action."
A screen test yes, but a film contract, Daddy said, "No." He preferred that
his daughter remain a typical American girl.
Today she joins the Menagerie parade where she is mirrored as a star
performer with a top billing behind the footlights in Chapel Hill. Gifted
with many talents she has been cast in an" indefinite number of different
roles. She has played her part as an indefatigable worker in the legisla
ture, in Pan-Hell, and in Valkyrie. Other roles in which she has acted
include speaker pro tem of the senate, treasurer of the senior class, and
president of Sound and Fury. And to what can this "Who's Who" be at
tributed? The principal secret lies in her never-diminishing enthusiasm.
Her subtle wit and her unaffected naturalness have won her the admira
tion of even her most casual associates.
This Carolina coed has specialized in "sorta low down" boogie as well
as assisting Uncle Sam in teaching certain Annapolis midshipmen, mind
you, the fundamentals of sailing. Mike Beam is currently responsible for
her suffering from delusions of being Lauren "To Have and Have Not"
Bacall. Sympathizing with her so called plight as being cast as a natural
for the part of Susie "Nobody Wants Me" Dud, he insisted that she did
have a certain sexy look in her eye, according to her half roommate Shir
ley, this "said she" is developing the art of being a glomorous coquette by
hourly stabbings of her innocent looking-glass with many wicked gleams
from her "come hither" eyes.
Although she is majoring in the "Y" this semester, infirmary orders,
she steers clear of 20c milk shakes. The reason is her present ambition to
earn the nick-name of "Skinny," by losing 20 pounds. But her major con
cern, after a year of bright lights in New York, will be to find a co-star in
the life-length play of "Husband and Wife." This co-star must possess the
will to dominate ... to tie her to his shoe strings, so to speak. Menagerie
Mirror does not venture to predict who will fill this bill.
Thelma J. Bailey, CICA President
Likes People But Collects Skunks
By Sarah Spratt
Thelma Jeanne Dailey, president
of Carolina Independent Coed As
sociation, not only loves people, but
is a collector of skunks.
Now living in Miami, T. J. is
still proud of her Yankee nativity.
She formerly resided in Greenville,
Pennsylvania, where she attended
Thiel College in Greenville before
coming to U. N. C. A chemistry
major, T. J. belongs to Beta Beta
Beta, the national biology fra
ternity, and Theta Psi Epsilon,
chemistry sorority. At present she
is preparing to go on the Glee Club
tour (she sings alto)..
"Shorty" (wonder why those
Marines call her that?) likes North
Carolina's Thomas Wolfe, and
Long Island's own Walt Whitman.
Conference which was recently She attaches a peculiar sentiment
& 1
L
held at Chapel Hill writes in The
Flat Hat: "Everyone there was
enthusiastic, sincerely interested,
and concerned, as to just how these
plans will be carried out on each
campus. If Chapel Hill can have
such strong support by their stu
dent body, we can do the same
here."
to "Liebestraum.
"Dr. Dailey!" That's the way it
would have been if Cupid had not
tripped her. Now she's wearing a
miniature from Annapolis. Her
heart is "deep under water in a
submarine!"
Social problems have always in
terested this enthusiastic, alert,
THELMA JEANNE DAILEY
and active Floridian. "Emancipator,
that's me," she laughed. The issue'
she is now supporting is a woman
for president. Here is one woman
who will vote whole-heartedly for
the right woman "first in the
hearts, of her countrywomen that
should be the place of a woman,
according to T. J. Suffrage to the
person deserving the rights!
women!
212 Alderman has the reputation
of being a respectable woman's
barber shop. The feather cuts are
a great success (and becoming to
the barber, too!). Maybe she tries
to imitate the GI style of her Lieu
tenant! Since Cupid stole her desire to
become a physician, T. J. has con
sidered becoming a housewife.
Though she isn't one to cut her
contacts with the outside world.
She hopes she may "miraculously"
grow taller, . . . so X can look
down on men," she said.
. An airplane was named "Stinkie"
for T. J. recently. Could that have
any relation to her pet hobby?
President Dailey looks .forward
to the work with C. I. C. A. next
-year. She boasts of being very
eager ; to enlarge its activities and
have a larger active membership.
The coeds salute the girl who's
interested in what she's living for
and hying for what she's inter-ested!"