NOVEMBER 11, 1951 PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL The official newspaper of tfee Publi cations . Board ef the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill flvhere 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 Editor -Glenn Harden Managing Editor ........ Bruce Melton Business Msnager Oliver WatMns Business Office Manager ..Jim Sehenelr Society Editor -Mary NeB Boddie Sports Editor , Billy Peacock News Staff - Thomas McDonald, Barbara Sue Tattle, Clinton Andrews, . June -Pearson, Thomas Long, Virginia Hatcher, Betty Kirby, Jody Levey, Joe Raff, EBwnttt Nesbit, Betty Ahern, Wood Smethurst, Trueman Hon Sue Btoress. Bill Scarborough, Eaiiy Dunlop, Jerry Beece. David Buckner, Varty : Buekalew, Punchy Grimes, Bob Wilson, Jim Nichols, Paul Barwick, Bob Pace. Sports Staff Zane Rbbins. Ken Barton, Alva Sterart, Eddie Starnes, Buddy Northart. .. , .--. jbUfittW Saffi Flpsicfc., Jferves, Wallace Pridgeh, Gerry Miller, Richard Adel ,Bhein, Frank White and Robert Drew. w - He who has lost honor has nothing else to lose . . . PwbliJius Syrus -' " Why? Have you ever asked yourself why you have heard of Jesus Christ of Nazareth? ' An absurb question," you reply. But just this comment in itself is ah example of God's action in-T history and on you. -t Here is a picture of this humble' mountain mover. His disciples misunderstood Him. The respected religious leaders called Him a blasphemer. The crowd which shouted, "Crucify Him" had welcomed Him with open arms only a few days before. He had none of the things which we consider a meas ure of success today wealth, high social position or high income. His main influence was merely over twelve men, most of whom were fishermen who could neither read nor write, and even one of this small group deserted J esus for thirty pieces of silver. Again I ask Why Stave you heard of Jesus? What about the word "love?" Christians consider it basic in their faith "God so loved the worlJ that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever belie veth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. What sort of love is John talking about here? How does it differ from the love that you know? - . . You've probably heard the terms "lost" and "saved." Lost from what? Saved for what? What do they, have to do with your everyday life here at school? - , What I'm really asking here is "Have you given Christ sn honest chance?" There are men here on the campus who have dedicated their lives to helping youi. Have you become acquainted with them and honestly tried to find out why they have-so dedicated their lives? You owe it to yourself to know better this Jesus who has so profoundly affected so many people-over such a long period of time. Letters Madam Editor: An open letter jto the Student Legislature; - On Monday nighty ou will con sider the question of approving or not approving for campus vote an amendment to the Student Constitution, which, if approved, could have very serious reper cussions. Think of this question not as one which affects the school year-1551-1S52, but' one which affects years to come. resolution presented by Legisla tor Gene Cook, to consider ad justing the powers of the Publi cations Board, The resolution asks that the words, ". . . ap- portionment among vae student publications" be deleted and in their place substituted the words, ". ... and distribution in accordance with the budget es tablished by the Student Legis lature." I seriously doubt whether Mr; Cook realizes the implications of his proposal, and challenge one: of his "whereas" clauses. In the first place the people "who drew up our Student Constitu tion after a great deal more study and . consideration than I believe Mr. Cook has given the ' matter, - purposely gave the Board powers to shift funds from one publication to another. This was done for a very good reason. iio 4her student activity oper ates in the same manner as stu ficst . publications. Because a Ipsfe percentare of needed mon y necessarily comes from adver- - ' r i . seeor..-- vK?s matter at the Post OUice of C" Hill, N. C, under the act of Mr,:c :i. .ISIS. Subscription rates: mailed f 4.00 per year, $1.59 per quar ter; delivered $6JX) per year and $2.25 per quarter. - ' Subscription Manager Chase Ambler Associate Editors . Al Perry, Beverly Baylor Feature Editor Walt Dear Advertising Manager-. Marie Costello News Editor........ ........David Buckner tising revenue, the exact amount on which each publication can depend can never be determined. Therefore it must be flexible in order to allow one publication "to bail out" another. This was done last year when some $3000 appropriated to The Daily Tar Heel was shif ted to .the Yackety Yack in order to meet contract : ural obligations. This could , not have been done under the pro posed amendment. We have hired a financial co ordinator in order to keep a sort of "running audit" on our pubA lications and he works closely with the business managers and the Student Activities Fund in order to be at all times aware of the financial situation of each publication. . Insofar as possible, the Board attempts to keep within the bud gets .it submits in the spring, which are approved by the Leg islature. But never in the history of publications at Carolina has this been entirely ; possible; I think the reasons are obvious. The Publications Board has no political desires as a ibody We realize that the power, f: the Board extends only to financial supervision of Carolina publics tions. We were elected by the student body for this purpose, I' strongly rewrnrnend that this proposal be defeated .as I am convinced . that " the present method of operation is the nJry one feasible over a pcariod of y ears. Frank Allsicn. Calxm&zir The PubU czlions Bo&rd An Honorable This is the first in a series of articles sponsored by the Order of the Grail and with the coop eration of Student Government m the hope that through under standing the student will feel more certain of himself in living under, and participating in, an honor system . . . Ed. I Must what the hell is this honor system? We had it thrown at us for a solid week during Freshman Orientation and I have not heard from it since. I reckon it is here to save teachers the trouble of being policemen. They are overworked nyway they . keep telling us." We have had an honor system at U. N. C. since 1875 working with varying success, depending on the character of the student bodies. Overall the system has been a great success especially when compared with schools not having an honor system. - As we know, when we enter the University we are on our honor not to lie, steal, or cheat and to report anyone, who does. No compact was ever more plainly written. Of course, the more familiar application of the system is in quizzes where we "Blame it on the coach. You can but I won't even if we lose 'em all. The fair weather friends that are sending powder puffs to the team and the peo ple who are circulating the 'Goodbye Carl cards may be having fun but their efforts are not going to make them win more games. If Snavely goes, he'll be re placed by someone who'll prob ably win a few games for a few" seasons and, then lose some for a few seasons. The Justice era is over. It was over last year too, and people just don't seem to believe it. If we want it' again, alumni will have to do more scouting than the coaches who get healthy sal aries to do such work, plus the employees and friends of the University who do scouting on their own. ' - Take a look at our schedule. There's not one easy game. State, Georgia, Texas, South Carolina, Wake Forest, Maryland, Tennes see, Virginia, Notre Dame, and Duke. At best, we might have had a 7-3 record. At our worst, lose them all, and more optimis tically, break even. Then take a look at Tennessee's, Princeton's, California's, and a few. of the other leaders in the nation's football ranks. They all have breathers. We don't have any. It might be - courageous, ' and character building to have a ) rough schedule, but it doesn't? help to make a winning football: season. c. - i Take a , look, at f the stars oil our team. Several of 'them ar playing varsity ball for the first I time., They're,; playing , good balli and as they have more experi- ence, they wiH get better. i As for the claim that a coach plays favorites, it's prob ably trus." But it was true when we had a winning team for five straight years. One other factor o pksyer who's here oa ft schol arship may est xncce cosacldera- -lion tli an one who's made good.. by Walt Dear Over The Hill - Man exchange, for our pledge of hon or the right to leave the class for water, or a smoke, or a chat with our classmates, or even to take home quizzes to do when we feel like it; the instructor know ing that he can trust us. without continually looking over our shoulder. But we have other advantages under an honor system. At many universities without honor sys tems all students are searched when they leave the library. At others student publications are censored. At hardly any but hon or system schools can a student leave his books or coat some where on campus and expect to find them when he returns, or CPU Roundtable Have you ever been arrested, held in jail for several days, been brutally beaten in the proc ess, and found yourself help less to do anything about it even though you were completely in nocent of any crime? These things and worse have happened to many thousands of guiltless citizens and could easily happen to you. Occasionally the public is aroused to indignation by a. dramatic violation of civil lib erties such as lynching, a Cicero riot, or a particularly shocking case of police brutality. Of more importance are the innumerable lesser cases