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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
SATURDAY, MARCH 9. 1945
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The official newsppr of the Publications Union of the University of North Carolina at
Chapel TTffl, where it is printed daily, except Mondays, examinations and vacation periods.
Entered as second class matter at the poet office at Chapel Hill. N. C under the act of
March 3, 1S79. Subscription price is $5.00 for the college year.
Complete Leased Wire Service of United Press
ROBERT MORRISON
WE STY FENHAGEN
BILL HIGHT
BETTTE GAITHER.
Editor
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
-Business Manager
CLIFFORD HEMINGWAY
Circulation Manager
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Fred Jacobson, Bay Conner.
EDITORIAL STAFF: Dick Koral. Dick Stern, Dorothy Marshall, Gloria Gautier.
NEWS EDITORS: Bob Levin, Jack Lackey.
COPY EDITOR: Bill Lamkin.
REPORTERS: Betty Green, Jo Pugh, Frarfees Halsey, Janet Jehus ton, Mary HOI Gaston.
Bettie Washburn, Gloria Robbins, Sam Snmmeriin, Elaine Patton, Mickie Derieux, Gene
Aenchbacher, John Giles, Roland Gidoz, Dariey Lochner, Posey Emerson, Elizabeth Barnes.
SPORTS EDITORS: Carroll Poplin, Irwin SmaHwood.
SPORTS STAFF: Howard Merry, Frank Miller, Clark StaHworth, Mel Cohen, Bob Fried
lander, Baddy Gotterman, Jo Farris, Jim Kluttx.
ADVERTISING MANAGER: Bill Selijr.
ADVERTTSNG LAYOUT MANAGER: Ann Thornton; Assistant, Don Shields.
BUSINESS STAFF: Suzanne Barclay, Natalie Selfc, Claode Ramsay, Strowd Ward, Bar
bara Thersen.
. ADVERTISING STAFF: Adelaide MeNarty, Ruth Gay, Virginia Wilson, Peggy Cates,
Sarah Wood, Gene Heafner, Bettie Cheatham, Nancy Westbrook, Jean Yonngrblood.
Clare Hudson, Nancy Maupin, Ann Geohesran. Lois Clarke. Hal Dickens, Zeb Little,
Eddie Owens, Mary Widener, Fay Maples, Marianne Brown, Jane Slaughter, Mary Jo
Cain, Ann Cobb, Louise King, Jeanne Driscoll, Betty Lamb. Nooky MeGee, Jo McMillan.
On the Peculiar Vocabulary of Women J
u li it i
Whereby They Do Not Say What They Mean
FOR THIS ISSUE:
BILL LAMKEN
Night Editor
FRED JACOBSON - - Assistant Editor
SAVE VETS' HOUSING
"A coalition of Northern Republicans and Southern Demo
crats," in the House of Representatives, as reported by the
Durham Sun, have succeeded in emasculating what Mr. Tru
man calls "the very heart" of his housing program, and has sent
this emasculated version of the administration-sponsored Pat
man Housing Bill to the Senate.
The House refused to grant subsidies on building materials
and to place price ceilings on old homes. The House vote was
not recorded, but newspapermen in the press gallery took their
own count of the nays which reveals that Rep. Carl Durham,
from this district, was one of them, as were N. C. Representa
tives Barden, Doughton, and Ervin. Others didn't even bother
voting.
The Senate fight to restore the vital measures to the bill will
be hard. Every single man and woman on the campus should
write his Senator immediately and demand that the beautiful
phrases they have uttered in behalf of the veteran be put into
practice. Administration supporters in the Senate are not at
all sure they can change the House vote very much.
Write your Senator co the Senate Office Building, Washing
ton, D. C. This measure affects every single person in the Unit
ed States, veteran and non-veteran. The fact that there was no
recorded vote in the House proves that Congress' opposition
to subsidies and price control cannot stand up if they know the
public is watching them. Get your room-mates and class-mates
to write. Get a dorm committee up to get the entire dormitory
to write tonight!
