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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
THURSDAY, MAY l5. i941
z Batlp Car Heel
The official newspaper of the Carolina Publications Union of the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where it is printed daily except Mondays,
and the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Spring Holidays. Entered as second
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By the Staff
For Thi Issue:
News: BOB HOKE
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CAMPUS HAS
WRONG IDEA
"Nothing is little to him that feels it with great sensibility."
Samuel Johnson.
o WHY THE FLEECE?
(This guest editorial was written by Professor Walter Spearman of
the Journalism department, member, of the Golden Fleece, and former
editor of the Daily Tar Heel.;
Sunday night comes the annual tapping of the Golden Fleece to
the accompaniment of Wagnerian music, hooded figures and stu
dent suspense.
Why?
Why do students flock to Memorial Hall to witness the affair?
Why do campus "leaders" consider membership in the Fleece "the
highest honor at the University"? In fact, why does the Fleece
exist at all? Why has it survived on this campus for 36 years?
Doubtlessduring every period of its existence the Golden Fleece
has been attacked. Within the past 15 years it has frequently
been criticized by students for its choice of certain members or
for its ignoring certain other students. Once the Di and Phi even
passed resolutions for the disbandment of the Fleece.
At one time the "Gilded Fuzz" flourished and had its annual
tapping in mockery of the Fleece's serious tapping. And national
honor organizations have sought to establish chapters here in
competition with the Fleece.
Why does the Fleece survive?
The campus idea may be that the Fleece is simply a self-per
petuating body passing on the annual accolade, that member
ship is simply a honorary pat on the shoulder
of the campus big shots. But if the Fleece were
no more than this it would scarcely have come
through the years as it has.
The ideal of the Fleece, the reason for its formation and the
motivating power that has kept it alive, is the belief of its mem
bers that men representing a variety of interests and talents can
associate themselves together in a group dedicated to the welfare
of the campus and to the understanding of different points of view.
In the Fleece the Phi Beta Kappa meets the football captain,
the Playmaker comes to know the YMCA leader, the fraternity of
ficer becomes well acquainted with the dormitory representative
and they pool their knowledge of the campus, their interest in
the problems of the campus, their diverse talents and their in
fluence for the furtherance of the Fleece ideals and the mainten
ance of democracy and student self-government.
Or in the language of today's world "they make the campus
safe for differences."
That is why the Golden Fleece has survived and why it will con
tinue to do so.
But one word of admonition to the Fleece might be appended.
The campus has grown tremendously since 1904 ; the student body
has doubled in the memory of even the younger
Fleece alumni on the faculty. Whereas six to
eight members of the Fleece may have repre
sented the student body in 1925, they cannot do it today.
Student interests have grown more diverse. The CPU, the ASU,
the IRC have grown up and are indicative of new trends in student
interests. The sports program has been enlarged, dormitory ac
tivities are much more significant, musical comedy has appeared
in our midst, the radio studio has come into being.
If the Golden Fleece wants to remain representative of campus
leadership, if it is seriously interested in "making the campus safe
for differences," it would do well to recognize qualities of genuine
leadership in a larger number of juniors and seniors. It would be
wise to insure survival from year to year by selecting to member
ship a larger group of men who can pool their different interests
and different talents for the Fleece and for the student body.
Slow to realize that Fish Worley is
trying- to make his nightclub a suit
able place to bring dates in Chapel
Hill, the student body, and dormitory
men in particular, should take ad-
FISH'S vantage of his open
. house -this weekend f oi
junior - senior dances.
Records will continually reel off
swing and sweet music in the night
club, bridge tables will be set up to ac
commodate all card players, and facil
ities for recreation of all kinds (he
might have the keys to Kenan Stad
ium). So turn out with imports and
coeds alike, non-fraternity men and
make those fill-in hours between
dances enjoyable ones at Fish's Place.
Of Mice
By SIMONS ROOF
PERMANENT SENIOR PRESIDENT
This week the seniors are caught
up in an atmosphere of awful-orgy;
and because of this, we hate to sound
a serious note about the future.
