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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1946 Pegs Two fTTTT" ATT V TAP TTTTTT . No Shortcut ta Wisdom Unless God is an American dollar, a permanent peace is the Valhalla dreamed of by most American citizens, citizens who have completed recently the emergence from a second world wide holocaust in the last two decades. If, however, self-advancement is our goal, then it would be proper that American .... universities follow the advanced theory of eliminating lan guages from their curricula so that our students might pursue trade educations that would sharpen the facilities necessary in the battle for monetary gains. To those who remember why the blood of two generations of our men have fertilized foreign soils, the establishment of "One World" based on peace, justice, and understanding comes be fore our individual goals in life, is worthy of sacrifices in time . which we must make. For the "One World" dream can only be established through unselfish co-operation of individuals as well as nations. Co operation leads to understanding and understanding of other nations can only be garnered through the studies and appre ciation of the esoteric mind. . " Courses in history as well as travels through other nations prove highly educational in a physical sense. But' the phil osophy of nations eludes all but those students who are able to read original writings of intellectual leaders such as Voltaire, Kant, Spinoza. Lofty ideals are not held by all. Many may argue that hard realism will defeat these ideals. Such an excuse is not effec tive. Failure of some persons and nations to strive towards a workable peace does not give to any the right to ignore their dutiful heritage handed them by our dead or to jeopardize fu ture generations. While sobriety must temper our perspective of the task be . fore nations, a note of joy may be injected through the real ization that American universities make available the knowledge and wisdom that must be our weapons if war is to be averted and if peace is to be not a dream, but a reality. Understanding must be promoted. Students cannot gain this second hand, through translation into their mother tongue the brilliance of foreign thinking. There is no shortcut to wisdom and understanding. Veterans' Voice "The voice of the veterans" is the motto of the University Veterans' Association. Their motto is a good one, and a true one. In the past year, the UVA has grown into a strong, effective voice of the student veterans. Under capable, efficient leader ship, the UVA has become a factor to be reckoned with in all campus functions. The organization has won the respect of both students and administration in its dealing with both and has worked hard towards bringing about better cooperation be tween the two. Its members have worked hard to sponsor pro grams and meetings to further the interests of the veteran stu dents. Now that the UVA has reached an important place on the campus, it is essential that it maintain the high standards it has set in the past year. With the state legislature and the United States Congress soon to convene, the organization must see to it that it keeps its voice loud and powerful. Increased subsistence allowances, increased appropriations for education, and other objectives are among its aims. Therefore, the importance of selecting new officers at the UVA meeting tonight cannot be overemphasized. A hard working, efficient, alert, intelligent president is necessary to the Association's proper functioning. All of its members should be present to help choose carefully the men who will direct their voice for the year to come. If the same judgment is shown in electing officers tonight that gave the president's job to Jim Chesnutt several months ago, no one need worry. Chesnutt has guided the Association over the rough spots and made a strong organization from a handful of veterans. He is worthy of commendation for a gooc job well done. The official newspaper of the Publication Board of the University of North Carolina Chapel Bill, where ft m published daily, except Monday, examination and vacation period ; txxint the official summer terms, ft la published aemi -weekly on Wednesdays and Saturday. Xntered as secend-eiass matter at the poet office at Chapel Hill, N. (X, under the act of March 8. 