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THE TAR HEEL
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1945
Life Can Be Beautiful
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE PUBLICATIONS UNION
SERVING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY STUDENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Entered u second ckus matter at the pet effiee at Chapel HiS, N. C under the act of
Mareb S. 1879.
We May Have To Work
By Dick and Wye
ROBERT MORRISON
.Editor
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TAR HEELS ON HAND
At Carolina many of the students seem very stupid," said
Nina Guard, chairman of the Debate Council, "but when they
are away from Chapel Hill and. matched against students from
other schools, I am certainly proud of them." This veteran
debater was even more sure of this when she had the oppor
tunity of seeing the Carolina delegation in action on the floor of,
the capitol in Raleigh last week.
Jimmy Wallace and Douglass Hunt, mothered by Carolina,
fathered by liberalism, and fed upon the milk of belligerency,
arrived upon the scene to defend what Jerry Davidoff termed
"the dignity of the individual." In contrast to the general unity
which permeated the Carolina delegation, Bill Hight declared,
"Discretion is the better part of the valor that Doug Hunt
called courage."
"As Governor of North Carolina," said Gregg Cherry in ad
dressing the convened houses, "I am heartened 'and happy to
know that so many college students are interested in the prac
tical operations of a legislative assembly," The governor spoke
a half truth, for at least as regards the Carolina delegation,
more spirit and interest was shown than in the elation which
precedes a Duke-Carolina game.
Less floral was a description by Lynn Nisbet, the Durham
paper's representative in Raleigh, who wrote,
"Some of the veteran members of the regular North Carolina
Legislature might have profited if they had been around the
Capitol Friday and Saturday to watch' the students general as
sembly, in action. The boys and girls went about the business
of selecting a speaker and other officials with more vigor and as
much skill as any old-timers in the game. Then when the as
sembly progressed to the point of voting on proposed consti
tutional amendments and a number of bills the way the young
sters went about soliciting support for their ideas would make
any iveteran jealous. Several State officials watching proceed
ings observed that politics in North Carolina ought to be lively
10 to 15 years from now when these same college students are
really running the State."
Whether the action taken by the Assembly, spurred by the
Carolina delegation, was progression or retrogression, great
men will disagree, but that it was motion, no one will contest.
We left you readers a few issues
ago, a pair of disillusioned philos
ophers. Since that time we have
travelled far, seen much, and accom
plished little, but we have been
searching steadily and faithfully for
some clue which would reveal to us
the way to a happy life once again.
Needless to say, we haven't found
it; in fact, we are -almost convinced
that we have no choice but to write
about those things which prevent
us from finding happiness.
Perhaps the foremost of these un
pleasant necessities of life is con
tained in that four-letter word
"work." Gad! What connotations!
Just say it to yourself no matter
how you pronounce it, it still has a
harsh, grating, unhealthy sound
about it,
The first obstacle to be overcome
in learning to enjoy work is accom--.
plished by steeling oneself to saying
the word. This must be done with
out wincing or flinching, or the
rules committee will find it neces
sary to disqualify you from what
ever it is you have decided to en
ter. We realize that this is not an
easy task, but, nevertheless, with
constant practice, success may be at
tained to some degree. Now, then,
let's all say. the word together.
Ready? W-O-R-K ! Didn't help a
bit, did it? Want to try again?
Well, neither do we, so let's drop it
right here. Didn't hurt yourself
when you dropped it, did you? Ha!
that was a lulu, wasn't it? Just
keep reading, folks ,we've got more
a whole book full, to be exact.
If, by any chance you're wonder
ing why we've been so concerned
with this problem, we must admit
that our reasons have been personal
to some extent, although of course,
as in all we do, we have tried to
take an objective instead of a sub
jective viewpoint. Nevertheless, we
are faced with the unpleasant possi
bility of having to go to work in
the very near future. As you all
have heard, the Navy program here
will soon be -discontinued under its
wartime set-up, thus leaving us
faced with the dangers of this cruel,
cruel world.
Hearing that there was the possi
bility that we, the humble authors
of this humble column (no com
, ments. from thev ten-cent seats,
please) might soon be available for
civilian consumption, many, many
rather tempting offers for worth
while positions have been received.
