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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE PUBLICATIONS UNION
SERVING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY STUDENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
ROBERT MORRISON .
BANKS MEBANE '
JAMES SANFORD
IRWIN SMALLWOOD .
HOWARD MERRY
BUDDY GLENN
NINA GUARD
JACK LACKEY
BETTY ANNE RAGLAND
ARTHUR BUDLONG
HARRISON TENNEY -
STAFF
NEWS STAFF:
Jessie Gregory, Bill 'SCornegay, Eleanor Craig, Sam Sammerlin, . Jo Pugfc, Gene Wiliins,
Hoy Thompson, Thma. Cohen, Donald French, Mel Kopelman, Bill Ryon, Bette Melcher,
Jeepy Payne, Bettte Tillitt, Tom CorpcDing, Bill Fuess, Fred Gal ton, Harding Memiee,
Bewena Willis. ..
SPORTS STAFF:
Frank Miller, Dick Sealer.
, BUSINESS BTAFFX
Charles Robinson, Curtis Butler. Jfatalie Sdig, Souuone Barclay.
John Laaape.
Phones: Editor, F-3141; Managing Editor xaul Aiworiate Editor, F-2146; Sports Editor,
9886: BnBiness and Circulation Managers, 8641. i- . .
PnMfehed Tuesday and Saturday exeept during vacations and examinations. Staff meets
wsiS at 7:30 o'clock. ; Any student during Uff position
hould attend a staff meeting. Deadlines Sunday and Thnrsday i
iSiUriaL are written or approved by the Editor and ilect the official opunonj of the
TarHeeL Column, and letters may be submitted by anyone; the Editor reserves the right
to rfit this copy, but it does not mecessarfly reflect the opuuon f the Tar Heel.
Editorial busineBa. and circulation offiees on the aeeond floor ef Graham ilemonaL
Presses in the Orange Prrntsbop b Bxieemanr Street. . .
Entered as second class matter at the poet effiee at Chapel Hi!, N. C, wider the act of
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CAMPUS CONSTITUTION
We are glad to see that attention is once more being given to
-the formation of a campus constitution under-which student
government may operate. The mere fact that the fee system
was voted upon nearly a quarter of a century ago would indi
cate the need for some revision in the present order; conditions
have changed to such a great extent that that revision is indeed
, imperative. .
Another matter which needs immediate attention is the dis-
' proportionate seating in the legislature. At present there is a
dormitory containing three, students which sends a delegate;
just as dorms having hundreds of students are able to have only
one legislator. The situation is certainly unfair;
this is just one of many problems with' which the Legislature
Investigating Committee,, the committee of the legislature whose
prime function is the drafting of a campus constitution, will be
faced. The Tar Heel would like to wish the committee mem
bers the best of luck in their none too easy task.
GUADALCANAL DAY
Three years ago today blunt-nosed landing craft beached for
the first time on a small island in the South Pacific. At that time
few of us knew the name of that dot on the map, but since then
it has become one that will live forever in our memories. That
name is Guadalcanal.
It has been a short but eventful three years since that mo
mentous day when -the long journey back to the Phillipines and
on to Tokyo was begun. In that time we have seen-victory in
Europe and the beginning of the end in Asia ; we have seen cam
paign after campaign go to successful completion, island af
ter island fall before our victorious forces and American af
ter American fall before enemy fire. Have we not sometimes
wondered at the purpose of it all?
What we, as assistants of an American university, must not
forget are the sacrifices of the men who have risked (and given)
their lives on such landings as that portentous one three years
ago; many of the same Marines who participated in the Guadal
canal campaign are even now here at the University. Shall we
forget what they did that we might be students at an American
university in an American America?
TWUA
The Tar Heel extends a hearty welcome to the students of the
Southern Training Institute of the Textile Workers Union of
America. The education of workers throughout the South is
a fine and commendable project. .. ,
The appropriateness of this project can be best expressed by
the words of Chancellor House and President Graham. The
former stated that this program is in keeping with the things
the University stood for: social, personal, and spiritual advance
ment of the people of the South. The latter said that this is the .
University of the people and they were returning home to bet
ter themselves and the social order as a whole.
It can be only hoped that more workers' educations can be
promulgated in the future on the initiative of other social in
stitutions as well as their extension under the labor movement.
The need is great and there is room for all. B.G.
