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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1946
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The official newspaper of the Publication Union of the University of North CaroEna at
Chapel H21, where it is printed daily, except Mondays, examinations and Taeation periods.
Entered as second class matter at the post office at Chapel am, -N. i; tmoer ue aci 01
March 2, 1879. Subscription price is $5.00 for the college year.
ROBERT MORRISON
WE STY FENHAGEN
EDDIE ALLEN
BETTIE GAITHER
Editor
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
-Business Manager
CLIFFORD HEMINGWAY
Circulation Manager
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PLANETARIUM IS A WISE GIFT
In a letter on this page today, Jim Keiger, a student, "ex
presses his disapproval of a poem called "Anti-Planetarium,"
"undoubtedly the most foolish piece of literature that has ap
peared in the Tar Heel to date."
As we made clear in our editorial of February 15, we think
the planetarium will be of great merit to the University, and is
probably the wisest manner in which Mr. Morehead could have
given a million dollars to-his alma mater.
The author of the poem was A. C. (Monty) Howell, Jr., presi
dent of the UNC chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. We printed it in
accordance with our policy of trying to give as many views as
possible on controversial issues, regardless of what our edi
torial policy might be on the subject Of course, we do not print
all material which is submitted to us for publication, and we
probably wouldn't have printed "Anti-Planetarium" had the
poet not held such a distinguished position in the student body.
Furthermore, knowing Mr. Howell personally, we know that his
views are usually sound and we interpreted the poem to be
more or less of a jest. His use of slang and unorthodox rhyme
definitely indicated that he meant the poem to be humorous. .
In regard to our opinion that the planetarium was a wise
choice for a gift to the University, it is well to point out that
Mr. Morehead was once a student here, and his son is now a
student here. He is qualified to know the needs of this Univer
sity. K Mr. Morehead had given dormitories, it would have
meant that the General Assembly of North Carolina would have
not have seen fit to build dormitories. If you think that the
- farmers and spittoon lawyers in our state legislature could be
persuaded to build such a magnificent edifice as the planetarium
will be, dedicated to man's highest cultural and scientific en
deavor, then you may use this paper to cut a string of paper
dolls. As it is, we will now have dormitories (we hope), PLUS
a planetarium, which cannot be fully appreciated by those -who
have not had the opportunity to see the marvelous Zeiss in
strument in operation.
When Mr. Morehead and his friend Mr. Patterson built the
Bell Tower, a bee-hive of criticism was raised as short-sighted
persons said, "We have a 'Bell Tower when professors are starv
ing." Bill Crisp once facetiously suggested that the Bell Tower
be dismantled to supply bricks for the paving of campus walks.
When Mr. Morehead contracted to give the planetarium, he
was fully aware that some persons might begin a short-sighted
discussion of "practicality." Actually, it can be argued that
the Bell Tower was a waste of money, but that a highly useful
and highly educational planetarium is a poor gift is just not
a logical conjecture. Mr. Morehead took every precaution to
use his million dollars in the best possible way, even consider
ing "practicality." We think he has succeeded.
JUNIORS ORGANIZING
It was good to see a large attendance at the reorganization
meeting of the junior class. A nominating committee was ap
pointed, and an election will be held Friday.
It is time that student action is taken to restore the high"
degree of student government which existed on this campus be
fore the war. An enthusiastic group was present in Gerrard
Hall yesterday afternoon, and there is promise of an active
junior class.
Officers should be elected Friday who will plan functions for
the junior class junior proms, junior-senior dances, etc.
The only class now unorganized is the sophomore class. A
group of sophomores should soon get together and follow the;
example, of the juniors.
Writer Supports Phi Stand
Against State Liquor Laws
By Dick Koral
Carolina's Phi Assembly voiced the sentiments of the majority
of students when it voted to go on record as opposed to ABC,
North Carolina's brand of prohibition. The stand is courageous,
realistic, and progressive.
Why is it courageous? Be-1 consumed. Most of the liquor is
cause many folks are afraid pub- gotten on the hush-hush, and so
licly to admit that they do not the whole thing from the start
consider the consumption of al- bears the onus of disrespect-
coholic beverages a moral sin. ibility and guilt. Then its con
Because, like with so many other sumption is driven into the club-
things, it is fashionable to ad- houses, dormitories, and! fra-
here to two standards: one for ternity houses, where it causes
publicity and one to be practiced, further social problems.
Courageous because it brings a
social problem in the open, and
ignores those who "caution
Ihe second aspect of the
problem is more basic, and pre-
against mentioning "the awful
thing" for fear ,that "the situa-
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tiuii will uiiiy ue iu.tLU.ti wurse. i
Why is it realistic? Because
the vote recognized that artifi
cial restrictions don't reduce the
actual consumption of liquor,
but merely drives it into dark
corners, ana perverts its use.
