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THE TAB HEEL TUESDAY, JANUARY SO, 1945 it! L'lNMWHtMWIIMIIHWWIMHWUWU Editorially Speaking iiui4iiuaiuiMiiiiu4UiiimiiauiiiiiiiiiJU PROMINENT SPEAKERS The Carolina Political Union, under the di rection of Jimmy Wallace, is entertaining: Da vid Lilienthal on the campus today. As head of the TVA, Lilienthal is a big man in the eyes of the nation. , One of the major advantages of receiving a formal education at Carolina is the opportun ity of hearing and meeting the highest ranking, people of our world community. Their person ality can exert 'a beneficial' influence on the whole student body. By means of a mutual agreement worked out between Wallace and Ralph ("Buddy") Glenn, president of the International Relations Club, a steady stream of national and international figures are kept flowing to Chapel Hill. More eminent men are scheduled to come at regular intervals for the rest of the year. Go around to Hill Hall tonight at eight-thirty , to hear Lilienthal you'll learn a lot from him. GRADUATION ADDRESS The announcement that Rear Admiral O. B. Hardison will deliver the principal address at the graduation exercises next month was re- ceived enthusiastically by the student' body. Admiral Hardison is an alumnus of the Uni versity, having graduated at the age of eighteen as the youngest man in the class of 1911. This, however, will not be the first time that fc Ad miral Hardison has returned to his Alma Ma ter. In fact, since his appointment as Chief of Naval Air Primary Training in February, 1944, he has made repeated visits to the Pre-FligmV school here which is a unit of his command. His latest visit to Chapel Hill came only last week when he flew here with his staff to inspect the facilities at the Pre-Flight unit. It is particularly fitting that Admiral Har dison should come at this time when the Uni versity is doing such an important service to the Navy by training large numbers of officers and fliers for the ever expanding fleets. Admiral Hardison, the highest ranking alumnus of the University now in any of the armed forces, has been in Naval aviation since 1923. Since the beginning of the present war, he has distin guished himself as a .brilliant leader and has been awarded numerous decorations and cita tions for his outstanding and heroic services in combat. These decorations include the Navy Cross, Navy Air Defense Medal, and a Presi dential Citation which was awarded to the USS Enterprise while he was her commanding of ficer. His wide experience with the Navy, his in tense interest in the welfare of the University, and his proven ability as a leader of men as sure us of a most interesting and worthwhile address at the graduation exercises on Febru ary 24. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE PUBLICATIONS UNION SERVING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL 7Ae Cdtt&i The Ram See BY AN OLD GOAT CHARLES WICKENBEEG, USMCR FRED FLAGLER - JAMES P. DILLARD BOB MORRISON .Editor -Managing Editor LI .Associate Editor J. PRESTON LEMLY HARRISON TENNEY Associate Editor LBusiness Manager -Circulation Manager PsUJshed Tuesday and Saturday except during vacations, examination and boHdaya. PeatdBhw Tbnrsday and Sonday. Entered as second class matter at the poet office at enamel H. C, under the act at March S, 1879. Member of ASC and Natl Adv. Serria In. It Could Be Worse ROBERT MORRISON What can you learn at college that you can't learn from reading a book?. Surely you don't need any thing more than a small public li brary to read all of the classics, to learn the whole history of the uni verse, to memorize all of the rules of English grammar, to. pick up a good general knowledge of the sciences, and to receive a liberal education. With the exception . of engineering, the applied sciences, and a few related courses, we have to admit that we don't have to go to school to become educated. From this, one might draw the conclusion that colleges and universities are quite an unnecessary part of our ' social system, serving only to force knowledge upon those who lack the initiative and self -discipline to dig it out for themselves. Of course, at this point it must be remembered that institutions of learning give beautifully engraved sheepskins giving evidence of the degrees that demand such respect from society. With this agreed, it doesn't seem that a college has much to offer -other -than personal association with thinking people. The best his tory professor in the world couldn't convey many more facts in a class than he could write in a book, but nevertheless, he is able to teach a lot of facts with his personality which may not concern history, but which may be knowledge of much greater value. v It's also the association with other students that counts. Socie ties, athletics, socials, and all