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THE DAILY TAR HEEL SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1942 PAGE TWO fEe aflj Car" eel" OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CAROLINA PUBLICATIONS UNION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Published dally except Mondays, Examination periods and the Thanks giving, Christmas and Spring holi days. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Chapel Hill, N. C, under act of March 3, 1879. 1941 Member 1942 Pbsoctded C6He6aie Press HMUtNTte pom matkx. tixMTiMii trr National Advertismg Service, Inc. Collet "mhlisbert Reprtienlalsv 420 Madison Ave New Yonk. N. Y. cmov min lm imtttn nwm Subscription Rates $1.50 One Quarter $3.00 One Yeai All signed articles and columns an opinions of the writers themselves, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Daily Tab Hlel. For This Issue: News: BOB HOKE Sports: MARK GARNER Oeville Campbell Sylvan Meyer .Editor William Schwartz Henry Zaytoun Harry Symmes Managing Editor -Business Manager .Acting Circulation Manager Associate Editor Editorial Board: Bucky Harward, Mac Norwood, Henry Moll, Bill Seeman, Bill Peete. W. T. Martin, Billy Pearson. Columnists: Marion Lippincott, Walter Damtoft, Harley Moore, Elsie Lyon, Herman Lawson, Brad McCuen, Tom Hammond. . News Editors: Bob Hoke, Paul Komisarak, Ernie Frankel, Hayden Carruth. Assistant News: A. D. Carrie. Reporters: Jimmy Wallace, Billy Webb, Larry Dale, Charles Kesslex, Barke Shipley, Elton Edwards, Mike Beam, Walter Klein, Westy Fenhatren, Gene Smith, Morton Cantor, Bob Levin, Nancy Smith, Jule Phoenix. Photographer: Hugh Morton. Cartoonist: Tom Biebigheiser. Assistant Photographer: Tyler Nourse. Sports Editor: Harry Hollingsworth. Night Sports Editors: Earle Hellen, Mark Garner, Bill Woestendiek. Sports Reporters: Ben Snyder, Stud Gleicher, Charles E. Johnson, Jr., Jean Beeks. Advertising Managers: Jack Dube, Bill Stanback, Ditzi Buice. Durham Representatives: Marvin Rosen, Bob Bettman. Local Advertising Staff: Jimmy Norris, Buddy Cummings, Richard Wiseberg, Charlie Weill, Betty Booker, Bill Collie, Jack Warner, Stan Legum, Dick Kerner. Office Staff: Bob Crews, Eleanor Soule, Jeannie Hermann, Bob Covington. Typist: Hilah Ruth Mayer. Circulation Staff: Hank Hankins, Larry Goldrich, Rachel Dal ton. THE SUNDAY LETTER . . . Let's Stop Talking About 'Ultimate Victory' and Act (Editor's note: Gratified to find one who shares our views on the indifference and lethargy of the campus when a war threat ens its very existence, we here print an arti cle by Howard Ennis who, independent of any publication, has worked out his own ideas and condemnation of what the campus and country are doing.) It has been over two months since Pearl Har bor, and the United States is farther than ever from victory. Many strategic islands have fallen to the enemy ; Malaya and Singapore, Borneo, Su matra, and the Celebes, have been lost for Allied use. MacArthur, literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, has held out against huge odds for nearly two months awaiting rein forcements which have failed to arrive. The Dutch on Java prepare for a bitter and hopeless battle to the end, calling for assistance from us; the Australians assist the Dutch to the best of their ability from their small population of seven million, every man of whom may soon be needed to defend their own country from the advancing enemy. The British in Burma continue to send out optimistic reports of individual encounters, but continue to fail back to prepared positions, and as each succeeding bastion is approached by the enemy proclaim that its chances of holding are slim. They too are calling for assistance from us, and speed, for every weapon available now is worth a dozen a year hence. Thus the world waits on us, while we await the year 1943 to win the war. Yet never in our his tory since the Revolution have we had so good a chance to lose a war, and never has the pros pect been so bad, considering the magnitude of the job ahead and the lack of realization by so many people of what they face. The people ex pect the government to run the war, and the gov ernment calls in vain for the active cooperation of the people. UNJUST PROFITS After more than two months since the declara tion of war, the government still expects labor cess. Yet it is all too easy to shift the responsi bility to the government, and there are many who argue that we should not criticize or be im patient, since, they say, those in the govern ment are supposed to know, and we don't have all the facts. We have even heard it said that the loss of the Netherlands Indies and Australia may all be part of a grand "strategy." This attitude offers as good a chance as any we know for losing the war. Broad questions of policy are not so much determined by "the facts," as by the common-sense application of those facts, and the dan ger is not so much from the nonsense of "stra tegic withdrawal" as from the complacency ex hibited in the excuse that one doesn't have "all the facts," and hence need not worry. Our educational system, forsooth, has never been in more danger 'of being caught "lecturing on navigation while the ship is sinking." Our pro fessors insist, by a process of logic as obscure as it is unsound, that we must