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To the Editor:
SACRIFICE . . .
To the Editor:
The junior class of Windsor High School,
Windsor, N. C, has decided to sacrifice their an
nual Junior-Senior Banquet and give the $60 al
ready made for that purpose to worthy organi
zations. The class has decided to give $30 to the Red
Cross and $30 to the Salvation Army because of
the benefit these organizations can render during
the war.
Members of the class feel that they should
make sacrifices during the war and that by do
nating this money to worthy causes they can be
doing their share in our national emergency.
They realize that it will take many more sacri
fices like this to win the war.
The purpose of writing this letter is in the
hope that other junior classes in other schools
may read this and perhaps realize that Junior
Senior banquets are not half so important as
winning the war and that such sacrifices among
high school students will" help.
Members of Junior Class,
Windsor High School.
(Editor's Note: Need we say more.)
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MAG KEEPS PROMISE . ...
Strangely enough, it's still February. February
the short month, the clipped one-twelfth, the
month of the short 28 days. And more strange
and pleasing than this, the February issue of the
Carolina Magazine is being distributed tonight
and tomorrow, a good week before the end of
the month and its rival, Tar an' Feathers.
There is no more need to check with our cal
endars, an amusing yet instructive publication
has now been made possible as Editor Henry
Moll steals the march over the humor magazine
and advances still another step in trying to give
the students an ideal type of "campus magazine."
One that is achieving the purpose of being en
tertaining and yet one that also deals with the
more serious aspects of campus life.
Moll's "Greater University Issue" for Febru
ruary finds itself liberally sprinkled with new in
novations of sparkling satire, humorous cartoons,
and new features besides the usual pertinent and
timely articles that have characterized the Caro
lina Magazine all this yean .
Those of us who have been rightfully doubtful
of how feasible a new type of "Campus Maga
zine" would be, might be reassured by the be
ginning of a successful integration to all kinds
of campus material. Curious and expectant, we
look forward to Hunt Hobbs' super "Tar an Fea
thers" for March and Moll's prospective New
Campus Magazine for that same month.
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IN PASSING . . .
St. Patrick's Day and green lottery capsules
March 17 will herald another selective service
draft drawing at Washington. Nine million men's
names will be locked in gelatin capsules, to be
broken open en masse in the venerable World
War fish bowl.
Here again the draft will envelope thousands
of college students, scores of Carolina men. An
army of 9,000,000 men is a big army. This time,
the United States isn't fooling.
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In a recent questionnaire, students at the Ari
zona State College (Tempe) were asked to give
their ideas of the most difficult position to play
on a football team.
Here are some of the answers :
Quarterback, guard, center, "because he al
ways sees things upside down," coach "because
he never knows just what's going to happen,"
water-boy, bench-warmer, flat-on-your-back, and
season-ticket holders.
A STATESMAN SPEAKS...
Dr. Frank spoke in Charlotte Sunday and he
told the good people of that town that isolation
is dead, dead as the soldiers it has killed on the
battlefields of the world.
'"We cannot be geographically. isolated from the
oceans around or the air above of the technologi
cal framework girdling the globe and encircling
all the continents and peoples of the world," he
said.
The thought arises that it is rather late to
preach isolation now that its evils have come
home to roost. Isolation is a thing of the past
why now does Frank Graham waste his time and
Charlotte's expounding a dead philosophy?
Here's why. Dr. Frank is a farsighted man.
A visionary of his ability and knowledge realizes
that after this, war is over there is the chance
of a reaction so strong that isolation once more
will be salient in the nation's policies. The na
tion will want to withdraw into itself and forget
the bloody mess, the "foreign entanglements."
Frank Graham realizes that after this war the
only opportunity for continuance of world peace
and the perpetuation of world happiness lies in
cooperation and unity and inter-dependence
among the nations and the peoples of the earth.
He condemns isolation now so that after the war
Americans will remember its fallacious vacilla
tions and not be again misled, again withdrawn
from their obligations toward other citizens of
the world.
That is why Dr. Frank said in Charlotte, ". . .
it is the personal and social responsibility of
American men and women ... to defeat totali
tarian aggression and ultimately to organize
peace among the nations."
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PA JAMA CLASSES ...
Confronted by the most stupendous
crisis our country has faced since
its founding - the psychology of a
small community like Chapel Hill
would be relatively unimportant did
it not typify the larger communities
of the state and nation. This it does
in a special sense, for here are ag
gregated a segment of the national
citizenship, a segment of the leader
ship in national thought, and a seg
ment of the youth of the land. This
being true it becomes a matter of
transcendant importance as to what
this community thinks, what it feels,
how it reacts.
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As an oldster who has given a
lifetime of study to the history of
the past, and still retains the keenest
sensitiveness to history in the mak
ing, I am, at whatever danger of
personal isolation, here and now stat
ing that our popular attitude and
our reactions to the country's situ
ation are largely maudlin and
fraught with the greatest danger to
our survival as a country fit to sur
vive. . "
We have brought over to the war
period the muddled currents of our
pre-war thinking and acting. True,
since Pearl Harbor, our weaknesses
are not quite so obvious as before.
