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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1947
Almost Unanswerable They Flow as an Undertow....
Mysteries Shroud Facets Of New Registration System
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This is a story a MYSTERY story. It contains one of those
almost unanswerable mysteries that flow as an undertow; one
belonging to the species that tend to submerge students, snuff
out student freedom, and draw tighter the bonds of the straight
jacket. .
The characters in this conflict are a heterogenous group of
faculty members and students lumped together under the head
ing of "DIVISION OF STUDENT WELFARE" versus those
who seek to circumnavigate this group when contradictory issues
concerning student welfare are devised.
Under the guidance and chairmanship of Dean E. L. Mac
kie, the Division of Student Welfare has the responsibility of
"discussing and advising on matters pertaining to student wel
fare." That was before a recent incident arose that relegated the
board to the status of D.P.'s, existing in name only -and serving
a purpose only when some benevolent person drops in for its
advice. " .
"I'Ae. culprit in the story is that "big, bad controversial' issue
known as the Lanier plan of registration that so recently per
meated the emotional epidermis of approximately 7,000 students.
No, this is NOT a story about the merits of said plan, but rather
the method used to transform the "theory" into a "law".
Interpretation of the Lanier plan would without a doubt place
it in that category of issues known as "matters pertaining to
student welfare", and somewhere along its evolutionary trail
the plan should have reached the attention of the Division of
Student Welfare.
But, was the plan submitted to the board of faculty members
and students representing the student body? In Dean Mackie's
words "NO!" Next naturally comes the question,. should the
plan have been submitted to the student welfare board? Again
in Dean Mackie's words : "There is no compulsory, written regu
lation, but according to the customs and tradition Yes! Yes,
it would have been wise to consult the representative board."
Then follows the mystery, WHY WAS THE PLAN OF REG
ISTRATION THAT WOULD PERSONALLY AFFECT AL
MOST EVERY STUDENT ON THE CAMPUS NOT REFER
RED TO THE "DIVISION OF STUDENT WELFARE?" That
is the question to which everyone concerned turns an embar
rassed about face.. To my knowledge, that is a question that has
yet to be answered. Dean Mackie has received neither an an-
Missing Leaders
In the midst of all the recent grumbling and complaining
coming from the students about registration and books, any
strong student leadership has been noticeably lacking.
This is a sad commentary on some student leaders, the men
elected by the student body to lead its student government
and protect its rights and interests. Student leaders should al
ways be the first to rally to the students' cause in any case in
which the students' rights are about to be trampled underfoot.
Yet, local campus leaders have remained quieter than the pro
verbial mouse, or mice, consequently the recent controversies.
Student protests have been received in the DTH office in a steady
stream, but scattered protests can never achieve any result un
less concentrated, concerted leadership assembles the crowd
and leads it towards definite action. This newspaper has con
stantly fought against the registration system, the fouled-up
bargain-basement book sale and other minor operations. Yet
we have remained a voice in the wilderness of verbally active
but actively passive students.
If student leaders fail to take the initative in investigating
and seeking changes in faulty administrative action, they are
letting down students who placed their faith in them. The le
thargy which has existed on the campus all year is slowly seep
ing into the veins of the leaders of most campus organizations.
No action means no results. Our student leaders too often tend
to be dormant at a time when the need calls for immediate action.
Spring fever can be a dangerous disease.
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"Were-you a member of the Student Welfare board, too?'
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Nssar Ectrca: Chacc Saute? Spgsts: Irwin Small wood
swer nor an explanation.
The recent hike in laundry prices was one of the more important
issue submitted to the board. The 33 V2 per cent increase, touch
ing as many students as does the registration plan, was given
careful consideration, and the advice given was "Put the plan in
to effect, the students will approve it." That raise was put into
effect, and although the extra fee caused still another dent in the
students already trampled pocket book, NOT ONE STUDENT
LODGED A FORMAL COMPLAINT. In fact, to the contrary,
the overwhelming majority of students thought the raise justi
fied and fair. In this instance, the students' representatives were
consulted, and tliat which the representatives approved the stu
dents concurred with completely. '
IRC Forum....
Chinese Brand of Communism
Today Is of Foreign Origin
" By Lincoln Shiao Hinsr Kan
International Relations Club Member
What does Communism mean in China and in the world?
In my opinion, Communism in China is a challenge against the established
government by a minority political power with an independent army . . . Force
is the Communist method for political control of China and their means to
world domination.
We in America are faced with the same problem. However, Communism
here has not yet become armed insurrection, because of the high literacy and
political know-how of the American'
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Hon plan. What was the reasoning behind the decision to with
hold the plan from the welfare board? By ignoring the one
group that could give a combined student-faculty opinion, the
instigators of the plan immediately .placed themselves in a de
fensive position. The mere discovery of such evasive action would
immediately stir up a tempest of WHY'S. To paraphrase, a stink
by any other smell would still bring forth a deluge of protests.
As seen in the editions of the Daily Tar Heel for the last month;
that is exactly what has liappened. The chasm of animosity be
tween student and administration has widened more and more.
A breaking point is bound to come soon. And yet, the matter, at
most, could have been avoided by submission to the empower
ed advisory student-faculty board, the Division of Student Wel
fare; it, at least, could have been tempered by their advice.
As matters stand now, the welfare board has been relegated
to the position of Displaced Persons looking for somewhere to
alight. It has not met for over a month. When it will meet again
is problematical. Whether there is any further use for it is ques
tionable. Disuse fosters withering and death. One may well ask,
IS THERE NO MORE STUDENT WELFARE ON THE CAM
PUS, or ARE ALL STUDENTS SO SELF-SUFFICIENT AS
TO INDIVIDUALLY LOOK OUT FOR HIMSELF AND HIS
FREEDOM OF CHOICE AGAINST ALL OPPOSITION ?
