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'-. r THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1?5 THE DAILY TAR HEEL rAOt rwo " f , j . Function It has long been a misconception on the I'.ut of many in the University and currently lt -int; ie tilicd to some extent, that the Uni- uisiiy of Noith Carolina at Chapel Hill is a st. le uniuisity and as sudi shonld open its ihnns to all students in the slate who wish to attend. 1 he intiodiiction ol entrance examina tions has done something to change the sit uation, but llu: situation may have been dtfilt a s'cjhatk l 1 1 1 c change in .structure of the 1'orti.d of Higher Fducatiou. I (ie Univeisiiy must .stand at the apex of llu Jtale system. Indeed it needs to reassert itseU as the leading educational institution in the south. It should then possess standards chilli will en. hle it to become the leading educational institution in the south, and ompctitic with the line institutions in the noith. I his it obviously cannot do if it takes rvcty student in the state that wants to come. Indeed the justification of a state institution w ith many different s hools lies in the hicr aty of quality that may be presented. Student Body President ' Don Turtado is uirreutly woiking on better foreign student progtamining. and indeed Chapel Hill should not only have better foreign student piogramining but a larger share of foreign students. Their picsnice here is of education al value both for themselves and the dom estics. Moirosci. eii( ouragement should be given to out of-slale students . of high caliber to (nine to Noith Carolina'. The way .should be paved foi students who wish to come and aie fpialilicd to get into the University, and pan of paving the way would be equalize out ol state tuition. The students, the faculty, and the libi.uy go into making n top-notch Unixeisity. .'nd encouragement of the top level students the one's in the top five er rent .should Ik- the goal. This dor not mean that the University should nncss.uily be an intellectual elite, but it means that standards for both admis sions and leteution should be higher than they aie at the present time. It was pointed out in a icccnt meeting of the Committee' on State Affairs that the 1.1 1 J' eisity has a i;;.2 i student-faculty ratio, a figure that is somewhat indicative of a lack of faculty membcts on the University camp us comp. icd to some o the good institutions of higher learning in the noith. When the Gciiri.il Assembly consideis the budget of the Uuivetsity of Xoilh Carolina, it may think in teims of icstoiing some of the salary money ut by the lloasd of Higher education in hopes of bunging to the University and adding to the University's capable staff a nuinbci of qualified professors to better the student fac ulty tation and prepare for the population increase that threatens to double the sie of the University. The University's Ibrairy used to be a lead er in the south, but now it is thiid. In ap piopi iations lor acquisitions in the last bien. ilium it was tenth in the south, so if the present late of impiovcment of libraries on ihe pan of both other Univcisities in the South and the University of Noith Caiolina continues, the UNC libraiy will be tenth in the south. And other institutions show no signs of stopping their chive for self better ment. 'Iheie aie on the Univeisity picture hope ful signs. The icpeal of loyalty oaths in couiageous move by. the local administration piomixes moic in the way of academic free dom and Mints hocfully toward biinging mote piolcssois here tlurt might have balked pirviously. The -proposed bond issue that will be beloie the (ieneial Assembly this year and which the local administration is fight in; 'for jnomiscs to bring needed facili ties' to all state institutions, and a greater awaieness is being shown for student needs as evidenced by the requests for several stu dent unions. Ihe Univeisity has done bettciincnt with in its ranks by tightening up on giading which saw the number of A and P grades almost double in twenty years with no om meusuiate inucasc in student intelligence. 'I heie w.ls never befoie a gi eater need for education than a1 the picsent time of ciisis in the state, the nation, and the woi Id. In deed the Inline cr democracy depends on the development of infotmcd thinking people. It is up to the Univeisity administration, the state legislatois. and the students to meet this thallengc. Exams ! i 'I he editor and staff of The Daily Tar Heel would like lo wish the student' body the best ol luct on their exams, for it is 'the conviction of the editor that many students including the editor are going to need it. I he Daily Tar Hce will resume publi cation on January 30, and it is the hope of thej 'editor, that the student -mentality rate will not "be high. Somber news stories are 'tliiturbins. ' On Prestige Sidney Dakar By The Way, Did You Get My Mes sage Of November 4?" Spectrum I always downgrade anyone's intelligence to the level of a ten year old when I hear him talking like one. Such is the case when I hear people talking about cars. "My Ford will 'take' any Chevrolet." "Mine will, go from zero to sixty in six seconds." We have heard peo ple talk In this vein, for hours. , Such talk reminds' trie ' of one kid telling another that his dad can whip the other boy's dad. "So what?" we smilingly ask the little boys. We