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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
FRIDAY; NOVEMBER 7,
Who Cares? Several Thousand, Mr. Park
College youth are peculiar beings. We
are "impatient". We are "adolescents" who
try to learn our government my "holding
mock legislative assemblies." This is how
before State college condesended to con
tinue as sponsor.
It is true that State was the original big
gun behind the first assembly. But now that
we are described by John Park in an edi- they want to pull out of the group (since
torial appearing in the October 31 issue of Negro students have been invited to attend
the Raleigh Times,
The editorial does much more than call
us impatient adolescents. It states that the
North Carolina Student Legislative assem-
the one-day meet) they are not strong
enough in themselves to squelch the as
sembly. Last year's meeting which Negroes at
tended was, according to delegates present,
Tar Heels, Not: Yankees, Invited Negroes;
More Than Meets The Eye Behind Abolition
Shropshire Doubts Motives
(Editor's Note: The follow- 1945 Legislature to invite
ing article was written by Negro delegates originated
Don Shropshire, who served from "some organization in
as speaker of the House of New York." This without any
Just Here
UNG Delegation
Did Not Discuss
Inviting Negroes
a in i..i:.. ; i x i i , i
Mr. Park, we will tell you who cares. There quite harmonous. If the assembly were of v" year s qoudi is notning snort or
n srtPial nature anrl snnnsnrprl nanpps.!. . . i
. i c . . , btudent legislative Assem- when the matter first
parties, Danqueis, or even xequiiea mm lxie blv )
aeiegates spend tne nignt in Jttaieign, tnen
are thousands of college students through
out the state who care, and they are not
going to remain idle and take a mere "it
has been cancelled" for an answer with
out putting up a good fight for an assembly
which they deem worthwhile.
And it is worthwhile even if it does no
more than create a feeling of good will
and understanding between the colleges
of the State. It is worthwhile if only in
that it helps a student become acquainted
with parliamentary procedure according to
Robert's Rules of Order. Some of the major
advantages of a Student Legislative assem
bly are to teach a student how to entertain
a thought, to give him practice in getting
on his feet and expressing his thoughts,
came
up and was there last vear i
me announcement by Ira as it was carried put, and
Helms of State college that I can assure anyone without
they would no longer sponsor reservation that the "New
the State Legislative Assem-j York" charge is completely
bly is ont only unfortunate, 'false and misleading,
but also very hard to under- j Helms additionally stated
stand. One cannot help con-.that the University was not
elude that there is more to represented on the "council"
this announcement than, because it had not complied
meets the eye because the with the rules for member-
The North Carolina Students Legisla- reasons given for the action j ship. If such is the case, I
uu nut nume senst:. accuse someone .ior not sup-
Many of us throughout the 'plying us and the other
state have been aware for j scnools in the state with ade-
some time of possible presure quate information concerning
on me oiuueni Jiegi5iaiure
there may be a major problem to face.
But none of these are required.
Now, more than ever before, we should
initiate a plan for the continuation of the
North Carolina Student Legislative As
sembly. The following is the Raleigh Times' Edi
torial in its entirety:
tive Council has dissolved and the Student
Legislative Assembly slated for November
28-29 has been cancelled.
"And who care?
"There have been hints that the organi-
to familarize him with the jargon used in zation blew up because of a "racial issue'
legislative bills.
, The college student is not trying to
muscle-in on the "legislative and other ir
relevant matters which should be left "to
their elders," as was inferred in the Times'
eaixoriai.
We college students may be immature
'"and adolesent. If we are we must have be
come so within the last eighteen months.
We were mature individuals when the War
brought to the fore and there are further
hints that New Yorkers were attempting
to pull strings in the Student Assembly
But the cause of the Council's dissolution
is immaterial. The fact that the Council has
blown up is pleasing. It should have been
disolved several years ago. In fact, there
never was any good reason for its creation
"It is well enough that college students
learn about government, but these mock
Department called on us to give our service legislative assemblies of adolescents are pre-
and our lives in the war. mature.
it mere is an attitude such as expressed "Out of the total number of students
in the Time's asinine - editorial prevelant entering colleges, only 44 per cent manage
it should be an incentive to the Debate to graduate. This percentage ought to in
council, the Phi, Di, IRC, etc., and the
campus in general to instigate an assembly
this year. It had to be done last year.
Practically everyone, excluding Thad
Eure and a few other individuals, thought
the initial plan of having an. annual legis-
crease. It can increase if college students
spend more time on their regular studies
and leave legislative and other irrevelant
matters to their elders.
