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THE TAB HEEL
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1945
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE PUBLICATIONS UNION
SERVING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY STUDENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Entered u second class matter at the pest eflSce at Chapel HiB, N. C under the act
March 8. 1879.
ROBERT MORRISON
BETTIE GAITIIER .
!
CONDEMNS UMSTE AD ACT
In the Student Legislature Thursday night, our good friend
Jimmy Wallace introduced a resolution condemning the Um
stead act which was passed by the North Carolina General As
sembly in 1939. The Umstead Act is respdnsible for limiting
the type of merchandise which the University Book Exchange
can sell to school supplies and articles which do not exceed 15
cents in cost. As a result, the Book Exchange cannot properly
and sufficiently serve the student body at this, our state uni
versity. The Student Legislature, by unanimous vote, adopted the
resolution which puts the legislature on record as "unalterably
opposed" to the Umstead Act, demanding the repeal of the Act
at the next session of the General Assembly. ' .
This action by the legislature is a timely one and is in ac
cord with the current sentiment of the student body. Two com
mittees, one appointed by the President of the Interdormitory
Council, and another, which the Legislature has asked the Stu
dent Welfare Board to appoint, will soon be at work on the
alleged "exhorbitant" prices at the Book Exchange. If prices
can possibly be lowered, and if the restricting effects of the
Umsfead Act can be removed, the University Book Exchange
will be in a position to truly serve the campus, a campus com
posed largely of sons and daughters of the tax-paying citizens
of North Carolina.
WE ACCEPT THE CHALLLENGE
Dave Clark, arch enemy of the University 'of North Carolina
and bitter foe of Frank Porter Graham, recently threw out a
challenge to the Tar Heel which we are prepared to accept.
To those who are not acquainted with the notorious exploits
of Clark, we give this brief biographical data. Clark is edi
tor of the Southern Textile Bulletin, member of the Board of
Trustees of the University, and the degenerate offspring of a
great liberal family of the state. For many years Clark has
cluttered up his bulletin with false statements about Dr. Gra
ham, and it must exceedingly exasperate Clark that Dr. Graham
has stopped paying attention to this petty trash. It was with
considerable thought that we decided to answer his challenge
here, but we think that the ravings of this warped reactionary
are fit material to read during a boring lecture. , :
Here are a few pertinent extracts from Clark's editorial :
The truth is that most Negro college students are superior people to
many of the University of North Carolina students who come from East
Side New York City and lower Brooklyn. They come because it costs
less to go to college at Chapel Hill, N. C, than in their own section, and
having entered they try to tell the people of North Carolina how to regu
late themselves down to the level of East Side New York.
It would be asking too much of The Daily Tar Heel to publish the names
and home addresses of the members of the Dialectic Society who voted for
the admission of Negro students and it might be embarrassing to some
very respectable North Carolina families to learn that their sons and
daughters were so weak-minded as to have yielded to the influences of
professors and instructors who are members of the radical and commun
istic group at the University of North Carolina.
Mr. Clark, we are accepting your challenge. Here is the list
of the members of the Dialectic Senate. Inspect it closely, and
find that there are only, two out-of-state members. Find that
only one member comes from above the Mason-Dixon Line.
Look at the religious preferences, and tear up that follow-up
editorial you are probably writing.
Students, read carefully Clark's editorial, add to it your
knowledge of conditions at Carolina, read the list of Senate
members, and draw your own conclusions.
THE ROLL OF THE DIALECTIC SENATE
Senators Religion
Charles L. Fulton (Baptist)
' Nina I. Guard (Baptist)
Ralph R. Glenn (Baptist)
Banks Mebane (Methodist).
Robert H. Morrison (Methodist)
Richard Mottsman (Jew)
Lee Roy Thompson (Methodist)
F. Herbert Weber (Moravian)
Thomas B. Woody (Baptist)
W. Arthur Budlong (Episcopal)
John C. Lackey (Christian Science)
James Wallace (Baptist)
Douglass Hunt (Presbyterian)
Frances Privette (Baptist)
Adrian M. Carroll (Spec. Cong.)
