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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1948
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The Friendly Gesture
One of the best examples of cooperation between town
merchants and University students that has been seen
here in a long time was exhibited by the Chapel Hill
Merchants Association and Chamber of Commerce this
week. It began when 65 students cut their vacation period
a week short to return to Chapel Hill as leaders in the
program for orientation of new students. They arrived at
their first meeting last Friday to find that Vic Huggins,
president of the merchants association had provided buffet
refreshments and cold drinks for them. Thereafter at each
meeting of the orientation counselors, coca-colas were furn
ished at the expense of the merchants.
This was only the beginning. For many years Carrington
Smith, former president of the merchants association and
operator of the Carolina and Pick Theatres, has presented
a complimentary theatre ticket to each new student. This
year, however, almost all of the merchants in town joined
in distributing to the new students envelopes containing
ash trays, blotters, and coupons for merchandise at the
various stores. In addition, a representative of the chamber
of commerce began making personal visits to the homes of
married students.
Climax of this friendly gesture of the merchants to
ward the students came Thursday night in the form of a
banquet for all orientation counsellors and other student
leaders in Danziger's new rathskeller, followed by a movie
at the Carolina theatre. In order to hold the banquet as
scheduled, Danziger speeded up preparations for the open
ing of his new establishment and he served an excellent
meal.
In past years the merchants have claimed and with
some reason that blame for almost every student gripe
has been laid upon them and. the Umstead act, but this
friendly gesture on the part of the merchants association,
and especially of its president Vic Huggins, points toward
an era of closer cooperation and better relations between
students and the business operators of Chapel Hill.
To Think Or Not?
The United States is supposedly a free country, and
people in a free, country are supposed to be able to think
for themselves. This should be especially true, of college
students. We sincerely hope that it is, for in the coming
months there will appear on this page of the Daily Tar
Heel a wide variety of columns and editorials, and it will
take a discriminating reader to know what he is reading.-
The writers of these columns will be, like most of their
readers, college students. As a group they will be no wiser
and no dumber than the average of their fellows- They
may not be the most capable ones for the job, but at least
they will not be afraid to write what they think and sign
their names to it. Some of the articles will be intended
only to entertain, others only to give information. But
there will be many which will express all shades of opinion
on highly controversial subjects. Of these there will be
those that are carefully thought out, logical analyses, there
will be those that are pure propaganda in varying degrees
of camouflage, and there will be those that are nothing
but so much poppycock. The Daily Tar Heel will furnish
no labels to say which are which to decide that will be
the job of the reader.
With most of the opinions the reader will probably
, disagree. Why not? The columnists will disagree among
themselves and the editor will probably disagree with all
of them. In his disagreeing, however, we ask that the
reader not merely discard the idea or opinion as so much
tommyrot expounded by a stupid ass, but examine the
reasoning of his disagreement that he take the idea out
of, the column and weigh it carefully. He may find one
worth accepting. And if, after considering the subject, he
thinks he has a better idea, he is invited to set it forth on
this' page in a letter to the editor.
This university is renowned as a liberal institution, and
the meaning of that word "liberal" is that the University
not only allows but encourages its students to examine
new ideas and philosophies and to re-examine old ones,
to think for themselves and to form their own opinions
even though no one else in the world agrees with them.
At a time when the actions of governments and the
pressure of public opinion are pushing people toward un
questioning acceptance of established doctrines it is well
that we remember that two of the elements which have
made America great are a scientific curiosity and the
ability of the individual American to think for himself.
3TJ)e Daily
The official newspaper of the Publication Board of the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, where it is issued daily during the regular sessions of
the University by the Colonial Press, Inc., except Mondays, examination and
vacation periods, and during the official summer terms when published semi
weekly. Entered as second-class matter at the post office of Chapel Hill,
N. C. under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price: $8.00 per year,
$3.00 per quarter.
Editor ED JOYNER, JR.
