TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1945
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE PUBLICATIONS UNION
SERVING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY STUDENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
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''ROBERT MORRISON
BILL HIGHT 1
PAT KELLY .
JACK LACKEY
Editor
JACK SHELTON '.
IRWIN SMALLWOOD
CARROLL POPLIN
BETTIE GAITHER
HARRISON TENNEY
.Business Manager
-Circulation Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF:
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Winky Andrews, Eay Conner
News Staff:
Sybil Goerch, Augusta Pharr, Betty Green, Elizabeth Pincney, ' Eleanor Craig, Jo Pugh
Frances Halsey, Janet Johnston, Fay Maples, Roy Thompson, Mary-Hill Gaston, Jocelyn
Landvoigrt, Bettie Washburn. Barbara Spain, Gloria Bobbins, Jane McCalman, Arnold
Dolin, Morty Seif, Sam Summerlin, Mel Cohen, BDI Kornegay, Harding Manzies, John
- May, Eddie Allen, Elaine Patton, Emily Chappell, Bill Sessions, Richard L. Koral, Lindy
Behsman, Elsie McCushman, Mickie Derienx, Kit Coleman, Carl Worsley, Frances Keller,
Jean Fisher, Lyndal Cann. Bill Lumpkin - .
Business Staff i
?illy Selig, Ann ThornDn, Alma Young, Mary Louise Martin, Nancy Westbrook, Virginia
Wilson, Peggy Cates, Ruth Gay, Virginia Peal, Adalaide McLarty, Gene Heafner, Betty
Cheatham, Natalie Selig, Suzanne Barclay, Charles Bennett.
ADVERTISING STAFF:
Ruth Gay, Virginia Wilson, Peggy Cates, Nancy Westbrook, Sarah Wood, Virginia Peal,
Gene Heafner. Jean Youngblood, Clare Hudson, Alice Flory, Nancy Maupin, Ann
Geohegan, Adalaide McLarty, Betty Cheatham, BiHy Selig
SPORTS STAFF:
Bob Friedlander, Frank Miller .
A DEMOCRATIC RE ORGANIZATION
The Phi, if given proper support by the student body, can be
come a valuable addition to student affairs at the University.
The entire campus is invited to a mass meeting in Gerrard Hall
tonight (Tuesday) at 8:30.
During the early part of the war, the Phi became inactive for
the second time in its 150-year history. During the reconstruc
tion following the War Between the States, the Phi and Di closed
along with the rest of the University, but the two societies were
, revived when the University was re-opened.
A number of veterans who were here when the Phi was ac
tive have expressed an astonishment at the fact that the old
society was disbanded. Two former Phi speakers, along with
many members, have made personal requests to the Tar Heel
to take the lead in re-organization. We decided to try to set
the stage, and see that the Phi is placed in good hands. To best
accomplish this, we have called the mass meeting where all in
terested students will have a chance to democratically re-organize
the Phi. The constitution will be amended or approved, and
ratified by the vote of all present. A membership committee will
be elected to choose the charter members who will elect per
manent officers at the first meeting.
We sincerely hope that the Phi can again become worthy of
its glorious 150-year history. It would be criminal to allow an
organization to die which has contributed so much to the rich
history of this University. .
A PROFOUND ISSUE
When students go to the polls this week, or assemble in their
respective house meetings, they will be confronted with what is
. probably the most prof ound issue of our time : Should the con
trol of atomic energy be vested in an international authority?
It is not extraordinary that several students at Carolina have
chosen as their responsibility the testing of this issue by the pub
lic. Not a day has passed since the first Atomic Bomb forced
the world into a different age, that some influential persons have
not sought both by words and deeds to impress upon our gov
ernment the importance of establishing an international au
thority whose control will assure the world that London, Mos
cow, and New York shall not become Hiroshima's.
Carolina can claim its share of the credit for causing the
United States Senate to approve the United Nations Charter.
The Southern Conference of students, conceived and born on
our own campus, brought pressure to bear on this issue last
spring. Now, despite that great effort, in which apparently
the whole American people participated, we find ourselves con
fronted with an issue that dwarfs San Francisco. For no one
will deny that, unless we find some means of controlling atomic
energy, the United Nations Organization, will not be worth the
paper on which its charter was written.
