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May 28, 1948
THE C. C. U. N. C. NEWS
Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Published bi-weekly by the students of The Charlotte Center
of the University of North Carolina.
Address all correspondence to The C.C.U.N.C. News,
Charlotte College Center, 1141 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, N. C.
Publishers: The Economy Printing Company, 824 N. Caldwell
Street, Charlotte 6, N. C.
BRANDON DAVIS Editor
BEBE SMITH Advertising
Sports
JOE BOOKOUT Circulation
MARY DENNY— Faculty Advisor
Through The Suhconscious With Gun And Camera
BY BEN HAAS
SCAPEGOAT SOUTH
Harry Truman’s stand on civil rights has brought the country’s
politicians together in a howling chorus. As it is now being conducted,
the civil-rights battlt bears out the assumption that talking is often
an involuntary habit, requiring no thought.
This chaos is in part due to President Truman’s unwise slanting
of his civil-rights program along regional lines. Although racial
intolerance abounds throughout the nation, it is obvious that the South
is being made me the scapegoat of this crime. Unfortunately, the
majority of Southern leaders have made small effort to show the
United States that the South is bearing the brunt of a national problem.
Dixie orators flay the President for presenting a “back-stabbling”
policy. Defensively, thsy beat the drums of white-supremacy and
flaunt the cause of States’ rights. The Southern fight against
non-segregation is a long-winded affair, displaying neither intelligent
nor constructive guidance. Hot-headedness has created the illusion that
states below the Mason-Dixon are alone guilty of racial antagonism.
Southern statesmen have absorbed the nation’s criticism. They have
not tried to convince the government or the people that the attacking
of racial discrimination by sections is the wrong approach to settling
the country’s problem.
Racial conflict is prevalent in the North and West as well as in
the South. Seen on the surface in Southern states, it is more apparent.
However, in other regions, discrimination has dangerously permeated
society and remains there like a dormant disease. In the North, there
is friction between foreign groups. In the West, it manifests itself
in the relation.ship between the yellow and white race. Here,
discrimination against the American Indian is deplorable.
Persons outside of the South who magnify the South’s discrim
ination against the Negro are hypocritically diverting attention from
discrimination in their own areas. Southern leaders could eliminate
some of the sectionalism fron. the race question by pointing this out.
While proceeding section by section or being subject to Federal
control, the battle to reduce barriers between races will never be
effective. Opposition to intolerance must receive the combined support
of the nation’s people who realize that prejudice is inimical to
democracy.
SHOW DEMAND FOR COURSES
A May 22 count revealed that
seven of the forty-eight courses
offered for the Summer Session
at CCUNC had been favored by *^he
minimum class requirement of
fifteen students. Courses requested
by fifteen or more applicants are
Economics 31, English 2, Enli.sh
3, Social Science IX, Math 103
(State College), and Spanish 2.
Many other courses, falling only
two or three short of the required
number, are expected to pass the
fifteen mark.
May 22 tabulation:
Subject Number
Applications
Botany 1 10
Chemistry 1 7
Chemistry 3 10
Commerce 51 8
Commerce 66 7
Economics 31 18
Economics 32 14
English 1 9
English 2 17
English 3 19
English 4 13
English 6 13
French 1 2
French 3 5
French 4 11
French 21 4
Geology 41 5
Geology 42 12
Geography 38 10
History 21 3
Social Science IX IB
Social Science 2X 18
Math A 6
Math G 2
Math R 3
Math 7X 4
Math 7 12
Math 8 7
Math 101 0
Math 102 1
Math 103 16
Math 32 7
Math 33 2
M. E. 101 0
M. E. 103 10
Physics 24 12
Physics 25 6
Political Science 41 10
Political Science 42 2
Political Science 86 0
Sociology 51 10
Sociology 52 1
Spanish 1 9
Spanish 2 15
Spanish 4 11
Spanish 21 1
Zoology 1 9
The other day, while searching
through some old scrapbooks for
a recipe for Uranium 235, I hap
pened to run across a sheaf of
clippings upwards of a foot thick
and bearing the by-line of that
famous psychologist. Dr. Huusa
Freud. I dimly remembered that,
at one stage of my somewhat ar
rested development, I had made a
fetish of saving the column.
Through the Subconscious with Gun
and Camera, offered by the good
doctor Monday through Fridays
in my daily paper. Forgetting my
quest of fissionable material, I sat
down cross-legged to pour through
these, the fruits of my labor.
Q. Does finger-nail biting indi
cate the presence of a neurosis?
