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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1946
THE PATLY TAR HEEL
Clearing House Needed
On Wednesday night of this week, the following events took
place on this campus.
"Drama at Inish" opened In the Playmaker's theatre.
The Carolina basketball team opened its season in Woollen
gymnasium, playing Cherry Point.
The University orchestra gave a concert at Hill hall featur
ing Wilton Mason at the piano.
The UVA held open-house featuring dancing and entertain
ment at its new clubhouse.
The AVC essay contest winners competed in an oratorical
contest in Gerrard hall.
Add to that a few various and sundry meetings, of which
we have several every night of the week and it makes for a full
evening from whatever angle you consider it.
Wednesday night is only one example. There have been even
better ones in the past. But the important point is the fact that
too much goes on at the same time on the Carolina campus. It's
true that we have many students on the campus, and they have
varied interests. Yet many of us might like-debating, music,
and basketball but to try to digest all three on the same night
is asking too much.
The essence of our argument is the crying need on the cam
pus for a central clearing agency for all campus activities. This
agency would have complete control of assigning dates to va
rious organizations for any program they wished to sponsor.
It would eliminate needless conflicts of worthwhile programs,
meetings, and entertainments.
Similarly, it could serve as a campus chest fund which could
regulate various drives to raise funds on this campus. This
would eliminate having different groups constantly sponsoring
moves to raise money which, although for very worthwhile pur
poses, become annoying to the student and to his pocketbook.
One overall group in charge of the soliciting program could use
its own judgment and procedure in campus drives.
We know student leaders and YMC A officials have thought of
creating such an organization in the past. In fact, organizations
are theoretically supposed to clear through the Y now before
making any plans. However, the conflicts continue to arise.
We urge strongly that action be taken to set up some such
campus committee for next quarter to regulate times and dates
of all important extra-curricular activities. Such a move would
give everyone a chance to participate in any activities he or she
desired and would prevent a whole week's program from piling
up on the same night.
Strictly Detrimental ....
Dan the Dog Tells of Job
For Dark Winter Mornings
By Jud Kinberg
While surreptitously storing up chestnuts for resale to the squirrels at
an appropriate date later this winter, I was recently accosted by Dan the
Dog. For the uninitiated, Dan is acknowledged spokesman of the timeless
canine friends who pad about the grounds and building, supplying part of
the valuable commodity "atmosphere" which is sold in wholesale lots around
UNC. As you no doubt recall, the last time we stopped to palaver with Dan,
he was in sad shape. So it was with happy heart that I saw him this recent
time, with his sleek coat restored, a nifty topped on his proud mongrel head.
It seems that Dan has been appointed
About Tickets
head of an important winter organiza
tion, and thereby hangs the tail:
"Surprised, eh, laddie," observed
Dan as my eyebrows hit my reced
ing hair-line on first catching sight
of the New Dan. "Your recent col
umn about my persecution has
brought swift action and I am now
Chief of the Early Winter Morn
ing Rescue Service, familiarly
known as the EWMRS."
Always a marvelous reconteur, Dan
had me completely enthralled in this
alphabet-soup, since it smacked of
Washington and a possible post-grad
uation job for me. "Just what im
portant functions will this tongue'
twisting group be performing for the
citizenry, Dan," I asked by way of
egging him on.
"I thought you'd ask that question,
laddie, and it just so happens that I
have prepared a full prospectus. A
you no doubt know, we are entering
our most hazardous time here at Car
olina. When we return to the hallow
ed halls come 1947, the nights will be
long. In fact, without a program
you'll probably be unable to tell them
from the days."
With this, Dan paused, obviously
to let the portent of his statements
sink in upon my slow human brain j
and also to give chase to an unwary
squirrel. Returning from his activity
with a few pieces of squirrel pelt to
show for his exertion, Dan continued:
"Where was I, laddie? Oh yes, in
past years an alarming early-morning
mortality rate has been obser
ved. It seems that students trying
to make their way to enght o'clock
classes in the winter blackout have
been stumbling into culverts and
otherwise making a nuisance of
themselves. My outfit has been
formed, to go into the trackless
early-morning wastes and bring out
those unfortunates who don't quite
make it to their first class."
