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T FACfc "TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1?3? Witches & Goblins: Some Advantages Of "Trick-Or Trec.t" We x 1 1 1 1 iik nut ill. u indulgent i- llm MH H 111114 (Ml llic XlTX Mli(HK Mlljlt l I I 1 1 - lxun. wimIi. ii x 1 1 luxe not fiMtict-d. mnMiiiIx i I J m 1 1 1 1 1 N . Y ( .ill I l.illimccii set ions in i ill i i i i . re mi .intr r Kit I .i 1 1 1 is. imt Lime chew luii- mm tlii n.i'c. li.i 1 . . 1 1 iifin i iij)'ml ol l.i 1 1 with the ( uiii in ol tin- "(.it'll Hiiinpkiii." Iut we will lotixi' x 1 1 .Hid luxe p.iliciMo willi xoui l.u k ol iiui iii: imi niiiNi li- vjm'Iv i'oiu I'MU'd ih in.iiuis o i oiiM'iiu in i .is ilio Little I'l llll f VIX . I line .in-. liocn . t vi lain ad jwitai's ol pl.iN in.; iIh- "h i k-or nvat" ;; i n c. Tonight. Mi It ixc- an ci use to knoi k on tlit" dooi o ih.it luuiNf w lit iv llu' blonde lixes. Yon luxe the oppot tunitx to siuvk up to ( iilll"llonl (ist!f and spook till' spooks. And this is llu onl ni-Jit ol tin- i 11 on lux i' to 'gi t ex in with Kfinp. lot llu- ignominious (iouhuis ; nd stolhis in our mi(Ui. wr might remind xow ih.it liiM-'iitc I'm idol mix I f 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 Uliind 0iu oMIif d.HiiN (,ui knuckles ii;ur this magical cxiinng. On tin- other hand, vou nia Mum ' into i (,i.it (iiitir. I'.ui that's what makes the 'g.imr i iliii'g. Al .'in tali', lenunihei that it's not wliclli ei xou win oi oe that oinils. hut ih.u ou 'la the -anie. l.tt ,d -( lM) ,m, l,.,,,nl the Mill loiiiglil. (See on in jail.) Plaudits For J. Yardley iiomputs .uid jd.iudils aie to he show Med upon (.(imaiis (luh Piesideiu oiutlian Y.udlix I.M setmin the setiteol the Kin' i,,' I i i I ii (.eimans. We tindetstand that his winlii lineup will he eipially itnpressie. It's ahoin time somebodx look, the (.eimans Club bx the honis ; nd -got some top-lliht lalent heie. It looks like Yaidlev is the man loi the j"b. the piospeits hittei than lot main enis. If the next two aie anvihin as line as thV one. Y.ndliy will leit.iinlv he tlu hesi piesiiUnt within iieent nienioiy. Reader's Repository lali'or: One of the unnecessary regula tions of this university is the rule that students must attend the great majority of classes, ar.d take ery lew tuts. This is absurd, since college student.s are sup posed to be mature enough to realize the importance of classes if they want good grades. The student who does not regularly attend classes will probably fail, rnd eventually be a-ked to leave the I'niversity. This kind of stu dent should not be in college in the first place, since he is not desirous of an education. There lore. I advocate that students be. allowed to elect for themselves the iiiimber of classes they attend, and the number of cuts they take in each subject. Unlimited cuts would serve two pui poses: it would reduce the number of students , in the Uni versity, and it would raise the quality of the students. The Uni xersity is becoming quite over it owded. as most of ycu realize. The dormitories arc not being built last enough to accommodate the increase of s'.u dents, classes are crowded, and instructors can lot gie the studeirt the individual attention he should "el. t: r. b. Reports lo Soviet am lle hr.s jgoiic i w ell-pnl)li- 1.-1 f SJ; i' '" late was unkind, we think hassadoi Mikhail Minshiko.. I home on "aiation" with some i.tiil ailments. Washington wait, to iTnd whether he ionics hack or joins Mi. Moloto in some fix t lx . nnnstial pot like Outer Mon golia. I'm p Mais. Marxist dvm.i deniand ed a pit line ol a shaky, toiinpt. deiadenl Anfeiiia horn Washington, and Soxiet di 1om.it and l ass I. iihlnlly supplied the stand ndied demand. I hen Mr. K li'.me oet to see or Iriiisill. Memheis ol the piess on the hit tii tiip know that all ihionh those imiedilile I d is Metishikox lonht to de lelid his pit line ol the I'.S. Me was out lo show Ameiiia's loonix side pist as jmoi C.alot l.od'4e x;is out to show the Iniht. (Di.'nnatit isn't it? the little had atrgel and the little ;good angel wicstlin'. for toly polx Mi. K!) Well, anxwax Mr. K xveais ( ioininnnist hlinkers. hill he has shrewd, hiiglit peas. nit's exes lor all that. The travel ing I'S piess lcxelo)ed a way alleition lr him. And now Metishikox suddenly ;g(es ha k to Mosiow. How ahont all those xxik eis' iais. eh Mikhail: liow ahont all those woikeis' homes in San I'raniiseo xxhiih ihe Mosiow piess s. id lonldn't he sold at ihe pi iie!" Come, tome Mikhail! - there is an old Russian pioxerh that saxs. "I'se too mix h poison oil .1 dead lat and xoii end up in ( nici Mongolia." T.R.B. writing in "Tht Nation" Three Items I his is the loinih home foothill igaine ol the season. I lieie aie sexei; I things we would like to see today. In oidei ol impor taiH e they ini hide: I. No thiowing ol i.nds in the laid