For instance, we had one very fine
offer from the Florida Tasty Cocoa
nut Concern to husk cocoanuts for
two cents a piece. Also, several
lucrative invitations to join the ex
ecutive staff of the"" Mid-Atlantic
Refreshment Co., Inc., Ltd., who
plan to set up a series of post-war
hot-dog stands in mid-ocean to sell
refreshments to all fishermen who
might wander out from the New
foundland fishing banks. Perhaps
our most generous offer has come
from Greasy Jim's Cafe of Kunkle,
Penna., which has offered us the dual
position of advertising managers in ;
Kunkle's version of the Stork Club.
The only problem remaining before
us is, which of us will carry which
of Greasy Jim's two wings?
We could go on for pages and
pages, but there's no need to make
you any more jealous pf us. Yes,
indeed, as the sage once said, "Fame
brings all things!" and I guess we're
no exception to the rule. You know,
come to think of it, things are look
ing up these days; who knows,
maybe in time life once again will
be beautiful!
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I - 4 J By Allan Pannffl
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World Government Necessary;
Destruction Is Alternative . . .
CLARIFICATION
Dean Mackie has reminded us that our troublesome trustee,
Dave Clark, might follow his customary policy and read into
our editorial of last issue a condemnation which was not in
tended. When we referred to Clark as "the degenerate offspring
of a great liberal family of the state," we meant exactly that and
no more. Clark is degenerate as a liberal, that we firmly be
lieve. That he is degenerate morally, spiritually, or mentally,
we do not in any way intimate.
Some persons who did not read the editorial carefully thought
that we printed a list of persons who voted for the Di's bill.
We printed a roll of recent members of the Dialectic Senate;
the Di passed several bills pertaining tot the race issue, but
only one of these bills was passed unanimously. The bill which
was passed unanimously asked for equal proportional educa
tional opportunities for members of the colored race.
SUPPORT OUR GLEE CLUBS
Tickets to the Men's and Women's Glee Club's Concert went
on sale this week. The, officers and members of these two pro
gressive organizations are doing some long range planning and
thinking in hopes that some day Carolina will possess the best
choral organization in the nation, not only bringing prestige to
the clubs themselves, but to the University as well.
This year the group presented an excerpt from the Brahm's
"Requiem" for the Founder's Day program during the Ses
quicentennial Celebration in October, and last iFriday the men
presented an outstanding program for the school superintendent
meeting held Here on campus.
Right now, however, they are on the ground floor working up.
Their music library is seriously inadequate.; Since August the
two clubs have spent about a thousand dollars for music and
more will have to be ordered in the spring. Expensive tours
will be necessary in order to acquaint the various colleges and
schools with the fine work the clubs are doing. These tours
will have 'to obtain financial backing from the concerts presented
by the organizations. The members are enthusiastic to carry
out these plans, but they need to have the full support of the
entire student body. They needi to have a "sold out" house next
Tuesday! Let's give them some serious support and see that
they get to Town Hall within the next few years.
(Editor's Note: The following
is the text of a speech delivered
by Jerry Davidoff on the floor pf
the House at the Student Legis
lature Assembly in Raleigh mov
ing adoption of a bill for world
government.
The author, a Junior, is Presi
dent of the Amphoterothen, sec
retary of CPU, and a former
member of the Tar Heel editorial
staff.)
Mr. Speaker:
War, at best, is stupid! Not only
is it stupid, but it is unnecessary.
Unless, of course, you consider war
as innate in the nature of man.
Many of us here are veterans.
AH of us have been close to this
war in one way or another.
I don't like war, and I presume
that none of you find it an enjoy
able experience either.
Out of the conflagration so re
cently ended has come a sadness
rather than a joy.
Victory ALWAYS brings more
responsibility than happiness, and
because on August sixth of this
year a new era was exploded into
our consciousness we are faced with
a crisis of decision such as NO
victors, no people anywhere before,
have ever experienced.
Technology, always ahead of the
sciences of society, has outdis
tanced society by a thousand
years.
Atomic energy SHOULD mean
the emancipation of man in our
own time.
It SHOULD mean enough power
to provide for sufficiency through
out the limits of the earth.
It SHOULD mean the end of all
such phrases as "have nots" .and
"one-third of a nation."
It SHOULD mean all that these
words imply and yet we fear it.
