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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1946
Strictly Detrimental
Campus Government Needs
Increase of Student Interest
By Jud Kinberg
Government by the few is a luxury that the University of North Carolina's
student government can no longer afford. Either the days of the "boys in
the backroom" are over, or the whole system is finished. That backroom
men that we have met is Colonel Shepard, the University Veterans Advisor.
complete lack of student interest in their own government. The result is
a Student Legislature that is never raited by its constituents, leaving a Mr ghepard has quietly solved more
of the body politic on campus.
A new Constitution has been ar
gued about, haggled over, voted on
for almost a half year now and yet
there is only a small minority of Car
olina men and women who even know
of its existence. To ask them the pro
visions of it would be as unfair as i
pop quiz in organic chemistry.
Our campus leaders speak loudly
of representative government, but,
through little fault of their own, it
is at best rule by a constantly-revised
oligarchy. The only light that
ever shines on legislative decision
and executive action is that of the
Daily Tar Heel. Whether its reports
on student government are read by
even a fraction of the students is a
question that has long been tossed
about publication offices. Usually,
the answer is "no."
With the mighty influx of stud
ents, the return of many years' class
es to Chapel Hill, we now have a
chance and a responsibility. The
chance is to return student interest in
their government back to the high
pitch of the late 1930's and early
'40's. The responsibility is to give
ever-greater and more interesting
publicity to the functions of our or
ganization for control and privilege.
If that sounds like "dolling up the
old girl in fancy togs and selling her
to the public," that's just about what
is needed. Some of the men return
ing from Army-Navy Public Rela
tions posts should be let loose upon
the Constitution, the various Coun
cils, the Legislature. Perhaps their
"vitalization" of these now-news-dead
groups and laws would bring the
renaissance in interest that is vital
for healthy student government.
Certainly, the Legislature is point-
lieve they are quite few may well
be satisfied with dormant interest
as they "deal" themselves a pat
hand in each meeting of these gov
ernmental groups. Far-seeing men
and women should and do view
lethargy upon the part of so many
as the first charge of dynamite un
der our entire setup. The blowup
can land all our privileges and
rights straight in South Building
laps.
Challenge to Fraternities
There has been a certain stigma attached to the fraternity
system in recent years. There are those who feel that fraternities
breed all sorts of evil, consume too much time which should be
spent on studies and cost too much for what the member gets
out of them. There are others who think. that such a segregation
of students as caused by fraternities is bad for the college cam
pus. Others argue that friction between the fraternity men and
the "unwashed", as some would call them, is unplesant.
Unfortunately many of these charges have been substantiated
by strong evidence pointing to the failures of the social fraterni
ty system. There is an automatic tendency to think of drinking
and gay-partying as the prime aims of fraternity life. Carolina
fraternities, in particular, have been tabbed country clubs and
unnecessary evils. The prevailing opinion among the anti-fraternity
leaders is that there is no good in a fraternity and abso
lutely no place for the fraternity system on the college campus.
If the main objectives of fraternities were to offer a play-house
for its members, then fraternities have lost their ground.
There is evidently some good in the fraternity system because
otherwise it could not have survived these many years since its
inception in the middle of the last century. For one thing a fra
ternity offers association with men who have been through a
couple of years of college. This is valuable to a freshman be
cause the advice of someone who has walked the path before will
be welcomed by the greenhorns. This same association with a
number of different men broadens and develops the individual's
personality. Of course, also grant that other associations on any
college campus perform an important part in. rounding-out the
- college student. Generalizations can be made about the fraterni
ty system for hours on end, but when it comes to facts, fraterni
ties are left holding an empty bag. Point for point those who are
anti-fraternity can actually put down on paper more bad fea
tures of fraternities than good points.
Granting that there is some good in the fraternity system,
there remains a challange to the fraternal organizations to pre
sent their case and prove their point. If they have one. The na
tional offices of the various fraternities have realized that
through the war years, fraternities have slipped down a notch
or two from their intended status. This, men who believe in
f arternities, are attempting to correct.
Rushing comes soon. The average age of many of the new men
ranges from one to two years more than the pre-war freshman's
age. This additional age means maturity which in turn means
a certain amount of intellectual development. More questions
are going to get a working over. Not only will students be more
cautious about fraternities, but anti-fraternity crusaders will
seek to spread the corruption of the organizations in question.
At the present the fraternities are strong. In fact many are
too big for their own good. Some fraternity men actually feel
that since there is such an over-supply of actives in the various
chapters there is little to Offer potential pledges in the oncoming iectin room noises are always audible. We were immediately conscious
, . . j. ... , , ., , . , , of this on our recent visit to see the energetic manager of Chapel Hill's two
rusnmg season. j iew years win oring me enrollment 01 me col
leges down and a decrease in the large number of fraternity men
in each chapter will naturally follow. If the fraternities are to
survive they must get new blood in their veins.
Chapters at the University of North Carolina need to utilize
every possible means to offer something to new men. The chal
lenge presents itself for fraternal organizations to revamp their
program, put some meat on a skeleton of generalizations and
meet the anti-fraternity element with some facts. If fraternities
have their place then it is up to them to prove it. There is some
good, but there are many who advance degrading theories re
garding fraternities. In order to fight back, fraternities must
realize their responsibilities to meet the challenge.