A. Not necessarily.
Many people, according to a sur
vey made of ninety-eight sopho
mores at the East Windbroken
School for Armless Armenians, bit
their fingernails simply because
they enjoy the taste. Others, how
ever, stated that finger-nail biting
did provide a relief from nei'vous
tension. Among these was a
steeple-jack who stated that he
once fell eight hundred feet from
the top of a llama-feed factory and
bit his fingernails all the way
down, both to the quick and to the
ground. He further stated that it
did seem to provide some relief,
as after he landed, he was not a
bit nervous, although he was not as
collected as he would have like to
Kampus Karacters
BY HERMAN NOBLE
THE ATHLETE — Earthquake
Horsenchoke, a strong—smelling,
that is—handsome ape is the idol
of the campus. In addition to being
a one man football team, he is
captain of the chugalug squad. He
modestly states that ping-pong is
one sport at which he doesn’t
excel. Seems he doesn’t go in for
the sports that requires excessive
mental activity. When Earthquake’s
roommate wakes him—on the day
that he has classes—he usually
groans, mumbles something about
being subsidized, and goes back to
sleep. Earthquake does go in for
extra curricular activities, how
ever, such as occasionally attend
ing one or the other of his two
classes, elementary woodchopping
and basketweaving.
THE SCHOLAR—If you look
close enough you might find one.
This type of student is the sole
advocator of the hotly debated
theory. “Professors are human.”
Since he claims that he is attend
ing college for an education, his
colleagues naturally think he has
been out in the sun too long. He
has an intense dislike for crowds
and dead fish. He may be seen
early each morning hurrying to
his Archeology class, firmly
clutching two red apples in one
hand and E.squire in the other.
THE LOVER—This student is
the answer to a sorority girl’s
prayers. From his well-groomed
appearance, it’s easy to see why
this gay blade is an up and coming
model for the ZIPPO COMIC Mag
azine. He is especially proud of
his pegged pants with zippers for
getting his feet in and out. He is
frequently seen strutting around
the campus looking for admiring
glances. He will cut a class at the
drop of a handkerchief (co-ed’s).
His favorite hobby is looking in
the mirror, and his choice class is
female anatomy in braille. It is
rumored that he has gone on many
have been. However, if you are in
the habit of biting your fingernails
all the way past the first joint or
farther, the chances are that you’re
slightly neuurotic and should seek
the services of a psychiatrist or
else get into the habit of wearing
mittens.
This essay was of great value to
me, as I’m sure it was to others,
as I am in the habit of nibbling
constantly at my fingernails, an
idiosynchrasy I sometimes find
myself indulging in.
Soothed as I was, I went to the
next question:
Q. Does fear of the dark indicate
that a child will grow up neurotic?
A. More than likely.
It is normal for most children
to be afraid of the dark, and many
a father has been awakened by the
terrified cry: “Daddy, there’s a
great big tiger in my room!” This
fear may be allayed by simply
going into the child’s room, turn
ing on the light, and gently ex
plaining that the tiger was only
a figment of the imagination. It
might be wise, however, to carry
a high-powered rifle with you, if
available, just in case, as one never
knows.
However, as the child grows, its
fear of the darkness should vanish,
and if your twenty-year-old son
has to be carried, kicking and
screaming, into a room in which
there are no lights, it may be pre
sumed that his fear has lingered
and turned into a mild neurosis.
For most children, however, the
first game of post-office in a
darkened room is sufficient to rid
him of this fear.
I was a little dismayed by this
answer, as personally I never turn
on the light in a darkened room
without expecting to see at least a
“Grauth Dog” sitting in the middle
of the carpet and licking its chops.
I tore myself away and went on
to the next question:
Q. Will being struck by lightning
give one a neurosis?
A. Probably.
In a survey made of lightning
victims by the staff of Good
Housekeeping Institute, fifteen per
cent replied: “Yes, eight per cent:
No, and the other seventy-seven
per cent could not be reached for
comment without exhumation
papers. However, it is safe to as
sume that being struck by light
ning would give rise to a morbid
fear of thunderstorms which might
eventually assume the propor
tions of a neurosis. An example of
this was a resident of East
Bonhock, Mass., who, during a
thunderstorm, would cuddle up to
a block of ice, all the time scream
ing, “Save me, save me! I’m a
bottle of milk, and I just know I’ll
curdle ” This, however, is an ex
treme case, and althoug h being
struck by lightning might give
rise to similar neurosis, the
chances are that one will not curdle.
With a nervous glance at the
sky, I put up the clippings, after
a last look at the full-bosomed
East Bonhock resident in the il
lustration. I had completely for
gotten about my U-235 recipe, but
that didn’t matter. The men in the
white coats had come for me.
fishing parties at the Catawba
River without ever taking his fish
ing tackle.
THE POLITICIAN—This char
acter will run for anything and
from anything — especially the
police. He is affectionately known
as “The Grip” since he never passes
up an opportunity to shake a hand,
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even his own. His life’s ambition
is to become president of the
International Society for Deep Sea
Divers. He is a mild-natured lad,
but sees Red when anyone jeers
at his Wallace button. He is not
altogether worthless; he has proven
himself quite efficient with the
Yo-Yo.
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