FORMER EDITORS RETURN
The Tar Heel office was honored with the visit of three past
editors last Sunday night. Your editor was absent at the time,
but acting associate editor Banks Mebane welcomed Dr. Frank
P. Graham, Don McKee, and Reed Sarratt, all of whom have
served on the paper in some editorial capacity. Dr. Frank Gra
ham, President of the University, and Don McKee, of the United
States Army, have both served as editors of the Tar Heel, and
Sarratt, now city editor of the Charlotte News, was managing
editor during McKee's term in '36-'37. Though the three edi
tors remained only a, few minutes, the Tar Heel staff, was happy
to see some of its past notables.
Editor
. Associate Editor
-Managing Editor
Sports Editor
Associate Managing Editor
Assistant Editor
' Desk Editor
News Editor
Assistant Managing Editor
Business Manager
Circulation Manager
THIS ISSUE
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By
It takes all kinds of people and
things "to turn the wheel of time,
and of life. Herein there is a little
of much; a few cogs of the tremen
dous wheel.
Not long ago the Tain stopped,
and the Carolina grass was tall.
Thanks to that untiring device, the
lawnmower, and the earnest efforts
of -the campus caretakers, we soon
shall see pur now fuzzy campus
with its ears lowered.
After hearing of the countless
deeds of the Marine Corps, and
envying their true, and. well known
courage, it seems funny to see them
strolling ' hand in hand across
campus with the local coeds. Irony
of it all ? ? These are the men ; we
expected to find broken by the hor
rors of war, with no chance of a
normal existence again!! Orchids
and good hunting!
To an innocent fcystabder it
seems that:
The new . , "Music . tinder the
Stars" time and place are very
much out of accord with its attrac
tive purpose. Imagine, those hard
benches of the Forest Theater km a
Saturday night too!!'
The embryo EOTC bawd has
something there. Keep at it!!
. It's just about time for the
Carolina Theater to resume its Sat
urday midnight shows. The lights
are onjagain Mr. Smith!! ,
"Snavely's- Boys" are shaping up
mighty well, even at this stage of
the game. Will they be supported
this season, or will we repeat last
year's poor showing of Carolina
spirit?? It shouldn't happen to
Hitler!!
The Pre-Flights are having a hard
time learning that we don't walk
on the grass around here. Atten
tion Commander Raugh!
If we ever expect the ever-increasing
freshmen to know Carolina
as it really is, it's time for someone
to jab the University Club in its
purpose, and gets the plans layed
for a good old-fashioned Freshman
Smoker. Mr. Carmichael and all!!
Coffee and doughnuts bring on
such odd chatter:
"If one more jerk lets those
swinging doors go when I have my
hands full, I'll report him to the
Captain!"
"Sure I can cut again. He admired
my new hair-do, didn't he??"
"Well, I tell you what I'm gonna
do. Ill take the duty for you this
time, if you'll foot the bill and let
me date her next week-end."
"That boy that fixed me this
I View The Campus
By Bette
What do you do on dates at Caro
lina ? Have you seen the movie at
the Carolina? Well, only twice,
but if I have to sit through it
again, I'll scream! This I've heard
from many a coed who dates a dif
ferent fellow on Friday and Satur
day night or Sunday afternoon and
Sunday night. What an imagination
some' of these fellows do have!
(Excluding those with a one track
mind)! All they can think of to do
is to go to the show and walk! Oh,
well, walking is good exercise!
There are other things to do,
though, uninteresting as they may
seem, why don't you give them a try
and maybe you'll find you're having
a good time.
Coed Criticizes The Lack Of
Campus Interest Material
Dear Editor:
. Lef me say at the first, that I am
certainly not one - to criticize the
finer works of literary artists and
for that reason, I ' will not criticize
your work at making the Tar Heel
tiie paper that it is today.
However, I would like to state
that it has become increasingly ap
parent that our so-called "student
paper" has forgotten us the stu
dents. Our life, names, our personal
tastes and interests, and our ac
tivities are no longer mentioned as
being articles of importance in
campus life. It has become all too
SOPHOMORE'S POEM
If you can stand up while others
fall down,
If you can smile while others
frown,
If you can stay at home " while
others paint the town;
YouH be a sad-sack, my boy!
If you can stay at home and read,
While with you your friends plead
For you to go with them,
Allan Pannill
milkshake is the freshest thing!!"
"Her name is Pat, she's tall as
hell, blond, and plenty sharp, but
don't get the wrong idea. She's
tough too!!" ...... ,
"I simply can't play with that
Dr. Wong running around the
table!"
