North Carolina Newspapers

AOt rwo THl OAIUT TAR HBEL Wqea c2zli2 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1958 Last Day K'2S ere ca Today is the last day ti enjoy free parkin? in ( 'lupel Hill. Tomorrow, the most modern type of no arm l-mdits govs into operation, and students who want to park wt!l have to pay for the privelege. Towns people will W caught in the same dilemma . A sober note was added to the parking meter controversy a couple of days ago, when a solid citi zen of a Virginia town offered Chapel Hill a num Ut of parking meter posts that used to have park in,': meters on top of them in his town. It seems that the loeal gentry went to the nearest big city to shop, and the loc.il people got wise. AFROTC You. wlm .nc in thc Air Force Reserve Oliiurs Fi.iinin- pronmi in the first two y .us. .ue in . doubtful oamMe. Yoii h.,e t.iken no exhaustive- physical a'xl mental examination and tan indeed he drop ped lioni the pioiam. At piestnt there aie about 200 students p.uiw ipatin-4 in the program. However, the aera-e -laduatin lass is atound twenty. I lie emphasis is runently hein placed on the dci lopnuiif oT Hiers, and the physical fitness these individuals is of primary con- ci 11. Itti thoNe who aie not in maximum physi al (iMnliln.ii. i,e A1ROIC program is a w. te ol .lime, and helore you reregister for the pioiam next semester, have a he k-up. You aie losing redits hy taking the course il ou haxe no lutuie in it. SuondU you who ate not ontemplatin lli-ht tiaiiiin auht to look into the possib ilities ol i 1 1 i 1 1 11 i 11 4 in the Air Fom e pi o; ram in noiii jiiiiini eai. I he Ait lone dots not expend any money tow ml a student's education in the Unier siiv. ex( pt I mi uni l ms and books, but these ue on a It-utl Ic.it b.is. so that the loss'is 1 1 1 I'M dejuet iatioii. I Ik siiuhut who is not pliysically lit has I'othm: ai.i and ieiythin; to lose aia i!( mil ,i!l. I he An I ok e iiii.;ht let onsider its 111 lent ii.;iam. . id thr student ouht to make next scmesti r's division (aielully. Two years I 1 01 1 1 s s is a lot ol time to waste. Tax Aid A Male lommittee has repotted that the Mite should tonsitler the idea of utiliini; sales tax money lor the cdiication.il aid, and this i. a mouunendatiou to be taken ei it usly. It aiKanies an idea ol matching grants, but w!iiuer method the idea ol putting moie stale iiithv to-.'td the educational ; st ablishtm nt. it is an idea to be hailed. I he .state has been too Joilif committed to jthcr aieas sin h as load building. And the commitment to education has been minimal. 1 he realization that education is an import int far tor is healthy. 'I he ultimate tealiation that education is otitu .11 v is still to be teached. It can be hoped .hat this icaliation will come soon. Chancellor Bostian It i with tegiet that the resignation of ( :h !( ellor l'.ostian is noted. He has done tiuuli to raise the level of eduction at the lollre and bting its level up comensurate with hi'h standattls of education. Ilis shoes will be huge ones to fill. New Records Record stores have different records, and one local ru-ord shop has some of the most different. One record company runs a series of records bc Kinnimj with the words "Music For." One of their latest carries the inscription "Music For Expectant Mothers." How far can the record industry get? For those who like their realism, really real, there m also, a record of stethestopic heartbeat?. Fascinatin rhythm. vljc iBaity ULux ?eel The official student publication of the Publication Board of the University of North Carolina, where ! 4 11 published daily except Monday and examination periods md summer term. Filtered ai second class matter in the off.e in Chapel Hill. N. C. under the act of March 8 1870. Subscription ratei: $4.f,0 per Be mester, $850 tear. Managing Editors "-"'-'A ' f ! r I'ljivf . . v I 1 I . I I ! , - :i fit i I ,1.,...;. It CHAItLIE SLOAN, CLARKE JONES Business Manaqcr WALKER eLaNTON FRED KATZIN JOHN M INTER Advertising Manager Asst. Adv. Manager . News Editor . ANN FRYP Subscription Manager AVERY THOMAS Coed Editor JOAN BROCK Chief Photographer 1 BUDDY SPOON Assistant News Editor . ED RINER Associate Editor ED ROWLAND Sports Editor RUSTY HAMMOND Assistant Sports Editor ELLIOTT COOPER ho Wore v ri In Review Ed Rowland This week the big news is of course the election and how the Democrats battered down Republi can bastions all over the U. S. with few exceptions and gained the biggest majority in the House and Senafe they have had since New Deal days. The election proved what fore casters had predicted for weeks: that the people were dfssatisfied with the GOP and were ready for a change, that Ike's personal charm was losing its effect, and that no other Republican could re place him. In campaign speeches and stumping tours Nixon, Knowland, Dulles and other top personnel in theG0P tried to stem the Demo cratic tide but it was as futile as King Canute telling