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TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1958 THE DAILY TAR Hf IL PAGE TWO Down With Compulsory Attendance At Speeches A Civolin.iM on I i.iix-s an intit fxtiii question rlsfwlicrr on to day's rditoiial pa.c in pointing to the (Usirahility ol ( ompulsoi y ill-, tendance at dormitory spvahes by t.unpus politicians. While .she admits to the deshabi litv ot heini; inloimed on local al f .1 1 1 s oi a political nature, she asks it that desir;dilit in turn makes ompulsoi jttcnd.uue at peet lies de.siieahle. Well. Ke think v can answer her question umlesii cable though our answer may be lor the campus politicians. ('ompulsoi v attendance .it such i;-;hci in;s is not desiieable and should be lilted forthwith. II toedscau be made to listen to poiitu.il speeches, attendance at these luiu lions also should be forc ed upon C.uolin.i gentlemen. And il both sees ..re made to listen to candidates loi student body piesi dc iu. ' the ir attendance also should be lequiud loi addresses bv the humblest ol the numeious randid ates panic i)atin;4 in spun.; elcc t i His. W hat this would mean, ol ouisc, is that Carolina students wo nil spend ;dl their time between now and l listening to campaign speeches by countless numbers of political candidates. Their nights would be Idled by compulsory meetings. That, we feel, is undesireable. Uut it is not nearly so undesire able as the very practice of bciivj; forced to attend meetings of any kind at I'XC. and particularly meetings of a political nature. When you can be forced to at tend political meetings, you can be forced to te. And. conceivably , when you c an be forced to vote you can be forced which way to vote. 'I bus. compulsory attendance at. political speeches is a threat to the democratic practice of oluntary participation. Theoretical though that threat may be, we leel its implications are suliicient to demand ;u once the cancelling of compulsory attend ance at political speeches. leayinj; l'NC students with the jnivilec of listening to whom they please whenever they please. Honor System Commission Needs You For Jury Duty 1 he newly instituted Honor .System ( iimiiii issiou (intently 'is holding interiews to seleet juiois wlio will siie in the .student courts iccently uvised b the leislat m e. It is appi opriate. theieloie. that ue should take this space to ex plain the impoi tanc e ol the in teiiews and the onti ibutions to the judicial system at l'NC which the Hoiioi System Commission f attempting to make. I ndei io isioiis cl .. bill passed h the student leislatuie last week, the- NSC w ill selec t students on the basis ol sincerity. inteteM. ioiii peteiue and uudct standing ol the judicial system lor set i( e as juioi s within the student eouits. Students who meet up to the le quiieuienis tl the IISC wil be a m'tu a list held b the Allotne ( .c lici al s oil ic e. w hie h ill call students in lot pnv dut lot cases coming I eloi e student c oin ts. I lie im j m tain e ol this pi .u t ic e lies in the eampus-wide paiticipa li.in in judic ial all. tils whic h the jui sstem pioiuises to stimulate at l'NC. It is an intcicst in the judic ial system w hie h does not jioav exist . GUEST EDITORIAL As a step to lurther broaden that intctest in the luture, the Honor Sstem Commission has been set up as a temporary body uhieh one da will be dissoKed when its work his produced fawnable attitudes aimiii:; students lot the juiy system. When that temper of mind has been cieated when the jury system becomes an integral pait ol c ampus lile in which all students will par ticipateselective interviews will ie wa to universal jury duty on the student c ourts. Consequently, in its liist stages ol transition liont a lathev closed and intimate jiioup to a ;ieatl ex paneled system involving the en tile student body at 1. rc, the ju diciaiv at I'NC. now needs exten sive and capable participation to assute a beter judicial system and lairet justice for all. 1 he Honor Svstem Commission needs and lequests youi help. 11 you're interested in student ovein metit. or il von want toeontiibuie in a larj.e vvav to campus lile. chop bv lor one ol the interviews the commission is holding this week. In the- end, you will he contribti tiif4 to a better judicial system at INC. The Winds Of Doctrine The- Carolina Symposium, which ranand our monetary system our tools for all last week at Chapel Hill, easily at tracted the most varied collection of big names this state has seen in a lon time. It also .