TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1957
FACE TWO
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Ike Should Get His Check,
But Not Completely Blank
The President's weekend request for a military blank check was
much-needed. Hut we fear that when Congress writes the check, it will
be giving the President much too much power. fc
The request,-as almost everyone knows by now, was for the power
to use rnited States armed forces against any Communist or Communist
led aggressor inhe Middle Kast.
To be sure, President Eisenhower needs this power, or will need
it eventuaiiv. 1'roponents oi jii
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idea are right in arguing that the
slow mechanics of Congress would
be nothing but a hindrance to the
security of the United States in
cr.se of Red attack in the Mid
east. But the phrasing of his re
quest makes us wonder if the Con
gress should not demand a more
specific explanation of what Kis
enhower would do. where he
would do it, and with how much
consent "and approval of Congress.
As The New York. Times James
Reston pointed out Sunday morning;
tin several im-
) W jxn tant points, the
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but it can be said
that this was pur
poseful ambiguity.
"He did not, for
e x a m p 1 e. define
what was meant bv
'the Middle Fast area." He did not
say whether he would consult with
the Congress, or whether he would
do so before or while oi after or
dering.. United States troops into
action in response to an appeal
for help against armed Commun
ist aggression."
ror a President an ho has an ad
ministration such as F.isenhower's,
such ambiguitv inn and probably
will be harmful.
Comider the ability of F.isen
hower's second-in-command, John
Foster Dulles. Should he be one
to trust with Mich an ambiguous
arrangement of armed forces? .
Consider the garble Washington
pot itsejt into last week over lT. S.
Marines' having weapon with
atomic warheads in the Middle
Fast. . -m
Consider the immense barrier
of administration secrecy: consid
er the disloyal men who work un
der Eisenhower. . -
Consider the fact that the Pres
ident of the United States knows
very little about public opinion
in the United States and other
countries.
After considering all this, we
seriously doubt the wisdom of
placing so much unlimited power
in the hands of the 'present ad
ministration. Limited, it would "be
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a fine idea." But such power, as
broadly described by the Presi
dent 'lat weekend, sounds very'
dangerous.
It would not be
the lTnited States
eer on the brink.
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And Exams
the Carolina
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Cortland Edwards
Ben Taylor
l-ast weekend on
campus was a dreary
The students
(Uihc. Thev
where else. They were part of the
overall atmosphere.
The sun tried to shine on Sat
urday, saw what a 'dreary day it
was and went back into hiding.
A mixture of fog, mist and dreari
ness, tempered by the middle of
winter, coyered Chapel 11 ill and
students' -minds.
It was hard to tell when the sun
set Saturday. It just gradually quit
shilling sometime in the late after
noon. The sky was a grey-dark
long before the store-lights down
town started to advertise, implore
and beckon.
. There were some students at
the Library, readying themselves
for linal examinations. But they
had a faraway look in their eyes,
as if' to say, "Kxams won't be here
for more than half a month. We
can afford to take it easy here first."
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People walked slower, and the
shopst along Franklin St. looked
warmer and business was not turn
ing over very rapidly, even with
after-Christmas sales. Cars' head
lights were more blurred in the
grey-dark late afternoon.
For the first time this academic
year, the campus did not look in
viting. Maybe it was the thinness
of the trees: maybe it was the touch
of coldness in the air. But it sud
denly, was not fun to walk, along
the brick walks and think about
nature, for nature was -sleeping
very soundly.
Chapel HHl and the University
are in the middle of winter, and
on top of that, examinations are
coining' up quickly, much ''more
quickly than students ran study
forv them. The feeling of" urgency
is almost upon its, and the grey
dark ; afternoons only add to that
feeling. ' ' j
. ' 7Lloyd Preslar ...
Editor, The Old Cold & Black
WINSTON-SALEM The position of Dr. Harold W. Tribble, Wake
Forest College's much-disputed president, :s now apparently stronger
than at anytime during the last year. .
It was just one year ago last month on Dec. 5, 1955 --that
hundreds of Wake Forest students staged a demonstration which
marked the beginning of a fiery and highly-publicized dispute over
the Baptist educator. ' . '
Throughout last winter and into the summer the college Board
of Trustees investigated Dr. Tribble and argued over whether or
not he would be released. His - . .......... ,L .
uous VI. jviuii or aneioy, wnu
retired as president .of the
Board of Trustees when the
new .members took office Jan
. 1, sadduring the convention.