"How do you do, Miss Johnson.
Have you seen our Arboretum
yet?"
and so on into the night.
Midnight musings:
I wonder why everyone became so
amused in Legislature last Thurs
day night when Jimmy Wallace
was made sergeant-at-arms ? ' Ap
parently few realize that . such a
position is just his sadistic meat.
Too bad that Roy Thompson re
signed as chairman of the Student
Party. It's the hope of yours truly
- that the long awaited move toward
clean politics didn't go with him!
It sure is good to know that the
Veterans , Association is going to
have some say in student govern
ment. Theirs is a voice to be heard!
Looks like -even with longer days
and fewer hours of darkness, the
coeds are called in when the street
lights come tm. Bet most of them
were allowed out by their parents
later than that, when they reached
the tender age of twelve!
Where in the world do these
Chapel Hill cockroaches get the
food to grow so big? It surely
couldn't be from the local ration
board!!
Maybe a good, honest prayer will
. keep Morrison out of trouble.
Without a doubt:
We heartily welcome Charlie
Vance home. Just recently dis
charged he plans to return to all
the niceties of campus life, and all
the tribulations of the classroom.
Glad to have you back, soldier!
We, the student body, offer our
deepest sympathy to Dr. and Mrs.
E. E. Ericson on hearing of the
death of their son. He died for his
country; no greater memorial could
he leave.
We all congratulate our honor
copping . swimming team. Their
coaching played a large part to be
sure, but in any such event, it takes
a man to apply not only his knowl
edge and ability, but also his last
ounce of endurance. Orchids in big
hunks!!
And so, good students, the wheel
rolls on, and its cogs leave their
permanent traces in the grease we
call time.
Anne Melcher
v There is the "Y" Court dance on
Friday nights, swimming on Satur
day nights or in the afternoons,
bicycle riding it's fun at night too
; and not nearly so hot! There are
baseball games some afternoons,
there are Pre-Flight Sports Carni
vals on some Friday evenings and
how about a picnic with a gang or
' something along that line. There
are lots of things to do if people use
their imaginations!
Do you dislike the lack of night
clubs, things to do, places to go ?
And do you think the place is dead ?
You know you can have fun any old
place under most any conditions if
you put your mind to it and use a
little imagination.
obvious that the "space is being
filled" with items of administrative
or town interest.
. You have often stated yourself,
both on and off the record, that our
campus spirit in relation to campus
activities and campus organizations
or institutions is "not what it used
to be," or "what it should be." My
query is, would not making us
the students the focal point of the
paper help to renew our "lagging
spirit?"
Sincerely,
Sara L. Garland.
And raise the devil, and tar up the
town; f
YouH be a sad-sack my boy!
Now if this poem has bored you,
(As most things I write and say
W,
Go jump off a building and while
Obeying the law of gravity
Take a tip from me and try B.C.!
Robert Blackwelder,
The Weavings.
By
Peace and security in the world
are of necessity the hopes of all
, small nations. Instability in the
community of nations may at times
result in minor advantages to cer
tain small nations. However, this
is only an exception the rule being
that small nations suffer consider
ably from any conflict among the
great powers.
The Arab East, composed main
ly of relatively small nations, has
always been interested in stabiliz
ing the ambitions , of the major
powers within its territory. The
Arab countries are now members
of the United Nations Organization
and intend to do all - they can to
foster the spirit of international
cooperation. They know that
through such an organization and
any regional organizations, they
may create in the future can they
expect to remain free from foreign
domination. At the present time
the Arab countries are united in a
regional organization known as
TheT League of the Arab States.
Weak as it may seem now, this
League has accomplished a major
achievement. It has combined the
independent Arab states of today,
F
the
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By Jim
This is a column that will appear
from time to time in the Tar Heel
... at least any time there is some
thing worth saying . . . and since
we are not experts on anything,
international affairs or religion, it
will be mostly incoherent patter ...
I wonder how Dave Clark feels
these days . . . poor man is still
.seeing a Red in every bush, ac--cording
to all I hear . . but WE
welcome the Textile Union to Caro-
lina just as we were glad to have
the bankers, the English professors,
and all of the others who have met
here ...
I tried to find a bottle opener the
other day ... had a coke . . . and
the only thing I could find was a
Boy Scout knife . . . once you
weren't a part of oampus society
unless you had your own hand-made
opener ...