which rate little or no .mention in the papers. The mosf frequent violators of our rights are the police, who are supposedly here to protect us. Eachof us has the right to be secure in his person and prop- erty from unreasonable search and seizure, to be safe from un justified arrest, to be secure from unlawful violent treatment, to be informed of any charges against us, allowed to consult a lawyer, and be given a prompt hearing in court. The most com- v mon violations - of civil liberties are: villegal search and seizure, , police brutality, arrest on false charges, illegal detention, false -identification (usually by police pressure on witnesses), wiretap- . ping, and failure of law officers ; I to prevent infringements of civil liberties by private persons or r groups. Police work, unfortunately, does not usually attract the higher type of man., On the con trary, it tends to attract the pet ty tyrant, the sadist, the person with a grudge against humanity. Of course there are some fine policemen, but all too many are willing and even glad to sub stitute the third degree for ef ficient police work, to arrest on slight suspicion, or to arrest a lot of innocent people in a "drag but isn't sponsored by the Edu- Catioaal Foundation. ; j The alumni, who are always interested in the question of I Coaches, may be partially to . 'alame for the poor season. They i ire the ones that apply the pres ; sureT pn Jhe coaching staff to ; ?u;tfiis -o'iat man on the field. - ' ! Someof: the tunes that have i been cculating ? around about x ; he coach are interesting, if not onirirrfentaryl One of them, to ; ihy ttther-'spir tl"he-r -.Old ; .Grey Mare. "goes ".like . .this? : The "Old" , : grey fox he aiat what he used to be, aint what he used to be, Cilnt wimt ht..ssed to bo. ' Oh, thft : " eld 'sseprpn . jai xsk&'hfi isiffid te t isan loagyears aOb? -naveiys middle name by the by Ham Horfron are newspapers left to be sold without a vendor. The idea, of course, is this: 0te of the primary tasks of a university is to train honorable men. It is certain that a man is not honorable if he does not cheat because of fear of a moni tor spotting him. A man is hon orable when, given an oppor tunity to gain something by dis honorable means, he does not. This is the raisoo. d'etre of a honor system. The idea of pun ishing violators is secondary and is necessary simply because a violator is placing all other stu dents at an unfair disadvantage. And, having broken faith with hie fellows and the faculty, is not worthy of their company. net" in order to make a good showing for the newspapers. Most people seem to feel that it is a wise policy to adopt a servile attitude when dealing with a policeman, especially when he stops and questions y ou, because if he doesn't like your looks or the way you talk he can always find something to arrest you for. Unfortunately this is too true. College students see ing the country -during vacation have been thrown into jail for "vagrancy." People have been arrested and fined for "disorder ly conduct" or "drunkeness" or some other trumped-up charge for "talking back" (i.e refusing to be bullied or pushed around) to a cop. Most of the fault for this steadily worsening state of af fairs lies with the apathetic at titude of the public, which re sults from the common belief that "it can't happen to roe." The public is not aware of many of these cases which . occur in every community practically ev ery day because" most newspa pers consider them too common or too petty to print. The very fact that the newspapers con sider them too ordinary to be newsworthy should be ample cause for alarm. Much of the public's fault lies in it's own ig norance of the law and of in dividual rights. Of course, the police are at fault too. Most of them are indifferent to civil lib erties, looking to them only as a hindrance. Many of them are only interested in making the number of convictions come out even with the number of crimes, and if a. few innocent people are arrested and convicted, that's too bad. Or, on a slow day they pick up a few "vagrants" or "drunks" just to show the chief they're on the job. The local and state courts, too, are at fault for ac cepting illegally obtained evi dence, - giving disproportionate, weight to a policeman's testi-i mony, and, particularly in re-! corder's courts, for convicting on flimsy evidence and gaining re venge for the city by levying excessive fines, knowing that most people can't finance an ap peal to a higher court. Just how serious .is this situation, what does : ii mean for each of us, and what can be done to improve it? This vital question will be diseussed by the Carolina Politi cal Union at "its regular weekly meeting tonight atS:C0 in the Grail Jtoom at Graham Memor lGL AH who are interested (and everyone should be) are cordial ly invited to attend. ; ; ' cr Dead?- . i