Member list follows :
Lee Roy Wells rmstrong, John Samuel Bennett, Walter Reece
Berryhill, M. D., Miss Katherine Kennedy Carmichael, William
Donald Carmcihael, Jr., Dudley DeWitt Carroll, Kathryn G.
Cook, Oliver Kelly Cornwell, Harry Wolven Crane; Mrs. Betty
Rose Dowden, Robert Allison Fetzer, Edward McGowan Hedg
peth, M. D., Robert Burton House, Edwin Sidney Lanier, Harold
Diedrich Meyer, William Decatur Perry, Guy Berryman Phil
lips, William Hardman Poteat, Miss Martha Rice J. Maryon
Saunders, Frederick Carlyle Shepard, Corydon Perry Spruill,
Jr., Claude Edward Teague, Frederick H. Weaver, William
Smith Wells, Ernest Lloyd Mackie, Chairman, John Dewey Dor
sett, Mrs. Sibyl G. Powe, Miss Frances Jayne Golden, Ray
mond Lewis Jefferies, Jr., Miss Constance Boyd Morris, Whit
Osgood, Morris Wiley Pully, Miss Sallie Baker Robertson, Char
les Frederick Warren, William John Woestendiek, William Ed
ward York.
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An Apology
To Rep. Kennedy and the CPU:
I deerIv reerret that trip rnnflirt , folt vof v, vr7"p
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people. .
But in China for thousands of
years, the Chinese have experimented
with many forms of government Ab
solute Monarchy, Democracy, Fascism,
Socialism and Communism. They
were all of .native birth. Communism
failed in the Middle Soong dynasty al
most two thousand years ago, and
with its failure Communistic thought
died an inglorious death.
Wellington Koo, the Chinese am
bassador to the U. S., hit the nail
on the head, when he said, "The
existing brand (of Communism) in
China is of foreign origin, and like
that which flourishes in several
other countries, it pays homage to
one and the same shrine abroad."
Communism cannot succeed in
China or elsewhere, as long as it does
not spring from the people whd till
the soil. i
It is "Down with the Mei-Kuo
(American)" season in China today.
That is a fact which cannot be
blinked at. The days of the Flying
Tigers and American popularity m
China are gone.
What is the source of the mass
anti-American demonstrations? Some
people say that it is merely the pent-
up emotions of the people of China
who had to remain silent for the long
years 'of Japanese occupation. Other
people insist that the inspiration for
the anti-American wave can be
inked with the Russian Bear.
Way back in 1920 right after
World War I, a similar reaction took
place in China. It also was very defi
nitely anti-American. There was a
boycott on all U. S. products and
arge student rallies. When the smoke
cleared away, we found the American
business men flat on their back, with
Japanese and British interests well
entrenched in the industrial world
of China, such as it was in those
times. I am making no accusations;
however, Russia is not the only guilty
party in China today.
"Boy American" may soon be re
placed or subdued by "Buy Brit
ish" and possibly "Buy Russian. I
play down the "Russian" because
I feel that the issue is ideological,
not commercial.
What is the defense against Russian-Communist
infiltriftion? That is
the real question.
Actually, the world is afraid. Fear
has gripped us, made us immobile,
hysterical, irrational. We must throw
off this blinding fear and try to really
understand the Communists.
Naturally, world affairs some
times confuse me and you. We have
classes to make, papers to write
we want to enjoy our loaf of bread
and wine with a few dates tossed
in when we can get one. But, we
must be selfish.
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Eventually, what happens in China
and elsewhere hurts us. (Uncle Sam's
draft notice to me, way back in 1941,
is still fresh in 'my memory.)
Therefore, let's start to KNOW the
Russians better. Let's stop blindly
fearing. Only by self-education can
we devise our counter-weapons to
preserve democracy and our compro
mises to preserve world peace.
Above all, let's start really THINK
ING . . . for that is what separates
man from beast. (We have seen
enough bestiality in this world.) By
real thinking, we can give the use of
force back to the Devil.
of the mass meeting of veterans last
night with your program prevented
many students at the University from
hearing the worthy lecture delivered
by the Honorable John P. Kennedy. I,
along, with others, was very much in
terested in his chosen topic, a topic
that should be delivered to every
American.
However, the time element neces
sitated a mass meeting LAST NIGHT
concerning the registration system,
for at the very same time we were
holding our meeting the Registration
committee was meeting in Memorial
hall for the purpose of formulating
a registration program for the sum
mer terms and the fall term.
Since registration concerns each
individual student on the campus di
rectly and since the fate of the stu
dents' course of study at present
seems uncertain and vague, it was
the students should make known to
the Registration committee their
formal grievances.
Every effort was made to hold the
I meeting earlier to prevent conflict
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witn your program, but all meeting
halls on the campus were booked for
the night. In fact, the Freshman
Orientation committee consented to
move their time of meeting up to 7
o'clock in order that we could hold
our meeting. TO HAVE DELAYED
THE MEETING UNTIL ANOTHER
NIGHT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TOO
LATE, SINCE THE REGISTRA
TION COMMITTEE TOOK ACTION
LAST NIGHT.
It is hoped that you will under
stand that our meeting last night
was in the interest of the Carolina
students and Will judge accordingly.
ROY C. MOOSE,
President, U. V. A.
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