THE TAR IIEEE
Thursday. August H 151
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There has been much talk of honor.
' It has been said the cadets at West Point
should have exercised more restraint, that
they should not have been tempted into do
ing this vicious and horrible thing. In short,
there are many who believe the youth of '
the nation should resist the tides of the
times, that it should stand up, its mind and
body resolutely set against the decay and
moral degradation.
These are noble sentiments, worthy,, in
fact, of the most moral and ethical person.
The youth of the nation SHOULD resist
temptation. The youth SHOULD be hon
orable, for it is only through honor and
decency that the nation will be able to
survive the troublous days which lie ahead.
But ... .
Morality is a cooperative affair. College
youth, however pure of heart, however well
intentioned, cannet resist indefinitely the
temptations set . before it by the elders.
There must be honor outside the college if
we are to expect honor inside the college.
There must be those adults among the
alumni and in the college administrations
who will stand up in the face of opposition,
in the moments of crisis, in the times of
trouble, and say what is right, not what is
expedient If the youth of a nation, or of a
uraversitv, has the prcper exa.np!e set for
it, it r2 Uoi to respond in a proper man
ner a tzirer becczrir? the dignity and
; BuS lei ii I uaicr.coi, as it has been so
regrctSaSj uc-err-coi fcr so long, that if
a mess c! c5s ss s: before the vouth of
a natioc, cr a crurrrsity, there shall be no
example set, aad there shall be to exem
plary conduct forthcoming.
We refer to CCNY, to NYU, to Bradley,
to West Point, to Lloyd Mangrum, to Wil
liam and Mary, and perhaps, to unnamed
j thousands.
We refer to many high school graduates
whose services are purchased for the play-
; ing of professionalized sports. We refer
' to the convertibles, to the apartments, to the
-Saturday hero-worship, i We refer to com
missions in the United States Army, an
army, which would defend the world in the
name of righteousness and goodness.
j We put the boys into the position. We
give them fame. We make them national
heroes. We bet on them. We shout for
them. We make toasts to them. We bid
for their services. We subsidize them. We
give them a "break."
, Is it therefore surprising that they should
desire to continue in this position? Would
not many others give a great deal for such
an opportunity? Of course.
And so sdme of them cheat. So they are
kicked out. ! So indignation rises.
How pretty. - How nice to see that we are
so moral, so pure, so fully righteous.
With every wind from the North, there
come the tidings of still another disaster.
How many ( more? It is too soon, surely,
for us to hope for relief on a national scale.
The pear is not'yet rotten.
There must be more character building.
There must be more schools which will sac
rifice integrity, for publicity. There must
be more falsehoods, more cover-ups, more
Industrial Recreation, more gate, receipts,
. more delightful Saturday afternoons. Notre
Dame must be beaten' by 25 points. Every
back in the nation must be corraled.
Yea, verily. All this must come to pass
before we shall tire of bur, new plaything.
To be sure, some moral principles and
some fine boys will be ground up in the
process, but, what matter? Think of the
gifts from the alumni, think of the millions
of words of free publicity which will splash
across the country. Think of how much
character will be built!
But there will come a day, perhaps far
in the future, when the stands will empty,
when the gladiators will be gone, and stu
dents will take their places. Perhaps there
will also come a day when the alumni will
content themselves with something less ex
citing than what they now demand. But
this is a matter for the future. The present
bubble will burst. - The course of time will
prove to be its undoing.
It is a pity that no one among us will
rise up and smite down this modern Goliath.
It is a pity that, we shall sit and wait until
the thing has run its course, that we shall
allow the fruit to hang, dull and flaccid and
over-ripe, until it falls as a result of its
1 complete decay. It is a pity that we are
cowards and call ourselves discreet.
"But if we are not brave, neither are
we polluted. Alas, it is the REST of the
world which suffers from foul affliction,
. and it is in their camps that epidemic fol
lows epidemic. Thank God that we are
different, that we remain pure and untaint
ed in the midst of universal disease and
corruption." . Is this not the belief of many?
Unfortunately, it is. "Grant us, Dear Father,
that we shall not have a scandel before we
beat Notre Dame!" Is this not the'prayer
of many? Unfortunately, it is.
Kidding Whom?