But the seniors are going to have to
elect a permanent president. We have
no way out, because electing this offi
cer is a tradition, like the poison oak
in Battle Park.
Although we hate politics, and re
gret the air must ba tainted one last
time, we must begin thinking about
the type of man we want to elect.
A group of us The Superman for
Super-President Aid Society has or-
years, so the spirit' of our class will
not be diminished.
Hence, in line with this sentiment
on our part, we have drawn up a list
of qualifications for the ideal perma
nent president of the class.
"Be it known that the Superman
for Super-President Aid Society, a
non-partisan and purely political
group, recommends to the seniors that
their permanent president should have
the following attributes (these may
get him by the draft) :
"His feet must be like flatirons, his
legs not unlike a bow; he must be
ganized in the interest of better class j either shorter than a fire-plug, or not
mvernment. and come out with what i much higrher: and his conversation
The president of a school for girls
in Georgia ruled that students must
not smoke on the , campus. Afraid
they'll set fire to some old traditions?
One news story we would have done
better to keep quiet about was this
thing concerning $4000 painting the
Phi found tucked away in its moth
eaten records. You can't imagine the
bedlam the Tar Heel office has been:
py OFF varius persons of un
known identity have
T0US been telephoning all
day that we should come over and
look through their old records some
time, that their grandmother's aunt
distinctively remembers so and so do
ing a very remarkably good excellent
such and such of thig-a-ma-twiddle
that they know would be worth a
fortune to anyone in the market for
old relics. Now almost all the staff
has banded together into some sort of
corporation to ferret out ancient
works of doubtful merit on a percent
age basis. Don't blame us if we miss
our deadline. The staff has got the
brilliant idea of getting enough funds
to print the Tar Heel in 20 karat gold
leaf ink.
we believe to be a contribution (how
ever humble) ; and we pass our sug
gestion to standing members of the
senior class.
Mussolini : "It is a lie that we want
to attack America. Such projects
would come only from an insane incli
nation." Yes, that's what we're afraid
of.
NEW TRENDS
FOR STUDENTS
This Saturday our lacrosse team will
attempt an innovation in athletic
j competition for Carolina teams, when
it plays the Carolina Indans, a squad
of full - blooded Cherokees. Now,
txttttxt many of us know Cher
okee as a red hot swing
tune, and many others
know the old story of Custer's last
stand. But what many of us do not
realize is that the Ch6rokees are plain
folks with simple customs and who
really have a lot more American tra
dition behind them than any of
the rest of us. When the Indian
team comes here Saturday for the
m ill
game, we snouian't treat tnem as a
circus group that merely provides for
interesting and novel entertainment.
They are coming a long distance to i
play, and it is befitting that the stu
dent body put out the same hospitality
that it has shown in the past for
South Americans and other visitors
and not only turn out to see the In
dians play ; our team, but treat them
with respect and good sportsman
ship.
Now, our class is graduating into
a somewhat unusual world. Once we
get our diplomas in hand, the wolves
will rush in. '" '
In this same future, we will be
holding class reunions; and the func
tion of the permanent president .of
the seniors will be to preside at these
reunions.
Feeling a war will be unkindly to
many of us, our group believes the
seniors should elect a man who will
be certain to be alive in the coming at him.
must delight idiots.
"He must suffer from rheumatic
aches, pains, cold chills, and tropical
fevers (in short, he doesn't know
whether or not he's passed his com
prehensive) ; and there must have been
at least one banshee, Yoga, or Druid
in his family.
"He mustn't be able to see the wall
the doctor's chart is on; he can't walk
a straight line even when sober; and
in every respect he must be a Caro
lina gentleman." -
It is the belief of the group that
only such a man can be elected with
any certainty. If he is nominated,
all seniors are urged to cast" their vote
o'clock, proceeds from which will
utilized to provide the long-sotJct
cial rooms in the men's dormitories
Juniors and seniors will tea da
tomorrow afternoon from 5 until 6-'s
and again tomorrow night from 9 Z
til 1 o'clock at the junior class fonaaj
The Saturday afternoon tea danc
will last from 4:30 until 6:30 and til
senior formal that night will be fr0Q
9 until 12 -o'clock. All dances will be
held in Woollen gymnasium.
