SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1943
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Night Editor: JUD KINBERG -
ViaLanier
SOME COLLEGE FOR THE POOR ...
A recent suggestion v by Dean R. B. House concerning the
ample supply of self-help jobs that will be available after this
summer and the consequent opportunity for high school stu
dents to go to Carolina should not be overlooked.
Essentially his suggestion urged that all students who knew
of any high school pupils who would like to go to college, but
who had dismissed it as impossible because of finances, to ad
vise them to contact Mr. Ed Lanier, self-help director.
While there will not be an over-supply of students, acade
mically fitted to go to college, who are not subject to the draft,
still there will be some and those few should be contacted.
Perhaps they will be able to obtain only one year, one quar
ter, or one month of college education due to tightening draft re
quirements. But as least they can get in as much time as possible,
and through many self-help jobs, the cost to them should be
very small.
If administration officials encourage such students to enter
the University, they should also make sure that they will be
assured of inexpensive food and lodging. We feel that the
statement in the summer school catalogue recently published
that food should run from "$30-$40 a month" is at the out
side very optimistic. If the figure is based on current cost of
meals, it smacks of a pipe dream. ,
We do not, however; believe that such prices will be impos
sible if adequate steps are taken before the summer and fall
sessions begin, to assure cheap, adequate civilian eateries.
Never before lias the University been able to offer almost
every scholastically equipped but financially embarrassed stu
dent a chance at some college education.- It is unfortunate that
they cannot do the same when more are free to accept the op
portunity. . We hope, however, that those few who can take advantage
of the situation will not get to the University to find that their
self-help checks will be well chewed by food and lodging expenses.
Weary Women
COED CURFEW INCONGRUOUS
By Kat
Who said coeds have equal rights on this campus ?
Irregardless of what campus activities are swinging into full
force during the first four nights of the week, the Carolina
coed is still forced to dash back to her dormitory to meet a
10:30 curfew. Yet on weekends she is allowed to wander from
the bricked off habitat until twelve or one o'clock.
At the same time, fellow students from the male populace
here have no restrictions as to when they must toddle home.
Now the question we would like to have answered is: Do girls
need more sleep than boys? Or to: phrase it another way: Are
girls essentially more wicked than boys, especially during the
first part of the weeks? Or: Why must a girl be in two and a
half hours earlier on Thursday night than on Friday night?
The University of North Carolina is known all over the coun
try for its program of liberalism. It is, indeed, this program of,
liberalism that forms the basis for our way of life here. Is
the reason for the kindergarten time rules set up for coeds
that women old enough to be juniors and seniors in college are
not mature enough to judge for themselves what time they
should go in? If this is true, it is quite out of keeping with the
policies of such a liberal University.
Coeds today are being asked to accept a greater part in cam
pus activities. We have been told time and time again that the
bulk of the responsibilities for carrying on next year will be
long ta us. We have accepted the challenge. Coeds who are ca
pable of doing these jobs and doing them well, are just fully
as capable of coming in at an hour suitable to the individual's
judgment.
POSTULATUMS: Sign in the Beta house last Saturday:
You drank a quart
You ate like heck
And now we hope .
You'll send a checque.
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BORROWED: From an import who came in after her first
date at Carolina: "Is that a Carolina gentleman? For a while
tonight I thought he was an octopus!" .
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BLOSSOMS: From one Weary Woman to the other. Specifi
cally to Newswoman Sara Yokley for the picture on the current
issue of the State magazine. ,
National Advertising Service, 'Inc.'
College Publishers Representative
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Early CarolMiajis Use
Pistols As Pacifiers
By Sara Yokley
Back in the 19th century Carolina students considered fire
arms as part of the equipment of a Southern gentleman. No one
came to school without a pistol, and rifles could be found in al
most every room. The. wild escapades that resulted from "pis
tol practice" put present day election week in the shade.
In "A History of the Univer
sity of North Carolina" Presi
dent Kemp Battle tells of the
trouble he had with gun-toting
students.
A crowd of playful sopho
mores one night decided to
haze a freshman, although this
was strictly illegal. After it
grew quite dark they decided it
would be fun to jump from be
hind a tree and frighten him.
But this freshman was of a
singular temperament. Start
led by the sudden movement
towards him in the dark, he
pulled a gun from his pocket
and fired. The: result: One
wounded sophomore, one less
freshman at Carolina.
Tales of hazing at Carolina
often involve pistols. A fresh
man of the 1890's gave notice
that he would not submit to
hazing, that if necessary he
would shoot to prevent it. As
he sat studying in his room one
night he heard the shouts of a
blacking party, for the favorite
sport of sophomores then was
to smear the faces of freshmen
with boot blacking.
By the time the crowd reach
ed his room he had barricaded
Under The Sun
"In past years," reports
Bennett, retiring president
of the student body, "70 per
cent of the cases before the'
student council have involved
freshmen. This year, however,,
freshmen have only been guilty
of 7 percent of the offenses."
