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I Page Two THE DAILY TAR HEEL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1946 i f The Other Side ! Sunday morning we printed a front-page editorial entitled "Where Did You Sit." Yesterday we attended a meeting in Coach ' Bob Fetzer's office to find out the Athletic Association's view point on the controversial issue which has aroused student ire about the campus. This is it. Coach Bob was quick to confess that the whole seating situ ation is a headache. Early in the summer, the athletic depart ment asked South building for an estimate of this fall's enroll- j ment and was first told 5000, later 5700. With this in mind, ac- : cording to Fetzer, plans were made to seat 6000 students. ! Now the enrollment total exceeds 6500 and, as a result, hur ried arrangements had to be made for the VPI game. These ar rangements, put several students behind the goal line in the con- : crete stands. ' Plans for future home games call for erection of temporary stands behind the concrete stands from approximately the 40 yard line to the 20-yard line. This will help the situation, but it can not be done for the Duke game according to Coach Fetzer. All of the seats have long since been sold for the Duke game and choice seats for all of the other games are gone. They were mailed out to the many alumni of the University this summer. Fetzer spoke of possible remedies to the situation, including shortening the base width of each number seat and renumbering the stadium seats. Another aid considered of making the aisles narrower by adding more seating space. Fetzer issued a state ment that he would welcome any and all constructive criticism, saying, "the University has always treated the students in the best way possible." Still, even in pre-war years, charts show that students never sat 'over the 50-yard stripe, but occupied seats from the fifty back down as far as necessary. It all boils down to the fact that with 6000 'students and 3500 alumni, the Athletic Association has to decide on whose toes to step the' hardest. Judge for yourself which group has the most influence. It's true enough, and every student realizes it, that the stu dent fee is creditably low. The students see a lot of good football for the comparative small amount of money they pay. It's also true that the AA has to depend largely on the football season as its chief source of revenue in financing other sports. BUT, this is still primarily a University of, for, and by the student's. Students play football, students support the team loyally and sincerely. They deserve the best seats in the house. This is a year of confusion on all fronts, but even in the midst of the congestion on this campus, the students still have the right to expect and get the best treatment possible. Open Letter to the Book Ex The Manager Dear Sir : Every quarter the line to buy books gets longer. Yet every quarter the same time-wasting system is used. When students have to stand in a line that stretches around South Building or to Memorial Hall just to buy books, we are of the opinion that the system leaves a bad odor, or should we say, just stinks. We also are of the opinion that you should make better arrange ments or give an explanation why you cannot. The columns of the DTH are open for your answer. Unless it is one of the secrets of the campus you have a mono poly on text book sales to veterans. If any other store is allowed to sell books we don't know about it. We feel that contracts could be arranged whereby students could purchase books at other stores and the bill could be sent through the Book Ex to the VA. Is that possible? It seems that the Book Ex could have arranged temporary structures adjoining the Y from which books could have been distributed. We feel that you have neglected to consider the needs of the students by failing to arrange such structures.. Ger rard Hall, practically in youd front yard could be used to great advantage. We will be pleased to hear from you regarding any of the above subjects and any other plans you have that will show your interest in and, consideration for your customers, the STUDENTS. Yours truly, The Daily Tar Heel PS. Please post a list of the books sure helps to know when they are Wat Wmip Mm He$ 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 Bemi-weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Chapel Hill, N. 0., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price: $5.00 per college year. COMPLETE LEASED WIRE SERVICE OP 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 IRWIN SMALLWOOD BILL SELIG ....... BURTON MYERS which have been sold out. It gone. Editor Managing Editor Sports Editor ..... Business Manager Circulation Manager Carolina Spirit From in-Fated By Jud There were a lot of boys out wash away that second half in a stilled and silent and a 14-14 the between-halves downpour. But for my money what I have left after paying off my lost bets fifteen minutes of that second half were powerful and im pressive m their reassurance that packing of the University has not crowded out the thrilling intangible called "Carolina Spirit." During the first half when every thing seemed easy and routine, the UNC stands were mute and silent. True, hundreds of new Tar Heels didn't know the cheers arid many more hundreds of returnees had forgotten them, but there seemed to be no .in terest. It reminded me of the stony audiences which flock to pro games and sit in the stands with an impla cable "amuse me" attitude. It just wasn't a Kenan Stadium throng. Even Rameses seemed to sense it. Then, after VPI whipped through for two heartbreaking touchdowns, the UNC student body claimed its team, opened its mouth and started to roar. As the players struggled back to no avail, the entire Tar Heel stands rose up and for the first time in the game supported their fellow students fighting on the field. There wasn't any need for cheerleaders or for