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THURSDAY, MAY 30, im
THE DAILY TAB HEEL
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Democracy for All
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. . i i. xTrTHjfo TUftTiter. outiroinsr secretary of the
IteSrnX to t. of the 21 University fra
ternuS urges that they not form "cliques" to control the election
TtiLXw their organization. Eleven of the 21
ties, he says, rotate the offices and leave the remaining 10 out of
the picture. "
That hiS statement is correct must be admitted. The majority
group of fraternities is known to exercise such a control over the
Literf raternity council administration year after year. Meanwhile
the other 10 fraternities, even if they can produce a man far more
able than any of the nominees of the "clique," are powerless to
secure his election.
Richter, being a member of the Interfraternity council and
therefore particularly close to its activities, is pointing out this
unwholesome condition in that organization only. Someone else
equally interested in better student government could doubtless
find similarly undesirable features about other organizations and
their political maneuverings.
But Richter's plea, if responded to by the Interfraternity council
in the future, can be the springboard for other organizations to
leap away from their narrow ways and into an effort for better
government.
No one interested in better student government can deny that
Richter's objective is a good one. If the 11 controlling fraterni
ties can honestly say the best officers can come every year from
their midst, they are entitled to ignore the suggestion. But if
they will admit that some of the 10 other fraternities might be
able to nominate better men, they must at the same time confess
their existing system is uniair
Straws In
By WALTER
EUROPE'S MESS Fact that Brit
ish fleet has been called home strength
ens belief that invasion is expected
... an invasion's success in all prob
ability depends on whether Germany
can bomb the English fleet out of the
water ... if they can, it's possible
, . . Taking the fleet out of the Mediter
ranean means that much more chance
of action by Italy ... we repeat her
unpreparedness, and that means her
participation only when a German vic
tory seems assured . . . However, more
and more reports indicate a possible
truce in the near future, with Germany
in a strong position, but short of com
plete Allied defeat ... and also it
seems doubtful that Nazi oil supplies
are depleted or will be in the near fu
ture . .'. British are reportedly asking
Washington for anything that will fly
... at war's start they wanted only
the latest models ... A German move
into the Balkans will be the next move
after a "possible victory in the west
. . . coalition or no coalition.
TRADE WINDS Russia takes the
spotlight ... at present she is swap
ping, with the Finns, Yugoslavs,
Swedes, and Japs among others . . .
Some of -this cuts Hitler's throat . . .
But Stalin still is Germany's feeder,
and crops this year in Russia look
good . . . Contradictory reports still
flow about an Allied-Soviet trade
pact and they say it's nearly com
pleted ... In our own backyard . . .
we push the Inter-American bank to
help our trade AND political rela
tions with vital South America . . .
and still try to cushion our economy
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from the effects of Europe's war . . .
FDR fears inflation ... is preparing
to ask for more power for Fed. Re
serve Board to avert it . . . incidentally
this will help foreign trade by keep
ing prices lower.
FAR EAST Peace seems possible
here . . . may even be signed by the
time you read this, according to some
reports, but it probably is off some
where in the distant future ... Jap
army men got a 16 billion yen budget
for the next year . . . that is 63 of
Jap natl income . . . although the war
in China is stabilized, this may mean
expansion in other spots . . . you know
where . . . the army has taken over the
setting of prices in the land of the
Rising Sun.
RUMORS AND BORDERS Italy's
influence in Spain seems to be on the
up and up . . . more Duce power in the
Italian lake . . . Britain partially
evacuated Gibraltar last week . . .
Totalitarian methods in Great Britain
may help morale, but they won't help
much in Flanders . . . Canada is now
considering new constitution . . .
which would streamline the dominion
as an economic unit . . .'the question
of whether to move the English gov't
to Canada in case of German victory
is being carefully considered.
WASHINGTON Most say a coali
tion gov't is out of the question . . .
GOP still wants to be able to criticize
. . . Armament spending now author
ized is just a starter ... if Allies win,
they will be so weakened that well
arm ... and if Germany wins well
arm even faster . . . you may see auto
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picture which opens today at the Carolina.
