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Page Two THE DAILY TAR HEEL TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1946 1 1 I ! ii ! !1 ii '5 Conference Starts Tonight Designed to discuss and attempt to solve the many problems facing student government leaders on the Carolina campus in this important first post-war year, the Campus Government Conference gets underway tonight. Scheduled to last for three nights and featuring addresses by . administrative and student leaders as well as discussion groups, the conference will deal with the basic issues and structure of student government. All campus leaders and organization officers can well afford to contribute some of their time to a concentrated study and dis cussion of the problems they are facing and will face this. year. It is true the conference is being held at a time of year at which the agenda of campus activities is very crowded. Still the im portance of the conference should not be minimized. This is the first year since the outbreak of the war that the student officers will have a chance to work together for the general improvement of the University. Cooperation and under standing are sure to result from the conference. All of the dis cussions will be frank and informal and all of the participants should be very much at ease. The value of such a conference cannot be questioned. We hope that the three-day sesion will prove highly successful and help bring about a solution to the problems facing student govern ment today. What D'ya Know Not one, not two, but hundreds of editorials have been written advocating paved walks on the campus. Now, before the rainy season, before we printed an editorial urging paved walks, we learn that walks are to be paved. - We are overjoyed to say the least, and we know you are too, but there would have been sweeter taste in iur mouth if we could have had just one little editorial. Concerning Telephone Service Last Spring the members of the Student Party pledged among other things dents experience in Parliamentary to work for better telephone service if elected to the Student Legislature. Procedure" is just so much high-toned On August 15 a bill was passed petitioning for the "installation of telephones bunk. You don't have to be senile and on each floor of the men's dormitories in the Upper and Lower Quads, and fuddling, emaciated and unimportant one in each section of Steele, Old East, Old West, and BVP dormitories." I am to give a man debating experience, reasonably sure that mention of this bill was in the August 16 or 17 issue Certainly, if the issues raised were of the TAR HEEL. more interesting and vital, the audi : During September Dean Weaver in reference to the bill sent the following ence would be greater and more stu statement to me: ". . . I wrote to our Supervisor of Operations in strong en-I dents would gain knowledge of par dorsemeni of the suggestion, (and) Mr. Bennett agrees heartily with your I liamentary rules. memorandum. . .We agree that this should be done as soon as it becomes practicable. . .Equipment was ordered fourteen months ago and we are prom ised shipment in October. . .More (equipment) was ordered six months ago and they promised shipment sometime in 1947. This is the worst time in the world to try to improve (telephone). . . ." I brought this matter to the attention of the Legislature at the first meeting of the Fall Quarter in October. It did not occur to me that the reply had not been given the proper publicity uritil l read Mr. Peter .Gerns' letter in the Friday issue of the DAILY TAR HEEL. I -wish to apologize to Mr. Gerns and the Student Body in general for the Legislature's failure to see that the mat ter received the proper publicity. : , ; ' . J. K. BYRD ; ; ; Clerk, Student Legislature Strictly Detrimental .... Thorough House-Cleaning Is Suggested for Di, Phi By Jud Kinberg 1 I've heard of bridge-players who took their moves from the daily card column m the paper. But when supposedly-active discussion groups start taking their pleas and cues from the newspaper letters, iVs about time to call for a reshuffle. For several weeks now, Daily Tar Heel columnists and letter-writers have been taking pot-shots at language courses in UNO. Just this weekend, the Phi announced .that it was set to debate the question in open meeting. The most open thing about that meeting, most likely, will be the vacant chairs. All vf txtTiiaTi in ii iiAvuy au xuuuuauuub A 1.511" j ion, is a call for both the Phi and Di Washington Merry-Go-Round By Drtv Pearson "RECOGNIZED" to come up to date or shut up. At present, these two hallowed organiza tions are so steeped in futility that its members probably roll up their pants before coming to meetings. In the days long before the Stu dent Legislature, the Di and Phi were the acknowledged masters of Carolina students. It was they who. decided when a man was enough a "Carolina gentleman" to.be allowed the freedom of out-of-town jaunts. There