Justifiably, Dan's bay-window and
chest swelled with pride. I swelled,
too, for it was certainly a fine thing
New Seventh Air Force Story
Is Exciting, Authentic Tale
(H. G. "HanJfc" Hankins is from Kernersville, North Carolina. He is a
sophomore in the School of Commerce. He joined the Seventh Air Force on
May 2, 19A3, and served in the Intelligence and Statistical Office in Hawaii,
Canton, Funifuti, Nukufetau in the Ellice Islands, Tarawa, Kwajalein, Guam,
Saipan, and Okinawa. He received his discharge in October, 1945, and en
tered the University this year.)
By H. G. Hankins
To those who have heard very little of the 7th Air Force, ONE DAMNED
ISLAND AFTER ANOTHER is an exciting and authentic story of the dar
ing accomplishments of the men who played hop, skip, and jump on the
Japanese-held islands in the Pacific during World War II. To the once-forgotten
former members of the 7th Air Force, this book is the true diary
of your experiences, the trials and tribulations that you unselfishly endured
in order that democracy and the right of free thought might live.
soldiers had during the war are inde
scribable and impossible to put into
words, but Messrs. Howard and Whit-
jley have almost accomplished the im
possible in compiling the accounts of
the "Atoll-Busters" of this Pacific Air
Force.
"On November 17, 1943, eleven
planes of the 26th Bombardment
Squadron ran into trouble on a mis
sion asrainst Taroa Island in the
Maloelap Atoll in the Marshalls.
And again the breaks were good.
I'Over the target we encountered in
tense anti-aircraft fire Lieuten
ant John J. Lieb, pilot of one of
the B-24's said. 'Fifteen to eighteen
to see a friend of such long standing j Zekes swarmed up to meet us, and
doing such important work. I too have
lost some close friends in that age
old struggle to make eight-o'clocks
during January and February.
Now, we no longer need fear the
early-early dew and the half-cracked
dawn. Dan and his EWMRSes will be
about to lend us aid, show us the way
to leave home and in dire cases to
provide traction splints and the nip
of medicinal bourbon.
I understand the bourbon is to be
some twelve-year old stuff, so move
over in that gutter, here I come.
A Defense
The student committee's decision that each student will be
limited to the purchase of one ticket to the Sugar Bowl game
is a just one.
Of course, the majority of those students who desire to at
tend the game want to get extra tickets for relatives, dates, or
friends. Both the University doesn't have tickets, so they can't
be put on sale.
The source of the whole gripe must be traced back to the
Sugar Bowl committee in charge of allocating the tickets. The
Sugar Bowl seats 72,000 people. Of these 72,000 tickets, 3500
were allotted to each of the participating schools. A hue and cry
is certain to arise at Georgia, whose students are nearer to New
Orleans than we are and probably will go in greater numbers.
An attempt is being made to get Carolina some more tickets.
However, since the game has been a sell-out since mid-summer,
it is doubtful that we'll get any of the precious extra ducats.
Therefore, every student should think of the fellow behind him
who wants to go to the game as badly as he does. It's another of
those situations where no rodm exists for any selfishness oh the
"Dart of individual students.
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The opinions expressed by the columnists are their own and not neces
sarily those of The Daily Tar HeeL
BILL WOESTENDIEX
ROLAND GIDUZ
IRWIN SMALLWOOD
BILL SELIG
Editor
Managing Editor
Sports Editor
Dear Sir,
There have appeared in the columns
of the Daily Tar Heel for the last
several days, several criticisms and
appraisals of my "What I Don't
Like About Duke" article appearing
in the current issue of The Carolina
Mag.
Most of the criticism stated in effect
that my article was "juvenile" or
"childish." (The Duke Chronicle call
ed it "preva-ricating," "sneering," "de
based," and "deproved," among other
things.
Now my contention is this. There
exists on this campus no real ani
mosity against Duke. The football
rivalry is keen to be sure, but a Duke
man visiting Chapel Hill does not nec
essarily end up tied in a gunny sack,
floating down the gutters of Franklin
Street.
Quite a few of the "great thinkers"
both on this campus and over at Duke
have "grave fears" over this rivalry
every time someone crys "Beat Dook."
However, "grave fears" emanate from
the "great thinkers" as frequently as
do fleas from an old hound dog.
Personally, I recognize no "hatred"
towards Duke. If I did, and wrote
seriously on the subject, I would in
deed be stamping my self as "juve
nile." To write learnedly and profound
ly on a non-existent subject smacks
of idiocy. To praise such a fallacious
production is justifiable only when the
critic is one of those snecies known
as semi-illiterate skilled mechanics.
