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TUESDAY, DECEMBER G, luiu PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR , HEEL SfjelDartij 3fat Xecl fi official newspaper of the T'ublicotion Board of the University of North Carolina. Chanel Hill, wht-ie it is issued daily during the regular sessions of the UnlverxHy by tie loru:l Kress. Inc.. except Mondays, exarrjnation and vacation periods, and the su-nrner terms. Entered as second-class rlt'J l the post office of Chaptl Mill, r?. C. under the act of March 3. 1879. Sub set louon price: 8 W ir year, Vi.00 per quarter. Member of The Associated rM. The Aotiated I'rcsa and AP features are exclusively entitled to the U''f fur republication of all news nml fe.-itures published herein. i.Utlrr 1 UICK JENRETTE in,,.,,," Mnnnoer C. B. MEND EN HA LL. , buiiiimnn t.ilitor - iporfi lit or CHUCK 1IAUSER "' "," BILLY CAKM1CHAEL. Ill (Editorial .SM: Chnrlie tiib'on. Tom Wharton. Wink Locklair, Bill Kellam. Pon5,h rop'.h frjirnfiiyjtunu i ford. John Stump. Veytal Taylor.. !i5i4i At.il- Kuy pucker. Jr.. Zrfr.e Hobbins. bill Johnson, Sam McKeel. Wuff ! Newell, Dv Mayruird. Itolfe NciH. Caroline Bt uner. Bob Hennessee, Graham Jones, Cilenn llnrorn. Your Religious Life Man finds nature harmful to him in many of its aspects; from experience he realizes that certain situations will con tinually be presenting themselves which are unpleasant. He learns also from his experience that the quality of pleasant or unpleasant in many instances depends upon the attitude which he takes toward the sense discrimination itself. In other words, he learns to "rationalize" his experiences by believing in the existence of other factors which, change the connotations of his experience from unpleasant to pleasant The whole realm of what we sum up in eventuality as "Na- i ture" bears a fearsome connotation when man sees it as m& huge, wrathful, rolling 'thing that seems to care naught for man nor beast and which, as such, would leave him with a very thin hope as his greatest foothold on futurity. Such aspects of reality man wishes to avoid. He finds it necessary (inwardly) to invent rational constructs which take away, at least in part, these unpleasant connotations. To make less unfriendly this eventuality in which he finds himself, man finds it necessary to believe in (make useful invention .of) a construct called God. Stating this as indicated in parentheses; man finds it necessary to make useful inven tion of a construct called God. I repeat, in much of his'ex perience man finds the quality of unfriendliness, of evil or unpleasantness. This ever persistent quality of experience continually provokes in man the necessity of invention, of creativeness, bf Reason whatever one is mind to call it ; of Rationalization. ! Man the rational animal feels free to a considerable ex j tent in that he is able to act upon inner compunction in any ; number of ways without serious confict with the world in j which he lives. To the extent that he is able to make inner ; and outer forces coincide, man is adjusted. To the extent that he is able to overcome the conficts that do arise, man ! is adjustive. To the extent that he is unable to resolve the conflicts, he is frustrated. Now where is man frustrated, j that is where inner necessity is thwarted by some outside ; force (empirical necessity), he is able to employ special de ! vices. Where the urge of inner compunction is not satisfied I somewhat directly in the animal, it may become frustrated ! and die. But rational man is capable of inventing special rational devices and, in one way or another, indirectly achiev- ing his end. It is at least plausible that man is not always wise in choosing these devices, and may for the sake of re ' solving some immediate conflict invent devices that will in the long run bring him much more sorrow and mishap. For instance, he may by imposing false values on the external world change its connotations from bad to good so that it , appears not to conflict with what he feels as inner necessity, and by this deception avoid frustration. It is significant, however, that he does not actually overcome the conflict but rather represses it. Now this kind of repression never actually ' Leads One soives anything and serves only to necessitate further deception in order that the previous one might be kept covered. This sort of thing, being familiar enough in human affairs, ob viously can only lead to some ultimate calamity. For when the time comes when deceptions outweigh the actual adjustments, all sorts of things begin to happen con trary to his wish and he finds within himself a . mass of vague but turbulent forces that seem