-X posed the University students who comprised the major part of the symposium audiences to a wide variety of opinion ome orthodox and .some unorthodox, but inot of it stimulating. Here are a few samples of what re alar attendants at the lectures and disciis.sion.s heard: "The cgro of the South has been lure for generations, but he will .soon be an immigrant, into the American culture. His big troubles will begin when he achieves first cla.ss citizenship politically and economically ... He will go through the same process as the Irish, the Jews, the Slavs and the Italians in America." Harry (ioldon of Charlotte, editor of the Vurtnli.na Isrucltte. ''There is no rhyme or reason for the economic crisis in which we find our selves, or for artificially rigged infla tion." Victor Reuther. administrative assistant to the President. United Auto Workers. "We mu.st contrive to make money The Daily Tar Heel The official student publication jf tht Publication Board of the University ol No:h Carolina, where if ia published daiiy except Monday and exam ination and vaffation period? and sum mer terms. Entered as second class mat ter in tbe post office in Cbapel kliU. N. C. under the Act of March 8, 1870 Subscription rates: mailed. $4 per year, $2.5U a semester; delivered, $3 a year. K350 a semester. Editor DOUG EISELE .Managing Editor iigh Editor ALYS VOORJTEES GRAHAM SNYDLB better distribution of our growing pro ductivity rather than our master." Spencer Love, president of Burlington Industries. "Many educators are afraid of change. They are afraid of labels. If report cards are tampered with, teachers are ac cused of being progressive. If the gold stars are discontinued as a competitive device, they are accused of .sabotaging private enterprise. If the 100 per cent promotion policy is introduced, schools must defend themselves against attacks from 100 per cent American organiza tion." Dr. Benjamin Fine, dean of the Graduate School, Ycshivr University. "Our greatest business is to get along with the continuing American revolution which only these who call themselves its Daughters cOuld possibly believe was merely a basis for big bosomed local pride." Jonathan Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News and Observer. "More than 2.000 newspapers are published in the Soviet Union. A small proportion published by the (Commu nist) party reflect the point of view of the party." Sergei Striganov, , charge d'affaires, Russian embassy. A "The attitude of J. Edgar Hoover and the House Un-American Activities Com mittee toward the Communist party in America is a hoax. The party today is decimated and hardly a factor at all." Michael Harrington, staff member, Fund for the Republic. And so it went. "All the yvinds of doe trine," to use Milton's phrase, "were let loose to play upon the earth." Some were true and some were false, but vc, like Milton, need not fear that truth will be "put to the worse in a free and open encounter." What, after all, is the purpcj.se of a college education if it isn't the pursuit of truth? In our own state, the Carolina Symposium is a contribution to that pur suit TNSTia6ALEM. JOURNAL. J. Y.'S JAZZ v Something For All In 'Sound And Fury' Jobs Sunday at tyvo o'clock in Me morial Hall the 1958 edition of the ' Sound and Fury" began itj try outs. Because I had a good deal to do with putting this shoyv together, I am vitally concerned with its yvelfare, and wish to take time out from the world of jazz to tell a little about the way the shoyv op erates, what it's all about, and to urge every member of the student body yvith even the slightest talent or interest, in the stage to take part in the show. As you all knoyv, the "Sound and Fury" is a stucent .shoyv yvhich relies entirely upon the enthusiasm of the student body for its suc cess. A shoyv like this is more than a group of actors; it is a group of people of varied skills and interests yvriters, carpenters, stagehands, musicians, painters, all the many and varied types that go into, the making of a .success ful, show.. All these people will be needed to put the show on, and all of you can help. rijfve never been able to give an adequate resume of the shoyv's plot, because it is extremely com plicated. Suffice it to say that it is a story of life in Neyv York City, it life composed of many different elements. These elements are far from homogenous, yvhich tends to add to the complexity of the plot. A lot of the show is based on jazz the music and the life that goes along yvith it. It is here that the show reaches yv hat ever potential it may have .a potential guaran teed by the wonderful melodies of Mike Dunn and Cecil Hartsoe, two of the greatest people I knoyv. There are a lot of yvonderlul peo ple yvho are yvorking on the " Sound and Fury" this year G. C. Prid gen is producing it "But then yvhat doesn't lie produce?. Cecil Hart soe is directing it. Eleanor Bnnv ley puts all those details together that yve can't seem to figure out for ourselves. Ed Crow is design ing the sets. .Jack Mitchell is run ning the adding and subtracting end. and a yvhole sknv of talented, friendly people are doing millions of small tasks. You'd like to work yvith these people. If you want to get your face on the s;aue. there are a lot of parts big and small about forty as a matter of fact. There yvon't be as much dimcing as usual, but any aspiring Fred Astaires or Agnes DeMilles should come around; yve can use you. If you like to sing, try a solo lead or a chorus part; the songs are fun to sing. If you like to bang a hammer or wield a brush. Ed Crcnv is going to have sonve spectacular scenes to be put together. And those people who pull the curtains and move the props are indispensable; without them, yve're sunk. There is a lot to do in the ' Sound and Fury" this year, and yve need a lot of people. V AREN'T Y- !?EACEFa,CH ! - ( - RSfllDN- "If You Get It, Remember 1 Mentioned It" UNC. STUDENT c " ' Y I , . I, til." ' h !.. T I s EMM W A Jb THE TIME Sef'Vv "' 7 ' VrKr 'V::'; :"v. ijrly $ ' C'9t8 Tie LOAstseiToa vsr LETTERS TO EDITOR Cleanliness At Lenoir Hall To the Editor: It is to be regretted that the editorial and the picture of the dirty plate occupied the place of the lead editorial in the Friday Tar Heel, because it was com pletely out of character with edi tor Eisele. He could never have seized on the dirty plate and yvrit ten a diatribe insinuating that this is a typical occurence at Lenoir Hall. I think it is remarkable that of the tens of thousands of knives, forks, spoons and pieces of china yvashed at Lenoir Hall every day. that a dirty piece turns up so rarely. It is true that hot yvater only hardens eggs, making it stick like cement, and that unless it is scrubbed off before placing dishes and flat yvare in the dishwasher it will stick and not yvash off. But consider how almost impossible it is to inspect every fork or dish before it is brought to the dining room. I think the cafeteria is kept remarkably clean. I haye never found a dirty piece in the eight months I have been elating there. 1 don't contend there haven't been any dirty dishes, but if this yvas a common occurrence, surely I would have run across it. If anybody wants a thankless job. just let him go into the food business. The Lord himself couldn't please everybody. The one com ment that I yvould like to make to the managment of Lenoir Hall is that the fresh vegetables, carrots, cabbage, broccoli, Brusscll Sprouts, cauliflower, asparagus, turnip greens, spinach, are over cooked. When fresh vegetables are cooked too much they lose their food value. A good rule is cook these vegetables only a few minutes, and remove from heat as soon as you can stick a sharp fork thru them. It is difficult to get vege tables just right yvhen huge quali ties must be cooked and served hot, but it can be done. It somet imes requires re-education of the cook, and sometimes of the cus tomers, but if yve are to get the most from the food yve eat. the ef- fort is yvorthwhile. I am sure the management and the cooks are open to suggestions. They hay e a hard job, and they are doing a good job. There is no call for sarcasm and ridicule. I am sorry that editor Eisele didn't assign his guest editor to another column ou his page. 1 Mrs, Otelia C. Connor i Ed. Note Mrs. Connor indicates in her iast sentence that the edi torial to yvhich she refers was not written by Mr. Eisele. He did, in fact, write the editorial.) ATTENDANCE To the editor: I feel that attendance of speeches made by candidates for student government is highly desirable since it is in the interest of in formed voting. ' Several nights ago in house meet ing it yvas announced that next yveek candidates for student gov ernment positions yvouid speak to our dormitory and that attendance at these speeches is compulsory I yvould like to raise a question: Does the desirability of having students attend these speeches make compulsory attendance de sirable? Perhaps tins question is ana logous to the folloyving one: Does the desirability of church attend ance make compulsory church at tendance desirable? Phyllis Jones to Z LU Q. ?EACEra.CHACU tiUlLN? y"" II mm 3' X WW; JT .."atw.a.. TMEV SAY TMAT IF YOU GAZE AT THE STARS LONG ENOUGH ALL YOUR TROUBLES WILL SM 50 INSISNIFICANT THEV LULL i ICHAT DO YOU U&NTiMETO DO, STAND HERE FOR THE REST OF AY LIFE?,' N 3 u to ra JO. U JQ DC Z ra -AND DO VQLX J.P. SWEETPANTrS TAKE. THIS rT74 If rT Www v N WHO'S WAKING ALL THAT HEAATB30KEN RACKET? THE. MOTHER OF THE BRIDE.? THE FATHER?" $2 MO, SUHIf ITS THAT FAT VsAITEC V. GOOD HEAVENS, A EaVAJSir UFDP rr I DOhsTT 1CNOW VJKV YOU SHOULD CRV LIKE TH AT.r- PLEASE LEAVE r Q. a u s one teoueug witw innssnational. AAi?d & LA?6 VP6CMAHY !MITlAt6 FCfZ QUO. C.ffZZHT NOT OJLY PCgS W NOT NOW WHAT w6'e TAUKTilsJ' ABOUT. 0JT WB SOT NO UgTTgS'S Ug?T TO TAt-K WITH. o o o a. SUPPOSE Tug fiOSgiSvj AMNtfiTge VJ.f? GFTP.P.Q. SO f-y.I. TkS S.NA-PM. AMP 60 vou &Q io MSlauzt 0Bccy KNOWS WH0 Hg VVAs, WHAT Hg J Vi'AB TKKiN ABOUT CC" . &JT f Mg TPS TWgTdEXPWIlT POgT WHAT vou w5 FI6HTIH' A30UT. m 5 s Preparing For Brussels Fair: Trying Experience By FRANK CROWTHER (Edit Note: Mr. Crowther is former associate editor of The Daily Tar Heel.) It's really very easy to prepare for .the Brussels World's Fair. All one needs is strong nerves, ex cessive patience, a good finger nail clip and three months supply of tranquilizers. After receiving my telegram on Thursday, March 6, I went into a state of trauma there were exact ly 22 days to withdraw from school, transport my belongings from Chapel Hill to my home in Chevy Chase, obtain my passport, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. In this explination of my own predicament, the reader may be able to understand some of the confusion which has plagued the Fair officials and. at the same time, learn something of the function of the American Guides at Brussels. In the ortginal planning for the fair, the