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Ay p. - : M 1 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1931 PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL A 6 Six ing a f Mary t Re to th. ! Camp f assists manaj j Reflec the C a fnci ' He gr in joi t Rec Beaui ; 101st infidj with .,; Rec of W to Cj . tie . key," ' ist V ' pany from in ch . ed U Fort Re Gree : Inc., ' Re. s E A ' R a f r 1 HC i i if. The official newspaper of the Publications Board of the tlniversity of Vorth Carolina at Chapel Hill, where it is published daily during the regular sessions of the University at Colonial Press. Inc.. except Sun.. .Aon.. L'xio4iiaUons and vacation periods and during the official summer terms when published swmi-woeklv. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office of Chapel Hill. N.. C. under the act of Mrch 3 1879 Subscrmtion .price: 58 per war. $3 oer auarter. Member of the Associated Press, which is exclusively -n titled to the use for republication of all news and features herein. Opinions cxp.v.'u o. cvjiuiiiiitslo div "t ncce&sai ii.v uiooe oi una newspaper. Fditor .. Rxevutive News Editor Managing Kditor usiness Manager Sports Editor Staff Photographers Don Maynard. Associate Ed. Andy i djior, News Ed. Frank Allston, Jr.. Associate ipls. Ed. Faye Masseiigill, Society Ed. Business Staffs Boots Taylor. Marie Withers. Charles Ashworth. John Poindexter. Hubert Breeze. Bruce Marger. BUI Faulkner. Pat Morse, Chuck ,bernethy. Martha Byrd. Manle McGenty, Lamar Stroupe. and Joyce Evans. Marie Costello M- Lay-out. For This Issue: Night Editor. Don Why Donee Investigation? This afternoon a committee of 'the Student Legislature will conduct an open meeting into "the procedures and past ac tions" of the University Dance Committee. It should be the duty tf every student to xaise questions in his own mind about the Committee, and, if an unaswered perplexity arises, seek to find out about it by participating in the hearing: , To clarify the reasons behind the Legislature investigation, and to throw a little light on the "procedures and actions" of the dance control body, it is necessary to know a litfle past history, anti to read tne Student Constitution.. The Dance Committee is made up of representatives from several student government and private organizations, in cluding the Grail, the German Club and the professional schools, members appointed by the presideht of the student body, some holdover members, and a faculty- adviser. ; Its job is to "make rules concerning the conduct at dances, subject to review by the Student Legislature, and it shall enforce these rules." Furthermore, it has original judicial jurisdiction in, cases arising from these rules. Those beyond its jurisdiction are referred to the appropriate council. " t The Dance Committee assigns members and employees to all dances employing "live" music given oy Dona fide Uni versity .organizations (Grail, German Cluo, fraternities). These employees and members have the power to remove from dances any persons who violate uance regulations. Drink ing, causing undue disturbances, and unjusuiied hell-raising are against committee rules. Besides expelling violators from the ctances, the committee has the power to prohioit Violators from attending any dances under the jurisdiction of the Dance Committee for certain periods of time. The most dramatic incident relating to the committee was one that came to light in a column last week by Chuck Hauscr, Executive News Lditor of The Daily Tar Heel. The student described by Hauser, evicted from a dance by the Dance Committee, had received notice by mail that he had been suspended from attendance at all dances under jurisdiction for the rest of the quarter. He had not been called for trial or hearing before the committee. He had privately admitted his violation. There are several other facets of the Dance Committee character that have, been questioned by students. One is the question of pay received by committee members and em - ploy pes for their policing chores. Another is the question of just how many committee members are needed, at the present nightly, rate of $5 per member to police dances. Still another is-the-question of how far does the jurisdiction of the com mittee go, and to what extent is justice being rendered by the committee in its decisions. All these questions will come up in the investigation being conducted by the Student Legislature. There are perfectly satisfactory answers to some of them. Others need answering. There are undoubtedly some procedures, practices and cus toms that should be revised. There are some past actions that could stand looking into. Students should be on their toes to keep up with the investigation of the committee. The Daily Tar Heel editorial column will have more to say on the prob lems and finding of the investigation. Topflight Speaker List The speakers scheduled to appear here under the auspices of the Carolina Forum are men whose views, experiences, and present duties will rnake their talks