The issue is fairly simple : The anarchic use, by individual na
tions, of atomic energy will preclude altogether the possibility
that civilization can continue unthreatened by war more terrible
than any we can imagine. Therefore, unless some international
control can be effected, peace organizations hold no remedy for
- the world's chronic dangers. Without international control of
atomic energy, there can be no effective world organization for
peace. With it, world government would, for the first time,
become a creditable possibility.
DORMITORY IMPROVEMENTS
Now that the Navy has sounded "Anchors' Aweigh," signal
ing the early return of Carolina to pre-war standards, the In- .
ter dormitory council has laid a trio of worthy suggestions be
fore the University administration. The council feels, and right
ly, that Carolina dorms should be reinstalled with such features
as social rooms, stores and, in addition, that a permanent limit
of two students per room be established.
Most important and first entered of the movements is the!
social room, wherein students could relax with some of the
comforts of the home and receive visitors without fear of en-'
tangling them in clotheslines. Such a plan has already been,
given to Dean Mackie who in turn has referred it to Assistant
Controller C. E. Teague. .
Dormitory stores, serving also as centers for relaxation, bull-: .
throwing, etc., will be brought up for consideration soon. The .
present crowded conditions make the question of a limit of two
students to a room one which necessarily must be deferred, but
nevertheless it is something which should be considered as soon
as' everything returns to pre-Pearl Harbor tempo.
All now is squarely up to the administration in this drive to
make campus living quarters a bit more liveable: It should be
attended to.
Just Another Opinion
Thompson Claims UP Failed to Fulfill Vows
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Isews Editor
Copy Editor
Sports Editor
Sports Editor
By Ray Thompson
Sometime in the next couple of
days the University Party will pre
sent for your consideration its plat
form for Thursday's election. To
campus newcomers and short
memoried oldtimers this platform
will probably look pretty good.
Those of us who have been around
since the Spring elections, how
ever, will remember that the UP
promised practically the same
things then.
They had an eleven point pro
gram in April. At the end of the
list was placed this statement:
"We promise that, if elected to of
fice, we shall endeavor to carry out
to the best of our ability each and
every plank of this platform.'
If performance after this elec
tion and devotion to the current
platform is to be measured by past
records of the party, student gov
ernment's future is not too bright.
Nothing at all has been accomp-.
lished on seven of the eleven planks.
Two have been carried through,
though the University Party had
little or nothing to do with one of
them. One has been worked on a
little. The results on one are as
vague and undeterminable as the
plank itself.
They promised a broad and well
defined campus constitution. Seven
months have elapsed. Work has
been done, but at present there is
no constitution .... They prom-
- ised a better orientation program
which would include faculty orien
tation. Again nothing has been ac
complished .... They promised a
better Tar Heel with improved cir
culation and better coverage of
campus news and a return to the
Daily Tar Heel as soon as possible.
' Our Bob has improved the Tar
Heel and has given us better cov
erage of campus news. He has
tried Ho get a daily without suc
cess .... They promised us per- .
manent reorganization of classes.
See ANOTHER OPINION, page U.
Political Platforms
University Party
WI Nearly ratification of a campus constitution which would clarify,
strengthen, and make effective the powers of student government,
II. An extensive and complete orientation program for all incoming
students.
III. An early return to pre-war functions by all campus organizations.
Revision of the University Club's freshmen smoh-ers.
Broadening of forensic activities.
Reorganization of the Phi Society.
Reorganization of sophomore and junior classes as soon as class
standings can be ascertained.
IV. Continued improvement of the Tar Heel.
V. A more popular and varied entertainment program for the campus.
VI. A more modified physical education program.
VIII. A more wide-spread campus interest and participation in stu
dent government. , .
We have no written principle other than a sincere belief in our plat
form, and our promise to do all in our power to fulfill it, if elected or not.
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By Allan Pannill
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Far in the distance the open road
calls, and the wheel grinds on.
To an innocent bystander it seems
that: i--The
military personnel on cam
pus deserves a little better than
Grade C milk, especially when the
eating places uptown, long critic
ized for poor quality food, offer
Grades A and B!! How about some
action, Mr. Gooch!!