Letters to the Editor
All letters must be typewritten and are subject to cutting.
To the Editor
Dear Sir:
I have never anywhere or any time
"defended" the recent peace demon
stration on this campus. The most
charitable and partial excuse I have
ever been able to offer for it is that
it was a silly, ignorant,' misguided
and ill-advised expression of some stu
dents' disturbed feelings and appre
hension about the war. My most vig
orous and inelegant characterization
of the demonstration has been and
still is that "it stinks." You .owe me
an apology for the misrepresentative
headline in yesterday's Daily Tar
Heel, misrepresentative of my real
sentiments about the "demonstration.
Edward J. Woodhouse
(Editor's Note: The headline re
ferred to misrepresented Dr. Wood
house's opinion and the' Daily Tar
Heel regrets this unintentional mis
statement of fact.)
To the Editor
Dear Sir:
I enclose a letter, dated May 24,
which I sent to all fraternity presi
dents. I would appreciate your pub
lishing it in the Daily Tar Heel.
Dear Fraternity President:
We all agree, I think; that the Fra
ternity could be a wonderful training
ground for young men, that its aims
should be to bring out the best m
every individual connected with it so
that when a boy leaves his fraternity
he has had a certain amount of di
rection, encouragement and help,
which will enable him to be a much
better gentleman, citizen, and leader
in his home community. Also all of us
agree that democracy in our govern
ment and every day living is worth
fighting for.
But that is as far as we go: we
simply agree that all of these things
what is right, we back down and take
the easy, selfish way out.
It is time for all of us who are
makers in the plane business . . . Big
problem besides machine tool bottle
neck is our lack of a heavy munitions
industry ... if we get one, some fear
that when you have a gun you are
likely to use it and soon . . . but there
is no doubt about national unity when
it comes to defense.
POT-POURRI FDR has asked for
$1,000,000 to foster rubber planting
in this hemisphere . . . which will give
S. A. more goods to sell us . . . there
fore better trade . . . and which fo
cuses attention on vital US-materials
which we would like to have available
in THIS hemisphere ... tin is avail
able in Bolivia . . . tungsten and man
ganese in high cost deposits are avail
able in western US . . . which leaves
chromite as the only real worry
what with two synthetic rubber plants
in the process of building . . . All of
this makes an isolated position more
tenable. ,
SO LONG With this column we
take leave of the Daily Tar Heel . . .
reluctantly . . . Enjoyed it!
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supposed to be the representtive lead
ers in our fraternities to wake up and
realize that what we are taught here
are nice, and fine, and idealistic.
When the time comes really to prove
our sincerity, and, to show that we
have guts enought to stand up for
lift! a dppner than the im
mediate manifested results'. It is just
what we will be inclined to do the
rest of l our lives: If we are condi
tioned to be hypocrits here, what more
can we expect later on?
No doubt you are wondering whaf
this sudden outburst is all about. My
point is simply this: N
For the past few years 11 of the
21 fraternities have gotten together
and nominated the officers of the In
terfraternity Council for the coming
year. The method is quite simple. It
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is generally agreea tnat since one iru
ternity had an officer last year it is
only fair to let -another fraternity
have its turn this year. However, a
spark of our democratic principle en
ters in when it is decided that each
fraternity in the click hvae a crack
at the presidency every year, although
the president might come from the
same house twice. When election day
comes, it is only natural that the re
maining minority of 10 out of the 21
has very little to do with seeing to it
that the most capable and deserving
man gets the position.
Is this right? Is this consistent
with the principles of democracy which
we pretened to believe in? Is this
fair to the members of all the fra
ternities who look up to us as their
leaders to be followed and respected?
By this method of election is it likely
that the most capable man gets the
position?
The only fair thing for us is to
have nominations at one of the meet
ings. Then at the next meeting all the
candidates for president should pre
sent to the new members of the In
terfraternity Council their ideals and
program for the coming year. From
this they will be in a better position
to judge the most capable and de
serving man.
