North Carolina Newspapers

1 i j 1 ! PAGE, WO 41 -.-is' PAH.y HEEL FRIDAY, SEFTEIvIBEK.2c3i,i1i Might Have Been Different Story .' The first day of classes , this year was quite .'different from last fall in that the professors could be heard above the roaring repercussions of. the standing-in-line- registration systeni. Members of the registration committee, headed by Mr. Ed Lanier, after being called everything in the book because of the systems emplbyed last year, are due loud praise for the efficiency and care shown in expediting the registration ordeal, and the simplicity of the new sysfett. Naturally there are those who experienced aa--unpleasant couple of hours in lines this fall. With the tremendous task of preparing class schedules and the necessary records for nearly, 7,300 students it would be impossible to" run each student through in a uniform number of minutes. Then too, there are bound tq be conr flicting class schedules and other irregularities. The pre-registration plan seems to be the closest possible approach to a speedy and gripe less process. Appointments with advisors and" deans and pre-registration will dispense with the endlessi lines. Then, if the freshmen are pro cessed in teams by appointment, there . should be a minimum number of complaints . Other Universities with enrollments swollen by the lure of theGI Bill have had registration problem to coper with- and. have been less suc cessful in 'working out a system that would be advantageous to both the administration and the students. ' Their registratlort planning committees have failed to devise a plan. Some Universities have resorted to registration by mail. Many other plans have been worked with some success, but there are indications that the new Lanier sys tem,, is touch more effective and efficient. The following plaudit by Tom Eller is typical of the attitude of the student body: "OiTbehalf of .what I believeto be the major N ity opmiohv I should like to express through our student newspaper a sincere appreciation for the excellent job done by Mr. 'Lanier and his Registrations committee this quarter in the thankless and, at times, apparently hopeless job of registration. Those of us who have felt all along that he would do his best for the stu dents now feel that these claims were justified." Don Quixote ancl SancKo Panza The ThingGroniykoWlkQtk . On the first of September, the University lost by retirement, one of its most valuable and best lo ved ' citizens. On that date, Harry Comer. step ped down from his post as Secretary of : the YMCA, a position he had held for the last. 26 His. retirement, made necessary by a malig nant heart ailment, was regretted by all who knew him, from the lowliest freshman to Dr. Frank Graham. Dr. Graham said of him: "Har ry Comer, for over a quarter of a century, has been a central part of the intellectual, civic, and spiritual life of the University of North Caro lina." Chancellor Robert B. House said, "Harry Comer has been one of the most creative per sons in the University since I have been word ing for it. I see him retire with the Utmost per sonal and official regret." ? Comer, voted the school's most valuable citi orie year, has done much for the University and Chapel Hill. In 1927, he founded the In st$ut& of. Human Relations, out of which grew 4- if : . . j W orkmg Man . What's the' United Nations? WelL lemme' see," Joe College muses, "Uh-h-. Well, they argue a lot and that's the thing Gromyko is al-, ways walking out of, isn't it?" Yeah. It is. They db argue a lot and every once in a whUe Grortiyko takes a stroll or somebody else. But that's not all. Right now, well hazard, the survival of UN doesn't mean as much to you as a win in the Georgia game tomorrow. But French students worry about it; German students wonder whether or not it will make their country livable again; Italians want to know if it'll keep peace. the -Carolina Political union and the Interna tional Relations cIubHe; established the student . activity fee system, r organized the ; Freshman Friendship "council,' and initiated the weekly bul letins on, campus events. He was chairman of the Housing Bureau, director of rent control un der the OPA, and also head of the USO recrea tion center here during the war. In February, 1946, under threat of a heart attack, he resign ed from 19 different committees. However im portant these accomplishments, it is his kindly human touch, the helping hand so frequently lent, and his unfailing love of people that will be remembered long after he is gone by the peo ple who loved him. Mr. Comer and his wife are moving shortly to Abingdon, Va where he says he will spend most his time reading and catching up on some writing that he has wanted to do. He wants to live in the little town because he says it is so much like the Chapel Hill that he knew 26 years agO.C.S. ' ; ' -" . ; i '. : .:. x ml AHEAD CHARGE AmS THE ZH&Kffl 'J , L MmkWM - DREW 'PEiRSONi i'l on the Life Miss PEOPLE Uncle Has nCrouble By Bill Sexton Friday But in those three short days UN must be sold to Carolina students. Carolina students must learn thlt their support is vital to the or ganization and that the survival