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71 PAGB TWO TTI3 DAILY TAftrrftlCL CTb :ttf THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 5 1 a M 1 -' r" Election Boards i h seems that someday the Elections Board will fututij)n correctly. No one can say the I.lection Hoard does not have a difficult job to handle, hut many elections have passed and one would think tlie Elections Hoard could have learned from past experience. They .should have learned that care enough has to he taken in getting the ballots printed a head of time so that different color paper ould he had to distinguish one contest from another. Thice ballots exactly the same color, same sie, for the same type of election can lead to no end of confusion, and in one case did. They .should have known that the election law piovidcs for the opportunity for people in the Infirmary to vote, and yet these stu dents wcie not given ballots nor was any other opjMutunity to vote afforded them. It could have meant the difference in at least one elec tion. The I let tion lioaid in picking up ballot boxes picked up at least one before six o'clock closing thus denying certain people their legal right to vote. Finally, (he Elections board printed insuf ficient ballots in some contests in particular distiicts. Thete is no excuse for this. Ballots should he printed in sufficient epiantity for all students in the University to vote if they want to. Waste of piper is less important than individual votes. Next time the Election board stages an election on the campus, it would be wise to make a check list of things to do, so that the things not done and the things not to do will not be so llagrant. 1 i I Janus On The Military Establishment Independents The fad that there are now four independ- . cuts in the legislature and that these hold the balanc e power is indicative .of but one tiling that the two campus political parties aie not pel forming their functions. These functions are to provide mature leadership, to establish programs for action, to nominate candidates who will pursue the progtanis of action without compromising for the sake of personal ambition, and to try to embrace a set of principles which have validity in the present society or in any so c ieiy. These functions at least one of the parties at one rime assumed, but it is not the case now, and the campus knows it. Student (Government does not have to be government of 200, by 200, for 200. It can Ik important. It takes work. She means a lot to us, this old University; we won't, can't admit it, but we love her. We're proud of brick walks, colonial architec ture, brilliant teachers, great teams, and rightly so; but these things aren't so much in the long run. We love the old girl not be cause we're proud of her, but be cause she's made lis proud of our selves, made us better men and women than we were when we came here, and, candidly, just a bit better men. and women than any other comparable group any where. Those of us who have spent four years here can tell you exactly why we love the place tell you in one word it may be a different "word for each different speaker; most Avill call it "atmosphere," but all will mean independence. Independence of our minds from well-meaning, but grossly crude and blundering guiding hands. The lack of these hands hurts a little sometimes; we make bad deci sions and we suffer because of them;; but (and I know this is trite) we learn to think for our selves, we build our own indivi dual set of moral, spiritual and philosophical values. And because this set is our own and , was not forced on us, it is upright and good and its rules are not violated. The group of all these individual, independent sets of values com poses our atmosphere, the Caro lina way of life. And this way of life is the rich medium ift which the minds that will be the lead ers of a few years hence must grow. Now every so often some well meaning but short-sighted person proposes a sugar-coated threat to this way of life, and just as often the student body shrugs its shoul ders and refuses to swallow, and the threat fades away. The Ad ministration (whatever that is) usually manages to display a ma turity below, its years by vigor ously supporting such proposals for a time, later realizing the ut ter futility of; same. Take for in stance the men's dormitory coun selors who were forced on the res idents of Cobb dorm a year or so ago as an "experiment." Even the freshmen (nothing derogatory Intended; I was one myself once) shunned this counsel, preferring to suffer their own mistakes and triumph in their own successes. The latest of these attempts comes In the form of a Standards Committee for coeds some sort of double talk about defining the word lady. (Now it seems to me that most high-grade morons know what a lady is, and what a lady does and doesn't, but this is beside the point.) I always thought, for some reason, that we had coeds at Carolina because Caro lina had something to offer that other schools didn't, and that part of that something was this free dom