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THE DECREE
DECEMBER
NICK A COMMIE?
Dear Lditor;
It has recently come to
my attention and I can
prove beyond a shadow of
a doubt that Santa Claus
is a card-carrying com
munist, It was obvious
all along, for anyone who
had eyes, that this so-
called St. Nick is really
Old Nick in disguise. Have
you ever noticed the simi
larity between the happy,
mustachioed face of Uncle
Joe Stalin and that of
Comrade Claus? You may
say, “But Stalin doesn’t
have a beard and his mus
tache is black.” However,
if he did have a beard and
that his mustache were
white, you’d see the
resemblance in a minute.
And have you ever noticed
how fat Santaevski is? Re
member Khrushev? But
these are obvious proofs.
The red suit, the black
boots of the proletariat,
and the Bearish ho, ho, ho
need no comment. The big
handout program at
Christmas is also pretty
easy to see through.
And what about the
names: Santa Claus or
Klaus, St. Nicholas, Kris
Kringle, Father Christ
mas. Anyone who uses
this many aliases is bouiid
to be some kind of commie
agent. Many of them even
sound foreign. Could it be
that Santa is a foreigner?
The key to the question
is his supposed dwelling
place - The North Pole.
ACULTY
ORUM
By ANTHONY DINGMAN
The following letter
was recently delivered to
me by the undergrounds:
“Dear Friends,
You have no idea how
proud 1 am to speak with
someone in your country
once again, even if only
in writing. I am sitting
in the most private spot
1 can find on our campus,
and, unless 1 am mis
taken, there is no possi
bility of a camera or
microphone’s being hiden
anywhere except in that
little box of paper, which
1 have searched thor
oughly. I have had to
turn off all the lights,
but even just a single
candle still provides me
with sufficient light to see
clearly.
How 1 envy you your
freedom, your ability to
speak out, to express
yourselves according to
the dictates of your own
conscience, without hav
ing to worry constantly
about the attitudes of youx
superiors. 1 wonder if
you can fully appreciate
how we must feel, having
always to check with our
employers to make sure
that nothing we do, say,
or think, will disagree
with their interests and
attitudes, which waver
with the slightest breeze.
I don’t think you can
understand the value and
reality of the academic
freedom you possess until
it is denied you. Do not
be misled, however, into
thinking that we do not
realize that this freedom
carries with it certain
responsibilities. Of
course it does. But more
often than not, this re
sponsibility , in your
country at least, involves
speaking out, rather than
a silence. Silence, as Sir
Thomas More so aptly
pointed out, means con
sent. Here we must re
main silent, even when
we disagree, while social
and academic injustices
are committed. The rest
of the world looks on, as
God does, whether we
realize it or not, and in
fers from our silence that
we concur. Such is not
the case at all. But our
jobs, and thus our lives,
are threatened if we dis
agree. And we must think
about our families as
well. We only hope that,
when the time comes that
we too must speak out and
thereby jeopardize their
existence, they will
understand what we must
do and why we must doit.
And I fear we must
speak out in the very
near future. A man’s
soul is his self, but we
stand in dire danger of
damning our souls if we
do not protest certain re
cent events. The most
tragic aspect of this sit
uation, which 1 cannot de
scribe in detail here, is
that some men must re
alize, however much they
may try to suppress the
feeling, how shameful
their hypocritical actions
are because we all be
lieved them just and hon
orable men. Yet, the
reasons they give for
their actions are as mean
and petty as the real rea
sons are ignominious.
Yes, my friends, you
must protect your free
doms by exercising them,
for unless you do so, you
will find these same men
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chipping away at them,
slowly but surely, in the
name of what they believe
to be a greater cause.
More often than not, it
is fear for their own se
curity that makes them
act according to the dic
tates of others. Would
that they feared the damn
ation of their own souls
as much! And yet, as a
leader of your country
once said, we have nothing
to fear but fear itself. I
do not fear what may hap
pen to me if I speak out,
nor do I fear to speak
alone. Hopefully, others
will join me and follow the
example 1 will try to set
because we must all,
everywhere, both here
and in your country, band
together, regardless of
our minor differences, or
we shall all die sep
arately.
Yours in the name of
truth, honesty, justice,
and academic freedom.”
If anyone can suggest
how I am to answer this
“vox clamatis in de-
serto, ” I would ap
preciate receiving their
suggestions as quickly as
possible.
If you stand by a tree long
enough sooner or later you’ll
be in the shade. — Louis
Graves, The Nashville (Ark.)
News.
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Actually North Pole is a .
code: North because
Russia is more northerly
than America, and Pole
because Poland is a com
munist country. In all
probability this dirty red
is a northern Pole and not
an American at all.
Now we come to the
reindeer. This one is
tricky, so follow me
closely. What do we know
about reindeer? We are
told they live in Alaska,
which interestingly e-
nough once belonged to
Russia. See the connec
tion? No doubt these
animals carry diseases
(this is very similar to
the communist plot to de
stroy America through
fluoridation of our water-
see my fully documented
book “None Dare Call
This Reason”). These
communist backed dis
eased-ridden animals
are sent into the states
by way of Alaska. You
see how devious these
communists are? One
must be very subtle in
his reasoning to follow
their trickery. We must
always be on our guard.
REID MUSIC
COMPANY
Eastern Carolina’s
Leading
Music Store
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
I shall soon submit in
controvertible proof that
the communist ranks also
claim such welfare-state
pinkos as the Tooth Fairy
the Easter Bunny, and the
Thanksgiving Turkey.
Very truly yours,
G. G. Hall
Poem
Oh, to be rich and not to
want
The things that were
never mine.
To sit all day and never
taunt.
Yes, t’would be so divine!
R. L. Engley
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