of UN may mean the survival of a civilization in which they can live. B.S. Elliot Washington, 35 years Zoology building janitor and a traditional figure at Carolina pep rallies, has had a heap of troubles. Mown to over a generation of alumni as "Uncle George,' the 69-year-old dean of janitors had to leave work this summer when it was discovered he was suffering from a serious cancer condition. But despite his 35 years of service to the Univer sity, he is ineligible for retire--ment benefits,, , ; ; " His physician, , Dr. , J. . B. Riggsbee, r says an operation in time will . help him. But the operation is very expensive. . "Uncle George's"; illness is just1 ; the , latest of his trouble, Two years ago, his .wife's sight failed completely. This spring he spent his savings the money he had put aside to retire on-- on a cataract operation for his wife. It restored sight to one eye. - . ,. Washington has been with out income other than gifts of food and money from friends just enough to keep alive. Now Dr. R. E. Coker, Zool ogy chairman who himself re tires this year, has initiated a fund to provide the operation Washington must have. Already $170 has been donated, but that, says Dr. Riggsbee, is not nearly enough to cover hospital bills. Dr. Riggsbee has donated his services free. Dr. Coker "is convinced that the generation of students that knew Washington will give enough, to provide the opera tion. His worry is that the gifts j may not come in time. Gifts for the Elliot Washing ton fund may be sent to Dr, Coker at the Zoology depart ment. CAROLINA CAROUSEL It can keep the peace. It can make Germany livable again. It can make France what it once was and , help to feed a lot of Italians. IF you know about it and . support it, it can do these things. ., " " Energetic little Lincoln Kan has been work ing hard all summer to tell people about UN and to set up machinery to tell more people this fall. On Kan has fallen the burden of preparing a reception for United Nations week visitors; his is the job of controlling a three-day pro gram at which diplomats from several foreign countries are to speak. UN week which is really just, three days begins next Wednesday, October 1; it closes on "Every time you acquire a new interest, even more, a new accomplishment, you increase your power of life. No one who is deeply in teresledfin Ms subject; can long remain un happy. The real pessimist is the person who Football, Coeds,Rain When you have an edge to your voice, best to cut out talking. it's If women think men are all alike, then why is it that they are so particular in picking one? My criticism is worth most when directed at myself. The bigger a man's head, the easier it is to fill his shoes. The cost of teamwork is your willingness to be a nobody. BytR. Foo GkIuz; ' Its really a pleasure to see an the happy faces ... old and new . . . back in Tarheelia after a summer in Mexico . . . All changes seem for the better, and the whole campus seems to have an attitude of rarin' to-go. . . ' One thing that hasn't changed 33 me usual registration aay rain. Wanna make a sure beer bet??? Next time you're down Harry's way, just bet your room mate or no. 1 gal that ir'll'be raining comes January .regist ja- : V 7 ' w c vc vn. nere 'some 20-odd years and havga't seen it fail yet. But things are looking brighter now. . . . Foot ball prospects seem tops for the fall. (We're not exactly opti mists, but we've already got reservations at the Roosevelt ho tel in New Orleans for New Year's day.) . . . Coeds seem friendlier and prettier than ever. . . . Our first class is at 10 o'clock, and all are on the first floor. . . . Yep, things are really looking good. Best recent addition to CH life: The Colonial House (sim ilar to Durham's Toddle' House) nearing completion down below .the. old -bus station. The town's been' needing a really good naek jstarid like-t this for years. . . . Bonne Chance to proprietor Whid Powell, and here's hop ing he'll stay open 24 hours a day. . . . Those of us who "study" late can really use that good -old- 3 a.m. hamburger- javatt. .y.-.-ahat s the collegi ate necessity which CH, where they roll up the sidewalks at midnight, has been missing. . . . How 'bout it Whid??? You guys that outsmart the local cops back in Chittlin' switch had better watch out this fall. The local gestapo now has radio-equipped police cars; two of 'em! . . . Well, just got a good proposition from a guy Washington. None of the newsmen travelling with Presi dent Truman on the battleship Missouri wrote anything about it, but they had quite a battle with the Navy over 'censorship of the press. What the Navy wanted cen sored was not a military secret, but the fact that the battleship was equipped with a ladies toil et, plus certain details or ra ther Neptune's, initiation of "Pollywogs" when the Missouri crossed the Equator. The four newsmen on whom the Navy frowned were: hard punching Windsor Booth of Time magazine; erudite Charles P. Trussell of the New York times; United Press correspond ent Merriman Smith; and Joe Short of the Baltimore Sun. Crossing - the - Equator cere monies had been prepared by the ship's crew long in advance in