THE DAILY TAR HEEL
PAGE TWO
Time Has Come To Defend
Early Rushing Practices
Ueecnt discission .ilxMit Ira
ni nitv life ha tone lied on virtual
Iv all .iic.h of the C.icek societies
ami. haiae tcvistwaUy. most com
ment has e entered around pro-
t( "iiiipnisc tlii.' on;ania-
pOS.tls
tions.
So
and
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to the
mi ion.;
lational thought is
vxalltil problems.
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lac tors wliicli
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( ne umstanees no
exist wide It need e once tin;;, wc
(oiuu mitsc'vcs anion'.; the litst to
uller icinedies. Hut theie (nines a
time when u-.t.iiii fiatcniity prac
tices hum it deleiisc.
Spec iliiallv. we refer to ptopos
aK in tlie wind now to delay nish
iiiy; until the spring semester
that in. wait lour and one-half
months alter the opening of school
lor liateirities to .seek memheis
lor their oii; aniations.
I Isewheie on (oelav's editoiial
pav;e appeals eouimcnt I t orn the
Duke Chioniile discussing prob
lems em ounteied there when sor
t.i it ic s delaved riiNhin until the
s(oml semester. It should be
lead bv those who advocate that
pi.utiie.
However, dclcnsc for early rush-
leinnin seeial weeks alter
the lall is lai
than ottlv those
the C.lnonicle has
pointed out. These factors should
be enumerated to fin ther defend
the put the.
I iist. those who are quickest to
(titicie c.nlv rush "enerallv num
ber amon those who aie mi
lamiliar with it. Theie certainly
is no sin adjoined to non uietnbcr
ship in a !raiernit but those who
aie (iieek membeis aie in a posi
tion to know a i;t eat deal mote
about tush than aie the so (ailed
doimitoiv men.
It m e ins pc( uli.it to us that per
sons who never have sat in .v (lup
in inciting persons who have
not cxpt iciu eel loii houis ol dis
iiiNsiin, suppoiiinn and opposing
,i p.utiinl u i ushie should know
so mmh .diout the intiicacics ot
iis miiIiiiI,ii li.tu-t nits program.
Sv(oud. admitting that Ir.vtcinitv
meir .7i crrim h closer to the prob
lems ol rush than are non-(it eeks.
it luiomes lidiiulous to levolu
' tioiiie the tush program at the
whims ot politiiiaus who for the
most part aie eiieiallv unlamiliai
with the ptaiti(:e.
II. in l.u t. the legislature holds
i
the
u(i to (leteiuiine wueii iusji
will be held, its membeis should
be tullv awaie ol all the economic
.did sixi.il piohlcliis att.uhed
theieto. rnloitunaieh. this under
standing oines only with meni
b(ishi in a liateinitv.
h is with these fads in mind
tint wr s.iv non liateinitv men
should not dictate to the (iieek
soict"n-s how or when their nish
pi.uli(s should be (oiuhuted.
1 IiimI. it would be uttei iollv
. to mncialie in a statement that
fraternities frequently "miss gootl
rushees due to the earliness of the
rush program a key argument for
critics of the prat tier. Tor this tea
son. Mimi' say. the rush program
should be delayed.
The truth is that many letters
and cpcnsic long-distance tele
phone calls are consistently; em
ployed to in estimate an unknown
lushee who. on his first visits to
a house during rush week, im
pi esses the liateinitv men who are
his hosts. The rushee is given
every chance - at the expense of
the chapter.
Nor do many potential rushees
come to the lTniver.sity totally un
known to fiaternity men at lTNC.
So far-rca( hing are alumni and
liieuds of the local chapters that
annually countless numbers of let
ters of recommendation are re
ceived by the local chapters. Be
cause of this practice it is doubt
ful that many candidates pass un
noticed from one house to another.
Fourth, it is unfair for high
school and prep school graduates
who hae the means and desire to
join a fraternity to prohibit them
from membership during a period
which is the most formative of
their college career.' Too. the time
from early September to miel
Januaty is a period when fraterni
ties provide a world of social ac
tivities for those counted among
their numbers.