Because the nation tried prohibi
tion and learned it didn't work.
Because it recognizes that pro-
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mbition laws aon k cnange peo
ples' desires one iota.
Why is it progressive? Be
cause it recognizes that the way
to tackle any problem, and espe
cially a social one, is not to ig
nore it, suppress it, or moralize
upon it, but to bring it out in
the open. Progressive because
inherent in the resolution is the
sents us and all society with a
familiar problem. Few fear
drinking "in moderation." It is
when the influence of liquor so
destroys those social inhibitions
and our reasoning that society
has created for its own protec
tion, that we act in an irre
sponsible manner, that the real
danger becomes apparent.
Drinking to excess," the thing
we really want to eradicate, is a
social problem in that our so
cial organization is not provid
ing its members with consrtuc
tive, social outlets for its mem
bers' basic drives, and escape
from one's own moral censure
(the conscience) is sought in the
liberating effects of alcohol.
To the extent that there is
drinking in excess" at Chapel
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truth that social problems nave mi, to mat extent nave we
real causes and deep roots and failed to provide good reasons
it is only by discovering the for remaining sober. To that ex
real causes and getting at the tent we have failed in providing
roots can the problem be solved, a social program suited to the
To what extent is "drinking" real needs of the students. To
a problem at ChaDel Hill? Do we that extent we have failed to
find our classes on Monday provide the student with the
morning empty, because the stu- cultural background necessary
Against "Anti-Planetarium"
Dear Bob:
First of all, I want you to know that I do not intend this letter
to be a slam upon you as editor, but, merely, as a criticism on the
poem, "Anti-Planetarium," which appeared in the February 19th
issue of the Tar Heel.
The poem, "Anti-Planetarium"
is undoubtedly the most foolish
piece of literature that has ap
peared in the Tar Heel to date.
Not only does the author seem
"distressed" at the building of
the planetarium, but he seems
to consider it as a hindrance to
the campus ; in fact, Mr. Howell
seems down right ungrateful.
I don't pretend to be an au
thority on what is right for the
campus, but I do know that we
should accept the gift whole
heartedly, and without a feeling
of regret. Mr. Morehead has be
stowed upon us one of the great
est honors that could be offered
to any university, but if the
planetarium is to be considered
a "sore toe" to the campus, it
will have defeated the whole
purpose of the gift.
Yours sincerely,
Jim Keiger.
Poetry In The Carolina Mag
By Morton Seif
(Ed. Note: Mr. Seif is a former member of the Tar Heel
staff and author of the column "Playing It to the Chapel Hilt."
Last year he received New York University's national fiction
award and has had poetry accepted by such national maga
zines as "Free World.")
Stan Colbert, editor pro tem of the Carolina Mag for January,
1946, has turned out an edition deserving of praise in many re
spects. Accolades are the order of the day for many of the fea
tures, especially the photographic wizardry of Joe Denker. Only
one phase of this entertainingly diverse publication fails to come
up to par when considered in its entirety, the poetry section. Mr.
Colbert promised to print only
poetry of college caliber, if I re
call correctly, and apparently
dents are home with a , hang
over? Certainly not. Do we see
students staggering down
Franklin" Street, drunk? Ex
tremely rarely. Is this because
for constructive and enjoyable
recreation. These are some of
the most basic problems of so-
I ciety, and most specific tasks of
a university. They are not easy
alcohol is unobtainable? Or too to solve, nor are they capable of
expensive? The answer to that rapid solution, but we can go a
is common knowledge. Then long way if we recognize the
wherein lies the "problem." problem as such and begin to
The problem lies in two as- tackle it. No amount of repres-
pects of the drinking habit. The sion can solve the problem of
first is the clandestine way in drinking unless this problem is
which the liquor is procured and solved along with it.
The Veterans9 Comer
University Changes Stand
On Married Vets Privilege
By Roy Clark
When the first married veterans began to drift back to the
campus in numbers large enough to warrant the giving of dorm
space to them, the administration gave them Whitehead. Later
other dorms were added. When the veterans signed for dorm.
rooms they wanted to know if they might cook in their rooms, in
order to try to live on what the
government gave them. They
could not eat out and do so, due
to the inflationary prices of the
ptomaine being served in the
local hash houses. Theyi were
given a specific answer. Yes,
they could have a hot plate. This
was contrary to the rules, but
due to the nature of the hous
ing situation, it was to be per
mitted. Later, in a joint meet
ing of the UVA and their wives,
and the administration, this pol
icy was repeated.
