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SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1945
THE TAR HEEL
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE PUBLICATIONS UNION
SERVING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY STUDENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HlLL
ROBERT .MORRISON '..'......1 Editor
BARRON MILLS Managing Editor
BILL HIGHT .. . Associate Editor
CARROLL POPLIN . ..... .... ...Sports Editor
LINDA NOBLES ', . ,,l ,-. .....Society Editor
BETTIE GAITHER .... ... eBusiness Manager
HARRISON TENNEY . ..." Circulation Manager
STAFF TJIIS ISSUE ; '
Co-Desk Editors: W. H. Hipps, Jr. and Dave Koonce
Gene Johnstone, Mary Hill Gaston, Banks Mebane, Leonard Tufts, Beverly Eisenberg.
Marianne Browne, Pat Kelly. Nina Guard.
SPORTS REPORTERS:
Irwin Small wood, Johnny May, Hoyle Shultz
OFFICE STAFF:
BiBy SeBg Arthur Bodlon
SALES STAFF: ,
Lois Clarke Mary Pierce Johnson Alma Young Mary Louise Martin
Martha Faison Jane Fairley Giany Freeman Juanita Anderson
CIRCULATION STAFF'
BiD Jernigan Julia Moody
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MAGICIAN IN CHAPEL HILL
The program which Paul 'Fleming, the magician, will present '
Tiere Monday promises to be quite a novel experience for the
audience. Fleming, who is also a professor of economics at the
University of Pennsylvania, has made a fine art of entertaining
by mystifying.
Probably the most. fascinating part of his program will be the
growing of a rose bush on the stage. This trick of magic by
means of which, entertainers are able to make trees sprout up
from the stage and luscious fruit grow on the trees is the result
of an illusion which is closely akin to mass hypnotism. By a
careful arrangement of lights and stage properties, and by the 4
proper words and sounds directed toward the audience, things
become clearly visible on the stage which really aren't there.
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what appeared on the stage. For instarfce, if an orange tree
is projected, a person from Florida might see a tree like the one
in his back yard, while a person from Maine might see some
strange sort of tree quite unlike an actual orange tree.
Every fee paying student may enter Memorial Hall to see
Fleming's performance on their regular student entertainment
passes. No one should miss it, for Fleming is outstanding in his
field throughout the nation.,
TAR HEEL TO LOSE MANAGING EDITOR
teen years old next month and everyone knows what that
means. '
Barron is the youngest managing editor to serve the Tar
Heel in many years. It was only because of the long established
custom of the Publications Union Board to appoint a managing
editor favorable to the editor that Barron became the one man
aging editor. Charles Wickenberg, then editor, asked for his
appointment. Barron was further recommended by Charles
(Frank Benbow, then president of the student body, and Fred
Flagler, then the managing editor.
Our present managing editor has certainly lived up to all that
we expected of him. His job, the makeup and mechanics of the
paper, has been well done, Barron has faithfully stayed on 'the
job late at night before each deadline, and his management of
the print shop has been done in a truly prof essional" manner.
Special care has been given to balanced makeup. An attempt
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over-all appearance will be most pleasing to the eye.
We see a great future ahead of Barron Mills in the field of
journalism. He has . that not easily 'described ability which
characterizes the newspaperman. While some journalists ex
cel in some particular field of the profession, Barron seems to
possess promising talent for all realms of the Fourth Estate.
The Tar Heel will suffer when Barron leaves for the armed
forces. There is no one who can completely replace him. There
are many who want the job, and few who are qualified. All mem
bers of the staff and all students who are known to have journ
alistic ability are being watched. At this time it seems rather
likely that the PU Board may go back to a former policy of
Jiaving two managing editors. The job is too big for one per
son, unless that person has extraordinary newspaper ability.
The duties of a managing editor on the Tar Heel' can. be rather
uisuncuy oiviaea into iwo pans ; ana aiso, eacn 01 me two
weekly issues might be placed under the care of a separate man-
HUNT REPORTS FROM SAN FRANCISCO
The Southern colleges seem to be well represented in San
Francisco by Douglass Hunt and his colleague.
