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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL" WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15. 1947 4? Enter the Villians: Curbstone Bandits university students, car owners -and other ! wise, are riled over the recent decision of the ' Cnapel Hill alderman's unanimous decision to ; install parking meters on tne main drag and also on Columbia street from the police station to the .Carolina Inn. Opposition to the proposed measure has grown to such a degree that the Order of the Grail discussed the matter thor oughly Monday night and decided to do all within its power to put an immediate stop to the proposal before final action is taken by the Alderman next Monday night. At the Grail meeting a spokesman was appointed to present tjieir innumerable protests. i And these protests are justifiable. Granted that there is a traffic problem in Chapel Hill, the parking meters will not solve it. If parking meters are placed in front of the fraternity houses on Columbia street then the owners of the vehicles will have to drive their auto to class thus defying a request issued by University of ficials last spring, asking that all students liv ing within one-half mile of the campus leave their autos at their residences and walk to class. It would be highly impractical for a student to leave his auto parked in a parking space with a meter and rush back between classes to -insert a coin 10 cover his next ciass period. Tne snop ping district of Cnapel Hui is expanding in tne airection of Carrooro. Vvhen tne new markets, and places of business are established in new quarters it will alleviate a great deal of tne parking problem on Franklin street. The Uni versity is in an unusual period. Most of the own ers of autos are veterans. After the crop of vet erans graduate there will be a tremendous de crease in the number of autos. Veterans, living on th GI benefits are on the average the only students who are financially able to support an auto while they are in college. It is our belief that the Chapel Hill aldermen will regret the installation of the parking me ters if they are unwise enough to do so. With the existing conditions enumerated above, it seems a highly impractical thing to do. And! there will be numerous student organizations and individuals fighting such a measure. We Better Be Sure SAVE 100,000,000 BUSHELS OF GRAIN fVFOR "STARVING " Select Publication Editors by Board Tomorrow night the Dialectic senate will de bate the pro and con concerning the electing of student publication editors. Here are a few pointers- which the members of the Senate should note: According to the authorities on the subject, there are two different conceptions of what is meant by "freedom of the press" as stated in the Constitution of the United States. One con ception is that an editor of a publication has i free reign in printing the news he need not Withhold any accurate information. Also the edi tor; must reserve space in his publication to print pertinent comments from the reader. Another faction believes that "Freedom of the press" means that any individual is free to ' publish a publication of his own expressing his thoughts and ideas even if it is just a mimeo- In many Universities such as Duke univer sity, editors are selected by a board consisting of student and faculty members which is famil iar with the accomplishments of, the journalists on the campus" and are therefore qualified for the job of -selecting editors. If an editor is select ed in this manner then there are no strings at taching him to the party which put him into office. He is free to observe the political scene and evaluate the individual candidates on their merits rather than their affiliations. - This is highly desirable in a student publication. The front page coverage of the pre-election struggle must not be directed toward one single party of candidates. Each must be given space to intro duce their platforms and ideas to the voters. Then, too, there is the question of abilities. A publication is just as good as its leadership. And graphed .sheet that ne slaps on the side of a Since the editor appoints his other departmental barn. These two concepts must be correlated in heads, it !s necessary, that they be appointed on a student publication. merit rather than the "spoils system. ' Community Chest and Y Proposal The YMCA passed an innocent motion at a cabinet meeting Monday night, placing the YM on record with the YW as "favoring the estab lishment of a board to schedule and control various charity drives during the year." Their motion 'is important in that it opposes another suggestion, widely discussed on the campus and already in a committee of the legislature, that would establish . a Carolina Community Chest. The "Y" members placed on record their op s' position to the Community Chest, in that they feel that one large chest and one large single ' drive would delete the individual effectiveness of certain causes which are considered more worthwhile and of more interest to the college student. The proposed Board would receive all re- quests for drives from sponsoring organizations and would schedule and supervise the collections on the campus. It is possible that through such a plan, many small drives can be combined into one, with special emphasis placed on such large campaigns as the WSSF and American Red Cross. ; : It is