doubly interesting in view of the present world and national situation. General Clark, Senators Kefauver and Saltonstall, and ra dio commentator Edward R. Murrow are all well-versed in their fields, and all have had ample experience in their pro fession. And even more important, these men are all recog nized as leaders or as future leaders of important segments and aspects of the nation. Clark, one of the' youngest of high ranking Army personnel, is slated for even higher position as our- armed forces expand. Kefauver and Saltonstall are both on the rise in-prestige and influence in their respective political parties, and in the service of their nation. Murrow is one. of the most objective, learned,. and astute journalists of today, and hs pioneering of radio journalism promises a bright and useful future. , j .;c i-'oi urn speaker hst is an imposing and interesting one. Students should take advantage of. the excellent opportunity to gain insight and knowledge of the nation and the world's problems. .... . .1 , wttl ROY PARKER, JR. .... CHUCK HAUSER .... ROLFE NEILjl. ...... ED WILLIAMS .. ZANE BOBBINS Jim Mills, Cornell Wright Tom McCall. Subs. Mgr. ieal cadieu. Adv. Mgr. -Oliver Watkins. Office Mgr. Shasta Bryant, Ctrc. Mgr. Maynard Sports. Zanc Bobbins on the Carolina FRONT by Chuck Hauser I've got no particular gripe about the Dance Committer ot the job it. is doing. I just don't like the way it is doing it. We need such an organization to keep conduct at our dances o a gentlemanty plane. I've, seen too many schools where a cam pus dance seems like more of a conglomeration of H.uxcdoed drunks than a buncii of college kids having fun. I don't want our dances to be that way, and the Dance Com mittee has done an admirable job of keeping the drunks out of dances here. I would guess right offhand that a majority of the students attending most big dances, here have had a snifter or two before they get there. But the presence of Danqe Committee members does a double job of keeping the drink ers from imbibing too much be fore they go to a dance and ais of making sure they don't shovt the effects of their socializing when they get there. The procedures of the Dance Committee, however, are strict ly rotten. The group has been in a rut for at least five years, sen tencing students without giving them trials unless they ask for them (and they can't ask for trials until they have already been informed of their guilt and punishment). '' - Every year, when the new Dance Committee comes in, the chairman of the court (almost always a holdover member), faculty adviser Marvin Allen, and Ray Jefferies of the Dean of Students office explain the procedures to the new members, and the- Committee starts the year by doing exactly the same thing that every Committee be fore it has done. I'm a little afraid that the pub lic hearing on the Dance Com mittee scheduled for Graham Memorial at 3 o'clock this after . noon .will hear more complaints about specific actions of the group than about its procedure, which is more important. But some attention should certainly be paid to specific issues, such as: 1. Who selects menlo get. the cash rake-off for serving as "doormen" during campus dan ces? 2. Why aren't the doormen hired through the Student Aid Office in South Building, so the jobs would go to students who need the money to put' them selves through school? 3. .Has the sale of the Woollenj j.yiu suit uiiiik concession uy;; the person granted the fran chise ever been authorized, and1'? if so, by whom? 4. Again, why is this job not filled through the Student Aid Office, subject to the approval of Woollen Gym officials? I will be watching that hear ing this afternoon with a great deal of interest, and I would like to see a great many other people there, too. This is some thing which should be of interest to a large number of students. My heartiest congratulations to Vice-President Herb Mit chell, who appointed the in vestigating committee. Herb saw a bad situation and is taking steps to correct it. , The Dance Committee situa tion, however, is not the only bad one oh, campus at present. I'm looking forward to more investigations andor some in trospection and self -induced changes in a few other organiza tions around Carolina. On Campus The president of the Con solidated University, Gordon Gray, has quite a stake in the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., makers of Camels, in case you didn't know. And the news has just rolled in off the wires that Camels outsold every other cigaret on the market in 1950. (They're also a good advertiser in these pages). Following the humpback cig gies were Luckies, Chester fields and Philip Morris, in that order. Pardon us while we run out to bum a weed ... "Where Were - j HSrORlQHT ( in to stirtiy TROOPS 1 cfi I Tar Heel I bade a tearful farewell to the nickel, t'other day, when the cost of the common phone call soared to a dime, and so bemoan the passing of the work horse of our coinage, the simple jit. For years the little round hole on