PA CI! TWO
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
South Carolina Censors
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Problem?
Tin; South Carolina General
Assembly recently passed a resolu
tion 1 ecjuestin ; the- State Library
Hoard to take out of eirculat ion
books which are "antagonistic and
inimical to the traditions of South
Carolina.'
This resolution, although wrap
ped and padded in the ponderous
phrases of legislation, is obviously
aimed -at .books which portray fav
orably or advocate any mixing ot
the Xet;ro and ..white races on a
desecrated basis. . . t
The danger to which this action
points is not that the South Caro
lina Legislature is 1 1 1 i the Su
preme Court decision. That fact
lias been well illustrated by other
actions of the body. The clanger
represented by this resolution is
thiit, in order to -light the courts
decision, the South Carolina Leg
islature seems to -have no 'qualms
about denying the lehef on which
all democracy is founded.
W ithout the belief that each per
son will : rept the good and re
ject die bad through his own judg
ment, a democratic form of gov
ernment would be an untenable
idea.
South Carolina is not the. first
state to attempt censorship. Gov.
F.ugene Talmadge of Georgia 'in
19.J1 ordered that all books which
reflected disfavorably on the South,
the liible or Georgia be removed
from the libraries of Georgia' col
leges and schools.
No group has the right to decide
what others '"'shall read. Facts and
situations do not disappear because
the" printed. records of them are re
moved from libraries or burned.
The censorship of the individ
ual conscience is . the only rightful
one which should operate. The
South Carolina Legislaure should
be mindful of this fact.
The x.'ople of South Carolina
and every other state should re
member that . group censorship'
gains power most easily when the
individual conscience ceases to be
alert to such action as the resolu
tion of that state's legislature.
John C. Brooks
(Student Brooks, a freshman
from . Greenville, has a lot to
say about the student aidomo
bile problem. Written in the
form of a letter to the editor,
his remarks are presented here.
The students' have until May 1
to offer the Board of Trustees
an ansicer to the problem.)
Since the election is over and
there is no possibility of de
stroying any political issues, I
think that it is time to ask some
deep questions. The following"
ideas are only food forethought
and have not been investigated
to much extent.
Is there actually a car problem
in Chapel Hill? Have the stu
dents been deceived? Are the
merchants backing the restrict-
Should the cars of students not
be restricted, then the 1 local
'merchants would have to! com
pete with the neighboring shop
ping centers as.they,:would with
their next door , neighbor. i
Of course, lower and fairer
prices in Chapel Hill would be
a shame and unthinkable. But do
the merchants have enough in
fluence "on the trustees to per
suade them to look out for their
interested minority?
Since it has been done before,
let's turn this one over in our
minds. Before we find too good
a solution, let's find a real pro
blem for it to solve.
ing
of students cars?
What Do Most' Want?
Two sides ofVme of the hottest
stories of the century:
f m ?-
From the Patriots of North Car
olina Inc. this week came a plea
for membership. The Patriots' let
ter said:
' Our Negro citizens, as a whole,
hae been satisfied until stirred
by outside . agitators . . We a re
convinced that 05 percent of the
white people and a majority of the
colored people believe that it is'
lor the best interest of both races
to maintain segregated schools."
On the other side of the fence
is an article in the latest issue of
The Reporter. Written by Negro
Williant Demby, the article says:,
-What Scnitheiili'aiW4,;pp6,lbej
hae been slow tti uficleista ulris
that the agitation lor desegrega
tion does not come from the North
at all: it comes from the Negro
middlecl.tss minority in their own
Lac k ds. .. t f
' How can a Negro doctor with
an income of more than S500 a
week continue to accept the hu
miliations of everyday ' life that
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Curtis Ganar
make a mockery of the status he
has managed to acquire? He owns
a ranch-style home and a Cadillac,
yet his treatment in his own com
munity doesn't differ substantially
front that of the poorest sharecrop
per." .
As for the claim that the majori
ty of Negroes believes in contin
ued segregation, writer Demby
says, "...when white opponents of
desecration claim that 'most Neg
roes' have no desire to attend in
tegrated schools, that they just are
n't interested in desegregation, they
are not far from the truth if they
.are referring to Negro sharecrop
pers who inhabit the ghostly
stretches of pine woods and bed-
i af-.u- 1 a . i)
laggieci uufui paidics. jj
'Oh te Mm argumeltHitbAtof!
j'ohtfcicjle git?jors,". botlUisdes are
correct to some degree. Thc Na
tional Assn. for the Advancement,
of. Colored People behaved-; badly
in the Autherine Lucy case and in :
several cases before. . :
IVut most of the Negroes - steps
toward integration in the schools,
as reporter Demby says, have been ;
made by those "in their own back
yards." In many cases, the NAAGP "
has been asked to help it has not
initiated the cases.
