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PAGE TWO THE TAR HEBL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1944 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE PUBLICATIONS UNION SERVING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (DIlimmminiG anndl (DmmeMt All signed articles, editorials, columns and letters are opinions of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Tab Heel. AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN Whether in war or in peace this great country of ours con tinues to hold to its democratic principles, never doubting wheth er or not continuation of elections during the war would hinder the best possible operation of the war. It shows that Americans still have the dauntless spirit which our forefathers had in found ing the country. Roosevelt has it for the fourth term, news that is oldnow but still an interesting topic of conversation. Will he continue to have the support of the country, will he be able to carry forth his program as well during the next four years. He will carry out his program of course depending on his health. The, elec tions proved that the majority wants Roosevelt as the head man with the same spirit of never, say die democracy the United States will experience another four years under Roosevelt which will probably be better than the last 12. Roosevelt has made many mistakes as would any public figure, but above all he has devoted and will devote some of the best years of his life to serv ing his country . .'. not an easy job that he has by any means. He could have stepped from the presidential race easily enough, complaining about his health or the worry connected with di recting the tlnited States, but he, as every loyal and true Amer ican, has taken conditions in his stride and worked for a great er nation. ' It is our duty to continue to support democracy and to support the President. The next four years will probably be the toughest, but Roosevelt will try to make for the best that he knows. If American spirit holds true we will weather the next four years as best we know how with one of the greatest figures in our na tion's history as our leader. WHERE OH WHERE IS LITTLE V-12? From what we make out of the Navy ruling for night check on V-12s and compulsory study it leaves us with several ques tions in mind as to reasons for such action and the expected re sults of the ruling. It is true possibly that many V-12s were not spending as much time as they should for academic purposes and that possibly they enjoyed freedom which was unknown to many other trainees in similar programs throughout the country. But for some rea son or the other we don't think the action is justifiable. If the Navy plans to make officers out of these students, they of course know from years of naval experience just what it will take to do the job and a civilian probably shouldn't stick his nose into the matter. Anyway we will voice our opinion. When the responsibility for carrying out a mission is placed on the shoulders of a newly commissioned youngster who is not many months out of a college like Carolina, his trust is not ques tioned. He is carrying out a mission that is dangerous to prob ably thousands of men, but his superior officers place faith in his decisions. It seems that if in the training program a close check is made on every operation that the purpose is defeated. And then too it might seem that if a certain officer candidate were to flunk his work because of excessive time spent else where it would be a fair marker to judge the better officers. As we said before, however, the Navy knows what it is doing. Other than the above mentioned is the fact that Navy men comprise a prominent part of the campus. It is questionable whether or not V-12 men should take part in campus activities, but in our estimation the extra-curricular program around cam pus would be an asset to any would be officer. For instance the Tar Heel work is done mostly at night: The restrictions make it impossible for the Navy men to take part in the publication of the Tar Heel. True there are few Navy readers of the Tar Heel as compared with the civilian subscribers, but other ac tivities such as the legislature, the student council, and other campus extra-curricular fields need V-12s. FRED FLAGLER J. PRESTON LEMLEY. JIMMY WALLACE -Acting Editor -Business Manager -Circulation Manager ASSOCIATE EDITORS : Stanley Colbert, Jim Dillard, NROTC. i SPORTS EDITOR: Carroll Poplin. x FEATURE STAFF: Mildred Newton, Mildred Johnson, Marianne Brown, Gloria Caplan, Marian Gurney. SPORTS STAFF: Irwin SmaHwood, AS, USNR; James Sanford, Johnny May, Art Beckham, Harry Sawas, Joe Gassenheimer. PHOTOGRAPHY: Jim Hershey, USMCR; Joe Denker, AS, USNR; Joe Eastlak, AS. USNR; K. Weil. NEWS STAFF: Barron Mills, Charles Wickenberg, USMCR; Dave LilienthaL Nancy Green wall, Jerry Davidoff, Berlette Capt, Peggy Case, M. Kresnick. Dot Jannson, Gertrude Walton, Harry Bates, Pat Shartle, Pat Kelly, Dick Stern, Bill Crisp. EXCHANGE EDITOR: Jerry Davidoff. BUSINESS STAFF: Martha Galbraith, Jim Fort, Nancy Corell, Barbara Conley. Published Tuesday and Saturday except daring vacations, examinations and holidays. Deadlines Thursday and Sunday. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Chapel Hill, N. C, under the act of March 3. 1879. Member of ASC and Nat'l Adv. Service, Inc. LISTEN STUDENTS By Jimmy Wallace ' -. - j IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND in classes. The girls outnumber the boys, but you can bet your bottom dollar that none of above male figures will regret such an overflow of feminine pulchritude. Don't Read This By Bill Crisp Have you noticed the change? Carolina's classrooms present a striking picture this trimester. There are male and female, civilian and military, professors and dogs all matriculating together. What is Carolina coming to? There are those among us who predicted catastrophe upon the in auguration of such class mixtures. But then, there were some people who never thought that Baptists and Methodists could dwell peacefully in the same county. . Carolina is suffering no ill-effects from its synchronization of civilian and military schedules. Despite the ridiculous rumors to the contrary Navy men and civilian men (even some