The other night, after seeing a
movie in which a Miss Esther Wil-
Exchanges
By Frederick Smetana
THE FRIGHT BEFORE EXAMS
Twas the night before exams
when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not
even a mouse,
. The clock on the mantel had just
struck two,
When I lifted my eyes with a great
big "whew!"
Maw and Paw were snug in bed,
While visions of murder danced
through my head.
My notes, my pencils, my books,
my thoughts,
Were gathered about with the
knowledge I sought.
The coffee was hot and kind o'
black,
I consumed it all but not the facts.
I hated my teachers, I dreaded the
test
'Cause I knew 'twould be one ter
rible mess.
I pushed this aside and went to col
lect The sleep without which I would be
a wreck.
I reported to class at nine o'clock
sharp
With the knowledge I'd hoped to
my teachers impart.
The exam at my face began to
stare; z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-It
all seemed like a bad nightmare,
Then in a moment I awoke with
fright
T) find 'twas only a dream on
Christmas night.
. - The Weavings.
From a high school paper, "The
Weavings," comes this story about
some excuses to the principal:
Dear Mr. Cassell,
Please excuse my absence from
school this morning; I went hunt
ing quite early.. I had intended to
return in time to go to school, but
just as we were about to go, we saw
a hawk, and, not wanting to eturn
home without game, we pursued it
Goro Deeb
namely, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria,
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
The first five of the above are also
members of the UNO. The major
provision of the Arab Pact is with
regards to collective action against
any attack or threat of attack upon
any of its signatories by a foreign
state. This provision is too much for
this newly created League to en
force. The military potential of the
area concerned is actually too weak
at present to afford any direct clash
with one or more of the major
powers. Thus we can understand
why the Arab states are so willing
to cooperate with the Big Powers
' within the framework of the char
tered security organization.
It is the hope of every Arabic
speaking person that the UNO will
be able to stop any attack each as
the last one by France against
Syria. As Mr. Stettinius said dur
ing heat of the Franco-Syrian skir
mishes, "if the United Nations Or
ganization were established a thing
like this would have been prevent
ed." We in the Arab East hope that
the former U. S. Secretary of State
is right.
Bell T
ower
Sanford
liams swam around in as little as
possible . . . and I don't mean water
. . . some of the freshmen in Pet
tigrew decided they could not sleep
without talking to her . . . they took
up a collection among the faithful
and tried to contact her by phone
. . . alas, but they discovered there
are five Esther Williams in Holly
wood . . . not a one of whom, so the
operator said, was of the swimming
pool . . .
Best trick of the week: the other
night in the Tar Heel office, Banks
Mebane, one of the editors, asked
if communism is capitalized . . .
well ...
Bring 'em back alive: Three mem
bers of the TH staff caught a bat
the other night, after chasing it up
and down the upstairs hall of Gra
ham Memorial for half an hour ...
when stuffed it will be .placed along
side a moose . . . and a dog named
Alvainer . . .
for several hours. When we were
finally through, I was already very
late to school so I just didn't come.
Thank you,
Lem.
Dear Mr. Cassell:
Please disregard (he wasn't satis
fied with "excuse," he didn't want
to make it up) my absence from
school this hiorning. I was juat
too tired and sleepy to come.
Thank you,
Ed.
The moral of this story is: True
confession is good for the soul but
it ain't good fer de grades!
The Weavings.
NATURE
The rain is falling steadily
A never-ending drizzle.
, It soaks my shoes; it soaks my
hose;
It makes my hair to frizzle.
JThe sun is burning brilliantly
It makes my face to freckle.
It'll soon be red and blistered oh!
My- legs won't, but my neckll.
The outdoor type I'll never be
A-winning prizes smugly.
I- love the sun; I love the rain;
But gosh, they make me ugly.
Martha Ellen Query,
The Weavings.
Two mermaids were talking at
the bottom of the ocean, when one
of them looked up at a big black
boat bottom going by and asked,
"What's that?"
The other one answered, "Oh
that's the -bottom of the Queen
Mary!"
The other mermaid exclaimed,
"Now I see why they sing 'God
Save the King'."
One of the whimsical charac
teristics of Chapel Hill culture is
ice, bobbing and clinking in coke.
In fact, some coeds buy a coke
(without disparaging that worthy
product) just to feel the frigid, in
sipid chunks slipping down their
lovely throats. Invariably they ex
claim: "Oooooo oh! It's'sooooo good!"
Said one coed about an ap
proaching Clark Gable double: "He
looks like a taxicab going down the
street with both doors open."