Carolina Merry-Go-Round
By Bob Jones and Henry Saunders
For three weeks I have. been looking over. my shoulder in the hope of find
ing some talented and unsuspecting soul to help the Merry-Go-Round meet
its three o'clock deadline twice a week. Henry is talented sure enough but
as for being unsuspecting, I think that he suspects me. Its possible that he's
entirely justified. Fred Flagler tells me that the Carolina Magazine will
tell us all something about Henry in connection with one of the feature
isnt of the politicians own making, but rather the illegitimate child of articies in the October issue. One of the most efficient, friendly and helpful
individual and collective veterans
problems than most of us realize. If
n- oi i i y. u-i 4- A
mr. oiieparu tiasn i me axis w ex iu
particular question or problem it can
be expected that he will get it short
ly. An example of this is that at the
less if it becomes a ladies-aide or meeting in Gerrard Hall on October
lhursday-evenmg debating society. A g te suggestion was made that as
small chunk of UNC history shows a solution to the book problem (low
the decline from great power of the margin 0f profit, limited amounts of
Dl and PHI when they no longer were certain texts) the possibility of the
actively supported andqueried by the student veteran purchasing his text
students. . books at other stores at hfs home or
Some of our leaders and I be-
elsewhere be investigated.
Mr. Shepard said that he would go
to the Veterans Administration in
Winston-Salem and see if some plan
could be set up and approved. He was
happy to report that under VA Cir
cular 47, there was a good possibility
and that Mr. Ritchie of the Book
Exchange was now attempting to for
mulate a workable plan that would
operate under the VA ruling. This is
just one example of his real interest
Through the Daily Tar Heel and and assistance to Carolina Veterans.
the other publications, through for- o Colonel bhepard goes a nearty
urns and well-publicized Legislature cheer from every veteran at the uni-
meetings, through printing of the versity and the Carolina Merry-Go-
main portions of the new Constitu- Round.
ion, seven thousand Carolina stud- What is all this nonsense about the
ents must be made an active part... "Carolina srentlemen?" My pappy, a
of Student Government. kindhearted old horse thief, put down
1946 is the year of decision in many his jug one time and said, "Son, a
of our time-honored rights. No long- gentleman's a rare thing and hard to
er can we put up with mumbled "War ten from a rascai but beware of
Jlettefrl
"Ike gdua
Why No Questions?
conditions" excuses. Our organiza
tions must secure for themselves a
place in every student's thinking which
lasts beyond the week of campaign
ing of every election.
Sound Track
Busy Theatre Manager Tells
Of Struggle To Get Pictures
By Bob Finehout
Mr. E. Carrington Smith's chartreuse-walled office in the Carolina theater
holds a particular fascination for us. In addition to its being modishly dec
orated and purified with washed air, it is so constructed that mysterious pro-
Did you hear about the male student named Jean who is liv
ing (living that is) in Alderman?
Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of.
Both ends are out of sight. WILLIAM McFee
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daring the official summer term, It la published scad-weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays,
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BILL WOESTENDIEK
ROLAND GIDUZ
IRWIN SMALLWOOD
BILL 8ELIG .
Editor
Managing Editor
Sports Editor
cinemas. As Mr. Smith waved us a seat, muffled music reached a crescendo
and faded away. It was quite dra-
matic.
"Can you spare a moment?' we
asked. Only the soft purr of the mo
tion picture projector could be heard.
"Surely, but keep it to a mo
ment," Mr. Smith answered. He
shuffled through some papers that
littered his desk. 'The boy scouts,
the girl scouts, the North Carolina
symphony, the March of Dimes all
in addition to running a theater."
We smiled sympathetically as the
projection room music heightened
the import of his words. "I guess
I've signed a thousand of these by
hand," Mr. Smith said showing us
a stack of form letters. "Some
body lost my signature stamp."
We pressed the manager for some
comment on the seldom-tranquil Hol
lywood front.
"We're really having a struggle
to get pictures," Mr. Smith said
stamping the tobacco in his briar.
"Paramount, MGM and Warner Bre
thers have cut out producing B pic
tures. In all, 30 per cent fewer pic
tures are being made." He sucked
the match flame into his pipe bowl.
"Take Paramount, for instance.
Formerly they used to release one
picture a week. But from now until
January 1st they're releasing only
two, 'Blue Skies' and 'Two Years
Before the Mast.' It's really a mess."
Through the wall we could hear a NO FRESHMEN OR WOMEN
woman speaking. Dorothy McGuire's State College, Pa. (LP.) State
voice we surmised, as her newest Teachers Colleges in Pennsylvania
film, "Til the End of Time," was will cooperate this year in giving
then occupying the Carolina screen, programs designed to take care of
are in it too," Mr. Smith asserted.
"But on October 29 we've really got
a picture coming."
"What is it," we probed.
" 'Cuban Pete " the, manager an
swered, "and it's the worst picture
ever made. Don't miss it."
"Shall I tell the readers that?"