Tom Corpening (Baptist)
Al. K. Lowenstein (Jew)
Robinson O. Everett (Presbyterian)
Marguirite Ann Judson (Methodist)
Gloria Chapman (Christian Science)
Donald Shropshire (Baptist)
Harold W. Suits (Methodist)
William T. Crisp (Baptist)
David Pittrhan (Episcopal)
G. Ben Johnson (Methodist)
William E. Mackie (Presbyterian)
This list includes those persons who have been active in the Senate since
early in 1945. This list includes the chairman of the student elections
committee, the president of the Debate Council, the president of the In
ternational Relations Club, the vice-president of the Intemaional Rela
tions Club, the associate editor of the Tar Heel, the editor of the Tar
Heel, the managing editor of the Yackety Yack, the chairman of the Stu
dent Party, the business manager of the Tar Heel, the news editor of the
Tar Heel, the speaker of the Philanthropic Assembly, the president of the
Inter-dormitory Council, the speaker of the Student Legislature, the
chairman of the United Carolina Party, the president of the chemistry
sorority, the circulation manager of the Carolina Magazine, the vice
president of the student body, the chairman of the Carolina Political
Union, the executive secretary of the Debate Council, and members of many
v social, honorary, and professional fraternities, members of the Student
Legislature, Student Council, Inter-fraternity Council, Inter-dormitory
Council, and numerous other important organizations.
Editor
..Business Manager
City and State
Alexandria, Va.
Poplar Branch, North Carolina
Shelby, North Carolina
Wilson, North Carolina
Hickory, North Carolina
Hendersonville, North Carolina
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Roxboro, North Carolina
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Hamlet, North Carolina
Jamesville, North Carolina
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Burlington, North Carolina
Granite Falls, North Carolina
Scarsdale, New York
Durham, North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Liberty, North Carolina
Candler, North Carolina
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Listen, Students
Wallace Says
By Jimmy Wallace
Probably there is not a student
on the campus who is not aware
that the University has been cele
brating for the past six years, var
ious events in connection with the
formation of the first state Univer
sity in this'country to open- its
doors. If is also fairly well estab
lished in the minds of the stu
dents that the University arrived
on this spot first, and the village
of Chapel Hill arrived later. In
other words, there is no question
of the chicken and the egg here.
The University definitely came
first. There was a time, many, many
years ago when there were no
stores in Chapel Hill, no mer
chants, no merchants' association,
no senators, and no representa
tives, either to the state or na
tional government.
But now, times have changed.
The University has become sur
rounded by the village of Chapel
Hill, which for the most part, is
an excellent village, containing
much beauty, love, and virtue. How
ever, there are parts of Chapel Hill
which are not so savory as most
people would like them to be . . .
And now we come to the $64
question. Probably there are very
few students on the campus who
know why the University Book Ex
change in the YMCA Building does
not sell tennis racquets,, shirts,
shoes, jewelry, and hosts of other
items. WHY? Most of the people
in the "know" maintain that the ,
reason is very simple. Perhaps the
answer will be obvious to everyone
before this column is ended.
The scene now changes to the
hallowed halls of the state capitol
in Raleigh. Out of those same halls
come the meager appropriations for
the University every 1 two years,
appropriations by the General As
sembly, mind you, of the taxpayers'
money in order to support a Uni- .
versity to which the taxpayers'
Coeds Show Originality
In Decorating Rooms
By Mickie Derieux
Coeds at UNC have original
ideas! Yes, we know the Carolina
gentlemen have probably had nu
merous experiences with their ori
ginality, such as the sight of those
costumes on Sadie Hawkins' Day,
but here's an example of one phase
they Haven't seen. It's the dec
oration of the dormitory rooms.
