North Carolina Newspapers

r Ane two THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1739 the'oailv TAR'HiEli" New Taxes sute lilc it Uluihtr the citicn, f 1I1 ci i?m. ihr m ,r n t! urn v.nturs nl irvciiitc in the lui 111 1 1 1 Our iirrd 1 1 1 Mir the rniveiMty a-, as .hi t.iniilr nl uli.it ilic pHNtiit linden u- ittutiiriitl.il i n will do ki the st.ilr il .uloptcil. Ilir u-rin l)iid;ii tlut llir Ailvismy Hud t ( 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 it i 1 in uiiiiiu mini in the (icn n.il .VnuMv is iiMilojutte to l.rrp the Min-linK el the I'nivnsii) .it .i hi-l, U t 1. I lie j.M..nt 1l1.1t is licloi c lite I rni crity i not (in jtic-tt. It icscnts .1 jiit.tuir of . Iiln.it f.ill'ni- f full lliiid in the Smith to I'Hitth. ,iil IiihIht in thr nr.11 lutmr. It pt rsrttt .i Mmlnu f.n ulty tatio that isalirady Ut hih li inert thr tlriu.itii U ol a h ih i.ili Ik I'liiwisii) rtliii cuii higher. Indrrd. the Inline ctiimiiuiKc ol the I'm riii in 1 1 1- Male. N0111I1, and nation uvds ln-rl 011 those Ir-islatois in Kalrii;li. and in ilirii ultimate wisdom they will har to drudr wlictlici they will lose thr next ela tion Iki.hisc they letoiimiended a tax hike. Ihr whole educational st 1 tic tin e ol the stair is dcjirndcnt on the ability ol the legis lator to lake the mccss.ny leadership in ask ing lot hiliei l. alion. It is iiuninbent iihmi tliosr in irsjMHisihle jHisilions, Mich as those at the head ol the Tnixersity in Chapel Hill jud the Omsoluliinl University and all otho stair a-enc ics to jxint out to the Ic islaiois the lespaiaic lisials needs, .and il nrtrssan to nic higher t.A.itiou. I his state at pirseiil diKs not li,c the irenues to Mipjnut its anuies adetpu tely, but tan hae t lie t icwiiue il il wants to. It is time loi all (hose with iiillueiue in ihr stale to iome out lihlini;. 'Ihc usults tins well be xeiv woithwhilc. The United Front On I' he liiil lilcy I envy the age of the old timers rn-l the ii,iys vc by. What a re lief to Hi" drama ctitie an l the grreral theater goer of Ihc present age if he could sec some real, corn fed actors trooping through the village to set up their age w t hin the painted walls of the local dance hall; to see them pin jecting themselves he fore gl iring footlights and an audience of the leeal townfolk. What do we of the tvs rut ictti century have? Why, wo have the movies. Where dors one take his gal? the movies. Where does one so fur enjoyment? the movies. Where does ono go to avoid wark in general? the movies. So it is with us poor unfortunates: burrowing into a convenient cine ma, one sits for two hours Uluee to six in the worse one, watching a pack of morons prance in a quasi primate fashion, while the eyes arc banged with seething hushes of color and the ear.s as sailed by ninety-one drums and three .score trumpets. Do I then think that the stage actor or pro ducer is a superior fellow ... su perior at least to his movie coun terpart? No. Not particularily. I haven't even seen too many stag1" hows. To know what is before you is what my bones ache for: know that the actors, however low ly they may be. are acting, not merely a patched-up piece film; to know that the director is pull ing his hair and dying a thousand deaths behind the curtain; to know that that fellow shaking and shiv ering in the .seat on the last row is the producer; to hear the ap plause or the lack of it at 'the end of a well-turned scene. These are the things I long for. TUis is why I envy you, 0 aged one. Aye, laddie, its with a sigh that I turn from the nostalgic days past to the revolting future. Hut it" must be done. I sound the tin horn of complaint in the ear of the deaf. The movie is here to .stav. So let's he content to di.s emhnwel an show it for its real MIf. i.e., it.s congenital scabrous ness. There are. in all my movie going hours, a minimum of three and a maximum of five shows worth recalling: none were top billed; none received awards; none were spectacular; one was in color. The rest arc clumped, from the class D mediocrity on down, running helter-skelter olf the end of the alphabet. Most people would get more out of reading comic book.s. These movies leave one with a mental blank . . if one goes into a theater thinking of fried eg;s, one leaves and picks Studnit anion on the budget has been impeded by the unilrd fiont that sas that one must suppoit thr rntiic Iniclrt. and if cmirtl to the Consul Ulan-J level, onc must suppoit tluee budgets. I line wrir llnrr basic student budgetary aims. I hr liist aim is to have a irpiesenla tivr hbiaiy that would attiact hih fpiality students and ptolcssois to Chapel Hill. I he econd aim w.is to base avlruatc faculty sal aty monies so lhal 1 lie many qualified pio essois and sulrpiolessois would not leave, and to pnxiuc a competent faculty additions in otdci to pioside for a larc faculty ;"nd .1 