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THE DAILY TAR -HE EL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1157
New Trend In Big Business;
Investments In Education
In this time uhrti people openly consider closing the public schools,,
it is good to sec somebody taking an active step toward improving the
state crl education in the nation. .
Dul'ont's million dollar grant to colleges and universities "will be
welcomed in the education world, and should be greeted with equal
enthusiasm by every American. This company is a big business, and bus
inesses do not get big by taking foolish risks, and they don't stay big by
making unsound investments. This these endervors. but judging from
million dollars is 'more than a the number of instructors being
OTHER-NEWSPAPERS SAY:
boon tor education, it is a vote of
confidence in the I'nited States.
In a time ni internal struggle and
world crisis such a display -of se
curity stands out like a shitting
beacon.
If. in ;;n era when states wail
alxuit sovereignty (a word it
might be well for some jRiliticians
to look up), maintaining the "puri
tv" of the white race (look at what
the white race did to. the purity
of the Negro) and in the same
breath run tot he, federal govern
ment after every explosion, drought
or fire, private businesses and in
dustries are. willing to take over
added lo the ranks of the state's
teaching profession it looks like
the support is little more than
moral. Is the child growing away
from the parent? Will schools
tomcday be supported 'mainly
through the benigh gifts of indust
ries which cannot prosper without
educated personnel?
Certainlv the big businesses of
America have no such intentions.
An' educational; institution with
harddriving executives calling the
plays instead of educators would
leave a lot to be desired.
I he population of the United
State is growing prodigiously,
the' maltreated burden of the less youth are dropping out of the
state, this nation is sure to be here
a long time.
These grants are said to be
' awards." or are " given to." but
what have the states clone to de
serve gifts or awards? Wry little.
TNC received grants, because the
School of I'd uc at ion has pioneered
in setting up certain courses spec if
itallv for the training of school
teachers. North Carolina has of
course supported; the school in
1 1 1 ; . . 1
schools, ami liKiiriage is no longci
a deterrent to getting a college
education. Young people are get
ting better ideas earlier. An ac
cumulation of years is no longer
requisite for wisdom. When the
venerable individuals in charge of
suclv tilings realize this and pro
vide for the mental development
of the nation's youth, the soundness
of investments from people like
DuPont will be proven.
Youth Deserves -A Chance
In spite of crowded condition
in the schools American youth is
showing its talents of ingenuity
and learning earlier than ever.
Ability to organize, administer and
maintain r re becoming ev eryday
charac teristic s of voung people.
However it seems that the long
incumbents of -American society,
the people who have had to strug
gle against economic" busts to make
a way in the world, are afraid to
let the new youth spe; k out. The
condition takes on the air of try
ing lo box all youthful exuberance
in a container so loosely construct
ed that teeitagc-sadisui. mugging's,
unmarried mothers and all the
other unpJeasanti ies of 201I1 cen
turv growing up spew out in a
constant stream.
Looking a little deeper into this
imperfec t container we find a dil
ferent element. Heavily padded by
rhythm and blues. Klvis Presley
records and dual-exhausts is an in
satiable curiosity. Back iti the so
called "roaring no's" this became
the drive of youth to "try anything
once.' Actually this willingness to
risk life and limb lor the sake of
experience is not all bad. It goes
farther than seeing how fast a cat
will go. how muc h alcohol is necess
ary for complete inebriety. Exper
ience is also available on the ath
letic field, working on a entertain
ment troupe, organizing and car-rying-off
a fund raising chive for
a community hospital or playing
in a band.
Apparently the men and women
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Editor FRED POWLEDO
Managing Editor CHARLIE SLOAN
News Editor NANCY HILL
Business Manager , BILL BOB PLEL
Sports Editor LARRY CHEEK
Subscription Manager" Dale Stale
Advertising Manager . Fred Katzin
Circulation Manager Charlie Holt
NEWS STAFF Clarke Jones, Ray Link
er, Joan Moore. Pringle Pipkin, Anne
Drake, Edith MacKinnon, WaUy Kuralt,
Mary Alys Voorhees, Graham Snyder,
BilJy Barnes, Neil Bass, Gary Nichols,
Page Bernstein, Peg Humphrey, Phyllit
Maultsb Ben Taylor
BUSINESS STAFF Rosa Moore.. Johnny
Whitaker, Dick Leavitt, Dick Sirkih.
