SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1945
PAGE TWO
HIE TAR HEEL
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Marjorie Jordon, Mildred Kresnik, Gertrude "Walton, J. C. Lackey, Roy Thompson, Elaine
Pearlstine, Angela Hardy, Betty Edwards, Rath Whitson, Marjorie Ezzelle, Lois Clarke,
Olive Ann Barns, Catherine Sloan, Peggy Case, Sara Spratt, Jim Dillard, Laura Parker,
Ann Thornton, Mary Hill Gaston, Bill Crisp
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DI-PHI
Editorial from the September 24, 1908, issue of the Tar Heel.
Frank Porter Graham, Editor-in-Chief . '
Saturday night the Dialectic and Philanthropic Literary So
cieties will have their annual initiation of new men. According
to the custom, the eastern men join the Phi and the western men
join the Di. Canvassers for members have already been at work
. and have already secured the names of a large number of new
men. It is natural and good that they have, for certainly the use
ful and historic part of both should commend them to everyone.
But the worth of the Societies, we are glad to say, is not a thing
of the past. Grounded as they are in the traditions of this Uni
versity, their proud past merges into a prouder present, and thus
in turn will give to a more useful future.
The Societies are the great training grounds of the Univer
sity. It is on the floors" of the Societies that the student acquires
the power of ready thinking, of poise and self-control, and learns
the lesson1 of the utilization of knowledge. It is there that he
brings from the classroom the facts of science and history, the
subtleties of mathematics and metaphysics, the principles of
economics, and logic, the beauties of art and literature, selects,
arranges, and utilizes them in a direct manner for a practical
purpose. In short, through these societies knoweldge acquired
becomes knowledge utilized.
From these two training camps have gone into the state and
the nation, men fully trained and equipped for the service in
any deliberative body from town council to the United States
Senate. Rufus William King first learned in the Phi Society the
rules of parliamentary procedure which he observed with such
dignity as the President of the United States Senate. James
K. Polk got a training as President of the Dialectic Society whicn
stood him in good stead as speaker of the House of Representa
tives during some of its stormiest sessions. To call over the
names of the distinguished men who received their training in
one of the two societies is simply to call the honor role of the
Old North State. The old Di and Phi, trainers of men and gen
erous contributors to the life of the state, surely, these two
mighty buttresses of the University deserve the support of every
student at the University.
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
Here at Carolina we have many features which are unique in
the world and capable of attracting widespread attention. Many
times in the past Carolina has caught the limelight of the na
tion's presses-often this publicity has not been of the sort that
we might want to receive. Carolina has been labeled a center
of iniquity as well as the haven of intellectual progress. It goes
without saying that we have something here which has not been
closely duplicated anywhere.
We are glad to see students like Miss Hendren and Bill Crisp
originator of the idea to have a committee for national publicity
working on such a project. We can not yet foresee the out
come of the venture, but the idea may be a good one.
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Plagiarism Hinted In Letter
As 'Poet' Vows Authenticity
To the Editor of the Tar Heel :
The poem titled "The Monkey's Viewpoint" which appeared
in the May 1st issue of the Tar Heel is my personal work.
I gave the Tar Heel the right to print this poem.
Sincerely,
(Signed) Richard G. Salter.
1 May, 1945
To the Editor:
An article, which appeared in today's Tar Heel, causes me to
write this letter to satisfy my curiosity.
The article to which I refer is the poem "The Monkey's View
point" which is supposed to have been written by Cadet Richard
G. Salter, NROTC. I would like to know whether or not he really
wrote this poem, as I have a copy of the same poem, which ap
peared in "The Hearne Democrat," of Hearne, Texas. The poem
appeared in this paper over a month ago, and it appears strange
to me that a person who is going to school on this campus should
not have his poems published here first, that is if he really did
write this poem.
I should like to know the true facts of this case.
Very truly yours,
Pvt. Jimmy Crutchfield.
' ' U. S. Marines.
Heel
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Julia Moody
Hunt Discusses Research,
South, and Consolidation
121 West Rosemary Lane,
Chapel Hill, N. C.
May 3, 1945
The Editor of the Tar Heel,
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Dear Bob:
I noticed that the editorial in
Tuesday's Tar Heel concerning the
Conference on Research to be held
at Carolina on the 9, 10 and 11 of
May stated:
"Douglass Hunt, speaker of the
legislature, who was also at the tea,
suggested that one reason for the
backwardness of Southern Universi
ties might be found in the arrange
ment we have here in North Caro
lina. Mr. Hunt stated that the con
solidation of the three branches of
the Greater University has made im
possible much research."