Members of the senior class dance
committee are: utt .Burton, chairma
iilwood Dunn, Luther Hodges
Sadoff, Aubrey Moore, Mike BnhK;
Charles Barrett, John McCormic
Hugh Byrd, Hughes Roberts, pract
Reynolds, Buddy Wills, and Ed &e
Googan. .
Some wives are incorrectly of the
opinion their husbands don't dress the
same as they did before marriage.
Many of them are still using the same
suit. -
Pre-Breakfast poser: Rudolph Hess
fled Germany to England. Winston
Churchill made a special trip to see
the former Nazi Deputy, who was re
clining comfortably in bed, reading,
writing, sleeping, and drinking milk
for a change. Now . . . what do you
think would have happened ... if
Winston Churchill had drifted down
in Berlin on the tail of a parachute?
o IN PASSING
The installment plan has brought about financial difficulty to
many people, but no one ever got into difficulty by building up a
savings account by means of the installment plan.
One thing we like aJ)out Carolina, we have all kinds of people, all
kinds of land, all kinds of weather . . . and anything can happen
here, and usually does.
A woman, telling her minister how much she enjoyed a sermon
by a visiting minister, remarked "He put so much thought into
his speech, and was so full of his subject." ... the subject, forgotten
by the lady, was "Hell."
Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
had practically boarded the train to
come to Chapel Hill where the local
chapter of the Committee tox Defend
America by Aiding the Allies was to
spring her in a surprise performance.
Miss Malvina Thompson, the first
lady's personal secretary, wired
CD AAA's local boss, Walter Haas:
"Mrs. Roosevelt asks me to thank you
for your information and to say she
regrets she cannot make her speech
in Chapel Hill as pressing business
keeps her in Washington.
. . . Sounds like some of the mid
night epistles Bill Joslin has received.
Your date won't kiss you if you
don't take her to the Pastor concert.
Take Susie to the Pastor concert.
DTH staff members have Pastor
concert tickets for sale. i
Take anybody to the Pastor concert.
SENIOR WEEK
(Continued from first page)
er the Class Prophecy of life in an
army camp. Text-book Charlie Bar
rett has prodidgiously prepared ;he
Class History which he will deliver.
Drafted from the ranks of the grad
uate students, risque Sanford Stein
has written the Last Will and testa
ment to the tune of "Thanks for the
Memories" in the most fitting fash
ion. Alumni Secretary Spike Saund
ers will announce plans for the all
important commencement weekend and
the class superlatives, and the per
manent officers will be elected.
Sandwiched in between the chocked
program, the pre-graduates will taste
a steak supper prepared by the best
University chefs.
The class will sponsor the laerbsse
game between the varsity men and
the war-whooping Cherokee Indians
to be played Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock. '
Climaxing the five-days of forgot
ten dignity, the junior-senior dances
this weekend leave nothing more for
the fourth-year men to worry about
but paying for their sheepskins , and
finding time for their exams. A
trophy will be lovingly 'presented to
the best looking girl with a senior
escort Saturday. The class officers
and committeemen march back to dig
nity in the . figure that night and be
stow beaming glances on their dates,
etc. Tony Pastor plays for the four
dances and the concert.
Feeling magnamious, Hardy yester
day said "I would like to express my
satisfaction of the Saddle Shoe Stomp
and thank the class for its coopera
tion in the barefoot torture."
JUNIOR-SENIORS
(Continued from first page)
broadcast Pastor's music over the
coast-to-coast NBC network tomor
row afternoon from 5 until 5:25 and
tomorrow night from 10:30 until 11
o'clock. Carroll McGaughey will an
nounce the broadcast direct from the
dance floor in Woollen gymnasium.
The concert tomorrow will be heldi
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