stick to our books and either await with the "inevitable victory' or the intervention of the government in the form of the draft. While the Dutch cry for help, mean while entrusting their fate to knives and the Grace of God, we will continue to study econom ics, never too useful even in peacetime, until we can juggle the terms with so much facility and as little meaning as the professors themselves for use, of course, after "the victory." We must study German, no doubt, in order to read Goethe to the captured Hun, and French in order to stuff the mouths of starving Frenchmen with the pages of Voltaire and Moliere, rather than setting to work to liberate the occupied countries and talking to the people in a language they could understand and appreciate something to eat. -Prejudiced, you say. Yes, we are prejudiced in favor of doing the job at hand lest we never have a chance to follow again those subjects which are properly reserved for peacetime. This seeming bitterness is only because we have so much to do and so little time to do it. HITLER'S SYSTEM Those who have read Education For Death by Gregor Ziemer realize that "if and when his (Hitler's) present fighting force is beaten, then behind the military array we will see a younger army, even more fanatic than the soldiery." Like wise, those American. youngsters who will not be and industry to work out their own arguments, old enough to fight for several years, should be without seeming to realize that the side which prepared in the event they are called upon. Hitler loses most by this arrangement is the side which teaches his youth to be strong, "in order that is most patriotic and least willing to see work they be the aggressors and the victors, not stoppage by disputes. Government has not yet the victims We can eet a jrood idea of his svs- 2 Opinions Daily T ar Columns it'ona o Letters age Features faced its duty of determining what is fair for both sides, and forcing both sides to abide by its decisions. It has not yet eliminated unjust prof its, or prevented extortionate prices for war ma terials. It has still not determined civilian re quirements, with all others turned over to war work. It has by no means begun to utilize all our available resources, plant facilities, and labor power. It dallies around with a sugar rationing plan, to be inaugurated some time in the future, rather than beginning it immediately with half the fuss. The people, on the other hand, are so much concerned with the things they can't have, that . . with our education one has entirely for- they forget to notice the thousand and one things gotten that in the long run a healthy mind is they do have which no other people on earth can able to dwell only in a healthy body." Hitler urges enjoy. They worry about being limited to three- at least two hours of exercise a day for young quarters of a pound of sugar a week (besides men, and the average German youth undoubtedly . nn , . - T , tem from Mein Kampf, as follows: "German edu cation before the war was afflicted with an ex tremely great number of weaknesses. Its inten tion was cut out, in a very, one-sided manner, for the purpose of breeding pure 'knowledge ;' it was orientated less towards 'abilities,' and 'far less emphasis was put on the cultivation of character in the individual (as far as this is at all possible), very little on the promotion of;the joy of accept ing responsibility, and none at all on the training of will power and determination. Its results were really not the strong man, but rather the pliable 'know-all offhand... By Tonl Hammond TERRIBLE EXAMPLE (We had already prepared a col umn criticizing the Dutch ambassa dor's speech for this morning's paper, when we found yesterday that Boieen Evans had beat us to it with a clear- er and more complete statement. However, the question is so import ant and the response of the Carolina audience, so unbelievable, twe would like to add a few remarks in support of Mr. Evans' position,) It may be that Dr. Loudon has done the student body an immense favor in illustrating very dramatically for us the kind of attitude that may make this war not worth fighting. If he is representative of the kind of men who will be leading the United Na tions after the war, there is little use in Carolina boys giving up their lives to win it. - We are trying to win the war be cause we do not want the kind of world order which Hitler plans to erect. We feel that our kind of peace would be preferable to Hitler's doc trine of hatred. But if we likewise plan a peace of hatred, it makes little difference which side wins the war. We don't have wars because some races are naturally cruel, selfish and warlike. Many Americans are raci ally identical with the Germans. Hu man beings, of whatever nationality, when placed in a certain situation will react in a certain way. Peace can be preserved not by exterminat ing any nation which starts a war, but by changing the underlying con ditions which cause those nations to start wars. Any nation is a potential aggres sor who has been dealt with unfairly, or who does not have her just share of the world's resources. Should such a nation commit aggression, it is no more guilty than those nations who blindly attempt to maintain an unjust status quo. This does not mean, however, that Germany