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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 19 WBailp Jar Heel The cfSrial newspaper cf tie Carolina Publication Union of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where it is printed Ja2y except Mondays, and the Thanksgiving, Chriatnsaa and Spring Holidays. En tered as second class matter at the post cSce at Chapel Hill, N.'C, under act ol March 3, 1879. Subscription price, iZM for the college year. J. Mac Smith . Charles W. Gifcnore. Wliazn McLean Jesse Lewis .Editor Jianagmsr Editor business Manager .Circulation Manager Editorial Staff Editorial. Wtrrm: Stuart Babb, Lytt Gardner, Allen Merrill, Voit Gilmore, Bob duFour. Nrws Editors: Will G. Arey, Jr, Gordon Burns, Mor ris Rosenberg. , , Desk men: R. Herbert Boffer, Tom Stanback, Tim Elliot, Jesse Reese. -Senior Reporter: Bob Perkins. m . Freshman Reporters: Charles Barrett, Adrian Spies, David Stick, James McAden, Miss Lucy Jane Hunter, Carroll McGaughey, Winston Broadf oot, Miss Gladys Best Tripp. Rewrite: Donald Bishop. Exchange Editor: Ben Dixon. Sports Editor: R R. Howe. Jr. Sports Night Editors: Shelley Rolfe, Frank Holeman, Taffitte Howard. S ports Reporters: Ed Karlin, Harvey Kaplan, Jerry Stoff, Fletcher W. Ferguson, Larry M. U erling, W T. Rpprman. Rtattp PwryroniiAPHERS: Herbert Bachrach, Frank Bowne. Business Staff Advertising Managers: Bobby Davis, Clen Humphrey. Dthham Representative: Dick Eastman. iiriT. AnvnmsiNT, Assistants Stuart Ficklin, Bert Halperin, Bill Ogburn, Morton Bohrer, Ned Ham ilton, Bill Clark, Billy uiiuan. Cmncv- Gillv Nicholson. Aubrey McPhall, George Har ris. Louis Barba, Bob Lerner, Ed Kaufman, Perrin Quarles, Jim SchleHer, Henry amernoxi. For This Issue News: Will G. Arey, Jr. Sports: Frank Holeman athlete. That decision should not be forced jupon him. "Therefore, our policy shall be to take a stand only on those' matters within our jurisdiction. We shall reduce the number of linter-collesriate contests, edu cate our alumni, bring; the . ath letic association under control of the University by controlling its budget, and emphasize the play and development angle of sports, rather than the purely competi tive angle. . "We shall make no attempt to control sources of income, but we shall demand that our repre sentatives in any field be of good moral character and good scho lastic standing. . We shall re move the cause of subsidization but until we do that we recog nize that we have no right to controha boy's source of income. Under the present set-up ath letic ability is a skill of especial value to the University. We will not deny the athlete the right to exploit that skill under our pre sent conditions of inter-collegiate competition." Sulzberger Addresses Press Institute Claude F. Gaddy i Will Speak Here visitors. It is believed that this will' enable students to meet I with those people with whom they will be affiliated in later years, and will give their pros pective employers an opportu nity to know them personally. In addition to plans for sev- j eral social events, the Education club is working to hold discus sions with such men as: Dr. iryf twaam nvsr tnT vy 1 Student Un AtnieilC proposals eral of the leading superintend- YPstPrdav the comments of the alumni on the ents and principals in the state j -it-i-i. ,M;etiofi to speak before members and low is the resume of student opinion on the pro posals, which resume has already been presented to the faculty by Dean Bradshaw. The students who discussed the proposals -with the faculty committee on athletics, and from whose re marks the following has been culled, were: Bob Ma gill, Joe Patterson, Ramsay Potts, Gene Bricklemyer, Scott Hunter, Stuart Eabb, Fred Weaver, and the editor of the Tar Heel. ' Although questions were raised as to the mean ing and effect of several of the ten proposals, especially the transfer and scholarship rules, Karl R Douglass who as there was practically unanimous acceptance 01 an gume the headship of the Edu. but two. cation department in the spring The one requiring athletic managers ana par- quarter, local superintendent ticipants to be "good campus citizens' was ob- Honeycutt, and other 'available jected to on the grounds: that it would be bur- education leaders. densome. if not impossible, to administer: that it was an invasion of student responsibility, and Faculty To Meet that it was unnecessary. This Af ternoon yjj. lure