expected that the proposal will be con- sidered at the next meeting of the Legislature Supporters of the Chest, project and of the "Y" board proposal will probably encounter strong opposition to their respective suggestions. No student will deny the burden of digging into his pocket for seven dozen various drives during the year. It will be a welcome change to have organization in the drives, if the legislators see fit to adopt such a new system for campus col lections. (B.B. Some 'spend .time making money, then spend money, killing time. 3T() e Daily j 2Tar Heel; ftsioctafed Cofie&de Prey Barron Mills EDITOR Managing Editor: Earl Heffner Circulation Manager: Owen Lewis Howard Bailev BUSINESS MANAGER Sports Editors: Bill Carmichael Bob Goldwater News Editor: Ed Joyner - Campus Editor: Chuck Hauser Associate Sports Editor: Morty Schaap. NEWS: Bill Sexton, Charlie Gibson, Jane Mears, Herbert Nachraan, Jr., Paul Rothman, Merrily Brooks, Nancy Norman, ( John Stump, George Roberts, Mack Sumner, Jean Baskeryille, Bob Rolnik, Jim Spece, Harry Snowden, Sally Woodhull, Laurence Fox, Ruth Evans, Sandv Grady, Margaret Gaston, Rolarjd Giduz, Julian Scheer, Everett Ford, Martin Carmichael, Bob Payne, Gilbert Furguson, George Dew, Donald McDonald, Charles Veen, Nina- Davis, Domont Roseman, McNeer Dillon, Wallace Kirby, Ashley Branch, Mae Belle Enman, Dortoh Warriner, Gordon Huffines, Leonard Dudley. EDITORIAL: Bob Sain, Bill Buchan, Dave Boak, RusseR Baldwin. - PHOTOGRAPHY: Bill Harding, Wilson Yarborough. 7 SPORTS: Clark Stallworth, Dick Jenrette, Bill Kellam, Taylor Vaden, Kyle Cox, Bill Gallagher, Ish Moore, Miriam Evans. BUSINESS STAFF: James Crews, Jackie Rogers, Eaton Holden, Betty Huston, J. C. Brown, Mary Willis Sledge, Charles Pattison, C. B. Mcndcnhall, Stan Cohen, Joe Williams, Randall Hudson. The official newspaper of the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina, Cha pel Hill, where it is published daily, except Mondays, examinations and vacation periods by The Colonial Press Inc.; during the official summer terms, it is published semi-weekly on Wed nesdays and Saturdays. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Chapel Hill, N. O, under the act of March 3, 1873. Subscriptionprice: $3.00 per college year; $3.00 per quarter 0M JcmzW ' ' l ;. : FOOD 4$fjtA Lf . COMMITTEE fefe ' PLEASE W NEED " jfY ' 71,000,000 BUSHELS d?"Sk4 - OF GRAIN TO CAR"RV r"" ON S nPSS' An American in Europe (Continued from page 1) Communism are. And yet the fate of 2,'urope can affect our lives as immediately and profoundly as the fate of our neigh bors next door. The problem of determining the part America ought to play in the world is, admittedly, enormous, but the first step in our role seems clear the Marshall Plan. Western Europe has accepted it gratefully and enthusiastically. It has had enormous newspaper publicity, most of it flattering to Amer ica. If we fail now to follow through with our plan" after arousing the hopes of Europe or if we follow through with too little and too late, we shall suffer an irreparable defeat in world public opinion. Europe's need of our help is very real that is apparent to anyone traveling there now and the time allotted for get ting the help to her is not long. Most of us know that last winter was the most severe in many, many years, but many of us do not know that the cold winter was followed in Europe by a mercilessly dry summer. France, a country that can just about supply herself with wheat under normal cir cumstances, had three-fourths of her winter wheat acreage damaged by the prolonged cold. There was not enough good seed to resow, in spring wheat, as much of the land as should have been resown. Low wheat prices, held down by the government to fight a very dangerous inflation, may have encouraged some farm ers to feed wheat to animals. The crop brought to market fell far below needs. Other crops were similarly cut down, not only by a winter that extended far into the spring, but also by a summer that has been so dry that in some parts of France even the trees have withered. As a result all foods are scarce and high. The French bread ration this past summer has been 250 grams a day or about three slices of heavy French bread. The French ordinarily eat a great deal of bread with their ubiquitous soup and cheese, and three slices, when other food is very expensive, is very little indeed. Late in the summer the ration was reduced to 200 grams, lower than it ever went during the war, and officials in Paris fear that the allotment may even sink to 150 grams before the winter is out. The last cut brought strikes and demonstrations. Can another cut be sustained without bringing the fall of the present govern ment and the accession of the Communists? This is a question that America cannot afford to gamble on. (Next: Communists in Europe. To be concluded tomorrow.) Vets of the World- Unite! Washington Chat Paterson, national chairman of tho .