then explain in a very superior manner that the re lative abilities of the fathers have no real relation to the abilities of the boys. Many college boys don't seem to realize this verity. They brag about a commerical product that. was bought not with their, money but often with dad's. Suppose their, cars will "take", another .cne? Thty talk as if they had made the cars with their, own little lily white hands. Any simpleton with one minute of instruction can press down the accelerator at the sound of a gun. That is all that is necessary; Detroit has taken care of the rest. It all boils down to a question of economics rather than skill. The man with the must money can get, a car that will leave all the rest; it is as simple as that., , This false sense of superiority seems fairly common in many phases of our life ia the U. S. We have always put, a great deal of stress on how much money a person has when we determine his prestige. Of course this is not done simply by looking at a person's bank statements; our consciences would never allow this. Instead we look at the things money can give a person, such as fine c'othes, palatial homes and membership in the right clubs. To put it bluntly, a person without money has very little prestige amoungthe vast number of people in America today. In our hurried world we overlook the inner values of a person, the only real values. Inner values are hard to judge by the masses. A coral-pink "Caddy" convertible is concrete; there is no question as to whether a person has one of these. It is not so easy to determine if a (person is intelligent, kind Or generous. The poor farm boy trying to struggle through college may, and often does, have a sterling charter that will make his future wife very happy. Unfortunately these sterling qualities are not recognized by the girl that he likes most and might wish to marry. You see, she is too busy dating the boy with the "Caddy" convertible. Letters On Soecfrum And Editor: After looking over the recent issue of the new campus maga zine, SPECTRUM, I believe that it at least deserves some com ment. After all, it did cost thirty five tents. As to Dennis Parks' work AL WAYS, on page 9, it is .quits thought rovoking. This is not -only my, own opinion, but also the opin ion of several .other people with whom I have , discussed his work. They are all curious as to who E. C. is. They would also like to take a bath with her and see if she would show enough romantic at tachment, to scratch their names in the ring in their dirty tub. Un fortunately, some of these people only have access to a shower but they will be glad to try anyway. She must have been a wild date. s The work by R. B. Bell on page 10 indicates that he is evidently a well traveled young man and also quite precocious. The work is a cheap attempt to imitate HOWL which was written by Ginsburg. Even the title is similar, ULU LATE. I had to use a dictionary to find its meaning. Did you, Mr. Bell, have to use a Thesaurus to find the world? Apparently Mr. Bell's odd writing style is a result of his childhood. It must have been a very trying childhood from Mr. Bell's reference to, "good old mom selling herself to lazy sailors in from . the big ships." Or could if be that he is writing about sub jects and places of which he has no experience nor knowledge, but wishes to appear to have lived a full life. i thought it very interesting that miss tiger gammon does not use capitals, ee cummings thought is Notes In Review "' J Arthur Lcssing The cheerful combination of contralto Claramae Turner's sing ing spirit, conductor Wilton Mason's solid musicianship, and the honest cooperation of a great many singers and musicians made the Tuesday evening. Mr. Mason held together the University Symphony Orchestra (whose regular conductor. Earl Slccum, ; is one of the concert performance of Bizet's opera Carmen a pleasant affair last most versatile musicians on campus and was to be found, in this performance, among the string bass players), the University Chorus comprising some eighty, singers,, and the -following . soloists: Brian" Klitz, - Martha Fousc, . Miss Turner, i Gene Strassler, . Rebecca Carries, Marilyn Zschau, Professor Joel Carter, and James Pruett. The music started to move when Miss Turner made her rather striking entrance with the famous Habanera which, for once, did not sound tedious. She sang it with a very full and large voice whose main strength lies in thc expression of that feminine spirit that is both excitement and mystery. And her consequent portrayal of Carmen remained consistent with this expression. She was more than able to bring out the sensuality and temperament of Carmen with her control over the range and tone of her voice. The other soloists, on the whole, did quite well. Martha Fouse has a clear-focused soprano which, though limited in volume, has an artistic subtlety that made her well-suited for the part of Micaela the village girl. Don Jose sang a bit too stiff for my taste and seemed to liave some trouble in the higher register of his tenor voice, but. there was a good giain to his singing which made his performance even and in good taste.. Brian Klitz Who appeared every other minute in another part was hurt ia his performance by a poor pronunciation of the French. Rebecca Carnes and Marilyn Zschau sang .well as thc gypsy girls. Professor Joel Carter doubled