Because I believe the problems of
research are problems which will vi
tally affect the future of the South,
because I believe that failure to
solve those problems will lead us
backward, and because I believe
that the development of an aggres
sive and determined program of re
search coordinated throughout the
South could save us from the
dubious honor of being the "na
tion's number one economic prob
lem'.' because of all those reasons,
I thought it would be well to clar
ify my position.
It seems to me that to point out
some of the difficulties of consolida
tion is not, first of all, an argument
against consolidation. It is only an
argument for better consolidation.
Actually, if the consolidation of this
branch of the University with those
at Raleigh and Greensboro had done
nothing else, it could point with
pride to the increased budgets which
have resulted from sending one
man to the State Legislature to ask
for funds instead of having the
heads of the three institutions pub
licly slit each other's throats in front
of the appropriations committee, as
happened all too frequently before
consolidation.
WHAT ABOUT GERMANY?
By Lee Silverstein
This problem of how to treat
Germany, now that she is beaten,
is very perplexing indeed. Some
how we must get the Germans to
overcome their Nazi-taught ideas
and relearn principles involving
justice and decency; this task is
simply tremendous. Unquestionably
we want to do the things which
will prevent another war in 25 ,
years, but just what course should
we pursue?
Should we be revengeful and try
to crush Germany permanently?
Destroy her industry and refuse to
help re-establish her pre-Hitler
trade position in Europe ? In a way,
if we should suppress the Germans,
we would be repudiating the very
principles for which we say we are
fighting. Certainly our credo is not
this: "The Four Freedoms are for
everybody in the world except our
defeated enemies." Indeed, they are
the very ones who need the na
tional security which can be
achieved through freedom from
want and fear; was it not a feeling,
of insecurity among the Germans
which helped Hitler to get start
ed? Furthermore, are we so perfect
ourselves that we have a sort of
divine right to render judgment on
the guilt of the German people? To
believe that they are inherently
warlike or domineering would be
to subscribe to a race theory simi
lar to theirs. Anthropologists re
ject such race theories as sheer,
ignorant prejudice. It is possible
that a "harsh peace" for the Ger
mans, based on revenge, subjuga-
Exchanges
By . Beverly Eisenberg
IN the CAROLINIAN of the
Woman's College is mention that
Dr. Eugene E. Pfaff, who has been
on leave of absence from the de
partment of history there, will re
turn to the faculty next year. Dr.
Pfaff spoke in Chapel Hill Wednes
day night on the United Nations,
and he has been here for two
years as director of the Southern
Council on International Relations.
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On the other hand, consolidation is
a comparatively new thing. Experi
ence in working out its problems
has revealed many kinks which
needed ironing out. Consolidation
is never an achieved fact: President
Graham long ago described it as a
process." The problem of research
appears to me to be one of the kinks
which now needs ironing out.
Since graduate work is limited to
this branch of the University, since
such activities as agriculture are lo
cated solely at Raleigh while those
such as biology remain here, and
since most university research is
possible, or practical, only where
there are graduate facilities, it
would seem only logical to develop a
way in which the so-called "experi
mental" sciences can do research in
the very "practical" fields where our
problems lie. That requires coor
dination as wen as consolidation.
And we still have to develop ade
quate coordination. '
North Carolina's peculiar problem
is fortunately not the problem of
the South except insofar as each
local problem is the problem of the
whole region. And the problems of
regional research involve the same
difficulties of consolidation which we
see here except that those difficul
ties are present on a vastly larger
scale.
Here in the South we need to
solve the problems of wasteful du
plication; lack of interest, over
looked opportunities, and inadequate
support. These it would appear, are
the region-wide problems which will
require region-wide cooperation in a
program of advancement.
This is a task which vitally af
fects the daily lives of millions of
Southern citizens. It should engage
the interest of every student on cam
pus when the Conference on Re
search opens here May 9. Perhaps
further discussion in the Tar Heel
from the student body would throw
further light on the problem and the
solution. f
Sincerely,
Douglass Hunt.
tion, or the idea that they are in
ferior, would be the first step to
ward the next war.