Catch on, R. Haskell Hamilton?
Cordially,
Tookie Hodgson
Important News
To the Editor:
On page 4 of Wednesday's DTH ap
peared one of the most important news
items since I entered the University
last Spring the announcement of the
inauguration of a faculty constructive
criticism plan by Dewey Dorsett, Stu
dent Body President.
borne of us might have different
opinions as to how the details of the
program should work. The important
fact, however, is that a system bear
ing the blessing of the administration
is now in operation. In this connec
tion, it is suggested that the President
of the Student Body appoint a sub
committee (if one has not already been
appointed) to make a study of higher
learning. Some of the comprehensive
fcrms being used at these colleges
might in time prove of value to us af
ter careful study and comparison.
It is further suggested that Mr. Dor-
sett have published periodically, pre
ferably monthly, a report substantial
ly as follows: The total number of
criticisms received ; the number of pro-
iessors criticized and the number of i
criticisms leveled at each nrofessor
(names deleted) ; the number on which
action has been initiated; the number
on which action has been completed!
and those still pending action. Thej
action completed could be described
generally without mentioning names.
all hell broke loose. Our No. 4 en
gine was shot out. As I feathered
the prop, Technical Sergeant Lewis
T. Horton, our chief engineer, call
ed on the interphone to say a fire
had started in the waist section of
the plane.
"I headed back for Canton. The air
was full of enemy fighters diving at
us from every direction. Our gunners
were unable "to leave their posts to
fight the fire they were too busy
fighting off enemy planes. We saw one
Zeke go down in flames. Finally the
Japs began to fall back and we grad
ually outdistanced them, but we were
still in bad shape. The fire had spread
to the tail section of the plane and
the control cables were so badly dam
aged that they were in danger of giv
ing away any minute and sending us
into the sea. One engine was put, our
gas was low, and Canton seemed a
million miles away."
Sergeant Horton never lost his
head. Cans of fruit juice were open
ed, and he passed them around and
supervised the dousing of the fire with
the juice. Then, with little more than
the skin holding the tail section to
the fuselage, Horton picked his way
back and repaired cables, and I man
aged to bring her back to base. Hor
ton was awarded the Silver Star for
his outstanding courage and skill."
This passage from the book is the
account of men, maybe your next door
neighbor, who fought death and won
so they could again deliver the 'crip
pling blows in the destruction of ty
ranny.
These men were friends of mine.
We worked, drank, hoped, and pray
ed together. I was on the air strip
, that night of November 17th to
"sweat out" this flying mass of bul
let holes with its courageous crew.
I saw these boys when they came
out on the airfield and see the North
word to anyone, one of the men
knelt and kissed the pin-point of
coral reef we had to call home. I
heard a fellow once say that he
could stand on the wing of a B-24
out on the airfield and se the North
ern, Southern, Western and East
ern Pacific That is just how large
those beautiful (and I use the word
beautiful sarcastically) South Sea
islands are.
The 7th Air Force could not possibly
be compared in size with the 8th or
9th Air Force that did such wonder
ful work in the European Theater,
but we had our boys from "Flatbush,"
our "you-all" boys from the South,
and the boys from the Lone Star
State who were always arguing that
Texas had joined the war to help the
United States. These were the kind of
men that it took to make the greatest
fighting team in the world.
In This . .
. . Poet's .
. . . Corner
THEY WERE LONELY TOO
The ancient bards of the olden time
knew the peace in the silver clime
that keeps the sea and sky apart.
They thought in terms of ecstacy,
felt the surge of wind and sea
within their hearts;
Heard the loon through the starless
night
call shrilly 'til the soft-hued light
of dawn made the world awake;
and they were lonely, too.
Loved and laughed the same as you,
nor did they think it all mistake.
The world has changed but little
throughout the centuries, for man is
still, the work of God who shapes
our destines.
JINX HELM
FIREMEN STRETCH IT OUT
Butler, Pa. (UP) Firemen
from six towns had to couple 4,000 feet
of hose to fight a fire that swept the
three-story Cole Hotel at Wexford. The
Valencia volunteers drove their pump
ing equipment to the bank of a creek
three-quarters of a mile away. Com
pany after company linked hose until
the line reached.
