FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1952
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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
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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. 1379. Subscription rates:
mailed $4.00 rer year. $1.50 per quarter;
delivered $6.00 per year and $2.25 per
quarter. '
angerous
Recurring incidents of flogging and, nightriding violence
in the Columbus County section leave one wondering about
what is being done to- stop or discourage, sucK lawlessness
It is true-that the incidents have been and are being in
vestigated but as this is written we have heard no report of
any arrests; The Record realizes the difficulties encountered in
an investigation of this sort, but they are not insurmountable.
Certainly, the information sought is worth all the effort re
quired to dig it up. And it sometimes happens that when in
formation is gotten together it is not followed up.
No efforts should be spared in running down the lawless
elements responsible for the Columbus County floggings and
prosecuting them immediately and vigorously. Otherwise,
the trouble which has been plauging that section may spread
into other communities This is the way such vicious busi
ness operates. As long as the germ of violence exists, it is
likely to spread anywhere and everywhere.
Riff. . . by Joe
- Some guys are lucky and then
there are the kind like the
author of this column.
' The sun (at least) rose beauti
fully the day before last and
all was going well as I slept
through my first class. The night
before was cleft from social life
and study and I remained in
the room for two reasons. The
first was a common cause no
money. . I had two dollars in
change won in the- previous
afternoon's poker match and
that, I noticed from my finan
cial tabulations, was to last me
the remainder of the month.
My book-keeping has never been
too good, but I felt that the two
dollars in my pocket were still
precious. The other reason for
hermitting myself was that my
rather desperate editor had not
received a column from jne for
some time and. I felt I should
fulfill my obligations to her by.
'wringing a few words "out of
my Underwood, The lights
burned late and I finished two
columns.
This somewhat eased my. men
tal agitation and guilt complex
for not appearing at the 'news
paper office for several days anci
I slept peacefully the rest of the
night. I shoved the, columns in
to my pocket the next morning
and started to class. , . "
I had just started for my trig,
class when" I realized that I was
no longer the proud possesser
of the creative work I had earlier
crammed into my pocket. They
were gone and so was I. YI arrived
at mv trig, class as the instruc
tor was saying "all: who were
late see me" and I; still hadn't
recovered the columns after a
forty-five minute search of the
campus.
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' The mly 'tme we fully realize the heart break and suffering that can come with
Infantile paralysis is wherfrlhpe sot very close to us those we love so
dearly. Sometimes only tHen do'we'wishihatweiadcontri to the March
of Dimes campaign so that we might also share in the benefits of this great cause.
So please try to GIVE to the MARCH OF DIMES before the end of this month. Many
families in Chapel Hill have been aided by this fund. Safeguard yourself someone
cl6se to you may be next. Be sure to drop those extra ciwnes into the boxes provid-
Glenn Harden
Bruce Melton
Editor-in-chief
Managing Editor
News Editor
Sports Editor
Society Editor
Feature Editor
David Buckner
Bill Peacock
Mary Nell Boddie
Al Perry
Joe Raff
Literary Editor
Beverly Baylor
Sue Burress
Ed Starnes .
Nancy Burgess
Ruff in Woody .
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Assoc. Sports Editor
Assoc Society Editor
Photographer
Germ
Raff
I was resigned to go to The
Daily Tar Heel office in the
afternoon and write up another
column. This meant only one
thing. So I cut phys. ed. and
went. My sad tale has not yet
begun.
I was thumbing a ride to
Graham Memorial and was only
a block and a half away when
someone picked me up and
offered a ride to town. I accepted
the offer, got in the car, and had
hopes of writing my columns
and getting out the literary
page for Friday instead of the
usual Sunday. A3 I thanked the
generous driver, I- shut the door
of his car. shoved my hands in
to my pockets, and started walk
. ing across Davy Poplar to ; the
Tar Heel office. Horror stricken;
I was hit with the very, sd
knowledge that my two dollars
was . gone and probably behind
the seat of the car in which I
had. ridden. By the time. I rea
lized; this, the car was out of
sight and though I chased
through' Chapel Hill proper I
was unable to retrieve my two
bucks.
Dismayed I climbed the stairs
to the office only to find that
the books which were to be re
viewed for Friday's literary
, page were lost and there was
no hope of finding them. These
have to be paid for . . . What
would you suggest?
My only solution is to find a
friend who owns a revolver and
is willing to lend it out.
The dayjs not over yet and I
feel certain something else will
come up even more dis-hearten-ing
than the above. At leasts it's
column material. .
This ain't a review column
but when I smell something
and know - where the scent is"
coming f rom, . I like . to pass the
word along.
There is a hot movie playing
over in-Jialeigh now, and if I
had my way it would be the ,
comedy of the year. Something
by the name of "Wild , Blue
fonder." This is all about the
B-23 and how if won the last
war. -And f course, "aboutr the
men and the women that made,
the old ship ; fly.
The way they told it the B-29
was everything, from a dive
bomber to a garbage scow. The
plane carried the picture and the
picture was garbage. It was
still funny along the Smileen
Jok line.
The finale is the clincher. Our
hero stands on a hill, chin up,
jaw set And ami around a babe.
Off in the distance comes the. ,
roar of B-29's and the recruiting
office version of "Wild Blue
Yonder."
Even the good movies are
aeainst us. Pictures, like
"Cvrano," "Streetcar." and the
truly good ones spoil us for the
usual Hollywood trivia.
After seeing one good mov'e
a year, the general public thinks
a high point has been reached
and each picture after that will
be good. Tain't so. Hollywood
vrould make more money if they
didn't release, the better movies.
Then the public wouldn't gripe.
They would know what to ex
pect " all the time from Holly
wood; the same old plot with
the same old stars and served
; with the same old popcorn.
