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f AOS TV70 TRB DAILY TAR RIK SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 195? Eisenhower: Man Of Peace In i In- past eight tl.iys I'lesident Dwight David I isenhouci has been on the mad, visiting 1 uiopcan and Asian nations whose fi ienddiip iias been and will oiitinue to h:" ital to tin- seiiuitv ol the alliance and of Amei ii a. He has In e n an ciioiinons siiuess. m In Italy throngs gutted him with opn .nid he utwiiiuiiig allcttion: in India he has ken Heated like a Messiah. K: vintra Prasad, India's Piesidc nt. tailed lniu "a messenger ul ea( c." liiesscngri ol eai e he el lainlv has heen. His open, honest smile and the warmth of his peisonalitv have (aptmed everyone he meets. He has iiispiied the ( out idence and devotion ol entile nations. Mo-i impoitant, he lias outdone Nikita Kin nslw h- . When the latter made his- world touts he loo was 4i et led with enthusiasm and allcuion. Hot the I Uenhow er display his dwailed his most magnil u tit achieve ments. The I iseiihower ttip h. heen. so lai, a maitpiee in statesmanship, and has proven ih.it a man must haw mure than simple abil it to he a hader. A leader must have the ii it .i 1 1 i I ! (u. 'itv and ahilitv of inspiration, and it is this that I iseiihower has shown. I'.eloie the 1'iesideiit hit loi Italy and the ii-natioii jouincv tiiauv magazines and (ohimnists wete woiidcting "if he was going to he ahle to set in his pl.ee in history with this tiip. It appeals teitain that lie will go down, now, as 1 1 ul a Man ol IVa e. I'Uhitltiin Ytiui'e; Yes We Are A Report On Press Freedom Unciiarmed Lazy Ihuisdav night's meeting of the Student I t islatine leminded one ol a t lassroom im mediately heloie a vacation. While there was still business on the floor, and business to be biought up later, theie weie not one, but two motions io adjourn. 1 he first end ed in a i(-iu tie with Speaker David C,ri?g voting against it to break the deadlock. It was hit 1 1 duied by Rep. I'.ill Miller (SP). who when asked whs he had m.le smli a moe. declared thai he had a qui the next day. I he set ond was introduced by Rep. Tio IJlanton (SP) and passetl a few minutes later. I bus. Rei. Miller was able to go home and uisiie his ;":ademi endeavors. Nobody has I k t ii able lo nit ei tain Rep. Wanton's intent loin. Yet. these aie not the only guilty p.nties. All iiriiibeis of that seemingly au gust body who siippoited such nonsense are njutlly to blame. It is this tpe ol irrespm sible at t ion w hith t hai at tei ies certain phas es of student government ami skives to these bianthes a justilied blemish in the eyes ol the tampus. Speaker Ciigg is to be commended for In taking the tie and voting against adjourn ment. Those lcpicscntatives who voted for it either lime aie just plain l.cy. And final ly, we hope that Rep. Miller passetl his tpii. We'd hate to leel he didn-t aftei the trouble to W hit h lie Went. (A Hepoit to the Congregation tf the Chapel Hill Presbyterian ( hur.-h of a study commission apiiblnted by the I'astor in Febmary, 19.19. Editor) Have we Christians intelligently faced the .-ealities of the nuclear arms race and the dangers of a nuclear war? Have we individual ly. tr collectively, done our part in building into God's world the climate of peace and justice that car Christian faith demands? What .should be our stand and what should we do? These are the chal lenges which our pastor addressed to the Commission which ho ap pointed in late February to study the dilemma posed toy the exist ence of nuclear weapons. In our discussions many issues were raised which emphasized the enormous complexity of the prcl lem and the uncertainties that at tend any .stand the Church might take on the use of of nuclear wea pons. For example, would the Church be acting in a responsible manner to advocate that the west ern world give up its nuclear wea pons in the name of . world peace in the face of the Soviet military threat? We believe that in our response to these profound inquiries we wcu'.d need k) appraise 1 irst the conflict between the Great Pow ers and the potential which they have for bringing about whole sale destruction of large portions of the earth through the use of their weapons and second, the stand which the Church can take in this conflict. PART I - THE DANGERS War and violence h3ve always been a part of human life in a sinful world. In every age, and for almost every conceivable pie text or cause, nations have taken up arms against other nations and sought the solution to disputes and injustices real and fan cied through recourse to war. The nations comprising the Chris tian world have not excluded them sthes from this reliance upon force in the quest lor their iia tional purposes, and have, in fact, distinguished themselves by the thoroughness and efficiency of their military .skills. Our own century has already been cursed by war to an extent without parallel in