Business Manager : T. E; IIOLDEN
Managing Editor Chuck Hauscr
Sports Editor Billy Carrnichael, III
Advertising Manager C. B. Mcnienhall
Circulation Manager Owen Lewis
Assistant Business Manager
Associate Sports Editor
News Staff: Lincoln Kan, Herb Nachman. Bob Hennessoe, Margaret Gaston,
Jim Dickinson, Sally Woodhull, Tom Kerr.
Sports Staff: Taylor Vaden, Larry Fox. Frank Allston, Bill Gallagher, Zane
Bobbins, Eleanor Newell.
S 3Tar Mt
Betty Huston
Dick Jenrctte
Odds
And
Ends
By Riia Adams
ON CAMPUS: Pansies to the
Orientation committee! (Never
let it be said that we are
victims of cliche'-itis.) We
may be at each other's throats
about politics, both national
and campus variety, but we are
all agreed that this year's ori
entation program clicked with
the perfection of a met per
formance. The only advice of
fered for future counselors is
that the information tables
offer more than "simple ad
vice". Leave us hope that state
ment is no reflection on the
minds of the noble souls who
gave their ail in service to the
new-comers. Even the coed
freshman who balked at the
idea of taking her physical
with the 30 boys in her coun
selor's group is finally settled
down happily into Carolina
life. Why. the 'dogs them
selves look pleased about the
matter. (At this point some
body is going to accuse us of
turning the whole orientation
story into a shaggy dog tale.)
SPEAKING OF perform
ances and animals, we are re
minded of the many coifiments
that are circulating about the
Monogram club's new Circus
Room. Folks seem to have tak
en to that place like ducks to
water. So be sure to drop in
to see the Hill's nearest fac
simile to a circus parade, ex
cluding the "Y" court, and then
rest your weary bones on one
of the comfortable chairs in
the lounge. Within the next
few days you should be able
to break into "Animal Crack
ers in My Soup" and have a
few meals in the downstairs
cafeteria.
TOM KERR wishes to bring
to the student body's attention
that that expedition to the
Raleigh-Durham airport cost a
little more than gas and oil
the last two cars of the caravan
whizzed home to the tune of
$14. Just too bad that stop
light turned red but even
worse that Durham has vsuch
an efficient police force.
FACES TURNED red for a
group of so-called campus
wheels early this week. They
were celebrating their return
to school over bumpers of beer
amid much mirth. When a
mocking laugh arose from a
nearby table of high school
students, the big shots went
over to set things straight. The
high school students turned
cut to be UNC freshmen and
at lca?t one of the wheels was
wearing the circular badge
denoting '"freshman's friend".
THIS YEAR'S freshman
class must be bulging to their
fingrrt-ps with talent. At least
thafs the way it sounds around
Graham Memorial these days,
what with the piano going in
the main lounge from 8 in the
morning until ???? (those coed
closing hours keep us from
hearing the finale) at night.
I low 'bout dropping in to hear
the concerts and maybe work
ing into the bridge tournament
if you happen to be there Tues
day night.
IN TOWN: Mrs. F. F. Brad
shaw has done vher share of
orientating new-comers among
the townspeople with her chats
and visits, sponsored by the
Merchant's association. At lat
est report her score was 25
personal calls, several of w7hich
were on wives of students.
STUDENTS will be 'given
opportunity to keep in closer
touch with the town this year
through the Chapel Hill Week
ly. Special student subscription
rates for 9 months are $1.50
this year, in addition, copies
of the paper will be on sale in
the "Y" and the lobby of
Lenoir.
IN THE INFIRMARY are
Mary Louise Tomlin, June A.
Cairn, Carolyn E. McElveen,
Llcyd A. Bell, Emile Saleeby,
Alvin Eernot, Ben M. Jones,
Kenneth Strayhorn, Dean Ma
thews, Luther Trexler, Julius
Culp, George F. Wooten, Irv
ing Goodwin, Rodney Leonard,
David Issac, and William Hen
derson. We don't know them
all, but that's a darn good foot
ball center, the president of the
senior class, a passel of friends,
and we hope they're all out by
the time this column appears
again.
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These Days
Fie Upon You, Mr.
