THE TAR HEEL
SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1944
PAGE TWO
And Yet Another
Not the Last of the Great Men,
But Perhaps the Greatest, Leaves
Last Monday morning, Dean Roland B. Parker walked up
the steps of South building to begin his' last official day as Dean
of Men at the University of North Carolina. After four years of
service far above and beyond the call of any duty, he is now pre
paring to leave the place wherein he has come to stand, through
the succession of months and
years, as a personification of
the greatness that is Carolina.
The University, as an insti
tution, will deeply feel the loss
of one of its best officials. But
the students who constitute the
living organism of this institu
tion, students of the past, of the
present and of the future, will
miss "Pete" Parker far more
than many of them will ever
know or understand.
Those among us who know
the man as well as the Dean
know that words are inade
quate methods of communica
tion for the expression of our
gratitude and appreciation of
all he has done during his years
here. We know we could begin - - -
by listing some of the many things he has done, by then proceed
ing to point out his greatest traits, and so on. But our lists would
stretch out over many pages, and in the end we would have ac
complished nothing more than the personal satisfaction of shar
ing with others a partial statement of the greatness of Roland
Parker.
So to the Dean and to the man, to the champion of student
government for his frankness and honesty and sincerity, with
whose ideas we have not always wholly agreed but whose every
opinion we have weighed with care and respected rightly to
these and to the many more "men" that go to make up Roland
Parker, we can but say goodby, with appreciation and thanks for
everything you have stood for to us, and the best of good sailing
as you prepare to start out upon another lap of your journey
through life.
And so has another great figure stepped temporarily out of
our lives, and we are left with the knowledge we have touched
upon a man with' whom Thomas Jefferson, and Paine, Lincoln
and Voltaire would have readily called a brother.
A Challenge
Coed, Civilian, Military Student
It's Yours, Make It What It Is
Your government is what you make it ; nothing less, nothing
more. A lot of you have spent a great deal of time in the past
months loudly criticizing those men and women who, as heads
of the various campus organizations under whose laws and in
fluences you live here, are termed your, "leaders." To a few of
you, nothing these leaders have done has been worth condonation ;
in some cases you were entirely right, in some cases you have
erred in your criticisms. But right or wrong, the responsibility
eventually goes back to you.
It was your vote who put these men in power, and many of you
never bothered to find out about your candidates before you care
lessly cast a vote. Last fall, some of you voted a straight party
ticket, hardly bothering to read the list of the men running for
office. Very few of you actually exerted a conscientious effort to
determine, insofar as possible the qualifications and past ex
perience of these potential leaders.
And now you wonder what has happened to your student
government.
The other day, one of the candidates nominated for the post of
legislature member-at-large was congratulated upon his nomina
tion. "Ha ! They pick the most insignificant office on campus and
give it to me." If the job of legislator has degenerated into the
most insignificant post on campus, it is not the fault of the men
who first conceived the powerful idea of a student legislature.
The fault lies with you.
From here on out, it's your responsibility. General campus
elections are coming up, and what you do in those elections will
determine the final stand or fall of student government. If you
choose to ignore this challenge, refuse even to recognize it, and
continue your past policy, the blame will lie on your shoulders. If
you choose not to care about what happens, then remember to
keep your mouth shut about the action, or inaction, of the officers
you elect.
Wqz Car eel
SERVING OVILIAX AND MILITARY STUDENTS AT UNC
The official newspaper of the Carolina Publications Union of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, where it is printed semi-weekly on Tuesdays and. Saturdays except
daring vacations, examinations, and holidays. Entered as second class matter at the post
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Columnists: M. E. Richter; Opie Charters; Wayne Kernodle; Fred Loeffler.
Sports Editor: Fred Flagler.
Desk Editor: W. H. Hipps, Jr. '
Photographers: Tyler Nourse; Jim Hershey, Pvt., USMCR.
