THE DAILY TAR rTEEL WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1946 ! 1 N 1 4 i ! i ! - i I f Another Polling Place With 6800 voting members in the current student body, the problems a general campus election will present are numerous. The ever-present problem of getting out the students to vote will no doubt persist, although at the last campus election, held this past spring, the greatest number of students ever to vote came to the polls. At that election, only one central polling place existed. Use of 'one such voting place worked fairly well, but many of the lower quad boys failed to come up to Gerrard hall to vote. Then too, others, upon seeing the lines, were not desirous of sweating out a line for any reason. Therefore, we believe it would be advisable to have another polling place besides the one in Gerrard hall for the coming, elections. The lines theoretically will be twice as long this year and every effort should be made to have as many students as possible vote. Another voting place, possibly located in Lenoir dining hall, would help reach more of the student body and facilitate the voting procedure as far as the students are con cerned. A second centrally-located spot would double the possibility of reaching a greater number of students and cut the length of the lines in half . True, it would require more work and . impose some added difficulties on the elections committee, but their iob is to mak ,;: the elections efficient and accurate' An extra polling place would be a profitable step. , Freedom Dean Weaver sounded a keynote the other night when he told the leaders of Campus life that the efficiency of Student govern ment was not the basis upon which it is judged; neither is it the basis upon which our national government is judged. Far from appearing discouraged with Student Government, ' the Dean reiterated the axiom that leadership must always find itself in the distinct minority. He seemed to draw consolation from the fact that failures here may one day represent suc cesses in foreign and domestic affairs because prepared deci re being put together here for the drive down the high road labeled "for keeps." But we think the thing Dean Weaver Uy cherishes as a former Carolina Student himself is the eipt which our campus life has in outstanding common with the national government freedom. The Reverend Charles Jones clinched the idea of freedom a few nights later when her very timely observed that freedom is not the right to do as we please at all. Rather, it is the right to make a choice between what we know is best and most com .patible with Society and that which we can easily see is not. I.J6.nt1' d(? not believe that drinking, gambling, and other forms of misconduct could be prevented by prohibi ting them. They did think they could be accomplished by "free f??1" V1 Past week-end has proved them to be right to a very high degree. Vandalism and demonstrations almost disap peared. The reason? There were students that would have laughed at rules aimed at them who decided to be free in the true sense of the word. Welcome Last Sunday night the initial presentation of the Laboratory Theatre of the Carolina Playmakers, "The Farce of Master Pierre Pathelin" was presented to the campus in Graham Me morial. We wish to extend our welcome to a fresh, stimulating, and interesting organization to Carolina. To those of us who are interested in the creative and dramatic arts without "long hairism" the Laboratory Theatre is a welcome addition. Director Kai Jurgensen, script adapters James Smith and Jacques Hardre and players Ma jo Sommer, Peter Bucknell, Eleanor Ringer, Sam Hirsch, Max Paul, W. P. Covington, Lynn & Lucille Gualt and all the technicians and helpers of the Lab oratory Theatre may take a bow for their artistic and entertain ing presentation. ' Carolina Merry-Go-Round By Bob Jones Last Sunday evening the fairly large audience who took the trouble to drop in to the Main Lounge of Graham Memorial got a glimpse of what I consider 10 be the right Ventrical of the real heart of the Carolina Playmak ers. The function of the right ventrical incidentally, is to pump the oxygen ated blood, into the body. The group that adapted, staged, directed and per formed the Farce of Master Pierre Pathelin might well serve as an example of what can be done by a "laboratory theater"; and what other function of a college or university theater group is more important than that of serving as a medium of developing ideas, tech niques and performances. But this is not meant to be a for mal review of a production, the Mer-ry-Go-Round doubts its competence on the matter of such a review. What seems to be more significant is the fact that some of us at Carolina are not taking advantage of an unusual opportunity to- see productions (most of them free) that demonstrate the really fine talent that is now collected at Chapel Hill. By this I mean primar ily the younger group in process of development. eepmg i aos .... with Randy What, Do You Think? By Sam Daniels foll rui? JZZTK ri lu i u" Butm of tbt University of North Carolina S2T JT? Published dally. except Monday, lamination and vacation period.; Mawthm official .ommer terms. It is trablisbed nl-weekly on Wednesdays and Satuday. VmitiTx iVY J? ti!.rt cfflt Ch N. C under thm act of March . 