fact when they rented $400 worth of costumes back in Nor folk, Va. For days, also, those sailors previously initiated had been whittling paddles and shillelaghs, gloating over uni nitiated victims. So the cere mony was rough. It was even rough for one of the top White House dignitaries, John Steel man, who was abruptly dump ed backward, eight feet, into a pool of water. Steelman, how ever, took it like a sport. For the 1,000 gobs who never before had crossed the Equator, it was even roughter. They un derwent "mock" surgical op erations with electrically charg ed knives on an operating table. They were ducked until they yelled "Koyal Shellback!" And they had to'run the gauntlet of 50 to 300 fellow sailors armed with paddles and canvas bags of water. Decks got slippery. Men ca reened and fell. Finally the par ty got so rough, the Captain called the entire show off. But in the melee, several men got hurt the Navy claimed 16; Booth of Time magazine claim ed 18. It was this and other realistic reporting of the initiation roughhouse that brought the Navy's demand of censorship. When newsmen balked, lethar gic White House Secretary Charlie Ross called a special press conference, blasted corre spondents for alleged "inaccu racy." "I have a right to prevent the filing of such stories," he an nounced, "but I am not going to exercise that right." Ross said he was "hurt" by the "reflection" on the Navy. But he permitted the news sto ries to be sent as written. Official ire was especially heaped qn the red head of Time magazine's Booth because he had reported the discovery of a ladies toilet aboard the battle ship. This has corne to be a much-debated subject in the Na tion's capital ever since grand motherly Mrs. May Craig, cor respondent for the Portland, Maine, Evening Express, was" re fused permission to return from Rio on the battleship. Official reason: no ladies toilet facili ties aboard. So when Booth discovered such facilities plainly labelled "Ladies" in both the Portuguese and English languages, and pro posed sending a dispatch to this effect over the ship's radio, the Navy hit the ceiling. Booth, however,, insisted, and the Navy finally sent the story. Note When Herbert Hoov er made his goodwill tour of Latin America just after his 1928 election, the Navy flatly refused to transmit critical news stories from the batleships Utah and Maryland. Newsmen had to wait until they got home to do this critical reporting . oun interference. , , He added that. the job of f eea ing Europe's starving wasn't asf great as many people thought. With just a little cooperation ' on the part of the public, the;; job can be done," he said. ." Veterans to Report To South Building c Biggest question mark raised at President Truman s Cabinet food conference was: "Will the American people ration them selves to help out Europe?" This question was debated when the President met with Secretary of State Marshall, Sec retary of Agriculture Anderson, Secretary of Commerce Harri man and Presidential Assistant Steelman. It was Mr! Truman himself who gave the final answer. "Of course, they will cooper ate," he declared, "when they know the truth. I have great faith in the American people. They may be calloused in some things but you can always count on them in times of disaster." ' The President cited American support of the Red Cross as one example. "If this food problem in, Fu- tupc i serums ana we r,ct the truth over to the people, you don't have to worry about them responding in order to keep others from starving." Truman said he realized that some people are always ready to "knock our efforts to help Eu- lope ana tnat this vocal j wouia cry out food :! All veterans who for any rea son missed going through the -Woman's gymnasium during " registration earlier this week should report to the veterans division of South building,; which h-s moved from the first : to the third floor. J;, With approximately a ten per '. cent increase over last year's rcc-; ords. 1325,000 veterans are en r listed in universities throughout the country. Because of this evergrowing number and be cause of a national ruling of the University Veterans association prohibiting sending checks Qut after the first ten days in, a., month, October subsistence al lowances cannot possibly be zc: corded and mailed in time. , j, , , To avoid any further delay, all veterans who desire to re ceive their checks by Novem ber 1 should contact the South . building vererans division imj mediately. UP STEERING COMMITTEE The steering committee of the. University Party, will meet at' 4:30 this afternoon in Graham Memorial, Chairman Bob Perry announced yesterday. The meet ing will be held in Horace Wjl liams Lounge. OPEN HOUSE TODAY v y Open house will be held in all the women's undergraduate dorms this afternoon from 4 un til 6 o'clock. Invitations haVe been extended to men living 'in dormitories and fraternity houses. Smith, Archer House, and the Town Girls' Associa tion will hold an open house'iri Graham, while Alderman, Mc fver, :;nd Spencer will be at home in the Parlors. Pishing license sales in the nation in 1945-40 were almost 2,800,000 greater than in the previous year. , ' . " mi- against shipments. But this, ho said would not cause too much who'll take Georgia-and-13! . . . Can't see that stuff at all, so we're gonna relieve him of some of that foolish scratch. . . . Pardon us while we go look out for our financial interests. See y'all at the ball game to morrow. . . . Let's help those Tar Heels get their long-deserved due for the Great Sugar Bowl robbery. . . Yell! ! ! OUR BABY The mocking bird was chosen Mississippi's state bird in 19J9 by the Mississippi Federation of Women's Clubs. , j.