"After all, our college youth should not
be impatient. They'll grow into maturity
lature assembly was a erstwhile idea, untn someday and all too soon. Then they can
1945 when Buddy Glenn, of the Carolina
delegation, introduced a bill which gave
the Negro youth of the colleges in the state
the opportunity to attend the annual as
semblies. Since then there has been one
excuse after another for calling offline as-,
sembly. Last year Carolina had to threaten
and formulate plans to sponsor the affair
devote themselves to politics in a big way
if they still have the desire.
"The wise college student will devote the
lion's share of his or her time toward pre
scribed studies in order to be fitted for
a constructive role in government and
business when college life becomes just a
pleasant memory."
Poll Suggests DTH Improvements
By Pete Gerns
:. !Get a few good writers,
'Improve your editorials,"
''"More local sports pictures"
are characteristic of sugges
tions tor improvements of
DTH content. '
Many of the criticisms
were not of a constructive na
ture and because they were
not signed by the writer they
were thrown away. Few
members of the student body
were fair to sign their mon
ikers to their ideas on im
provements and, in fairness,
.each-twill be auoted in full.
' Eliminate that often in
sane, usuaiiv moeicai and
cartoon." J. P. van de Velde
"Less Communism." Jack
Fakoury.
"Use clearer print and
more' ink." Edward Holmes.
"Don't publish Billy Car
michael Ill's column." R, P.
Moses.
"Refrain from unjust cri
ticism of visiting athletic
teams (sports page)."
"Less publicity given to
Junius Scales and his mis
guided bunch of dissatisfied
perverts. Why a boy from a
good family would affiliate
himself to and organization
which is so opposed to the
American way of life is be-
a warped viewpoint. I think
such publicity is just what a
guy like that thrives on."
Donald L. McKinney.
The question for Tuesday's
column centers on "Construc
tive criticism of the latest is
sue of the Carolina Mag."
It is hoped that the critics
will not refrain from signing
their names this time. Dead
line has been set for Sunday
eve.
Other anonymous criticism
runs something like this:
Don't be so liberal," "You're
too damn afraid," "Trv to
have headlines that don't give
too lalse an impression of the
hosts since the-Assembly vot
ed two years ago by a over
whelming majority to invite
delegates from the Negro
colleges and universities. In
fact, a prominent faculty
member there immediately
withdrew his support and co
operation when this action
was taken over his protests.
The planning was immediate
ly thrown in the laps of the
students and they handled
their jobs voluntarily well.
After a successful meeting
of seemingly perfect har-
tnis whole matter. Last year,
upon election, four Carolina
men donated their abilities
to serve as officers in the
Assembly and even those
four were not notified of any
rules or regulations or of any
meeting ot the "council".
In tnis strange chain of
events, the true purpose of
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BUDDY GLENN
DOUG HUNT
NCS Council Jurisdiction
Challenged by Glenn, Hunt
Ralph "Buddy" Glenn of Shel- (the council, which is properly the
by and Douglas Hunt of Rocky I servant of the Legis 1 ture, rath-
Mount, former student leaders er than its master has committed
at the University both now in an illegitimate act for an un
Washington. D. C. released the ' democratic reason; that is, to
following statement in answer force its opinion on the students
to the announcement that the , of North Carolina. The question
I North Carolina Student Leffis-1 is appropriately one for the
mony, the students unani-; citizens of the state in mat
tne assembly seems to beiiativp asspmhlv has hppn ran- contemoorary students of North
lost, It is not to brine the celled. Glenn introduced the I Carolina. If the students do not
wnites and Uiacks together.
The objective is to train stu
dents in parliamentary dis
cussions, and to help broad
en the outlooks of the young sembly and spoke for the reso
mously adopted a final reso
lution which said that "this
session presents convincing
evidence that the races can
cooperate to build a better
Southland." The delegates
from State College, one of
which served as Speaker Pro
Tern of the House, seemed to
be as pleased with the' re
sults as did anyone else..
Now, we receive word. that
the racial question "had a
large part to play" in the
cancelling of the meeting this
year. This is mighty strange,
for it is in effect a reversal
of their original stand. They
had even .gone so far as to
reserve the Capitol for the
meeting and' to invite the
ters which directly concern
them. Never before do we
need more the realization of
this objective
Therefore, I am calling up
on Carolina to take the lead
in the revival of this very
important part of our state
life. Students from Meredith
and Women's College have
already expressed to me this
desire and have stated their
willingness to cooperate with
the ones who take the lead.
I am convinced that others
will do like wise in this pro
ject.
Why Carolina? Because we
are students on a campus
free from "behind-the-scenes"
pressure, and we have a dis-
Governor and Chancellor of taste for a minoritv which
n ii . i -t v
oiate oiiege to speak to tne
delegates at the first session.
It has also been announced
that an investigation by State
College students revealed
that the resolution of t.hp
trys to overrule a maiority
by distribution of "observa
tions" which are extremely
misleading and which cloud
a noble objective.
resolution to invite the Negro defend their rights, this clique
colleges at the 1945 session of will destroy their assembly be
the Student Legislature. Hunt cause the students refuse to
was speaker of the House of . take ideological dictation.