the ocean to recede. The surprises in the Election were the election of a Congress man from Vermont on the Dem ocratic slate the first in 106 years the Democratic sweep in several normally Republican mid western states, and the election of .Nelson Rockefeller to the Gov ernor's chair in New York over incumbent Averill Harriman. In winning that crucial contest, Rockefeller placed himself in the middle of any speculation about the GOP standard-bearer in 10. No other Republican winner turned in as great a victory. There were some other winners for the GOP, though, bright con trasts to the predominatly Demo cratic tide. Barry Goldwater, arch-conservative in Arizona who battles the labor movement as muc,h as liberalism, won a close rate for his eSnate seat. In North Carolina Rep. Charles Raper Jon as fought off a determined bid for his House seat from Democrat Dave Clark and won a close one. C)n the other side of the ledger, Democrats Pat Brown and Clair Engle stopped the bids of Repub licans William Knowland and Goodwin Knight to switch jobs. Knowland was whipped by Brown for the governorship, and Knight lost to Engle for Knowland's old senate seat. Final unofficial returns show the Democrats piled up 13 new seats in the Senate,, giving them a 12- ,1;, jXfiP W 3 i' "Jr vote majority. In the House they picked up 47 seats for a lead of 61, more than ample voting strength. In races for governors' positions in 322 states, the Democrats- won five more seats than they had be fore, and they now lead num erically 34-14. In the wake of the election, the AFL-CIO demanded an end to all ife right-toJwQfrtc laws whicji ban the union shop. In seven states in which the question was an issue, the union-hated laws were opposed in five state?, all heavily industrialized. Uniort' lead ers had urged members to gel: out and vote against the laws and for Democratic candidates. The executive council of the na tional1 union called on the new congress to revoke the sanction given the right-to-work laws in the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act. The statement continued to say that the Democrats won -such a sweep ing victory because of the loss of public confidence in the GOP. . The lineup of the 87th con gress favors such action, because the preponderance of conservative southern Democrats has been les sened by the election of new north ern and westerh Democrats. But the southerners still hold the ma jority of committee chairmanships because of the seniority rule. Another big backer of the Dem ocratic campaign, the Americans for Democratic Action, declared that the election results were a declaration for liberalism more than for the Democrats. The chairman of the ADA, Robert R. Nathan, said that voters repudiated the smear-fear Eisenhower-Nixon line and instead elected those very "ADA-type 1 northern and western radicals that the Republi cans asked the voters to reject." Nathan cited the election of such - men as Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota, Harrison A, Wil liams of New Jersey and William Proxmire of Wisconsin to the Sen ate as examples. President Eisenhower, whose po licies seem to have been rejected more than any other president in off-year elections, said people he classes as spenders have been elected to the new, Democratic controlled congress. He served no tice on them he will - fight in creased spending as hard as he can. He made clear that there will be no basic change in administra tion policy as a result of the elec tion. Press comment around the world widely interpreted the U. S. elec tion results as a swing toward middle of the road liberalism. U. S. foreign policy, a period of re cession, right-wingism in the Re publican Party and what was called the shrinking prestige of President Eisenhower were some of the reasons cited for the Dem ocratic sweep. The London Times said editori ally that it hoped the Democrats will use their big majority to co operate harmoniously with the President. The editorial said the temptation to assign a single cause for the Democratic victory should be resisted. But it noted that the recession period damaged Republican chances in many regions and that "the handling of the Formosa Crisis had been criticized by many strong groups." There were twa major events in world-wide news this week . be sides the election: the coronation of Pope John XXIII in Rome, and the U. N. action on a plan for standby forces to meet interna tional emergencies. The plan was shelved by the General Assembly's special political committee. Counterpoint William Cheney Througout its long and distinguished history the University of North Carolina has held a position of progressive leadership among the schools of the South and of the Nation. Today, this leadership stands in jeopardy. v One of the great trends amoung the universities of the day is that towards the realization that aca demic studies should be balanced by a comprehen sive