closer student-teacher relationship. The students- weie also interested in a student union to meet the eiy definite need on this campus llowevci, when the Committee on State Allaiis was organized it was chained with the task of piescntin the entiic budget. In deed, theie u;v a small administiative-stu-dent squabble about the exclusion of the Di vision of Health Allaiis from the commit ter's icpoit. In this area the administration was lilit. lor if the committee undertook to piesrnt the budget in its entirety, it had to pieseut the health allaiis pictuie also. Ilowcvei, the committee should not have becu saddled with this responsibility. It should h. e ptesented those things that weie basic student concern, and only these things. I hey should base had a brochure devoted al most entirely to faculty salaries, library, and student union to the exclusion of all other topics. However, their analysis of these areas should h:'e been so thorough and so pene tialing as to leave no doubt in a legislator's mind that these were the most important Uniscisity issues at stake, and that the need for these was teal and guat. I he lesult. of couise, did not do what wa-s neccssaiy. How ever, all el forts in any direc tion have been tcmjiorarily thwarted. It is up to the student now to shift their ground to the salient areas, and to meet these critical "needs. If the students tan do this, they will be performing a service, and they will be one ol the main breaks in the United front that has hampered the University for $q long. Movies up tl.'p train of thought going in: ii ie 1 rgg.s. This usual type of rub-bi-'li generally follows a eth'.s p; :'ios-elhos pattern in which the principals are shovvn happily cling iig abtut one another neck; the mid Ik' .section takes us into a heart-ieading situation where one. cr perhaps both, is torn from his lovers arms to be tempted by the devil or Moloch to break one or all of the belated Ten Command-, menls, giving in perhaps a bit to secure a point; the last section is the happy, one . . . the harh. clashing tones are resolved into a harmonious tonic; winds shift, for the gale is over Adam has re fused the apple; tears roll down stained checks as the cast clasps hands and all is forgiven. Danger over. Alls well. Love. Happiness. Hooey. This is a mixture of the sublime and the absurd . . . life pictured through the glazed glass of the village church window. No ideas; literally the tundra of globular originality. They tell me that the background music is a formula led into a watered-down Univac: that one tells the machine wheth er one wants loud music: or soft, sitings or horns; and presto the score is led out in preforated ticker-tape. If this is true, then I might be led to secretly believe that the script has its conception in the same manner; no writing; no thinking; only manual dexter ity. Take this script, a group of braying asses to act, a name di rector, and a moneyed producer; add a pinch of advance publicity 'all lies), mix well in a 2.000 volt Hollywood set, and bake before a gullible public for as long as it takes to squeeze admission price from every passible fool . . . and Foreign Policy Decision 'prW B Mm ill I PS 1 s -m f t.r . 'i2:lt-1' ' w' --l A Letter Letters Editor: In February lf!.r?. as a UNC freshman, I stepped you have the usual blarney prof- to the foul line at old Wake Forest gym with the b red to the American public for score tied and on'.y a few seconds remaining. Here. Uo hours and a half a buck, within my power, was a chpnee to win this baskct- lAcn some of the literate minor- bal1 Same. Hut the Wake Forest student body had ity who are forced into movie mo,c Powxr. And they wouldn't give a visitor 1 halls are beginning to sit by with acc- Koos such as lVtYncvtr heard before or unflinching eyes of glass! nodding si,Ke fil,td lhe !'" and as a rcsult U1' foul shot was short and wide to the right just as tne booers had direilet1 Wake then gjt the hall and v on. So the crudity of Wake Forest has been instilled their heads with approval, creas ing their faces with false smiles, and coming back for more the llpxt liifht Tim nifv iT llu UL'hnlo thing is that we cannot chop down in ni' ,n,cmory' a"'! ,l Yas, not urPrised at the linaie 01 inc aruiina-T(dKe riiesi dinu uu- um 1 night. Wake Forest will do Jt every lime. Apparent ly Ihey not ordy feel vastV inferior, they are. In the Big Four, they should always rate No. 4 until the students arc trained to be gentlemen. " Bill Rankin these houses of boredom; neither can we hang the idiots who pro duce the things . . . they are fos tered by the law: So go ye to the movies . . . pay your homage to the muse in tho foul manner that you must. Heed not the call of reason . . . but I Editor: dream of something ... I sco The University Tarty made a big move towards movement before painted scenery; regaining its position of political prominence cm hear voices that ring true in my C3tnpus in adopting t n last, Tuesday night a new e.