For instance, there's the room
where three art students live, with
a bigger-than-life picture of an ar
tist's pallette and brushes covering
one whole wall. With this monstrous
inspiration, the coeds have painted
tiny "artists," complete with
smocks and easels, on the lamp
shades. The whole effect is, to say
the least, "artist-ic."
In the same dorm we find a room
whose inhabitants must be political
science majors. There is at least",
one man on each wall most bright
ly colored with various kinds of
pins in various kinds of places, rep
resenting we-wish-we-knew-what.
This particular room also has a
small library in one corner a li- '
brary that can't be overlooked, as
it is contained in a patriotic red,
white, and blue bookcase. . "
One of the most colorful rooms
on campus houses a girl who must
have rather good-neighborly rela
tions with Mexico. In this one we '
find the twin beds spread witV
matching red-white-and-green In
dian blankets, the walls literally
covered with photographs and pic
tures (some in color) of Mexican
scenes, and Mexican dolls strewn pn
both beds. Gourds painted gaudy,
colors are used for powder boxes,
pin trays, etc. To top it all off,
there's a large map of Mdxico in the
center of one wall, with red-pencilled
remarks at each place the coed
has visited.
There are many more examples of
this type of decoration, called ''in
tellectual" for lack of a better name.
There's the daughter of a mission
ary who has her whole room done
in a Chinese manner, except' for
the chairs, which have not yet been
replaced by mats on the floor. One
group "of roommates has pictures of
their favorite authors, poets, and
playwrights forming a line all the .
way around their walls. Another
.finds newspaper clippings concern
ing families and friends colorful
enough, against the background of
a red bulletin board, to fill up a
large blank spot and take the place
of a picture or some other orna
ment In fact we could go on with
these "intellectual" decorations for-
That Umstead
kids may come and receive an edu
cation. But that, at the moment,
is neither here nor there. The time
. is 1939, and in the hallowed halls
there rings out a voice which asks,
for the passage of a particular bill,
a bill incidentally which was passed,
and a bill which is denominated
Senate Bill No. 35 and which ap
pears in Chapter 122 of the Public
Laws of North Carolina for the
year 1939, and which is written up
in the 1943 edition of the General
Statutes of N. C. and cited G. S.
66-58. .
But what did this bill say, and
what was .its subject matter, and
who would benefit if it were to
pass ? These and other questions
yield interesting answers. The name
of the bill was: "An Act , to Pro-
hibit Units of Government Engag
ing in Business in Competition with
Taxpaying Citizens." Note the title.
And now, it is necessary that one
read carefully the following, for it
is the text of the bill, and it is
very easy to miss the point of
legislative actions unless one reads
the bills carefully. Rest assured
that this bill, now an act, is still
in full force and effect. The text:
"It shall be unlawful for any
unit or agency of the state govern
ment or any individual employee or
; employees of said unit or agency to
purchase for or sell to any person,
firm tr corporation, any article of
merchandise in competition with
citizens of the state, provided, how
ever, that as regards educational
institutions, the provisions of this
. section shall not apply to articles
produced incident to the operation
of an instructional department, or
incident to educational research, or
to articles of merchandise incident
to classroom work, meals, books,
andor other articles of merchan
dise not exceeding 15 cents in value
when sold to members of the edu
cational staff, or staff auxiliary to
education, or sold to duly enrolled
students, or to members of charit- .
ever, but let's get on to the strict
ly collegiate.
. Of course, first thought in col
legiate decorations is of pennants
and believe it or not, they can be
used in more ways than the custom
ary tacking on the wall. We find
pillows made of a number of pen
nants sewed together a "wheel"
formed by tacking pennants of the
Same size on the wall, with points
together and a quilt made by sew
ing 'a lot of small pennants here and
there on a dark grey army blanket.
But there are other ways than
the use of pennants to make a room
look collegiate. Several coeds have
large pin-cushions covered with
football buttons from it seems
nearly every college in the coun
try. One or two have the bottoms
of their lampshades edged with
these football buttons, like the row
of shields on a Roman gallery.