By George E. Sokolsky
Mr. Truman has missed the
tone of the hour. This is not
the time to "give them hell:"
It is a time for a serious and
sober discussion of national
affairs. It is not a time for a
McKinley-Bryan campaign, nor
even for a Roosevelt-Wilkie
campaign.- It is a time for Lincoln-Douglas
debates.
Let me cite one reason:
At the moment that Mr. Tru
man is giving them hell as
he put it American delegates
are meeting with delegations
of all nations to continue
efforts to reach a peace. It is
three years since the war end
ed but there is no peace. In
fact, we may be very close to
a fighting war. The Russians
may decide to pusi us out of
Berlin at any moment and
should they do it, we shall
either have to fight or suffer
defeat and one is as bad as the
other. It is a very sobering
thought that we are, in this
September, 1943. at the cli
matic moment of World War
II.
Under our constitution, we
have to hold a general election
This Changing World
The System Is At Fault
By Bill Robertson
In the autobiography of Lin
coln Steffens there is a chap
ter entitled "Preparing For
College." We should like to
quote a paragragh from it,
which will no doubt have a
familiar ring to the over
whelming majority of our stu
dent body. It runs as follows:
The elect were for the most
part boys who had been
brought up to do their duty.
They memorized whatever
their teachers told them to
learn. Whether they wanted to
know it, whether they under
stood it or no, they could re
member and recite it. Their
own driving motives were, so
far as I could make out, not
curiosity; they rarely talked
about our studies, and if I&
spoke of the implications of
something we had read or
heard, they looked dazed or
indifferent .....
It is shockingly unpleasant
to begin cur first article cf the
year with such a quotation, but
our purpose is not to increase
the cynicism that exists among
the students but to point to the
causes of this condition de
Be an Awful Wreck
this year, to choose a Presi
dent, the whole body of the
House of Representatives and
. one-third of the Senate. No
election could have been held
at a worse time. But there it
is and decent men make the
most of it without degrading
themselves or their country.
Unfortunately, year after year,
L: the elections become more
- vaudevillian. There are many
explanations for this trend but
the trend itself is too obvious
, not to cause distress.
Earl Warren, the Republi
can candidate for vice-president,
set the high note for this
campaign when he recognized
that while the two-party sys
tem is essential to the Ameri
can political structure, it must
be recognized that there is
good in both parties, that both
have served America well. He
did not attack President Tru
man: he did not vituperate. He
was calm, dignified and states
manlike. He followed the
course set by Governor Dewey
and. so ably pursued by Harold
Stassen in his Detroit speech.
It was an encouraging tone
and gave some hope of a cam
paign on issues not on wise
scribed so well by Lincoln
Steffens.
In the first place, our high
er educational system is built
upon a dog-eat-dog social sys
tem in which I get ahead only
at the expense of someone else.
The "Yankee swap" is tradi
tional in our country, and, if
my swap is clever enough, I
shall end up becoming a Wall
Street financier. For this an
education is not necessary-so
why take an interest in learn
ing? Further, our educational
system is built upon a social
system in which planning for
the future & utterly imposi
ble. (What will you be doing
this time next year?) Aside
from the fact that a terrible
economic crisis is approaching
in our country, which will in
crease unemployment and
bring untold suffering to mil
lions, the future is one of un
certainty and instability for the
great majority of our students.
This state of affairs is accom
panied by all sorts of psycho
logical problems if one begins
to think. It is best to continue
to memorize mechanically,
and not to try to figure out
what makes our society tick.
Somewhere
Truman
cracks.
It would be to the best in
terests of the United States
if President Truman adopted a
similar lofty approach to his
compaign. After all, America
is, at this moment in human
history, the central nation of
the' world, and Harry Truman
is its President. True, he is also
a candidate, but as President,
he must uphold the dignity of
his office and of his nation.
Truman's divisive tactics are
bad for America. I believe that
they are also bad for Truman,
as they will disgust many
sober, thoughtful Americans,
as they already have such men
as Jesse Jones, Dean Alfange
and others who are announcing
against him. But that is his
business. Mine and yours is
the broader issue that his vitu
peration, his "give them hell"
attitude, hurts America be
cause it degenerates America.
