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THE DAILY
The official student publication of the Publications Board of the Univer-"
sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where it is published daily, except .Mon
day, examination and vacation periods, and during the official summer terms
Entered as second class matter at the post office in Chapel Hill. N. C." under
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Editor
Managing Editor
Executive Editor.
Business Manager
Sports ' Editor .
News Editor
Society Editor
Adv M;r
Assoc. Ed L
Assoc- Ed
Wallace Pridgen
Sue Burj-ess
- -.Bev Baylor
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News Staff Grady Elmore,Bob Slough. John Jamison, Angelos Russos, Deenie
Schoeppe. Wood Smethurst, Janie Bugg, Ruth Hincks. Wanda Philpott, Sandy
Smith. AI Perry. Peggy Jean.Goode. Jerry Reece.
Sports Staff Ed Starnes. Tom Peacock. Martin Jordan, Vardy Buckalew.
by Rollo
Pressing Problems
Lenoir Hall, Aha, that is all
you have to say around here to
get a rise. Well, this time just
rest easy. This is a note' of
congratulations and thanks to
the busiest chow line in Chapel
Hill. Busiest should be accom
panied with "one of the best"
this time.
Last quarter I took a sharp
poke at Lenoir for allowing
moss to grow on my shoes before
ever getting around to feeding
me. . Some folks consider that
was too durned sharp a poke,
in fact one fella, not at all
connected with the place got
down right mad,
The management didn't, and
took the sputters that appeared
under the preceding name,
The advising system at Caro
lnia is singularly sloppy. In
fact, it is poor to the point of
not being a system at all except
in name. The first elusive grasp
that the freshman gets on how
the -advising - set-up works is
usually by sitting silently by as
his advisor perfunctorily fills
in the.blue blanks with the sub- '
iects he must 'take. The student
-then trots--over to Areher"House
.ts". his class ' cards and in a
few days finds' himself in a
eljjss completely outside his
own choosing. If he likes it,, it
. only by the grace of the gods
nul . gcod fortune, not by the
exertion of his individual choice.
; . Such a situation, however, is
i!'deretandabie oh the General
.Ccllee level since students must
take stand arized courses with a
minimum of variance. When he
enters a major, however, he is
supposedly ! at the stage where
what h-2 takes is for his own
C 1if1cation rather than for the
University which in General
C liege deems various and sun
dry courses necessary to make
th student a "well-rounded in
dividual." So -.the student sets down j to
Scheme out a schedule' that will
cover the bread required fields
and still satisfy his own intetec
liia! appetites. Not knowing, ex
c pt by chance acquaintance
witli fonone who has taken a r
particular course, much about
a.ry ol the - multitudinous
courses offered under the fields
allied to his major, he turns,
to his advisor for that special
Express Yourself gf
TAR HEEL.
FRIDAY. MAY 2. 1952
(1 V j.
BARRY FARBER
; ROLFE NEILL
...DAVID BUCKNER
. JIM SCHENCK
BIFF ROBERTS
.JODY LEVEY
DEENIE SCHOEPPE
Lit. Ed ;
Sub. Mgr .,
Circ. Mgr
Natl. Adv. Mgr
Joe Raff
.Carolyn Reichard
Donald Hogg
F. W. White
Taylor
cooled them down and recog
nized a legitimate gripe. It
seems they were having, a hard
time finding a solution to a lot
of work problems and even at
the time of attack realized their
shortcomings and were in the
process of doing something.
They did. The average time
for getting through a line now
is less than ten minutes. You
can't find that in too many "hash
houses." The food is greatly
improved and attendance has
picked up to evidence that. To
day it is running smoother than
it has in the last four years.
The management is to be con
gratulated for doing a top rate
job in seeing their shortcomings
and then doing something about
it. ...
Now it is natural that no
advisor , can know everything
about each subject offered in
a University, but it would seem
that he should have some . in-
, sight into a few subjects offered
outside the student's major.
Much to the bewilderment of
the once-delighted disciple the
advisor says, "Sorry, I don't
know much about this particular
course except that it's taught by
so-and-so . and would probably
be a good one."