extra-curricular activities provide a wealth of knowledge which can never be acquired from the printed page. Paraphrasing Dale Carnegie, all the book knowledge in the world will not keep you from being a pauper if you don't know how to get along with people. The art of getting along with people is the most important course offered at Carolina. The man that makes a good grade on this course can fail every other and still get along. Anyone who reads the Encyclo paedia Britannica from A to Z (only one man has ever done this it took him no small part of a life time) will have a lot more facts stored in his head than will a grad uate of Carolina or any university is required to have. You don't need to be here if all you want is an academic education just buy a set of encyclopaedias, subscribe to sev eral magazines and newspapers, and you can educate yourself in a very efficient and inexpensive fashion! January 23, 1945. .Sirs: ' I should like to ask why the Tar Heel continually refers to the Uni versity, of North Carolina as the most liberal school in the country. If the University were truly a lib eral school, both sides of a question would be represented. As it is, we rarely see any but extremely radi cal political views advocated both in the classroom and in the Tar Heel. Is it that only the extreme liberals and radicals are allowed to teach here? There are quite a few of us in this country and at this school who still believe in democ racy. We should like to see the stu dents here exposed to democracy, too; then, let them judge which form of government they prefer. Then we can call the University of North Carolina liberal not until then. If you bother to reply, please do not pull the old one about" "true democracy." Why don't those peo ple who believe in communism ad mit it; are they afraid that if they did the American people might suddenly realize that they are being taken for a ride? Sincerely, JARED C. FOX, JR. I ttjttmT!W rnimimt mm. ntMtmmiim.iinmimminHimr .rftttxrirrim Amidst the echoing squeals of pink elephants (and there are such things!) the Ram is still trying to recuperate from a heavy hang-over of parties this past week-end. From all reports he really went on a RAM-page. v, - -I- -f" - -I- "f- niix-et JLibertfai By Terry King and Robert Morrison IN ALL JUSTICE Last Saturday's editorial directed at the Stu dent Council's having spent $73 for Council-, Faculty Committee supper discussions was not a condemnation of the Council personally. It is realized that frequent meetings between these two groups is often necessary indeed beneficial to the whole University. The only point in question was: who should foot the bill? We stated then, and we still contend that the fin ances for such suppers should not be wrested from the student body. They should be "dutch" affairs. In all justice to the, members of the Student Council, however, it should be pointed out that this policy of paying for suppers with Student Government funds was laid down sev eral months ago. Most of the men who are now members of the Council knew nothing about this policy. In fact, one member even suggest ed before the Council and Faculty Committee assembled that each man pay his own bill. As stated by an old Council member, this sugges- .tion was opposed to the previously formulated policy. Most of the Council members were ig norant of the circumstances. ; The Gondoliers, latest Playmaker production, in conjunction with the Music Department, rang the cur tains down Saturday night on what was a thoroughly entertaining and pleasant performance. Aside from the fact that almost any musical by Gilbert and Sullivan is likely to be enjoyable, the salient factor in the Playmekers' produc tion was the spontaneity and evi dent enthusiasm of the entire cast. , The result was contagious, and the audience seemed heartily apprecia tive. It is hard to say in which direc tion the orchids should be thrown. Most certainly Director Foster Fitz-Simons and his assistant, Mary Tom Colones, should be commended for an excellent. job of staging, di recting, and timing. Also some note sTiould e made of the scene tech nicians for the highly realistic en trance and exit of the gondola. But of course, attention should be paid mainly to the cast itself. There we run into another obstacle, for it hasv often been noted that there is no outstanding character in the Gondoliers plot. Therefore, it is hard to place praise on the heads of a few. Honors should be shared equally by Robert Kohl, Andrew Griffith, Catherine Cook and Betsy Thompson. Kohl, as the Duke of Plaza-Toro, was highly creditable in both his singing parts and his portrayal of the hen-pecked husband of the Duchess, Catherine Cook. Miss Cook seemed by far the best cast of all the performers. The finesse with which she .carried herself and her expressive gestures were all