1179. Subscription price: 18.00 pr eollere rear. COMPLETE LEASED WIRE SERVICE OP UNITED PRESS The epiniona expressed by the columnists are their own and not neces sarily those of The Daily Tar HeeL BILL WOESTENDIEK ROLAND GIDUZ (The purpose of this column is to present facts to the student body con ceming issues that involve misunder standing or lack of cooperation be tween the student body and the ad ministration. It is , sincerely hoped that a presentation of the facts will give the student body a better under standing of how this school is 'teing run and further it is hoped that a better understanding will lead to clos er cooperation between both groups. The facts will be presented as such and no group will be favored on any occasion. The Daily Tar Heel is aware of Some of the controversial issues at the present time; but the students themselves can help greatly if they will ask for explanation of some of the administration's actions or policies. The facts will be presented on any issue that our' readers re quest.) VETERAN'S TUITION RATES At present the Federal Government is paying a flat rate of $96 a quarter for each veteran enrolled in UNC re gardless "of his legal residence. Much nas Deen saia to tne effect that it seems unfair to charge the govern ment the out-of-state rate for the large number of veterans who are legal residents of North Carolina. The difference in these two rates amounts to $208.80 per year. ($288 for out- of-state and $79.20 for in-state stu dents.) At first glance it would seem as though the State of North Carolina were escaping her normal pre-war obligation to assist in the educating of North Carolina students. While her sons were fighting the war it would appear as though state appropriations could be less because thousands of stu dents were fighting in the four corners of the world and were unable to at tend college. Actually the state ap propriations were consistently more during the war years as is shown by the following figures: Jlettei lite. ZMto "What I Don't Like" Dear Sir: The November number of the Caro lina Magazine has just reached me, and after persuing it, I am moved to wonder what type of irresponsible edi torial judgment permitted its appear ance. I am amazed that two articles such as ''What I Don't Like About Carolina" and "What I Don't Like About Duke" to appear side by side. Their styles are utterly different, and as published, hey illustrate extraordinarily poor taste on the part of the editor, with the result that Carolina shows up in a bad light. Mr. Hodgson's humor is quite good, and I like it, but it was put in the wrong place this tjme. Either that, or the article from Duke should With the publication of the new Class Schedule for the coming Winter Quarter, the University Administra tion has made it even more difficult than it has been for the students to make an intelligent choice of courses in pursuing an education at the Uni versity of North Carolina. The omis sion of Professor's names from the schedule, is to my mind, one of the most inconsiderate and ill-advised moves directed against the students, in many years. It certainly is inconsistent with log ic, intelligence and mature planning of a course of study to be forced to buy a blind article; a "pig in a poke" as my Grandma used ,to say. Nobody would think of buying vege tables for a dinner table without first looking at the vegetables to deter mine their" quality and freshness. And yet, we are expected to register for courses blindly, remaining totally in the dark as to who is going to teach us. Surely no one in South building would buy an overcoat in the dark. But, we are expected to be docile little sheep and buy courses in the dark. . . just so long as we pay our money. Under the present system of Class Schedule listings, you aren't even giv en the old American privilege of "pay- ... mg your money and taKing your choice." You just pay your money, with no choice. Most of us are proud of much of the work being done by Kai Jur gensen and Foster Fitz-Simmons but they are not of whom I wish to speak.' I refer primarily to Sam Hirsh whose acting in "School For Husbands" presented last Spring was the best that I have ever seen on any amateur stage and whose plays, one of which was produced at the last bill of experimental, dem onstrate his dual gifts of keen per secution and fluent expression. His experimental play, implemented by good interpretive acting and direc tion, was received better than any experimental produced since I came to Carolina and Is still being dis cussed with enthusiasm. , Presumably you, Mr. Veteran who fought your way around the world, commanded hundreds of men, was en trusted with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of intricate machinery, and who handled vast sums for our not have been accepted as it was writ-1 government; are not mature or in J. . 41 1 . i. L. J. t it. ... ten. I would venture to say that not five per cent of tne students at Carolina are actually conversant with the facts concerning Duke University. At least, I am not. I do believe that the con tinuous harping upon ill feelings and frequent efforts to stir up animosity concerning another institution, when it is not justified in the slightest by the facts, is evidence of an immature men tality and a warped point of view. Very truly yours, J. B. COOK, JR. Year Appropriation 194546 $1,237,404 194445$ 861,628 194344$ 194243$ 194142$ 194041$ 193940$ 193839$ 193738$ Avg. Enroll. 3264 916,568 781,490 732,820 661,061 705,474 840,600 717,499 IRWIN SMALLWOOD BILL SELIG Editor Managing Editor S porta Editor BURTON MYERS Bmlneea Manager Circulation Manager AeuociATi Editors: Gene Aenehbaefaer, Fred Flaler, iddle Allen. ?a,sa wLiKST-Tom EUer-Matt Hodn-Bob jone- - Bb D tor": Barmn Mflla. News Staff : BurkhilET f UKh' D,ey Locnner. Arnold Schulman. Ear! Heffner. Charlie Hanser. n.r. n P t dmynerVH.arry Snowden. Bookie Jabine. Jinx Helm. Brooksie Popkins. vr7wS Bob Morrison-Jun Sauer-Joe Duke- Vic sa; Night Editors: Barron Mill n;n s,tn AaauTANT Srorra Kdituk; Bob Gold water sJ-U I "i J.'