program for social adjustment. Well developed recreational facilities and programs have become characteristics of the modern university. Unfortun ately, Carolina's attitude towards this matter has been archaic and reactionary to the extreme. It probably would be safe to say that the average Carolina student spends somewhat more than half his time while engaged in activities- directly or in directly connected with academic studies. This dis graceful situation arises from the fact that the recreational facilities and extra-curricular outlets at U.N.C. are totally inadequate to meet the demands of a public spirited vand socially minded student body. The student is literaly forced into a semi monastic life, of study and thought; he can find no other way to spend his time. One danger arising from this situation is that the student, if subjected to this type of atmosphere lon-j enough, can de velop intellectual tendencies. Ail of this tends to create anti-social subcurrents and should be avoid ed if possible. Happily, some progress is being made towards rectifying this situation. Among other things, a new student union and improved recreational facilities in the dormitories have been proposed. Thesa should do much to save the student from the un balanced values which are becoming 9 evident here. Improvements of this sort cannot help but bring U.N.C. nearer to the level of such instiutions as the University of Miami. Truly any building funds which the uiversity obtains could not be used in a better cause. ' A Letter Editor: People laugh at us Southerners. They say w're backward in a lot of our ways. Neither Black Nor White . . . ,W4JMU Llif ' Mostly Shades Of Gray r j -s 5 -1 n si): . : j : '?i ' f .:....::....:.... ' r - 1 I vK' -I u . ' a K ' "'" i -rr . ' ' f ' MP- If"' v. J ; .. . : ;! DEATH THROES OF OLD CARRBORO: Shipping doors are closed at the woolen mill as production slows to a stand-still. The store building is empty; the farmers trade in Durham. Attempts at both industry and commerce failed to save a center of ruralism. Uncon ditional capitulation to urbanized Chapel Hill remains the only course. Norman Smith Ring on, oh bells of Carrboro,, Ring out loudly your hymns each evening. Ring so you can be heard even over the hurly-burly of Chapel Hill. Ring with the self conscious loudness of the van quished and the decadent. Ring your death knell. Carrboro was a trading center for farmers. Carrboro had. a wool en mill to employ its citizens. Carrboro had a busy railroad sta tion. But now the farmers get in their cars travel over a super highway to do their trading in Durham. i And the woolen" mill is being abandoned. And the tracks are rusting, the station house crumbling for want of repair. When you walk down the main street of Carrboro, people say "howdy" whether they know yoi or not; if you have been around before likely as not they will know you and something about you, though. A neighbor is a friend, and you call everyone by his first name. There is always a group of men standing, around the pot-bellied coal stove in Lloyd-Ray Hardware Co. during the winter or lounging in front of The Smoke Shop in summertime. They wear galluses and union suits and high work shoes; they look comfortable. They like to talk of old times, of rain and drought, of hunting and fishing, of new babies and new preachers. They talk slow, easy and if you join them you want to stay for a spell. Now Carrboro is surrounded. On all sides the tenacle-Iike streets of Chapel Hill greedily advance through forests of pine and fields of corn. Bulldozers and prefabri cating crews rend the daylight hours with the din of their labors. Salesmen from the dozen local real estate firms with starry-eyed prospects, are out a-building cas tles in Spain in sub-divisisions and 'developments (those nebulous locations marked off by tiny wood eel stakes and bumpy roads with picturesque names).' . Chapel Hill is rowdy and robust, driviDg at a frantic pace , and bursting at the seams. Sloganare shouted: UNC will have 12:000' by 1970." "The research triangle will bring industry!' VDurhW Chapel Hill will become one of the great urban complexes of the state!" Cash registers along East Franklin Street tinkle their merry symphonies from early morning till late at night. Parking meters will soon rear their ugly, snub nosed1 visages suspended on m aciated," hungry-looking neckout of anachronistic ' dirt sidewalks. Neo-Georgfan architecture srves the interests r of commercialism, The nauseating, belch of the fire siren penetrates to" the" farthest reaches or. the' 'town as . engines roll- forth to extinguish' blazes in poorly-wired, poorly-heated, hasti ly built houses. Sewage lines rup ture and make the ground mushy underfoot. Rotting garbage piles litter the 'alleys. Traffic snarls choke the streets at quitting time. A smile is a rarity. The art of conversation is being extinguished by the frantic activity of -the day and the