history, and lives in perpetual danger of new outbreaks of war. In one sense our situation is like that of the Christians of all the ages before us, who have faced the task of mm forming the mission of the Chinch in the midst of conflict lished several ir.onths ago. and strife. In another and vital sense, however, our situation Ls Igor Strjvinsky is a contemporary artist whose unique. For we confront the fact umtributions have altered the course of musical that the development of weapons history. Doubleday has published a book of his con has now placed in human hands versations with influenzal critic, Robert Craft, of the means of annihilating civili- fering the public the opportunity to know Stravin zation, it not. indeed man himself, sky personally and to examine a few phases of the Tims', the ancient problems which "contemporary classics." war has always thrust upon Chris tians down through the ages con- The American mind, familiar by ear with PET front the Church in our generation ROUSIIKA, Till' KIRKB1RI) and LK SACRE DU in an entirely new dimension. HtIN TKMPS, may now discover Stravinsky's equal This crisis has been developing ly sharp am! arrogant literary capibilities. Tommy Camp How free is the American press? For an overwhelming majori Three Steps To Religion can allow. The question of press freedom has been prompted by the em phasis placed on financial mat ters of newspapers. As revenue vertising agencies and individual firms are the cause of the un fortunate disbelief of freedom of the press. In bowing, they give the question rich soil in which to grow. editorial policies are concerned. The majority are' dedicated to freedom, but the amount they obtain depends upon dedication, net to an idea, but to truth, ac curacy, and the foresight to put Her block is au ay due to illness CMtyrtsM. It. Tt Pwllnr PuOttsMM Ca ll. 4eua Pott-OoMMft Book V1W Mary Stewart BaUer Conversations with Igor Stravinsky, by Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft (Doubleday and Co., 162 pp., $4.00). Appreciation of any music is aided by know ledge of the mind behind it. and. for this reason I have chosen to review a bemk on a contemporary musical master, even though the volume was pub- Stravinsky is pessimistic in his outlook on de velopment in American musical life. Although hopeful that he is wrong, he blunty states that America's attempt to leave all "that avant grade stuff" to Europe in order to deveiope a musical style of its own, has resulted in an abortive at tempt at transparently j "advanced intellectual stuff." He backs up this opinion with more sur prising, but realistic approaches to American mu sic. He touches slightly on jazz too. The olfitlal stufMit publ. cation of the Publication 3o d of he University of North Carolina where it Ii published duly . ii i . . j examination periods nd summer terms Enter-d Ji second ciasi ma'r in thi post office in Chapel Hill. N C. under the ac of March 1870 Subscription rat'V $4 (H) per se 'nex'i'r, $7 00 per fear. ,Th Daily Tar Heel is printed by the News Inc. Carrboro. N C since the first A-bomb fell upon Hiroshima in l'.)45. In the 14 year.s since then the United States and the Soviet Union have been in a premacy. have produced far greater and more terrifying weapons than Through the well planned interviews, the read er may find the philosophy behind the man, the causes, crpation and results of his masterpieces. race for nuclear weapons su- . , , , ... . . . i ,, . vinsKy anti omer contemporary artists, tne nook Their intensive efforts . , , . . , . .' . inciuues music in general, us pasi and luiure. . VliapJlill r nhuh firt ojt fH4 h tHKr Jrt Jamuirj.' e v 'i Editor DAVIS B. YOUNG Associate Editor . KKANK CROWTHER Editorial Asst. MT.OU REDI)EN MjnaEing Editors . CillUCK ROSS LARKY SMITH Business Manager WALKER HI. A NT ON Sports Editor EIJJOTT COOPER- Feature Ed. tor MARY ALICE ROWLETT? (Toed Editor " ' J OS IE MORRl7 Photo Editors . .... RILL RRINKIIOUS PETER NESS Advertising Manager BARRY ZASLAV VIRGINIA ALDIGE Assistant Editor RON SHUMATE New? Editorr. . DEE DANIELS EDWARD NEAL RINER Subscription Manager . ED SCHENCK N.glit Etlilor DILL r.)Rri.R Night Editor - - : DELilAU REYNOLDS I T.viIT. -JHJP" 7r , I Robert Craft attempts to explore the basics of were used in World War II. The Twentieth Century music with a scanty quiz ih Pentagon recently reported that it eluding, harmony, theory and tempo. One phase is now planning a (10 megaton II- of the chapter "About Composing and Composi homb, a bomb 4,000 times as de- lions" searches for a position between mathematics' stiuctive as the bomb which de- and literature in which to place music. Stravinsky st royed Hiroshima. had this to say:. ''It is, at any rate, far closer to It is clear that both nations have mathematics than to literature certainly some reached a point that each has the thing like mathematical thinking and relationship, power .to inflict worldwide catas- I