"I expect some minor opposi
tion to Dr. Tribble to continue.
But tome disagreement is a
healthy thing - it keeps us
awake and working."
Mull has been one of Tribble's
most active supporters.
The removal of the college
from,, its 123-year-old campus in
the little town of Wake Forest to
thu4 bustling city, not the Tribble
dispute, has been the school's ma
jor claim to fame since tfie doors
on the old campus were closed
lor thv last time in May: It was
Hie job of moving the college thst
Tribble stepped into when he
came in. 1950.
"When you move a school like
Wake Forest," one of Tribble's
supporters has said, "somebody's
toes arc bound to get stepped on.
He's done a good job when you
consider all the things he had tc
supporters among the trustees
held out through two crucial vot
es, and despite the attacks, Dr.
Tribble retained his job.
The last serious threat came in
College Report
This is the first in a series
of reports from North Caro
lina colleges and universities
on what their problems are,
what makes them tick.
Editor Presfar this year
heads The Old Gold and
Black, Wake Forest's student
newpaper' which itself under
went a face-lifting when the ,
college switched campuses.
He wrote this article especi
ally for The Daily Tar Heel.
Other reports will be pub- '
lished. later in the year.
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June, when the trustees voted :
20 to 13 against his discharge.
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The factors which make ' his
position seem stronger now are
not clear-cut. In mid-November,
when the State Baptist Conven
tion, which operates Wake Forest,
met here, nine new trustees were
elected to the board. Spokesmen
for both sides of the Tribble con
troversy expressed satisfaction
over the choices, but at the sar.e
time many iof the nti-Tribb;
murmurings seemed to be qui;-,
cned. ,
were crying out against what
they considered a threat to "big
time", athletics at Wake Forest.
But the student sentiment
against him diminished almost
as quickly as it arose, for in a
matter of weeks a new and
more expensive football coach,
complete with a five-man staff,
'had oeen hired and the college
appeared on its -way to bigger
rather than smaller-time ath-
. ietic. k
And today, student talk on the
new campus seems to be turning
more sharply to Tribble's favor.
What does, the faculty think of
its president? Although no facul
ty member ever publicly criticized
Dr. Tribble, there was much feel
ing against him. But as the tactics
of his enemies grew more and
more harsh last spring, faculty
sentiment against him seemed io
soften
Bowman Gray, Wake Forest's
school of medicine, was another
center of anti-Tribble sentiment.
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And though many trustees and
alumni have opposed 'the presi
dent cpenly, few have stated spe
cific charges.
...
The story of the student riot
last December has never bet'n
told in full, but there are tho.-e
who will say it was sponsored
secretly by anti-Tribble alumni.
At anj rate, hose who took par
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Wake Forest College, transplanted
DR. HAROLD TRIBBLE
. . . he moved it
Some friends of the med school
felt it had suffered as the co
lege .thered funds for its move
to Winston-Salem. But since the
culege lias settled here, announce
ment of an enlargement-program
ai Bowman Gray has been made
and the med school has received
a large financial grant from the
ixime Reynolds Foundation which
sponsoied the removal of the, col
lege. Other voices against Tribbls
have been those of a group of
Baptists who claimed he does
not believe in the virgin birth
of Christ. But the president
denied this last month in a
speech before the convention.
The next meeting of the Board
of Trustees will come early "his
year, Lut it is doubtful that tl:e
Tribbic dispute will be aired- -at
least until his opposition fi-rds
new evidence against him' or wins
new allies to its fight. Most ob
servers say that should the issue
come to a vote again, the new
trustees will vote in about the
same ratio as did the old board.
At least four of the nine new
trustees apparently are strongly
in Tribble's favor. Little is known
about the feelings of the other
five, and Judge Hubert E. Olive,
who will replace Mull as pre.-.:-dent
cf the board, has been a1
"middkVof-the-roader" in the
controversy.
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THE CAMPUS IS BIG AND NEW
in Winston-Salem, instead oj Wake Forest
Sidebar:
On Studying
& Otherwise
Charlie Sloan
CAROLEIDOSCOPE:
Soul-Searching:
Friends Help
Frank Crowther
For those of you who have troubles and can
any of us say we. do not? I would especially like
to dedicate this column.
