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he Silent Ones Time Magazine has decided we are the "Silent Generation;." by Dill Drown At the beginning of each quar ter, there is a certain sum dock ed from the student under the heading "block fee." From this block fee come many of the ac tivities we enjoy on campus." j.ime iviagazine nas decided we are the "Silent Generation." T f l A 11 It is difficult to tell whether our snhinx-like Qualities are I L Jll lllV fl looked on favoribly by Time or not, but the weekly news magazine has us definitely labeled. ' " ine .November 5 issue tells the world that we are "grave and fatalistic," "conventional and gregarious," "the girls want a career and marriage," our "morals are confused," we "ex pect disappointment," "want a faith," and "will serve." But mostly, we are silent. v Time sees us in comparison with the "flaming youth" of a generation ago, with the idealistic and liberal-ideae youth of our grandparents, and with the depressed youth of the thirties. Time also listed the following points for comparison. We have probably fought in a war, and are counting on having to fight another. We don't seem to think much of the current one and accept it with a "What's the use? We can party just as hard as our parents did in the twen ties, but we do it more, discreetly, lose our heads less, drink less. . ' ' ' - We want good secure jobs, with big corporations, and we aspire to suburban life. We do not want to mine diamonds in South America, sail around the world, or find a " cure for cancer. - In every phase of life, we feel the "government will take care of it." - , We are probably just as promiscuous as were our parents, possibly a little more so than the youth of two generations ago. But we are not so showy about sex. Time says, "Whatever its immoralities, it commits them . .". because it enjoys them, and not because it wants to demonstrate against Victorian con ventions y.l ; ? ..: ; " ' ' - r We expect disappointment. Time sees this in such con temporary novelists as Truman- CapoteV William Styron. and Fredrick Buechner. ' . : ' We are afraid. Time is just slightly behind The New York Times andother leading publications in discovering this. We are afraid to speak up on any issues (with the possible ex ceptions of race relations and world government). We are afraid of the legal and social persecution that goes with being tagged "subversive," "poor security risks," and the like. This is one good reason for our silence. ... "We are turning back to God. This is a part of the general seeking for security. Yet we are not sure where to look in our need for faith and safety. We have no heroes: We prefer debunking the eurrent po tential heroes to idolizing them. Not even in sports, for we have seen them successfully ae- - Is There is our subscription to The Daily Tar Heel. From this fee we get the Yackety Yack. Among the many activities this block fee goes to support is one called the Student Entertainment Committee. The SEC uses its share of the block fee to bring top-flight per sonalities to the campus. The idea is grand. Likewise are the artists the SEC brings to campus.-' There is a hitch, Tiowever. All is not as rosy as it appears on the surface. This quarter over 5,000 students paid a block fee. The SEC got its share of these more than 5,000 payments. But it is not supplying enter tainment" for 5,00G students. It is hardly even supplying enter tainment for half this number. The blame does not rest with the SEC, nevertheless. The fault is with Memorial Hall. No matter how one looks at it, Memorial Hall is not suffi cient for. 3,000 students let alone over 5,000. Granted that if we had a mod ern .6,000 - seat auditorium, it bunked, We don't blame anyone. iWe seem to bear up under troubles with, less self-pity than did our parents. And we accept almost any deal we get as in the order of things. : V And we are silent about the order of things. DAILY CROSSWORD THE DAILY TAR HEEL CLASSIFIED ADS BRING QUICK RESULTS 1. Knocks 5. Ferry-boat vaf.) 9. Insurgent ' 10. Fragrance i. Inner, portion of stmspot 13, Skin, disorder ti. Thus 13. Mwswwktf twich & . At a distance tS.GirKa SO. Scold. 2eittiy vetch :M. lin&v of Morocco IT. Oil of rose jt9. Fofto of ' 'crane . Absent Underdone 5. Metsl can Chiidren'3 game 39. An age 40. Constel lation At. Knave of clubs' 44. Negative reply .45. Soothing ointment 47. Bird 49. Guide $0. Broken coat of cereal grain (pi.) 51. Serf 52. Warbled DOWN 1. Mount' again 1 2. wFp-y$rn 3. Saucy 4. Killed 5u Club . Melody X. Fresh warter algae. (Bot.) & Dauby & Country oX Al 11. Swiss river (po&s.) 16. Moving part (meeh.) 19. Ensnares 21. Deity 24. Cutting tool 26. Rowing- implement 25. Rodent 30. Pressing1 31. Cuts to fit Into a : mortise 33. Bark 35. Russian news agency 867 Angry 3$. Clothes wl6LrHApletsH A A F UfO aTv f n 3T JT N Ftf r AT HER 5ra E bTeIg a n "s t aIbs acTs vaIc ma t g ST T A R li?K MT f S ' ' R i a n y " jcjAlSlTt IRfDiStel Yetr4yV Awer 41. Baking: chamber 43. Unit of quantitative ' - meter r 46. Before 48. Forbid t m r v " 5 W1, 7Z & r 7T n 3T- 55 AO 41 77 4Z 43 77? 44 45 4e 77 47 8 '111 WfITTW, would not be filled 'for every, one of the SEC activities. For some it would not even be half full. Regardless of this, it is hard ly fair to .make 5,000 students pay for what only 2,000 students can benefit from. This is espe cially true if all the students wantedto take advantage of the SEC. : : : The SEC has been used only as an example to prove that the Memorial uditorium is insuffi cient from a practical standpoint. Probably no proof is necessary for most students on this point. Assuredly no proof is neces sary to prove that Memorial Hall is not sufficient from a comfort standpoint. The seats installed in our largest assembly hall are probably the most wretched ever conceived by man. Not only is this clear to the student body, but Chancellor House and President Gray have, both made mention of the fact upon occasion. We . do not get a new auditorium, however. We don't even get any new. seats. Instead last year the North " Carolina Legislature appropriat ed money for a new coliseum to be constructed in Raleigh at the State Fair Grounds. When one considers that Ra leigh already has Memorial Au ditorium and Reynolds Coliseum, there seems to be little reason why there should be a new coli seum constructed at the State Fair Grounds. This is especially true when it is considered that Carolina needs an auditorium so desperately. Might I suggest that the North Carolina Legislature hold ' its next session in Memorial Hall. If they'll do this, we'll have a new auditorium. The Doily Tdr Heel The official newspaper of the Publi cations Board of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is published daily at the Colonial Press, Inc., except Monday's examina tion and vacation periods and during the official summer terms. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office of Chapel Hill. N. C, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates: mailed $4.00 per year, $1.50 per quar ter; delivered $6.00 per year and $2.25 peswquarter. Glenn Harden Bruce Melton Editor . 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