The loud chatter of isolationists and
pacifists, the idle and vague patter,
of isolationists have been in some
degree hushed. The selfishness and
shortsightedness of supposed group
interests have in some degree been
forced underground. But all these
weakening factors still exist and
continue to contribute to complacency
and obscurantism. Some of our de
partments, some of our personnel,
are still infected with these pre-war
diseases, and they are by no means
absent in the citizenship and in the
student body.
O . '
Most forms of public expression
give lip-service to the claim that our
sense of security has been wiped out,
that the realities of the war have
created within us a new sense of uni
ty, that this unity is purposeful
enough to make security real. But
this is as yet very far from being i
truth. The majority, in insistence
upon feeling secure, fell back upon
another reliance- with the opening
of war. This reliance is the convic
tion, or boast, that as a nation, as a
people, we possess the resources and
the genius to create the implements
of war that no enemy or combination
of enemies can rival. To create war
vessels, bomber and fighter planes,
tanks, cannon and guns, tonnage of
merchant carriers, an army of so
many millions, food to supply our
selves and allies, and vote billion
of dollars to finance, ail this, they
think, will win the war ! That is our
great delusion. It is the skillful use
of materials, not the materials them
selves, that win wars, and the skill
ful and effective use of power is
The "pajama classes" initiated by the OSCD
have two really worthwhile purposes. First, and
most important, is that by getting faculty mem
bers down to the dorm rooms to add their knowl
edge and experience to the student bull-sessions,
basic issues and events of the international, and
now national, situation are brought to clearer
focus. These are the opportunities for students
who have fallen behind in their periodical reading wholly dependent upon unity of pur
to check ur on world affairs and have a chance pose, upon a coherent national spirit,
to talk informally about their theories and in this
way, straighten out their own thinking. The
other good reason for these dormitory forums is
that it helps the improvement of student-faculty As yet there is no spirit for war
relationships. With the pedantry of the class- within us. Complacency accruing
room gone, instructors become merely more ma- from hope of what the British may
ture peopleioing their best to start US thinking do, what the Russians may accom-
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ered too rriuch about in a war-torn world which
affects them just as much as us.
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a spirit tnat win accept no defeat,
will brook no denial short of victory
over enemies.
IN PASSING...
Thirteen million dollars would go into the
United States treasury every day if each of the
country's 130,000,000 people would buy one 10
cent defense stamp daily.
Your 10-cent stamp won't win this war by it
self, but 130,000,000 purchases daily would do a
quick job of cooling off the heat of the Rising
Sun. It's buying a share in America, today the
most valuable thing we possess. Buy more and
more defense stamps and bonds. War needs mon
ey! - '
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It's not patriotism alone that causes the
early riser these February mornings to start
humming, "O' say, can you see by the dawn's
early light?" Roanoke Times.
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The Japanese have decided that they want
the whole earth. Let's all follow the example
set by the Marines at Wake Island and give it
to them one shovelful at a time. Toby Reed.
has been supposed to mean, what ar
maments we can pile up, what bil
lions Congress can vote, is still thick
all around. The rush of the literates
to join the forces, a laggard rush to
be sure, is predicted upon the inevita
bility of the draft and a hope of se
curing a more favorable situation
than that of a mere man in the ranks.
No zest for the fight appears any
where. Even the suggestion that
"there should be a burning patriotism
sounds like strange and obsolete doc
trine. A militant spirit is out of
fashion. "All out" is a new catch
phrase from the lips, but to it our
spirit is immune. We have allowed
ourselves to become soft-headed,
soft-bodied, and soft-willed. We are
about to prove that democracy is in
capable of protecting itself. We have
prated about ideals of peace and jus
tice, without and within our country,
until we have obscured the funda
mental law of life for nations which
is the law of survival.
Already the mental energy of the
pre-war obstructionists has turned to
vague disputations and speculations
about the "Peace." Their meaning
of peace is the matter of internal
relationships and programs of in
ternal adjustments when war is con
cluded. Prepare the mind of the
country for after-the-war problems
is their thought. -
Only purblind fatuousness could
fail 1 to see the present imperative
need to prepare the mind of the coun
try for successful war. Surely if we
arrive at an international peace not
dictated to us by Germans and Jap
anese there will thereafter be tre
mendous problems of an internal
sort. But why dissipate our spiritu
al energies now and weaken and con
fuse by foolish theorizing over prob
lems whose shape in a post-war world
no man can possibly foretell.
There is now but one issue with
which a sane America can concern
itself. That issue is victory or de
feat. Sincerely yours,
H. M. Wagstaff
To The Editor:
In recent conversations with dif
ferent members of the student body,
I have found that there is strong
feeling against the enormous amount
expended for dance weekends.
In a time of national crisis each
individual should strive to help in
every way possible and it seems to
me that this is a vital service which
the students of UNC could render
their country. Certainly, $3000, the
usual sum spent for one dance week
end, is an unnecessarily large a
mount. It is very easy to say,
"What's a little thing like $3000?"
because many of us don't really know
exactly what it is and therefore are
willing to squander it on dances.