is still the legend that, in the 1890's, a man who feared flunking out didn't go to South Building to find out. Instead he reported to. the Di or Phi, depending upon which organization he joined, and chew ed his nails while awaiting that group's decision as to his status. The puissance of the Di and Phi has been greatly reduced and their role changed. This is a necessary re sult of the ebb and tide of power. However, it is no excuse for the rapid decline and near disintegration of the Di and Phi. That explanation goes in to deeper and more basic deficiencies. For many years now, both groups have been content to retain their worthless place on campus. Their recently-avowed purpose of "giving stu- LONG-IGNORED REPUBLICANS NOW BEING BY WASHINGTON SOCIETY Washington. Most amusing sight on the Merry-Go-Round scene today is the frantic scramble of the socialites, the lobbyists, and the local power politicians to get religion in a hurry. In this case, religion is better known as the GOP. After fourteen years of Democratic rule, the Republicans were so far down the social list they almost developed an inferiority complex. But now they are staging a grand comeback. The invitations to once-scorned Republican Senators and Congressmen have doubled and tripled, as hostesses bid for newly-won prestige of GOP solons. Scores of Washingtonians are now - " " What Do YOU Say? By Sam Daniels Today's Question What is your opinion regarding pre game vandalism? The Answers Milk-Bottle Question Bee Starts Phi Bank Night Plan By John Giles . Today the Phi is inaugurating a novel plan brought before the Assembly last week by Phi member Frank Hassell. If the students show sufficient in terest in the plan, every Tuesday hereafter will be known as Phi Tuesday and every Tuesday night as Phi Bank Night. According to the plan, everyone on the campus votes on some current issue, either local, national, or international by contributing a penny to one of three bottles labeled YES, NO, or NO OPINION. The purpose of the plan is to get an accurate view of student opinion on the major issues which come up be fore the student body. The issue to be' voted upon the fol lowing week is chosen by the students from five proposed issues taken from a suggestion box located in the Y. Con tribution of a second penny to one of another group of five bottles, each properly labeled, is included in the plan. Hassell's plan works this way: Each week a committee of the Phi selects five questions from the contents of the suggestion box in, the Y. A poling place will be set up in the Y and will be open from 9 until 5 on-Tuesday's Whether that last sentence is good and sufficient reasoning, or hot. the fact remains that two formerly important groups have de veloped into parasites upon the body extra-curricular. Their pres ent purpose seems to be merely as a junkyard for disappointed cam pus workers or as a minor stepping stone to prominence for up-and-coming BMOC's. But these purposes hardly justify the existence of the Di and Phi. We dont need bush leagues in campus activities. The past decade has seen the con tinued dimunization of respect in which the Di and Phi are held. An- other few years of the present mudd ling and irresolution at. a Carolina constantly becoming more utilitarian will see the end of both organizations. There is a definite need on campus for groups capable of raising and discussing pertinent and vital, issues, whether they be local, national or international. There is no need what soever for the Di and Phi as they are now constituted. Many of the persons in both groups have the intelligence necessary to re vitalize their outfits. But the house- cleaning better be fast and thorough. The time is definitely now now or never. Tm official newapape: Chapel QUI. where It & r of the Publication Board of tha University of North Carolina nnhlbkMl dailv. cxMot Monday, examination ana vacation penoas; erln the official summer terms. It ia published eemi-weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Entered as second-ciase matter at tne poet onice at unapei xuu muw mm mnt, wm. March 8, 1879. Bnbacrtptton price t aa.oo per college year. COMPLETE LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF UNITED PRESS x ; The pinions 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 Editor Managing Editor Sports Editor BURTON MYERS Business Manager Circulation Manager Associate Editors: Gene Aenchbaeher, Fred Flag-ler, Eddie Allen. Editorial St Arr : Jnd Kinberg, Tom Eller, Matt Hodgson, Bob Jones. Sam Daniels, Bob Finehout, Bettie Washburn.. .' ; : Dmi Enrroa: Barron Mills. News Staff: Jo Pugh, Darley Lochner, Arnold Schulman, Earl Heffner, Burke Shipley, Sigsbee Miller, Ed Joyner, Harry Snowden, Jinx Helm, Bookie Jabine, Brooksie Popkins, Dave Owens, Joy Blumenthal, Fran Walker, Eddie Blankstein, Bob Morrison, June Sauer, Joe Duke, Vic Robinson, Jane Page Mean, Sam Whitehall, Helen Highwater Nioht Editors: Barron Mills, Bill Sexton, Bookie