To eliminate persons from that
membership for a period of four
and one-hall months, to deny a
desired social outlet for those with
means to a I ford it, to bypass close
relations with younger men dur
ing a most important period ol
their college life these are totally
unfair and a detriment to the fra
ternity system.
The economic aspect ol eailv
nish .dicadv has been discussed on
this page. Snlliec it to sav that a
liateinitv is a business and to op
eiate with ellicieiuv it must have
sullic ieut lcsouucs to cover its ex
penses. I his pioblem beeonies
acute when dinner places aie ac
ant and beds remain idle at a ha
lernity house.
So important to the Iraternity
system is eatly tush that one
column could scarcely but touch
on the various l.u tors upholding
the practice. And it is a piacticc
which should be viewed in all its
aspects be lore the axe is dropped
bv the student legislatuie.
IWIoie th.it axe is dropped, it be-
legislatots to-cdiuatc
ol liateinitv iiisli
lands which will
guide its diicction.
hooes our
in the matter
practices the
WISE & OTHERWISE
Thoughts Turn
To Politics,
Ike & Harry
By WHIT WHITFIELD
Anvonc who has opened the Daily
Tar Ileel in class to find that the
crossword puzzle has been omitted,
and has been forced to REiAD the
drivel in this column rather than
take notes, will know that we nev
er make political comments ex
cept in the most non partisan man
ner. We have no affinity for poli-
tics in any fashion. Therefore we
leave that choice subject for the
more intelligent' columnists.'
However, we do make mental
notes of current events as our po
litical colleagues read and inter
pret the news pages for us.
For instance, just last week for
mer President Harry S. made an
other one of his "Give 'em hell"
Speeches in which he soundly
thrashed the GOP and its standard
bearer, Dwight D.
Eisenhower, upon his arrival in
, Washington, after a ten day vaca
tion in Georgia and a trip to Phoe
nix, Arizona (To escort Mamie
to a "Plush beauty-health resort','
as the U.P. termed it.) urged
Americans to use "courage and
common sense" in fighting the
current business slump, and not
to listen to "men of little faith
and of little spirit."
Harry S. was not caught nap
ping, however. In typical Truman
fashion, he replied that "There
are men of little faith and little
spirit and all of them arc in the
Republican Party. "Talk about
Touches. Truman must be the
Fastest Blade Alive." Hagerty
and Eisenhower had so much trou
ble getting the blade out that they
didn't have time to reply. It was
not known at press time whether
the blade were removed without
surgery, or how soundly the Presi
dent slept.
This whole affair reminded us
of a recent network news cast
in which a despondent fattier, out
of work for some time, and at his
wits end. had this to day about
Ike's soothing words on the
"slump."
"I hope President Eisenhower is
right about this slump being tem
porary. I've borrowed all the mon
ey I can from my friends to feed
my kids, but they're still hungry.
1 don't know what to do now."
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DOUG OS ELK
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PAUL RULE
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ANN FRYE
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BILL KINO
City Editor - BILL KINCAID
1 Business Manager JOHN WIUTAKER
The Right To Own,
Despite The U AW
Appai t-iit ly the I'liitcd Auto
Wotkets I'liicni isn't quite- so clean
as bre'r Rcuthei would hope lor
the lavmaii to believe.
Now that the extended strike at
the Kolil'ei Co. is bein aired by "
the Senate Rackets Committee, at
lea-st two have testified they ex
pel ienced violence and intimida
tion at the hands of union mem
beis. One ol the men against whom
the allegation was made was none
other than ess Icrraa, I'AW in
ternational ollie er.
It's acts like these which brini;
out our sympathy for the non
stt iking workers, and demand re
spect lor the man who has kept
his plant i mining despite great el
loit and expense of the CAW.