But movies still have their
educational value. As of now I
am a veteran of countless wars.
I fought the Indians from Roa
noke Island to the Pacific Coast.
I have come face to face with
Cocheese four times. I know
the general terrain of Korea
; and am eligible for an expert.
- infantryman's badge. I fought at
Shiloh twice, rode with Jackson
and Jeb Stuart and charged up
Cemetary Ridge at Gettysberg
six times.
Other than that I have learned
many languages. I speak Arab
best. Now you gotta hand it to
them fellas, they speak some
kinda fancy. "I shall return
to the land of the Bedouin tents
and find a woman who can plait
a rope from the tail of a horse
and weave a camel's hair blan
ket." Man, that is fine talk. -
Enough of this, by the beard
of Allah, I must now return to
the dormitory of steel and mar
ble steps and find a roommate
, that wears the coat of my : size
and drinks the nectar of; my
1 choice. I need Test too. An old
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arrow wound is acting up. j
Madam Editor:
Why don't you leave the poor .
suspected University employee
alone? It is obvious he has done
nothing, for if he had he himself
would have forced the issue to a .
head by now. Why? To gain
the prestige that would be avail
able. k. As the America", plains
Jndians had systems for counting
coup - (acts of glory) so -do the
American, politicians. Doing a
good job . is the lowest. Next
comes stealing without detec
tion. Then suspicion of stealing
without actually doing anything.
Next, suspicion, which is accom
panied by actual stealing. The
second highest is conviction and .
release from the government
service. (Temporarily at least.)
The highest" honor is stealing,
getting convicted, and retaining
the old job, or getting an even
Madanie Editor:
In regard to the editorial
"Wake up Dorms" appearing in
the January 20 Daily Tar Heel,
I would like to clear up a few
matters of fact that are obvious
ly aggrieved in the mind of Mr.
Walt Dear, author of the edi
torial. -
Connor dorm was very fortu
nate in being chosen for the ex
perimentation with social rooms. '
It seemed to me that the plan
was working fine, so I talked
with Mr. J. S. Bennett, Director
of Operations, last November
about furnishing Joyher. This
was before the dormitory resi-
dents, not the dorm council, vot
ed unanimously to spend the
$200 in the treasury plus the
amount that could be raised here
in the dorm to buy a television
set. The opinion was that we
would get some help from the
University in decorating our so
cial room. We were willing to
help in every way possible to get
our room furnished but we need
ed some financial backing. - This
backing, I thought, was coming
from the University, but I
learned only last week that they
had no funds and could do noth
ing at the present time.
We like parties as well as
Conner does and work was to
Reviews An d
To a small but enthusiastic au
dience Spanish dancer Vela Mon
toya and supporting performers,
danceis Juan de Leon and An
tonio Valero, guitarist Antonio
.Rodriguez and pianist Neal Kay
an presented a" program of varied
I classic and modern routines
Tuesday ni ght in Memorial HalL '
The effectiveness of the per-
. Vformance was limited since the,
dances songs, piano and guitar
v,t solos eemed to require more in
timate surroundings than the au
ditorium furnishes;' but this not
at all diminished the exuberance
; ; ; ?t ; th.e. , Performers.,, They, and
i - especially Jvliiss Moritoya, are to
' be congratulated for this.
Some of ' the dances, wiien
.Miss Montoya was not present,
gave the impression at times of
people trying to catch butterflies
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better one. If the employee n
motion could fit into any of
thege tQp cate&ories he would
,d ubt see to it that he got
there. Obviously, he has done
nothing; therefore, 1 by keeping
the matter in doubt, he achieves
at least the minimum prestige
which goes with mere suspicion.
When the matter comes to a final
.close, he will no doubt be re
turned to the lowest category,
and thus will end his career. Do
not think for one moment that
he would miss the opporunity to
get top honors if it were within
his power? A conviction at this
point could lead to a bigger job
in the state or even national
government. Who knows, if we
run out of generals it could lead
to . . . well who knows. So let
him alone. Is it Jt air to take
away his last scrap of notoriety?
John Gibson
that end. I would have liked to
see our social room completely
furnished before we attempted a
party. . The plans, now, seem to
be somewhat slowed. A party
is already in the planning stage,
even with our limited facilities.
Now, with no backing from the
University, we will have to buy
some furnishings out of our $200
that was set aside for the tele
vision. Well admit that $2C0
won't buy nearly as much as
$1,000. My feeling is that dormi
tory men .should not have to fur
nish their own building. In com
parison with . the other schools,
we seem to be sadly lacking in
this respect. They have put some
furniture and a few desks in our
room? but we heed drapes, lamps,
ashtray stands, and some tables
to replace the desks we now
have. We would like to have
these things, but how?
Here are the facts, Mr. Dear.
My point was that before you
write articles condemning cer
tain dorms, you should, first in
vestigate the situation thorough
ly. Then, maybe, you could im
prove our plight, not make it
worse.
True, two years work with so
cial rooms rriay go down the
drain, but is it our fault?
Joe Hamrick
President, Joyner Dorm
by J. D. St roup
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in the dark, . but the major por
tion of them, aided by vivid cos
tumes, wire vivacious and sty
listic in the typical Spanish man
ner. A few of the numbers were
familiar, such as Falla's "Ritual
Fire Dance," and Miss Montoya's
three songs with guitar were a
highlight of the evening. It is
only a pity that the dust of the
Memorial Hall, stage doesn't add
to the beauty of Spanish dancing
or dresses.
The Southeastern Hispanic
Foundation, which sponsored the
program, is to be congratulated
also for its efforts in education
as well as entertainment. ; It
would seem very worth while
for other such, organizations1 :io
be concerned With cultures vfe
have .to. live and not !fight with.
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