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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1946 House Students In Gym With more than 5500 students registered for schooL this fall, we are still dubious as to just where all of these veterans seek ing an education will be located Several commendable steps have already been taken to in crease the space available to the many newcomers who will be on the campus shortly, but the dilemma still remains, and the question we continue to hear asked and which continues to go unanswered is, "where are they going to put them all?" Every college and university throughout the country is faced with many varied and complex problems, but the primary, all inclusive one everywhere is that of housing. A recent issue of the "Saturday Evening Post" told how the students at the University of Illinois combatted this problem. How they canvassed the surrounding towns for rooming houses, sought out army barracks, and installed double beds in an old gymnasium annex is a story of cooperation by all concerned in a concentrated and earnest effort to make it possible for all de serving students to attend the university. Similar action and cooperation by students, administration, and townspeople here will help secure more rooming space for the many students who are coming to Carolina this fall. Many suggestions have been made, some good, some bad. Several of them have resulted in-action being taken on them. Today we wish to offer a new suggestion for what it is worth. We offer it with the sole aim of making it possible for more students attending the University this fall to have a place to live. It is not an ideal setup, but it is far from bad and would give some deserving, hard-working students a chance. And students who come to school in the present period of confusion do so because they are sincere in their desire for an education. Our suggestion is not a radical departure from action taken by many other colleges throughout the country. By setting up double beds in the women's gymnasium, the University could easily accommodate 100 students. The women's section of Woollen gym is easily adaptable to such a plan. The large room in this section measures 60x75 feet. It is empty, has been used as a basketball court. Fifty double beds could be arranged in the room in such fashion as to allow sufficient room around each bed. " Below the large room is a game room, .about one-third the size of the larger room. It is very suitable for use as a study room. Desks could be placed in the game room without dif ficulty, and the room contains several cabinets wherein books could be shelved. As a matter of fact, if the University could see its way clear to taking such action, a plan might be worked out whereby only freshmen would be housed in the gym, and books could be taken from the library and stored in the game room for use by the first-year students. There are several courses that must be taken by all freshmen and the books for these courses could be shelved downstairs below their living quarters in the smaller study room, eliminating many extra trips to the library and leav ing the library space for someone else. Sanitation facilities are clean and numerous. There would be no trouble on that score. A locker room and a dancing room are also available and conceivably could be put to some use. Abolishing physical education for coeds would not be a neces sary prerequisite to the above plan. The women's addition to the gym was built as late as 1942. Prior to that time, the coeds took their physical training in a section of the men's gym. Next year, with approximately 3000 veterans who will be exempt from physical education on hand, the coeds should be able to partake of their physical education in a section of the men's gym. - The plan could be carried out with a minimum of trouble and apparently furnishes a convenient method of housing 100 hard working students. Small difficulties will naturally arise, but we believe that they could be ironed out to the satisfaction of all concerned. If we who are fortunate enough to be here ahead of them can help them by crowding ourselves a little and inconveniencing ourselves on occasion, we should not hesitate to do so. What Do YOU Say? By Sam Daniels Today's Question Who do you think was the great est American that ever lived ? , The Answers Thomas Jefferson, whose broad interests and knowledge make him famous in many ways. His rcroeres- sive and humanitarian ideals, his in ventions and the various books he wrote (including the "Jefferson Bible") are examples of but some of the fields in which the Master of Monticello was outstanding. Mary Lamb, Baltimore, Md. In my opinion Lincoln was the greatest American that ever lived. In spite of tremendous adverse cri ticism, he remained loyal to his moral convictions and Christian ideals. He was undaunted by obstacles and un afraid to take a stand for what he considered right. Barbara McCash ill, Lexington, Va. I say Woodrow Wilson because of his farsightedness and the soundness of the convictions which he firmly upheld. Yes, I saw the movie, but I also read a history book. Harriet Tucker, Ahoskie. I think Robert E. Lee was the greatest American. In all his rela tionships with others as leader, statesman, ana inena he was a gentleman and accepted his duty con scientiously. The spirit exemplified in his life seems to me a symbol of what we call democracy. Helen Davis, Davidson. Tom Paine American by choice. He was the first to teach us the meaning of freedom. His contribu tions to the beginnings of American democracy are things we can well re member. He lived to do good and died championing the cause of liberty. A. Fonoroff, Washington, D. C. It is a tossup between George Washington and Roosevelt. I give Rdbsevelt a slight edge Pat Ferris, Georgetown, S. C. F. D. Roosevelt is the person who immediately comes to my mind. Dur ing his thirteen years of office he served America and mankind to a greater extent than any other person in the history of our nation. Howard Keller, Newark, N. J. Next week: If it is absolutely proven who lynched the four negroes in Georgia, what do you think should be done about it? Carolina Merry-Go-Round By Jim Taylor and Dan McFarland Tab; eeping With Randy One reason why hundreds of vet erans in Chapel Hill are living