of ficials decided that they would need 250 Guide Demonstrators, preferably American youths between the ages of 19 and 25. One hundred of these guides would be selected by the respective governors of -the states; the others would be selected by a spec ial screening program executed by the Department of State. My application was to tlve latter program. The confusion came when the officials realized that their funds were not sufficient to cover all of the proposed programs. Therefore, an additional request for $2,054,000 was entered into the budget which President Eisenhower sent to the Congress. Of this amount, $669,000 was for the employment of the GuideTDemonstrators. This being an election year, some of the House members realized that they had a prime opportunity to embarrass a Re publican State Department, although calling the State Department either Republican or Democratic is rather ridiculous.. They were and. jar e aiming at the present administration. As the reader knows, all appropriations of Fed eral monies must originate in tie House of Repre sentatives. Therefore, the House had first shot at the bill. Since the Democrats have control of both houses of Congress there are Democratic chairmen of all committees and sub-committees. The chair man of the sub-committee which handled the funds for the State Department was Rep. Rooney, an old war-horse who has been in the House for 25 years. Eventually, he saw to it thst the Brussels Fair funds were cut to one million dollars. The Senate, after they received the bill, and being wiser, as they usually are, restored the total amount of $2. 054,000. This is the present situation. The next move is for Rep Canon, chairman of the House Ways and Means committee, to call for a caucus wherein the members of the House and Senate will meet together and attempt, to com promise. Both Rooney and Canon realize that, once the caucus is called for, they yrill not have the votes to block the funds, so they are being obstinate about calling for the meeting. They plan to yvait . until the last minute. Meanyvhile, the Brussels Fair officials are having apoplexy. They had approximately 1,000 applica tions, mostly from college students like myself, and decided to notify 100 of them that they were to be employed by the government. The one draw-back was that they could not guarantee our employment until the outcome of the appropriations bill was definitely known. So they asked us to gamble. Un less we had begun our preparations immediately (this was March 6th), it would have been impossi ble for us to sail on the proposed date of March 23th. One hundred of us took the gamble. The latest word came in a telegram from New York last night (March 19th): "Will advise definite ly by late Friday evening March 21 whether travel plans March 28 must be cancelled. Do not ship luggage." So here I sit in Chevy Chase, French book in hand, seven Siamese cats for company, a warm fire in the fireplace and 12 inches of snoyv on the ground outside with more coming. Now a word on the guide program itself. The Department of State has arranged a com prehensive training program for the guides. From the moment we board the ship, our every moment has been planned. In the mornings we have daily language study of French and German under a special method developed by Language Research, Inc. at Harvard University. The rest of our program is under the direction of the Council on Student Travel with an exper ienced staff of college and university faculty mem bers to conduct the seminars. The seminars include: (1) Daily Art lectures on Western Europe, illustrated by slides from the Metropolitan Museum; (2) Briefing on cultural pat terns in Western Europe, an introduction to the political, religious, economic, ethnic customs and Western European traditional etiquette; (3) Lec tures and discussions to clarify our own thinking about the USA, its European roots, its problems and strengths; (4) Forums on "Questions Americans are asked in Europe"; (5) A recreational- program to include European and American jazz, formal dances, talent nights, etc. After our arrival in Brussels, a second training program has been set up. The main activities of each day consist of: (1) French and German classes; (2) a lecture topic, such as "Your Brussels Fair", "Social Structure & Customs in Belgium", "Art & architectural landmarks", "Belgian economic & po litical structure", and "The educational system in Belgium;" and (3) a field trip pertaining to the daily lecture topic, such as meeting the university students and having a daace with them, visiting the Palais des Hatiotis, Palais de Justice, Musee Modcrnc, la Bourse, Palais des Beaux Arts, ect. Three days before the lair opens, our final activity will be a party for the Belgian students as well as for students and representatives of other countries. I had hoped to give a more detailed account of the fair and its activities, but that will have to wait until I send my next column probably from ship board,! in which I.will try to evaluate our training program. That is, if we ever board the ship!
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