.m Fharr' Carro" PPn- Howard Merry SSsSas! s7a. H-SS"r iorty 8chaap' mU Cartnlchad. Mae Kstsfn. Dick Beaver bir Thor! HWard Bie' Buaanne Barclay. Brantley McCoy. Natalie Sella, fiax. AJwwnsrNO M an Anns : Ed Pam.n w.'.k JTlnSj,"i,Pal B.rchon M,r Jo Cain. Ed Campbell. Bettte Cheatham. Pet Ferrle. r::: VidJ cy V' "uh. Jnet Jolly. Alice Logan. Adelaide Me. -'v-. "or ttoaa. ioin i&omu, John York BsaacaiPTlON Man : Juju Moody. . FOR THIS ISSUE Night Enrroa: Barron Mills Sjposts: Jim Pharr 2164 3287 3092 3663 3781 3676 3293 3091 The legal basis for the rates charged veterans is found in section 2, paragraph 2 of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 which reads, "Institutions which have non resident tuition may, if they so de sire, charge for each veteran enroll ed under Part VIII (G.I. Bill) such customary tuition and incidentals as are applicable to all non-resident students, provided that the charges are not in conflict with existing laws or other legal requirements. (The present charges of UNC are legal as determined by Circular 47 issued by the Veteran's Administration Feb. 27, 1946). Since the act states, "as applicable to ALL non-resident students," the University changed the previous out- of-state rates so that all non-resident students had to pay a flat rate of $96 a quarter and did away with the old rates of $3.65 and $6.00 a quarter hour. (If your tuition increased this quarter, this situation is the main reason why it did). The $288 which is paid by the Fed eral Government goes to cover the actual teaching cost of a veteran. Ac cording to Controller W. D. Carmi- chael Jr., it costs the State of North Carolina from $200 to $250 to pay the other expenses involved in educat ing the veteran. The big problem of the University is in maintaining its faculty. With an estimated shortage of 10,000 compe telligent enough to handle with com petence the matter of picking your own professors. In advance, let me state that the argument "well, all you have to do is look in the catalog to find your Pro fessor," does not hold water. In the first place the catalog doesn't even give a description of the course; it merely lists the names of the course and by some kind of crystal gazing you are supposed to know what it is about. In the second place, it's prac tically impossible to find a catalog around here, ("shortage of news print," you know). And, most import ant of all, the catalog is not a valid indication of who is going to teach the course. For example, English 51 is listed in the catalog as being taught by Dr. Howell. Nobody tells you that Dr. Howell is in Guatemala and will be there for the entire academic year. So, who is going to teach the course? Aha, my friends, that's the mystery. . .you're supposed to guess . . .just pay your money and shut teach it when you walk into class on January 4th, 1947. Likewise. tent college professors in America to day, the University is in danger of courses are still listed in the catalog losing its best men if it is unable to Lynn and Lucile Gault who pre sented the introductory Recorder mu sic Sunday night are to be welcomed. Mr. Gault's capabilities in stagecraft are well known in many parts of the country and his sets for "State of the Union" matched those in quality of any .top-flight stage designer in the nation. The Gaults, rather recent "mi grants" from Hiram College, Ohio, are not the only bright spots from the Buck-Eye state. Arthur Solomon, who has a leading role in "Drama at In ish," which opens tonight, is well known for his superb performances with the Antioch Players of Yellow Springs, Ohio, one of the best Littlo Theater groups in the United States. Together with Quentin Brown, Pet er Bucknell, Arthur Golby, and Ed Garrett, Lynn Leonard, Max Paul, Sidney Shirtzer and several others wnose names now escape me, The Carolina Playmakers are able to do noteworthy things. It would be pro fitable for the rest of us at Carolina to make an effort to see what these very able people are accomplishing here. Men like Hirsh, Gault and Solomon are scarce enough don't mis an op portunity when it's in our front yard! as being taught by Dr. Groves, whose unfortunate death robbed the University of one of its great men? as well as Dr. Hexner who left for a high position in our government last September, etc., etc. If South building official has any compassion for the students, or ac tually gives a damn about us (which sometimes wonder about), they will issue post-haste a supplement to the Class Schedule so that we sfw do not have to register in th rfnrlr to buy a blind article. pay adequate salaries. If tuition rates are low, some of our best men may be forced to leave us. (Veteran's tuition rates are supposed to cover actual teaching costs, which are, for the most part, faculty salaries.) The GI Bill provides a maximum tuition payment of $500 a year which will leave most veterans $222 a year for text books and school supplies. The percentage of veterans who have to pay over $500 a year for tuition and school supplies is negligible. (In some cases medical and dental students have to buy expensive equipment which the GI Bill won't cover.) The important facts seem to be: 1. The State of North Carolina. is not escaping its obligation to North Carolina students. 2. The University needs to pharge all veterans the out-of-state rate in i order to pay its faculty as adequate salary. 3. The Federal Government can and is willing to pay the out-of-state tui tion rate. 4. The University ha3 raised out- of-state tuition to a flat rate of $96 a quarter. 5. The vast majority of veterans do not exceed the $500 a year allotted to them by the GI Bill. 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