With all the hurried planning,
and dependence on student interest,
Sadie Hawkins Day came off sur
prisingly well. All kinds of orchids
to the hard-working, unsung plan
ners, and the thanks of the campus
for a great day!
Although Mr. Gurney, sharply
snapped at in this column last
week, has come with a request for
a retraction, I believe it will take
a little more than his word to show
me such a statement is in order!
Sorry, Robert.
With the dethroning of William
and Mary staring us in the face, we
should now see that all is not lost!
If David could play such hell with
one little old sling-shot, why can't
we hit Dook between the eyes on
the 24th?
The Pi Phis did themselves proud
last Saturday night with a pledge
dance that just wouldn't quit! Con
grats, gals, for a neat affair.
Those Sunday night concerts in
Graham Memorial f lounge were
popular enough to , warrant their
return. What's the chance, Martha?
If we expect to continue govern
ing ourselves, we're going to have
to take enough interest to get out
and vote this Thursday! It's up to
us to see that the right man is
chosen for each campus office "by
making sure of his qualifications
and ability, and then expressing
our views with the familiar elec
tion day X!
Midnight musings:
I wonder "who the gentleman is
that rocks Murphy with his laugh
ter every morning around 10
-4
o'clock. Whoever he is, I take my
hat off to a man who can be so
jolly at that hour of the morning!
I hope that letter telling of the
financial exploits of the Book Ex
will do some good. SOMETHING
has got to take Mr. Ritchie's hand
out of our pockets!
Once again it looks like the track
team is due credit in big hunks! It
seems they had no trouble at all
leaving the Ga. Tech cindermen in
the dust of some very fleet Tar
Heels!!
Speaking of feet, one of Dean
House's has been decidedly put
down on the question of coeds eat
ing in fraternity houses. Accord
ing to many reports, it's not to be
lifted regardless of who gets
crushed under it!! i
Well, at last" the Arboretum has
met its match in popularity! The
library has forsaken its policy of
silence, and now resounds nightly
with sounds of ardor and "will ya,
huh?" Maybe if we had lights in
the Arboretum we could get some
studying done there! Drastic, isn't
it??
Somebody is really going to miss
the boat if they don't get their
tickets for the Dook week-end
dances! At the rate they are going,
somebody is going to have to sit
outside and listen to Sherwood!
Without a doubt:
Caldonia is here to stay!!
Next week's game is going to be
a lulu! Let's start things off right
with a well crowded pep rally Fri
day night! '
The question may soon arise' con
cerning our rights of government
as students. If we think ourselves
capable of governing our own af
fairs, we'd better be prepared to
state and to stand up for our be
liefs! It CAN be done with unity!!!
And so, words that have been
written become the past, the for
gotten rock and rubble of time,
and the future streams infinitely
far.
4 Students Try
For Better or For Verse
She Got Hi mFa'r an9 Squar'
"Thank Gawd," she cried, "I'll be a bride
befo' th' sun comes down.
Independent Party
I am submitting, for the consideration of the student body, the following
statement of policies I will initiate if elected to office:
(1) 'To make the presidency of the student body a truly functioning
office rather than a position of honor.
(2) To appoint a Student Audit Board that will diligently apply itself
to investigating such activities vital to the student body as the Book Ex
change, Lenoir Hall, Swain Hall, and the student fees system.
(3) To appoint a special commission, if necessary, to reorganize the
student entertainment committee and bring to the campus some worth
while entertainment, including opera, ballet, and concert items.
(4) To throw the weight of my office behind the move to get social
rooms in all men's dormitories.
(5) To start a movement to revitalize the Student Welfare Board in an
effort to bring closer co-operation between students, faculty, and the administration.
(6) To assist in every possible way in the writing of a new campus
constitution with emphasis on a clearer definition of the powers of the
three branches of government.
(7) To revitalize the University Club in an effort to hasten the return
of the school spirit so typical of Carolina.
(8) To work with the Student Legislature, the supreme legislative body
on the campus, in carrying out these policies.
(9) To retain my position as an independent, with no political party
ties, for as long as I stay in office.