1179. Subscription price: $8.00 per college year. COMPLETE LEASED WIRE The pinions expressed by the columnists are their own and not necea arfly those of The Daily Tar Heel. BILL WOESTENDIEK ROLAND GIDUZ IRWIN SMALLWOOD BILL SELIG BURTON MYERS Amociats Editor: Gene Aenehbaeher, Fred Flagler, Eddie Allen. Editorial Etast: Jnd Klnberg, Tom Eller, Matt Hodgson, Bob Jones, Bam Daniels, Bob Finehout, Bettie Washburn. DWK Enrroa: Barron Mills. News STArr: Roy Moose, Jo Fvgh. Arnold Schulman, Darley Loehner, Burke Shipley, Sigsbee Miller, Ed Joyner, Harry Snowden, Jinx Helm, Brooks! Popkins, Ken RothwelL Dave Owens, Joy Blumenthal, Eddie Rlankstein, June Sauer, Joe Duke, Jane Page Mean, Vie Robinson,-Bob Morrison, Sam Whitehall, Helen Highwater NlfiBT EDITOR: Barron Milla. Bill Sexton, Buokie Jabine. ' Assistant Sports Editor: Bob Goldwater ' Night Sports Editobs: Jim Pharr, Carroll Poplin, Howard Merry Sports Stapf: Clarke Stallworth, Morty Schaap, Bill Carmichael, Mac Katiin, Dick Searer Business Stapf: Howard Bailey, Siuanne Barclay, Brantley McCoy. MataUa BeXlg, Bar bara Tborsoa. , Anvm-rnTNG Manaoim: Ed ParneTL Nancy Waotrh. Advertising Staff: Paul Baschon. Mary Jo Cain. Ed Campbell, Bettie Cheatham, Pat Ferris, fan.cyH.orneJ,l Tomm ag: Jnet Jolly. Adelaide McLarty. Alberta Mercer, Eleanor Rodd, Colen Thomas, John York Subscription Mamauek: Julia Moody. FOR THIS Night Editob: Barron Mills SERVICE OF UNITED PRESS Editor Managing Editor Sports Editor Business Manager Circulation Manager ISSUE Sports: Jim Pharr Slings and Arrows Protect the Root of Freedom From Which Opinions Spring By J. S. O'Neall There is an old and usually quite trustworthy saying that proclaims, in effect, dead rats are better left buried. But it is to our great advantage, I am sure most of you will agree, to exhume any rat which might, by examina tion on our part, serve as a stepping-stone to progressive thinking. Granted this, I can proceed to disturb the earth so recently churned with a clear conscience and with an utter disregard for any slight putrefaction thereby encountered. In this case the altercation to which I refer, at first appearance a tempest in a teapot, concerns Daily Tar Heel columnist by the name of Margolis and an assailant who signs (quite) "Frankly yours, Bill Patterson." Mr. Patterson, aft er firmly establishing to his satis faction his own loyalty, a term he most likely could not define if call ed upon to do so, proceeded to label Mr. Margolis' position as "disloyal" and let it go at that. Nothing can be more dangerous than for one "loyal" citizen of our free country to throw such a stigma, such a mark of infamy, on another inhabi tant of this country, whether he be a citizen or not. If Mr. Patterson has proceeded through our educational system so far as college (I assume he is a college student; I know not why) and has not learned as yet that flagrant gen eralization, backed by no specific par ticulars, must be regarded with ex treme distrust, I suggest that he start with kindergarten and try again. The type of writing represented by his letter illustrates pointedly the greatest danger of the written word; with attractive ferocity Pat terson implants a brand that will sear its indelible mark on the minds of the readers, a brand that will al ways crop up when Margolis' name is mentioned. The reader has no chance to judge whether or not that brand is appropriate. Mr. Patterson, are these the fair, aboveboard tactics that might be expected from a self- styled "loyal" citizen? You are quick to challenge Mar golis. to "defend" himself, to refute this claim of disloyalty. Would you accuse a man of murder and have him hanged with no corpus delicti, with no on missing, and with no j,eMefr& aJUe Sdtafc Language Is Necessary Dear Editor: Before the great avalanche of ap proval of Mr. Hoffman's letter des cends on the second page, I would like to register one small protest. I am aware of the fact that m&ny of my classmates and friends are of the same opinion as expressed in this let ter. Therefore I wish to present an other side, because I see a fallacy in it. The main function of universities is to develop and mold the student into a well-rounded person. Through the ages our great students and thinkers have recognized certain subjects as being requisite for this to come about. Evidently one of them is a language. What Mr. Hoffman seems to want is to purchase a sheepskin that en titles him to command a high salary at a particular type of job. If this is true then I feel that he is in the wrong kind of institution. If he doesn't wish to work at a trade then I do not know of any school that would offer him a degree in a specialized course. Perhaps there should be a college for individuals who merely wish to specialize and who do not wish to think or study. There should also be a social school to take care of finan cially fortunates who are just passing away time until their fathers are ready to teach them the business Please, however, let's leave Carolina as it is: an institute of learning. Let's also leave the "Letters to the Editor" column free for the innumer able important issues that confront the student today and likewise those of tomorrow. DON SNOW. "GALS" Paste this on your mirror, Write it on your brain, A lot of clanking bracelets Give the boys an awful pain. And unless your little tootsies Are less than number seven, Bright red sox on ugly legs Look more like Hell than Heaven. CAROLINA VICTORY MARCH There'll be a Carolina victory, When' cross