band backing. Carolina's thous ands were out to cheer the ball over the goal-line.. Unfortunately, the vo cal and moral support of thousands just, wasn't enough. For those who have wondered what the new and disheartening conditions would do to famed "Carolina spirit", the cheers spelled out the answer. UNC students have always support ed the team hardest when it needed them the most; when the breaks were all bad and the power was with the opponent. Hundreds of Tar Heels wait ed patiently at the darkened bus sta tion late one Sunday night back in 1941. Finally, headlights of two buses cracked the blackness and the foot ball team of that year slowly trooped out. As each man hopped down the bus' three steps, cheer after cheer shook the station's tin roof, echoed over the township. Those cheers wel comed Tar Heels who had lost to Tu lane 52-6. Don't misunderstand me. No one ever wants to see any score near 52, unless it's in the'Carolina slot on the board. But? that was a memorable test of school spirit. . Yesterday's exhibition of in-the stands fierht when on-the-field action was at its most discouraging proves that the 7,000 men and women have not been fazed by the new 'University cash-and-carry policy. There is still enough of Chapel Hill campus life left to quickly fuse the many divergent backgrounds into a fighting student body. The spirit is as strong as ever. If it is directed to more than just foot ball, it can play a mighty role in car rying the University of North Caro lina over this present disturbed period into an era reminiscent of the golden days of the early '40 's. In Sunday's DTH, the question was asked, editorially, "Where Did You Sit?" My reply is a question, Where Do I Stand? When I volunteered for the infan try, the G I Bill did not exist. Ever since I graduated from high school in 1933, I have wanted to be a Carolina Man. Now comes the day! With the inhuman, inefficient and unnecessary delays, long lines and frustration of registration week at an end. I look forward with glee to the moment when I wlil take my place, in a choice seat, at our first football game. Where did I sit? 1 sat on the steps, a hell of a way from where I used to see Carolina students sit. My seat on the steps on the 40 yard line was the best student seat in the stadium. I remember the day when it would have been consi dered the worst. What gives, AA? Are we synthetic Tar Heels, or are we the real thing? BMOCs all week have been impressing us with our duties, responsibilities and, yes, privileges as Carolina stu dents. Does the AA take the position that this generation of students is un worthy of the same treatment ac corded the past ones? You, DTH, ask: "Where did you sit?" I say again, Where Do l stand r Bill Patterson, 50 Not Crowded Second Half Kinberg in town Saturday night trying to sea of alcohol. The bell tower was score dampened spirits more than i What Do Y OU Say? By Sam Daniels Today's question: Do you think that all co-eds should be made to go to W. C? The Answers Definitely not! What fun is a school without members of the opposite sex? The boys may not miss us, but I'll give you a short clue after two years at a girl's school we'd sure miss them. Ellen Price, Pensacola, Fla. Absolutely no! My husoand needs me here! Leny Taylor, Covington Va. No! Carolina is a state institution. Girls should be able to come here as well as boys.Besides !Anne Rogus, Chapel Hill. What would Carolina be without girls! Just an ordinary school! Charles Fulton, Alexandria, Va. Definitely not. The sooner the fa cilities for more girls are available, the better. Roy Braswell, Winston Salem. Certainly not. Sex is here to stay! Jim Burton, Miami, Fla. Next week: What is your opinion concerning the University's policy of admitting as many students as the traffic will bear this year? Tabs . with Randy eeping The homeless GI, the war hero, the kid we sent from the college campus into the jungles, hedgerows and moun tain passes was feeling pretty low. He had been trying for months to find a place to live with Mary Jane, and his kid. Everywhere he had run into ex horbitant rentals, rackets, and the old line, "Sorry, no children." Joe fell asleep and had a dream. In the dream he was back in the jungles. They were pretty rugged. The enemy was having things pretty much his own way. And the GI saw a figure, a pleading nervous figure, that seemed to be the Guy Back Home. The Guy Back Home was imploring him to go in there swinging, and the GI was re plying: "What's that? This is a war for survival, eh? Civilization hangs in the balance. You want me to show those Japs and Heinies where they get off? That's your request. You're looking for a victory, eh? Okay, but ain't you heard? There's a shortage. Victories is hard to get. "Yeah, they ain't comin' through. Maybe I can let you have a small vie tory, a little shabby one, but all the big victories is taken . . . Yeah . . . you'll hafta register, file papers, answer a lotta questions, wait your turn and all that sorta thing. "You're shopping around for some guts, some nerve, some high morale stuff. You want to see plenty of that old do or die moxey. Well, I'll see what I can do. But the situation is tough. Maybe I can fix you up but it will cost you money, lots of money . . . and you can't be fussy, brother. "And, oh yeah, I almost forgot . . . There's neat little victory over' them Slanteyes I may be able to get for you, but there's a catch in it ... Ahem, you'll hafta buy all the equipment and furnishings and shells and stuff They go with the Victory, see, other wise they won't let you have it. "About $2,500 might swing it . . , for a five hundred dollar type Victory Confidential, understand? I hate to do this- but the way it is with Victories today, you gotta do things like that. "Yeah, and you'll hafta sign papers tyin' you up on the deal for about three or four years. And, what's that i you say, you re shopping around lor high courage and the ole kayo