-trs ... I can boo, I can clap, or system of representation for its nominating con sleep . . . vntions. The Chairman of the UP and the execu- tdittjr: I must admit that I vvao surprised to rcM Sat urday morning's attack of my resolution prrn'--before the Ftndent Legislature. I was even ii',re surprised to find that you u cd this maus of try ing a personal attack on my intregity as a legisla tor. I will not justify niyspjf to you. F.ut mainly to the students in Dorm Men's IV do I address this letter; I hope that every resident, of this,, my district, will read it throughout. They are th?. ones to whose criticism I will listen; they are the ones to whom I must make this explanation. I have always voted and conducted myself in Student Legislature in a manner which I believe to be representative of those who elected me. In every vote I east I always consider their best in terests. This fact I have stated on the floor of leg islature (to the awe of some of my colleagues) that wc must vote in a way that wc believe the students who elected us would have us to vote. Only in this way can we have a truly representative Student Legislature. But now to turn to my resolution so bitterly at tacked and so grossly misinterpreted. My resolution was depicted by the DTH front page news article as aimed at "limiting" the Student Legislature. This is simply incorrect. I find nowhere in the DTH the title of my resolution. "A Resolution of Policy Concerning Subsidiary Organizations of the Student Legislature." The purpose is plainly stated as that of policy. The word "limit" or no word comparable to it ever appears in this resolution. This legisla tion in no way affects the power of the Student Legislature. In other words the bill says to subsidiary or ganizations (especially I have in mind those which receive funds from student government), "As long as you are doing your job, we will try to do it for you, but when you cease to do your job, we arc free to pass legislation accordingly." The resolution does not say that the Student Legislature cannot or in some cases should not pass legislation con cerning these organizations or their interest areas. The Student Legislature is the .supreme legislative body on the campus; of this there can be no doubt. Two experiences of mine during the last session of legislature caused me iniatiatc this resolution. live committee are to be congratulated for this. First, I introduced a bill to provide bicycle racks To guarantee good student government it is for the new dorms. I was told that the IDC was necessary hat we have at least two strong political already working toward this end. Secondly, I drew parties. One of he best things that could happen UP a bill to provide sideboards for. phones in dormi to boost student government here is for the Uni- tories. Before introducing this I talked with the versity Party to once again become a parly which President of the IDC and found that here too, at least tries to represent the entire campus and work had already begun. There have been similar no just fraternities. The new nominating rules, ii experiences by other legislators I'm sure. I felt that properly implemented, will go a long way towards a policy should be stated in regard to this situa giving the non-fraternity man a chance to receive Uon' thus my resolution. UP endorsement. With a rejuvenated University TJle conflict I am trying to alleviate is betwren Party an all out challenge can be thrown to the lwo groups trying to accomplish the same end, not Student Party. A University Party which is a party a conflict between the campus as a whole and a once again can then not only bring about a better Part f it- The idea is not to prevent progress, but UP, but a better SP and Student Government ' as to remove the stumbling blocks from its path. This, well. t0 an-vne with an open mind, is the purpose of Students should be encouraged to become mem- my resolution. The resolution does not limit the bers of the UP. I understand that a campaign for Power of Student Legislature, so it could not be membership is now underway with UP cficials and uscd to protect any area from needed legislation, old members eagerly seeking new blood. I hope Moreover, if any organization could be singled out that this drive is successful. If the UP can make as being most affected by his resolution it could its membership more representative, rid itself of be no other than the IDC. excessive block voting and adopt some kind of This next point I offer to the campus as a positive political philosophy, which is neither too whole. The editor seems to feel that my legislation, conservative nor bordering on radicalism. I think ha(i il been representative of fraternity interests, that