It would be well in all aieas of
American business il the owner
could retain at least a little j.iv
vi in the operation ot his enter
priseoften developed alter per
sonal sacriliec and diligent work.
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subscription Mgr AVERY THOMAS
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Fore
Librarian
FDIT STAFF Whit Whitfield. Curtis
Cans-. Jonathan Yardley, Barry Win
ston, Gail Godwin.
Ni:VS STAFF Oavis Young, ITinglc
Pipkin. Sarah Adams, Dave Jones
FarkcT Maddrey, Charlie Sloan. Ed
ltowland. Fxldie Goodman. Wcstbrook
Fowler. Stan Black. Virginia Sand-
MERCURY GOES DOWN!!
No matter how changeable your
climate may be. chances are you
never saw the mercury go down
as fast as it did when Robert Sher
ficld swallowed a clinical ther
mometer in a hospital at Bourne
mouth. England.
KEEP ACCIDENT 'IN FAMILY'
Even in a city as big as Chicago,
a man and his wife will occasional
ly run into each other on the
street. But Dr. and Mrs. Alex
Iiuchholz did it the hard way
each driving a car. Dr. Buchholz,
uninjured, insisted on taking the
other driver to a hospital for per
sonalized treatment.
uBy The Way. Who Appoints Those Fellows'
y Ssf .(:r-; j;. Possible i
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1953
THE RALEIGH TIMES
Time Is Ripe To Work y
Together On Problems
Raleigh has more than an ordinary interest in
the conflict that has developed between the State
Board of Higher. Education and the Board of Trus
tees of the Greater University. '
Deeply involved is the question of which group
is to be the big shot, which group will have the
authorty of lord and master in the problem of hous
ing for married students at State College. There has
been a heavy increase of married students m the
colleges as compared with past years. These peo
ple are out to get an education and they are going
to attain their goal, board or no hoard.
Institutions which are operated by the State
should accept the responsibility of housing for
these young people who come to the colleges. No
longer can the issue be dodged. The time has come
when the old clique of "Leave the wives at home
will answer no questions and bring no solutions.
The young men are coming to college, and any
body who has had the slightest exposure to the
youth of today knows that they are going to bring
their wives with them.
At one time trailer camps apparently took care
of an emergency problem. This type of living is now
complete outmoded and beyond recall. Nobody
in their right mind is going to ask even a student
to live, study and in most cases do outside work as
a helping, hand, under such crowded and cramped
conditions. .
Speaking at Greensboro at a meeting of the Uni
versity's Board of Trustees, Representative W. C.
Harris, member of the Legislature from Wake Coun
ty, and a trustee, put his finger squarely on the
issue when he declared: "Wre may have reached
the point where either we do not need this board of
trustees or we do not need the hoard of higher
education. I am afraid we are getting too much
bureaucracy."
EDITORIAL COMMENT
U.S. Has Confidence In What?
Stripped of non-essentials, the
Administration s program for cop
ins with the recession consists of
throe tactictil maneuvers: "to
build up confidence" by brisk, fre
quent, optimistic statements care
fully orchestrated for effect; to
make additional money an esti
mated $500.000.000 available for
commercial and industrial loans
by reducing the reserves required
to be held against demand de
posits: and in the meantime, to
maintain a "'wait and see" attitude
until mid-April, at least in the
hope that "the crisis of confi
dence" will dissipate. But the only
confidence that the program has
aroused is a general confidence
that it will not be enough. The day
after the Presitlent predicted an
upturn by March, the stock market
took a dip. No lines have formed
to apply for commerical and in
dustrial loan; on the contrary, time
deposits are up and industrial
loans arc down-by $100,000,000
since the first of the year, nearly
twice the decline in the compara
ble period for last year. Nor have
such vaguely-voiced expedients as
new postoffice construction or in
creased highway and defense
spending reversed the current
state of mind.