mguuuufi ouuow.. --w fCnvKn.pA fr-n Tno O 1 because of athletic ability the following comment plan requirmg submission to the was made: the athlete has a right to market his proper facuity committee for skill; the commercialized inter-collegiate pro- approvai of any assistance ex gram should be abolished since reform is ineffec- tended to a nrosnective athlete: tive; the University cannot effectively regulate Any assistance beyond nec outside subsidization and therefore should not essary expenses shall be consid make the attempt. The student participants in ered a SUDSidy and subject to tne discussion raising objection to tne i acuity the condemnation stated in rule committee's report were invited to submit alter native proposals. The following excerpts repre sent the three responses to this invitation : Excerpts A -f lld'nln'na Vl J -r Aim T O mrt A Tin f Vl if mici tllliirk.iiig iiuii&o unci, -t- ogi.cc "im v (Article 8) . I would like to see a provision made so that alumni or prospective students, if a boy wants to come to school with aid, can present the case to the committee. In that way a boy who needs help may get the opportunity to come to school without just coming to play football." "There shall be elected each fall two students each from the. junior and senior classes to be matched by four members from the faculty who shall be appointed by the President, and who shall examine the character of all students who represent the University in any official capacity. ' If "the character of such an individual is found deficient in the qualities of good -citizenship by the group, the evidence shall be submitted to the Student Council, which shall render a verdict qualifying or disqualifying the accused from re presenting the University." , Suggestions "Since nearly everybody is against subsidiza tion of athletes, we humbly suggest that the Pre sident require all coaches not to allow subsidized athletes to represent the University. (It does not seem reasonable that a coach can remain in ig norance of whether or not the athlete came to this University because he could get certain re munerations for playing here.) "It is the policy of this University to recognize that the subsidizing of athletes has grown out of a superstructure (of commercialism, over empha sis, pampering of alumni, and mis-guided concep tions of education) imposed upon the games and sports played an inter-collegiate scale. , "We recognize that subsidization in itself is no evil. "It is only evil in so far as it is mal-practiced We feel that hitherto the burden of making ethi cal decisions of whether it is right or wrong to accept money for athletic ability has fallen ex clusively on the shoulders of the young studen 8 of the faculty committee." Rule 8 which the faculty com mittee will vote on today along with the other 10 clauses, condemns as a menace to sound education and fair sportsman ship the subsidizing of athletes, and would disqualify any stu dent for intercollegiate compe- ition who is proved to be sub sidized primarily because of athletic ability. (Continued from first page) problems which face the : well- balanced newspaper which at tempts to indicate "the relative importance of the" world's af fairs," Sulzberger cited inci dents which have faced the Times in the past year. "Our aim," he said, "is to print the news and only the news, witnout a slant in any direction and without a conces sion to any group. Yet objectiv ity, 'though it be a simple goal, is not so easily achieved." No Censorship I Sulzberger maintains that the problems on the home front are far from simple, due to pres sures which must be resisted. "Fortunately, however, in this field there is no censorship and the conscience of eac-h publisher can be his guide." The foreign front, however, presents a different aspect, ac cording to the New York pub lisher. Referring to a recently pub lished map by the Columbia School of Journalism which had those countries free from cen sors in white, those with a modi fied censorship in gray, and those with an active censorship in black, he said that the chart was well called "The Black Plague of the Twentieth Cen tury." Heavens Of Light "Except for the greater part of the two Americas and a few havens of light in the democra cies of Europe and their colo nial possessions or dominions, it was black indeed." The Times coverage of the Spanish conflict was cited by Sulzberger as an outstanding