to aim themselves in all directions at once. Man finds his values getting out of control and meanings begin to contain everything but true expression. Life becomes intensely psychological and, the in sane asylums overflow. In short, the world goes mad because the deceptions of the. human mind have sewed one lie too many, and the fabricated reality that could not stand the test of time has inevitably resulted in disillusionment and chaos. It is pos sible, or so it seems, that man is in the process of just this sort of thing. All of it might be avoided. There is a true, positive way to pursue life. We must begin to realize fully the nature of our own functional mind. We must become so aware of ourselves that our inner necessity be recognized lor what it is. We must realize that we are animals as well as rational beings; that as animals we are compelled to be biological in our basic approach to reality, and that as ra tional beings we must construct only those values which will not cause us to pretend among ourselves that this bio logical nature does not exist. Most of you who read this article will grant me the fact that many values which at one period in history may be taken as' knowledge must inevitably become a part of the poitry of some later period. Today, what we call modern religion is merely poetry taken literally. But as such religion becomes a continuous incidental deception, and this decep tion, in proportion as it is strenuously denied to be such, can work indefinite harm in the world and in conscience. What modern man needs is not more religion, but more spirituality. To be spiritual is to live in view of ideals, that is, to live with a constant eye toward the achievement of those values which we can commonly regard as being most desirable. It does not mean that we must live a life of blind faith and worship, but rather one of reasoned hope and great striv ing; not one of weakness and pity, but one of great strength, and with an understanding of heart that is properly season ed with those long run considerations of what is best for the human race. Leif Morgan Letters To the Editor Editor: I have been asked by the Town Men's Associa tion to express in writing their opinions on the unfortunate parking problem here. Since the T. M. A. represents a large body of non-campus residents (many of whom need automobiles at U. N. C.) the organization feels that its sugges tions should beheeded. We do not want any group of students to forego the conveniences of their vehicles. The solutions suggested by and approved by a vote of the T. M. A. are as follows: 1. That the space in front of Venable Hall , be used for parking; it is already levelled, and a short road from the Raleigh' High way would cost a bare minimum; 2. That one-way traffic be enforced on Cam , eron Avenue (between the Lower Qua drangle and the Carolina Inn) and other nearby streets (to be chosen at the dis cretion of the Safety Committee, and that parking be permitted on one side of these streets, between the hours of 8:00 A. M. and 2:00 P. M. The problem is evidently alleviated after the latter hour. Of course, these rulings would be in effect only on class days: 3. That a registration fee be collected for each parking sticker. (We set fee arbi trarily at $2.00 per year.) This fee would then help defray the cost of levelling new parking lots. The University has main tained that it could build new lots if funds were available; 4. And, that the intramural field (beside Woollen Gymnasium) and Emerson Sta dium be used : for - parking during the aforementioned hours. Neither fields are in use. now before 2:00 P. M. We hope that these suggestions will help solve oUr problem. We have spent a considerable amount of timeestablishing these suggestions, and we feel that the Student Body would sanc tion them. Should we be of any further help, Bringing Along The Relatives Distributedby King Features Syndicate by arrangement with The Washington Star you are certainly welcome to call upon us. TOWN MEN'S ASSOCIATION Ben James, Vice-President - In Hill Hall Thi s 'n That AFamily Affair ry told me one afternoon last me; being bar tender." week. "I looked the world over;" he continued, "and I had to come Street to find my By Bill Buchan The Christmas programs given each year in to Franklin Hill Hall by the Men's and Women's Glee Clubs calling." -are always gala, spirited affairs. An enormous, "So?" I said. Being very busy elaborately decorated tree, with multi-colored reading Anthony and C.leopatra, lights and ornaments, has been erected in the I wasn't very interested in Wilbur lobby over there by some of the more enterpris- or his chosen profession. To More Deception