the right, in the public telephone, has been an arsenal of yes terday's values and source of considerable com fort to people who do not understand Bretton Woods, parity, or the Brannan plan. You were secure, at least, in the knowledge that they hadn't yet been able to inflate ahone call. The childhood of my generation jwas founded firmly on the nickel, with its cute little compon ents, the five firm copper cents. You could be sick for a week on the licorice whips, striped jawbreakers, Johnny cakes and al-day suckers to be had at the corner grocery for jfive cents. The price at the Friday mo'tie, when Ben Turpin or Tom Mix or Mabel Normand were providing simple pantomime, was ten cents, or two nickels. The wonderfully gaseous assault by the foot-tall ?oft drink cost only n.- special occasions when you folks for a quick touch, you started; at a dime, iilfetlel gladly for a nickel, and were not too vain tQ accept a single cent. , " If you went back far enough, the red-fronted stores which proclaimed their five-and-tcn-cent wares, actually had a nuurilire of delectable merchandise for those sums. The nickel cuppa cawfee was standard, as was the nickel hot dog, the nickel bus fare, and the nickel sandwich. I recall St nickel milkshake, too, in lieu of its lordly successor which now approaches Scotch whisky in terms of barter. If there is sufficient gray in your wJiiskers, you remember when a nickel got' you a nod of thanks from a waitress and served acceptably as a tip to a cabdriver. It did not own the dime's dignity, true, but many a bellhop palmed. five cents from a professional baseball player and Now Hear This There have been a lot of changes in our Stu dent (Council set-up proposed recently. Most of them have been based on the uncertain future of campus life and are supposed to strengthen the Honor System so that it can survive the rocky days ahead. This interest and concern is a very healthy sign. The suggestions, however, have not been characterized by much deep thought. ' The old cry "abolish the appeal" has been heard again. Some student leaders have been try ing to change the two-court appeal system ever since it was adopted nearly five years ago. How they can oppose a device which helps insure an accused student of a 'fair deal is hard to under stand. They want to return to a set-up which was proved unsatisfactory when It was in effect before. The most recent exposition of this idea con tained a statement that when the student consti tution was originally proposed in the convention of 1946 there was po reference to the right of appeal and that somebody "slipped in the ap peal." This is not true. Dissatisfaction with the old council system was one of the primary reas ons for the Constitution in the first, place; From the first draft the two-court appeal System was in it. In fact the appeal. was. accepted as being. You Guys When We At Large a nickel. Except hit up the old Were Winning? by Robert Ruark, 35 said thanks, even if he didn't mean it. A quarter was riches to a youngster. Today I still get a thrill out of a round, solid 50-cent piece that I have not recently beqfi able to ex tract from the dwelling of a denatured dollar in my jeans. Hard money has ever been a comfort ing presence in the pants. In not-so-recent years, it is possible to recall that the sandwhich-and-lemonade man made the rounds of the campus "each night, accepting a jit for each of his wares with pleasing humility and the certainty of a profit. Fifty cents bought a pint of nourishing, home-cooked corn whisky, which provided the same effect of yearling Scotch at 90 cents an ounce. If you had 20 nickels you had a full day's sustenance, a pack of cigarettes, and transporta tion two ways, with a gob of gum thrown in for baksheesh. The 20-cent haircut was no stranger in a good barbershop, and the shoeshine cost five single pennies. I believe the going price for a swift neck trim today is either a buck or a(buck-and-a-quar.ter, while the shine boy spits in your eye for less than two bits. A little less than 1Q , y&tfs'. agp, on an ex tremely modest salary, I 'was' the proud proprie tor of a seven-room-brick home, orfe" servant, one car, one wife, and 13 bird dogs. The summa tion todiy is the same, except that I-somewhere lost the housetfnd' i4 th ,12 . tJjhis docs not seem to be financial progress. But all told you might have gone along with the 50-ccnt decrease in buying power of your be draggled buck if they had left us at leas one symbol of old times, the five-cent phone call. If. the nickel dies, as die it has, the dime's death is just around the corner, and day alter tomorrow I suppose we will, uncheerfully get up two bits for three minutes of small talk on Mr. Bell's modern miracle. by Jack Lackey desirable from the start of discussions in the committee which drew up the Constitution. There was good reason to be unhappy about the old system. In those days a student could be accused, tried, convicted, and riding the bus home in the course of one evening. There were rumors that occasionally