WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1943
THE TAR HEEL
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SERVING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY STUDENTS AT UNC
The official newspaper of the Carolina Publications Union of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where it is printed weekly on
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. .. . . .. Acting Editor
4. . . : . - . -Managing Editor
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JUD KlNBERG
Frances Devendorff..
...Business Manager
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THE EPIC OF OLD EAST . . .
It was a century and a half ago yesterday that a group of
far-sighted men gathered in. a clearing in the woods to observe
the laying of the cornerstone of the first state university build
ing in the country. It took a group of far-sighted men to ever
dream ;that out of that tiny clearing completely surrounded by
a forest of virgin timber there would develop the University
of North Carolina we know today. ."
Since the laying of the cornerstone in 1793, the yellow bricks
of Old East have looked upon a changing scene. The official
opening of the University on January 15, 1795 was a proud day,
but for a whole month afterwards no one was there but the
presiding professor, David Kerr, who resided for the month in
solitary splendor with no one to teach. One student finally ar
rived. By the end of the term, there were forty-one. Next term
there were a hundred.
And so through the years Old East has stood, picking up a
little ivy here and there and housing students as they have
come and gone. Today it is standing firm through its fifth war.
It has weathered the lean years of the Reconstruction and the
hungry years of the Depression. It has all kinds of people : from
and many levels of living. It has held all kinds of people : from
the wealthy and arrogant planters sons to the gay and frivolous
brood so common prior to December 7, 1941. . v
Today it faces a new epoch in its history. Today, it feels the
ground under its foundations tremble to the tread of marching
feet. Today, it sees itself a small part of a great military ma
chine. Today, it looks out on a University that is "strictly
business"; that has no time for or patience with the old pre
war frivolities.
Perhaps, if those aged bricks could find voice, they would
say, "It is better so."
THINK FIRST!
Tomorrow, between the hours of nine and five-thirty, students
at the University of North Carolina will elect four men to fill
the four major student body jobs president of the student
body, speaker of the student legislature, editor of the Tar Heel,
and editor of the Carolina Magazine.
It will be within the power of these four men to direct to a
large extent the course of the University during the coming
months, by far the most crucial in the history of the "oldest
state University in the South."
It is your heritage and your privilege to go to the polls and
vote tomorrow. But above that it is your duty and your re
sponsibility, to both yourself and your University, to vote in
telligently. Before casting your vote, consider once more the qualifica
tions of each man running. Don't vote for a man just because
he happens to be running on a certain party ticket. If by now
you do not know the candidates personally, you . still have time
to meet them. Look them up. Ask each one why he considers
himself capable of handling the job for which he is running. If
a candidate is incapable of telling you this, he is incapable of
holding the office.
Tonight at nine o'cjock in Memorial Hall the candidates will
be presented individually to the student body. Each candidate
will in his turn present his platform. This is your opportunity
to know the men you will cast your votes for tomorrow. Go,
hear what each of these men has to say, listen carefully to each
platform. Disregard the party ticket on which each is running.
Concentrate on the capabilities of the individual. Watch for
clear, concise statements of credible facts. Compare the candi
dates. Compare the platforms. And then select the candidates
who you believe are most able to fill the jobs. What happens
to the University of North Carolina during the most crucial
moments of this crisis will be dictated at the polls tomorrow.
If you believe that Carolina will emerge from this war unified,
informed and actively progressive, you must also believe in the
men you elect to guide her course.
The Body Politic
Cox Resigns;
FCC Triumph
By Lee Bronson
The recent resignation of Repre
sentative Eugene Cox. of Georgia as "
chairman of the committee investi
gating the Federal Communications
Committee has brought to an end a
long and controversial fight in
Washington.
The FCC first charged that Cox
had accepted $2500 from a radio
station in Georgia to represent it
before the commission, thus violat
ing the federal law which forbids
any member of Congress to practice
before a department of the govern
ment. Cox immediately demanded an in
vestigation of the FCC and per
suaded the House to select him to
head the investigating committee, a
rather ludicrous situation.