and Japan are justified in what they are attempting to do. Far from it. They are not trying to right injustice, but to create great er injustice. Their goal is not equali ty with other nations, but complete dominance over them all. Therein lies the absolute necessity for American victory. We didn't write a good peace last time, but a peace written by Hitler would be much worse. Victory by the United Nations is to be preferred only with the expectation that we are fighting for principles of justice while Hitler is not. We must win the war so that we can write a peace which will last, because it will give to all peoples (not just those of the victorious countries) equality of opportunity to enjoy the good things of the earth. We cannot possibly contruct that kind of peace unless the people of the United Nations and their leaders do a better job of preserving their sanity than Dr. Loudon has done. Some say that we cannot win the war unless we arouse the masses to hatred for the enemy, that the uneducated cannot understand the complexity of issues underlying the war. Perhaps this is so. But if the Man On The Street cannot be depended upon to face the truth and act upon it, then the principle of democratic govern ment for which we fight is basically unsound. Regardless of our wishes, however, it is inevitable that many people, like Dr. Loudon, will come out of this war with feelings of blind, irrational hatred. Therefore it is doubly essen-" tial that college students, as part of the educated minority, retain their sanity in the midst of war hysteria. We must guard against the comfort ing but fallacious assumption that the blame for this war rests entirely on our enemies; and we must resist the temptation to let our reason be carried away by the thrill of emotion al excitement. . .'.If we insist on fac ing the truth, we can make this war worth winning. music maker .. By Brad MeCuen You may realize that this school is one of the largest, if not the larg est, farms for young musicians wait ing to make the jump from obscurity to the big-name bands and big time. You've heard about the Kemps and Kysers of the past but what isn't generally realized is the fact that we have musicians of the same caliber playing in all the campus bands right now. We are firmly convinced that here in our midst are many lads that will be just as successful as Kyser in just a few scant years. O The plan to have the big-name bands appear for only one night, in stead of the usual two, is the only sensible solution to a problem arising with our war. We've been told that our country is going through its own "hell week!' and we can help by giv ing up justa little. By cutting down the bands stay here we will save much money and still see the band, maybe not for so long but still long enough. e HOT NOTES: As the worst rec ord of the year, can there be any doubt that it is Orrin Tucker's "She Don't Wanna" .... Harry James opens at New York's Lincoln on May 8 thus spiking the rumors that he will play our May Frolics. -His stay there is set for eight weeks. . . . Ten of Claude Thornhill's 18 musicians were drafted last week. . . . Artie Shaw will organize a new band in a few weeks to replace the one he just broke up. As Mrs. Pettybone would say, "Oh, hell, I've been through this so many times." . . . Listen for a new ditty titled "Zoot Suit." Kay Kyser says that it's the best his band has ever done. The song has been a hit on the west coast since the first of the year. . . . The main theme of the new tune "Everybody's Making Mon ey But Tschaikowsky" concerns the activities of the song writers who swipe their material from the old masters. Biggest laff is that the tune itself is a direct steal from a song of last year titled "Yes, My Dar ling Daughter" Reserve your copy of the Metronome All-Star record (Columbia) right now. Both sides were recorded by the leading swing men of the country. . . . Tony Pastor has one of the best sax sections in the business now but next week he'll add a sixth one for just more strength The "Keep 'Em Flying" that Glenn Miller released this week is not the same tune as Gene Krupa recorded for Harry's juke. O RECORD OF THE WEEK: We couldn't decide between two great records this week so here are both of them. Tommy Dorsey has been long over due and his wax on "What Is This Thing Called Love" is welcome. The Cole Porter tune as arranged by Sy Oliver is marred only by a poor vocal by Dorsey's Connie Haines. (Victor).- Muggsy Spanier's new band hits records this week and the results are fine. "Chicago" is an old tune which youH recognize immediately which swings, in this case,' mainly through the efforts of Muggsy's trumpet and Dave Bowman's piano. The arrangement is so conducive to swing it almost jumps itself. Other side is "Can't We Be Friends" which is reminiscent of the Benny Goodman band of 1937. (Decca). it happens here . . . 2:15 Mississippi students to meet in the Grail room of Graham Me morial. 