and independence that I've blown so much hot air. over. It seems to me thatwithout this freedom, the coed could have stayed at her finishing school, just as the freshman could have The official student publication of the Publication Board of the University of North Carolina, where It Is published daily except Monday and examination period tnd summer terms. Entered as second class matter in the post office In Chapel Hill. N. C... under the act of March 8 1870. Subscription rates: $4.50 per se rr.ester, $3.50 per tear. Editor CURTIS CANS Managing Editors CHARLIE $LOIH, CLARKE JON ES Business Manager WALKER BLANTON Coed Editor JOAN BROCK Advertising Manager Asst. Adv. Manager - FRED KATJtIN JOHN MINTILR News Editor ANN FRYE Subscription Manager AVERY THOMAS Assistant News Editor ED RIN12R Associate Editor ED ROWLAND Sports Editor RUSTY HAMMOND Assistant Sport Editor ELLIOTT COOPER Aria Editor ANTHONY WOLFF Circulation Manager BOB WALKER William Geer It was exactly 40 years ago to day that the United States and her Allies signed the Armistice Agreement with Germany which ended the military phases of what was called The Great War or The World War The world had never seen a conflict of such magnitude and the joyous '.outbursts which greeted its termination would tax the Imaginations of those who did not experience them. America had entered that war with high' ideal- . ism and during the contest had built up the illusion that it was a war "to end all wars" and that it would bring to the world peace and a better life. The Congress declared November 11th a nation el holiday- to be known as Armis tice Day, a day of peace. The high hopes of Americans on 11 November 1918 were-soon dis- pelled. In the nineteen-twenties and thirties, as disarmament con ferences failed, the League of Na tions weakened (party through our non-support), and hew organization of tyranny in Russia, Italy, Japan, and Germany embarked on ag gressive adventures, h became in creasingly apparent' that Armis tice Day marked only a temporary cessation of hostilities and that World War II was to enmesh the nations. The United States faced that conflict with greater realism and in the post-World -War II world has shouldered major re sponsibilities for the reconstruction of devastated areas,- has vigorous ly supported the United Nations' efforts' to create a worid of order and sanity, and has maintained a vigorous military establishment for the purpose of defending itself if necesstary and for aiding the United Rations if called upon. Despite this bleak history we still celebrate November Hth, but recognizing the changed- outlook In the mid-twentieth century, the Congress lfl 1954 renamed the day "Veterans Day." a national holi day to memorialize the contribu tions of all American veterans of all wars. The past is worthy Of commemoration. The debt which the Nation owes its Veterans is great and deserves recognition. Old soldiers never die, as the bal lad says. '.'But a sense of realism indicates that the past is dead and merely serves as a prologue for the pres ent and future. Old soldiers must fade away and the safety of the nation must be entrusted to the new generation of Armed Forces. In my view, the obligation which you owe to the veeran is small by comparison with the debt which we veterans are beginning to owe to you, the new defenders of our freedoms. Isuggest that your highest loyal ty today, the loyalty which the veterans of past wars and which the Nation expects is that you of this generation face the contem porary military needs and prob lems of the present with cdufage, and honesty and imagination. Within the framework of a disci pline which does not dnd must not dull youur Imaginations y6a must defensive works called the Magiriot Line. In an earlier day, this Line would have served splendidly to protect that nation, but in 1940 the Germans went over and around it and took the whole thing from the rear. In America - today, if our nation is to be. capably defended, We must train our troops and de Vise our defenses immaginatively. As a veteran of a past war, I find it hard to project beyond my lim ited t experience and to think , in futuristic military terms. - I feel old-fashioned. But I raise the ques tibn for you Of 'the present serv ices to answer: How old-fashioned are- you? How obsolete are your training and equipment for-today's military needs?