For your convenience, we publish below a list of some of the
out-of-state Senators, and a list of North Carolina Congress
men. It wouldn't be a bad idea to write your Congressman too,
as any Senate revision will have to be ironed out in Senate-House
conference.
Senators New York: Robert F. Wagner, James M. Mead;
Georgia: Walter F. George, Richard B. Russel; South Carolina:
Burnet R. Maybank; Florida, Charles 0. Andrews, Claude Pep
per; North Carolina: Josiah W. Bailey, Clyde R. Hoey; Vir
ginia: Harry F. Byrd.
North Carolina Representatives Dist. 1 : Herbert C. Bon
ner; Dist. 2: John H. Kerr; Dist. 3: Graham A. Barden; Dist.
4: Harold D. Cooley; Dist. 5: John H. Folger; Dist. 6: Carl T.
Durham; Dist. 7: J. Bayard Clark; Dis, 8: W. 0. Burgin; Dist.
9: Robert T. Doughton; Dist. 10: Sam Ervin; Dist. 11: Alfred
T. Bulwinkle ; Dist. 12 : Zebulon Weaver.
(Representatives may be contacted at the House Office Bldg.,
Washington, D. C.) D. K.
NOTE TO THE COEDS
We wish more coeds had been present to see Graham Me
morial's presentation of Mary Hutchinson Saturday night, to
see how quickly Miss Hutchinson was able to change completely
her costume.
There would be fewer dejected Carolina gentlemen pacing
the parlors of sororities and coed dormitories, purposelessly
smoking cartons of cigarettes, wearing circles in the carpets,
or engaging in ruinous crap games. , .
We know that the Carolina coecT is never willing to be seen
except in exquisite dress, and we admire this tendency, but we
wonder if they couldn't start preparing for their dates early in
the afternoon in order to meet their dates before the closing
hour.
By Bill Lyman
In our efforts to understand
the female (and we've practical
ly given up), we have recently
made a careful study of their
vocabulary. The most noticeable
observation we have made is
that they never just say things.
They have a very lengthy and
complete list of words and
phrases to cover any possible
situation. Every word is very
carefully calculated. Men, on the
other hand, just say whatever
the hell comes into their mind.
It is obvious that in this respect
the female has a terrific advan
tage over the male. She never
really commits herself ; she is
never at a loss for an appropri
ate remark ; she is never thrown
mentally off-balance.
Examples Cited
We cite some of the more com
mon samples. Dances are always
"wonderful," music is always
"divine," brides are always
"beautiful," babies are "ador
able," little girls are "darling,"
little boys are "cute," people's
mothers are "lovely," fathers
are "grand," and so forth.
In conjunction "with the ready
remark, women have an amaz
ing facility for saying things
when often they mean the oppo
site, or a degree thereof. For in
stance, if a man asks a girl what
she thinks of another girl, he
will get one of four replies. A
girl may be "grand and loads of
fun." This means that she's a
good old girl, a good sport, and
probably captain of some basket
ball team. Or she may be "darl
ing." This means that she's fair
ly attractive, definitely "one of
the girls," but nothing to get
excited about. Or perhaps she's
"nice." This is one of the more
damning epithets. It means she's
strictly a sad sack and meek and
sweet and would make someone
a wonderful wife.
The Pay-Off "
The pay-off comes when, in de
scribing another female, a girl
assumes an expression of super
sincerity and ' good-intention.
She invariably starts off, "Well,
I really don't know her very well.
I mean, she's probably a real
mice girl, and ... I mean . . .
well ... I probably have the
wrong impression . . . BUT . . ."
Who doesn't know the rest? A
man who has been around at all
will know that if he's smart he'll
start dating this woman as soon
as possible. Nine times out of
ten she will be: 1) beautiful, 2)
sexy, and 3) VERY popular.
In order to keep from being
completely duped, the male col
legian must be constantly on
guard when dating a coed. For
example, if a man asks his date,
"What do you want to do to
night ?" her invariable reply will
be, "Whatever you want to." She
no more means this than any
thing. Actually, she will have
the entire evening carefully
mapped out, and what's more,
her schedule will end up being
followed almost to the letter. It
revolves around the idea of being
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right times.