three to a room, in converted shacks, and in sub-marginal quarters is the fact that the town council has consistently re fused to take its head out of the sand and alter the zoning laws in conform- At the risk of losing the few readers this column has left we have time and again hit at the Entertainment Committee on this campus. We will not stop until we see some plan of improvement some program for the coming year. Each student during a regular quarter pays one dollar to be' y th changing conditions. This set oi laws is exactly tne way it stooa five years ago, when Chapel Hill was a village of 4,000 people in contrast spent for entertainment. Another dollar is paid for all the uses of Gra ham Memorial, which covers dances, parties, games, candlelight room and many other things. Above these ex penses GM has given us a concert pro- J ers here and also the forcing of the gram far superior to that of the En- j KKK to come out into the open wil be discussed in the Di benate on the jtertainment Committee; In short, with I the same amount of money GM gives us twenty times the return that the Entertainment Committee does. This is a matter of interest to every stu dent on the campus- , We demand that the Entertainment Committee give a complete report of their' ex penses during the last year, as well as their program for next year! The bus was crowded. Not a negro was in it. Then the bus stopped to pick up an old negro woman. The law of North Carolina gave the old woman the right for a seat at the back of the bus. She did not even ask for that seat, but the bus driver told the whites on the very back seat that they would have to make room for her. She was too old to stand while the bus was in motion. Not a person moved. The driver waited. He Jl 1 i j-m . .-. maae nis request again, still no move. The driver again made his re quest. All the people in the rear of the bus got up and moved to the front. Someone said, "This would not hap pen in Georgia." There was much agreement from all. More remarks were made. At the next stop the old woman rang the bell and got off the bus. She would walk. This was in Durham, North Carolina not Geor gia, not Alabama nor Mississippi. This happened in North Carolina last week. It has come to us that students have offered more than OPA prices in order to tempt landlords into renting them a room for this fall and winter. We beg those guilty of this crime against their fellow students to think several times before they do it. Not only are they guilty of a crime against their fellow students, but they are violating a Federal Law. . . . Since with the withdrawal of the occupation forces it is very likely that Axis war criminals sentenced to life imprison ment would be freed it is possible that these criminals will be imprisoned in Federal prisons in America. The big game will be sentenced next month. More pay to keep our better teach- third floor of New West tonight. .This will be a program well worth the two hours from nine to eleven. ... To those of you who knew Ted Carroll here in the winter and spring terms he is now at the coast finishing his first novel, Cursed Heritage. South Carolina's gubernatorial race reminds us very much of the campaign for president of the student body last spring at Carolina. The Palmetto state is having a gay old time with eleven candidates and not a single Smith (either ""thirsty" or "hungry") is running. ... The spotlight today turns to John Surratt of Winston-Salem who is a Pre-Law student here at the Univer sity. This fall he will be Vice-President of the Junior Class. He is a member of the Elections Committee, Steering Committee of the University Party, and he belongs to the Student Legislature. He is a former member of the Di Senate, and in his first year at Carolina was a member of the Ex ecutive Committee of the Freshman Class. He lives in Grimes Dorm and is one of the University Party's big gest assets among dormitory men. Your Slip Is Showing INGREDIENTS OF ROMANCE For Sale Hard coal stove, excel lent heater; large tapestry love seat, also wicked davenport. Call Main 539 after 5 and ask for Miss Severence. Clarksville (N. Y.) News-Weekly. JUST TOO MUCH IN THE OPEN At a large co-educational college, the dean of. women severely cirticized the moral laxity of the students, an nouncing to the student body on Wed nesday that "The President and I have decided to stop necking on the cam pus." Seebring (Ala.) News. jHettoiA, o-Jiie Cdito4, Precipitous Gulley Dear Sir: At risk of sounding a petty peeve, or even worse, of fomenting a change in the sacrosanct paving materials hereabouts, I rise to beef about one of the greater of the local hazards; to wit: that precipitous gulley between the "Y" and South Bldg. that passes as a paved walk. Here is a section of walk that receives more traffic per day than most of the other walks of the campus combined, t And yet, here is a path that sum mons all the balance and light step- ping ability of us all. If this section jje ISaflp t&ar eel The official newspaper of the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where it is published daily, except Mondays, examination and vacation periods; during the official summer terms, it is published semi-weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Chapel Hill, N. C, under the act of March 8, 1879. Subscription price: $5.00 per college year. COMPLETE LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF UNITED PRESS The opinions expressed by the columnists are their own and not neces sarily those of The Daily Tar Heel. BILL WOESTENDIEK ROLAND GIDUZ FRED FLAGLER BILL SELIG ..Editor ..Managing Editor ...Sports Editor CLIFFORD HEMINGWAY -Business Manager -..Circulation Manager Associate Editor: Bay Conner. Editorial Staff: Bob Finehout, Matt Hodsrson. Jim Taylor, Dan McFarland, Sam Daniels, De Lon Kearney, R. H. Hamilton. News Staff: JackAbernathy. Jo Push, Barron Mills, Bill Jabine, Virtle Stroup, Roy Moose, J. C. Green, Jane Hutson, Arnold Schulman, Burke Shipley, Bob Morrison, Betty Sutton, Virginia McKenzie, Sam Whitehall, Helen Highwater. Copy Editor: HOI Wolfe. Night Sports Editor: Jim Pharr. Subscription Manager: Brantley McCoy. Business Staff: Strowd Ward, Barbara Thorson, Marjorie Hires. AoVESTISINa STAFF: Adelaide McLarty. Ed Parnell. of walk is a carry-over from the war time obstacle