Fear it? I wonder if that word
is strong enough? -
I wonder how long it would take
to split the earth atom from atom.
How much atomic bombardment
can this one planet bear?
It is readily conceivable that the
earth's axis might be dislocated, or
that the earth might revert to the
inferno of incandescence which was.
at once itself and its womb.
We have reason to fear. .
Good reasons!
Without control the development
of atomic energy WILL mean de
struction. -
Retaliation is the counter-weapon
of war. But with the beginning of
an atomic attack the end is always
present. '
Thus there can be no counter-weapon!
When you realize that the amount
of atomic energy that you can carry
in your vest pocket is greater than
that of ten thousand pounds of
TNT, you MUST realize that con
trol is not a preference, but the
most dire kind of necessity.
It goes without saying that if
there is another major, or even a
minor engagement, it will be the
end of civilization.
. Peace MUST stay!
Not only peace in the sense of no
war, but peace with the develop
ment of atomic energy to work
FOR man rather than to destroy
him.
There can really be no guaran
tee against destruction and I mean
destruction of the human species.
But there are two alternatives
which MAY assure security.
One is the uniting of all sover
eignty of the world: a world gov
ernment which MUST have the
power to control and utilize atomic
research and to prevent conflagra
tions and in the atomic era this
becomes literal instead of figura
tive. Peace under world government
should mean vital peace; a develop
ment of a faith to face the future ,
gloriously.
Real peace means progress.
The other alternative is simple.
It requires merely that man elim
inate the source of the trouble.
Let him disassociate himself
completely and definitely from all
that is civilization. Let him burn
the books, all the books, destroy
all technology, remove all that is
thought, punish literacy by death
. . . and simply return to the Nean
derthal. The time for decision is now!
There will be no other chance!
This is THE question!
Aside from it there stands no
other problem.
It is the question of the future
fact of being of man on the earth.
This is THE challenge.
Aside from its ready acceptance
no man is more than a coward.
t It is the challenge that war is in
herent in the nature of man.
t This is the answer!
' Aside from it man no longer
exists as we would like to know
him.
We must NOW stop being world
warriors and manifest ourselves as
world citizens.
We have a job to do. The hard
est that ever faced any generation.
Harder still because it was sprung
suddenly upon us.
See WORLD, page 4
The road winds and is lost to
sight, but still it goes on.
To an innocent bystander it seems
that:
In the last publication of this
column it became necessary to cut
it due to lack of space. The para
graph cut out was one that I be
lieve necessary to rewrite: "All
kinds of congratulations to the Coed
Eating Privileges restriction of
Chancellor House, whose obvious
answer to Patrick Henry's famous
'Give me liberty or give me death'
speech would have been BANG!!!"
Thank you, kiddies, I just had to get
it off my chest.
Also in the last column I re
ferred to campus photography serv
ice as a "possible monopoly." To
those who misconstrued my mean
ing, I offer apologies, and add that
there has never been any attempt
to gain a monopoly on campus pic
ture work on the part of the pho
togs now working, as they did last
year, on and for the Yack. You're
doing a nice job, fellas, I hope I
haven't done anything to inter
rupt or slam your work.
The past week-end was quite well
filled with festivities. Topping the
list for Friday night was the"
ADPi pledge dance, and sharp it
was, and the party thrown for the
campus veterans by Mclver Dorm.
Thanks to both for dam good af
fairs. It becomes increasingly necessary
to plead for student unity! Soon
there is to be quite a fight for our
own student government, and if we
believe in the right to manage our
own affairs, we must all be pre
pared to stand up together for
such a belief! Find out what's
going on, students, and you'll real
ize the necessity for your voice,
loud and strong!!
A final farewell is due Bob Shaw,
old Carolina standby and campus
figure, who goes to Washington in
January to help run the Dept. of
Interior. Good luck, Robert, and
knowing how you feel a"bout The
Hill, I won't have to urge you to
come back soon and often.
These Pi Phis have done it
again. Their unique yard display for
homecoming won top honors, and
rightly so! Congrats, gals.
Charlie Spivak, to be brought
here by the German Club, should
add to the growing rumor on cam
pus that the war is truly over!!
Now Hear This:
Quite a band, so it should be quite
a week-end!