SPORTS STAFF: Bill King, Jim Purks,
Jimmy Harper, Dave Wible, Charley
Howson.
who h.iVe logged a greater number
of years think youth is all drag
nu ts and gang wars. They, are very
wrong. Further, they attribute
these qualities to the influence of
comic books, throbbing music and
tight lev is. At least they are stand
ing on a little firmer ground here,
but they, are still wrong-.. This
concept that the dress makes , the
clelincpient is one-sided. It is more
a question of which came first,
the chicken or the egg.
. Vigli t lev is, long hair and the
other paraphanalia reformers con
centrate on are only extent ions of
the independent personalities of
the individual, and really don't
make a kid a criminal.
It is hypocracy for the elder
Americans to be suspicious of all
youth because of youth's pugs.,
when the elders themselves can't
stamp out the vice, corruption
and generous stock of pugs of their
own age level.
The time has come for a kind
of integration not in the headlines.
An integration of age levels. A
green brat is as capable of a brain
storm as a hoary-haired patriarch,
and he shouldn't be lumped in a
classification with teenage gangs
because he is inferior in years.
Most young people have not suf
fered the privations of depression
and poor educational background.
This is much to the credit of men
and women vvho have lived the
Horatio Alger stories and don't
want to see their offspring do the
same. But at the same time they
must realize that today's genera
tion has had a wealth of blessings,
and for the most part are more
mentally mature because of it.
Sme the drunk's son at the depth
of the depression matured in a
hurry, but it was a one-sided ma
turation. It lacked the nodding ac
(piaintence with the poets, states
men. and great people of literature
and history which fertilizes the
growth of today's men and wcynen.
With this earlier and more com
piece ( vfjopnwnt the vouth of
America is capable gTcacer
things than murder and rape.
Somebody should give them the
opportunity.
Tradition
At Old
Ddbk U.
Night Editor ...
Proof Reader -
Cortland Edwards
Coral Goldman
Duke University has a new book
shop. What's the name of the new
bookshop?
(iuess. - . .
"The (iothic Bookshop'
What else?
That's what we like about Duke:
It has a Bridey Murphy approach
to all "things modern.
Problem
Must
Be
W
once
Out
The Christian Science
Moniter
"If everyone over 35 would
just - keep his mouth shut the
rest of us would get this thing
worked out in three or four
years.."
" This quote from a young South
erner referring to the issue of
desegregation is probably au
thentic. But it has been requot
ed so often that it has taken
on somewhat the dignity of a
folk saying.
There are several significant
things about this sentiment. One
is the characteristic confidence
of youth as yet unsobered by
the stubborness of great prob
lems. Conversely, there is youth's
impatience with the generations
ahead which manifestly haven't
solved all difficulties with neat
ness and dispatch.
These characteristics should be
taken account of and the proper,
discount figured. But they must
not be allowed to overshadow the
positive, content that is there.
Note, for instance, that this
unknown youthful sage did not
say, "The rest of us will abolish
all consciousness of race in
three or four years." He said,
we'll have this thing "worked
out." He sensed that here is a
problem which could not be dis
posed of simply by erasing the
figures from the blackboard.
Perhaps this recognition that
a problem by definition has an
answer, and that the answer is
findable is the most important
thing about this youthful, off
hand statement. For it presup
poses the open mind. And the
open mind is above all the pro
duct of education.
This is borne out by systematic
opinion polling and by just
shrewd observation. It is not
to say that the "better" educat
ed always and automatically come
up with the right answers to
the world's difficulties. That
would be claiming too much.
For there is sometimes an over
educated detachment from hu
man experience that can work
against the necessary balance" of
vision and practicality.
By and large, however, and
in proportion to the , soundness
and extent of their schooling
educated people are not afraid
of new ideas: they know that
while all change is not progress,
progress inevitable brings
change.