Probably the most unnecessary
observation of the year is that
exams are approaching. But
the fact remains that the week
of reckoning is almost upon the
campus, and a major part of the
student body wishes it wasn't.
The more eager individuals
are already framing excuses to
b? presented to their parents
at the most opportune moments.
Chances are that somewhere on
campus students more violently the future; and, there ar
inclined are considering kidnap
ing instructors, and Stopping all
mail leaving Chapel Hill until
the nasty letters from South
Building ar3 intercepted.
Other signs of the impending
catastrophe are prevalent. More
peoole are seen taking cigar
ette breaks in the Library foy
er, the hands holding those
steaming cups of Y-Court cof
fee are quivering just a little
bit more, and appointments to
see instructors are becoming
more difficult to get.
It happens twice a year, every
year. It seems people would get
used to exams, and not devote
quite so much time discussing
their ccming. The examination
really isn't an unusual phenom
enon. The whole student body is
faced with it. Around five of it,
to be exact. And still the pri
mary topic of discussion is how
unprepared we all are.
That's right, all. there isn't
a student on this campus who is
prepared for an exam, or any
quiz, two weeks before it comes
off.
I have problems many, many of them. They
have been with me for some time. A few of them
are answered and disappear; some of them have
just taken back seat and will forge up again in
those problems which
are with me from early morning to late evening,
almost never relenting, save for those few moments
when I lake in a flick, exercise profusely, or c
terest myself in .someone else and their problems.
I Jiave just spent the afternoon, or a good por
tion of it, with one oi my good friends here at
school who is a graduating senior, but is troubled
even yet by his path in life and what it is to be.
I shall not violate his confidence and coveted
friendship by dealing in names or specifics. Those
things aie what make and keep friends together.
He had and has difficulties, and I saw many
of my own problems tied in with his. We dis
cussed everything from women to humanitarian
ism to philosophy to movies. We both let looss
a little and broke down some of the inhibitions
which so characterize many lives today. He told
me his hopes and fears, likes and dislikes, and
admirations and exasperations.
Without going any further or deeper, the point
I am trying to make is that it is a satisfying, re
lieving and comforting feeling to know that you
are able to talk with someone who can understand
you, symphathize with you and aid you, possibly, in
solving, revising, ajid restating your problems.
AftEr all, aren't we all in need of just that? We
can only suppress things or fight alone lor so long
St what if Ihe student doesn't before we have to go to someone or something for
know half of what his instructor aid, guidance, and, if nothing else, relief in sym-
thinks he does? And what mat- pathy.
ter does it make if the other
half is so hazy it could never.be So don't feel that nobody understands you; don't
used in examination? At least withdraw into the proverbial shell- don't pitv
the student doesn't know enough yourself; but, look outward and around voir seek
someone whom you think you can trust and with
whom you feel you can express yourself. Try talk
ing about it.
to be confused. A blank-faced
'stare can be masked, but an in
dividual stumbling all over him
self trying to explain something
really looks lousy.
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Nothing, to me, is more stimulating than a good
conversation and soul searching with someone
who is serious and. sincere, but, above all, someone
who is a friend.
THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH:
Army Mule's Departure
Is Bad For Sergeants
It is a bid saddening to know that after 120
years as a beast of burden in the service of its
country the Army mule is mustered out.
The 301 mules of an artillery battalion and a
juartermaster company passed in a final review
at Fort Carson, Colo., as a pan played "The Old Gray
Mare Ain't What She Used to Be." Now they are
surplus and awaiting sale.
An Army mountain battery song refers to "That
grand old fool, the Army mule, who is never known
to fail." The mule just simply is the victim of prog
ress for it is to be replaced by the helicopter.
It must b admitted that the helicopter can
operate far better than a mule even in treacherous
mountain areas.
But no helicopter, no matter how long it re
fuses to whirl and get into the air, can ever be as
obstinate as a Missouri mule that balks and re
fuses to hit the trail.
So no helicopter sergeant is ever going to de
velop the rich proficiency in profanity that the
balky mule developed in the old time pack sergeant.