There are also rooms done in sor
ority, or high school, or college
colors.
One of the girls found enough
time to do some expert photography
in her freshman and sophomore
years. She has a whole wall dec
orated with three bulletin boards
holding beautiful shots of campus
scenes from her old alma mater.
There's a room in one of the soror
ity houses, too, that has football
yells painted across the wall in bold
red and black letters.
Sometimes the margin between
"collegiate" and "zany" is very nar
rownot meant as an insult to any
college Joe or Josephine. But in
this decoration business it's some
times difficult to tell whether the
budding genius of interior decora
tion is trying to be loyal to some
school or just to afford herself a '
good laugh. The reference is to
one expertly painted picture of a
blue devil on the wall of a certain
room. Now this is really a beauti
ful blue devil. But yes, but he's
hanging by his tail, which extends
above the top pi the picture to curl
around the hook on the wall.
Another zany but colorful idea
was evidently dreamed up by
comic strip fan. Lil Abner, Popeye,
Dagwood, and the famous Terry
(without the Pirates) take the place
of family portraits over the heads
of the three beds. Following up the
idea, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse,
and Pluto, in stuffed form, lounge
on the pillows. And the borders of
the curtains and bedspreads, believe
it or not, are printed with red Dumbos.
Act Is Unfair
able institutions, or on occasion to
immediate members of families of
members of the educational staff or
of duly enrolled students; provided
further that the provisions of this
section shall not apply to the sale
of meals or merchandise aforesaid,
to persons attending meetings or
conventions at state institutions as
invited guests of such institutions,
or to the products of experimental
stations at any state institution;
provided further that the provisions
of this section shall not apply to
the sale of learned journals or
books, or to the business operation
of endowment funds established for
the purpose of producing income
for educational purposes; provided
further that the provisions of this
section shall not apply to counties
and municipalities, to the State
Board of Health, to the Division
of Purchase and Contract, to the
State Highway and Public Works
Commissions, to State Hospitals
for the Insane, to the State Com
mission for the Blind, to the N. C.
School for the Blind at Raleigh, to
the N. Cv School for the deaf at
Morganton, to Appalachian State
Teachers College at Boone, to
Western Carolina Teachers College
at Cullowhee, or to any state cor
rectional institutions or agencies,
,or to farm, dairy, livestock or
poultry products of any state in
stitution or agency; provided that
nothing in this section shall apply
to Highlands School in Macon
County; provided further, that this
section shall not be construed to
apply to any high school or public
school; provided further, that this
section shall not apply to child
earing institutions or orphanages
receiving state aid.
"Any person knowingly or will
fully violating the provisions of
this section shall be subject to a
fine of $10 for each such viola
tion." This concludes the text of the
act. It is known as the Umstead
O'er the hill there lies trouble,
and in the valley one finds joy, yet
still the wheel rolls on.
To an innocent bystander it seems
that:
Although the comment is very
much delayed, Dook is to be severe
ly reprimanded for such inadequate
accommodations for the Carolina
students last Saturday. At least
such an outstanding southern in
stitute could exhibit some of that
well known southern hospitality,
instead of making it extremely dif
ficult for their obliging neighbors
to attend the game. It might do
well to remember the incident next
season when we play Dook over
HERE!
The ROTC unit is at last getting -a
good deal! According to all re
ports, they're to be inactivated on
either Jan. 1st, or at least by
March 1st! Good luck to you, boys,
and good hunting for decent civil
ian clothes!
The campus can see and deal
with a familiar face if they will
just step into the Sportman Shop
uptown. At last Charlie Frank
Benbow has gone to work, so if
you want a good salesman and
some fine goods, try the shop. This
boy promises results!
It's really a shame that the mas
cot of 2nd floor Mclver had to cash
in his chips. A fine upstanding
toitle at that!!