Please think this plan over in rela
tion to its immediate trial.: You will
be doing a very worthwhile service
for your fraternity, your school, and
yourself if you do your part to see
that everyone has a fair chance and
the person most worthy is recognized.
Sincerely,
Horace Richter
No Exams, Maybe
Retreating from all thoughts of
exams last night in the local sana
torium were:
Robert McLennon, Frederick Cobb,
Hobart Morriss Frederick Walsh,
Truett Bennett, Thomas Sasterling
George Wilkinson, James Hassell, ED
PRIZER, Bert Halperin, Phyllis Ken
nedy, James Stillwell, Lucille Gilles
pie, Phyllis Brum, Peggy Holmes,
Martin Kalkstein, George Foster.
John French, and Paul' Harper.
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By BILL STAUBER
Everybody does it. Charlie Gilmore
did it. Lafitte Howard did it. EdRan-
Idn did it this year. Bill Beerman
does it every quarter. Noboy ever en
joys it Well, nobody but the ones
that do it. Naturally, IH enjoy it. I m
going to do it. Furthermore to put it
in my scrapbook. So there!
I don't know where to begin. It's
been such a long ti. .. . No, I dont
know where to begin. I still remember
what a swell fellow. Dr. Mackie was
. . . and there was Bill Cochrane who
taueht me politics . . . three boys
dragged me off to Greensboro for my
first time . . . and a blind date . . . but
I couldn't start there.
Two years of that in Jack Mac-
Phee's dilapidated old Buick . . . then
my first Buc article at Tom Fry's per
suasion ... and the way Bill Hill
painfully read and criticized every
thing I wrote from then on . . . and
Carl Pugh, the sucker, printed it
But then it's hard to forget Dr.
Winslow advising me to take journal
ism .. . and Skipper Coffin advising
me not to". . . and mother advising
me to give up entirely . . .'s funny
how I set a new repeat record of three
times in . Pol. Sci. 51.
It's also nice to think of that blind
date with a coed that Bill Robertson
got me but nicer, with apologies to
Stein, to think of the months that fol
lowed . . . Phillips Russell, man or pro
fessor could easily have been my best
professor . . . that is, if I could over-
Simple Simon's
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By SIMONS RGOF
Defeatism or no Defeatism
The style in philosophy today is
defeatism. This is observable every
where. When the world lost its re
ligion it forgot to replace it with
something just as vital. What do
you get? "Sure, I want peace," said
a student at the peace rally, "but
you can?t have it So what? So I'm
ready for war. Hell, why fight the
machine?"
The trouble is always the fault
of the "machine." Defeatists forget
their potential ability to control the
machine. They know they are a part
of it of it3 brawn. They let others
assume the position of its mind. Anti-
defeatists oppose the mind of the
machine (machine here meaning the
bigwigs who shape national policy).
The essence of our chaos is that we
have never given life a meaning,
rather hanging half-way to tradition
and half-way assuming new ideas.
We have religion on the ropes and
nothing continuing the fight. Thus the
defeatists disbelieve in the fight. Res
ignation is the result, and you have a
lot of people walking out on mankind.
Our generation isn't going soft
It's chiefly the fact that most of us
don't believe in ourselves. We forget
our ability to interfere with the
machine we object to. What we need
is a belief in mankind that will re
move the defeatism" from our systems.
Then something may come from this
age that tomorrow's generation won't
be ashamed of.
Seniors Invited
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the new University Dining Hall cafe
teria (Tuesday, June 11).
Guest of University
Candidates for degrees are to be
guests of the University at the Alum
ni Luncheon, stated Saunders, but
they must secure tickets in advance
by application at the Alumni Offices
prior to 4 o'clock, Monday afternoon,
June 10. Additional tickets for pa
rents and other guests of Seniors may
be purchased at one dollar each.
At the Alumni Luncheon on June
11 the Class of 1940 will be inducted
formally into the Alumni Association,
permanent class officers taking over
office at that time from the Senior
class officers. Also the Class of 1940
gift to the University will be announc
ed at that time.