television, of the evening. "' ;. ., i ...I , ' ! i 1 I i GROWING PAINS OF CHAPEL HILL: Neo-Georgian architeciure"has .w ....crri ot commercialism. Any aesthetic attrac tion of such an edifice is bastardized whoever heard of a 17th Century auto servSc station? Garbage ferments and breeds disease w the aReys; the driving tempo of business leaves no time to give need to cleaning up. and sew- Neighbors know not, their neigh bors. . . Everywhere in America' rural ism is dying: Carrboros are with ering while Chapel Ilills are wax ing strong. Urbanization with its automation and materialism rapid pace engulfs, us all. I hate the commercialism. age, and traffic snarls of Chan el Hill. These are growing .pains,, prices that progress extracts pain fully from those who partake of its fruits. And we all are addicted to this fruit. We shave hi-fis, go to modern . stores, wear Ivy League clothes, enjoy a higher -standard of viling . than has any nation in the history of the world, drive automobiles,' have amazing ly effective medical attention use refrigerated and frozen foods. I question that even the most aesthetic or impractical indivi duals would seriously be willing to abandon, all of this for some "golden age," some Utopian dream of pastoral ruralism. Ring on, oh bells of Carrboro. Ring bravely but to no avaiL I am coming to help tear down what you stand for; then I will help to rebuild a new city fat,, rich, and fast by feeding it lav ishly the fruit of progress. (But within I am not so sure: as I hear the bells play last stanza of the last hymn I wonder how great is the price we have to pay and how much of the account has not yet been rendered to us.) I'm a Southerner and L guess I come from one of the most traditionally Southern states, in the en tire forty-nine. As most of you know, just from reading such authoritative journals as the News and Observer and The Daily Tar HeeV newspaper that are very careful not to present biased or sen sational or yellow journalistic material in their pages, Georgia is just, about, the most "southern" Sputhern state of all. At least it should be the last one the Supreme Court touches. Well, I used to be one of the biggest die-hard confederates in the bunch when it came to arguing about the Civil War. I was a true confederate, a real johnny reb in every sense of the word. That is I was until I happened one day to peep out of the big mob I was in and asked someone why we were mad at "them damn Yankees," and he couldn't think 'of one reason. "We just are!" was all he could say. Now, some eight or ten years later, I have just about come to see why people think we're back ward. One very striking example took place last summer in my own .state. It was the gubernatorial election. Now out of all the people in Georgia, and there are a few of us who aren't Ty-Ty's or DarUn' Jd's, there ought to be someone sharp enough to represent and govern our state properly. But if you could have seen the three prizes who were nomin ated to run rm not sure that they knew what they were running for, I think one of them thought he was running for the state line), you'd see why may be even old Stonewall Jackson himself would agree with me. Now Tm not saying- these fine candidates were crooked and I'm not doubting their education, but to give you an example, and start with the mildest t I ! Z thG firSt man "nominated" was named Lee Roy Abernathy. Now you might say oh. well, what s in a name? The guy might be O.K.. and I'd agree if it weren't for the fact that Lee Roy had for the past ten years been a gospel singer by pro fession m numerous camp meetings and done "SaU urday mght singing" shows on T.V. The second can didate for governor was William "Bill" Bodenham- ?S Vt?1 hGard had ieast tiai&e the fifth grade He strengthened his platform for gov- ;rshlp whistle-stopping many of the small AZSt ?rg13' but WOuldn,t seera t( go ar Atlanta), ranting and raving and screaming that when he was elected governor he would "keep the country unit system in our greaaaat state!" (you'v really got to see and hear these men to get the full enjoyment of their unconcious humor. And the third was Earnest Vandiver, a city slicker from he word go, who had been "bom, bread,- and by the time the election was over, might have been dead in Georgia. As you might guess, it was a tense and excitin day when the people went to the polls. I think if our dorm janitor (had he been white) had run he probably would have beaten Bodenhammer and Abernathy. It was a clean, sweep Vandiver by a landslide. Who else could we elect? We had no choice. Vandiver didn't even have to resort to crook eds measures. I think, he felt cheated by winning honestly. I guess I'll always live in the South, though, i like Atlanta and Chapel Hill a great deal. But my faded grey confederate, cap, seeas to have slipped off. CHARLIE WHITFIELD rr d: SI B th th di ir. u crt in b1 wi pi net W! of D is: U4 col All CO icrf Pil of In!