much in keeping with being a Very Grand Duchess. ' Casilda, daughter of the Plaza Toros, was played by Betsy Thompson, who acted with superb restraint and contraltoed with greater gusto. Saving the best for last, we come to the Grand Inquisitor, played by Andrew Griffith. With his properly timed movements and a wonder fully mellow voice, there is little doubt that Griffith, -at his entrance, was the center of attraction. We See LUX, page 4 (Ed's note: The subject of Mr. Fox's letter seems ,to us rather hastily thought and put. If there are others of the same opinion as the letter indicates, they are urged to write this paper or to the "Gripe Committee," the Campus Cabinet, (in care of Graham Me morial) to which this letter has been referred. If the situation is as critical as indicated, the rest of the campus and the world should know about it. The Editor cannot recall that any radical political, or just plain po litical views have been advocated by the Tar Heel. It is pointed out ( again that the opinions of the col umnists are their own. Neither the Editor nor any of the members of the staff can quite grasp Mr. Fox's last question. Per haps we're shallow individuals, but we're unable to answer it. Perhaps the Campus Cabinet, or some of the students can?) Exchanges By The Way By Bill Crisp NEED FOR FACTS During recent months a number of students have either been dismissed from school or threatened with dismissal because they had un knowingly violated certain rules. A typical ex ample of the hazy rules now governing the cam pus are those concerning absence from class. South Building says that the rules are made by the individual departments concerned, but these departments issue no. clear statement as to just what rules have been made. As a result, the students violate rules of which they have never heard and suddenly find themselves on the verge of being dismissed from school. The itudent body would like to have these rules clari fied and published. In an effort to redeem itself from the "pacifist label," the CRIL print ed in Saturday's Tar Heel a letter, designed to put forth objective ar guments against a post-war pro gram of military conscription ki this country. I do not think that the CRIL is a pacifist organization, nor do I believe that those of its mem bers who take this stand are dis playing a pacifist reaction. But I do feel that the case against mili tary conscription was poorly pre sented, not because of any lack of ability on the part of its sponsors, but because a real case . does not exist. For instance, the letter states, "It is patent,' however, that the na tion cannot simultaneously move in two directions." The implication being that peace organizations move toward peace and that mili tary conscription moves toward war. The writers obviously wish us naively to assume that peace or ganizations and military conscrip tion cannot work harmoniously to ward the same end. They fail to mention, however, that the "peace organization" set up following World War I did not preserve peace. An interesting correlation is that this same "peace organization" did not have any armed teeth at its disposal to' enforce the measures which might have made peace more . possible. The letter also states that if the American people "assume there is enough intelligence in the world to make permanent peace possible, it "will require that we do all we can to make world organization work. We want it to grow and become stronger." When we are required to "do alKwe can to make world or ganization work," how can the writers of his letter expect agree ments, however cooperatively drawn up, to remain intact and inviolate so long as there is, nothing, except signatures and good will, to guar antee them? And ) how does the CRIL hope for the plan to "grow stronger" when there is nothing in its makeup to give it strength? .Let us remember that for 24 years France stood alone in Eu rope, crying for the British and American support which could have rendered Hitler impotent from the beginning. British and American Set CRISP, page 4 By Peggie Case Down Texas way, the Regents Rainey controversy at the univer sity is still in full swing. Accord ing to the Daily Texan, "In a strongly worded reiteration of a stand first taken last November, the general faculty has voted to again present their demand to the Board of Regents that Dr. Homers P. Rainey be reinstated as president of the university." Then' another front page article urged all students to form a list of people to whom they would like to . have information sent concerning the controversy. The Daily Athenaeum of the West Virginia University reminds its readers that every time they cut a class and miss a day's work, they are literally throwing away $25. The Athenaeum states that the training received at the university is equal to that amount in