It is obvious in the catalogue
who teaches the courses and
there is a title attached, but
this is scarcely what the student
has come to discover. And the -course
might be a good one the
question is, would it be good for
that, individual? And this is not
the isolated answer, it is the
accustomed . one, leaving the
student still groping in the dark
as to which -of the ten billion
English courses would be best
for him. He doesn't even ask
that the advisor" discuss with
him his individual aims .as to
what he wants out of his col
lege curriculum. This is the
ideal arrangement and one that
works successfully at many
universities and colleges.
There is something lamentably
lacking when all the advisor
does is either leave the student -at
loose ends to find out about
the confusing web of courses or.
I , else. alitrarily insists that since
he needs a course in English
and since "Monastic Manu
scripts of the Middle Ages" hap
pens to coincide with a free hour,
thi js wh-t he should take.
.by T. Mac -Long
Characters
ve Known
Those who know him call him
Nippy, after a comic strip char
acter who is a' mouse by pro
fession. Just when Die Pf eifenraucher
Week has come to a close it is
especially appropriate to have
y a column about the founder of
the Club, Herb Teichman, al
though he has been on the list
" of attractions for some time.
Nippy is very much of an
athlete, among other things, and
an expert on various sports
he has told me so himself on
many occasions. On football he
is extremely outspoken, and for
good reason. Long a star in the
sandlot association, he has ex
pounded his views v on the col
. legiate competition freely and
critically. He can tell you why
any game was lost, by pointing
out obvious errors in the stra
tegy employed in -it. Many is
the time, when the - prospects
have looked dim for the old
white and blue, that the cry
has gone up. loud and long
from ths stands, "Send Teich
man in!" Somehow, howeyer,
King Carl has never complied.
We just can't understand it.
Stellar figure that he -is in
the football world, he is even
more outstanding in: the sphere
of basebalL Herb has explained
that the only reason he never
made the varsity or any other
baseball team was that he
didn't have a glove. Undaunted,
he did exhaustive research in
the field of gloves for the men
on the diamond. He found that
many players, especially the out
fielders, use 5-finger gloves,
-while the infielder uses a 3
finger glove, and the -first-base--.
- man has a glove with 2 fingers.
Nippy went right to work and
came up with an indispensable
one-finger glove, now employed
by practically all umpires.
0 Herb is in his prime at 3
party. Not at all a heavy drink
er, he livens up parties for the
enjoyment of the other guests.
He has an act an impersona
tion of a drunk -which is
really ( convincing. It seems to
lack something, however, when
he is far away from the con
ventional party beverages.
Nippy will loe remembered
along with Valentino as one of
the worlds great lovers. Modest
about it, however, he. fell into
the gutter this fall when a coed
spoke to him on campus. (He
tells this fantastic tale, anyway.)
Incidentally, have you gone
recently to a late show at the
Varsity starring Groucho Marx?
If so, you have been afforded
the pleasure of seeing a merry
group complete with burnt cork
mustaches and cheap cigars at
tending the movie together, en
tertaining the audience in the
line outside the theater, inside
before the show begins, after
the show, and at other various
-intervals. Invariably, one of the
group will; ;- ask 1 f the leader,
"Pardoril me, H would you care
to join rhe?"; tp which the leader,
with a twitch "'of ' the eyebrows,
will reply, "Why, are you falling
apart?" On closer observation,
;, you see that the leader in these
escapades is our own Nippy,
founder of the Groucho Marx
ciub. ;7,'v
As you can readily imagine,
by David
Reviews and
MOON, TO PLAY RALEIGH:
F. Hugh Herbert's long running
comedy hit "The Moon is Blue"
will be presented at the State
Theater this Saturday, May 3,
at 2:30 and 8:30 p.m. The matinee
offers a special attractionad
mission to Carolina students for
$1.20 for regularly priced ad
mission of $2.40 and $3.60, upon
presentation of I.D. Cards.
The comedy which starred
Barbara Bel Geddes on Broad
way, is still going great guns
along the great white way, and
has been endorsed by the critics.