As for the second argument,' the
Patriots are wrong and they -know
it. Southerners would le kidding
themselves if they believed the
Negro wants to continue his separ-ate-and-ecpial-but-unecual
existence
Just Gall
Central &
Get A Date
Western Michigan College stu
dents recently found a solution to
the perennial, weekend dating
problem which might be success
fully applied on the .Carolina
campus.
Their problem concerned co
eds who went home on weekends
because they didn't have dates
The complaint about dating most
often heard on-" the UNC campus -on
the other hand, is the lack of
coeds available for elates.
One Western Michigan men's
dormitory, deciding something
should be done about the weekly
coed exodus, offered to arrange
dates for any coed who would call
the dorm during the weekend.
They made the offer in the stu
dent newspaper, and immediately
the phone began ringing.
Ninety-five dates were arranged
by the men's dormitory for date
less coeds, out of a total of 147
calls. 'The -demand was so great
that the dormitory was forced to
call on other men's dorms for help
Per ha ps an obliging women's
dormitory on the UNC campus
could start somejt lung like this to
help those Carolina males who so
frequently voice a complaint about
the lack, of dates. Certainly there
are coeds here who don't date every
, night in the weekend. ..
have not yet
that the need
observed car
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I ask these questions because
I am not convinced that there
exists a car problem in Chapel
Hill sufficient to necessitate the
solutions that have thus far been
presented to the students.
As far as the debate between
the students and trustees con
cerning the current problem is
concerned, the trustees have won
the first round.
. I say this because the students
have conceded the first half of
the debate by admitting the
need.
Personally, I
been convinced
exists. Having
problems in other towns through
out the state during the past
several months, I have concluded
that the Chapel Hill problem is
by far the smallest problem of
such nature.
It is true that there are more
cars Per capita in Chapel Hill
than most other towns; however,
it is also true that there are
many more of these cars un
used in town per capita than in
most other towns. By observing
the congestion uptown, I con
cluded that for a one-street, two
block shopping center, there is '
t .ji.onusufa' packing problern that
'pafkini l6181 have not ?lVe(M'
buiitwnicli'swould be solviad byt
the prohibition of any student
...cars. ,
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I; haviftrcliecl iforjaripther t&c':ilegqihJRaleigh, got conicrhed ' to the corsage, stafe.'1
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ever gets
nroblem.!' TerhiiDs i tho' truth is.'.'") bought for his airl. ISo he
sas 'follows: "I- ' U found out. lime? He spent the ; .
The Chapel Ifill merchants ,are J holidays working for a florist1 .
today finding that the stores in
Durham and Raleigh are practic
ally like next-door neighbors,
whose prices must be reckoned
with. They find that students
are more and more taking their
trade to shopping areas where
prices are fair.
Should the cars of students be
restricted, then the Chapel Hill
monopoly would again be re
stored, since more students
would have to shop on the Hill.
Letters
The Daily Tar Heel editorial
page always welcomes letters
from its readers.
Letters, to be published, must
be signed with the complete
name and address of the sender.
They also must be in good taste.
.in Raleigh.)
At this time of year, much
thought is given to the beauty
of nature, and particularly to her
floral manisf estations. ,
If everyone reacts to the price
of flowers as I do, perhaps some
consideration should be given to
what goes into corsages to .make,
them so expensive. ;
In a $5 rose corsage there will
usually, be 10 roses, which gives
us a cost break-down of 50 cents ,
per rose. This sounds frightening-r
ly expensive, but let's see;what
we get for our money.
Logically, the first step in the
creation of a rose corsage would
be growing the rose. j
. Commercial flowers art- grown
in greenhouses where nature v is
not directly depended vppn: to
furnish the heat and water neces
sary for growth and development
of plants. Assuming that -intakes
During this.period. someone has .
had to ;niaintain a constant tem
peratureav.and; moisture :in the
greenhouse, which calls for the
consumption of many gallons of
water and a fantastic amount of
coal. -
. Let's not forget also the time
and labor that goes into the plants
and the expense of that labor.
Once the rose blooms and is
ready for cutting, it must then
be cut, packed and shipped from
the greenhouse to the florist's
shop. During the time between
the cutting and the compounding
into corsages, the roses must be
kept under refrigeration to keep
, the buds from opening and fall
ing apart
Now that the 50 cent rose has
reached the florist's shop, it has
incurred a cost of approximately
25 cents!
, The next step, between the bush
and bosom involves the labor of
an employee of the shop. First,
, the stem is stripped of thorns .
and foliage and cut' at a point
Then a strand 01 wire is in
serted into the epicalyx, or green
part of the bud, and twisted to
form an artificial ; sterh. Green
plastic tape is then wrapped";
around the base of the bud and '
twisted down to cover the wire.