-.r. rt . """'1- wuimiuwee iavu), today announced the annnint. ment of an A VC committee to work for the creation of United iauons veterans League. We call upon the veterans of Lthe world to join in common through the creation of a United Nations Veterans' League," Pat erson said. "We hope through the formation of this interna tional group representing vet erans trom countries whirh fought together in the war to create a feeling of unity among world veterans." We hope that this group will eventually Be recognized by the United Nations and be in a po sition to act in an advisory ca pacity to the UN in its constant effort to maintain world peace and security," he declared. Paterson said that AVC had been in communication with veterans groups in Norway, France, South Africa, England, Czechoslovakia, and Brazil. Paterson said that he is ap pointing Charles G. Bolte and Gilbert Harrison, past chairman and vicechairman of AVC, re spectively, as co-chairmen of the AVC committee set up to form the Veterans League. "One of AVC's major projects during the year will be the im plementation of a convention mandate for AVC to take the ead in calling together an In ternational Veterans Congress," he said. I can think of no two men more fitted to represent AVC in this important under taking than the men who found, ed and guided AVC in its first years." "We hope to arrange a pre paratory conference in England next soring among representa tives of veterans roiips, P;?er- rison are in England and in an ideal position to make the pre liminary arrangements. (Bolte is attending Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship and Harrison is also a student at Oxford.) In addition to arranging for continuous liaison among world veterans organizations, AVC's committee will undertake to gather information concerning veterans' problems in other countries and to formulate an educational program on the world problems of veterans. What's Up in Graham Memorial What's Up Graham Memorial 3:00 Jam session, the Rendezvous 4:30 Chi Delta Phi, Grail room 5:00 Sadie Hawkins day com mittee, Roland Parker No. 2 6:30 Recorded dinner music, main lounge 7:00 Carteret County club, Rol and Parker No. 2 7:30 Stray Greek fraternity men, Horace Williams lounge 7:30 Carolina Conservative club, Grail room 7:30 Chemistry club, room 211 8:00 Chemistry Wives club, Rol and Parker No. 1 GM GRIND: Attention football contest ed: That's Boston COLLEGE, not Boston university playing Purdue on this week's football contest entry blank. . ...It wasn't specified on the entries. New student secretary in jM Blinding Glare 'Fades Let's Keep Amateur Spirit By Joe Allen & Lee Knowls As the blinding glare of the "National Limelight" fades from our picture of our foot ball team the lasting import ance of athletics in general and football in particular emerges. We have been over-exposed to press clippings, publicity, bally hoo, outside professional opin ions of our own importance and the whole routine has left us with an under-exposed picture of the reasons we cheer for our team, regardless of its national standing, win, lose or draw, every Saturday of the football season. We cheer it and support it because it is ours and represents us, because the men playing out there are our fellow students sharing with us the pleasures, privileges and responsibilities of playing, studying and being at the University. They have won the privilege to represent us on the gridiron by their excellence as athletes. To us they symbolize our own desire to work hard and play hard, to develop and excel in mind and body on and off the athletic field. We are not let down when they have failed to win nor discouraged about the future any more than any one of us give up or becomes less determined and interested in doing our best when another human being is momentarily mbre successful. The spark of competition with others strikes hardest when it is first struck within ourselves by liking what we are doing or trying to do for its own sake, not because others, who are only profession ally concerned, think we are great. In other words we are amateurs (lovers of what we do) and want to become and by our interest in and loyalty to the amateur within ourselves our future standing and ability af ter college is determined. In this best sense of the word let us keep our amateur spirit at Chapel Hill and keep our football team in the limelight of our own spirited union as fellow students here to spend the years enjoying the oppor tunity, the big opportunity we have to develop ourselves. We might remember that oppor tunity knocks more than once. In college it s there all the time. . After any test, no matter how successful or disastrous, a team or an individual is only as good as the next time out. Even Notre Dame and X'il Abner' keep go ing on this fact. Look north- ! ward to Annapolis for a won derful example of this. There, a. Navy team, which no one will deny is superlative in fight and latent ability, lost 10 straight with no loss to themselves. There are numerous other ex ample of college teams all over the country, teams which re present schools far wealthier and larger than UNC, teams which very seldom head for one of the various bowls at the end of the season, teams which, nev ertheless, are cheered wildly and well throughout the season. In fact we would do very well to be far more interested in the rest of the season than if things had turned out dif ferently, for now we have a team whjch is much more ours and much less the concern of the national sportswriters and publicity experts. Write Away Advice: Let's Be Buddies is lohn Heivner, a handy addi- son said. "Both Bolte aad Haj-!tion to the office staff It's The Daily Tarheel: In this afternoon's edition of the Greensboro Record, we note that Coach Carl Snavely is a lonely and puzzled man. We do not pretend to be coaches, but we have been around enough to know that sometimes people are too close to their work to see the er rors that are being committed. And being loyal Carolina alumni we write this letter in hopes that it might have some effect upon the Carolina team. Let's look first at what Ca rolina has: 1) A smart, astute coach who knows his football. 