Jabine. Assistant Sports Editor : Bob Goldwater Might Sports Editors: Jim Pharr, Carroll Poplin, Howard Merry Sports Staff: Clarke Stallworth, Morty Schaap, Bill Carmichael, Mae Katzin. Dick Bearer BustNBSS Staff t Howard Bailey, Susanna Barclay, Brantley McCoy, Aataila baug, Bar bara Tborson. Aovbbtisimo MANAflnaf Ed PavrneTL Nancy Wanarh. Advertising Staff Paul Baschon, Mary Jo Cain, Ed Campbell, Bettie Cheatham, Pat Ferris, Eaton Holden, Nancy Horner, Tommy Hughes, Janet Jolly, Alice Logan, Adelaide Mc Larty, Alberta Mercer, Eleanor Rodd, Colen Thomas, John York J SuaeCKifTiON Mamacbb: Julia Moody. FOR THIS ISSUE Night Editob: Barron Mills Sports: Jim Pharr at which tiwe all students are eligible to vote on the week's issue and choose one of the five proposed questions to be voted upon the following week. Students bring their University identification card so that the number on it may be placed on a tiny square on the prize board and at the same time record their votes on the current and future question by dropping a penny in the appropriate bottle bear ing their opinion. After the polls close at 5 p.m. today the votes will be counted ana the results will oe an nounced in the Phi Hall at 7:30 when the question is debated. At this meet ing a coed will be blmdiolded and will throw darts at the prize board containing some 6800 ID card num bers. The winner is the individual whose number corresponds to the num ber pierced and who voted that day. The winner will then contact the treasurer of the organization to which he wishes to give the money, and the treasurer of the organization will re ceive all the pennies from the Treas urer of the Phi. The money will be used for the benefit of the members as a group and none may be prorated among the members. - Today's question , to be voted upon will be: "Are you in favor of con tinuing foreign language require ments for the General College? Everybody watches every detail of the Duke-Carolina game because it is one of the most important games in the country. Vandalism, in addi tion to a money cost of several thou sand dollars a year, costs us respect of thousands of people who look on us as morons. The athletes handle their part 100. The students for the most part, handle their part well. It is only a small group that causes this damage. I sincerely hope they too will se the thing in the pro per manner and help make the game something to be proud of as a whole. Chancellor R. B. House. I am very much against pre-game vandalism. Especially the painting of buildings and the distraction of each other's property. It all seems so childish and too small for college students. It costs a lot of money to remove the paint and the money each school uses for this they could put into something more helpful to the school. So I hope that the' Carolina students will show they are grown up and not paint Duke. Charlie Jus tice, Asheville. . Pre-game vandalism is not for col lege students. It's sorta silly and only costs money to replace damaged property. If we'll stay away from Duke, they'll leave us alone. Why not just show our spirit at the game without childishness before and after the game? Kathryn Lane, Dothan, Ala. . We're old enough to stop acting like we're still in ( high school. Our school spirit is well known enough without cheap advertisements like that! Mary Loche Craig, Asheville We would be scared to get caught around either of the schools with all of the returning vets. We are defi nitely against the use of firearms, knives, or hand grenades by either school. Remember, a lot of these vet erans brought back quite a few sou venirs from the war. Jim Camp, Schoolfield, Va.; Chan Highsmith, Brunswick, Ga. There will be enough vandalism on the playing field let it stop there. Winkey Andrews, Little Rock, Ark. Next issue: What do you think will be the score in the Duke game and how will a few of our many touch downs be scored? rackiner their brains to fifirure out whom they know who knows someone who knows someone high in Republi can ranks. Always in step with the times is popular , Presidential court jester George Allen, who never hesitates to tell a joke on himself. If you walk into Allen's private office, first thing you will see is an autographed picture of his good friend, Harry Truman. Second thing is a newly hung autographed photo of Sena for Arthur Vandenberg. A glance at the wall shows, however, that although the picture was recently hung, it was not recently autograph ed. It says, "For my dear friend, George E. Allen. With best wishes, A. H. Vandenberg." The date is June 9, 1938. Asked whether he hung the photo on the day after elections, the evei- the, lovable court-jester replied: "Oh, no. I didn't wait that long. I hung it up at quarter past eight on election night. Sure was dusty, but I had it all polished up." NEW WITCH-HUNT About two weeks before elections, Mississippi's rootin' tootin' Congress man John Rankin, Democrat, and New Jersey's witch-hunting J. Parnell