the University Party will be a party to which would have been damnable since I represent Dorm one is proud to belong and a party in power Al Goldsmith P Neither n 1 . A ! !jl acic wor vvniie... Mostly Shad D Grey Norman D. Smith Every day it was the same. IL tried first to participate, to join in llntir activities with as much enthusiasm and exertion, though not as much skill because he was awkward still, as they showed. Then he tried to laugh, agree, apolgize, to go out of his way to do favors. When this too failed he turned to aloofness and alone ness, but even then they sought him out. They sought him out to hit him. to insult him. to curse him, to trip him, to betray him. There were fights which he usually last be cause if he appeared to be gain- btvn the spark generated by the flint of self rasping against the steel of world ever since man has been a thinking being, initiating through the friction of existence these sparking whys which lead h.m sometimes, occasionally on to the discovery of knowledge, but usually only serve to bring him to a sense of frustration, lead him to an impasse of unknowability. "Why?" he asked himself as he walked home from school to avoio being on the bus Vh'ere they would there too tease, poke, curse. The answer didn't come from the long discussions with his parents during which he sat on the braided rug, the sympathetic fire with its hearty, good-natured crackle cast ing his shadow on the wall, leng thening, then widening, then shil't ngh is silhouette as though fran tically trying to help him reshape himself in hopes that from some ew form or perspective he could find the answer and thus the solu tion. He described all those agonies to them and told them how it felt to be ringed with laughter and scorn the day long. They tried to tell him that all this was temporary, that he was in the process of growing up, yet they weren't convinced themselves, and after he went off to sleep they would stay up unproving all the things they had tried to prove to Letters ing advantage, he would sudden ly he fighting two instead of one. There were clothes torn. There were pencils, lunches, notcpapcr Editor: The UP certainly is doing a nice job of kicking itself in the face by the quality of party campaign ing for membership which its leaders arc permit ting. I was annroachod bv ore of the legislators from stolen, not out of need, only tl)(. ,)()rm Wr-men's I district. She asked if I were maljce. When the lunch wasn't a piember of the SP. When I said no, she thrust stolen even that became an ob- forward a pen and a piece of paper and asked me ject of ridicule because the in- fo j0jn lne up j declined, and she tried to press verted snobbery of the others (who the point by such statements as "There are no had been brought up on cold bis- dues!" and "You don't have to do anything. Wc cuit lunches and who now that would inst like you to join. You don't even have to they were in the eighth grade had vote UP." . . been elevated to the honor of car- Since this episode I have been wondering the rying sandwiches made with store- value. cf spending a lot of time getting the signa bought bread) was offended when lures of people who neither are interested in the he carried the homemade bread in party nor think five minutes about the paper they his dinner-pail which according to arc signing. The gimmick .here seems . to be that his mother who was unsophisti- there arc no dues and that the signee "docs not cated by their standards was "a have to do anything." Doesn't this party have a special treat just for you." When platform? Don't its members know or care. what the teacher walked into the room ,,,c Platform is? Aren't the. leaders concerned with in anger because he had heard tho bad publicity. this type of campaigning is giving the commotion down at the other lhc University Party? end of the building, accusing fin- If lhosc ,0Plc in rcpPs'ble positions do not gcrs pointed at him alone, pointed carc and arc not wise inL such mattcrs as thfse' me people on campus wno ininK mr incmseivcs will avoid the University Party as though it were th Black Plague. Name Withheld By Request P.S. I didn't join. . - . from hands that had gripped in the universal pact of non-betrayal between pupils against teachers; thus it was he who was whipped. "Why?" he asked himself count less times, keeping time to his Editor footfalls by uttering silenUy the wit'hin the ncxt few weeks students here at Car simple monosyllabic word that has 0iina will not 0nly be exposed to political issues and figures, they will also be encourage to partici pate in campus politics in one way or another. It is my hope that as many students as possible will take it upon themselves to study what is said and discussed. The. responsibility of each potential vot er is. at .least la acquaint himself or herself with how