case history for students of journalism. It is not the censors on either side in Spain, he said, who cause most of the difficulties, even though they cause plenty, but the partisans of one faction or the other. "From the sidelines the excited denunciation is noth ing short of ' amazing." Propoganda "No matter who writes the dispatch, the other side will ac cuse him of broadcasting propa ganda or downright lying," Sulzberger quoted his editor in charge of the "Letters" column sustain a truly free and truly responsible press, democracy wul survive even against the bellowing of dictators and the intrigues of those who are will ing to play the dictator's game because that course happens to serve their immediate selfish aims." But he does not share the views of H. G. Wells, whom he quoted as arguing that youth, being without promise and with out hope, would march as Com munists or Fascists or soldiers because there is excitement in that, and possibly death, and that solves all problems. Only Way Out He stated he was not prepared to accept that philosophy, as no proper reading of the news of the world admits the conclusion tnat opportunity is dead and that war and pestilence, despite their prevalence in the day's headlines, are the only, way out. "Ask any psychologist, any surgeon, physicist, chemist or engineer how much he knows. Ask him if his field is closed or just opening, and then ask him what contribution an informed democracy can make to it. "I think that those of us in the news business still have a job to do." POINT OF VIEW By Ramsay Potts WORLD NEWS Last fall King George VI stood stiffly in the rain while tribute was paid to Britain's dead. He was following the tradition of the British Royal Family who have always attended the Armistice Day ceremony at Whitehall's Cenotaph. But the solemn air of tradition was blasted ca this occasion by a wild-eyed realist who slipped through the guards and loudly shouted "Stop all this hypocrisyi You are deliberately preparing for war." King George remained immovable, as did the members of the Cabinet ranged in funeral black behind him. The wild-eyed man was properly beaten and taken away by the. police. News reports branded him as "an escaped lunatic." The Cabinet members standing there behind the King knew how tactless that "man had been, but they also felt the truth of his strident cry. They remembered the budget estimates for arma ment appropriation. Britain plans to spend a total of almost $21,000,000,000.00, over the next five year period, for engines of war and protec tion of the population against foreign menace. The British people know these facts. Their in come taxes act as indicators of the rising defense cost. But they dislike having oppressive realisms forced upon them. They prefer to remain safely insulated against truth while trying to believe "all protestors" are lunatics. (Continued from first page) under, orders to fight if the in vading troops entered the con cession forcibly, after Japanese issued an ultimatum to expel Chinese suspected of anti-Japanese actions in this section. The incident was concluded when Japanese authorities ex plained the action as a "misunderstanding." I as saying. "In all; my ten or On The Air By Carroll McGaughey 8:00 Cities Service Concert with Lucille Manners and Ro- sano -Bourdon's orcnestra (WPTF). b:3U ram wmtemans or chestra (WDNC).; "Death Val ley Days" (WJZ). 9:00 Leo Carrillo and Edith Fellowes will present a preview of "Little Miss Roughneck" for Hollywood Hotel" (WHAS) ; The second part of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pinafore" will be presented tonight (WLW). y :du lommy Dorsey inau gurates an amateur Swing Con test on his program ; tonight Amateur instrumentalists wil be invited to may (WJZi or KDKA). 