This improvement in the hon
or system can in a very Jarge
measure be attributed to the
thorough orientation program
instituted this year by Bennett.
Bert has proven that the boys
in the headlines are the ones
that do the work in many cases.
With the marked success in
the improvement of Carolina's
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the door, and stood behind it,
pistol in hand. When they
knocked, he fired through the
lower panel. The bullet lodged
in the leg of one sophomore who
later declared that he was "a
mere bystander come to see the
fun". When the faculty tried
the case the wounded student
was sent home for hazing was
a shipping offense.
One spring day while Presi
dent Battle was teaching a his
tory class he heard shouts be
neath the classroom window.
Outside were three students,
grappling in the dust. Two of
them were trying to force a
gun from the hands of the
third. It seems that the three
were fighting over a contest
ed election, and shooting it out
was the most satisfactory solu
tion. The rule of the law simpli
fied the duties of the Carolina
faculty. When deadly weapons
were used, in student argu
ments the dispute was auto
matically under the jurisdic
tion of the Superior Court.
Back files of Carolina life are
full of yarns alumni like to
spin.
by Dick Railey
honor system, Bennett stands
foremost among those to be
considered for the Parker
Award, given each year to the
student contributing most to
the University's honor system.
Truman Hobbs was the first
student to receive the award,
which was instituted last year.
O For the first time in eight
years, the Carolina Political
Union, student non-partisan
discussion group, has elected
a girl as chairman. And the in
novation is not a result of the
impact of the war, for Lee
Bronson was chosen to the po-
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30 River Caesar crossed
31 Diggers
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43 Chess pieces
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Bz Reason Dave Han
It started with an innocent
twig.no different in appear
ance from the small kindling
found around the campus. Yet
this' lanky southern boy had
, handled it one, afternoon as
though it were a pencil. He
sharpened it, chewed it over
class problems and as twigs
go it went eventually.
Nothing unusual in that.
...The lanky one went through
the noon sessions and saun
tered into town. He came
across his room-mate and the
two of them went to dinner.
On that particular day he was
hungry. The weather had been
cool and he had been en
wrapped in studies a good
part of the day. Now he real- .
ized he was never so hungry
as he was at that moment.
Together with his room
mate he decided to really stow
away a meal deserving honor
able mention. He didn't stint
himself. A huge platter of suc
culent spaghetti generously
covered with rich tomato sauce
was placed before him. His
thin face flushed with the hot,
spiced aroma of the platter
sharpened his appetite even
more keenly. He ordered a
cup of hot and fragrant cof-
sition in a contest between her
self and two boys. However, it
might be noted that with the
decreasing number of male
students on the campus, it is
becoming increasingly urgent
that the coeds become more
active in all activities. The
Tar Heel could well use a good
number of interested girls,
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Spring in Chapel Hill . . .
hot days again . . .swimming
at Eastwood Lake . . .the Pi
Phi cohoon hunting . . .beer is
a refreshing drink . . .the squir
rel, after months of inactivity,
is advising again ; he's at the
window now . . .the week-end
jaunts continue in spite of the
war . . .Friday classes with the
usual missing faces . . .sun
bathing on the grass is not so
bad but the resumed walking
on it which is being resumed
is harmful . . .Truman Hobbs
in town looking every bit an
admiral; he's headed for sea
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fee. There were soft, steamed
rolls sweet in their whiteness.
" And he went to it. It took time
to consume his meal but he
ate it thoroughly and with
leisure. Soon after he finished
it off with French-apple pie
and two half -pints of milk.
When he dabbed his lips with
a napkin there was a deep
contentment in that slow smile
of his.
"Let's go to a show, son!"
he purred.
"Got to get back to the
books," replied his room-mate
and left him. The lanky one
contemplated the stacks of
dishes and decided such a meal
demanded a tribute. He de
cided to go to a show.
In the darkness of the thea
tre and comfortably seated on
his spine he gave his atten
tion to the screen.
Slowly at first and then
gradually he began to per
spire. He wet his lips several
times to shut out the sudden
heat inside him. The images
on the screen doubled and re
doubled. His eyes began to
throb. He suddenly felt the
breath knocked out of him.
His brain began to wonder in
panic. He twisted in his seat
with pains. Finally he man
aged to stagger out into the
aisle and out of the theatre.
Instinctively he tottered and
lurched his way to the In
firmary. Once there he was taken
quickly in hand. A stomach
pump and constant attention
to the sick youth finally al
lowed him to breathe again.
The pains subsided though
his eyes still ached. When the
doctors queried him after
wards he recalled that inno
cent twig he had chewed so
absent-mindedly.
"Boy, you've been chewing
a herb called belladonna. There
was enough in that "twig" to
' have killed ten men."
"Guess I'm lucky," said the
lanky one weakly.'
"Only one thing saved you,"
laughed the doctor, "that big
meal you had counteracted the
poison before it had a real
chance. I'll say you're in
luck!"
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