So they are more willing to
try for solutions than are those
who. less fortunate in their con
tact with ideas and with other
people's experience, fearfully
expend their energies in fighting
back change and with it, prog
ress. This priceless virtue of the
open mind is not a touchstone
for this one problem of domes
tic, racial adjustment alone. It
has proved th? solvent for in
numerable difficulties that have
threatened to block the onward
flow of progress.
Nor is it a product solely of
books and laboratories. The pro
cess of education usually brings
with it a multiplying of human
associations and a broadening of
socjal experience from stepping
beyond the family circle into
the schoolroom, to "gding away"
to cojlege. to its modern extens
ion; exchange of students and
teachers between nations.
The educated, the open mind
may put together better answers
because it likely has amassed
greater stockpiles of the ingred
ients. Or it may simply provide
it
friendly soil to good answers
when they come along. For eith
er . reason, it is a goal worth
seeking.
'We're Hoping To Become Americans Too'
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PROSPECT & RETROSPECT:
Bob Young Rings Office Belle
Neil Bass
Not' many, if any, schools
throughout the country' can
boast of-the close 'working ar
rangement which our executive
branch of student government
has at Carolina.
This became evident during
Christmas when President 'Bob
Young presented a sparkling en
gagement ring to Secretary Jack
ie Aldridge. ''' "
The date for official "student
union" in the executive branch
has been set for early - sumtner,
we understand.
Heartfelt congratulations 'to
the fine executive.
OPPORTUNIT ,J
One of the most outstanding
opportunities for service to" the
campus is now open.
That is to say, positions on
the Orientation Committee are
now open and available.
Nowhere may a student use
his talents, whatever they may
be. to better advantage toward
perpetuating the fine tradition
which we like to call "Carolina
Spirit;" and nowhere may stu
dents be more helpful toward
instilling the. highest traditions
of our Honor System in the
forthcoming student generation.
Volunteer your services. You'll
be surprised at the advantages
' and pointers Which you'll pick
up as you serve others in this
vital capacity. The number to
call is 4352. or drop around stu
dent government offices in Gra
ham Memorial.
HOUSING SHORTAGE
Probably the leading candidate
for the dubious honor of ''Most
Discouraging Announcement in
Short-lived 1957" is the recent
headline in The Daily Tar Heel:
"Little Easing of Housing
Shortage Seen for UNC's Spring
Semester."
This is indeed a iow blow af
ter a publicized announcement
earlier in the semester that
' three-man rooms would be .prac
tically nil after the present se
mester. The University should proceed
as rapidly as possible with con
"struction of new dormitories
which a $2 million loan from the
Federal Housing and Finance
Agency made possible.
More appalling is the housing
situation for married students.
In this area. University of
ficialdom and trustees should
hurry through the proposal for
"200 additional '"'Victory Village
;inits." Even this action will far
from completely alleviate the
housing problem.
Dl WON'T DIE
Congratulations to the Dialec
tic Senate for a superbly plan
ned inauguration. Functions like
this are certainly a necessary
shot in the arm for the fading
oratorical art.
And, with the rhetorical briJ
lance of men like Ol' Daniel
Webster and John C. Calhoun
softly fading in the twilight,
now Northern Liberals within the
Democratic Party want to stamp
out the filibuster.
Oh, 'for the golden-tongued days
of old, when throats- wer bold;
when Lewis Brumfield called the
Daily Tar Heel "The second Daily
Worker," and Ed Yoder and Lou
is Kraar called Jim Tatum a
"parasitic, monster."
We're being facetious, of
course; but let's rescue the art
of rhetoric from the gray ob
scurity of To - Hell-O-vision
screens.
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CAROLEIPOSCOPE:
Know lands Plows
Disturbing Knigh)
Frank Crowther V
Sen William F. Knowland's revelation Monday,
that he will not seek rt-election was not too un ;
expected, even though many of the papers referred
to his action as "dramatic" in its- nature.
.It was reported, also, that the Senator refused
to close the door on the possiblility that he may
seek the Republican nomination for governor next
year, which, undoubtedly, would be a stepping stone
towards the Presidency in 1960.
Knowland may be doing one of two things.
He is either getting out of the stew and wild
melee of congress or he is being a very shrewd
politician and, an they say, '"going for the bundle,"
i.e. the Presidency through the govern ership.