Representatives in the 1944 as- "The second assertion that
the resolution originated in New
lution in the l94o session. He York is clearly erroneous,
was vice-president of the stu- Every Southerner realizes the
dent body here, a position which value of smearing anything you
carries with it the speakership dislike as a Yankee product.
of the
lature.
campus student legis-
'The article in question relat-
However, the fact is that the
idea to present the resolution
occurred to its Tar Heel author
only some twenty or thirty min
ed two important points: iirst, utes beiore its introduction on
that the Council of the North the floor. The assertion repre
Carolina Student Legislative As-, sents not the results of an in
sembly (composed entirely of vestigation by a collegiate Sher
students of State college) had lock Holmes, but rather low
decided to cancel the 1947 ses-1 grade slander used as a smoke
sion largely because of the race screen to cover this usurpation
issue; second, that the counci
thought it had traced to an or
ganization located in New York
the resolution to invite Negro
colleges to the 1946 session of
the Student Legislature.
In regard to the first point,
it is exceedingly doubtful that
a committee ot tnree irom one
college has the authority to abol
ish an organization composed of
all the North Carolina colleges.
The council's reason, moreover,
was that it disagreed with the
action of the Student Legislature
in its endeavor to broaden the
base representation in the as
sembly. If the council had the
power to abolish the Assembly,
it certainly had the power to
remove the part which seemed
. tut; iici.iioiag in c tcvuiiiu
is apparently considered to have
Don Shropshire to it undesirable. It seems that
Write A
way
universal application
"The reason for the Student
Assembly's admission of dele
gates from Negro colleges can
be found in the hearts of all
true Americans: it is the be
lief that the good society needs
for its achievement the talents
of all its members. It is to be
hoped that this conviction is
not dead in the home of liberty
and justice.
The Solution: Pass A Law!
ometimes vicious syndicated yond me and" it must be from material in the article.
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(Editor's Note: Due to the
increasing amount of letters
written concerning Junius
Scales and the Communists
on campus, letters other than
those now on hand, will be
forwarded to Scales rather
than monopolize this column.
This holds true only unless
further developments occur
which warrent comments.)
the
Dear Sir:
Hurrah for. the solution! Let
us pass a law. We have already
curbed our trusts, once com
pletely cut out liquor drinking
(for a spell, at least) and now
we can rid ourselves of com
munists merely by passing a
law.
But wait a minute, Mr. Ste
vens. Who did you sav was go
ing to adminster this law? What
angel this side of the late Mr.
Goebbels. How much money will
have to be appropriated to carry
out the intent of the law? Will
possession of such economic
treatises as Marx's "Capital" be
sufficient to convict the suspect?
Such realistic, if you will, con
siderations force us to re-examine
the need for such a law.
Why is it that you fear Commun
ism in America, Mr. Stevens?
Speak up, please. I am concern
ed along with you.
Do you think that Commun
ism poses more of a threat in
the present, than do such long
time professional hate-vendors
as Mr. Rankin of Mississippi,
George Sokolsky, Gerald L. K.
Smith, and Upton Close? Or do
you feel that Communism poses
the only solution that can be
accepted by those of our people
who are ill-housed, poorly edu
cated and, at present, lacking
civil rights as reported by the
President's Committee on Civil
Rights?
Don't you think that in a free
market of ideas, TRUTH will
stand its own ground? Or do
we have to control the mar
ket, thereby hoping to maintain
the statut-qud in perpetuity?
Mr. Stevens, I believe that
you . have just done what the
coirurLuaists have heced" would
be done. You suggest that there led a lot of trouble fox hunt-
1
aic uui iwu diieinauves cuu
trol by so-called "leftist forces"
or by fascistic forces. May I
suggest another alternative
the road between. If enough of
us band together and be stout
hearted enough neither fas
cism nor communism will be
able to make significant in
roads on our society of indivi
duals. Let's discuss this over a beer,
Mr. Stevens.
W. C. Dutton, Jr.
Truly Subversive
Dear Editor:
The founding fathers
wrote that all men are creat
ed equal and endowed by
their Creator with certain
INALIENABLE rights: life,
liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness. To secure these
rights governments are in
stituted among men. To se
cure these rights the found
ing fathers instituted the gov
ernment of the United States,
whose very constitution, in
the Bill of Rights, guarantees
these inalienable rights. Your
suggestion that the United
States deny these inalienable
rights to Communists is a
suggestion that we depart
from the very principles up
on which our government, is
founded. Your idea, Mr.
Stevens,, is the truly subver
sive one. It is the fascist one.
Dick Koral
ing.