FEATURE Staff : Georgia .Webb ; Marianne Browne.
News Staff: Sophia Sue Duffey; Robert Rolnik ; Nell Shanklin ; Helen High water; Boo
Leigh; Harry Savvas ; Bill Stubbs; Tommy , Thomas ; Burnie Thompson, A-S, V-12 ;
Nancy Kennickell ; Lucile Cathey; Jerry Davidoff; Frank Ross; William Schroder
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by 31. E. Richtcr
A new bill is to be presented to
eongress which -will reestablish the
Womens Air Force as the logical
source for flyer replacements; give
them military rank and pay equal to
that of the men in the air force, and
open their ranks to further enlist
ments. Originally organized to fa
cilitate shipments of planes on this
continent so as to relieve men flyers
for combat duty, their effectiveness
was very soon curtailed by restric
tions and limitations of staffs.
Two girls on this campus will be
particularly glad to learn of this, for
both girls, despite lack of encourage
ment, from either civil or military
authorities have pursued their plans
to learn 'how to fly.' Marilyn Ham
mond, junior from Laurinburg, N.
C. has only begun her studies, but
Louise Hanford, senior from Bay
side, Long Island, will have complet
ed all her ground courses and air in
structions this June, and will be en
titled to a pilot's license then.
Last year the University provided
for some instruction in ground
courses, even for females, and Louise
enrolled in some of these courses "for
credit. When they were discontinued
she made trips twice-weekly to Ral
eigh for flying instruction undis
mayed by bad weather, heavy pro
grams, and even cracked up planes.
At the time of signing up for these
lessons, you were required to state
that you planned to enter some
branch of the military, services for
the duration. When the ranks of the
WaFs were closed, it made this
pledge an empty oath hardly worth
its wordage.
Now again, women flyers who
sought to enter the Wafs will be
able to enlist and this time they will
get some of the advantages hereto
fore reserved only for the men, in
pay, rank, etc. Loathe to question
the reason for the former restric
tions, I can look at least with favor
upon the present possibility of its
withdrawal.
The efforts of girls such as Marie
and Louise all through the colleges
of the country has been too little pub
licized. Instead more space has been
given to articles which decry the lack
of spirit on the part of the Ameri
can college girl, with Calamity Jane
sob-sisters spreading their woe over
the pages of the magazines and news
papers, lamenting the disinterest of
the female collegian.
These same writers find little sol
ace in the fact that every college-girl-graduate
is a prospective officer
in the military forces, if she is in
terested, and that makes the time
spent in college worth it. . . . Hun
ter College in New York, conceding
this, has gone so far as to establish
within its school a Navy program,
called V-9, training their seniors
who qualify, to be Wave officers upon
graduation. These girls are picked
by committees composed of Waves
and faculty, and the program has
been successful now for some time.
From The Mailbox
(Editor's note: The letter below was addressed to the Tar Heel in relation
to a recent article by Jimmy Wallace. The Wallace article was concerned
with separation of the student council.)
Dear Mr. Wallace, s
I read your article in the Tar Heel and I think that your ideas and opinions
are all fouled up. I think the Tar Heel is a pretty good sheet, but if they
print the scribble that you endeavor to write, they are getting pretty hard
up for edite.
I guess I have to take it for granted that you have definite proof to back
up your statements. But I am the curious type and I would like to see in
print some of your proof of the offenses that fleet men have especially com
mitted. I gathered from your article that you called the fleet man a liar, cheat and
a thief. I beg to differ with you. Of course there are exceptions to all rules.
I have been in the fleet for the past two years and I have a good idea of
a sailor's honor, and not a conception
of honor. Maybe we don't advertise
it, but it's there.
Do you actually regard the V-12
man as a chronic offender? You
might not have meant your article
to be that way, but your choice of
words and expression of ideas are so
poor, I could not get any other
meaning from it.
Don't forget this fact, Mr. Wallace.