future earning power. Or to put it another way every time a student misses a day's work, he is literally throwing away the cost of a war bond and thus missing out on two wise invest-' ments for the future. And speaking of war bonds, the University of Washington at Seattle has gone over the top in its Sixth War Loan drive, selling a total of ?82,300 worth of bonds. The quota for the university was 169,000. . . At the University of Southern California a poll has been taken to determine what the' male students think of coed fashions. The poll showed that snoods and gaudy jewels are taboo, anklets "distract ing." leg make-up out and jumpers with sweaters on the blacklist. Ac cording to these male critics, coeds should stick to bobby socks, saddle shoes, fluffy natural hair-dos and ribbons and tjerets. O Saturday night fbund him with an invita tion to dance 'round at Mclver Dorm. He was met at the door by Swinky Grady, dorm presi dent. He wasn't there two minutes 'til sudden ly everything went pink! It was explained to him that, since it was only nine o'clock in the evening, he could believe anything he saw. Would you, if you saw pink elephants every where you turned??? ... It was like the side show of a circus . . . "not one but a family of them." . . . There was a flying elephant, a flirt ing elephant and a shiny pink elephant (which they appropriately called "Baby") . . . "Tanks" for this ingenious work go to "talenteds" . . . Nancy Jenkins, social chairman, Nancy Green wall, decorations chairman, Betsy Burke, Sara Kibler, Mona Turner, Helen Borgstrom and lotsa other capable workers. PI PHIS HAVE BIG-WIG COMPANY O .Next week-end the Pi Phis will have the honor of entertaining Mrs. Warren T. Smith, , from Tacoma,. Washington. Mrs. Smith is the grand vice-president of the Pi Beta Phi soror ity and plans to make a combination business pleasure tour of chapters in eastern schools. INTER-FRAT BRAWL O Shorty's Cabin was a busy little spot again last Friday night. This time the Interfrater nity Council and their dates enjoyed a private party. Their early start (at five o'clock) de veloped into something long remembered. THE CIGARETTE CALL O Have you ever been over at the "Y" in the afternoon when they start selling cigarettes? or don't even smoke? Then you've missed quite a show.. It's known as the Four o'clock dash, and has been suggested that the bridge players up stairs start using parachutes ! ! CARR DANCE O Next 'Friday night Carr Dormitory is tak ing over Graham Memorial for a big, big dance. They're calling it their Winter Formal, and will have orchestra 'n all. Betty Jo Wood is chair ' man of the social committee. PACKET NO 2 O News comes with sound and fury from & meeting last week concerning the theme of Packet Show No. 2. At present, "What's it to be?" is the $64 question. Only one Sound and Fury higher-up is "sitting on the fence"; the others are leaning over backwards for a "Board ing Twenties" or "Gay Nineties" theme. Only time will tell. PIN-UPS O Besides the Ram being busy this past week, Cupid has been doing his part too. Congratula- tions are in order to Dick Ford and his best girl, Betty Lou Thrush. Betty Leu is the proud wearer of Dick's Phi Mu Alpha (honorary mu sic fraternity) pin. . . . Following suit, shortly afterwards were Peggy Stanton and Jack Sam son. Saturday night Jack, in the good old south ern way gave Peggy his shield of pearls. "Ah," said the Ram, "ain't that romantical?" THAT'S OUR BOY! O Zeta Beta Tau president Sylvan Stein '42 has recently received the Distinguished Flying , Cross. Syl, a staff-sergeant in the Army Air Corps in Europe, has completed more than fifty missions over enemy territory. "NEWS IN BRIEF: O Ann "Rusty" Hancock is happy that "that Major is here again" . . . Nancy Stubblefield, Chi-0 pledge, is "crutching" about after be ing laid up in the infirmary for a week . . . Bob George, Jim Waldron, and Mike Morrow un willingly spent Friday night in Bahama, N. C. . . . The Carolina Mag comes out tomorrow. Girls will be in the "Y" selling 'em for the bene fit of the V-12'ers . . . Bouquets to the cast of the "Gondoliers" and their crew. Their perform ance last week-end was excellent. THEYDOODIT O Round at the ATO house it's the hearty hand shake for the new brothers ! Those recently ini tiated were Leonard Brown, Earl Elliot, Bob Fahy, Walter Lusk, Cyril Long Mebane, Bill Parker, Thomas Redfern, H. B. Sandlin, Jr., Alex Veasey and Russ Twiford. Congratula tions boys. BOWERY BALLERS O The biggest hit of the Phi Delt's season will come off at their house next weekend. For months now' they have been planning and look ing forward to the Bowery Ball. It's an an nual affair with costumes, sawdust arid good music . . . strictly a la import. And are all the Carolina coeds envious ! ! 1
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