of the freshmen 4-F's) both have hair on their chests. War or no war, uniform or sport coat, this old campus is dealing with the same basic material as always: male and female. The pessimists will sneer at these words. They are positive that the honor system is at stake under such a system. On the contrary, the hon or system should be bettered by this setup. If it is true that there is a tradition in the Navy which forbids the act of "squealing" surely that tradition will be offset when civilians TIME FOR SOME CHANGES One hour we shift to the other foot, two hours we heave a deep sigh, three hours and we're darn sick of waiting, but pa tience is, a virtue so we crane our necks and actually see the book exchange counter in sight. At long last we reach the head of the line and ask for our books only to be told that the shipment of our particular text has not arrived. Or perhaps we ask for two lab manuals, one for ourself and one for our roommate. The re ply to that request is an emphatic, "No." The roommate must come to stand in line to add one more person to the long curv ing snake taking shape in the "Y." Perhaps no student has had nothing drilled into him more of ten than the advice, "Makexa good start. Get off on the right foot." Without taking into consideration the condition of his feet for the good start, his nerves, or the time wasted, under the Carolina system (or lack of system) a student is lucky if he obtains his books before several class periods have elapsed. Standinsr in a line which moves otip half is inconvenient to say the least. No objection would be made if this were a necessary evil but no other word than absolutely ridiculous can be employed in describing this method whereby thousands of students must purchase school supplies at the be ginning of each term. What can be done about it? Obviously two or three clerks for such a great number of students are insufficient, and what is more there is no dearth of available employees. Several' coeds actually expressed willingness to volunteer their assistance to help speed up the service. Why couldn't a list of books available at the Exchange be posted in the "Y" and arrivals of new texts added each day? A nnVi x w txie urst noor 01 tne " 1 COUIO De put down of reasons for voting for each into use. Text books could be classified according to subjects , candidate. We'd like to say here that with various groups being sold in the different rooms. Don Brown of the Purdue Expon It's high time some changes were made When we begin ent who conducted four polls at Pur classes next semester let's begin on the first day and not a week fS n mosl later because we didn't have the supplies. ' tfSfiLSS'Z are present. Honor is not a virtue which can-be colored by the clothing one wears. Nor is it fundamentally a quality requiring independent fac tions for successful aplication. Navy men or civilian, we are all at Carolina for the same purpose. It makes no difference if Uncle Sam is sponsoring one group and poppa Jones another, the ultimate purpose of our matriculation here is to re ceive an education which is based on knowledge and merit not dis honesty and fraud. And another thing, some of the civilians on this campus are now be coming the friendly acquaintances of many individuals. Heretofore, ac quaintances have been primarily a matter of recognizing what unit a Navy man is in. Instead of being familiar with the Marines, V-12's, and NROTC's, many of us are find ing closer friendship with fellows who, INCIDENTALLY, wear the uniform of a soldier. And so, when you hear 4-P Smith referring to the Tar Heel office as being located on the second deck, starboard side, of Graham Memorial, don't become frantic. He's not in sane at all and he doesn't think Gra ham Memorial is a ship. He's just repeating one of his friends from BVP. Reading The Exchanges With Jerry Davidoff , When we were in New York re cently we noted that most of the students on the Columbia campus, and most of the high school stu dents riding the subways, wore tags which read "Youth Wants Roose velt." Apparently the nation want ed him, too. Our point is that of the 12 college polls that we have on hand, Dewey was the choice in only four. Drake, Purdue, Minnesota and Syracuse went for Dewey with the fringe on the lip. Roosevelt car ried Temple,. Mary Washington, Minnesota's Ag school, George Washington, Lenoir Rhyne, Wash ington and Lee, and L. S. U. Also, the poll taken by the IRC here the past August showed that the Tar Heels were hot for Roosevelt. Analyzing these figures is of lit tle use. In most cases too few stu dents were polled to really give a fair sampling of campus opinion, and in many there was no break for each candidate's support. Our results don't jibe jwith the Gallup poll, which showed that col lege students were in favor of Dew ey. Probably both our collection and the Gallup poll's survey were not wide enough. Our emphasis on student opinions in this column is intentional. Only about three per cent of the people in the country ever get to college. Most of the leaders of the nation come from this three per cent. While it is fairly safe to assume that col lege students will become more con servative when they leave college, their opinions on campus are par tially indicative of the way that future national arid state leaders will think. Last week The Tar Heel editor ialized on the treatment given ex President Homer P. Rainey of the University of Texas. Academic and intellectual freedom are' at stake in such a situation. The students took matters into their own hands. Be fore forty-five hundred students, called to convocation, Mac Wallace, Texas student president, presented See READING, page U Two vast contradictions have be come apparent in the Navy V-12 program at least on this campus. When the program began, the Navy, unlike the Army, expressed its wish to educate the V-12 men "as students," as nearly as possible. That was very good. On this cam pus however, there is some disputa tion as to what a student really con sistsvof. According to the rules, a student must pay compulsory fees. The V-12 does not pay fees, but it is not the fault of the V-12 at all. Despite this, everyone seems to have gotten along without any trouble. Recently, however, the Navy has imposed restrictions