We have a tough course to keep in
stride with and we are not able to
participate in student activities as
much as we would like to. This is
indeed unfortunate.
You are exactly right in stating
that everyone wishes for unity, but
it's people like you that are doing a
fine job of keeping the idea down.
Think all this over before you
speak again and I am sure that you
will be more considerate.
1 Sincerely,
H. A. Whittington,
AS, USNR
An Analysis
Not S
ometliing' Being Forced On You
"The thing that gives value to the diploma in a student's hands is the
honest work that lies behind it in a student's brain." To this statement we
add that the thing that gives value to a commission held by an officer in the
United States armed forces is the honest work that goes behind it in a man's
brain. For it is upon the fundamentals of honesty and honor that merit and
worth are measured throughout life.
Many definitions of honor have been attempted in the past. Every dic
tionary carries manifold synonyms of that five-letter word on which the gov
ernment of the United States was
first conceived, among them "...
scorn of meanness, self-respect ..."
Mass 3Ieeting
Thursday night, the student coun
cil called a mass meeting of all stu
dents in the University, civilian men,
coeds, military students. No com
pulsory attendance was required of
the civilian students, and few more
than half a dozen attended the meet
ing. Yet these civilian students are
basically the backbone of the Uni
versity and its tradition, these civil
ian students are the official hosts of
and to the Navy men until these lat
ter groups become integrated into
the life of this campus. And not
enough of them cared about the
honor system to go over to Memorial
hall and offer' their services for its
propagation.
Much criticism has come out about
the meeting held Thursday night,
and more than a little of these criti
cisms were justified. The student
council called the meeting because
its members sincerely felt, after
many hours of thought and work,
that it was a right step in the right
direction. But, on the other hand,
through no fault of theirs other than
limitations of insight, the council
made a mistake of having the meet
ing made compulsory for Navy men,
a fact which was greatly resented be
fore the meeting had ever gotten un
derway. And then the council chose
as a speaker a man who is undoubt
edly one of the best speakers on the
campus; but regardless of his
qualifications, he stands as a member
of the faculty, and we feel that the
honor system is a student's responsi
bility, and any explanation of the
Carolina way of life should come
from and at the request of the stu
dents, by a student.
Honor Inborn
Spasmodically since July, various
students here have inferred, uninten
tionally for the most part, that be
cause a man is wearing a uniform he
is not capable of honor, or honor as
great as a man out of uniform.
Nothing is possibly a greater distor
tion of the factual truth. A man is
not a man of honor because of the
clothing he wears, nor because of the
environmental location of his pres
ent life. - Honor is a thing inborn
into a man's character. He is an
honorable man of his own volition.
"From the halls of Smith and Vance,
- It Is Your Honor System,
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On the strength of one line in
the cable
" Dependeth the might of the chain.
Who knows, thou may'st be tested
So live that thou bearest the strain.
For tne strength is the service
And the strength of the service,
the ship."
These are the basic principles under
which the honor system was first in
stigated at the University of North
Carolina.
One of the leading points of recent
contention about the application of
the honor system has been that
Navy men are not willing to report
others whom they see cheating in any
form, because a man can not take
"upon himself the responsibility of
depriving another man of a commis
sion, of thus changing the immediate
course of his life, of sending him out
of the Navy program and on into
the fleet as an apprentice seaman
for the duration of the war. But the
other side of that idea is the fact that
many teachers here grade on the
"curve," that when a man cheats
his way into a high grade, he i3 auto
matically lowering the grade of the
honest student who has refused to
cheat, and who has made a lower
mark than his competitor because
of his honesty; it is quite possible
G
rapevine
By The Staff
We were more than mildly jolted
out of inertia, last Saturday, to dis
cover our image leering from the
Tar Heel. The included article
proved to be the most flagrant "April
Fool" prank played on us to date.