We have been receiving lengthy mimeographed reports from
San Francisco containing detailed information about all the af
fairs of the conference. We are printing excerpts from the re
ports. -Anyone wishing to read the complete reports may call
by the Tar Heel office where these reports are on file.
A SUBVERSIVE FABLE
Once upon a time there was a guy who decided that he wanted
to work on the Tar Heel. So he did.
Everyone told him that he was crazy. So he was.
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RACIAL PREJUDICE
A survey of Grinnell (Iowa) College coeds on the subject of
prejudice against Negroes has been conducted by students as a
project for the race relations class.
The questionnaire indicated that one-half of the students had
attended high schools with Negroes and three-fourths of the
students had talked with Negroes as long as five minutes at a
time. This gives a certain amount of validity to the survey,
since at least 75 per cent of the students quizzed on the subject
have had some contact with Negroes.
. Asked a point-blank question, 30 per cent of the girls ad
mitted having race prejudice, while 70 percent denied it. Twenty
four per cent of the students were not willing to have Negro
students admitted to Grinnell college, but five per cent of these
gave as their reason that they felt Negro students would not be
happy here. Twenty per cent of the girls indicated that they
would not be willing to sit next to a Negro student in class.
A seemingly direct contradiction of attitudes arises from the
tabulations which show that half of the students quizzed would
not like to have Negro blood plasma administered, yet only 30
per cent of. the students admitted having race prejudice. A
careful study of the individual questionnaire also reveals that
some of those students who at first professed to have no preju
dice, later on said they would not sitnext to a Negro in class.
Ninety per cent of the surveyed students felt that there would
be little or no change in the Negroes status after the war, but
the 10 per cent that expected a change were among the 50 per
cent that had studied race problemsat some time.
Asked about the source of their prejudice, most of the stu
dents stated that they have been influenced by public opinion
rather than by personal experience. Ninety-five per cent of the
students would employ' Negroes in their homes. From this, the
conclusion can be drawn that it is not the Negro himself that is
resented, but rather the Negro "out of his place." This might
almost indicate a social as well as a racial prejudice.
These results are typical for this section of the country.
However, a.clear thinker should find in this survey a challenge
to broad-mindedness and tolerance. Surely a problem which will
occupy such an important position in post-war conditions is de
serving of fair and far-sighted consideration.
WALKER IS THE RIGHT MAN
The PU Board could have not made a better choice in the
selecting of a Business Manager for the Yack than Boots Walker,
the lanky NROTC who missed being Secretary-Treasurer of the
student body by one vote last fall.
Like so many of his Delta Kappa Epsilon brothers, Boots is
an enthusiastic participant in student affairs.
We hope that next year's Yack won't suffer the fate of rapid
ly shifting staffs which haVe been quite detrimental to the 1945
Yack. In selecting Boots, the PU Board felt certain that he
would be here to finish the job. The Tar Heel and Carolina Mag
can afford to shift staffs, but not the Yack. ,
With Fred Flagler, a very able journalist, and Boots Walker
in key positions, we can already predict a good 1946 Yack.
A GOOD COURSE TO TAKE
Students who like to make short speeches and engage in group
discussion may practice their hobby and receive academic credit
at the same time. Just sign up for English 44 under Professor
Bill Olsen this summer. Class periods consist of speeches by the
students on almost any subject they want to talk about; open
discussion is led by the very able professor.
Mr. Olsen makes careful criticisms of the speeches and offers
copious suggestions for improvement. Good grades on the course
result from enthusiasm and careful preparation of speeches.
If you like to shoot, the bull under expert supervision, don't
miss "Olsen's 44."