I am sure also, that the average
boy who attends these dances will
admit that the accessments leave
quite a hole in already worn pockets.
From the standpoint of the coeds
I can say that we can have an equal
amount of fun at a dance regardless
of the orchestra.
Therefore, I advocate a drastic cut
in the appropriations for dances and
suggest that the amount which would
formerly have been spent on orches
tras be given to some worthy cause,
such as the Red Cross or national
defense to help keep this great land
of ours where we can still dance.
Many other schools have already
taken similar measures and I trust
thakCarolina will not fail to take her
place in leading America's colleges
and universities to the greatest ser
vice in an all out war.
Regards,
Pete Munroe
To The Editor: '
Most of us are agreed that War
has penetrated even Chapel Hill. We
are doing everything possible to a
waken the student body to the reali
zation that a deadly war is in pro
, gress and that it affects every per
son at Carolina. We have black-out
concerts, air-raid shelters, ISS drives,
OSCD work, first-aid courses. We
are sending countless of our students
into the armed services each month.
More jealously, perhaps, than we
guard the buildings on our campus,
we guard the "liberalism" that is
. tradition at the University. We are
proud of our freedom.. We realize
its novelty on college campuses. Car
olina has a reputation to uphold as
being superbly well-rounded, as be
ing not only an institution of learn
ing and culture, but as a gay and
delightful place to play.
O
There is not a student at Carolina
now who does not take this ' War
seriously. There is not a student
who does not realize the immediate
and absolute necessity for sane cur-
tailing of waste and expenditure in '
every possible field. . The success of
a dance set depends not upon the
name of the orchestra leader who
presides over it. The success of any,,,
dance depends upon the people who
go to that dance. The Carolina stu
dent body is made no better and no
more fun by a big-name band and a
three thousand dollar outlay. Almost
any one of us can have three thous
and dollars worth of fun with a nick
elodeon and a coke if we really
want to have fun.
Most of the colleges and univer
sities in the country have cut out
their big dances entirely. Is it too
much to ask that Carolina, tradition
ally maintaining its balance of work
and playr should save thousands cf
dollars annually on its dance week
ends, give its local bands a chance,
and show that there is a spirit other
than frivolity at UNC?
Sincerely,
Ann Seeley
To The "Editor:
The person or persons responsible
for the editorial "Business as Usual"
which appears in last Saturday's
Tar Heel deserve to be commended
for pointing out again the still exist
ent apathetic attitude of a good many
students toward the war and our im
portant part in prosecuting it.
In the current issue of Time mag
azine, it is clearly stated and shown
that we have a good chance to lose
this war. Certainly the present situ
ation and outlook for this country
is a dark one, and we are definitely
faced with the most serious of all
crises. A crisis which all of us must
be constantly aware of, and one
which we must encounter effective
ly by acting now. We students in
this peaceful village must truly
awaken to the import of this grave
period.
After we realize the sacrifices
which all of us will have to make
before we can be justified in saying
that this student' body is doing all
it can for the Nation's victory effort,,
we must draw up a schedule of war
period living and follow and abide by
it completely.
It is gratifying to see a step taken
in the right direction by the an
nouncement in Sunday's Tar Heel
that the Legislature is to hear a bill
Wednesday which would cut dance
expenses. An action such as this
shows that some students are con
cerned over our responsibility and
duty here at the University in the
great war project before us.
Sincerely,
Tom B. Bladen
To The Editor:
I am glad to see that your recent
editorials on spending money for
"name" bands is bearing fruit in
the new bill coming before the Stu
dent Legislature Wednesday. I would
like to add my say-so before the bill
goes up before the legislature.
We are feeling the results of this
war much more each day and need
less to say we have greater hard
ships ahead. There are so many
causes that are asking for money
now all needing more than we are
giving. Are we going to give only
$1000 to the Red Cross in its drive
for aid to the distressed students out
in the war torn world and then turn
around and spend 2 to thousand dol
lars on a name band. As it has
been estimated before, the students
spend around $10,000 on one dance
week end, yet we are planning to
give only $1000 to the Red Cross.
. We spend $10,000 on one week end
the Red Cross could help thousands
of students many weeks on this "Car
olina Week-end spending."
We all love a good dance and to cut
them out would bring most of us
where we should be closer to the
realization of WAR. Some argue
that cutting out the dances would be
a great harm to morale. Cutting
them out entirely would harm morale,
but why not use our local bands and
give the difference to some of the
causes that are striving to aid the
war torn Allies building the morale
of those who are bearing the brunt
of the fight, and of those, who are
doing the fighting for US. Wo would
be giving to those who are fighting,
and we would be helping, truly, in
beating the Axis. Every Carolina
man would be putting that Carolina
Spirit behind the greatest team on
earth, our Allied Forces. We would
be helping the local bands and we
would be helping ourselves by spend
ing less money. The cost of living
is rising every day and it's hard for
many of us to stay in school, many
dropping out as each quarter passes.
'
We have got a War to win, a long
war; and the more we put into it
now, the shorter that war will be
and the fewer of us will have to go.
And it means we will be able to go
back to that good ole American way
of life with our "name" bands.
Sincerely,
Mott Blair
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