-Is it hot true that in the fast moving world of today's space vehicles, a plane ' which merely moves with the speed of sound is too slow to have much military value? Do ground forces, even though spread out at pentom- ic distances, have significant fight ing utility in an .age- of rockets carrying radioactive warheads? I would not wish to contribute one sour note to the fine harmony which is symbolized by the join ing of our respective armed forces of the Navy and Air Forces on this campus today, '-but it ; is important to ask ourselves whether we have effectively unified i out Army, Navy, Air Forces and Marine Corps in a fighting force of the kind the nation needu in a space age. Is an 18th 'century concept of division of forces, modified slight ly in , recent years,J a valid basis for the military need:! of the pres ent? And in the area of internation al relations, surely wii need to ask what contributions , the military solve forces of our country can make to world order and the preven tion of War. A military man above all others has a stake in peace, Notes In Review for he must far the horrors of I 3 war first and most fully. Our na tional policy in this century,' as The University String Quartet Edgar Alden and our presidents have repeatedly jean Heard, violins; Dorothy Alden, viola; and Mary stated, is never to resort to war Gray Clarke, cello presented its first concert on unless compelled to do so by ag- campus in the Tuesday Evening Series last Tuesday gression or by threats to our vital evening in Hill Music Hall. It was a pleasant affair interests. The President a few which raised only one serious question j Why don't months ago called upon the Unit- we have more string quartet concerts on campus? ed Nations to establish a "world' Here we have a highly competent group of music peace force," a request which the ians who should be heard at least once a month. U. N. Geseral Assembly quietly They play highly respectable programs and, judging ignored. This remains a major ob- from the very large audience which attended this stacle to peace, for -order in this concert, undoubtedly they would be more than wel divided world cannot be main- come to perform for us more frequently. The Quar tained without an effective world- tet performed the Beethoven quartet in A minor, police-force Opus 132 and the Quartet Opus 10 of Debussy. ' vThe opened the program with .a skillful and deli- These are some of the problems ; . . . artpt in a irainr n,c 39 l. die pet 1U1 inaiiit via M""- " - -- 1 ' 1 which you must solve. The. vet- No. 4 of Roccherini. What was revealed from the in your loyalty and your sense of dedication. gone to a prep-school, and both taise necesgary questions arid would have been better off. Be-1 sides all this, it occurs to me that the coed should be just a lit tle insulted at the Insinuation that she needs someone to tell her how to act in public. Our coed's got a lot on the ball or she wouldn't be our coed it's not the easiest thing for a girl to get Into Carolina, you know. Per Bonally, I couldn't justify a Stand ards Committee, even if the coed's behavior needed attention, and since I can't see that her deport ment is wanting much if anything, the , whole idea seems ridiculous. If, as usual, I'm all wrong, just convince me of it. I'm listening. Gems Of Thought Chief I'hotographer BUDDY SPOON KiahJ Editor O. A. L01E2 HANDS I love a hand that meets my own with a grasp that causes some sensation F. S. Osgood A hand that has been short in rendering services to others should not be stretched out in quest of high places. J. L. Burckhardt Pride and fear are unfit to bear the standard of Truth, and God will never place it in such hands. Mary Baker Eddy Other part3 of the body assist the speaker, but the hands speak themselves.-Quintilian , Give me the hand that is hon est and hearty, free as the breeze and unshackled by party. James Montgomery It is foolish to petition with empty hands. John of Salisbury you must find the most desirable solutions which will aid this na tion and the world to live tn peace and constructive fulfillment. The question of . Veterans Day Is thi3: Can you contribute to these goals? In many ways the present posi tion of the Armed Forces! 6f the United States t is more salutary than it has eve been in our na- tional history. The Military Estab lishment holds the confidence of the nation as never before.- Al most half of the national budget is entrusted to the national de fense, usually ! more money; than can be actually spent In a given fiscal year. We are fortunate that in our eountry the military forces are relatively detached from par tisan (political) contention . and that , the military forces have no inclination to intervene in political affairs.. Both of our political par ties support ! military appropria , tions generously. Cooperation be tween industry and military re .rch teams Is developing new and promising techniques of defense. The ROTC which has served the nation well since its establishment in 1917 is , supported within the military establishment better than ever in its history. The Reserve forces of all branches are more effectively trained than ever. On the other hand, the problems of maintaining , a large military force and directing its posture for feace are many, and complex.. It Is characteristic of frmie$ histori cally to prepare for the list war, iind this, it goes wlthbut saying is h fatal approach to defense. After World War I France built on the Gorman border the maghificient "Ah Yes We'll take It Up At The Very Highest Lever j .si j' jgH J I i ; . ( J f?sre Te Arc,w-ri -posy- Truth In Am erans of other wars, who tried to ;y opening notes, and sustained throughout the solve some of tnem,. 