as the narrator and Escamillo, faring much better in the second, primarily because thc words he Itad to pcak in thc narrative part were archaic and just plain silly. His voice came colse in expressing the same excitement that Miss Turner generated with hers. The chorus sang especially well, considering the difficulty of singing in French all evening and the fairly involved musical part writing of this score. The orchestra is to be commended for carry ing perhaps the heaviest burden of this performance, playing con tinually for almost two and a half hours music with many key changes, time changes and tricky rhythms. Both the wind and string sections supported the voices with solid accompaniment. But the man who held all this together and led the performance with admirable control and musicianship was Professor Mason. There were very few lapses between voice and instruments, and in general thc music preceded with a very sure and certain continuity that instead of holding back the excitement of the spirit of the opera, provided rather 'a solid 'musical basis from which the expression could derive its musical heritage. " - ' The time and cooperation of all involved plus the leadership of conductor Mason resulted in a successful evening of opera music. was a nice trick too. i will, how ever, question her "sincerity" in her mission of the upper case let ters, her story might have been good had the printer, probably in his confusion of using no capitals, not lert out several of the impor tant parts of the story, the inclu sion of a begiuning, middle, end and a plot would have made miss gammon's story much more ac cectable as a work of journalism, to tiger, GROWLl For the art work only one com ment need be made. The style 'land idea in the sketch entitled WOM AN LEAVING SHOWER is too similar to anther work of art done by Karen Schultz which she calls NUDE COMMING INDOORS OUT OF THE RAIN. Karen is at pres ent studying art in the second grade as Chapel Hill Elementary School. There are two vvorks(( which save the magazine from being a substitlte for a camus humor magazine. These are done by Ann Higgins and Gail Godwin. Both, are simple stories with emphasis' on relating a person rather than show ing off an odd style of writing. They both are excellent character studies of very dissimilar persons. JUy only question is, what are these stories doing in this maga zine? They are certainly above the rest of the magazine's con tent in quality. Of the other parts of the maga zine. I found one of the advertise ments most interesting. As to the "SIX TO GO,'' where are they going, or do they know themsel ves? Or, possibly, is the word "GO" used in the slang sense as in thc expression, "go like a mink?" . The Carolina Quarterly need not close its shop yet. It will take con siderably more than this generally childish attempt to shake its posi tion as the campus literary maga zine. Doug Carter Editor: I realize you will receive many letters on the subject I write about, but perhaps you will be able to squeeze in this letter. I just wish to thank John Brooks. Jim Crownover and Pepper Tice for their immediate and outspok en defense of traditions which we, the students of the University of North Carolina, hold dear. Early this week, there appeared on campus a "literary'' magazine containing stories and poetry , of the most obsecene, childish and obscure type; this magazine was published, apparently, by a group of radicals, pacifists,, pseudo- Bo hemians and others of such Com munistic tendencies who apparent ly could not get their work into our own Carolina Quarterly. It is altogether fitting and proper that the above named student (leaders should censure this magazine; they have pointed out its faults far better than I could ever hope to do, but I would like to re-emphasize some of their remarks be cause I fool that such people rep resent a clear and present danger to the traditions which we, the students of the University of North Carolina, hold dear. Now we, as adults, realize that profanity is a fact in this world; many of us use it occasionally. But there are words in that maga zine that I wouldn't even repeat in a sorority house, much less ia front of my fraternity brothers. I am quite sure that few, if any, of their poems or stories could get into the Quarterly they sim ply lack the traditional qualities that constitute the standards of the Quarterly, and I feel that Edi tor Tice is quite right when he says that the quality of this maga zine will have to improve greatly before the students will become interested in it and buy copies. To be generous, of course, the magazine does have something of value. The writers are young, and tilled with the spirit and idealism of youth. But they do not have the technical experience necessary lo come up to the stylistic standards which a good magazine should have. .Consequently they must get by on bizarre experimentation in stead of the established literary . forms, and have " a tendency to ward the sensationalislic use of vulgar obscenity. Limiting itself as it does to on- campus writing, it can never have the consist ant level of quality seen in the Quarterly. The Carolina Quarterly speaks well for the Uni versity. It has traditionally main tained high standards. Although it may not have the freshness of in experienced writing, its contribu tors have attained, ; through years