United Carolina Party
Three weeks ago the United Carolina Party offered its first program of
action to the campus. Since that time members of the party have carried
out the program through the Student Legislature, the Men's and Women's
Interdormitory Councils, a letter to the Dean of Students, and a resolution
sent to the Student Welfare Board. For the second time we offer a pro
gram to the campus, and we pledge ourselves to equally vigorous action
to put it into effect.'
The United Carolina Party feels that its strength lies in the election of
competent and qualified campus officers. It offers a slate of candidates who
will work to carry 'out its program. Their past records show that they are
prepared to perform the work needed on the campus.
1. ' There should be a functioning Student Audit Board working with the
student activities office in investigating the student fee system and organi
zational budgets, and having the power of suggesting legislative action.
The student fee system has not been reviewed since the first athletic fees
were voted in 1915. It is high time for some long-overdue action to be
taken. The Student Audit Board, which has not functioned well in eighteen
months, is a prerequisite to any sensible revision of the fee system.
2. There must be an enlarged and inclusive orientation program. This
means that all entering students not just freshmen must be acquainted
with all phases of student and University activity. As for the Honor Code,
the issue remains in doubt. The United Carolina Party affirms its faith
in the Honor Code, together with its determination to help make it work.
We further believe that this program would better be accomplished through
the reinstatement of regular freshman chapel as a part of the University
schedule and not at a time when it interferes with both curricular and
extra-curricular activities. Upperclassmen councilors should be appointed
to work at the direction of the Student Council and the Dean of Students
as part of a continuing orientation program.
3. The United Carolina Party recommends the return to the pre-war
class schedule with classes beginning at 8:30 a. m. with a 'coke period" be
tween 10:30 and 11:00 o'clock a period, incidentally, which could admir
ably be used for freshman chapel.
4. The Student Welfare Board is too large and meets too infrequently
to handle the business which comes to it. While the UCP realizes that the
Board is at the head of an administrative division of the University, it
recommends a steering committee of student, faculty, and administration
members of the Board to meet at regular and frequent intervals in order
to insure more continuous and effective action.
5. While the Tar Heel devotes much space to coverage of coed activi
ties, tbe UCP believes a toed editor should be appointd to th Tar Heel
staff to supervise coverags of coed news. It is logical to assume'that one
person should be the responsible head of any department of the paper as
large as the one the amount of coed news warrants. That person should
be a coed editor.
6. One of the imperative necessities for the campus is a program of
training to acquaint newly elected officers with their duties. The United
Carolina Party herewith launches a campaign to secure the creation of
such a program under the guidance of incumbent office-holders.
7. The University Club is very nearly extinct. Again, it's high
' See UNITED CAROLINA PARTY, page 4.
I'll git a man with a hansom'
thar's plenty in this town.'
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She took another bite o' plug
an spat a mouth o' juice, .
An' 1 scraped th' grass-burs from her hair
which wuz flyin' loose.
(A Dogpatch woman on th' make,
a rag, a bone, a hank o' hair;
A tooth, a tongue; two skinny hips
feet both big an' bare.)
She chased him up, she chased him down,
she chased him fer an' wide, :
Sherketched him in th' outhouse
an' then she were a bride.
Marryin Sam said th' awful words
an then th' thing were done,
Thet night a Dogpatch woman wooed
with a club an' an old squirrel gun.
By E. S. Lyne, Jr.
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Dear Bob:
As an old friend and Director of
Graham Memorial for two years, I
learned a great deal about "youth"
and its problems. Some great per
son said "That which seems the
height of absurdity to one genera
tion often becomes the wisdom to
the next." :
I think the Tar Heel is doing the
University a great injustice by mis
representation I notice Roy
Thompson refers to Mrs. Stacy as
, "Acting Dean.? Surely he knows shef
is Dean of Women and a very su-;
perior one. She is fair, just, most 1
gracious and understanding . of
youth and its problems. She is also
responsible to hundreds of parents
who send their 'children to the
University. Consequently such re
marks should be correct.
If newspapers form public opin
ion they should make an effort to
stick to facts and the truth.
Best wishes for a better paper
filled with interesting and enter
taining, news of the campus and a
..little more respect for "gray hairs."
v Sincerely,
Mrs. Van.
P. S.: Bob, -this isn't a criticism
of you. I try not to criticize unless
constructively. I knowTull well the
many problems you have being
editor of a college paper.