But this is not to imply that
the public is wholly lacking in con
fidence. Editorial surveys would
indicate that the public is confident
that the Administration has not
done enough, but that it would nev
er allow" so much as a signifi
cant pause in the boom. In a word,
the public has confidence that the
current recession need not, and
should not. be permitted to turn
into a major depression. This con
fidence is a favorable factor in it
self; ?t did not exist in 1929, much
less in 1932. But it will only be
justified if the politicians, recog
nizing what the public expects of
them, present programs based on
today's economic realities. If the
Administration fails to sustain
this confidence, the public mood in
the distressed areas could turn
ugly and desperate quicker than
you can say Herbert Hoover. The
Nation.
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WOLFF PRACTICING
To The Editor:
Mr. Wolff is doing very well in
trying to sound like George Jean
Nathan and I think it is so fortun
ate he has a column to practice in.
Do I understand that he is so
churlish as to demand that the Pe
tites Dramatiques be scuttled just
because they don't sound exactly
like the Theatre Guild?
I am sure many people greatly
' appreciated the opportunity of be
ing able to see "The Cocktail Par
ty." I thought they did an excel
lent job and I hope they continue
to bring us all the most difficult
plays which professionals, forcejd
to consider that unpleasant subject
money, would never dare.
E. T. Fitzpatrick
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The Raleigh lawmaker continued that only a few
relatively unimportant conflicts have appeared in
volving Woman's College and Chapel Hill, but he
stressed that the. matter of State College dormi
tories is "very important."
Harris is dead right. The question of dormitories
at State College is vital, especially to the City of
Raleigh. Students who attend State College and
bring their families along have not only become a
part of the life of the community, but they also
contribute heavily to its economy. They take part
in the city's cultural life, live and buy things of
all kinds from local merchants most of the year,
thus giving the cash register a merrier ring.
The highly important question, however, is that
of who is to run what. If the Board of Higher Edu
cation is to exist then there should be no conflict,
no brawling with the institutions which it has been
created to succor.
At a time when there is a crying need for edu
cated people, scientists, teachers and a dozen other
categories where book learning creates the founda
tion, it is pure silly for the people in high places to
be in disagreement as to the operational functions
of the colleges and schools.
With about one in four of every student on the
State College campus enjoying marital bliss the re
sponsibility for giving them decent housing rests
with the state. The hour is here for the Board of
Trustees and the Board of Higher Education to get
together and settle this problem, as well as any
other that may develop, in peace and harmony.
And in doing this the welfare of the students should
have A-l preference.
WHICH SEMESTER RUSH
First Or Second?
(Following is an editorial from the Duke
Chronicle, arguing in favor of early rush for
sororities. It is of interest here in view of recent
sentiment for late fraternity rushing at the
University.)
It didn't live up to expectations. Second semes
ter rushing was hailed by some as a means of put
ting sororities in their proper place. It was to al
low freshmen time to make their adjustment to
campus life while taking an objective look at
sororities.
However, this year's rush accomplished none
of these aims and brought forth many unexpected
complications. Dirty rushing, which could not be
called dirty officially because only the spirit of the
rules was broken, became a common first semester
practice. As several sorority women commented.
"It's bad enough having to rush for three weeks,
but when you have to rush five months extra, it's
really awful." Such an attitude on the part of
sorority members completely defeated any attempt
at normal relations.
Objectivity among freshmen was another fail
ure of the new system. Instead of entering rush
with an open and informed mind, freshmen had.
in many cases, narrowed their choices to a few
"top" sororities; the other went unconsidered. Oth
er rushees had formed such close friendships with
in their dormitories that their choices were limited
to those of their friends. Meanwhile, many of the
sororities were concentrating on the same relative
ly small portion of the freshman class. Because of
these problems and the fact that second semester
rush did not decrease the excess importance at
tached to sorority membership by freshmen, tension
and hurt feelings were more abundant than be
fore.
It will be up to the Administration to decide
when next year's rushing will take place. If it takes
into careful consideration the whole situation, it
can only decide on the return to. first semester.
rEBLEY BARROW pla) Uoll
Night Editor