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THE TAR HEEL
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1945
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE PUBLICATIONS UNION
SERVING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY STUDENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
ROBERT MORRISON
HOWARD MERRY
JACK LACKEY . .
JACK SHELTON
Editor
Managing Editor
News Editor
. 'Copy Editor
CARROLL POPLIN
IgWIN SMALLWOOD
BETTIE GAITHEB
. Sports Editor
Sports Editor
-Business Manager
CircnIation . Manager
HARBISON TENNEYJ
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Mary HiH Gton, Miekie Derietrr. BiH Lamkin, Art Stamlrr, Mel Cohen, Dot ChnrcMH,
Frank Miller, BOX Kon&esray, Jo Posh, Fkrreaee Andrews, Nancy Hoffman, Sibyl Goerch,
Eardiuce VLemUmt, Dick ' Sea r, Barbara Spain; Fraads Baker, Biefaard Koral," Charles
Kaufman, Lillian Leonard, Billy Carmlcnael III, .Eleanor Craigr, Sam Sammerlin, Carl
Woraley, Elizabeth Pinekneyr Bill Seseions, Glenn Tucker, Fay Naples.
taM Sirf;
EiHy Sell, CLark Bennett, Ann Thornton, Mary Pierce Johneon, Natalie Seb'z, Suzanne
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to edit this copy, bat it does not neeessarOy reflect the opinion of the Her HeeL
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WHAT DO STUDENTS REALLY KNOW?
The results of the Tar Heel Poll (see page 1) are frankly not
the least bit surprising to those members of the staff who de
signed and worked on it. We don't think it will surprise many
faculty members. We don't even think it is going to shock
many of the students, that is among those few who have both-,
ered to consider this subject. But we're not so sure as to the
reaction these results would evoke in the minds and hearts of
the thousands of Carolina men still "sweating it out" on the
island of Japan and on the soil of Germany. We're not the least
bit happy about what the prospective employers of university
graduates will think about these results. We shudder at the
thought of what hard working parents will think of the value of
college educations when they see these figures.
Is it quite understandable that students who can rattle off the
value of pi, who can explain (to fascinated parents) the basic
principles of atomic energy, who can ask for the salt in at least
two languages are unable to name the senators from their home
states?
The question of blame immediately comes to the fore as we
examine the irrefutable results of the poll. Can. we pass it off
on a poorly devised curriculum? Is the student enveloped in so
much collegiate "brain food" he just doesn't physically have the
time to read, the he wspapers or listen to an occasional news broad
cast ? Or can we absolve the University of blame and exhort the
student to greater effort in finding out what goes on in this world
of ours? The truth, as usual, lies somewhere between these ex
tremes. No student in this or any other university can honestly
claim reading a newspapers few times a week is physically im
possible because of scholastic pressure. We may not be able to
lay the blame completely at the door of the student, but we can
certainly conclude a most definite lack of interest in the realm of
national, international and local affairs.
American universities may claim (and rightly so) they are
not supposed to force an interest in world events down the throats
of their students. The college attempts to set forth in four years
a savory apertif designed to awaken the intellectual taste buds
of any person of normal intelligence. Certainly the student is
justified in demanding a modern revision of college curricula to
include more live subjects encompassing current events. But,
and this is the key to any assignment of blame, is the student
therefore justified in refusing to take the initiative in these mat
ters by himself ?
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A PI FA FOR PRF.-RFfUSTRATIflN
We believe that the student body is almost unanimously in
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iavor oi pre-regiaixauun ior courses. JLOOKing at me maner
logically, it doesn't seem that the University can make any claim
to personal student guidance and attention to individual prob
lems unless pre-registration is offered. "
All too often we have seen the disastrous results of nroarams
hastily planned at the registration lines. - No one can hope to
produce an intelligent academic schedule while hundreds of stu
dents are storming through long' lines all in one mammoth room.
Every student' should privately see his dean or adviser be
fore planning' his scheduled A schedule planned in the quiet of
an office when long lines are not putting time at a premium is
certainly superior to some of the unsatisfactory' schedules which
come out of the confusion of the matriculation line. 1 v' :U
Last term we had pre-registration. If the cleans can spare
enough of their, own time to offer a little personal guidance
again, the profit jto the student" body will be great.
stable government and a higher standard of living
and national strength, t - i
An interview of Carolina veterans reveals, however, that the
fif ty-dollar-per-month allotment provided by the bill is inade
quate, and tends to negate the very purpose for which the bill
was enacted. J (See story, page four) ,: At the present allotment,
veterans coming here to get an education must' either receive
financial assistance from their parents (which is contradictory
to the principle that education is the right of the poorest), or
work part time. -.