Eugene L. Garey, a Wall Street
lawyer, was chosen as chief coun
sel. Garey so intimidated the wit
nesses and slandered persons that
even Cox was forced several times
to quiet him.
The situation became so disgust
ing that a member of the commit
tee prjblicly stated that unless Cox
resigned, he himself would refuse
to serve on the committee any
longer. Protests poured into Wash
ington. The intense effort of Representa
tive Cox to smear the FCC in order
to clear himself from a serious
charge a charge which would
probably result in his impeachment
from Congress, and most certainly
would prevent his re-election this
effort failed completely.
The committee failed to disclose
any evidence which would discredit
the FCC. An effort was made to
link the investigation with that
made previously by Dies of two
FCC employees. Earlier in the year
Dies had insisted that former Am
bassador William E.D odd's son and
another employee be fired from the
FCC because of un-American activi
ties. The charges were not sub
stantiated and the FCC refused to
fire these men who had done out
standing work for the commission.
The Department of Justice has
refused to prosecute Cox up to this
time. However, it is expected that
since they are in possession of all
the evidence and facts in the case
that they will do so in the near fu-,
ture.
The climax of the disgraceful in
cident came when Cox announced
his resignation, on the floor of the
House. It is known that much of
the pressure which forced his exit
came from Speaker Sam Rayburn.
Nevertheless, Rayburn spoke highly
of Cox. According y to newspaper
reports, the entire membership of
Congress rose in his honor,
cheeks. However, it is not.
one representative .of the people,
Representative Chet Hollifield of
California, remained conspicuously
in his seat. Undoubtedly, scattered
across the room, others made a
silent protest to honoring "a man
who had cost the taxpayers money
, and put memorable blot on the
record of Congress merely to gain
a personal end to make his own
black record look white.
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By Dave Hanig
One night six years ago a dark-faced young poet was put up before a
firing squad in Spain and killed by the Spanish fascists. With his death the
world lost a bright genius. Federico Garcia Lorca, with songs, poems and
plays, caught the laughter and sorrow, the full-blooded warmth and inherent
tragedy of the human being hot even our Safoyan could duplicate.
Here on campus I met a short, handsomeUruguayan from Montevideo the
other day who told me he had met
Garcia Lorca two years Jbef ore his
death in Spain. Jorge Ortiz, with
quick, Latin gestures and animated
face, described his first meeting with
the poet.
Ortiz was fifteen at the time he
and his father attended a theatre
performance of "Blood Wedding'
by Lorca. For the first time a crowd
of young men sitting in the small
theatre felt their emotions pitched
onto the inadequate stage to a sen
sitive tragedy performed by South
America's greatest actress. For the
first time they felt that mixture of
pity and terror and beauty that
comes on witnessing a play by
Garcia" Lorca.
After the show Ortiz and his
father went to the hotel where
Lorca was staying. The hotel over
looked' the sea and Lorca was be
fore the window when they were
admitted. With a sense of charm
and graciousness he welcomed them,
asked the boy, Ortiz what he
thought of "Blood Wedding" and
went on to discuss the work he was
doing. Ortiz described Lorca as a
short, vibrant man with a smooth,
olive-tinted face. He wore a dark
shirt with the collar opened at the
throat. While the Ortiz' were there
he played for them at the piano and
Ortiz was aware that these were
folk and gypsy airs thousands of
years old that Lorca had re-created
through his nimble genius.
Today, Garcia Lorca is still not
too well known to the American
public.
We need Lorca. Those who have
been entranced by the American,
Wm. Saroyan, will be the richer
when they discover the same gaiety
(but taken directly from the peo
ple's spirit), the same sense of lone
liness (but more tragic because it's
more real) when they read he
songs, poems and the plays of
Federico Garcia Lorca.
We ned Lorca because he was a
young man, because he came out of
this war generation. We need Garcia
Lorca because he is for all time.
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(Editor's note: Orville Campbell former editor of the Daily Tar Heel,
takes time off from his duties in the Pre-Flight public relations office to
write the Campus Grapevine for this week.)