course, then let it be so acknowledged. Apparently this piece of pseudo- pavement was layed down along with our ancestors, and since then has been spasmodically patched up in the more notorious sink holes. But the mixture of tar and small boulders used for the patchwork is of such varying quality and quantity that the path now has all the appearances and menaces of a small scale tank trap. It would, of course, be going too far to ask or expect a repavement, or rather an original paving, of our tra ditional, if gritty, walks. And natur ally, it would be utterly inopportune to ask at this late date why the Navy's offer to install same was not accept ed. Nay, I cry not for the whole, but for only one small part; not over twen ty feet of putrid paving. Rather, I would ask, why can't some of the enervated labor that goes into the ineffective scraping of the walks out of the gutters back onto the walks again go into the construction of a half-way engineered incline, using one of the improved types of pavement, that would not constitute a menace to life and limb. As mute testimony for my case I offer a badly swollen ankle, and a frayed disposition. I speak sir, be lieve me, of one who knows the ter rors of this tortuous trail. Yrs, J. Kruspy Save your copies of the Daily Tar Heel and let us have them bound for you. A Few Remarks Editor of the Tar Heel: I should like to make a few re marks about an editorial published in the Daily Tar Heel on Saturday en titled "Think About This . . ." The subject matter of this editorial concerns the present Peace Conference in Paris. In the very first paragraph it lis stated that the participants are "seeking a peace they will not find in this conference. . . ." The rest of the editorial is an elaboration of the writer's reasons why peace will not be found, the essence of which is con tained in the statement that all of the participants are seeking peace in "re lation to their own person ... to their own country." The solution to this state of affairs as provided by tne writer is in an ideal world-view and the editorial closes with some very fine lines by John Donne appealing to the social conscience, or at least con sciousness, of the participants. This editorial is a reflection of the desire of the overwhelming majority of the people of the world for a just and durable peace. Insofar as it re flects this desire it has already been given material consolidation m the United Nations Organization. How ever, the writer in stressing the in terest of the peoples of the whole wojld seems to forget that these in terests are nothing more than the sum-total of the interests of each country taken singly. It is quite na tural under present circumstances that progress must be passed on compro mises whenever these interests clash in? order that antagonisms shall not develop to the point of an open rup ture between the various powers and especially between the great powers upon whose common accord peace ab solutely depends. A compromise is reached when the different parties to an agreement adjust their individual interests in order to produce a har mony of interests. This harmony is not brought about by riding rough shod over the interests of any single nation. This is the problem as it is present ed to us by conditions in the real world today. I do not disagree with the ideals of this writer insofar as they are clearly expressed. I most em phatically disagree with the method implied which is vague and abstract. Finally, let me say that the alter native method which I have outlined, the method of compromise, has already carried us a considerable distance for ward on the road to permanent world peace. Sincerely, Bill Robertson to the 10,000 who will be here in the fall. As a result, there are the same num ber of eating places, shoemakers, tail ors, drugstores, grocery stores, and other community services as there was in 1941. As a matter of fact, there's one less eating place; since the Dur ham Dairies has seen fit to close its downtown Shake 'n Snack store. By simple arithmetic this means that ev erything is over twice as hard to get, the chow lines are over twice as long, and that laundry and other serv ices are proportionately harder to ob tain. This reporter personally knows of two cases where private citizens have attempted to build apartment houses in order to relieve the terrific housing shortage. In both cases, the apart ments were to be constructed in -the area behind the firehouse, around North Columbia street. And, both times, the requests for building per mits were -denied because this is a residential area," and apartments are not permitted tnerein. conse quently, instead of the possibility of iving in modern apartments; men who fought around the world for de cency and a civilized standard of liv ing are being forced to live in con ditions which can best be described as extremely undesirable. It is difficult to understand the thinking and underlying reasoning of the town council unless it falls into the school of thought which says, "well, this is just an emergency. In five years the rush will be over; and then we'll be stuck with these buildings on our hands, and not enough tenants to fill them." Just what kind of buildings will the town be "stuck" with? It's obvious that the new buildings will be mod ern, fireproof, brick dwellings with adequate sanitary facilities. Which means that the town will be "stuck" with the old, decrepit, ramshackle firetraps which are hardly fit for human occupation, anyway. So, I wonder if the refusal of the council to alter its zoning laws to en courage the buildings of new dwell ings isn't a direct result of the pres sure of property owners who own the present buildings, and who are out to protect their property from compe tition; at the expense of the veterans and other students who are forced to live in their buildings (at a decidedly liberal rate) because the vested inter ests in the town block new construc tion. v If, as one merchant leader has said, the merchants and property owners are always acting in the best interests of the students; why aren't the zoning laws altered so as to permit private construction of suitable dwellings for the students of the University of North Carolina, and the younger members of its faculty? 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