Reading The Exchanges
By Beverly
At the University of Southern
California, where for years campus
relations - have been cursed by the
secret and subversive activities of
the power politics of an outlaw fra
ternity, an indefinite postponement
of campus elections was announced
by the university president. Time
Magazine characterizes Theta Nu
Epsilon, the disturbing group, as
a combination Ku Klux Klan and
Tammany Hall. Southern Cal's
Daily Trojan has this to say: "Its
methods are essentially fascistic,
destructive to the very ideals for
' which the university exists. The
issue before the student body and
the faculty and the administration
is whether this campus stands for
a democratic community life open
to all on an equal basis, or whether
an underhanded machine is to
crush the opportunities of free po
litical activity." -
According to the Trojan,, no elec- .
tion will be held until the way can
be cleared for a "free, open, and in
clusive expression of student poK- .
tics' will."
There is a marked difference be-,
tweena political party operating in
the open and one which uses the
tools of democracy to destroy it for
self-power of a group.
In direct contrast to the Calif or
.nia activity is the organization of
a group of independents at Kansas
into one of the most closely knit,
unified organizations that the uni
versity there has ever known.
Just as our recently successful
Conference of Southern Students
found its start among a small
group, this was planned at a bull
Eisenberg
session and then organized at a
mass meeting for students. Inde
pendents at Kansas looked ahead
and formed a political party to par
ticipate in the forthcoming campus
elections. First they held a primary
of their own and got their slate
clearly worked out. We can appre
ciate the task of organizing scat
tered independents who thought
they had no reason to be interested
in the election. Greeks can tell their
members how to vote but Indepen
dents know no compulsory methods
and they had to depend entirely
on spirit and enthusiasm of the
voters' to get them to the polls.
The group campaigned actively
and vigorously. One thing they did
for example, was to introduce each
candidate in every organized and
unorganized house.
It would have been easy for this
group to quit ' before they ac
complished their purpose but the
leaders were determined. Their aim
was purposeful. They were trying
to establish a few of the rights
which other organizations had
through non-interference monopo- .
lized.
- This Kansas campus is not unique.
Their problems are. qiiite ,typical
of a state university anywhere in
the country. Right now, the
strength of these independents lies
in the hands of a few who believe
something and are willing to work
hard to prove it.
This is looking forward. We hope
that these students will be success
ful. We'll remember their efforts,
and we'll remember Southern Cali
fornia too.
The Ram Sees . .
BY AN OLD GOAT
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With finals around the corner and those sheepskins almost
within reach, the almighty Seniors, the sophisticates of Caro
lina, are lime-lights sharing with one another. Superlative elec
tions and parties galore vie with one another in popularity.
Speaking of the former, Rameses has a single suggestion to
offer . . . Hold a special superlative election to choose the gal
with the pinkest toes on campus. After all, Tuesday Was Senior
shoeless day. Wednesday evening spelled "Y" Court dance.
See Joe of . Gassenheimer for details. Doris Newell and Fred
Calligan were combination supervisors for the blue and white
banquet-ball evening. Merry-maker Willy Dinsmore gave a
figurative toast to the Seniors in his best master of ceremonies
fashion. Today's picnic, from which only black ants have re
ceived a priority rating, is the climax of Senior festivities. If
all goes well you may take your hat off to Johnny Ring.
Hear ye! Hear ye! Come one!
Come all! On the stroke of two by
the tower clock, hold tight to your
seat in Kenan Stadium. That super
classic, the Sigma Chi spring derby
will be set for action as the show
swings onto the field. Carolina
coeds, from CICA representatives
to ADPi'ers will be ready for the
fray. Witness champions-in-the-making
at coke-drinking, pie-eating
and football passing. Don't be
alarmed when you spy a tape meas
ure and a pair of scales. They'll
cast that all-decisive vote of the
day in the selection of Carolina's
Miss Modern Venus . . . the coed
whose figure is perfecto. As this
goes to press entrees include Bar-,
bara Boyd, Daphne Richardson, Lib
Mace, and Ginny Freeman.
Sheer Arkansas corn by way of
Chuck Henry: "There once was an
Indian chief named Short Cake. He
pot tick and died! The result . . .
squaw-buried-short-cake."