the field the foe has fled. Cheer the team to victory, For we are Tar Heels born and bred, RAH! RAH! RAH! evidence of foul play? A man is in nocent until he is proved guilty, not guilty until he proves himself in nocent. It would be far better for you to take into more serious ac count of few of the principles s of the government to which you pro fess your loyalty than to spend your time composing empty and destructive accusations. I am certain that all Daily Tar' Heel readers, including myself, would give the utmost consideration to any criticisms you have to offer based on fact and dedicated to constructive pur poses. Undoubtedly Margolis' politi cal philosophy is as full of holes as all the various other philosophies are. It is up to you to probe those holes and expound upon the fallacies you can point out, for only through the melting pot of various opinions can we approach the nearest perfect so lutions to all our political problems. ' Mr. Margolis and you should voice your opinions with equal intensity, earnestness, and freedom, and with the necessary respect for each other s intellect. I hope that the reader can see that this article is not intended as an ap proval of one political philosophy or the condemnation of another. "Left," "right," "liberal," "red," "conserva tive," and all the rest of these hack neyed, distorting tag names have no place here. The matter rests, rather, with the protection of that root of freedom from which spring the vitally important plants of political opinion. My one hope is that any who might read this through will never attempt the condemnation of any man, re gardless of creed, in a two hundred and fifty word statement that con tains only one glaring fact, the wri ter's name. On Thanksgiving Dear Sir: We want to know something. What has happened to the Thanksgiving holidays? A careful perusal of the calendar in the catalog and inquiry at South Building have proved that there is to be no Thanksgiving holiday this year. We are sure that if The Powers That Be look in the fine print under the Four Freedoms, they will find something about "the freedom of gnawing on a hefty drumstick at the parental sideboard on the day of Thanksgiving." Or is this the army, Mr. Jones? Let us have some hasty clarification on this issue. Sincerely, HARRY HONDROS JOE PROCTOR BEN POWELL SHELTON STANLEY H. D. STANLEY NORWOOD BAKER Anonymous Censor Sir: ' On Monday the Southern Confer ence for Human Welfare posted a sign on the Library bulletin board in its drive to aid the strikers of Thomas ville. Some person took it down, with out authority, the same evening. I am sure the Southern Conference thanks this anonymous censor. People will now ask: what is this strike that someone must suppress its notice? To have one's signs taken down furtively is like having the Dies Committee or the Ku Klux Klan as enemies; it as sures one that he is in the right, and that he is radical, at the root of things. KENNETH MACRORIE D'JEVER CONSIDER You can change your appearance By changing your clothes, Or your make-up, or hair-do, Or even your nose, But the thoughts that you think, And the life that you lead, Are writ on your face or the whole world to read! I Washington Merry-Go-Round By Drew REPUBLICANS HAVE CHANCE TO ABOLISH SENIORITY BUT PROBABLY WON'T Washington. Most important question to be decided at the Republican organization peetings to be held on Capitol Hill today will be the time honored matter of "seniority." In other words, does the ablest man sit a. chairman of a committee or the party hack with the "mostest" service? This was one thing which handicapped Congress under the Democrats. The old timers 'usually were Southern conservatives who, because of seniority, were given charge of important committees. ( The Republicans have a real chanced ' . to change this. In the first place, new broom can always sweep clean. Secondly, there was much talk when the Congressional Reorganization Act was passed about abolishing seniority. If committee chairmen were pick ed on the basis of brains, not sen iority, hard-working, trigger-brained Albert J. Engel of Muskegon, Mich., would be Chairman of the important Appropriations Commit tee, instead of moss-back Congress man John Taber of Auburn, N. Y. Engle's watchful eye on War De partment spending was described by Gen. George Marshall as one of the healthiest influences on the Army. Again, if brains rather than age prevailed, able Representative Daniel Reed of Dunkirk, N. Y., would be come Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, instead of babbl ing, bumptious Harold Knutsen of Minnesota. BRAINS DON'T MATTER First test of seniority may come if Senator Joe Ball of Minnesota at tempts to leap-frog over Vermont's George Aiken as Chairman of the Senate Education and Labor Commit tee. This happens to be one case where the man with the seniority Aiken is thoroughly qualified for the job. Ball, on the other hand, is brand ed by both AFL and CIO as the "friend of U. S. Steel." Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon, who had a fine record on the War Labor roara, mignt aiso De picKea as Chairman of the Labor Committee should seniority be cast aside. - If seniority prevails, chairmanship of the highly important new National Defense Committee (merging the Military Affairs and Naval Affairs Committees) will go to Senator Chan Gurney of South Dakota, a brass hat bellboy. Senators Charles Tobey of New Hampshire or Owen Brewster of Maine, both abler men, would be logical choices over Gurney if brains were considered important. But, ac cording to many solons in both par ties, they aren't. The Republicans have a real chance to break with hide-bound precedent, but the betting odds are they won't take it. WILL ROGERS ON BENCH Last spring, California's popular Democratic Attorney General, Bob Kenny, was defeated in the State's gubernatorial primary by Governor Earl Warren. This week, Kenny re ceived the following wire from de feated Democratic senatorial candi date, Will Rogers Jr.: "Dear Bob, Please move over." Replied Kenny: "Dear Will, Frank ly there's no more room on the mourn ers' bench." CAPITAL CHAFF Harold Ickes, stalwart of the Roose velt Cabinet, strongly opposed the appointment of Elliott Roosevelt to the Committee of Progressives to carry out Roosevelt ideals. In the end, Ickes was overruled. . .Friends of Senator Bilbo say he is suffering from cancer of the mouth. Some believe this is only a smokescreen to arouse sympathy during the investigation of 1 Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1 Light boat 6 Things to est 11 Shallow places 13 Moor 14 You and 1 15 -Game fish 17- Weight of India 18 Roman bronze 30 What old bucket wan 33 Butt into 34 Egyptian god 3ft Pin sap 3ft Cubic tabbr.) 39 Snuggle 31 Early Mormons 33 Car 85 Betray S ft Fortune teller 39 Shouts 43 Forward 43 Carried oa 45 Narrow opening 45 Boy 48 Serfi among Anglo-Saiona 60 Pen 81 Malay dagger 63 Head (Pr.) 85 Total Cabbr.)' 85 Emphasis 89 Royal color 61 Warm 83 Trap . 1 1 T""S It 17 S U io I : a r 7" III w? 18 ZZZlJZZZZZWZ V?, iz zzzwzzzzzz: 37 38 39 HO 1MI Li!L5' Ll Pearson a Bilbo s war-contract scandals which smell to high heaven. . .Secretary of War Patterson requires a top aide to be on the job in the War Depart ment when he leaves town; therefore Under Secretary. Royall, Assistant Secretaries Symington and Peterson drew straws to see who would stay home during the Army-Notre Dame game. Symington lost. However, it will now be his turn to see the Army Navy game. . .Something strange is going on inside the Federal Commun ications Commission. It recently awarded a radio station to J. Harold Smith, whose radio programs were such thai; the Scripps-Howard station in Knoxville . dropped him from the air. Now, thanks to the FCC, Mr. Smith can go to town on his own station. . .G.O.P. Chairman Carroll Reece was greatly surprised last week when Bob Hannegan called him on the phone and offered his congratulations. "You fellows fought a good fight," Hannegan said, "and as long as you had to win, I'm glad you won by a big majority. Congratulations." WAR SECRETARY JENTERTAINS Three G.I.'s from Walter Reed Hos pital are still talking about the big week-end they spent with the Secre tary of War at the Army-Notre Dame game. Mrs. Robert Patterson, wife of the Secretary of War, works among wounded G.L's at the Army's Walter Reed Hospital, and selected three of them to go with her husband to the game. The lucky veterans were PFC James O. Wilson, .Winston Salem, N. C; Sgt. Gerald R. Groves, Meadville, Pa.; and Cpl. John English, Pitts burgh, Pa. Not only did they ride in Secretary Patterson's private plane to New York and see the game as his guests, but afterwards, Wall Street financier Floyd Odium and his wife Jacqueline Cochran invited them to lunch at their ornate Park Avenue apartment. UNDER THE DOME Retiring Speaker Sam Rayburn tells friends that he will serve in the House only one more term. Sam has been a Congressional fixture for 35 years, now wants to retire. . .High up on the list to succeed Bob Hannegan as Democratic National Committee Chairman is astute Governor Bob Kerr of Oklahoma. His appointment would break a Democratic tradition I that National Chairmen must be Ir- 1 f m a. isn ana irom a Dig city. Thirteen of the 29 Senators who voted against the Case Bill were up for re-election this year. Three were licked in the primaries, five beaten in the general election, and Senator Jim Mead of New York was defeated in his race for Gov ernor. That means nine out of 13 pro-labor Senators fell by the way side. Other Senators consider this significant. It is one reason why a lot of them will lean anti-labor in the next Congress. AJ3WEIt TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE BEDS am 4 I I I g aInitieirI I OR I OLE. 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