Midnight musings:
Sure was good to see those health
inspectors get on the ball and clean
up a few downtown kitchens last
Thursday night! A number of pro
prietors were very much embar
rassed, and to my way of think
ing, it was about time!!
Sure wish I could catch up with
Mr. Gooch! That's one man that
stays busy and very hard to find!!
I wonder why more credit hasn't
been given those sharp cheerlead
ers of ours! Throughout all the
games of this past season they've
been right on the job, rain or shine,
trying to get us silent monkeys
to yell for a good team. You've done
a swell job, kids, and although few
will say it, we appreciate every bit
of it!!
Couldn't help but get a little mad
the other day in the Y when a
coed, in order to get money enough
for her lunch, sold two used books
back to Ritchie's Inc. The madden
ing part came when she turned
away from the counter with hard
ly enough for a sandwich, much
less a decent lunch!! Quite a deal,
I should say!!
It was great to see the Carolina
cindermen join hands and break
the tape together during the Va.
game Saturday. Those boys are
plenty good!
Without a doubt:
Final recognition is due the foot
ball squad. It was a tough season,
but somehow they seemed to do all
right. Well done, men, and we'll
all be standing behind you again
next year when you put Carolina
back on the gridiron map to stay!!
Silent prayers will be offered for
the Med students as they go into
another of their torturous exam
weeks. Good luck, docs, and show
that fellow they call Berryhill that
you have the stuff!
It would be a dirty , deal if the
rumor that the girls living in Smith
Dorm are to be moved out proves
to be true. After making it livable,
and finally calling it home, it seems
logical that any new men could be
put somewhere else, and the Smith
coeds could stay put for awhile!
And though we can look back
o'er the road we've traveled, we
know not what lies ahead as the
wheel rolls on.
Disagree With Action Of
State Student Assembly
By Jack Lackey and Howard Merry
Last Friday and Saturday the
representatives of most of the col
leges and universities of North
Carolina met at the state student
legislature in the capitol building
at Raleigh. The supposed purpose
of this group was to pass on bills of
state and national interest, the bills
to be considered later by the state
legislature. Carolina sent a delega
tion of approximately 45 delegates,
the largest at the meeting. These
students represented the Debate
Council, CPU, IRC, Di Senate and
Philanthropic Assembly.
Shortly after the meeting started,
Buddy Glenn, of Carolina, proposed
that at the next meeting of the student-legislature
representatives be
invited from the Negro- institutions
of the state. John Lineweaver, also
of Carolina, seconded the proposal.
Throughout the entire discussion of
this topic the supporters were main
ly from the Carolina delegation.
Only one Carolina delegate spoke
against the proposal and only three
voted the negative.
As would only be natural, word
circulated in Raleigh that this was
strictly a Carolina movement and
was supported by the sentiments of
Chapel Hill students. It is our con
tention that the majority of stu
dents here were not in favor of such
action. Since a natural inclination
would be to look to the Carolina dele
gation as representative of Carolina
sentiment, we believe a great injus
tice has been handed the student
body.
This "liberal" group of Carolina
students are extremely sincere.
That we do not doubt. But we do
doubt that these persons realize the
ill-feeling that they stimulate. We
doubt that they realize that the peo
ple of North Carolina are not now
prepared to grant the privileges or
rights to Negroes that these stu
dents advocate. We agree that seg
regation violates the principles of
Democracy, and we look to the day
when some solution may be reached.
But no good comes from a group of
independently-thinking students who
jump into the fire and attempt to
solve the entire problem by aban
doning segregation at their next
state session.
Some very constructive sugges
tions could have been turned in on
this issue for it is an important
one but, unfortunately, no good
has been done and ill-feeling might
easily arise.
And, too, may we add that we hope
the student body will begin to real
ize that the actions of a few greatly,
concern each student. In the future,
we 'hope that the students take per
sonal steps to see that their senti
ment is represented fairly as well
as thoroughly.
Quips And Kernels
From Other Points
"Stand back of your lover, false
woman," shouted the Scotchman as
he discovered his wife in the arms
of another man. Tm going to
shoot both of you.
The Virginia Tech.
"
Little Willie, dressed in sashes,
Fell in the fire and was burned to
ashes.
By and by the room grew chilly
But no one wanted to poke poor
Willie. The Technique.
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