see lion. A lew ol the moie ohnoxioiis and less tti.it 1 1 1 1 indixiihials ol the lo al student coin iminiiy haxe getieiallx made theinselxes ipiite unheal; he oxer ihe past lew panics and se. s(ns hx liheially sjninkling ihe spec latois w ith shai p-edged lardhoard signs. I his must he leased pionto. unless serious iujiil ies aie desii ed. 2. A mtie tiliued altitude hy the head t I it' 'I le;n lei. whose eondiiel at the lirst ioiij)le ol -g: mis is open lor uiiicism. ll is too had that a lew piolane ulieietiies haxe oilMiNxise mailed a good pi 1 lot mini e. All in all ( hat lie 1 -i aliam is the hest head ihet r leadet in yea is. but tould he heller yet hy using mote disr retioii. ; A x i( ti x oxer the 'ols. The most important result of allowing unlimited class cu's would be the subsequent rise in tiie caliber of the student. The serieus student is not going to I'Mss very many classes; he will attend regu'arly to assure him self many classes: he will attend legularly to assure himself that he understands all the material idveii in the indixidual courses. Therefore, he will probably obtain good grades. On the other hand, the nonchalant student will prob ably not attend as many classes as he should, he will miss valu able material necessary for good Editor: grades, and w ill eventually be Re Wade Thompson's tv o part series on lratcr- a-ked to leave the , University, nities horn The Nation just completed in The Daily since they occupy places hundreds Tar ecl mav j paraphrast. hij last se.itcnce: "If el xviMing studenU are cajicr to ... ' ,. , , . , , .... ... . this article serves to -reduce niv sentence bv even lilt. I NC is in the sarae posi'ion i. . -t , one-day, it will have been worth the writing," ... . that the majority of the o her good universities in the country bul nut lhc P:,l)cr ll's printed 011. are in; that is, they have many more applicants for admission than It .takes no great courage, 1 suppose, to join the evarlable places. The admissions mass of "intellectuals" elaotoring for the abolition tommittee has to pick those stu- of Grwk houses; to the contrary it take ecnts whom they th:nk will have Ihe best chance of deriving the maximum benefits frnm n -nl'"'i education. Of course, the admis- VrU'- and thtrc arc Ptty bad ones, but sions committee is not perfect, together they comprise an important aspect of col ar.d many students get into the Iegiate life that is useful, nut as a last sanctum of I'niversity who should not be here, inaninity like Thompson suggests, but as a touch .Most of these students leave be- stone of sanity, fo're the end of the freshman year or do not re' urn for their sopho more year. By having voluntary 1,1 m" coHrSU1 experience at Carolina. I watch tlass attendance, the serious stu- t(1 individuals' violently anti -fratcrnty attitudes with 'ent would immediately be set several reasons: discrimination clauses, balling svs- tcms, haing, pledge training, and generally narrow outlook. These individuals have eorae and gone and fraternities have lasted. "nsSs'- Crusade Against Fraternities es courage to stand up and say that they are important and that they can be made even more so. None are apart from the others. The University has an obliga tion Ito'dt to the state and to the nation lo seise the people in the best manner possible. Those stu dents who are not willing to de live the maximum benefits from a college education should not be allowed to remain in the Uni xersity. Voluntary class attend ance would be an excellent eri 'terion for 'removing unwilling stu dents and leaving more places for the serious student who is deter mined to educate himself. tfut they have heeded some of the complaints, the ones that xvcre and are' valid. They are not static organizations as many independents will de clare; they are constantly changing. My own fraternity has voted out its discrimina tion clause not from outside but inside. The time perhaps has come xvhen one cannot stand up and Thompson says, must -be a gentleman, a brother in spirit, believing in the ideals of a man. Thompson belittles this as "joy-juice." Hogwash. Thompson. What's the matter, didn't they let you run your own little chapter al Chicago like you wanted to? Did you quit with a sour grapes attitude because you got your wrist slapped and your chapter's charter withdrawn? C'mon now-, 'fess up. : As for his assertion that fraternities and scholar ship are as far apart s perhaps the United States and the moon, let me straighten him out. Fully 90 per cent if no more national fraternities demand their chapters be above certain standards on their own campus, usually above the all-men's andor the all-fraternity average. Too many semesters or quarters beloxv this mark brings on penalties that may be as drastic as suspension of social privileges. No, scholarship isn't the sole aim of fraternities: Socializing may be. Alter all. they are social fra ternities, not professional or class groups. I really cannot answer in one Tetter all the things Thompson rattles off like an expert that 4nay or msy not be short-comings of fraternities, nor do I intend to. Much of it is patently unanswer able because-of its absurditv. My association with a fraternity was pleasant, rewarding and if I may say so, fulfilling. It did not cloud my ultimate goal, (hat of obtaining an education, rather il aided that aim. Fraternities have been a boon to others, too. say "I'm a Caucasian." or "I'm a Negro," ora Douglas Carroll Burkhanlt Uatholic or Jew or Protestant or Athiest or Ameri can Indian, but a man, a human, and as such a brother to all other humans. 1. ditor: Congratulations are in order for the freshman football team. They did to Maryland what the varsi'y couldn't do. John Jcnnrich Fraternitiws too have decided to be more- manly and dignified than their lathers' and grandfathers' were. They no longer think a pledge must be able to eat ten dill pickles, three raw eggs mixed xvith Ktlitor: catsup, milk, salt and pepper, well paddled down Frankly. I'm nonplussed by The- to prove his worthiness for brotherhood. Fraterni odore Crane Jr.'s article entitled ties have come to the conclusion that a pledge, as "Thirteen steps to Christianity xvhich appeared in the October 11 issue of the Daily Tar Heel. Pre cisely what was he attempting to do? The essay was so poorly handled lliat I cannot possibly as certain his intention. Was he la bouring to attack Christianity, or was he attempting to expose, through satire, fallacious argu ments against it and thus, like Ivan in booty five, chapter five of Dostoevski's The Brothers Kar ama.ov, build up a zealous sup? port lor it? I should welcome any enligbte i ment you may be able to give me. I have puzzled over it for an entire week, and still the article seems a hopeless mess. George Stevenson And they would extend that help, if they xvere allowed to do so. But every time they try something new misguided radicals dismiss it as. "not entirely" altruistic, and the project dies from lack of response. i They've done and arc doing a lot for Carolina and other campuses across the nation, and the more they are allowed to do the more and better they'll do it. Ed Rowland ' Carolina '59 Sigma Phi Epsilon Post Script Jonathan Yardley Every once in a while during the course of a school year there comes a three or four day period when the student is oTercome with a rash of letters which must, at pain of death, be written. Some of them are of serious import, some of jolly levity, but all are important to the overall job of holding one's own in an increas ingly complex world: the fright ening world of post-adolescence, pre-independence, ante-Uncle Sam us. ante-income taxus, post-blue scedeus, post-milk shafeus. In an effort to help the confused and bewildered . young man at the threshold of doom we herein of fer our services as hack writer extraordinaire in these stellar samples of how to evade impor tant questions: - ' ; Hi there Well, it sure has been a Ion? time since I've been in touch with you. Guess it mus:t have been Myr tle Reach, wasn't it? 'Just last summer ... Sure docs seem a long time ?go though, doesn't it? Gee. but time flies. Golly.-' Well, what I was writing about was yoti see. w e'f e having this big eon cert and football game down here this weekend and I was wonder ing if you'd like to come? I knov it's kind of short notice, and it Is a long way from Boston but, 'well; the Kingston Trio Ls going to.be !:ere and . . . Dear Dr. Jones: I am very sorry to have missed c'asses "on 10.3 10,7 10.9 10.12 10,14 10,16 and 10.19, cut I have been very sick in the infirmary with some disease they couldn't figure out., I tried very hard to keep up with my work and think 1 did pretty well. I've mastered everything through Chap ter Three . . . Dear Mr. Smith: I have received your letter of October 10th and have given it my close and immediate attention. 1 am doing my best to pay my bill of $198.63, but 1 am in a state of financial destitution and am even having trouble finding money for my meals. I've had to cut out breakfast. But I've worked out this little plan which I'm sure you'll think is pretty good and . . . Hi there Joe How are you old buddy? Been -lircky lately? Heh heh. Just thought I'd drop you a line to tell you that everything is fine down here at God's Country and that your old buddy Is doing real fine at school and is getting what's coming to him. By the way, old pal. I'm passing through New York this winter and I was just xvonder ing if you had a little old bed . . . Dear Mom and Dad, How are you all? Everything is fine down here. I've gotten a cou ple of A's on pop quizzes and a B on an hour exam in Geology and things are looking up everywhere ' in general. Now