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?AGE TWO Shadows. Weary Wisher nninniniRU!ii:iuiuiuiuiiiniiiiiniiiiniiiiiittsii i:iii!;!ii!;!i:i:!!i!!!ii!:iiii!m:;i!!n 'IxrJrr n Ya rush n round the candidate; platforms .to be, published in the Daily Tar Heel ,1 ... i J , nlnntnns That 1? the PflTlfllfiatPR uuniig nie vvucjs. picvwuo have forgotten them. We have We stick to our original cement, aw numu ,.. right even to run for office unless he possesses the initiative and intelligence to map out a tentative aumuuouauuu ui juu. The fact that this year officers-eject will .have two months uC which to learn the routine of their positions does not devalue candidate platforms. Current orders from military authorities are taking men faster than they can be elected and the confusion j which results may be fatal. Enlightened candidates will be the j only agents for bringing student government or what is left j of it through. We reannounce our request that platforms be submitted by Friday at 6 o'clock. by candidates for: student president, vice president and secretary treasurer; for speaker of and all repre- sentatives to the Student Legislature ; for representative to the ; Student Council ; for editors of the three publications; for mem- bers of the Publications Union Board. , Platforms jnust be concrete, specific. Generalities and out-; will not be accented. Maximum length will be 100 words. Candidates who do not turn in their platforms on time will be announced in the paper with NO PLATFORM printed in pretty boldface by their names. Then a responsible campus can take the job of sifting through the handshakes and handbills for the candidate who has some thing in his head besides a wide smile. 7 So Long, Levin : Bob Levin has left the Tar Heel. : n Perhaps that doesn't mean much to you. But to us who were wont to rely on his skill,' who were buoyed above the tides of a hard job by. his wit and cheerful personality, that sentence is in- QfTiVAf1 in hnlrl -fnff pans . "RrkVi name in no liflA mnrp skilled, but eager. Yesterday he staff, the most proficient journalist of the reportorial crew. Bob held the pivot post in administration-student relations, for he it was who covered the -"Soutbh building beat," relaying tion to the student. Dealing with the multiple egos of South building is no easy job, but Bob never had a disagreement with a Umversitv official, a. record untouched hv other Tar Heel re porters. In his clear, concise news conditions of war, Bob kept us all in tune with the newest of the news that affects us all. - : ; : , His loss is a sad, almost staggering, blow. It will be impossible to fill his position. ? But we know that Bob will finish his job with the TTnit.pd Stat.ps Armv Air Pnrns as pomnlptplv as hp Tins his 1 Tar Heel duties, and that after jwuiuauoui win uc ucuii tu ms pxuxcsiun its tu iiniiaeii. We wish him good journey." We hope the wardens of chance will hold aloof and let his worth be guidance for his life. How Green Was Our Grass Winter's here, and spring may not be far behind. But the grass will be. The grass is down and under six feet of foot-worn mud. There will be no daisies pushing up on our campus this spring. And , why ? Because people all of us still think that the shortest distance between two points is a zig-zag line intricately woven across the face of the campus. Soon we shall have the campus . primeval, replete with myriads of foot trails and wandering hikers. The policy at Carolina has been cooperation rather than coer cion.; We have no six-foot hedges around our grass, no chains, -no wire only a modest "please," and a wavering finger to direct the student to the straight and gravel. Almost everything except coercion has been tried at one time or another. Loud speaker campaigns, Daily Tar Heel campaigns, pleading, all of which seems to lead to only a temporary conversion. .' - The Legislature spent much time discussing the situation last week. But you can't legislate against walking on the grass. Or ganizations can help to arouse the "social consciousness" of the student body. Perhaps they can put up more signs, or string ropes across the entrances of the great bare spots. Perhaps the administration should construct new paths where they seem to be most needed say, from the chemistry building to the library. But it's really up to each individual student to think before he strikes out across the grass non-existent as the grass may seem at the time. The point is that the grass is supposed to be there, and will be there in the near future if it is given a chance to grow. A beautiful campus is one legacy we owe to the University. ; V The official newspaper of the Carolina Publications Union of the Univer sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where it is printed daily except Mondays, and the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Spring Holidays. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Chapel Hill, N. C, under act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price, $3.00 for the college year. r ., J f ' . WMWNTID M NATIONAL ADVCRTlSIMd WT Member .", National Advertising Service, Inc. Pssocldted GDDe6c4e Press azomaoanyon , ' ' chicvo boctoh Loi Ana i us san fmucmco i l Bucky Habwasd -lz.;:, LiZ Editor Bob Hoke. ..- ........ .....I....,.......... ZZ Bill Stanback ...eBusiness Manager ; Marvin D. Rosen.... .......z:..... .L Manager - Associate Editors : Henry Moll, Sylvan Meyer, Hayden Carruth. , Editorial Board : Sara Anderson. Paul Komisaruk, Ernie Frankel. ; Columnist: Jim Loeb. Night Editors : Bob Levin, Dave Bailey,, Walter Damtoft. . ? - J Assistant Nicht Editors : Fred Kanter, Madison Wright. . Reporters : James Wallace, Larry Dale, Sara Yokley. Burke Shipley. Frank Ross. Sara Niven, Rosalie Branch. Betty Moore, Helen Eisenkoff, Jane Cavenaugh, Roland Giduz, Kat Hill, . Robert Butman, Bob Perry, Sam Whitehall. Helen Hig-hwater, Mat McDade, Jim Hall. Peter Robinson, O. P. Charters, John Kerr, George Bell, Bob Lindsay, Gloria Caplan. , Sports Editor : Westy Fenhagen. . ' .. , -, , ,-... - Night Sports Editors : Jud Rinberg, Jerry Hurwitz. Sports Reporters: Don Atran, Charles Howe, Herb Bodman, Phyllis Yates, Bob Goldwater, Dick Ferguson. Photographers : Karl Bishopric, Tyler Nourse. ' '' -: : ' . . . ; , . . , J- J , Local Advertising Manager: Charles WeilL Dvrham Representative: Bob Covington. - j ' X, t ' ; iC- Advbrtisino Staff : Bebe Castleman, Victor Bryant, Henry Petwske, Larry Rivkin, Tommy ., Thompson. iii-;? ' t .. :i. . -. - i Circulation Staff : Howard Aronson, Richard Wallach. ; - - f , 4 " ' " " FOR THIS ISSUE: . " News: WALTER DAMTOFT 1 Sports: WESTY FENHAGEN ud passive voters have been , - . ,. .. not. - 1 ; ' Vinn a war ncrn. iintailcht. im- was top man on the news stories of the fast changing the war is over, his career in &t A? At? Flexible Schedule Necessary By Paul Komisaruk , On the face of it, it might seem ' that the faculty action in shortening the' winter, quarter and allowing a weekend for study before examination, might eliminate the necessity for a more flexible exam sched ule; such as was proposed here some days ago. , : At least that is the argument that some opponents of the proposed plan may take. It should be noted, however, that the revised examination dates in no way alleviate the difncul- . ties that arise when a rigid exam schedule must be fol lowed. T . In beginning exams on March 9, the faculty has wise ly allowed for a weekend that will provide time for prepara tion, but if 'previous examina tion schedules are followed stu dents may still find them selves: (1) with their most difficult exams grouped square- ly together ; (2) with relative simple exams stretched out over a four day period. Action, if such it can be called, has already been taken to remove the plans for a light er exam schedule from the peri and ink stage, and place them before the proper authorities for serious consideration. Dean R. B. House, Dean of Administration, heard out lines of the plan last week, and stated that they would be con sidered in turn by those em powered to act in the case. After the beneficial aspects of the lighter exam schedule were discussed, Dean House pointed out, that the Adminis trative view ' would naturally favor any practical program that might provide an easier time of it for students. Under the proposed plans this would be entirely possible for North Carolina students who face only one or two ex ams. It seems quite clear that the original proposal was too Listen, Students Students! There is More To Grass Than You Think By Jimmy Wallace "Ow, you're stepping on me. Get those :x$ !;! feet off ! Who do you think you are ?" i That's what every sprig of the campus lawn is saying these days. After enduring a pretty hard winter and being threaten ed by mud and storm it now shows signs of actually venturing above the ground again ; . pretty green stuff that looks good after a season's hiberna tion. ," j!. Only thing wrong in, the whole business, however, is the continued persistence of the students and visitors to take a jaunt from building to building by the shortest route a straight line. Whether the line takes them across the " grass, over a ditch or, more seldom, along one of the walks, it makes little difference. ' .' f Students , arid faculty mem bers who are living , by ; the "keep off the grass" idea con tend that there are enough walks on the campus to enable students to travel from place to place with , facility- even "the Arboretum. They're quite " right But the : fact remains "that some, others of us con " tinue to trample the poor de fenseless grass , which we proudly show the folks from home when they come up for a visit. , . ? ? Quite a few" of the, more lawn-appreciative groups have gone so far as to say that the Wisher Hits ptacmen TTTTT '77 IT By Hayden Carruth and Sylvan Meyer ' Monday ' night three membersbf the Ways and Means Com mittee of the Student Legislature met in the Grail room of Gra ham Memorial and clearly demonstrated the downfall of that formerly illustrious group. Some of the members are thorough ly conscientious but unknown in the ways of the politicos ; others, like the chairman, work hand in hand with the petty theories of the Speaker. , : i This bill, called the Bill to Replace Vacancies Occurring in Student Government, provides one of the biggest hunks of legis latorial gravy that I have seen TfT - r; -.f:' since entering the University. It grabs for the legislature more power than is inherently embodied in the very definition of its functions. First of all, it is important to remember that the