My uncle had a flock of
Plymouth White Rocks in
charge of a capable rooster
named Liberty. In the woods
nearby, there was a fox who
was jealous of the freedom
the flock of chickens enjoyed,
so he resolved to ensnare
them. Dressed as a Rhode
Island Red, he strutted into
the barnyard and called to
the White Rock flock.
However, my uncle wasn't
fooled by the disguise. He
loaded his shotgun and aimed
at the fox.
"Hold!" cried the fox, "I'm
just a peaceful chicken. If
you shoot me you "must shoot
that big bag wind called
Liberty."
Taking no heed, my uncle
shot the fox. Immediately the
SPCA charged him with
violating the rights of free
chickens and as punishment
made him contribute $100.
to the Fund For Feeding
Famished Forrest Friends.
James A. Hancock
Cat Market Opened
With Newspaper Ad
Rogers. Arkansas, November
6. (UP) The "Cat Man" finally
has identified himself. He is
W. W. "Doc" Simpson of Saint
Joseph, Missouri.
Simpson caused a mild furor
in Rogers on Halloween day,
when he placed an advertise
ment in the Rogers Daily News
offering to pay 50 cents apiece
for a thousand full grown cats.
The cat man offered his readers
a rendezvous at the "Old Sales
Barn" in Rogers.
Today Simpson explained that
he and his son-in-law, E. J.
Cook, sell cats to a Saint Louis
biological supply company for
use in medical experiments. In
dividuals who protest are coun
tered by Simpson with the prop
osition that the cats are giving
their lives for society for medi
cal experiments to aid humanity.
By Larry Berry
This week we really' seem
have State college on our cst
pus, the Capital building, t! -I
football field, and sundry ofh'j
piaces. .
Since we were present
the 1945 State Student Lpn;'
lature we would like to bnr
forth a few facts and opinion'
Contrary to my statement -the
Sunday's Tar Heel, the B
to admit Negro schools to th;
Legislature was not disniy'
by the Carolina delegation as ;
delegation before beint? mtr,
duced.
Some of you will rememt.
that in '45 the delegation u- .
split into two factions. One
by some definitions rsdica'
while the other was a very ruJ.
group going over to represpr'
the conservatives. The bill ii"
question was substituted hv
delegate in place of his fissicnp
bill. Of course if the Conservs
tive element had know of thi
before we held the Assembh
the bill would not have been in
troduced. Some warning to th -leaders
against the bill wnui
have assured their banding t-.
gether sufficient opposition ,
prevent its passage. Thus
Sunday's Tar Heel I made a m
take and will probably nisi
many more of them. liowovr
I have been able to find no ba;i
for the belief that the bill v. j '
New York engineered. J "
Dropping out of the column l,
would just like to talk with yn ,'
about the State Student lz
lature. I believe everyone ;-
has attended a meeting of ti(
mock Legislature has receiv i
very good experience in t'i -
realm of politics. The chanrp ',
argue for and against a bill
the floor of the legislature di
not come out of political scirm
books. Most of us will novi
again speak in the State Lrj
lature, so this is our initial : 1
final appearance. For a few ttj
is the first of many appearand
in the legislative branch of oA
democratic government. I cue
have gone far enough in n.fl
argument for the Legislature.
Last Monday at the I. R. C. t
meeting we were to riiscuu
means of keeping peace betwor
our nation and Russia. We ha!' ;
to say this, but we believe to
many people came to see 4
real live Communist and nnttii
discuss the question on the aacn f
da. To our mind the most drfi I
nite thing accomplished durin;. !
the meeting was a frightens
yelp from the back of the rooir
We believe this to have bpr;i.
done by someone accidentl
stepping on a dog; maybe v.
will also reach a plan for worl ,
peace by accident, though.
Since this is a new colunr
we would sincerely apprccia' f
all comments so that we "ma . j
improve our quality and ma; f
be cut some of the quantity.,;! I
One last thing, a citation '' '
"well done" to the late ,3'Unc,' '
Gorge" Washington. Ha fir ' l
personified , the Carolina Spir
to many people, .including th it
writer.
What's Ub
in
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6:30 Recorded dinner mi o
main lounge fCt
7:00 Wallace Democrr
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main lounge) will include
following works: Puc
Musette's Walt (
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Swan Lake Ballet (excerj
tsizet, tarmen Overture,
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Dear Editor:
Mr. Macrorie's story in to
day's Tar Heel brought to
my mind the sad plight of
my uncle who, deviating
from the family tradition of
squirrel hunting, encounter-
Cops Get Skull Practice
SPOKANE. Wash. (UP) A
human skull, found in a city
dump here recently, caused a
stir among police. It finally
turned out to be one belonging
to a physician. The doctor's
wife raised so much objection
to having it around the house
that it was tossed out with the
rubbish,
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