While some apostles of the old "rugged individualism" may
extol the character-building value of struggling through four
years of college by working part time, it is a question whether
paying a man enough to go to college, if he works on the side is
equivalent to granting a free education. For a person to get a
real university education, he must have ample time to engage
in at least a part of the extar-curriciilar activities oh the cam
pus ; and have ample time for studying and extra outside reading
during his junior and senior years. For science students, with
heavy lab schedules, part time work is out of the question except
for a very few exceptional individuals.
' As more and more servicement are discharged, more veterans
will want to come here to study. This means that elimination of
the disparity between veterans' Living expenses and his allotment
is CAMPUS PROBLEM NUMBER 1.
If we would make our campus available to as many veterans
-as we can, if we would have UNC play its rightful role in the
post-war as a great educational center, if we would have the
American colleges and universities serving to capacity in turn
ing out better and more useful citizens for America, then:
Support the veterans in their just request for upward revi
sion of the present monthly allowance to $75. Write your sen
ator and congressman today. By piles of letters on the subject -from
here and all over the United States, let Congress know that
the people, want the G.I. Bill to stay and work ! : .
GRAHAM MEMORIAL BARBER SHOP
Mack Snipes, manager of the University operated barber
shop in the basement of Graham Memorial, has put his own post
war plan into operation by employing an additional barber.
Students who want a good hair-cut are advised to make their
way to the student union building and proceed from there to the
little shop tucked down in the lower southeast corner.
Playing It To The Chapel Hilt
By Morty Seif
The other day in the YMCA, we
heard a coed holding forth on life
in general and sex in particular to
a fawning Rotacee, who listened
rapturously to each word spewed
forth by this recent graduate from
the bobby-sox brigade, who was
balancing herself, a cup of coffee,
and a cigarette on a chair in a
most precarious position which un
doubtedly appealed to her love of
danger.
During the course of this one
sided conversation, Mademoiselle
X (the French, I am sure, would
appeal to her passionate nature)
executed a series of aerial maneuv
ers with her flaming tobacco-stick
which charmed the Eotacee's eyes
into a snake dance trying to follow
it. Arcs, parabolas, ellipses, and
what-have-you that the geometry
texts don't, curled into dense clouds
of smoke which probably were
meant as a murky background for
this esoteric confab. We held our
breath, any moment expecting this
woman of intrigue to dip into her.
pocketbook and i empty a vial of
absinthe, a la Lucretia Borgia into
the cup of coffee on her lap which
did not add to the sophisticated ef
fect she was striving so desperate
ly to attain. 1
Hoping that perhaps we were on
the verge of discovering sex 5 re
duced to rthe- simple terms of geom-3 -
etry, we sidled up to the couple.
Incidentally, we have devised a
system whereby all women are
classified according to their glandu
lar structure, and are now in the
process of readying a manual on
the subject which is sure to bring
us a Ph.D. (Phony Document).
There is no line in the world as
sure-fire a success as "Darling,
you and your -pituitary gland . . ."
Returning to our jaded coed, we
hear her utter in solemn tones a
phrase which no doubt she believes
ranks with the classics of history
and rhetoric "those blue Chapel
Hill moods." Stage Direction: The
bo of "moods" is prolonged in order
that the heroine may show the
world she has a perfectly normal
set of teeth and not fangs.
' Scoffing, and at the same time
following a head of hair out of the
YMCA, we determine to locate a
genuine Ciceronian toga to present
to our heroine as the final touch.
(Our cheek is stinging in anticipa
tion already!)
But, as the saying goes, the worm
turns, and when he did, he bumped
into us with a sudden twist. Here
it is, Saturday evening, exactly
7:29 p. m, and we are sitting in the
library reading an article entitled
How to Make the Most of a Satur
day Night. Apparently, the author
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(The following letter is from a
former Daily Tar Heel Editor.)
South Pacific News.
Dear Robert:
It's mighty late to be writing
congratulations, but that's the main
topic of this letter. I was most
happy to hear of your being elected
to your present position, and there
is not a doubt in my mind that
you will, put' out one of the best
papers in the history of the Tar
HeeL " "
Also, I might mention here,
many" thanks for your editorial on
the deer hunt. Such things are
most appreciated by a fellow some
10,000 miles from home
This next year will be one of
the most important In the history
of the University. The service of
the Tar Heel to the student body
and to the Administration will
prove important for years to come.
.Your job will be a tough one, and
it will mean sacrificing many
1 things that, you would like to do.