on the V-12 unit here. Men must now be con fined to their rooms between the hours of 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. Mon day through Thursday. Undoubt edly, such a plan will result in more studying and better grades. But, for the Navy man who has become a representative of the V-12 in stu dent government or other extra curricular activity, this new plan imposes a hardship. The V-12 men on this campus, I believe, wish to get into the spirit of things as students. The men who have returned from 'the fleet, I be lieve, wish to become students with out being differentiated from other , students. The University, in order to procure "educational and finan cial" advantages has gone on the trimester system. For the first time, V-12 men and civilians have classes together. Simultaneously, a curfew is put on the V-12 unit. Such a move, while it might be militarily - expedient, is hot one in the right di rection as far as V-12 participa tion in student activities is con cerned. If the Navy is to adhere to its first principle, that of "education as students," the regulation should be rescinded. Education is a queer thjng, and there are many queer people who have many queer ideas about it. One of these queer ideas is the "theory of the speed-op." The theory, for the most part, is quite cock-eyed. For one simple reason (not the ON LY one by any means): too little time. During the last war the Uni versity went on the quarter system for speedier education. During this war the University has gone on the trimester system. Exactly where that name arose, no one knows. It is well known in academic circles however, that the trimester "cheats" a bit when it comes to credit hours. An illegitimate hybrid?. Which is the speedier system? To tell a man that he must learn all about third, fourth and fifth or der determinants within three days, is equivalent to telling him that he must produce a full symphony in the same length of time. Both of the statements are equally stupid. Com mercialized, homogenized, speedized, and vitaminized (A through Z) ed ucation is a mess. Primarily be cause no one gets educated. Ask anyone who knows namely, the stu dents. And the science professors are surprised when the students fc don't know Raoult's law, and the English professors are surprised when the students cannot remember the Shakespeare which they knew perfectly one week before. They shouldn't be. Mortarboarded buf fonery, when couple with military necessity, political and FINANCIAL expediency, and flavored with a bit of nationalistic narrow-mindedness, can be pretty bad. If our education system were any good, it would not be necessary to inaugurate "speed-up" programs when war commences. f i f ST I WITHOUT RIME By Gloria Caplan Government by the people has been given added vigor and new "face" both in the eyes of a skep tical world (witness even Britain's abrogation of wartime elections) and in the eyes of a sizeable slice of our own population beginning to de spair of popular selection and its ability to meet crises. It will be a strange, new congress and, because of it, an undauntable, confident and enterprising president, that tackles Peace. Without a Ham Fish, Gerald Nye, Bob Reynolds or Martin Dies the two houses won't resemble themselves. The battles on the floor won't have the same color and spirit without those four, and the consequent reduction in petty squabbling will increase the amount of business completed in the con gressional day, although we visual ize a rejuvenated Clare Luce re turned to the House, talking four times as hard and saying four times as little to make up for the loss. . Our sympathy at this time goes to PM, which has for years expended all its energy in making of the above four symbols of what every good American should not be, and in them finding the nation's most palatable ridicule material. Nominations are probably now in order for a new set of political fops at whom PM may direct its jokes; my choice is Luce. Contrary to the historical pattern and proving once again that all we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history, the nation re turned a democratic majority to Congress. Unity between the execu tive and legislative branches will be ours our gift to those relying on the power of our prestige to light the lamp in the darkness of post war days and to keep it. burning, for that power would have been nil, given a hostile congress. . One thing strikes me as remark able: that an almost solid anti-New Deal newspaper bloc (with the last minute exception of the New York Times) and the DuPont (each indi vidual DuPont), Pew, Mellon, Rocke feller and Ford financial strength failed to swing the people away from their confidence in FDR. A dimin ished margin in the popular major ity indicates a decrease in that confidence, true; but not sufficient to cause concern, and certainly not as much as could be anticipated in view of the fact that war breeds dissatisfaction, which finds a natural outlet in making the existing admin istration the scapegoat. Reaction, they call it. There has come to many of us renewed faith in the re liability of the people in making governmental choices, and we begin to wonder if they are as much the dupes of their slanted reading ma terial as we had once thought. )&feb Chords & Records By Dot All you Carolina jive lovers and classic fans heave to and lend an ear to the good news about records released of late. If you're an inveterate gloom spreader on your way to that 8 o'clock sociology class there's mu sic in the offing to put you -in the groove in the early morning hours. Especially of interest to you rabid record collectors of torrid torch songs and jumpin' jive is the recent reinstatement of over one hundred "collectors' items" by RCA Victor. These discs have been unobtain able for several years, though they had established themselves1 as class ics in the hot jazz field. Those ever popular solid arrange ments of strictly sizzling music, such as "I Got A Right to Sing the Blues" by Louis Armstrong, "Beale Street Blues," and others by the . stellar Jelly-Roll Morton Red Hot Peppers, and "Meet Dr. Foo" by Coleman Hawkins, are guaranteed to knock the sleep out of tired eyes, as See CHORDS, page U
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