and years of practice, a maturity of style. How much better it is as a representative of our campus than a magazine which, will limit itself to the necessarily youthful and untried experiments of college undergraduates. This is probably why these stu dents write as they do; or per haps, as a professor said, they are trying to epater le bourgeoize. But the traditions of our great state and nation are firmly estab lished, and cannot nor will not yield to the childish threats rep resented by magazines of this type. R. J. Hodgcson Editor: Having recently spent some four days in the infirmary I would like very much to see placed in the in firmary some portable television sets for the use of the patients. I believe that the students who have also spent -some time in the infirmary will agree with me that it would a good thing to have in the infirmary. I would personally like to see some immediate action taken to have several such portable televi sin sets placed in the infirmary for the use of the students. Having perused the new literary magazine Spectrum, one wonders what the furor was about. Although it was probably not John Brooks' intention, the Student Party leader was no doubt responsible for selling moie copies of the magazine than any other single factor. In itself Spectrum, to be reviewed in a later Daily Tar Heel, is a pretty innocous pro duct. It contains very little'good writing, but -nothing that could be considered immoral. It is a pity that' the United States Post Office would be so narrow minded as to see it in any light other than a literary publication, and brings out even more strongly the ques tion of what is morality. The answer to this lies with the individual. As far as the lettering on the front of the publication reading The University Of North Carolina, it would be more honest to point out that Spectrum is published by some students at the University, and that it is neither an official student or official Uni versity publication. Again if it can gain the finances, it has a right to publish, but not using the name of the University to misrep resent the issue. As far as the relationship between Spec trum and the Carolina Quarterly, the latter is an obviously superior publication, but this is not to say that students should be dls- couraged from writing to Spectrum. An all campus literary magazine may be a good thing, but selecting only from those campus manuscripts submitted, standards will of necessity be lower. If it were up to the edi tor to submit a story, he would go to thc Quarterly first, and if unsuccessful go to Spectrum. If he wants to enter competition, he might start at the top. Spccrum has started. Maybe the second issue will be worth 35 cents. UP Floorleader Charlie Gray, the University Party floor leader, made his second fairly damaging faux pas in this legislative year. Talking of how he was undecided on tlie Smith Pill for a single annual spring legisla tive election (introduced three months ago), Mr. Gray said that if experienced legislators such as himself were undecided about the bill, how could they expect ihe voters to consider the bill intelligently. Ap parently Mr. Gray docs not give much credit to the -other legislators who passed the bill unanimously or to you who voted him into office. It may be that the electorate will not prove quite as stupid as Mr. Gray would lead one to believe in the Spring elections. Mr. Gray's other mistake came earlier in the year. In voting against a resolution aimed at expressing the Student Legislature's dis approval of discriminatory clauses in fra ternity charters, Mr. Gray pointed out that he was voting against thc bill as a- repre sentative of his fraternity. The only thing wrong with this was that at the time he was represening Cobb Dormitory, the district from which he was elected and was allowed to keep his scat despite moving to a fraterni ty because of suspension of the election law. The residents of Cobb Dorm should in the future not be confused with the residents ol one house in fraternity court. The results could be politically disastrous. atty Ear Heel The official student publication of the Publication Board or the university of North Carolina. ner " arper's Bizarre Whoa! My friend Before you act (In utter rashness, I might add. To flunk a course is not so bad.) I feel I must Point up a fact, to wit: a suicide is known, both far and wide, as dangerous, at best . it ;;eldom brings the rest the candidate desires; and, if the thing misfires, all one gets for' his pains is a miserable case x of half-baked brains. . . A tranquilizer Is wiser. I ; Cv. ..hi if ui 1 t - ff - - I j Vth (ini I I '- t'-r- ,- J t$ , - is published aaiiv except Monday and examination periods and summer terms. Entered as second class matter in the est office in Chapel Hill, N. C, under the act of March 8. 1870. Subscription rates: $4.50 per mester, $8.50 per rear. Editor CURTIS GANS Managing Editors CHARLIE SLOAN. STAN FISHER News Editor ANN FRVF. Associate Editor ED ROWLAND Business Manager WALKER BLANTON Sports Editor RUSTY HAMMOND Advertising Manager FRED KATZIN Circulati on, Manager Subscription Manager BOB WALKER AVERY THOMAS Assistant News Editor ED RINER Assistant Sports Editor ELLIOTT COOPER Arts Editor ANTHONY WOLFF Coed Editor JOAN BROCK J. Harper Vight .-Editor , O. A. LOPE2 Ml
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