How regrettable it is that by our own
hands college degrees are coming to mean
so little. '
( Here in 1951 some 20 years late we
would propose , to develop graduate-level
education at . Norih Carolina College in
Durham in order to avoid the pill of non
segregation here at Chapel Hill and we
would attempt this eleventh-hour feat with
pennies instead of dollars. We would kid
ourselves.
It is absurd to believe our plan for spend
ing $271,000 at Durham to bring their grad
uate school up to the Chapel Hill level will
result in anything except another court
light and certain defeat for the state. The
federal courts are no longer to be deceived
by veneer. By the trivial, and tragic, size
of the figure it is clear that, we would be
willing to set up a third rate graduate school
for the colored students; that we would be
ever so anxious to hand Out hundreds of
Sears and Roebuck-type degree at Durham
without regard to the effect on degrees at
other institutions.
If we are going to develop the graduate
school at N. C. College, and if we are to
succeed, we must be honest with the Su
preme Court, with the Negroes, and most of
all, with ourselves. Enough money should
be spent in Durham (and the people in this
.state are apparently willing to spend the
necessary amount) to build there a grad
uate school this IS equal in facilities to the
one hereto form a school there which
will hand out degrees with -meaning'.'. .
degrees the people of the state ccjq be proud
of .. . . degrees that will not water-dwon
what quality we do have.
The provision of equal facilities at North
Carolina College is the barest minimum.
Even this does not produce equality of in
tangibles, about .which the Supreme Court
is now concerned. If the Supreme Court
orders the University to admit law students
when the tangible facilities of the N. C.
College Law School were substantially,
equal to those here, what will it do con
cerning Negro graduate students seeking ad
mission here?
The court, where higher education is
concerned, 'has virtually abolished segre
gation. Thus, whatever we do at North
Carolina College, the court will 'probably
turn thumbs down. If we are to avoid a
large graduate Negro enrollment here, (as
suming that this is desirable; a point we
are not debating) we must appeal to the
Negro students themselves, not to the courts.
We must provide facilities which these
Negro students will accept as satisfactory;
or we must admit them here. It is our view
that many Negro students would prefer to
attend North Carolina College, provided the
facilities there were adequate. The ex
penditure of $271,000 could not possibly be
sufficient to provide adequate facilities. By
this gesture we convince tke Negroes that '
we would give them a second-rate educa
tion if we can get away With it. This alien
ates many potential friends among the col
ored population. The Supreme Court is
already alienated, arid we are left without
a friend.
We are faced with one of two possible
courses: 1) Admit the Negroes here, as-,
suming they are qualified by the usual'
standards, or 2) build a first-rate graduate ;
school at North, Carolina College and hope
that the Negroes will choose to attend it. ;
Our present actions indicate our great
reluctance, to take, either choice. Such ti
midity in grasping the racial nettle in the;
past--: is responsible for our present unbe
coming posture.
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Dorif Gripe
By William C. (Bill) Brown
"What does the YMCA do?"
"There's nothing in this pa
per!" "There's nothing to do on
weekends."
Have you "heard any of these
statements or similar ones?
Likely, you, like I, have heard
some of these . "conversation
ove'ners in great abundance in
your stay at Carolina. The next
time you hear someone say one
of the above, or similar utter-'
ances, catch him offguard by
asking said party just what he
is doing to make the YMCA
active; what he is doing to make
the TAR HEEL a better and
more interesting paper; what he
is doing to help plait and exe
cute week-end functions., Ten
out of nine of these griping
souls are doing absolutely noth
ing in any extra-curricula.
The biggest thing they are
doing is griping because , some
one else isn't doing an expert
job for them.
If the YMCA were to sponsor
an event this weekend, how
many of our "nothing to do"
friends would go? Every func
tion the YMCA has sponsored
in the past year (I can only
speak of the past year since I
wasn't here previous to that
time) has been done with the
fear of total failure. Might I
add that in some instances that
fear has developed into reality.
But I shouldn't restrict this
predicament solely to the
YMCA. What about the Gra
ham Memorial square dances?
Each week these square dances
have been put on with that
same fear of failure. In a sense
some have been just that prin
wanting something to do and
probably complaining about it
(I'm afraid I cant speak with
cipally because of the lack of
that feminine charm.
And where were the fair dam
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