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PAGE TWO CAMPUS ECHO THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1954 Figs And Stew Recently, a group of students made a formal protest to Mr. William A. Jones, business manager, about the glacial movement of the line in the North Carolina College dining hall. Through his cooperation, the speed of the line has been accelerated appreciably. However, the persistent problem of ill-prepared food is still very much with us. It is believed that the problem does not arise from the quality of food purchased. Instead, the fault lies in the un appetizing way in which the meals are prepared. Considering the amount of money that each student pays for board, justification is not difficult to find fcir ex pecting more than “figs and stew” for breakfast. We are sure that most dieticians will agree on this point. Further, it is doubtful that the dining hall would show any profit if the students purchased each meal separately because on many occasions, a hamburger from the canteen would be better than that particular meal. Now that the line has been sped up and no longer re quires the attention it once did, full pressure can be exerted in achieveing the students’ demands for immediate improve ment in the meals served in our dining hall. Since there is more room for improvement in this area than there ever could have been in the problem created by the line, there is no reason to believe that a minimum of effort won’t meet with great success. Jazz Comes To College The conversation pieces on college campuses today throughout America are the ii^tegration issue and a remark- abl.p young man by the name of Brubeck. One of these sub jects has been thoroughly explored. The other is still an exciting discovery. Jazz has been attempting to crash college gates for a long time. Until recently it has met with limited success. Onto this scene strolled the man Dave Brubeck. With him he brought a form of music such as this generation has never heard. With amazing rapidity, Dave gathered a vast following on college campuses. Justifying the faith of his awakened disciples, and converting disbelievers in hoards, he record ed his now famous album Jazz Goes To College. Waxed directly from the concert stages of the University of Michi gan, the University Cincinnatti, and Oberlin College, it was hataWed as “a student rage.” jazz came to college{— walked respectably through —re.speciable students, and /advanced >to This is the way an era is born. Tar Heel Opposes George Dr. W. C. George, comparative anatomy professor at the University of North Carolina, recently took a surprising stand on the segregation issue. In a statement to the press. Dr. George said that segregation is necessary to “protect both races from destruction.” He maintained that the prob lem of segregation is a biological and social one. The official publication of the University of North Caro lina, The Daily Tar Heel, does an adequate job, editorially, of ’ commenting on Dr. George’s observations. In no few words, the Tar Heel stated that “the whole discussion of biology is off the subject.” Sweeping Dr. George’s theories out of the window, the editorial continued “the whole body of material pertinent to the question of race differences has indicated the lack of evidence for the superiority of one race over another.” Not through with Dr. George yet, the editor concluded by declaring that “even if the social difficulties that ending public school segregation will bring upon the South were all that Dr. George had based his petition on, we would still oppose it. The legal tide is clear, ‘separate but equal,’ the court has wisely said, is a meaningless phrase. Segregation, no matter who sets his face against it or with what argu ment, is about to end because, whatever else it is, it is legally and morally wrong.” Our thanks to the editor of the Daily Tar Heel. THE CAMPUS ECHO NO^lTH CAROLINA COLLEGE AT DURHAM •i. The CAMPUS ECHO, official, student publication at North Carolina Col lege at Durham, is published morAhly during the regular school year. Applica tion for entry as second class mail is pending. Subscription Totes: $1.00 per •scfiool year. Mctabcr F^socided GDBe6»ote Press EDITOR W. Sherman Perry BUSINESS MANAGER Retha Hughes MANAGING EDITOR George Griffin ADVERTISING MANAGER Ernest Ward EXCHANGE EDITOR Barbara broadnax NEWS EDITOR Redding FEATURE EDITOR ^fONA CRAWFORD 'LITERARY EDITORS MARY Mebane. Charles Gittens CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Yvonne SCRUGGS ^SPORTS EDITOR CHARLES WOMACK SECRETARY James Rainey (lOVISOR Horace G. Dawson REPORTERS ROBERT PERRY. EDITH WHITE, DORETHEA ARRINGTON. FORESTINA LINE- BERGER, ELNORA JOYNER. EARLENE COWARD, LORENZA CLARK. MILDRED RUTHERFORD, EMMA BULLOCK, SHIRLEY JAMES, EVELYN WILDER. PEGGY battle ELIZABETH ROUSE, JUANITA GREGORY. KITTY SNEED. BESSIE MONTGOMERY, WALTER N. DAVIS, MELVIN HOLLOMAN. CIRCULATION STAFF CLEAPATRA TURNER BECKETT. IREDELLA MEETZE, ROBBIE GRAHAM. TYPISTS QUEEN JOHNSON, GENEVA MCALLISTER. LUREDEAN WATKINS, BETTYE PORTEE, MANNIE BEAMON. WILLIAM N. BURNETTE, LETTERS OF INTEREST Open Letter to Mr. Dave Reid and Mr. Ernest Ward, Student Government Office. Dear Gentlemen; The officers and members of the Sophomore Class would like to inform you that we were cognizant of the fact that the system of “Student Self- Direction” provides for a right of appeal. In your article dated Saturday, October 23, 1954, you wrote, “No one !