Perhaps the alternative plan,
that of trying to rehabilitate the
! German mind, should be attempt
ed. This plan is far more difficult,
for it is always harder to help peo
ple than to suppress them. Cer
tainly it is hard to find the right
kind of teachers; certainly it is
hard to teach people kindness and
democracy when they have been
bred on master-race dogma; cer
tainly it is hard to let Germany
have a fair share of world trade
when we would like to make more
profits ourselves. But all these
problems would be slight compared
to the problem of a third World
War; therefore it behooves us to
get busy on these lesser problems.
Surely a sufficient number of suit
able teachers for the Germans can
be found in this country and the
other United Nations, if the author
ities will only try hard enough. No
task is impossible, not even that of
changing a whole nation's pattern
of thinking. Hitler did it; why
can't we?
Let us all pray that the men,
who make the decisions about Ger
many, at San Francisco and else
where, will make them with jus
tice and brotherhood ' in their
hearts, and let us pray that their
decisions will make a lasting peace
possible.
Carroll Applauds
Circulation Staff
May 3, 1945.
To the Students of Carolina:
In the last two months there has
been a decided improvement in the
services rendered by the Circula
tion Department of the Tar Heel.
About, the first week in March it
was almost impossible to get your
copy of the Tar Heel until the
morning of the day that it was
supposed to come out. Lately we
have been able to read it on the
night before it is due.
It is my sincere appreciation for
this improvement that prompts me
to write this letter. I feel that we
all owe a vote of thanks to Harri
son Tenney, Julia Moody and Bill
Jernigan for the splendid work .
that they are doing. They have
shown that it can be done. So,
three cheers for the Circulation
Department!
ADRIAN CARROLL.
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The Ram Sees . . .
BY AN OLD GOAT
Chatter turns to clatter as the
bell tolls for Millie Showalter . . .
there is sort of a cross-campus
hook-up from her room to HIS
banging out seven early bells. The
ATO's have a new slant on extreme
hours . . . painting their abode by
artificial not sunlight. SAE and
Co. would-be able to understand:
Doc Sloan's return from the hospi
tal after having quintuplets with
barbed wire around their necks
. . doing "vera fin." Waddie Estes
can testify to the hardships of
taking fizz ed . . . he's lost the use
of two fingers temporarily. Rameses
is in mourning for the ZBT's mas
cots . . . Zeta, Beta, Tau, the pet
chicks, have gone to the happier
hunting grounds. Bill Egeln has had
his likeness made for the express
purpose of sending it to Sea Girt,
N. J. to a certain Mary. Softball
contenders next week will be Pi
Phi's battling the Phi Kappa Sigs,
and the Chi O's making the ZBT's
wish the girls were all left-handed
batters. Jane Slaughter, pierced
with the Pi Phi arrow, is the new
est "angel in disguise" at Carolina.
Bill Ward surely managed to keep
a secret . . . he pinned Irna Ben
nett five weeks ago.
' Joe Harrar left Wednesday for
Fort Meade after a week's visit in
Chapel Hill . . . Joe was in school
here until November when he left
for the Tank Corps. Phi Kappa Sig
Dave Smith will leave pretty soon
for Annapolis. George Pickard
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enagerie ivtirror
By Linda Nobles
It was three o'clock in the morn
ing. The taxi skittered haltingly to
a stop in front of the darkened, de
serted "Y." Through the driving,
lonesome rain a light flickered
from an unshaded window in Old
West. Thus a fifteen-year-old
green Freshman was introduced to
Carolina some three years ago. But
this same "mountaineer" lad would
be quick to add, "Now, lookee here,
it wasn't as bad as all that."
Such a make-the-best-of-things
attitude has brought. him to a place
in the first rariks at Chapel Hill.
Ten years" from today "Spoils-System
Waldrip," the guy with the
broad shoulders and unruly hair,
will probably cherish as the fond
est of his University memories his
role as Miss X, the queen of the
Victory Ball. (Menagerie Mirror
finds it wise to note that John was
enticed in a very "spirited" fashion
to appear as a bare-footed draped
shape on the ballroom floor that
memorable evening.) In his mile of
memories will also be listed his
work as Senior Class president
coupled with his most recent nick
name, the one which precedes Wal
drip in an above paragraph. How
? What's
By Wayne
Test your wits and see if you
can answer them. If you can an
swer 8 to 10 correctly excellent;
5 to 8 good; 3 to 5 fair. Below
that you need study. So let's go!