5:00 Negro vocalists appear in joint recital in Hill Music hall. 10:00 Meeting of all members of Emergency Political committee in small lounge of Graham Memorial. TOMORROW 4:00 Photographs of freshmen basketball team to be taken in front of Tin Can. 7:00 Phi Assembly meets in Phi hall. entertainment . . . MOVIES TODAY: (C) and (P) Son of Fury MON: (C) Son of Fury. (P) Gentleman at Heart. TUE: (C) Remember the Day. (P) Sons of the Sea. WED: (C) Remember the Day. (P) Boom Town. THU: (C) Hellzapoppin. (P) Her Enlisted Man. FRI: (C) Hellzapoppin. (P) Blue WTiite and Perfect. SAT: (C) Dangerously They Live . (P) Mr. Wise Guy. UNC Round Table (WRAL 3:00). MON: News of the Week at Caro lina (WDNC 2:30). Brandis: Income Tax (WDNC 2:45). TUE: Kattsoff: Freedom Today (WRAL 2:30). Lyons: Latin interviews (WRAL 2:45). WED: Schinhan: Organ recital (WDNC 2:30). Hardre: World affairs (WDNC 2:45). Carolina Round Table (WDNC 9:30). SAT: Men in Action (WRAL 3:32). SPORTS TUE: Frosh basketball vs. Raleigh HS 7:30. Varsity vs. Richmond 8:30. THU: Varsity swimming vs. Florida 4:30. FRI: Frosh and Varsity basketball vs. Duke at Durham. SAT: Indoor track Southern con ference 2:00, 7:00. DANCES FRI: Informal in Graham Memor , ial 9:00-1:00 AM. SHOWS WED, THU, FRI: Bagdad Daddy, Memorial hall, 8:30. Concert, Hill hall, 5;00. keyboard... By The Staff Slips that pass in the night-office: The UP news dispatches coming in to the Daily Tar Heel t'other night brought a story about Frank Hew litt, UP correspondent with MacAr thur's forces, and how a Jap tied in a tree and dressed as a monkey took a pot-shot at him. Piped Martin Lentiz, "Now we know what gorilla warfare is." "A Slip of the Lip May Sink a Ship" and other slogans issued by the navy recently are more than just words to John Armistead who very nearly sank his own ship in a Mili tary Science class. Seeing a new face in the class, John walked over to its owner and preceded to introduce him self and tell him all about the class. Among the remarks were some to the effect that he, John, got along just fine with the teacher but he had heard that some new fellow was to take his place and was afraid that he would be some ignorant you-know-what who would gum up his hereto fore peaceful existence. Later on in the period the old teacher introduced the new one. Need we go on? People are never satisfied! I heard one guy say after the game Wednes day night, "I don't see how Bobby Gersten had the heart to throw that foul shot in. Just think, if he had missed, we could have seen five more minutes of play and maybe Glamack would have opened up." Wait a minute. Who were we pulling for? Glamack or Carolina, or both! All you fellows who think that by spouting expressions like: "Shoot the meat balls to me, Danny boy," or "Shoot the juice to me, Bruce," you are being very modern are def initely mistaken. It's not a new cus tom. Proof. Way back yonder in the old days, Zeb Vance once said, "Hit me in the belly with a pone of bread." And we call them old fogies. what they get in candy and at the soda-fountain) sets more than that. We have got to be as good and what to do about automobile tires when their as they; and while it is hard to prepare, yet it is present ones wear out. Continual references to a crime to be unprepared. The reason for the ef- these shortages are made in the newspapers. In ficiency of the German military machine is not what other nation in the world is there even a propaganda alone, but hard-training, for ideals question as to the possession of automobiles or are apt to leak badly unless backed up with phy- gasoline for pleasure purposes in wartime? COMMON-SENSE APPLICATION We have got to realize that this is a people's sical efficiency. get enthusiastic over. The Metre of Macbeth when one has a brother or friend in the Philippines. But" this lack of enthusiasm goes farther than that. When you listen to a group of students re peating the pledge of allegiance as though it were a tiresome nursery rhyme, you wonder what is wrong with us. Physical training would do more to change this than any single thing. No one can get in 'good condition and stay there, however, by STOP TALKING, START ACTING There are other reasons for a considerably in war; we've got to fight it and we've got to win creased emphasis on physical development. The a few minutes of. violent exercise two' or three it the government is only here for direction; it attitude of a few people that the Gentians and times a week that form may actually do more needs us continually behind it, dissatisfied, urg- Jars have more reasons to fight than we do does harm than good. Much more time is needed ing it on., We are the ones who are going to bear rot correspond with the facts and arises from a enough to get real benefit from the exercises ; the brunt of failure or enjoy the elation of sue- ppreonal lack of confidence'. Another great weak- and, if at all possible, it should be interesting, as interest is as essential to exercise as relish is to digestion. Much of what we have said about the failures of the government and the non-cooperation of the people, we realize, is not entirely true, and there are undoubtedly some people who would take pleasure in pointing out exceptions. It is not the exceptions, however, which need to worry us; it is the general truth that we are not doing all that we can. Nothing less than our best is good enough. Unless we stop talking about the "ultimate victory" and what we can do, and really do it, we may well be faced with the loss of the Dutch East Indies and Australia by June, and what may follow no one dare say. t (i v i
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