His name is Con McDonald. He
wears the shiny gold bars of a
brand new "louie" in the army in
fantry, but Doris Newall wears
close to her heart his Phi Delt pin
linked with her Pi Phi arrow ...
Sigma Nu's will soon be lilting by
moonlight the "White Star of Sig
ma Nu" to Kaye Rancich, their
newest pin-up whose fate and fu- .
ture lie solely in the hands of
Tommy Gray.
Bill Cochran is returning to his
old haunts of so many 1 years, but
this time, not to manage Graham
Memorial, but as the Ram could
have told you all along to marry
Agnes Scotter Shirley Graves. The
time: Sunday at 5:30; the place:
Presbyterian Church. Tri-Delt Bet
sy Bowman is the maid of honor,
Shirley's only attendant.
Hottest news from Torcher
House is that Cappie Capt's Wally
Kraus, just home from the Pacific
and Annapolis-bound, is expected
in Cheppel Collitch come this Wed
nesday. Carolina lads and lassies
will remember Wally as the Kayo
King of the boxing ring . . . Handshaking-back-slapping
KA's were
in their element Thursday when
Robin Kirby, their gavel wielder
last autumn, was back on campus
in the ensign uniform of Uncle
Sam ... Marion Saunders, who
wears a Pi Phi arrow and a Phi
Beta Kappa key and who also
possesses a University diploma
dated February, 1945, is making a
visitor's bed in THE house on
Hillsboro Street. Marion will be a
white collar girl in our nation's
capital come summer.
Quoting Phil Hanes: "Miss Nancy
Of Things
Stubblefield is Carolina's own Ely
Culbertson. The catch is that she
makes her bridge rules according
to the hands she gets and the com
pany she keeps . . . The newest
wearer of the diamond and star of
Phi Gam is J:m Lamm . . . And
how does Bill Hight get cooperation
where Tar Heel business is con
cerned? He showers his assistants
with bouquets of flowers, sweet
peas to be specific . . . Attention Ed
Bradford: lab time should be re
served for chemical experiments
only, not for ones that affect the
private life of Maggie Carter . . .
Lou Hull's infirmary birthday cake
(compliments of Jim Mormon)
boasted four candles, not for years
but for days those days she spent
propped up in an infirmary bed . . .
Sun back dresses are all the rage.
Check Mary Goodrich and Daisy
Barksdale, too . r . The long and the
short of it, the blonde and the bru
nette of it, is this: striking is the
only word to use in describing
Willie Meeks and Eugenia Pafe.
Their golden and black sun-tans
give them a quite daring and
come-hither look . . . Pat Kelly,
Jim Hedrick, and Banks Mebane
are "hanging their hats" in the
Henderson abode of Bill Hight this
week-end. Blind dates are in the
offing!
The train puffed into the Ral
eigh station, as the conductor
yelled ail-aboard! First stop, last
stop, only stop . .' . Annapolis! Caro
lina coeds with a weakness for
those guys in Navy against a June
Week back-drop are Mary Good
rich, Betty Grimes, Daisy Barks
dale, Nancy Jane King, Dora Wint
ers, Jane Shivell, Sara Hepson,
Helen Borgstro'm, and Betty
Gaither. Tis said Jane Pitcher
likes to be different. Her idea of
heaven is West Point and moon
light on the Hudson.
Myrtle Beach goefs, not just for
the sun either include: Bob Shaw,
Ellen McCollam, Bunny Flowers,
Tom Kerns, Bob Hurst, Dickie Du
Vall, Bob Thurston, Bobbie Koonts,
Beverly' Lee, Whit Parrish, and
Emily Burbage. Henriette Hamp
ton whose heart keeps the "one-two-skip-a-beat"
at , the mere
thought of HIM is currently moon
gazing with Ben Morris at Myrtle
Beach ... Pi Phis who aren't
"ostriches in the sand" at Wrights
ville this week-end are Frances
Green, Snooky Phipps, Doris New
ell, Eva Harris, Tina Dicks and
Betty Strickland.
Thursday afternoon was the
See RAM SEES, page 4.
to Come