. f Playing Her Hand
t The man says, "OK, how about
Harry's?" "Love it." So far, he
is playing into her hands per
fectly. She has planned to go
there for the first hour or so.
From there she wants to put in
an appearance at a local dance.
Seeing her opportunity to get
him on vthe right track at this
stage, she slips in the leasi little
hint; v6h'; by the 4 way, , if you
want to later on, let's drop by
the Graham Memorial dance for 1
a second. There's gonna be a riot
of a show at intermission. That
is, if you'd like to, of course.
Translation: "We're going to the
dance at 9:30 for an hour and a
half, Bub, because it's the right
place to be seen and will give me
a good opportunity to snag a few
more men." The statement she
actually makes seems quite inno
cent ' and he vacruely thinks, "It
might be fun to. drop by for a
minute. I'll think about it."
At Harry's they get ready to
order. "What would you like?"
he asks. She comes back with the
eternal, "Oh, all I want is a
coke." "Coke" is a funny way
women often have of saying
"steak special." He is delighted
at her apparent economy, and
naively urges her, "Oh come on.
Don't you want something to
eat?" "Oh, no, I'm not really at
all hungry. You go ahead and
get something, though." She as
sumes a martyred expression.
He orders. She glances casually
over the menu, as though to have
something to do. Her attention
happens to focus on a particular
nlace. "Joe. I believe I WILL
have some french fries." This is
to break him in gradually. Then
she smiles at the waiter and,
simply to be pleasant, says,
suppose it'll be months before
y'all have any of that good old
pre-war steak again." (It is list
ed on the menu for the day.)
"Why we happen to have some
in right now." "No! Joe, did you
hear that?" etc., etc., etc. It is
all verv accidental, all quite, by
chance. But who would be fool
ish enough to pass up pre-war
steak?
The Wind-Up
They go to the dance at 9:30
("the intermission show will be
hysterical"); they stay for an
hour and a half ("I love to dance
with you") ; they drop by the
Porthole for a cup of coffee
(''coffee's always so good after
a dance, isn't it?") ; they wind
up at the Terrace View ("good
ness, they're running us out; is
there any place still open?").
We are contemplating telling
our date some night, at the first
of the evening, "We're sitting
right here the entire evening.
Period." We are going to say
this very emphatically. We're
not going to put up with any
foolishness, either. (In fact,
we're going to fly to the moon
some day.)
Letters To The Editor
Publicity Agent Explains
Missing Election Report
Dear Bob,
I would appreciate it if you would give me an opportunity to
make an apology by printing this letter in the Daily Tar Heel. I
would like to apologize to the student body for adding to the con
fusion attending the past election for secretary-treasurer of the
student body, to the student legislature for placing them in an
embarrassing position and the University Party for not fulfilling
my duties as chairman of the publicity committee. One of my
duties was to be acting campaign manager for candidates in spe
cial elections. As campaign man-'f-
ager I was personally respons
ible for seeing that all require
ments of the election bill were
met by my candidate. It was my
duty, which I did not fulfill, to
turn in an account of all elec
tion expenses. My only excuse
is that since my candidate was
the only one running I used no
publicity and therefore had no
campaign expenses. I forgot to
go through the formality of re
porting this to the elections com
mittee. I also wonder if you would do
me a favor. In this morning's
Daily Tar Heel there was a
story on the legislature which
said, "This group (i.e., the legis
lature) . . . which declared the
first elections null and void when
Stockton was reported to have
campaigned within 50 feet of
the polls." This statement, which
I am sure was a mistake, is not
true as written. Some of Stock
ton's supporters were accused by
members of the legislature of
this violation, but Stockton him
self was never accused and never
did violate this rule. Also this
was only one of the four reasons
given for declaring the first elec
tion null and void in the Tar
Heel on February 22, 1946. I
would appreciate it very much
if you would make this correc
tion of that story.
Sincerely yours,
Alex Davis,
Chairman of the Pub
licity Committee of
the University Party.