particular policies will affect the principle of fairness and; legality as it regarded by each indivi dual's sense of justice, . With the belief .that politics should be every one's concern to some extent, I feel that the program and energetic campaign oi the. .University Party to attain more and new rcpresentaion. should be granted, attention and study, if nothing else. Every student is .being encouraged strongly to represent his views and opinions for the participation of all campus groups as: exercised within the party. The details .of th.olelegate system can easily be attained, and I feel "will show without a dpubt the sincere in terest and effort of the party to acquire more mem bers for a -campus-wide representation. Another important factorof (he party"s program is to acquaint students with significant knowledge of issues and problems on cammpus. Much imc has been sacrificed to provide students with knowledge valuable in making political decisions. .! Although. I cannot go .into detail, I feel that a sincere effort is .being made to bring the party to all students" at Carolina. Each student, it is believed, has a significance because of his due representa tion. Because of this, I feel that the main purpose of this party is to provide for all students not only a moral but" also a consitutional justice of administra--tion. ... Joe H. Warner the act of March 8 1870. Subscription rates: $4.50 per se ffiestcr. $8.50 pe? The Daily Tar Heel is printed by the News Inc., Carrboro, N I ' ' 1 I f ix ; . C. Men's IV. But as I have stated, this legislation cpuld not be used as a protection by fraternities or any other body from legislation. The important thing to point out is the false assumption the editor has made. Here he assumes that dormitory and frater nity interests are in conflict. This is a false as sumption! While the idea has been exploited b? various campus politicians in the past, an cxamina tion of the assumption will yield its falicics. I have vet to find an issue that I felt conflicted hese two groups for instance: delaved nmb Hnrmitm-,, c. him and end their talk with the cial rooms, dormitory phone booths, discriminatory ceaseless, ubiquitous "why?." clauses how do these conflict? I suggest that all Nor did the answer cc me in a of us be wary of anyone would seek To divide us personal revelation from God that with this falsehood. "Together we stand, divided he had been taught he could ex- we fall," it's a worn out phrase, but it sums up pect, for he prayed every night the situation very well. Those who would divide for a long time, pleading for an us arc putting other interests ahead of those which answer, and to prove that his are best for the campus as a whole. It is not neccs- prayers weren't really selfishly sar-v that we fight among ourselves. With a har- motivated he included lengthy monius united front there are no bounds to the clauses asking for the welfare of ProSress that student government can make. all his kinfolk, thanking God for Dav'd Grigg what he had been told were God- given blessings, and in despera tion he even prayed for the ones who tormented him. The only re sponse he received was a sighing, rlicfrmcrtl nto orhn nf hie "Whv" UlCVV.IklVlUVb V. tl'U v& . O t .J wafting through the open from treetops stirring in the night s published daily breezes outside. except Monday auo Yet he was doomed to the life examination period? of an onlooker. He could never, find summer terms never would be able to' do, to Entered as second participate. Understanding of oth- class matter in the crs and others . understanding of st office in Chapel him enoush to make him a Dart H''l N. C, under of the group was something that he could not, would not attain. He would always feel uneasy among people, would want to leave so he could walk out alone by himself and think clearly in his own mind rather than muddling everything by trying to explain himself to others. He would expect others not Sailor to do what they had pledged they : 77. , . . , . , Managing Editor would, and his extreme sense of self-dependence would actually The official studeBi publication of th P,.hiioiin window tfard f lhc Unive"ity of North Carolina, where it CURTIS GAfiS CHUCK FLINNER - STAN FISHER give him a feeling of gratification News Editor in having this suspicion confirmed. ANN FR YE Assistant Sports Editor ELLIOTT COOPER Advertising Manager. Asst. Adv. Managcr He was doomed because he car ried tatooed against his soul the most heinous sin recognized by so ciety, the sin for the punishment Circulation Manager of which the ground around guil- Spnrta FVMtnr lounes has become soggy, moul- - FRED KATZIN LEE ARBOGAST BOB WALKER RUSTY HAMMOND dering bones manacled in ancient Chief Photographers dungeons lie, and schoolboys suf- fer: individuality." ' Business Manager BILL BREMKHOUS PETER NESS WALKER BLANTON