If I were to offer a single bit of
advice it would be that you give
all of your time to the Tar Heel and
forget the many other things. Do
that job and do it well.
I not only congratulate you, but
. also your staff and the University
for being so fortunate to have you
as its editor at this time.
A note from you (air mail)
would be appreciated. Keep up the
good work and look for me to pay
you a visit come early 1946.
Best wishes,
Orville Campbell.
Editor:
All know that in Russia the com
munistic system exists. In Eng
land, socialism has taken the reins.
But the most unorthodox system '
known to man is at present in ef
fect right here in Chapel Hill.
Here we have the unique set-up
in which neither the aristocracy,
the bourgeoise, nor the proletariat
is the supreme power. Instead, the
exalted few are the local restaurant
owners. No tyrannical oligarchy
ever vented more frustration on one
of man's basic instincts, hunger, as
do these irresponsible few. Sel
dom have so many been exploited by
so few. At the time of this writing,
Tuesday night, there is not a single
restaurant or cafe open in Chapel
Hill. With one exception (and that
not popularly frequented by stu
dents) there has been none open all
day. Completely devoid of all sense
of obligation to their public, the res
taurant owners choose to leave the
good students of Chapel Hill com
pletely without means of procuring
a meal or sandwich after certain
hours while they vacation at home
wallowing in their recently acquired
and largely unearned riches.
Perhaps my ideas are completely
wrong perhaps the privileges and
obligations of private enterprise no
longer exist but I seem to have ac
quired a theory on the conduct cf
public services " which is in sharp
contrast to that 'daily exhibited here.
I somehow have gotten the idea that
such establishments as cafes were
in business for the purpose of ac
tually serving the public, of actual
ly filling the needs of their custom
ers, for which they received a fair
and honest compensation.
At present the cafe owners regu
late their hours to suit their indivi
dual whims and fancies, and both
the extent and quality of the ser
vice are of a highly dubious value.
At present the cafe owners consider
themselves extremely benevolent
and philanthropical if they are so
humane as to condescend to grudg
ingly serve some long-waiting cus
tomer with a stale sandwich of
burnt toast and a hot bottle of off
brand beer.
Personally, I shall be sublimely
happy when a return from the over
prosperity of wartime conditions
leaves the cafe owners to the ghast
ly fate of actually earning their liv
ing. When the ex-prima donnas are
reduced to a status of such humble
servitude that they actually have to
provide efficient service of high
quality. When ttie once all-powerful
hamburger magnates are further
reduced to the point where consid
eration of the customer's wishes is
a necessity and not an absurdity.
And I shall be doubly overjoyed
when they are finally forced to re
vert to the ancient though forgotten
ideal of building good will and not
country estates.
Ted Carroll.
September 15, 1945.
Mr. Robert Morrison, Editor,
The Tar Heel,
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Dear Mr. Morrison:
I wish to thank you for the edi
torial appearing in today's issue of
the Tar Heel, not only for the way
you spoke of me, but also for the
high regard you held for the Mer
chants Association.
. Speaking for the organization
and for myself, I should like to of
fer our jservices and cooperation
in behalf of the Tar Heel.
Very truly yours,
E. Carrington Smith,
President, Chapel Hill
Merchants Association.
Thank You Very Much, Mr. Porter
By Charlie Kauffman
Life Can Be Beautiful
; : By Dick and Wye
- Enactment by Congress in 1944 of the G.I. Bill of Rights, with
its educational provisions, was a milestone in progressive legis
lation. : It recognized these three fundamental truths i v:l'
1. That the servicemen whose education was interrupted
by the war is entitled to education at government ex
pense.
2. That higher education is hot the property1 exclusively
of the well-to-do classes,1 but is the' i right1 of all.'
3. That governmental subsidation of higher education is
5 not charity to the poor, but an investment in the future
' of our country -a hard-headed deal whose dividends
are a higher percentage of alert, enlightened citizenry,
more doctors, professional men, and others, thus more
..We do not f eel capable of writ
ing on such .a complex and unfath
omable subject as the weather sit
uation here, and so we have taken
it upon ourselves to, call upon one
. who IS ' fully capable of such a
task,. a person who has influenced
" many great writers of this age, a
genius understood by few -and mis
understood by" many, Miss Ster
trude Gien. After accepting1" our
journalistic, offer,' and after de
tailed investigation on the subject,
Miss Gjen writes :"'r " ' - " ;
,.V 'TOe weatfier, T)oy! It rains' and
. rains and rains' arid rains and
.there's .mud all over the ground
arid the litler squirrels that run
around ori the campus ' can't run
t around on tne cariipus any more and
all the people are getting wet be
cause, it rains and rains and rains
'.arid it's all muddy, boy! And that's
not all. t "
"When I came' here to see about
the rain the nicest old man in a
rattletrap car brought me' from
the station which had only one
fender and the seats were hard and
the roof leaked rain which came
through the roof arid got the nice
old man and the hard seats all wet
but I had a raincoat on and -was
all right but the nice old man
didn't, seem to mind the rain, no
he didnt,'arid he refused to take
my coat which I offered him yes
he did because he was getting wet
from, the rain, which came through
the roof that leaked; and,' suddenly
the man pointed with his fingeVand
said there's Chapel. Hill and sure
enough there was rainy old Chapel
Hill yes it was, boy! !