2) Material that any college in the country would be glad to have. But there can be no deny ing that she has not been de livering. Under such condi tions there can usually be only one answer. There is no team work. Each man is playing his dead level best. But he is play ing an individual game in stead of a team game. It has been rumored that there is jealousy among the players as a result of some of them getting more for their efforts than others. As a result these players are spending their ef forts to make an individual show rather than a team show. Now, don't misunderstand us. We cannor believe that any Carolina man would agree to play ball for certain con siderations and then con sciously lay down even if he were jealous of another play er. But we also know enough of psychology to know that his efforts will not bring re sults they should because his heart is not in it. We will of fer a suggestion which, if fol lowed in sincerity, we believe will result in Carolina not only winning her remaining games but in winning them by large margins. Get all the players and coaches together. Then bring these petty jealousies out in the open. Let each man open ly admit to every other man on the squad that he has been jealous or mad or disgusted with whatever player it is that he has his grudge against. Let the coach say the same thing. Then, let them all sin cerely (and we emphasize the sincere angle, for unless the boys are sincere there will be no results) apologize to one another. Thev say it takes guts to play football. It takes a lot more guts for men to get their petty jealousies out in the open and to admit to other men that they have been act ing like school kids in Public School No. 9. A couple of Carolina Alumni, Chuck and Bob none too early to start making travel reservations for the Thanksgiving holidays, reports student union travel agent Bob Watson. Business is getting heavier every day. Big and little-men-on-campus should all be interested to know that student government now has complete secretarial services available through Jean McDan iels. ...... .Give her a line, .er letter, any time. More Football Dear Sir: - A large part of the discus sion and opinion which was printed in Sunday's Daily Tar Heel on the subject of the football team's defeat by Wake Forest appears to me to display the poorest sort of taste and sportmanship, if not a distorted idea of the signifi cance of sporting events in general. I do not believe that in this case the view taken by the Daily Tar Heel corres ponds to the feeling of the student body,' and as a mem ber of that body, I wish to protest against being misrep resented publicly. A football game is a sport ing event. Under the term "sportsmanship" I do not un derstand the whining, and the criticism of a team for failing to win, once, twice or any number of times. The team does the playing. We bystanders have every oppor tunity to play, if w are able to do it better. The team does not quit playing because the day goes against them. But it appears that the Daily Tar Heel feels that the onlookers get pretty tired of losing, pretty quickly. I have been told that one of the chief ben efits of football as a college sport is that it builds up a fine group spirit and teaches the principles of fair play and civilized courtesy toward opponent and team mate. Maybe it does only for the players. ' ' It may or may not have been, finally,, anything which actually happened on the field that caused the defeat, of the team by Texas and- Wake Fores:. But whatever it was, it is the mark of a fool or a barbarian to beat a horse for having failed to win a race. I personally would like' to congratulate the men vho played for their fine spirit and excellent form. John M. Zuckcr Praises Laundry Dear Sir: The column headed, "Laun dry Bother You? Grin and Wear It." in last Saturday's DTH was cleverly written and highly amusing. However, I would like to offer a word of praise for the University Laundry. After the bitter experiences I have had with various laundering establishments in a number of cities and towns in these states over the past ten years when almost every week some of the activities so aptly de scribed by Mr. Stallworth took place, and it seemed that half my time was spent in trips to the laundries seeking my missing garments, return ing others' garments, or enter ing claims for irreparable damage, the service rendered by our local plant since my arrival here last June has been truly a joy. Because of former difficul ties, it is my habit to list carefully every item I send out, and to make an equally careful check of the items returned. The facts are these: during the whole summer, and including the one batch of laundry so far handled this fall, Con 1) One button on a pa jama coat was broken in half 2) One item, a hankerchief, belonging to another was in cluded Pro 1) Not one item was lost 2) Not one item was torn 3) Two old and thin sport shirts which were torn and ripped across the shoulders when sent to the laundry, came back neatly patched and carefully darned. John W. 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