100K to you program was a well-integrated string quartet in with hope. We are complacent only which each artist balanced the other both in tone to this degree: we have confidence and temperament. They play well together and the performance was indicative of a common aim and conception of musicianship. ; The performance of the late Beethoven work is an almost Herculean task. Of considerable length, the composition poses a problem of sheer endurance to the performer. Numerous changes of tempo with in the movements ask tremendous concentration of ensemble playing. There is the very difficult task to present, as is necessary in these late works of the composer, a relationship between the different movements, in terms of tempo, mood, expression, contrast, and musical drama. This calls for a total conception of the work in which all of these can be brought out. Within the separate movement the care for detail is almost impossible to fulfill, never theless the score is literally filled with tempo, dy namic,' and expression indications. Theretis a danger to put too much emphasis on the details as well as a danger to put too much emphasis on the overall patterns, for inevitably one emphasis will cause havoc with the opposite lack. In the University Quartet's performance ther was much to admire. Tone was smooth in general, attacks were neat, and the different lines emerged clearly through the think contrapuntal texture. This reviewer was only disturbed by the lack of sheer force that made the performance on the whole too smooth and neat. There is a certain roughness to Beethoven which is part of his particular kind of expression. Without it the music may be very beaut iful and clear, but the power of Beethoven is lost. Hence, this performance for all its clarity and pre cision, admirable in such an extremely difficult work, did not accomplish as much as it could have with more forceful playing. This lack of force could be found in the attacks which did not have punch enough. The sforzandos, in general were toned down. The violent contrasts between loud and soft, I believe intentional for definite reasons of express ion, again were softened. All these took away from the music a dimension that belongs here. Neverthe less, the performance was highly successful in con veying the more mellow character of the later years of Beethoven. The growl, however, was missing. In the Debussy Quartet, strangely enough, we found exactly that force that was missing Jn the performance of the Beethoven. Especially the first and second movement were presented with some of the most intense playing of the evening. And the slow middle movement and the nerVous concluding "Tres modere" brought to a close a carefully pre pared presentation of, again, a difficult musical compositionr The artists are to be congratulated on their work in bringing to us this first concert. Let us hope that t there will be many more in the very near future. erican Propaganda Russell Eisenmah Does America always advocate free elections? Was the interest of civilians always given preference over military strategy in the Ko rean war by the United Nations' 7 forces? The answer to both thefe. questions is- no. However,' Ameri- can propaganda had made them little publicized incidents. , Propaganda needn't be dishonest accounts; it is the distortion of facts by giving one side of a story greater prominence. It is almost a ciiche to say that America is for free elections, and that the Communists are net. Usually we are for free elections, and the Communist record has been one A Letter Editor: Hbw To Write , . Sidney. Dakar 5 f should like to give some advice to the many aspiring young writers we have on this campus. All of you are trying to give us a masterpiece. You try to duplicate the efforts of Stendhal, Flaubert, Austen and Fielding. Most of you are wasting your time; if you, expect to make a living with this type of writing. How can you expect to make a living when most people have never even heard of most of the greatest masters of all time, much ess read then ? No, my friend, a change of tactics is necessary if you are to eat in the future. The mass market of today goes, lot the simple, straight forward story. You need not have anything brilliant to say; this would only confuse your reader. Why try to give your ungrateful reader a new insight into the fears, hopes, sorrows and passions of las fellow man? Your words will only gather dust of the library shelves. Your reader in the mass market doesn't: want to be stimulated by being lead 'over new paths. He reads to lose himself, not to find himself. Don't let your characters do or say much out ot the ordinary; you Will confuse your reader. The plot, a simple, one, of course, mus: develope very slowly an4 along lines that 'are well-known to 'the reader. If ou if eel that you simply must have your character stray off the well-worn path, be sure to drop plenty of hints (at least ten). Your reader will feel pfotid' of himself : ia buing able to discern the expected deviation . . 