All of us and many more to
come are due for a square deal and
a grand guy on campus when Pete
Parker returns to Carolina! He's
back in the States, and has already
visited this august institute !x
A possible monopoly is about to
be broken! Within a few days a
new and very good photog will ap
pear on campus to serve all of us.
His name is Baxter Sapp, and be
lieve this columnist that he's the
best!
All kinds of high praises are due
any and every organization on cam
pus that's working for better prices
and conditions at the Y. '
Coach Bob Fetzer should get on
the ball and see about getting those
that deserve them some letter
sweaters! Other colleges have got
ten them all through the war, even
high schools, so why not our men,
who have fought hard and long on
To University
act after its author John Umstead,
a resident of Chapel Hill. You will
note that the act started out as a
blanket restriction on all state
agencies to sell anything in compe
tition with private enterprise. That
is all well and good. But, as is ob
vious, most of the act is devoted
to excepting just about every
agency which the first few sen
tences place under the jurisdiction
of the act. You will note that the
University of North Carolina, the
taxpayers' University, is NOT one
of the exceptions. In other words,
the act, in the final analysis is di
rected primarily at the Book Ex
change on this campus. Look back
at the title of the act. Can it be
said that the Book Exchange's
doing unrestricted business with
the students would be business in
competition with the taxpayers'
businesses, when the Book Ex, as
a part of the University, is also
owned by the taxpayers? Of course
not. The bill was and is unfair,
stupidly unfair. By its operation,
it forces the students at this Uni
versity to buy from down the
street, or buy in some other town,
or not buy at all. Is that fair?
NO! Is it dirty? Yes. Hell, yes!
And this is not a defense of the
Book Exchange. This columnist con
demns the Book Exchange violent
ly for its VERY high prices, for its
profit each year. And if the man
ager of the Book Ex is forced to
make profits in order to help pay
expenses incurred by the Univer
sity, then the people who force the
Book Ex to make profits are to be
condemned. And the state legisla
ture is to be condemned for pass
ing such a bill as set forth here
and for not appropriating enough .
money so that the Book Ex will not
have to pay University expenses,
and thus have to make a profit off
the students to do it.
Have you ever stopped to think
about who benefitted by the Um
stead Act? Heh, heh.
in the Wheel
By Allan Pannill
just about every athletic field??
Midnight musings:
Sure am glad to see Charlie
Vance so interested in getting
things done, even AFTER an elec
tion!! More power and help to
him!
x By the next publication of this
column, the Swain Hallers will
have an explanation for the Grade
C milk they've been getting! Mr.
Gooch wants to talk business!
It looks like this time the Veter
ans' Association is going to have
an up and up presidential election
or ELSE! Bill Smith is running
against Dewey Dorsett for the
job, and although this lad hesitates
to express an open opinion on so
touchy a subject, it seems that new
blood never hurt any group!
The announcement that Pat Hole
had been selected queen of the
campus was pleasing to the ear.
Quite a gal, and I don't think Mr.
and Mrs. Bogart went a millimeter
wrong! Congrats, Pat!!
It's too bad that due credit can't
be given to those individuals who
thought enough of their campus to
sit up all night to guard it against
Dook marauders!! Thanks anyway,
boys!
Things seem to have reached the
point where the student body had
better wake up and see what is
happening to their government!
Believe me, kids, it's in dire
danger, mainly due to lack of our
own interest! r Look around, and
see what we can do to make it
what it used to be!!
I sure hope the married vet
erans on campus are able to get
hold of those Quonset Huts that the
administration is trying to get for
them. If any of you should know
a quick and sure 'way of contract
ing for a bunch of them, see Mr.
Comer at the Y.
Without a doubt:
Last week our team got beat in
a fair and hard fought game. This
week it will be fair and hard fought
again, but we will NOT be beaten!!
Let's all get out there and show
them that we believe in them and
their ability!!
AH of us are sorry to see Cap
tain Hazlett pull out of Chapel
Hill. A grand guy, and a great
skipper! Good luck, sir.
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