ing members of the two ensembles, and two smaller trees have been placed on either side of the stage. Then too, the boys and girls are in their formal clothes for the concerts, which also adds to the traditional scenery. All in all it is holiday setting for the singing of holiday music. Sunday evening's program was, for all prac tical purposes, the local debut of Joel Carter, who replaced Mr. Paul Young last September as of choral activities in the University. The selec tions he chose to conduct and the programing of them left much to be desired for a Christmas performance, performance, yet he evidently had good, sound reasons for using the compositions which were sung. . The opening number, "Rejoice in the Lord Always" by Henry Purcell was festive in spirit and featured a pleasing trio of soloists in the -antiphonal passage: Mary-Kate Rellahan. Carl Perry and John Von Canon. Then followed Palestrina's a arresting "Sicut Cervus," and an anthem which seemed entirely out of place: :"Be Glad Then, America." by William Billings. The Women's Glee Club, which numbered well over 100 voices last year for this program, has been reduced to less than 75 this year, due to graduation, conflicting schedules, and one thing or another. And for these reasons lack of strenght and the time needed to train new mem bers the group cannot be criticized too strongly if their three openings songs did not go well. They sang "Silent Strings," a rather trite offering; the "Requiescat" of- the contemporary William Schuman, which is nothing more than an aim less exercise in wandering up and down the tone scale; and Rossini's "La Danza." This last sup posed to be a wild Italian dance, in which the dancer derives his frenzy from the bite of the tarantula, but the young ladies Sunday evening -sang it as those they had been bitten by nothing more harmful than an out-of-season mosquito. Four unrelated songs were sung adequately enough by the Men's Glee Club, which has not suffered any great personnel losses this season. The songs were an Ava Maria by Arcadelt, a Suabian folk song, arranged by Brahms; Ralph Vaungham Williams' romatic "Fain Would I Change That Note," and "Brothers, Sing On," by Edward Grieg. After intermission, the songs took on a livlier air. The Women's Glee Club presented three old . foreign carols and, , with petite Jocelyn Rhyne as soloist, the men offered John Jacob Niles' arrangement of the Appalachian carol "I Wonder as I Wander." Probably the best number on the printed pro gram was el rhapsody on a Christmas carol by Mark Andrews, sung by the men. The organ ac companiment in this, as well as the other pieces, was competently played by David Brandt. One of the University's most talented musi cians, John Satterfield, contributed and "Alleluia" to the program, but it was not a very interesting or skillful composition for the listener. The work has nothing to build on, no variation, no sense of direction, and none of the imagination which Mr. Satterfield has displayed in some of his other pieces. The program ended with an overly long Christ mas cantata, which contained a hodge-podge of familiar hymns, connecting recitatives and an organ introduction to "O Come All Ye Faithful" which sounds like the end of the world. For an encore, the Glee Clubs did their f am- Wilbur's Vocation By "Wink" Locklair "I have discovered, at long the - Rathskellar. the , other night, Well, Johnny goes out and eats last, my chosen profession," Wil- just standing there and I jok- his supper and I have the entire bur Amberson, my erstwhile bud- ingly say to Ted, I say, howabout bar to myself. Boy, I've got it made. Of course, son, people are making some wise cracks about me and how hard it is to get bartenders these days, but I'm still dishing it out. ." "Wilbur," I said. "I was pretty good too, boy. Only the Bock beer and I didn't get along so well. It has too much foam and besides I don't like it, so why should I worry with it." "Anybody get drunk on you?" "Naw, Some guys sit and sit for hours but they don't drink too much. 'Course I couldn't see out among the tables cause Eddy and Charlie were waiting out there, but they weren't any drunks at the bar. If there had been, I would have thrown them out." "Huh?" ' .'