"Be sure to, because this is the
stinker of all time," he replied as
the sound track music struck np. a
jazz tempo. Mr. Smith glanced over
a film booking sheet on his desk
and added, "'Margie' is coming on
November 3 and 4." We remember
ed that this was Jeanne Crain's
latest picture and that in the open
ing scenes she portrays a middle
aged woman.
"By the way," we asked, "when
is 'My Darling Clementine coming?"
"Let's see IH show it on Novem
ber 28 and 29," the manager replied.
"I'm very anxious to see it. John
Ford directed that, you know" we
told Mr. Smith who nodded knowing
ly. We arose and thanked him for
his time and effort.
"Nothing at all. Come back and
see me again soon." We assured him
we would and left his fascinating
office with its voices and music and
chartreuse walls. A
anyone who calls himself a gentle-
! man, 'cause sure as sin he's a ras
cal." A lady from a ladies' school
sent some remarks to this paper on
how swell the gentlemen were who
tried to pick up the delegation from
the school attending a football game.
Carolina gentlemen she called them.
My pappy could pick up the neigh
bors' mare so slick that in time we
moved because the neighbors didn't
have any mares left, only shot-guns,
but my pappy never claimed he was
a gentleman on that account. Every
body I have asked says gentlemen
are honest.
How is it then that another loosely
used term, the "honor system," im
plies a standard of conduct that has
been termed by some Carolina gen
tlemen to be outmoded ? If we were all
gentlemen the honor system would be
vigorously in operation. Obviously we
Dear Sir:
Since I am new at the University of
North Carolina and as yet unacquaint
ed with the procedure followed here
concerning public addresses, I would
like to ask a question in the hope of
getting it answered by those persons
who ran the meeting at Hill Hall, Oc
tober 16, where Jimmie Wallace gave
his report on the Prague World Stu
dent Conference. The question is sim
ply this : Why wasn't there a question
period after Mr. Wallace's speech?
From my past experience in attending
meetings of this type which usually
are run with the intent of enlighten
ing the audience, I have conceived the
notion that a question period after the
report is usually in order.
After we were dismissed with a
curt, "That's all." from the chairman,
I asked some of the people sitting
around me the very same question that
I have asked here and nobody seemed
to know the answer. I hope that there
is someone who will read this column
and be able to explain why Mr. Wal
lace or those persons in charge of the
meeting so obviously cut themselves
off from the the audience's questions.
Two other questions I would have
liked to have asked during the absent
question period were: Who were the
four delegates that Mr. Wallace re
ferred to as having special diplomatic
visas and what organizations did they
represent? What were some of the
issues discussed at the Conference and '
what, specifically, are their aims in
setting up a world student conference?
JUDITH CHERNOFF
Serfdom
Dear Editor,
I want to protest against the policy
of serfdom which the University has
adopted in regard to her maintenance,
dining hall, and laundry workers. At
are not. Those that are gentlemen the rate of wages that these workers
vive and a family cannot exist.
These workers who preserve the
appearance of our campus and the
sanitation of our buildings, who serve
us in the dining hall, and who do our
laundry are receiving little more in
wages than they received ten years
ago. The students should start asking
some questions. Why can't the Uni
versity get help to clean up the dor
mitories? Why does the University
try to get inexperienced students to
work at 60 cents an hour while pay
ing long-employed and experienced
workers as low as 33 cents an hour?
The University can and must take
action to see that their employees are
paid living wages.
MICHAEL POCHNA
certainly don't need to be called Caro
lina gentlemen in every article about
pep-rallies, etc. And those that aren't
don't read anyway. Let's make this
coming week the modest, quiet, Caro
lina gentleman week. Let's nobody
use the phrase at all.
EXPERIMENT
Hattiesburg, Miss. (IP) A small
scale experiment with the tutorial
system, most individual and most ex
pensive type of college education, will
be tried by the English Department
at Mississippi Southern College, be
ginning this semester, according to
Dr. W. W. Stout, head of the Depart
ment of Language and Literature.
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"You know," Mr. Smith contin
ued, "theaters in big cities aren't
affected by this picture shortage
as acutely as I am. The Carolina
has five changes a week, compared
to the city houses with sometimes
only one. The small theaters are
in a bad way." His pipe was dead.
"The Pick can always grab up the
old ones," Mr. Smith said, as he
searched for his matchbook.
"Have you got any noteworthy pic-
freshmen who cannot be accommoda
ted on this campus by Pennsylvania
State College. Only upper classmen
will be registered here this year. Col
lege authorities also point out that
no women students will be admitted
here, thus reserving all possible hous
ing facilities for veterans.
Registrar William S. Hoffman ex
plained that freshmen when admit
ted will be informed of the college
to which they will be assigned. He
FOR THIS ISSUE
Night Editor: Roland Giduz
Sports: Jim Pharr
tures booked?" we asked. His pipe said the selection would depend upon
was smoking cheerfully now. the curriculum elected by the student.
"Yes I have. 'Deception' is sched- It may even be necessary in some in
uled for October 27 and 28." stances, he added, for students living
"Oh, that's the new Bette Davis in a city where a State Teachers Col
film, isn't it?" lege is located, to enroll at a Teach-
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