am not saying that composers think in equations trophe. The consequences of nu- or charts of numbers, nor are those tilings more clear war deliberately unleashed able to symbolize music. Rut composers think '. . . are to some extent foreseeable and not very different from mathematical thinking." predictable. Comparable destruc- " tion can clearly result from acci dents in the absence of war. The existence of these weapons has led the United States to amass enormous stockpiles of 'nuclear armaments, on the assumption that they are indispensable to na tional security and survival. These stockpiles have indeed been the chief reliance of the entire West ern World in all defense prepara tion since PJ45. Daily the tempo of the arms race gains momentum. Already Great Britian has developed nu clear capabilities and other na: tions are feverishly attempting to do so. This competitive struggle has produced a wliole complex of related problems, most signifi cantly the unknown dangers of radioactive fallout incidental to the continued experimental test ing of lhei:e new devices of de struction. - . (to be continued) Opinions by the master are firm, whether posi tive or negative. He charges that critics are incom petent, sharply discusses the availability of his mu sic behind the Iron Curtain (it isn't available), talks about the performance of his music and goes into the possibilities of further exploitation in har monics. The book dins not fail to spotlight Stravinsky's sense of humor. In his predictions of "music of the future," he says, "There may be add-a-part electronic sonatas, and precomposed symphonies ('Symphonies for the Imagination' you buy a tone row complete with slide rule for' duration, pitch, timbre . . ." etc.). Opinionated insight is given on other musicians and artists, partly through Stravinsky's personal contact with " them, and more directly by revealing letters from such" artistic personalities as Debussy, Schoenberg, Dylan Thomas and Ravel. These letters arc delightfully informative. Stravinsly also knew Rimsky-korsakov as a teacher and describes him thus. A rather disheartening view of the "Russian Five" (Moussorgsky, Borodin, etc.) is expressed when he says that they are stifling in "stale na turalism." He sometimes leans toward cynicism (which he tries to justify) but at any rate, the book takes on a personal warmth with words that flow as smooth ly as his musical compositions. Igor Stravinsky proves himself to be a master of pommunication in words as well as music. Sim Wilde Mr. Ted Crane has written a startling and ty of American newsDaners this rnntrmprin 1 arricle in The l)3i!y Tar Heel. - - - r " v. w a - j question can be answered The '"Thirteen Steps To Christianity" was straight forewardly Free. Free an unusual portrayal of a person becoming as the bonds of freedom will and -i:ct:0 thp whip wav a drinker be- CL Vili iJiiaii ' - J comes an alcoholic. lint its negative ap proach, even its grim humor, leaves ns with too many questions in our minds. Some clarification seems necessary; some brighter is sought, advertising per page prospect concerning religion mkmiiu men is increased. As advertising per tiohed. page is increased, the threat of Actually, the voice of the "Thirteen Step" advertisers interferring with ed- Was the voice of uncertainty, so often chai- itorial policies is increased. acterized by youth. It was doing what youth Those editors and publishers and unfertamty have a habit of doing perio- who bow to the threat . of ad- n.,. , tu- mwhat rm.ct, corners of our beliefs, ferreting out our ideologies, pulling out our fat little idols, dusting them off, and asking, "So what?" I say it is a legitimate voice. It questions the hypocrisies of the churches, the syna- All editors do not have the gogues, the temples; it asks for justice m a same degree of freedom where world of injutice. I say it is a sad voice. It seeks for a reason, logic, in life and to the teachings of our religious organizations. In this particular case, it was Christianity. Rut one has only to substitute the name of one's own religion. the interest of the readers and own God. own dm trine, and the situation re- the community above individual mains the same. Rrieflv, the voice of uncer- interest. Newspapers which strive ta'inty, this voice in the wilderness, asks, to gain the respect of the reader "How t n I take a rider of donkeys, a wearer will, in the long run, be the of sand ds, a way of life born in the recesses newspapers which have the of some . iem civilization, and make them greater percentage of loyal sub- fh jmo Organization Man's scheme ol rr, ' ... 