Then a cluster of similarly pre
pared roses is put together and
taped into place. ; '
Coming into the final stretch,
the employee bends the stems in
to the desired shape, attaches a
bow of silk ribbon to the aggre
gate stem, and places the work of
art in a cellophane bag. The bag
is placed in a box and put on dis
play. , '
This has brought the cost of our
50-cent rose to somewhere be
tween 35 and 40 cents, leaving
a "'profit" margin of twenty to
30 per cent, out of which rent,
utilities, advertising and other in
cidental costs must be paid.
So now in the final analysis we
see that the cost of our 50-cent
rose to the. florist might be as
high as 45 cents, leaving him a
whole nickel to himself, if he
is lucky.
And after all, even a' florist has
a right to -make a nickel here
and there. .
Li'I Abner Capp
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The new bill passed by thp ,
calling for relaxed restrict 5
class, states that the present 00 '
ble to both students and instr5
tionable. Legislators could b s,1i
water by tampering with thk
At the end of last sender
dents on probation in l,45os'h
tually being dropped bwause
meant that one in every th
trouble in one or more subject'
True, this was just in General -for
absences in other colleges s':
strewn through many file cabLC "
It seems logical, however thai ,
r t CUU1Q lln(j
S0!T!e of
mess. we
md seniors in the same
responsible and trustworthy But :
bill be more conducive to over-cm?"1
The unlimited cut system is succf.
because the students are in strict5'
a certain point in their training
quired to take a comprehensive'
nates one-third of them from schorl
Vho they are or who they know '
Our system is not in this compel
we are obligated to safeguard the 7i'"
student individual student. "e':i'
What is wrong with the prese-.l sv -
as far as we can see. After demonS
or she is a competent and proficj5
reaching the Dean's list, the student '
unlimited cuts if they do not exceeds
of the classes.
Those who are not on the same !h
need the supplementary classroom
why give them the right to miss classic
see fit? Also, the largest part of the a-'
depends on its parents financially, and ;
doubt that the mothers and fathers &L'
the proposed system.
To tell the truth, we don't think the '
Council will, either. 1
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The Playmaker's Forest Theater w f
again Wednesday night for the trycuti IV
speare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream.";
ting there watching the struggle tab.' ;
stage (and having our own warfare yith Is
ing mosquitos), another Playmaker, AiJv ;
who had certainly hit the big time iaXai
came to mind. '
. We had an opportunity, to talk with Arc ?
in the wonderful town during Easter vs::: '
squelched rumors that he was leaving "N'o!.
Sergeants" this June to make the mota;
There has been much speculation as to :
move, but even he is uncertain or nencon:
continual . performances seemed to have t
but one would never have known it that r
the theater.
The laughter didn't subside until tin;
were in the street, on their way home. Tb
Playmaker who will leave his Tar Ed t
Broadway.
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Barry Winston
This one's about cars. So all you vr
who don't care very much one way or
about cars can turn to the ads. Ditto for ar.
has fallen under the spell of those DeM
whose job it is to peddle the tf
chromium, known as the "American Or ;
general public. j
The other day, just for kicks, I tried
the '56 models of what I shall refer to ,
naut V-& this, to avoid any unpleaa:' .
representatives of the actual firm. P2lfi ,
they might not like what I'm going
their product, assuming they read U 1
a hoot what I say about anything. Thai s.
assuming they can read. I have my dw-
Anyhoo, I climbed in behind the
double-laminated, scientifically-contw-
sistant steering wheel, and looked oiu
expanse of hood through the tn-cc.
repelling, bullet-proof, Superamic
From there my gazed glance ft" -board.
I panicked. My multi-engine 1
home in the pocket of my Hying
I tell you, true, I have not seen sun
dials, meters and knobs since m .
dier at Kittv Hawk with Wilbur ana
The salesman was very underst oa-.
ed to me, as one would to a chlId' JV
the more prominent and impor 3
This consumed the better part ot
There w'ere naturally, a speedomeie ,
pressure indicator, fuel ri
there were also an airspeed ma.
barometer, inclinometer, tachom eu .
dio-direction-finder, climb-and-ban
inch television screen and a 'lo'S
kitchen sink. He never did boin
of the optional, equipment. rfBtfit
Patiently he went on to insir
teen simple operations require '
into the 400 horses awaiting m .,;
cranked" it up. Wooom-bah!
whole machine throbbel, like a
bag. . t s'ip?
With some slight misgivings, 5
selector through Neutral, w
Drive
nrivA and Rimer-Drive into
of the engine brought us away 1
4J 11 , L
With both feet planted firm". , 0
cr, naturally) I managed to noi gt&:7
as we headed through town, ben ,f.
We wasted another five minute
persuaded me to remove at leas 3.:'
the brake pedal, and apply ll 1
The rocket-sled leap we 0f in :
nearly as much as the atti tuw f
he assumed when I flatly re iu.
of the monster from my mv0,u '
on the back window ledge.