Everyone around here, I'm told, seems to think that the war is responsible
for the Tar Heel becoming a weekly. That's not the reason at all. You see,
two years ago when I edited the paper it got so bad that it would have been a
weekly by now, war or no war.
Things were different back in the old days. Now, there's talk of abolish
ing student government, of changing this and changing that. All they
wanted to do a couple of years ago
was abolish Campbell but definitely.
As people say (and I only know
what people say) , Carolina has
changed, the old days are gone,
nothing is as it was. I disagree
with that line of thought. You can
still walk under Davie Poplar. The
Bell Tower hasn't, gone to war, the
chimes continue to ring out at dusk
and after football j games. Some
guys are lucky enough to yet get a
warm blanket, a warm girl, and
head for the stadium on a cold
moonlight night. j
E. Carrington Smith's emporium
brings the latest movies to the vil
1 lage, only now the surroundings in
which they're shown are much im
proved. Harry's, the Porthole, the
Pines are still located in the same
places. There you canf almost al
ways, get some beer, a snack, a bull
session. No freedom has left the
hill among the civilian population.
Ambassador Grew,! late of Japan,
spoke to a full house when he was
here last week. About the only dif
ference noted was that the audience
took the speech a little more serious
ly, discussed it after he left.
Ed Lanier, the self-help man, can
find you a job, and how. Mr. Evans,
the cashier, has his cigar.. Miss
Mabel continues to greet you when
you pay a visit to Dean Bradshaw.
And the Dean, more than ever, be
lieves in student government.
Pete Parker. There's not a student
on the campus he doesn't know.
You'll find him at the football game,
THE ORANGE PRINT SHOP
Printers for the University and
the P. U. Board for fifteen years
Periodicals Our Specialty
The Alumni Review
The Carolina Magazine
Carolina Playbook
The South and World Affairs
In addition to
The Tar Heel
which we have printed since 1926
The Orange Printshop
Chapel Hill
Memorial Hall, Graham Memorial,
or downtown drinking a cup I
mean several cups of coffee. He'll
discuss any problem with you, and
to hear him talk! Why he can
praise you to the skies, and make
you feel like a heel, or cuss you
and make you feel like a million
bucks.
Dr. Woodhouse, I've been informed
teaches his classes in the same man
ner, lets his students express them
selves, respects their point of view.
Also, like Parker, he is often seen
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By Sara Yokley
Cest le guerre, they tell us. It's
necessary for three girls to live in
one room. To be prepared for the
war effort coeds must trot to the
gym twice a week for two years.
"Keep up with your classes, study
as much as possible and get all the
good food and fresh air you can,"
they beg. "Health and knowledge
at this time are essential. All must
be sacrificed to the war effort."
On the part of the coeds, yes. But
not on the part of the dormitories.
They were built by the University.
They are sacred.
The social rooms of girls' dormi
tories are places to meet dates,
rooms to walk through while going
in and out, and floors to sprawl on
during weekly house meetings. Oc
casionally they are used for dances.
With three girls in one room bed
time and arising hours are hard to
regulate. Two roommates want to
study, but the other one wants to
talk, or two are in the mood for a
bull session while the other one
must cram for an economics quiz.
After 10:30 at night girls must
study in dormitories, but there's no
place to study. The one study room
is small and usually crowded. Girls
who really have work to do often
huddle in the laundry room, squint
ing over books.
If the social rooms of the dormi
tories could be used for studying
after closing hours the coeds who
wanted to study could go down
stairs, away from their sleepy or
sociable roommates. Those who
needed-sleep could turn off the lights
and go to bed. At present Carolina
coeds average between five and six
hours of sleep a night.
If girls can sacrifice comfortable
living conditions for the war, the
University can permit the use of
its lovely social rooms for studying.
It's an easy solution to an old prob
lem. It won't hurt the rooms. It
will help the coeds.
downtown discussing politics and
drinking coffee.
On and on. Many things are like
they were back in the late thirties.
Naturally old students coming back
find them different, but that even
happens in peacetime.
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