Gov. Goodwin Knight, the present governor in
California, will undoubtedly sprout a few more 4
grey hairs now that he supposes Knowland is sneak
ing up from the East and will swoop down on his
little domain within the hour. Knight has also been
mentioned as preparing a witches' brew whicl?
would be digestible by the old guard Republicans
who most likely will have to be pacified before con
senting the nomination of 1960 . . . even if Knight
is just looking to be Nixon's running mate.
Knowland won't accept such a position. If he
goes at all, he. will go for the top. This leads one to
speculate that Knowland is being extremely fore
sighted by getting out while the frost is on the
cherry trees. A man who has been both a senator
and a governor even if for only a short while
as the latter would most assuredly be looked
upon as a popular, administratively well-versed in
dividual. We shall, see what we shall see.
"Students have becorae infatuated with gutter
bourgeois literature, formalistic painting and wild
jazz music."
So charged the Trade Union paper in Moscow
on January 8th, according to an Associated Press
story.,
- It sems that the Russian students are finally
making their mark known a mark that well may
flunk the Soviet system
The Trade Union paper went on to list five col
leges and institutes from the Baltic to the Urals
which had supposedly disgraced themselves by con
doning to "rude and slandering attacks on the
Soviet press." By these attacks, the report went on,
the students had placed the Konuomol (the Com
munist youth organization) in a position which
seemed to oppose the Communist party, and, at a
minirtg institute, the students, who are given money
to cover , their living costs for services to the in
stitute, "turned 'every pay day into a drinking day.'
The five institutions are: The Leningrad Insti
tute, Moscow State University, Polytechnical Insti
tute at Sverdlovsk in the Urals, Leningrad PoJy
technical Institute, and The Moscow Mining Insti
tute. The Supreme Soviet can pacify the peasants by
giving them more ccnsunimer's goods, biit what will
they offer the students salt mines or servitude?
YOU Said It:
Coed Defends
Dressing Habits
Editor:
In reply to the letter in the Sunday edition if
the Daily Tar Heel from "Mr. Name Withheld By
Request" concerning the dress of the UNC coeds,
I Would like to say a few works.
First of all I would like to inform the writer
if he doesn't already know it it is winter, and
at this time of 4the year it is a little difficult tor
a young lady to try to be beautiful.
Somedays it turns so cold that most of the fairer
sex would rather stay cuddled up beneath the
blankets, but instead have to go out to get their
learning Just what does he expect her to wear
a bathing suit so she will appeal to his eyes?
It seems to me that he must have stayed up
nights trying to think this up.
First the Carolina men complain about their
dates wearing high heels to a football game when
I assure you she is not comfortable but merely try
ing to put in a pleasing appearance saying they
would like to see their dates dressed more com
fortably, then they turn light around and complain
if the coeds try to keep warm in the winter.
And certainly they do care what they wear, frr
they like to keep warm just like he does. (Or is he
an iceberg?) . "
But before he starts worrying about the trash
in his neighbor's yard, he'd bejt be cleaning up
his own yard.
Coming from a coed at another college we coeds
might be able to take it, but coming from a Caro
lina '-gentleman" and a freshman at that I
would say he had best take stock of his own sex
before he starts critizing the others. Has he, I
wonder ever paused a moment to see just how the
young men dress around here?
Of course i-ome try to appear in the latest Ivy
League styles,' but on a closer observance he will
probably find their socks have holes in them or
they haven't shaved in a week.
Then there are those who forget to have more
than one haircut every three months, or who ab-sent-mindly
come to clas.; with their shirttails out.
Even the best of them have faults, and yet h;
spends hij time critizing the coeds.
After all, he has to remember this is more or
less a man's world over here at the Hill, and th
men are our example. If they can't do any better
than is evidenced at present, what does he expect
out of a coed? -
And in conclusion, Mr. Name Withheld By Re
quest, I would like '.o wish you a bon voyage t.
Durham. I sincerely hope your thumb doesn't suffer
from the cold and that you find the Duke ladies,
who, according to your insinuations, do rare what
clothe- they wear. But, one last word of advice
Be careful how you dress, be clean-shaven a0d DO
get that long over due naircut they may know
you are a Carolina man if you don't!
Nam Withheld By Request