(Editor's Note: The legisla
ture story was written late at
night in order to meet the last
deadline, and could not be
checked by either the managing
editor or the editor. It carried
new Editor Bob Levin's by-line.
We think that Levin meant that
Stockton's supporters cam
paigned within fifty feet of the
polls, which is true.)
"Why don't you like girls?
"They are too biased."
"Biased?"
"Yes, bias this, and bias that,
until I am broke."
Bushnell Turtle.!
Famed Bands
Now Feature
UNC Players
By Brad McCuen
HOT NOTES: What's all this
talk about naughty words on
Betty Hutton's "Doctor, Law
yer." If there are any it would
take a moron to find them . . .
We nominate "Close as the Pages
in a Book" as the best melody
of last year . . . Freddy John
son's band has been a solid click
at Virginia Beach's Monticello.
They've broadcasted a Saturday
evening dance set for NBC's
WTAR and are headed for a
stay at the Casino in Newport
News soon . . . Count Basie,
whose band played a hot session
in Durham a few days ago, end
ed his dance by playing one full
hour of the "One O'clock Jump"
and that is really carving the
turkey . . Jimmy Dorsey play
ing in the Durham-Raleigh-
Charlotte area this week.
Mac McDougal, who climbed
from Johnny Satterfield's pre
war campus band to Sonny Dun
ham's crew, is now tenor sax
with Tony Pastor. Pastor has
another Carolina music maker
on his team with guitarist Milt
Norman who during his Hill
days arranged for Sound & Fury
shows BG's recording of "It's
the Talk of the Town" is due
one of these days: Mel Powell
arranged it and UNC's Johnny
Best is featured with a trumpet
solo . . . The Troika in Washing
ton, D. C, a stop-over for some
Carolina stew-dents, burned
down last week. damages at
over $100,000. That's a hot floor
show in any town . . . Those
who like folk music will be hap
py to know that Burl Ives has
just released a new album.
Jean Sablon, the Sinatra of
France, is now on Decca after
spending the German occupation
in Paris. His first pairing is
"Symphony" and "Might as Well
Be Spring" sung in both English
and French . . . Getting tired
waiting for the much tooted
Duke Ellington collection "Black,
Brown and Beige." They are on
two 12" recordings . . . Tommy
Dorsey's "Showboat" album
continues to please more than
just TD fans.
Alec Templeton is touring the
See MUSIC Page U
Cant Help Talking About Spring
Spring Fever Takes Hold
Of Carolina Campus Life
B By Mickie Derieux
While northern newspapers are still sprinkled with stories of
snow and ice storms, as suddenly as a blitzkreig, spring has come
to Chapel Hill.
Last week anyone who went outside without a coat was either a
Damyankee or a traveler just back from Alaska. But today Caro
lina gentlemen and coeds are lounging on the steps of South Build
ing, the benches of the Y court, and the porches of the fraternity
and sorority houses without coats, hats, worries, or energy.
The week before last treeswerA 7; n . -
hii v 9 w v,, 1 ending bell rings. A wide and
suddenly they have tiny new lea
ves and blossoms. The walks
through' the center of the campus
that were formerly just the dis
tance from one class to the next
are now lined with white spirea,
yellow forsythia, and scattered
blue violets.
Spring has affected more than
just the looks of the Carolina
campus. The whole university
has been stricken internally with
that strange malady known as
spring fever. Students and pro
fessors alike find it increasingly
difiicult to get to class on time,
to stay awake after they get
there, and to get up and out when
poorly stifled yawn from a cer
tain professor was the occasion
for gales of laughter in his eight
o'clock class. A certain veteran
couldn't be awakened by any
number of calls from the pro
fessor, who said he was very,
very envious of that student's
ability to sleep so soundly.
There have been rumors that
the coming of spring has made
even deeper marks on Carolina.
It is said in some quarters that
the whole routine of matricula
tion has caught spring fever, and
that this is jthe cause for the new
lengthened registration that
takes ten days instead of one.
Could it be?