. "I said I would have thrown "It was like this," he said, "Uh huh," I said, "Well I was joking, but Ted said sure, so I went behind the counter - and : started . drawing ; beer. Not actually drawing beer, though, it was really all suds." , he continued. "So," I Repeated. : - : -, :; "So," I'm learning to draw beer here I am down at the bar of and ale without a head on it, but v v i . all "those mugs with too much foam on, I have to drink myself . I'm getting free beer and learn ing a profession at the same time," he said. "Does the GI Bill give you free beer?" "No," I said, "and fuither- Random Shots Christmas is a wonderful thing, and therefore, naturally, more. . ." -; - so is the Christmas tree. We "I didn't think' so,'" Wilbur really agree with the sentiment rushed on, "So finally, I'm pretty behind it, and are firm admirers good at this beer business, but of its beauty, especially when then Johnny (he's the bartender) it is all lit up (like other things says to go wash some mugs out. them out. I don't weigh 135 for at Christmas time!). It does seem Now, I didn't count on that, espe- nothing." to us, however that it is taking eially when I'm learning a profes- "Oh. That's what I thought you things just a bit too far when sion, 'cause I washed glasses for said." the lights on the Christmas tree three years in the army and there "Yessirree, Bub, I've finally burn all day long on December isn't any need to teach me that." found my chosen profession. You 5! The tree spoken of some "So," I said. don't work on Sundays, and when readers may know, is the huge "So, I finish washing the mugs you do work-on weekdays, you tree (bearing about a 'hundred and then I start waiting on cus- only work from two. in the after lights in front of Graham Me- tomers. What a sensation, son, noon until two in the morning, morial. " what a sensation. Me already at 12 hours. Oh well, with Christmas dec- work , in my chosen profession. "Yeah," I said, a Wilbur started orations going up in many towns And the, boy can you imagine towards the door. "Where are on the first day of December, what." . you going now?" we're not surprised, at 'anything "Nope," I said because Anthony "I think I'll go down and 'prac that happens. '-' -. was losing jthe war with Caeser tice a while. Terrific job, ter- Charlie Justice and DoakWal- and I wasn't interested in Wilbur, rific. ..." - ; - ker, most folks will agree, are .-v. .- , : - two of the greatest backs m football today. Both are praised for their passing, kicking, and running; and many articles have been written comparing, the two, with great similarities noted. It seems that the college ca reers of these two football greats should end with another strik ing similarity both of them were injured and were forced to miss what might have been their most noted game, the. one against Notre Dame! i. ous speciality. "Twelve Days of Christmas." It is a produc tion number of the first order and everyone, especially the singers, has a wonderful time. The final encore was "Silent Night." As we said earlier, the Christ mas concerts are much-looked forward to events, and countless hours are spent in preparing the music and the scenery. Sunday night's program ended with everybody applauding every body the audience clapping for Mr. Carter, the Glee Clubs clap ping for Mr. Carter, and Mr. Carter thoughtfully recognizing the singers and the fine wtrk by his accompanists, Jocelyn. Rhyne, William Waters and Mr. Brandt. . ' ., ;', This same program , will be repeated at 8:30 this.' eTtting ' in Hill Hall. It is welj worth hearing. " fcrf 0: ' ACROSS Trfat with' the bands S. Violin maker !3 Feetina . 14. Lid 15 Covered with baked clay 16. RtH 18. First man 19. Healthy 20 Put on 21. Russian rlllas community 22. Splendor 23. Hop stem 24. Type measure 25. Chicken en- . closure 26. Exactly . suitable 27. Outcome 2&. Ancient Afri can native 52. Sort 53. Be fond of 34. Myself 25. Set at an angle ZT. Foundation 35. Cut 39. Fuss 40. Hit 41. Farm buildin 42. Christenins 44. Eafcle's nest . 45. Metal tag of a lace 46. Stresses 48. English city 43. Lons low seats DOWN I. Plant nart jARrABjHlAU.rA H T A L EJP R O N ll4 TIE Lil.uM 1 lEjHe1r1s SfAiPj Ela, ULAJT I E ATTlsriN UjTOA RlSlOlNj c we"a t e IIj s c y t h eJ gEIPG EqTlP i pT wp c I hi il nH n S h p SI K I A T 1 R a nit IdOn Mgj MO A LTpj R EjBU CrlElO N B 0 Olj A & O RELlRlE S Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 2. 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The other is the "half -inebriated Senate Appro priations Subcommittee traveling through Spain. First, the antics of the Senators. The subcommittee, headed by Sen. Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, traveled in a special Air Force plane, including six crew members, two stenographers, three clerks, three wives and a doctor Dr. William E. Lovelace of Albuquer queto look, after the health of New Mexico's Senator Dennis Chavez. "They call ihis a junket ," carefully xplained Senaiof Thomas io newsmen, but thlt's a mis nomer. The country's spending seven billions of the taxpayers' money, and ihe taxpayer is - entitled to know how the money is being spent. ' That's what we're looking after." But the Senator glossed over the fact that the U. S. A. is spending not one cent of money in Spain. "One of ihe Senators, had a relative in Spain he wanted us to meet." Thomas ex plained, presumably referring to Senator Chavez. . " . Arriving in Madrid -at 3:30 P. M. Saturday, the committee was received by Foreign Mini ster Martin Artajo, then attended a reception at the American Embassy, then drove the next day to Toledo, attended a fiesta witnessed the trains ing maneuvers of some young bulls for a bull fight and saw a gypsy "Flamenca" dance. This column is not interested in whether a public offical drinks or doesn't drink. We have no great concern even if he gets blotto as long as it's in private. But when a group of U. S. Senators spend the taxpayers' money-on an of ficial mission where they represent the United States Government, then they have an obliga tion to keep sober at least in public. . t 'The United States has great prestige in Spain. Americans are considered sober, hard-working people. Therefore, it does not help us as a nation when a group of Senators act as if they were on a week-end binge. Senators Maybank of South Carolina and Robertson of Virginia were abstentious. But in varying degrees, their collea'gues were not. As the festivities wore on at Toledo, the Spanish hosts tried hard to get food into their friend, Senator Chavez of New Mexico, who kept mumbling; ' "I'm a Catholic, a Spaniard and a Yankee gentleman, and I don't give a who knows it." Finally, Senator Thomas, whom the Spaniard press referred to as "Cotton" Thomas, corralled most of his committee plus the Spaniard hosts around a table as if he were presiding over his . Senate Agriculture Committee back in ' Washington, and tried io hold a hearing. Bui everybody wanted to talked at once. Finally, J the Senator from Oklahoma concluded: 'I move that the Foreign Minister convey' this ' information to this young man, the Ambassador." He pointed to Charge D'Aff airs Paul Culbert son, who is not an Ambassador, due to the fact that "the U. N., in a very important debate, has voted against. Ambassadors to Spain. '.'He," con tinued Thomas, "will then convey it to the State Department which always keeps the Senate well-informed." In other words, if the Senators were going to get their report from the State Department any way, they might just as well have saved the tax payers' money and stayed at home. Finally, one American asked Senator Thye of Minnesota: y "Why did you come here at all? it's obvious that you can't see anything during this brief week end." . "Well," replied Thye, who at home is a seri ous, hard-working Senator, "We have a Military Attache here. And we have - a Naval Attache here. And we have consulates. And it's our duty to see that ihey are properly representing the United States." " "But you arrived on a Saturday afternoon when these offices aren't open," remonstrated the American,, "and you leave Monday morning be fore they open." You're seen a fiesta, you've had a siesta, and you've danced a flamenca," added an American lady, "but what have you seen of Spain?" Undaunted, ihe Senators flew io Paris in their vast fund of week-end knowledge about Spain, ihey announced that Diciaior Franco should receive an American loan of $100,000, 000. Note Maybe the Swedes were wise in not rolling out the red carpet for the Thomas Com mittee. In contrast, here is what the Junior Chamber of Commrece is doing in Texas: The Jaycees' program is called "Universal Understanding," and since they have no Air Force airplane and can't use the taxpayers' mo ney to tour Europe, their plans are not so am bitious as the Senators', though probably more effective. What they are -doing is forming contracts by mail with groups of young men in Europe in order to exchange letters and get better ac quainted. The Jaycees of Amarillo, Texas, for instance, are writing to young men in Salzburg, Austria, which is about a two-hour drive from the Iron Curtain. In Salzburg, Austria youth ai first formed ihe Austrian-American youth bridge in order io learn more about ihe U. S. A., laier wanted io sei up a Junior Chamber of Commerce of their own. Next year ihe Amarillo Jaycees are sending a Texan io Austria so ibey can all get better acjuainted. This unspectacular, people-to-people friend ship by a lot of American groups all over the country 13 doing more to plant a solid founda tion for peace than all the junketing Senators combined. Eventually, and if practiced widely enough, it may buijd a more solid understand ing than the Marshall Plan.
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