LAKE NUMING GOES ON
Denver (UP) The century-old
job of naming lakes and streams in the
rugged Colorado Rockies isn't over yet.
A previously-unnamed 10-acre lake in
an isolated part of Arapahoe National
Forest has been named Lake Mahan,
honoring Stanley S. Mahan, a U. S.
forest ranger killed in a hunting acci
dent a year ago.
COWBOYS USING NYLON
Wilmington, Del. (UP) Even
cowhands are using nylon these days
nylon lariats. The Dupont Co. reports
that cowhands, particularly on ramres
of the west and southwest, are begin
ning to rope with nylon, now being fab
ricated into superior lariats.
BURTON MYERS
Business Manager
Circulation Manager
AasociATS Editors : Gene Aenehbacher. Fred Flacler. Xddle AO en.
Editorial Staff: Jud Kinberg, Tom Xller. Matt Hodgson, Bob Jones. Bam Daniels. Bob
Finehoat, Bettie Washburn.
Dans Cnrmer Barron Mills.
Niws Staff: Jo Pugh, Darley Lochner, Arnold Schulman, Earl Heffner, Charlie Hauser.
Barke Shipley. Ed Joyner. Harry Snowden. Bookie Jabine, Jinx Helm, Brooksie Popkins,
Dave Owens, Joy Blumenthal, Bob Morrison, June Sauer.'Joe Duke, Vic Robinson, Sam
Whitehall, Helen Highwater.
Might Editors: Barron Mills, Bill Sexton.
Assistant 8 posts Editob: Bob Goidwater
Nioht Sports Editors: Jim Pharr, Carroll Poplin. Howard Merry
Sforra Staff: Clarke Stallworth, Morty Scbaap, Bill CarmichaeJ, Mae Katsin. Dick Beaver
BuaiMHia Staff: Howard Bailey, Boxanne Barclay, Brantley McCoy, Natalie Bails, Bar
bara Tborson. - -AnvasTwmo
M ANAsns i Ed ParnelL Nancy Wsorb.
Abvks twins Staff: Paul Baschon. Mary Jo Cain. Ed Campbell. Bettie Cheatham. Pat Ferris.
Eaton Holdea, Naacy Horner, Tommy Hughes. Janet Jolly, Alice Logan, Adelaide Mc-
Larty, Alberta Mercer, Eleanor Rodd, Colen Thomas, John York
Btjsmi siPTioN Mam ash: Julia Moedy.
" FOR THIS ISSUE r
Night Editor: Roland Giduz Sports: Bob Goidwater
Local Choir Presents
Christmas Cantata
The Chapel Hill Baptist Choir will
present the Christmas Cantata, "Beth-
ehem" by Maunder, tomorrow morn
ing at 11 o'clock under the direction
of Miss Lena Mae Williams. The
choir is composed of 45 voices. Mrs.
A. S.' Winsor will be the organist.
Solo parts of the cantata will "be
taken by Miss Marian Butler, Mrs.
Kemp S. Cate, Mrs. Decatur Jones and
Mrs. John Harding, sopranos; J. T.
Dobbins, John H. Crabtree, Jr. and W.
O. Sparrow, tenors; Adrian Chappell
and Hershell F. Snuggs, baritones;
and Lynn Castleberry, bass. The pub
lic is invited. -
SHOTGUN WEDDING LAW
Truro, Mass. (UP) Because
blackbirds caused such severe crop
! damage in early Cape Cod days, a law
was once passed that no young man in
the town might marry until he had
killed "six blackbirds or three crows."
It is now up to each individual stu
dent to do his part in making the plan
work. A few minutes of serious analy
sis by each student of his professor's
manner and method of instruction will
tend to bring the University nearer
and nearer a goal of only the best pro
fessors at Carolina rather than om$
of the best.
Sincerely yours,
FRANK HASSELL
ChristmasProgram
To Be Given by Y
The YW and YMCA will present
their Christmas program Monday ev
ening at 8 o'clock, in the main lounge
of Graham Memorial.
A chorus of mixed voices will open
the affair with a presentation of
Christmas music, to be followed by a
short worship service. The main at-
a . & A 1 e
traction oi tne evening wiii De a one
act play, "The Desert Shall Rejoice."
Written by Betty Smith and Robert
Finch, it depicts a tourist camp in the
Nevada desert at Christmas time.
After the regular program refresh
ments will be served. All students are
invited to attend.
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