students had been framed. Justice was so rapid then that it was hard to believe that it was entirely fair. It is difficult to see how the appeal, which is designed to help insure justice, can possibly be a cause of anyone becoming disillusioned about the Honor System. There is no justification for any public bickering between the lower councils and the Student Council. The judgment of the Stu dent Council is the final authority as far as stu dent court cases are concerned. If the Men's or Women's Council members' feelings are hurt that's regretable, If they make a mistake that can't be reviewed and corrected, that's deplor able. .' It is not the purpose of this article to imply that there is nothing wrong with the Honor Sys tem. There are many faults in the way it is op erating today. Most of the troubles come from the lack of emphasis on "honor" and not from deficiencies in the "system." Let's keep our right of appeal. Someday you or I may need it. The Editor's Mailbox 'Give Us More Of Barry Farber' Editor: Give us more of Barry Farber! Budget cutting and fewer issues of The Daily Tar Heel woul i go unnoticed with this fellow around. He can say more in tu-. paragraphs than anyone on your paper. Why? Because ht- combines: Maturity.. Timeliness. Humor. Individuality. Impartiality and a host of other qualities needed by a news paper man. k Let's hope it does not take too long to hear from him again! Louiso Lamont We Had A Letter, But . . . Dear Editor: I don't write this letter because I have to . See? But I was n proofreader last night for The Daily Tar Heel and I looked on the editorial page and there's four big inches of nothin'. Purr snow-white blank space. So, I write a letter to the editor, like everybody else. We had a letter once, but the author called us up and claimed he was out of his head when he writ it, so . . . I ain't gonna write about the Dance Committee, because 1 don't dance . . . and I ain't gonna write about what's wn.n with the Honor -System. Proofreaders have no honor. I don't give a dern about Student Aid, the Draft, Commies on Campus, Coeds With or Without, and Mattoon, Illinois, Sex. Clubs. Maybe I just want 1o see my name in print once before I graduate from this joint. Excuse me, but a guy who reads everything that The Daily Tar Heel prints gets an urge to write once in a while. Once in a long while, thank goodness. ' Al Perry Rolling by Don This is the story of a car. It's the meanest, most ornery, most ingratiating vehicle Mr. Henry Ford ever devised. But I love the jalopy. You've probably seen the thing roaring through the streets of Chapel Hill at a nasty 20 mph. It's a green coupe with dirt all over it and four new tires. It was born in 1935, had its in sides reworked and a new heart of steel installed in 1937. My car is 16 years old, looks 32, tries to run like it's a new born babe, but all it does is grind around like an oldtimer who has been on social security for 10 years. I have had it for a year and a half, and have loved every mo ment of my association with it. In those 18 months I have come to know it intimately, inside and out." How else could I have kept it running this long? Our friendship has run hot and cold, depending on whether it was winter or summer. The heater doesn't work in the win ter, but the engine certainly does the job in July. So you see, it's a very versatile auto. It op erates with cab temperatures which range from 120 to close to zero. ' I last became very, very mad with my car this past summer when the needle valve on the carburator gave up the ghost and stalled the engine right in the middle of Fayetteville Street in Raleigh. But, like L'il Abner's French taxi driver, I gave the valve a rap with a hammer, and it ran long enough for an emer gency operation at a nearby garage. My car and I came to be good friends in the months that fol lowed. Rain or shine, hot or cold, ACROSS X. Small tied 4. Former coin unit of Slam 9. 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Fortunate ly I had company aboard, and the three of us pushed it to the curb, where I fixed it. That is. I tapped the needle valve '(that old trouble) with my hammer. And it started up again. So, we three rode to the Waffle Shop, parked the car and wont in the eatery ior a snack. The car was left outside to wait. Headed to Chapei Hill back from Durham, and with the trouble "fixed," it only stalled in the middle of the highway four times. Fortunately some considerate motorists happened along each time and pushed us until my Ford's engine coughed back to life. The last time It conked out, however, no amount of push ing would start it. Happily, a tiny two-pump service station fully equipped with a V-C me chanic and Ford parts was right on hand. It took the mechanic two hours to take out the entire fuel pump, carburator and affiliated parts, install a new pump and get my little car running and healthy again. So now I have a dependable car once again, and we are on the best of terms. 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