1. How many negroes are serv
ing in Congress?
2. Does the ; President of the
United States pay income taxes?
3. What is the plural of madam ?
4. Did the flag of the United
States ever have more than 13
stripes ?
5. How many toes are there on a
cat's foot?
6. Are the Carlsbad Caverns of
New Mexico larger in area, or
smaller than the Mammoth Cave of
Kentucky ?
7. Can rainbows be seen at night?
Servicemen
8. On which sides of a ship are
the green and red lights placed?
9. What type of ship is designat
ed by LCC?
10. What is the maximum period
of education and training that a
veteran may receive under the
terms of the GI Bill?
BARB: Sometimes a nightmare
is just a dream with her hair in
curlers.
Answers
1. Two. The Seventy-ninth Con
gress has Representatives William
L. Dawson of Illinois, and Adam
Powell, Jr., of New York.
2. Yes. Since the Revenue Act
was amended in 1932, the salary of
the President of the United States
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. . . N. C.'s -six-foot giant . . . has
been seen around campus ... he s
usually with the Coast Guard on
the Pacific, but now he's on leave.
Joe Mirsky, once-upon-a-time presi
dent of ZBT, sported an ensign's
bar last week-end at Carolina . .
stationed at Gulfport, Miss.
Anita Lasky has gone for the
week-end up Philadelphia-way with
her fiance Milton Torens to visit
his family. To New York and GENE
whizzed Monnie King . . . Mary
Goodrich and Betty Grimes are
Annapolising ... a navy show's
the occasion . . . Marguerite Em
mert is busy meeting a certain boat
in Philadelphia. Winifred Edmunds
has traveled up to Danville for a
week-end at home.
May Day exercises claim the at
tentions of many coeds. They're off
to Alma Mammas to see crowned
the queens of May. Hollins most
interests Nancy McClendon, Rusty
Hancock, and Ann Johnson; Nancy
Stubblefield prefers Randolph
Macon, and Nat Harrison's away
for Mary Baldwin.
Recently Phi Kappa Sigma fra
ternity has elected the following
officers for the coming year: Mar
riotte Stewart, president; Bill
Smith, vice-president; Johnny Rich
ardson, secretary; Tom Munder,
treasurer; Jack Bumgartner, pledge
See RAM SEES, page 4.
Mil
John, Delta Sig president, sym
pathizes with housewives, as far as
one war-time shortage is con
cerned, the servant shortage! Poor
John, who speaks for himself, "I
can't keep a janitor."
In June the Menagerie Mirror
-will catch a reflection of a beam
ing senior, with sheepskin in hand.
This degree in accounting will be
some compensation for never being
able to wear either bell-bottoms at
Carolina or a cadet uniform at
West Point because of an arm in
jury received in an automobile-bicycle
accident. But John wastes no
tears over spilt milk. Instead he
thanks his lucky stars for the bulky
hunting jacket and cap he was
wearing the day of that fateful oc
currence. They probably saved his
life by cushioning the impact of
the fall he received landing ap
proximately thirty-six feet from the
scene of the collision.
But Menagrie Mirror does sug
gest that someone waste some
tears over this statement of
John's: "Oh, MY girl, I haven't
written to her since February."
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WHAT ?
K. Br en en gen
was taxable income under the in
come tax law.
3. Mesdames. The French plural
word.
4. Yes. After Vermont, and Ken
tucky entered the Union, Con
gress, on January 13, 1794, altered
the flag to consist of 15 stripes and
15 stars. A later law fixed the
number of stripes permanently at
13.
5. A cat has five toes on each
front foot, and four on each hind
foot.
6. Larger. The Carlsbad Caverns
in New Mexico are the largest sub
terranean labyrinth yet discovered.
7. Yes. The night rainbow is
formed when the light of the moon
shines on the rain, but it is feeble
compared with the rainbow seen in
the daytime.
8. Green lights are on the star
board (right) side of a ship, and
red lights are on the port (left)
side.
9. The LCC is the landing craft,
control. It is a control boat or na
vigational leader. It is used to lead
a mass of assault craft on to the
beach. Further, it acts as a survey
craft and has modern signaling de
vices. It can be carried aboard a
transport on long voyages.
10. Every veteran who is eli
gible at all is entitled to a basic
period of one year. Additional time
depends upon the length of his ac
tive service. The period of educa
tion and training may not exceed
FOUR YEARS.
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