This particular production, under
the direction of Otto Premin
ger, stars Hiram Sherman, Mar
cia Henderson, and James
Young.
COURAGE, PERSISTENCE,
AND KRAMER: You have prob
ably heard something about a
man who came to Hollywood
with $1.50 and three paper clips,
and stayed long enough to
make four films, establish six
major stars, and win an academy
award. After this phenomenal
success, people said he was
doomed. No independent could
keep going at that pace. "They
were right Stanley Kramer Is
no longer an independent he
has practically become half of
Columbia Studios.
Kramer needed Columbia, and
that studio could certainly use
him. After "All The King's
Men", and "Born Yesterday",
they were anxious to keep on
giving the public good films.
(The following is an attempt on the
part of the Cornell Daily Sun to ex
plain the role of freedom of the press
"in terms of the campus community").,
. The need for communication
can arise only within a com
munity. To a lone correspondent,
this group may comprise no
more than two persons. To a
newspaper, this community of
presents a broader segment of N
humanity, its readers. But in
both cases the function of com
munication remains the same:
broadly stated, it " is the fulfill
ment of individual needs ;f or
complete and accurate informa
tion. -
The function of communica
tion, so stated, becomes both the
ideal and the interest within
the community. In seeking to
present these facts objectively,
a newspaper can never com
. pletely identify itself with those
particular groups and indivi
duals whose, action are news.
... With the same degree of
certainty that a newspaper de
velops a distinct interest within
the community in its search
for facts and its presentation
of news, so does it come almost
invariably to hold opinions of
its own, based upon, the infor
mation which it acquires and
the fundamental philosophy of
Herb to think of the idea of a
; Carolina Pipe-Smokers Club.
And, undisputably, jt is his
spirit which has guided the club
through its first year, and which
will be indelibly stamped on
. the organization throughout its
What Others Are Saying
Alexander
Previews
As a result, "Death of a Sales
man" has been a boom at the
box. office, and "The Four
Poster" is ready for release.
My pick of these Kramer-Columbia
films is one that you prob
ably have not seen as yet. "My
Six Convicts" is based on the
best seller of the same name.
This film, with virtually no big
name stars, is well done by a
team of people with 'know-how',
has action which is both inter
esting and entertaining, and is
true-to-life.
My choice for a personal
award would be Millard Mitch
ell, who portrays Connie, the
first convict to help new prison
psychologist Wilson (John Beal).
The other five are' portrayed by
Gilbert Roland, old silent screen
star, Marshall Thompson, Henry
Morgan, Alf Kjellin, and Jay
Adler, brother of Luther Adler
who played John Wayne's enemy
in "The Wake of the Red Witch".
At first glance of the film, they
may seem unlike prisoners, but
make no mistake about it, they
cause Wilson, and themselves
quite a bit of trouble.'
To anyone who ever had a
job to do, with great odds against
him, this film will be pleasant,
and to anyone who has not, it
should be an inspiration. No
matter what mood you may be
in, "My Six Convicts", which
plays the Saturday late show,
and regularly on Sunday at the
Varsity Theater, is 104 minutes
of good'film-f are.
its personnel . . . As soon as
these opinions become value
judgments . . . they enter the
province of editorial comment. ,
In exercise of both! of. these
prerogatives news evaluation
and editorial comment the,
newspaper may seek to influence
the action of individuals within
the community, f but this influ
ence is limited by the bounda
ries of news interest in the first
case and logical persuation in
the second. , ,
The fusion of information,
opinion and action which is
inherent in any direct partici
pation by "these individuals in
community affairs is as injurious
to the community's need for ob
jective information as it 5s
dangerous to the continuous in
dependence of the newspaper.
Just as a newspaper can arise
only within a community, so
must its provision of information
and its prerogatives of news
evaluation and . editorial com
ment ultimately be guided by
those beliefs and principles
which itr considers best for the.
community's continued exis
tence and prosperity..
The independent, individual
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collections of objective data and
iri the presentation of editorial
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sponsibility of a newspaper to its
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gation to inform, and the free
exercise of its right to influence,
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