^ows better than the officials of the Sophomore Class and the Stu dent Government that there is a right way.” Gentlemen, we think that our self-direction was used in the right way. We are also con fident that if the Student Gov ernment had been punctual in seeing that the names of the candidates were in the Dean’s office, the condition that war ranted the “Campaign” for ovir candidate could have been cleared up in another way^ However, no other way could have been more effective than the actions taken by the Sophomore Class. You also implied that the, “Student Government Prexy was literarly evicted from his office by a group of ‘Cam paigners making signs.” Now Mr. Ward, Student Govern ment President, in fairness to me and the members of my class, will you not agree with me when I say that we used your office at your own in vitation? This letter is not intended to bring up a subject that should have long been forgotten. It is only to clear up a few points that the offi^^ers'and memb^s of the Sophomore Class would like to set straight—“Just for the record.” Truly yours, HENRY FAIR President LintE MAN ON CIUWOS by Didc Biblar OPEN LETTER TO STUDENTS Dear Students: Because many students have asked why the yearbook edi tors employed two photo graphers to photograh pictures for the yearbook, we are using this means to tell you. The EAGLE staff tries each year to publish a yearbook of which the students will be proud. Last year the total price for publishing the Eagle was almost $7,500. The Eagle was allotted only $5,850 with which to publish the yearbook this year. Knowing this, the yearbook editors have to maneuver to the highest possible extent in order to obtain the lowest bids on all phases of work that goes into publishing the yearbook, and still maintain the prefer red quality. Just as the editors entertain bids from printers from all parts of the country, they al so entertain bids from various photographers. The yearbook editors are obligated to no one as to whom they employ. The editors, with the interests of the students in mind, shall al ways employ , firms with the lowest bid so long as the work is of good quality. Thus it can be easily reason ed that Rappoport Studios was employed to photograph senior and group pictures because its prices were lower than those of any photographer that ne gotiated with the yearbook staff. Respectively yours, GEORGE W. GRIFFIN J. KARL BELL JOHN E. PEELE Co-Editors of the ’55 Eagl*; m “THE ONLY CLUE I’LL GIVE YOU IS THAT IT CAME FROM THE STUDENT CAFETERIA.” Peering Through The Bird^s Eye By “BONNIE” At the beginning of each year as the Sophomore Class as sumes upperclass status, it is nothing short of gratifying to note how muchppg: good the pre vious year of or- rientation h a S^' done in direct- ing the class to-1« ward unity an|d organization. This observationli could not be I made were it! not for the dis- “BONNIE” crimination that the new sophomores exercised the pre vious year in choosing their student leaders to help them learn. It is, therefore, fairly obvious that if during the freshman year, the class leaders are not of a caliber complimentary to adult college behavior, and are not well disciplined and mature in character, the de stiny of that class is generally set in the wrong direction. Here’s hoping that this year’s freshmen are going to follow their leaders well, and still not be swayed by the beckon ing temptation of indiscreet and unconventional behavior as displayed by a small minor ity. NEW FADS — DO DADS It has come to my attention that a few of our instructors are yielding to the temptation of some educational practices generally applicable to the secondary level. For example, I understand that one teacher has a section of the room for the “dumb” students, and one section for the “smart” stu dents. In another class, the students progress from the rear to the front of the class room in relation to their grade ' improvement. I do not profess to be an au thority or even to be well-in - formed in acceptable educa tional procedures, H o w- ever, I do not believe that either of these examples of “mental and academic dis cipline” is in accord with more recent approaches to educating adults or to good student- faculty relations, I sincerely hope these things are not done in an attempt to humiliate the less apt students, CHOW AND KNOW HOW As a follow-up for the item in this column last month en titled “The Stagnant Line,” Mr. William A. Jones, business manager of North Carolina,! College, recently stated that great attention is presently be ing given the dining hall situa tion, and that he hopes for a noticeable improvement in both the line and the food. Mr. Jones received two or more complaints from students about the dining hall, and to my knowledge, one of the letters of complaint has been answered satisfactorily. That’s pretty conclusive proof that things can be accomplished through the channels as pro vided in the program of Stu dent Self-Direction. I hope that our faith is justified by better dining hall service. The residents of Rush Hall are complaining about the plumbing which has been de fective for “entirely too long” on the second floor. If repairs do not materalize in the very near future, I would suggest that the junior girls urge the right people a little . . . per haps with a letter of complaint to the business manager. From all appearances, our mighty Eagles are well pre pared for the traditional tan gle with the A. and T. Aggies, and the student body seems to have contracted the victory fever from the coaches and those on the inside who know exactly what our chances are. I hope that we as students don’t arrive at the game so intent upon looking like fash ion-plates that we forget to give with the old NCC spirit. A SILENT PRAYER Each year at Thanksgiving time I offer a silent prayer not only for all of the blessings which I have received, but al so for all of the wonderful people here at NCC who have made this the school among schools. \
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