Students who soon will become
alumni may take advantage of the
Alumni Association's offer to enroll
individual members for their first
alumni year at the junior, fee of one
dollar. This fee entitles members to
receive the alumni magazine for their
first year and to vote in all Associa
tion elections.. Many Seniors have
already affiliated with the Associa
tion at the Alumni Offices in Caro
lina Inn, which will receive member
ship dues .through the Commence
ment period. N
Send the Daily Tar ttteitt. horn. "
looK Dr. M. u. laylor ... and Martin
Harmon, the biggest reason why i
didn't leave school last November
greater love hath no ... I just couldn't
forget that . . . nor Ed Rankin
either . . . and Mack Hobson, a swell
fellow, but IH give him until next .
and I never did know the Graham Me
morial janitor's name.
Dean Carroll was an "old smoothie"
the way he could make you leave his
office wanting to lick the world
and end up at a 1:30 class ... and
Mrs. Stephens, the "Miss Sally" Cf
the commerce school deserves the
credit so long overdue.
That letter from Mother every Tues
day . . . almost two hundred of them
by now . . . and Don Bishop, pub
ag't in W-S area . . . but more recent
ly the censor of Rice and Gin ... and
Bee Wimbish, thanks to Orv. Camp
bell and Sue, who will wipe out "stag
that I am" forever.
And Doc Pritchard . . . and Jessie
West . . . and Herb Ledbetter ... and
Mr. Pickard ... and Rudy Faircloth
. . . and the SAE's . . . and Rusty . . .
and McGaughey . . . and Deacon ...
and Spike Saunders ... the whole
Printshop, Infirmary, South Build
ing, Book Ex, Kappa Sig House, Pres
byterian Church, and lower quad
rangle . . . and, oh yes, I almost for
got . . . Dean Bradshaw and COM
PREHENSIVES. No, I j'ust don't know where to be
gin my farewell column.
today
2:00 Coed archery
3:00 Coed badminton
5:00 Coed tennis
2:00 Coed baseball
3:00 Coed badminton
5:00 The Young Republicans club
will meet in Graham Memo
rial. YMCAWill
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know, Black Mountain is about six
teen miles east of Asheville. The ro
manticists will know that that puts
you right in the heart of the beautiful
Blue Ridge mountains.
Four Hundred Students
The Student Conference is planned
for members of Student Christian as
sociations in the white colleges in the
ten southeastern states, and especial
ly for the officers and cabinet mem
bers. To Blue Ridge each year come
some four hundred men and women
students who are active in the work
of the Christian association of their
local campuses and who join toother
for this nine-day period of inspiration
and training so that they may be bet
ter prepared to carry responsibilities
as Christian leaders in community
and campus life.
Leading this summer's conference
will be Dr. Gregory Vlastos, Professor
of Philosophy at Queens college, King
ston, Canada, and Dr. Georgia Hark
ness, professor at Garrett Biblical
school, Evanston, 111. Several of the
other leaders have been on this cam
pus recently and are well known to
students here. They are: Roy Mc
Corkle, executive secretary of the
interseminary movement; Albert Out
ler, Professor of the school of reli
gion of Duke university; Arthur
Raper, Southern interracial commis
sion; Rose Terlin, economics secretary,
NICC.
Conference Theme
The theme of the Blue Ridge con
ference this summer is to be "The
Christian Faith and Contemporan
eous Living." Some of the topics
which will be covered are: "How is
Christian faith relevant?", "What are
the resources for radiant living- r
"What are the issues to which reli
gion must speak?", "How can ve im
prove our program?", and "Must edu
cation embody spiritual values?"
Sophs Must
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program. Only once before has Ca -olina
taken part and then only P
of the sophomores were tested.
The few students who failed to taj
the test this spring "probably
not appreciate the value of thi P
gram," said Welch. e
He explained that the exams
intended as an aid to colleges ia
guidance of the planning of thai r
dents' curricular and to give tbep.
omores an inventory of their ac
lishments to date.
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