4, , things? How can I follow the teachings ot The newspaper will then be , - , , , as free as it makes itself free. m' S'r. or any religion, without being Granted that power is stored a. stilf-nei-ked hypocrite or a disgustingly in a news room, the editor must p'f" fool." know how to use the power. Un- These questions have been honestly asked fortunately, some abuse it, for and need to be honestly answered. Vet how call it what you will, opinion can have they been answered in the past? "Turn not be commercialized, and in t. other cheek," some have said, knowing some cases it can not be con- r.,11 XKfu .,n ,i. w,rlrl r1r.KPC e.K peison. "Violence is evil," others have said. "I he life of simplicity and peace." This in an age of atomic energy and highway slaugh ter and two global wars. Still other have aid-, "Seek not the material things of life. The real purpose for living is service to one's mercial background, or even fellow man and subjection of personal will." worse, of a political institution. This in a society that depends for its very To have this happen is the same existence on the last buck and the clawing, result as to have the press come gasping scramble to further one's own caui under direct control .of. a federal And finalv jn a bla?e of pompous iper- or a state government - to let i()ri . h;ne tT , , - the mind control the heart, to ' . r , , let the body control the muscles. truth- II, 'as Sood for 'our forefathers. It The American press is the was Sood ,for 'our. fathers. It will be good freest today it has ever been. fr you- Swallow it and be welcomed into Economic firms and political in- the brotherhood of eternal blessings." At! infinitum. Ad nauseam. It is true that one can drown in a sea of worship. It is true that one can lose all sense of balance and proportion in the "alcohol ism" of religion. We see evidence of this occasionally when on a Saturday afternoon, alongside some busy street corner, we see a wild man, neck veins bulging, eyes glassy with emotion, preaching a god he hardly are exceptions in the journalism knows to heedless passers. We see other ex field. Some cannot find the hap- amples of religious intemperance in certain py medium; rreeaom is arusea church members whose lives and wills have and freedom is lain aside like a lw-pn cn-moll K,. i-,. -,.,.,1 r .1 ' . . ay .1 ion. mi z.t.11 iui a uciiuiii- ination. But these are not the true aspects of relig ion. Xor can we always find the true char acteristics in our various places of worship. is suppressed or goes unasked true religion, a true laith, for any man. because the answer is evident, he he black or white, be he heathen or con editorial freedom will have vert, rests in certain eternal truths that have ceased to exist. been tested in the white hot heat of the But then the question will no centuries. These truths can lift us above the . . . . . ... numan tailures in denomination or Lmtiw . -v m m.j m . I ' or religions. These truths can see through the hypocrisy, the illogic, the injustice, and the "alcoholism" of religion. Let us look at them. (To Be Continued) strained. The true feeling will out. On the other hand, and more unfortuantely still, some editors fail to use their power. When this happens editorial policies are dictated material of a com- stitutions do not play the role of quarterback when it comes to printing the news. The newspa per is free in the same amount that the publisher and editor place the interest of the whole above the interest of the minori ty. However, just as there is an exception to most any rule, there broken toy. As long as the question "How free is the American press?'' can be asked, editorial freedom will be there. When such a question be "What is freedom?" or "How free is the American citizen?" Gems of Thought If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world. Edward Young The most common disguise of envy is in the praise of what is subordinate. Washington Alston Mr. Resp Stokes' onsibi litv SiO NO f WAf y Wifrf AW WAVg You'll be proud (OF THE .PUBLICITY H- J0& I VE DONE ! ir" CANON' eiu. ! I WgASP HIM 5AV OH WOO , V.VOUAN'H!MWASONNA J HOO HOO f I r?iArsyoij (I 0w VAr IV fg?g 9 K m I'VE TOLD EVERVONE I KNOW' ABOUT BKTHOVeS'5 RRTHCV BEING THr5 WEPNfe&DAT.- 'just think, All Over the country people (oil b FATHERED' TO RAl5 T0A5T5, AND SINS THEIR BEST MSHES... "HAPPV BIRTHDAY, fARL BEETHOVEN ' n In an article in the Sunday, November 2 issue ol T he Daily Tar Heel! Chairman Jer ry Stokes ol the Current Affairs Committee says that his group will sponsor a progiaiu on the French-Algerian question. According to Stokes, this will take place sometime din ing the month of December. We hope so, as there has been a paucity l siuh discussions this ear. Certainly the rnoi important co-cunii uhu benefits can roinr iroin partu-ipation i s;u i, ltt tmes ami panels. Mr. Stokes has a bigger tespoiisibilitv to the student body and the general campus HniKiie than lie realizes. Contributing to the intellectual growth of the students isa won der! ul thing. Waiting three months to have a program is not. Merry Christmas I. The nation is at wr, 2- Th nation it losing th t-diy. i. Tht nation must txtit a vtly gratr tfrt.
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