commit tee which drew up the bill and the Speaker of the Legislature intend this as a permanent measure, not something to al leviate a war-time condition. Second, the bill is based on the false principle that stu dent government must be mod ified if it is to survive the present h crisis. Actually, of course, student government , must either . be frozen in its present form, continued in the same form after the war, or it must be continued throughout the war in its present form no matter the difficulties; It is not j only unfeasible, but downright foolish, to undo the form of student government and Jet it' run downhill until it is noth irig bua shadow of its forgot- ten seiu Third, several points in the bill are no good, even if the fundamental concept of the modification of student govern ment is accepted. The bill is proposed to cut out general campus elections in case of vacancies. These va cancies will be filled by alter native methods that shove the Jegislature, into a position it was never intended to fill. all-encompassing to be carried out, certainly not this quarter. But compromise proposals, ef fecting the same results for a restless student body, have been offered, and should over come any objections that might be raised. students don't have any more sense than to ruin the grass. Here they are wrong. Every body knows that it's not pro per to walk on the grass. Only reason we do it is that we see others doing it , and conse quently grass-walking has be come such a commonplace thing that nobody pays it any attention. . . .. , Most immediate sand-effective solution to the problem would be. to convince the stu dents that such a problem really exists. -Then upon real izing that he is indirectly raz ing the, campus, each student would stay oS the grass. Any stragglers who might forget and. be found walking on the forbidden territory, seeing that the remainder of the stu dent ... body- had once again taken to the walks, would im mediately follow suit.; All that is necessary to start this swing to the gravel is a little initia tive on information sources to make . the student that, we actually 1 the campus y ( us irresiaeni, vice-ncoiucub, and Secretary of the student body, if vacated, would be fill ed, under this bill, by a cam pus election to choose between two nominees that would be chosen and presented to the campus by a committee of Leg islators appointed solely by the speafcer.of the Legislature. In effest, this gives the speaker of the Legislature the power to name the candidates who will be presented to the campus for the most important student government offices. How the present speaker and other members can openly back such a proposal is beyond me. It's , like voting themselves a raise in salary. . Vacancies on the Publica tions Union Board would be filled by nomination and elec tion from the floor of the Stu dent Legislature. Nonsense I The Legislature has always tried to grab control of publi cations, and this is only their latest bid for this power. How can the Legislature feel that it is qualified to appoint mem bers to a board which. deals with highly technical matters of publication. , Vacancies in the PU board should be filled as they always have been, by campus election. If the Legis lature wants to do something ; . Y wm;$v - I fA rkv , A. J I U f A A Baflflle ;. wSaEabtafl JheadH&iraQs! The men and women of Bell Telephone Laboratories are directing their energy these days to developing new and better communication equipment so vital in today's swift moving global war. - m " Peacetime developments, pioneered by Bell Labora tories, are seeing action on j every front. Many of their war-time achievements should prove stepping stones to progress in the coming days of victory and peace. f Service to the Nation in war or peace, that's the one idealjof BellSystem people. v worth while, it can pass a bill establishing a two-year publi cations experience requirement for candidates to PU board of fices; but otherwise it is not qualified to consider any pub lications problems. ' ' Offices in the athletic as-: sociation, editors of campus publications, members of the debate council, and head cheer leader all would be filled by ap pointment from organizations closely connected with these offices, with approval of the rLegislature. Why should the legislature approve an appoint ment the University Club makes to head cheerleader ship? Why should the Univer sity Club have the power to fill an elective office by appoint ment? These are four points with in the structure of the bill that are aimed at the destruction of the democratic principles up on which our student govern ment has grown. If these dem ocratic principles are now dis established, under the guise of . a war-time emergency, our stu dent government will crumble inwardly of the weight of its own fallacy. And, ' remember, this bill was prepared not as a temporary measure, but as one to last permanently. " The bill will come before the weekly meeting of the Student Legislature tonight. Tonight all legislators who conscien " tiously observe their public duty will vote against it. Those who' want merely to grab as much as they can will vote for it. If it passes, student govern ment will be gravely endan gered. .'
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