After such a generous "build-up" we
are wondering if perhaps the meet
ings in the big revival tent at Kenan
Stadium might not be such a ridicu
lous idea; the topics as announced
would certainly draw an eager con
gregation! Although a trifle raw in
sports, the entire paper was cleverly
written up, we thought.
The notices prevalent on campus
bulletin boards, "We Need Talent
Immediately!" have produced en
couraging results. We now have
enough talent on file to spread hilar
ity for many future weekends which
might otherwise be dull. Talented
students may still offer their ser
vices by calling 8016. Under YMCA
sponsorship, these "command per
formances" promise genuine enter
tainment. When we first arrived at Carolina,
we made the acquaintance of an in
quisitive squirrel whose abode was
a tree near Old West. Our bushy
tailed friend could be distinguished
easily from his fellow comrades by
a small bare spot on the crest of his
vice-viscera. We followed the social,
domestic and love life of the little
rodent with interest, and feared that
he would leave the neighborhood
when his home was finally cut down
last winter. On the contrary, how
ever, our friend immediately estab
lished, himself in an adjacent tree.
We were startled to observe recently
that he is actually a "she," and that
the new household wll soon be
blessed with a happy family. We
have wondered if the offspring will
to the bell tower by the stadium . . ."
under the system of grading on the
curve, that the man whom you re
fused to report because of your re
luctance to decide his chance of cora
missioning may well cost you yenr
commission by his actions. He is
not bothering to consider you and
your chances, nor does he hesitate
to knock you out of the program if
such action results from his unfair
competition.
Explanation of Ends
This is what the student council is
working to explain. This is an ex
ample of why reporting of violations
has always been an integral part of
the honor system. The method of ap
proaching you may have been un
fortunate, but the facts of the ends
have not altered.
The University of North Caro
lina does not have a priority on
the honor system. It is not some
thing new, something which we
here thought up all by ourselves,
and are. now attempting to force
upon you. The honor system has
no bounds; it is restricted neither
to single individuals, single organ
izations or single institutions. It
is what we as Americans have long
since chosen to believe as the right
way of life. It is already yours.
We are only attempting to point
out the fact that we believe here
in an honor system, and above all
else that we believe here in you.
! TONIGHT !
The
Second Opening
of the
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"9:30
Graham Memorial Grill.
Candlelight, soft music,
dancing it's all there
for you.
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bear a duplicate of the small bare
spot peculiar to their spouse.
' A potent question has lurked in the
recesses of our mind ever since our
arrival on the campus of the Uni
versity of North Carolina. We were
sent here to study by order of the
United States Navy, and our ex
perience has been that of satisfac
tion and contentment, for the most
part. We are, however, somewhat
dismayed over the undernourished
spiritual life of the University. Per
haps the responsibility rests with us,
as well as anyone else; nevertheless,
we are comparatively new to Caro
lina; our contact with its activities
has been brief. Having been raised
in the home of a clergyman, out life
has been involved in rather exten
sive Christian work. We came to
Chapel Hill from a college town
where students went to church on
Sunday; where they took part in
church activities. Why is it that the
small churches here are not over
flowing with young people? We won
der if perhaps the church itself could
be partially at fault.
A plea has been voiced for activity
on Sunday evenings; for something
to occupy the time after students
have seen both movies. We heartily
endorse the plea, but it seems logical
to us that the church should shoulder
this responsibility. The several re
ligious functions for students on
Sunday evenings are patronized (if
I may use the expression) by an
astoundingly minute percentage of
the student body. Why does this
situation exist? There must be some
form of religious service which would
appeal to a majority of young people
on the Hill. Perhaps the solution is
to let the students speak for them
selves. Chapel Hill is one of the
most wonderful spots in America. Its
sacred tradition and heritage, its
democratic principles and its breath
takingly magnificent landscaping
establish it as a most desirable place
to study and to live. To us it seems
abominable that this Utopian en
vironment should not foster a more
active spiritual atmosphere.
Harold Gould, AS