It gives the impression of polit
ical immaturity, of schoolboys
sticking out their tongues at
each other. All that may be
funny but we do not like to
see our President imitating
Milton Berle.
Lastly, our society, by its
very nature, can not allow its
young people to figure out the
true and basic causes of the
evils, the "crying injustices"
in it, which are obvious to all
students. The result would be
a growing revolt against the
"status quo". For this reason
there is a deliberate perver
sion of the educational system
to suit the needs of the profit
system, in order to produce
intellectual robots and, in
case these robots should begin
to think, there are available
preachers who preach the kind
of despair and cynicism which
gripped the feudal nobility be
fore the French Revolution.
The corruption and decay of
our educational system is con
tained in the corruption and
decay of our social system.
But an honest study of dying
capitalism should give our stu
dent body no cause for despair.
Rather it should give us great
er cause to put forth our best
efforts. Something is dying
but something is also being
born.
It is our duty as American
students to preserve our intel
lectual integrity in this time
of crisis.
Write Away
A Freshman Speaks
Editor:
As a freshman I would like to express in deepest sincerity
my feeling of gratitude toward the orientation program and the
fine job it has done here at Carolina. I believe that all freshmen,
as myself, after arriving here only a few hours, were made to
leei at nome.
Charlie Loudermilk, counselor of team six, as well as all coun
selors have filled that gap of being a student of the University and
just being here.
Even during the short time that I have been here I have grown
to love Carolina, its traditions, and all the honor and decency it
stands for and has stood for, for the past 155 years.
The freshmen and newcomers that I have met all have this
feeling in common, and I do not believe that this would have been
accomplished so soon if it had not been for the orientation com
mittee and its work.
I firmly believe that I can say this in behalf of all freshmen:
Gentleman, we are proud to be a part of Carolina and proud that
it is going to be a part of us. However, all we can say at the
present moment is, "Thanks, men, and we won't let you down'.
Bob Braswell
This 'n That
Forum Fills A Need
By Bill Buchan
One of Carolina's most active and newest organizations is the
Carolina Forum which was formed last spring by the Student
Legislature for the unenviable task of securing speakers for the
campus.
Under the direction of Chubby Cholly Long, the group has
obtained acceptances from several senators, chairmen of strategic
government agencies and other current important Americans.
Among the speakers listed for appearance here during tlu
coming year are Senator Owen Brewster of Maine, scheduled for
February; Marriner Eccles, vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve
system on October 15; Earle Bunting, chairman of the National
Association of Manufacturers for the fall; and Judge T. Allen
Goldsborough, John L. Lewis's court buddy, for December.
Long listed other notables who have been contacted and have
given tenative nods toward an appearance here, however their
names will not be published until their appearance is definately
set. Among these men are high ranking candidates for political
offices this fall.
The Forum chairman did state, however, that President Tru
man, Governor Warren and Governor Thurmond had been in
vited. A definite yes or no reply hasn't been received from any of
these candidates yet. Henry Wallace turned down an invitation
for another appearance in North Carolina. (And who could blame
him?)
Long stated that the Carolina Forum is anxious to assist any
organization on the campus in securing speakers for any program
they have planned. The membership of the forum is made up
of representatives from leading forensic and political campus
groups. The officers for the coming year are Charlie Long, repre
senting the Di Senate, chairman; Herb Alexander, representing
the Carolina Political Union, vice-chairman; Peter Gerns, repre
senting the Phi Assembly, treasurer; Edie Knight, representing
the Collegiate Council for United Nations, chairman in charge of
arrangements; Herb Mitchell, representing the Student Legisla
ture, publicity chairman; Banks Talley, representing the Inter
national Relations Club, secretary and Jake Wicker, representing
the Student Body president, co-ordinator.
The Carolina Forum, long needed on the campus, will elim
inate the former constant problem of conflicting speaker pro-rams
that were presented by various organizations. The group is com
posed of some of our most capable, sincere leaders and res alls can
be expected of them. They're certainly off to a good start and are
to be commended for the schedule of speakers lined up fur this
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