7 r 1 - The murders and westerr are usually the leaders in the easy cash markets. But, you say, that you can't make any money by writ ing 25c novels; Don't forget that you are goirig to ber giiared for mass production. You are not going . to be interested in. quality, but in quantity. All, your reader will ask is that you put a little different twist in the way the hero escapes in the last chapter. Your reader will of often opposing them. This is probably because we usually think we will win at the polls, and the Communists are afraid they will be defeated. In one far eastern country wheil America discovered the people would vote Communis- Cort Edwards should be praised highly for corn tic, we; opposed free elections. We ing out and saying the things he did in his article said the people weren't ready to Thursday's Tar Heel. It is high time that some decide for themselves. The Com- thing be said about loneliness, for it is a bigger munists, of course, advocated giv- problem than it should be in society today, and ing the people a choice, since they something should be done about it. Unfortunately knew they would probably win. So, 1 don't have the secret formula to solve the mys its more a matter of whether our tery r interest will be fulfilled rather I am unhappily among the lonely on this cam than the supporting of an ideal. puSf and am happy t0 knQW th,, there u s0meonJ It's commonplace to read or else who feels this way too T haye beei struggling hear how wonderful the allies are to fight this ever since I first came here in Sep toward civilians in time of war, tember. -and how cruel the eneftiy treats them. Apparently the American' 1 feel as if 1 am 0112 Pebble in a big sweeping magazines and Newspapers were river' which flows along leaving me stuck in a so anxious to paint a picture of notch flo'jndering and unable to escape, the United Nation forces In Korea I walk the pavement to classes day after day 3nd as shining knights, and t&e Com- the people alk right by seeing nothing, hearing munist forces as evil dragons, nothing. I have been ,lo sorority houses to be met that a very interesting incident by smiling faces and meaningless conversation. I failed to receive much publicity, have been to football games and watched the spec The incident, reported in Norman tators become drunker and drunker. I have tried to Cousins book WHO SPEAKS FOR join organizations, only to be brushed aside. I have MAN?, was a good story, and il tried to tell myself that I don't care, and tried to it had not been unfavorable to the bury myself in studies, which I have found inter allied forces it most likely would esting, but scarecly can take the place of true have been a major news Story. friends. I didn't come; here to learri how to escape The South Korean Military Po- fron? life- 1 didn't come, here to "grab me a man." lice were faced with a problem. didn't come here to change my personality. I As Cousins relates the story, many came he.re so 1 blindly thought, to learn about homeless South Koreans were blocking the roads, making it dif ficult for allied forces to advance. To solve the problem the civilians were driven, by South Korean myself, and others. I came here tcr meet people on an equal basis, to talk about th:ngs that mean something. I came to learn from books and from people and to .enjoy life. I want to'-be myself, but it doesn't seem very possible here. I want to meet people as they really are. Why are people afraid to t , vi r- v if,uxr-n t n I .1 1111 rri 1 1 ri 1 vi ... be happy in that he has spent several hours without being given any .-- u a i u "e themselves? Why must they always run and new ideas which would trouble him and you will have the money . . ... rolling in. Now 1 am sure some of you aspire to Ivrite love,; stories rather , than mysteries. You can still ase' mass production techniques. Re member, all thai is needed Jshat little different, twist in the last All you need is a copy of Marion R. Cox's Cinderella; "Ifhree Hundred chapter. You really don't need to -be original in thinking up the twists. All you need is a copy of Marion RJ Cox's Cinderella; Three Hundred forty-five Variant, by your typewriter. While the foolish writer is trying to give us sbrnething new, you will be in Cannes eu joying your royalties rfom your faithful public. ' ' Rut a few knocks with rifle butts sent them on their way northward, toward the Communist forces hide? These are que tions that everyone would do well to ask themselves; these are problems that all of America must face. I'm sorry I ever came to Carolina, and 1 certain- Each one of these stories should won't carry pleassnt memories of the 'friendly- be known by all Americans. The south" back home. Perhaps coming here has been are interesting arid : significant. a good eyeopener for me. I now look at friendship however, information ? about -the in a new light and treasure more than ever those two incidents is rare. For a demo- who A can; cal1 my rieA(s cracy, this is Very Bad. - ? S ame Withheld by Request. 1
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