"But everyone at Chapel Hill was
nice to me - and whenT I got there
sure enough'.there was a glass, of
orange juice and some friends whom
' I had met when I was here before
and I drank it down and it was
good and then to bed. And I made
sure about-the weather before I
went" tombed and sure enough there
it was stiir raining and raining and
raining yes' itwas." " ' ;
T,Gad! .XVhat feeling!' What expres-
sion!''Now maybe you can see why
we felt ourselves" incapable of de-,
scribing vthe "weather. 1 We ' all want
to thank you "for this dissertation,
Miss Gierir And to you readers riiay
we close with this storm warning:
"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry ! Only 23
more days before youll have to
have your arks completed and get
la
the animals in two by two, yes you
will, boy!"
Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Rich
ard Rodgers, Johnny Mercer. They
are all names with which Ameri
cans who have youth of mind, body,
heart, or all three ' are familiar.
Year after year these faithful
friends turn out beautiful and
cheery songs for all who desire
them to enjoy. We buy records
and sheet music of their songs and
listen to them in juke-boxes, dance
to them' and watch the best ones
climb the Hit ParadeJ But do we
really appreciate the hours of ex
hausting mental and physical labor
which goes into composing these
songs ? The average" young Ameri
can doesn't. We think of a song we
like in connection with our favor
ite record of it or some movie star
we saw jsing it in a musical. Where
does the thanks to the composer
come in? Well, it usually just
doesn't Anyone you'd ask about
this would say that "a composer
gets a .fair amount for a song if
it's a good one and he is well
known.
IF he is well, known.' There it ' is.
.Some, brilliant composers spend
.half their lives writing good i music,
, music that would sell if they got
the right breaks. But not many do.
And the ones who do have to really
he par excellent to get anywhere
- at all.; No doubt quite a few peo
ple havetried.in vain for years "to
get the public to catch their tunes,
but in vain. After all this the ones
who. pull ;through7get nothing but
. a publisher contract. In other
words,' it's a long, hard, disappoint
ing, road that leads to popular
recognition of songs. . ' . ;
Think what life . f would've" been
like this year if we. didn't have
.Johnny Mercer., We simply", would
never have heard of "Accentuate
the Positive,"-"Laura," "Dream,"
"Atchison, Topeka, arid the Santa
Fe." (He's really going to town,
isn't he?)
Cole Porter has a peculiar way
of getting himself into the mood
for writing songs. About ten years
ago he'd been asked to write the
musical score for "Jubilee." Unlike
other popular coriiposers, Porter
does his best work when in the
middle of a quiet ocean somewhere.
Without thinking it unusual, Broad
way producers heard that Cole
Porter had a small ship out in the
Atlantic and was hard at work on
' a brand new musical score.
Of course out in the rough At
lantic was just the place to get
into the mood of writing beautiful
Latin music. But this voyage was
not folly. It ended most success
. fully." hi fact the : greatest song
Cole "Porter ever wrote was writ
ten during those two weeks out in
the misty 'Atlantic. A song so great
that its original rhythm has be
come a; ' by-word throughout the
Western World for all those who
loved its sway And this song, even
if it had been the only song he ever
wrote, would still make the com-
P?ei! Ji.grea one and one to be
, long remembered "Begin the Be
, suine," whether' played "by Artie
Shaw or Sammy Kaye, it is truly
by Cole Porter, and an example of
the genius which is required to
write a song of its' quality.
We cannot all compose. We can
not all everi carry a tune. But most
of us find it very' easy to rock our
entire bodies when we hear "Tam
pico'or"If I Loved You." Show
ing that we all love music, though
we may never have thought of how
, much . we loye it unless we should
suddenly have to do' without it. A
.good portion of our appreciation
should go to the elderly and middle
aged gentlemen who write songs we
enjoy so much. Yet about all we
can say, even though it seems to
be very little in return for their
music, is "thank you, Mr. Porter."
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