With this understanding, and
a grateful heart for the kindness
of the University, the veterans
moved into the dorms. Then
came the blow. Now there have
been large signs posted to the
effect that no cooking equip
ment may be kept in the dorms.
Maybe somebody doesn't know
what's what. Let's hope so. Any
how, people who go back on their
word are not only causing ill
will, but they are placing the
veterans in an embarrassing fi
nancial condition.
Special Rumor. Department:
The rumor and scuttlebutt says
that there is one of the liveliest
shindigs that the campus has
seen on the fire for this coming
Thursday. I know by right of
being one of the inside men at
the skonk works, that this ain't
rumor. It's a fact. There will be
more good looking gals and more
salty entertainment mixed up
with this doings, than the aver
a ere male can cone with. So
stand by for the big spread
which will come possibly tomor
row or next day.
What do you think? The idea
of having the meetings of the
UVA m the form of supper
meetings, to be held in Lenoir
Hall early each Monday evening,
has been brought up and is
under serious discussion. That
would mean that the meetings
would get under way around
6:30. and be over about 7:30,
thereby not interrupting the
study and date schedule of the
members. What do you think?
Why not let us know how you
feel?
believes that the poetry in the
current Mag fits that description.
Without reflecting on the liter
ary taste of Mr. Colbert, it seems
unfortunate that his poetic pro
clivities took the course they
did.
The verse in the Mag repre
sents the efforts of a triad of
poets, E. S. Lyne, Jr., Dick
Stern, and Jerry Davidoff. The
work of these three campus
bards, varying in subject-matter
and style, furnish ample
t ground for the wheels of cri
ticism to roll over. None of the
poets medt recognition as
genuine poetry, either by dint
of a deficiency of talent in the
poet or the nature of the
form.
E. S. Lyne's "An Hour of
Dawn" falls into the latter cate
gory. As a prose-poem, it is a
superb example of how a crea
tive consciousness can transfix
experience on a sheet of paper
with words. Mr. Lynes repro
ductive faculties are keen; his
idiom is lively, his imagery sti
mulating, although at times
both lapse into cliches such as
"a fascinating burst of fire" and
tne shadows ot tne jungle" or
"the roar of cannon."
Over this panorama of life,
the author has imposed a form
wnich is neither poetry nor
prose, lacking the distinctive
harmony which characterizes
each. He has used a loose, ram
bling construction, but perhaps
this is the mode for which the
power and breadth of his sub
ject call. At this writing, no
form has yet been devised which
can perfectly encompass the
theme on which Mr. Lyne plays
modulations in such a vivid key.
Readers interested in this treat
ment of island invasions would
profit by a reading of Peter Bow
man's "Beach Red."
One is prone to wonder
whether Dick Stern's poetry ap
pears on the last page by chance
or not. As exercises, his verse
is good. But there is still no bet
ter advice for young poets than
the truism that "practice makes
perfect."
Needless to say, a careful
reading of his work will' reveal
imperfect rhymes, clumsy rhy
thms, and adumbration for what
Robert Hillyer has aptly de-
say about Jerry
"Each Young
scribed as "the cult of unintel
ligibility." Mr. Stern is a private
poet; he does not care if we do
not know what he is saying. But
then, neither did Cummings,
Eliot and Auden, overtones of
whom I hear in Mr. Stern's
lines. The poet would do well to
read some aesthetic theory,
which may convince him that
form in poetry is more than a
careless or forced design, but a
sense ot structural symmetry.
And pray tell, Mr. Stern, how
many people besides yourself,
do you think, know without re
ferring to .the dictionary, that
carpal" (which, by the way,
you misused grammatically) is
that part of the skeleton be
tween the forearm and the
hand?
The less we
Davidoff's poem,
Heart," the better. Somewhere,
sometime, we have read all this
before and emerge from our
reading of the poem with a vi
sion of Mr. Davidoff strumming
his happy song under a sunny
sky clad in a Byronic robe and
Hawaiian lei, or what have you?
Exchanges
By Corinne Ossinsky
We heard that Claire Wood
was a baseball girl. She refuses
to play without a diamond.
Livingston Life.
Garage Sign: "Invite us to
your next blowout." Living
ston Life.
"Every time I pass the house
I see you sitting in the window."
"Well, someone has to look out
for the family." Livingston
Life.
Remenxber when a guy told a
girl a naughty joke and she
blushed? Nowadays she memo
rizes it. Maroon and Gold.
Visitor at asylum: "Do you
keep the women inmates sepa
rated from the men?"
Attendant: "Sure. These peo
ple here ain't as crazy as you
think." Maroon and Gold.
Marriage is like a card game.
It starts with a pair. He shows
a diamond. She shows a flush
. . . and they end up with a ful
house. Maroon and Gold.
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