Thomas, Republican, put their heads together and agreed that, with a Re publican election certain, now was the time to sweep out of the Government all the liberals whom Rankin and Thomas do not like. To this end, it was agreed that New Jersey's Thomas was to be Chairman of the Un-American Affairs Commit tee, while Rankin was to continue as the driving force. Thomas was to car ry the ball just enough to retain some semblance of being Chairman, but most of the work was to be done by the so-called "gentleman" from Mississippi. mi ' 1 ine agreement was no sooner reached than Robert Stripling, former chief investigator under Martin Dies, and three times deferred from the draft, was re-employed. Stripling was given the promise that he would be come chief investigator under the Re publican Congress beginning in Jan uary. Since his return, Stripling has been slipping into the old House Office Building by the southeast en trance, wearing dark glasses,' to conceal his identity. In addition, a sun-tan picked up in the Army has helped disguise him. For three weeks he has been busy going over the files of the old Dies Committee, working up a master list of those in the Federal service whom the Rankin Committee will smear at the first opportunity. Prediction: Congress is in for more witch-hunting than since the days when ex-Congressman Ham Fish of New York followed a hot lead to an old trunk in a Baltimore warehouse, supposed to be full of Soviet docu ments. When he lifted the lid. he found only cabbages. REPUBLICAN CLOSED-DOOR CAUCUS There was only one major dispute when the House Republican Steering Committee held its closed-door caucus on legislative policies the other day.' This was over whether the Republi cans should accept all of the Reor ganization Act, adopted at the last Congress and providing for consolida tion of Congressional Committees. Elder statesman Jim Wadsworth of New York finally settled the dispute in his level-headed way, with few feelings fractured. Rep. Sterling Cole of New York, high-ranking member of the Naval Affairs Committee, started the debate by warmly opposing the merger of the Naval Affairs and Military Affairs Committees into one 33-man Commit tee on Armed Forces, as provided by the act. Cole argued that the consolidation would be untimely unless the Army and Navy themselves were merged. He pointed out that most members of the Military Committee favored Army-Navy unification, while most Naval Committee members opposed it; therefore throwing these two bat tling factions into a single committee would merely cause disharmony. "Until the merger question is set tled, these two committees should remain independent," Cole contended. Rep. Leslie Arends of Illinois, a member of the Military Committee, plus several others, echoed the same view. But Wadsworth quickly har pooned their objections. "National defense is an over-all matter and should be handled as such by a single committee," said the big New York cattle farmer and ex-Senator. Our experience with overlapping defense legislation during the last war proved this conclusively, Wadsworth continued. It was absurd, he added, for the Army and Navy to continue to bring- their closely related prob lems before separate committees. ' Upshot was that the GOP leaders went on record to accept the Reor ganization Act in toto, with the un derstanding that changes might be made later if necessary. REPUBLICANS SCAN LABOR HORIZON One veteran Senator and one new comer are destined to play leading roles in GOP labor relations in the next Congress. The veteran is aggres sive, square-shooting Sen. Owen Brewster of Maine. The newcomer is Sen. Irving M. Ives, scholarly, 50-year-old New York Republican, who had an impressive labor record in the N.- Y. State Assembly and at Cornell University. It was Ives who fathered the bi partisan committer on labor legisla tion in the New York Legislature, and steps are now being taken pri vately to set up a similar committee in Congress. Note of Remorse V To the Editor: I understand that a Carolina stu dent has been suspended from the University on account of his attempt ed fraud in relation to tickets to the Dorsey dance. Amid the cheers for a just vengeance wreaked upon a crimi nal, permit me to add one note of remorse. The University of North Carolina has forsaken its opportunity and duty to assist this man in the overcoming of an obvious moral de ficiency. It has administered the wild est sort of justice cold and sim pie revenge. The punishment is com pletely unconstructive since a prob lem testing the moral standards of the University has been dismissed rather than solved. Accepting this man as a student, the University took on the responsibilities of lifting him to its intellectual and moral standards. It has failed, and now I imagine that those responsible for this failure can sit proudly back and repeat in unison, "Am I my brother's keeper?"" , EDDIE .BLANKSTEIN: . . 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