about this letter xou got from the Credit Bureau. Dear Sirs: I am writing to enquire about the possibility of getting a job with your firm for the summer of !0. Although I have had not di rect experience in hog slopping, I feel that my work here on the .Daily Tar Heel and the YMCA will be a big help in getting orient ed .. . Dear Mrs. Jones: Thank you very much for your sweet invitation to the Mid-Semester Ball. I'm terribly sorry I can't make it, but it doesn't look as though I'll make it to mid-semesters ... And so it goes. Remember, youths of our fair land: whenever there is duty, escape Jt. What If It's You ? ? ? The professor made his point or so he thought, and turned to look at the impact it had made only to find a large group of expressionless faces. With the air of one who has been through the routine before, he began to illustrate. "I'm . sure jou have all read," he said not quite so surely, "about the figures recently released on nuclea. testing fallout. I'm sure you've noticed that they fell a story of how, xvith each subsequent bomb there will be an extra 5,000 mutations at child birth. I'm sure you've mentally calculated that 5,000 in 2,500,000,000 people who inhabit this earth is not a very large number. And I'm sure the pro blem has not greatly worried you." And then he turned and faced the class direct lv: He .pointed his finger at one student and ex claimed, "BUT WHAT IF ONE OF THOSE 5.0IK) IS YOU? Wrhat if that mutated individual with three arms is YOUR child?" ' The class was quiet. A few squirmed in their t hairs, and -the person at whom the finger was pointing noticeably held his breath. The bell, how ever rang shortly afterward, and the one moment ef truth, the one real involvement of a group of students was lost through the door into the warm and sunny air, and the green of the campus grass. And. yet the message was not totally lost, for it can be told here. It can be told that the pro blems of the world are yours. That the burden of responsibility for their solution rests on your shoulders, and the challerge to create a world in which peace and freedom are co-existent must be met by you." . And the challenge was never so great as it is today - It was announced in stentorian tones not very long ago when'a Russian rocket cut the cool Russian night air and planted itself firmly on the moon affirming ence and for all that the message dispatched October 4, 1957, with the first Sputnik had not changed; namely that in many cases of military endeavor the Soviet Union, not the United States xvas firmly in the lead. And although the message perhaps was missed in the United States xvith all the furor over the Khrushchev visit .caused the United States to miss five rocket failures of its own, it was not missed by the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America in whose hands the survival of the concepts of democracy and free dom rdst. Thus, today becomes a time for a dual process of evaluation and action. It becomes a time to tak stock of what has caused our failure to meet the challenge of the modern day xvorld, what has caused the internal debacle that has -found the United States reacting to challenge from without instead of creating the challenges through inspired leader ship. And once finding the cause, it . becomes a time to take remedial action, to patch the !un mended fences, and to build a new and clean house. The cause is a lack of concern. It has been ,fcs' tcred by a Jack of awareness and a refusal on the part of Americans in general and" students in par ticular to think. . (To Be Continued) Curtis B. Gans National Affairs Vice President U.S. National Student Assoc.'1 r-f MTK ) stop flAmiinEfl 11 : I I WcU,(x1HAT5TM A - I "S, ( AATTCTOYOU? J YOU x "What About This? 1. The nation is at war. 2. The nation it losing the war, badly. 3. Th nation must exeit a vastly greater effort ije ail? to ttl The official student publication of the Publication Jd of the University of North Carolina xvhcje it v puDiirned dairy except Monday and examination periods nd summer terms. Entered as second class matter in the post office in Chapel Hill, N. C, under the act of March 3, 1870. Subscription rates: $4.00 per se mester, $7.00 per fear. Tht Daily Tar Heel is printed by the News Inc., Carrboro, N. C. Editor DAVIS B. YOUNG Assistant Editor KOx SHUMATE Associate Editor . FRANK CROWTHFIl VIRGINIA ALDIGi; Editorial Asst M'LOU Managing Editors REDDE.V Business Manager CHUCK ROSS LARRY SMI1H WALKER BLANTON Adxcrtising Manager BARRY ZASLAV Asst. Advertising Manager RICHARD WELNEIl Nws Editors DEE DANIELS EDWARD NEAL R IN Eli Spirts Editor ELLIOTT COOI'EK Feature Editor MARY ALICE ROWLETTE Coed Editor JOSIE MORR1T Photo Editors - BILL BRINKHOUS PETER NESS Subscription Manager 7777 ED SCHENCK Circulation Manager . 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