- Collegiate Syndicate JUL ari)e3)ailyiarar3Hteel Barron Mills : EDITOR Managing Editor: Earl Heffner Circulation Manager: Owen Lewis Member Associated Cblleeiate Press Howard Bailey BUSINESS MANAGER . it- Sports Editors: Bill Bob Carmichael Goldwater NEWS: Chuck Hauser, Ed Joyner,: Herbert Nachman, Jr., Merrily Brooks, Roland Giduz, Margaret Gaston, Miriam Evans, Charlie Gibson, Charlie Crawley, Laurence Fox, Harry Snowden, Ruth Evans, Sandy Grady, Julian Scheer," George Roberts, Jim Spence. EDITORIAL: Bob Sain, Bill Sexton, Dave Garrison, Bill Buehan. PHOTOGRAPHY: Bill Harding, Wilson Yarborough. SPORTS:' Morty Schaap, Clark Stallworth, Ista Moore, Paul Finch, Dick Jen rette, Bill Kellam, Taylor Vaden, Bill Gallagher. BUSINESS: Eaton Holden, Mary Willis Sledge, Charles Pattison. The official newspaper of the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina, Cha po? Hill, where it is published daily, except Mondays, examinations and vacation periods: dur iii j 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: $8.00. per college year; $3.Qa per quarter. Write Away Miss Braun To You Dear Sir: After having established an International Correspondence Bureau, I on behalf of mem bers on my waiting list take leave to apply to you. May I request you to put me in touch with readers of your paper in terested in friendly correspond ence? Having been secluded from the outside world these long years, and yearning for a real democratic enlightenment and a personal contact from man to man across boarders, my mem bers would only too gladly wel come and answer letters, from abroad. Most of my, members (among them scientists, stu dents, experts, businessmen and other well-educated ladies and gentlemen, and also hobbyists, housewives and even young boS and girls) have a fairly gocli knowledge of - English, but would also be pleased to write in German, if desired. I am sure, my members will try and give their pen-friends ev ery satisfaction. Individuals and groups of persons may communicate with me direct stating their particu lars and interests. All letters will be attended o and all ap plications linked up. If possible, two or three reply coupons should be enclosed to cover ex penses, and also to save time an introductory letter to fu ture pen-friends over here will be appreciated. . Pen-friendships are a step to wards the. creation of jthat inter national friendship and good will that is so essential to under standing and peace, don't you think so? Yours hopefully, .. (Miss) Anna-Maria? Braun. 'SB 'Germany Bavaria Zone. )ustice Featured In National Mag Charlie Justice, Carolina's tailback extraordinary, can be currently found residing on the cover of this month's Pic maga zine now on sale at the local newsstands. Within the mag is a story by Dave Camerer on the Asheville Flash entitled, Dream Boy in Cleats, in which Justice is dis cussed, and analyzed, amid ac companying pictures. Another article on Justice ap peared yesterday in the new is sue of Sport magazine by Wil ton Garrison, sports editor of the Charlotte Observer. The opus is entitled, Justice Tri umphs. FOURTEEN FRATERNITIES The fraternities listed below have obtained chaperones and may entertain women students this week end. Fraternities and women students are reminded that, unless a chaperone is pres ent in a fraternity house, wom en students are prohibited from entering. This plan is to be in effect only September 27 and 28. The list of fraternities: Delta Kappa Epsilon, Chi Psi, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Alpha, Zeta Psi, Lamba Chi Alpha, Sigma Chi, Beta Theta Pi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Phi Kappa Sigma (Satur day only), . Born last April, the Daily Tar Heel brainchild a collegi ate newspaper syndicate was fully launched this fall as let icrs were sent to II college tlaiiy papers from the Univer sity of California to Harvard. Former TII Editor Bill Wocs tendick and Columnist Jud Kinherg dreamed up the syn dicate idea to answer a need for closer understanding and coop. change column syndicate, said that the establishment of such a syndicate would "give a nation al collegiate voice to important subjects and let each section "'of the country know what the oth- crs are thinking." 1 Early response to the suggest, cd syndicate has been heavy and i he DTI I has sent out a final letter requesting that all those who will join the syndicate be- cxchanging eration among college students. 1 gin exchamrinsr columns and Woestendiek, in a letter to pros- editorials according to a sped- pecuve memDcrs or tne ex-1 lied pattern on October 1. 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