punch? You want me to go in there and win if it kills me, eh? Well, yes and no . . . There 's a terrible demand for Valor just now . . . Everybody wants it . . . For every- one fella with valor there's a hundred guys who want it, see? But I appreciate your position, you be- See: KEEPING TABS, Page U Washington Merry-Go-Round By Drew Pearson Bill Green Annoyed By Food Shortage; HI Senator Wants To Grab Meat Houses "Washington. The A.F. of L.'s portly president, Bill Green, attended a recent meeting of the President's Reconversion Ad visory Committee called to discuss a new wage price formula. In the course of the meeting, Bill also rose and made a speech quite a lengthy spfeech in which he was especially bitter against OPA and price controls. Apparently forgetting how A.F. of L officials, paid by him, had lobbide vigorously to S pass the OPA act, he claimed the coun J Note Mayor Kelly of Chicago. Ed try was going to pot because of OPA. While members of the committee twist- de and squirmed, he echoed his old enemy now friend J ohn L. Lewis in attacking the meat famine. Green aimed his remarks primarily at Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, a close Roosevelt adviser and long-time friend of labor. Glaring at Mrs. Rosenberg as if she were personally responsible, Green talked on. As he talked, the famine became worse. Finally, Mrs. Rosenberg could stand it no longer. Looking at Green's ro tuffd waistline," she said : "What you say may be true, Mr. Green. But you certainly look like you're getting your fair share of the food supply." Inwardly if not outwardly deflated, Mr. Green sat down. Eric Johnston, former president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, then arose but was only able to hold the floor a fwe minutes before Green was on his feet again re peating what he had said, like a worn record. Wearily, Nathaniel Dyke of Arkansas, a public member of the board, solemnly stood up and said: "You win, Mr. Green. But only because you have more wind than any one else in this room." Senator Theodore Green of Rhode Island got in some hot licks against the meat packers at the closed-door meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee last week. "If the Government can take over coal mines on strike, I don't see why it cannot take over these big packing companies," Green told Democratic bigwigs. "They are on strike in a sense against the consumers in help ing to keep meat off the market, and the public should have some protec tion against them." The Rhode Islander demanded that the Justice Department begin an im mediate investigation to determine the financial interest of the big packers in cattle ranches, and to ascertain if there is any conspiracy between the packers and stock raisers in keeping meat off the market. 9 At the luncheon, ex-Governor Ed Rivers of Georgia put Hannegan on the spot regarding Democratic Nation al Committee sponsorship of Henry Wallace's speeches. Rivers made it clear he didn't want Wallace to do any official speaking. Hannegan, however, stood his ground. "The Democratic National Com mittee," he said, "will assist any state or county organization in arranging for Henry Wallace's appearance dur ing the campaign. We don't send out speakers unless we're asked to. So if anybody asks for Wallace, we'll send him out." "Does that go for Claude Pepper, too?" asked Senator Green. "Yes," Hannegan replied. "Is this the same procedure you are following with all other speakers?" Green asked. 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Governor Kerr favored drop ping meat controls until after the election while Flynn agreed with May or Kelly. When members of the State Depart ment's new National Commission for Educational, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation met with President Tru man last week, they shook hands and were carefully introduced, one at a time, by Assistant Secretary of State Bill Benton. The. handshaking concluded, Benton explained that he had not intended to make individual introductions, but that the President insisted. Then he added, "Mr. President, here is your group all democratically elected." Most delegates did not hear the President say under his breath: "With a big 'D' or a little 'd Bill?" In normal voice Truman then ex plained that he had requested the in dividual introductions because, "I've got to keep my handshaking arm in trim in an election year. I especially like to give it a workout on a bi-partisan group." The President told the group he thinks its contribution to world peace can be as great as that of any other agency in the world. He concluded his remarks by saying what he most desires is "peace in the world and unity at home." The Chief Executive, who ordinarily goes in for colorful haberdashery, was finished a solemn black tie. As he finished his plea for domestic unity, a loud whisper came from the group of educators : "That explains the black' tie he's mourning for Henry Wallace." Undersecretary of State Dean Ache son picked an ideal time for his vaca tion, the moment of the Wallace- Byrnes feud. He was the happiest man in the Administration to have missed the fight . . . Sighed Mildred Eaton, one of Wallace's secretaries, when informed her boss had resigned, "We haven't got through unpacking from our last move yet." . . . Devout Catholic Phil Murray has had some interesting experiences with the Rus sians. Murray has been entertaining Russian trade unionists, finds them bursting, with ideas for keeping the peace. Murray is trying to get more Russians to visit the USA and vice versa . . . President Truman is urging Jimmy Byrnes to take a vacation after he returns from Paris . . . Mrs. Tru man refused to use a White House car while vacationing in Missouri. She drove her own car all around Inde pendence, gave her chauffeur a vaca tion. (Copyright, 1946, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 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