10:00 "The Song' Shop, presenting Kitty Carlisle and Gus Haenschen's orchestra (WBT) ; "Four Door Blinky" is the title of the comedy presenta tion of Campana's First Night- er (WSB). twelve years' experience with letters to the editor, I have never encountered a situation in which so much absolutely rabid partisanship was manifested. It is partisanship that cannot be reasoned with and which, con sequently, gets nowhere." These different factions, Sulz berger said, reach the separate conclusion that the Times has sold out to the other side be cause we endeavor and succeed in getting the views of the rival camp. Proper Function "Back and forth this contest has been waged in the letters columns of the New York Times and other journals. Speeches are made and passions are inflamed all because we are attempting to perform our proper function of giving the news of both sides. "Yet we cannot be disheart ened. Those who attack) most violently would probably gladly see the press curbed if the curb would result in the publication only of news acceptable to them." Sulzberger believes that the newspapers must be protected at all costs from bias both from without and from within, and the publisher no less than those who write the news must share this responsibility. Broader Understanding "I believe that with accurate news available to it the commu nity can absorb itsjnany shocks because it attains a broader understanding and greater strength. I believe that if we can REED GETS SUPPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE Washington, Jan. 20 Stanley F. Reed, nominee of President Roosevelt to the Supreme Court, today received approval of a senate judiciary sub-committee. Committee members voted un animously to put the nomina tion of the 53 year-old Kentuck- m before the full judiciary committee next Monday after a short hearing of his qualifica tions. If the full committee passes the nomination, senate action on the-matter will begin early next week. a van vnm ANGLES By Allen Merrill POP QUIZ By Bob Perkins ABOUT THE WEATHER Dr. W. F. Prouty, Geology department head, declared last night that the rainfall in Chapel Hill was below the average of the state. Yet the sun, for the past week, has hibernated and the rain and sleet, slush and mud were cer tainly no illusion. The winter in Chapel Hill is usually a winter of rain. The explanation, claims Dr. Prouty, is not the amount of rain we have but rather the frequency. The average yearly rainfall for the state is about fifty inches. For Chapel Hill, it is only 47 inches. Around Cape Hatteras it is as much as 80 inches per year, and reaches 100 inches in the mountains. So when it rains in some part of the state, it rains. In Chapel Hill it just rains, but all the time. The Gulf stream is exactly the right distance from the University to fill the westward-moving winds with moisture and have them condense over our heads. When you are rushing across the campus for an eight-thirty with the. cold winter rain beating on your face, blame it on the Gulf stream. A train bound for Washing ton leaves Chicago at 7:15 a. m. (C. S. T.) and travels at the rate of 60 miles per hour. Now a Chicago-bound train leaves Washington at 6 :45 . eastern daylight saving time and travels at 52 miles an hour. vv men tram will be nearer Chicago when they meet. Answer to yesterday's quiz: The syrup cost $1.09 and the pail $.09. The statement read "$1.00 more than the price of the pail." Therefore you have three things to consider: price and $1.00 make $1.18. So the pail and $1,000 make $1.18. So the pail would cost half of $.18. BIRTHDAYS TODAY - Henry Thomas Adkins Andrew Gunter Boseman Clarence Dowell Coburn Morton Cohen John David Colwell Howard Berkley Cone Frank Petty Holton William Edward Hurford William Henry Rawlings David William Serk John Thomas Talton, Jr. Milton Smith Willaen Marshall Vivian Yount 3 Letters To The Editor -Over 250 Words Subject to Cutting WOLFE AT THE DOOR To the. Editor Dear Sir: I should like to enter a complaint against the mail service in Chapel Hill. On Sunday, Jan. 9, a friend of mine from Winston-Salem was down to see me and he happened to mention the fact that he had written me the day before but had neglected to put my local address on it. I suppos ed that the letter would be slightly delayed but I thought I would receive it the first of the week. I called at the office Monday but was told that the letter was probably in for address service but that I would receive it in due time. I did but it was to dayexactly 10 days from the time the letter was post-marked. As it happened the letter was of no great im portance. It could have caused me a great deal of inconvenience and trouble, however, if it had been important. I realize that the present staff of the office may be over-worked already. If that is the case it seems that additional help might be add ed. Anyway it seems that they should be able ta get the local address on a letter in less than nine days from the time it is received. s Sincerely, ' i E. Paul Wolfe
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