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PAGE TWO- THE DAILY TAR HEEL - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1949 The official nwrapr of the Publication Board of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, where It in issued daily during the regular sessions of tlie University by the Colonial Tress. Inc.. eci)t Mordaye. exarrjnation and vacation periods, and the numiner terms. Entered as second-class matter at the post office of Chapel Hill. rf. C, under the act of March 3, 187f Sub scription price: $8.00 per vear, $3.00 per quarter. Member of The Associated Press. The Associated Press and AP features are exclusively entitled to the use for republication of ell new and features published herein. Iduor ..: .. DICK JENRETTfJ HuKt Manager - C. B. M END EN HALL. JJut.uying tii(or Sport Editor 4. ... Editorial S(-uf. Charlie Gibson, Totn Wharton, Wink Lockinir, Bill Kella.n. Don Shrop-:hrre. Jimmy Rutrferford. John Stump. Vestal Tayl?r. fittwi Stall- Roy Parker, ir., Zane ISbbbins, B.H Johnnei, Sam McKeel. Wuff Newell, Don Maynard, Kolfe Weill. Caroline Bruner. Bob Hennessee, Graham ' Jones, Glenn Hardt-n. Sports Staff : Frank Allston, Jr., Ken Barton. Lew Chapman, Joe B. Cherry, Larry Fox, Vic Goldberg. Art Greenbaum, Billv Peacock, John Poindexter. Biff Roberts, John Sherlll, Bebe Smith, Andy Taylor, Ronald Tilley, Buddy Vaden. Business Stall: Oliver Watkins, Ed Williams. Neal Cadieu. June Crockett, Don Stanford, Bootsy Taylor. Bill Brain, Frank Daniels, Ruth Dennis, Evalyn Harri son, Dan Hobson. Ruth Sanders, PeggyShcVidan, Rodney Taylor. Marie Withers. Staff Photoarajiher . ... James A. Mills Turnips and Religion L. P. Jack once applied a stethoscope to man's Spirit and declared that it was suffering from pellagra and beri beri. I remember looking at pellagara in Webster to find the fol lowing definition: "It is endemic in . . . the southeastern United States . . . and is believed to be a deficiency disease resulting from a faulty diet." Then, when Paul Green re cently spoke on the subject "Collards and Culture," I knew 1 had found a title, paradoxical as it may seem, for this : article on religion on the campus. ( One has only.to scan' the menu of spiritual food available i to us in Chapel Hill to be shocked at the evidences of spiritual malnutrition that intrude. Lethargy, nervous tensions, care lessness and indifference, moral and ethical anarchy, all are J fruits of an emaciated and crippled Spirit, the result of a 'deficient diet. Of all times when we might be striding ; through threatening and challenging times with confident istep and abundant energy, most of us are just too tired to 'resist -the temptation to escape by one means or another. I am not unaware that a few among us would deny any such thing as a Spirit in man, or spiritual laws undergirding the Universe. But for most of us God is very real, and there is a hunger and thirst for righteousness. Augustine put it for most of us: "Thou hast made us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless until "they rest in Thee." In the face of such a restlessness and hunger how account for our failure to live .up to our own best insights? I think the answer lies in our undernourished souls. When we should have been feasting , on the rich heritage and traditions of spiritual greatness, we have cluttered up our lives and satisfied our hunger with the husks. We have been eating turnips! ' We cannot do much about the faulty diet Our Task WG were ec m oar childhood. But we will . be held strictly to account for our choices To Keep- here in the University. Out of the past has Mind Opcncome such'richness of thought, and revelation I ' of the Spirit of God that we are eternal debtors to all peoples who have lived. We are living in Chapel Hill where, for one hundred and fifty-six years, these streams of 'greatness have converged. It is our supreme task and chal lenge to open our minds and hearts to every evidence of Man's encounter with God... ., . ; It is not at allt strange that most great Art and Music has found its inspiration, and characteristic expression, in the 'themes .of religion. The same can be claimed for literature, drama, novel, and poem. Our program for becoming edu- cated, mature minds must include a balanced diet of studies in thesecreative arts. The same; could .be, and must be claimed, for specifically religious studies. - The Christion student can never hope to apply Christian standards of conduct to life until he has mas- tered the. foundations of Christianity. These include much mbre'apreciatloh'and understanding of the' Bible than- most of us hayeeen; given. L Indeed, it is at this point that our; title "Turnips and Religion". most clearly applies.' Far too many of us are trying desperately to demonstrate by the quality of our lives the faith that is in us, and are failing, not-for lack of earnestness or sincerity, but out, of ignorance as to what we believe. One could demonstrate this in so many instances, but space will not permit. . . , , But let's not claim ignorance as a means of Ignorance ' efcp-inS our rcsPonsibility. Lack of practice J? m c'anso leave us crippled spiritually and here N6 Means we'all are involved. Religious, knowledge Of Escape can e acquired, and only acquired, through obedience. Kierkegaard in his riotous youth exclaimed pathetically, "It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey." Our balanced growth in faith and knowl edge is tied up altogether with a sense of mature responsi bility toward God and tpward our fellowrhan. Indeed, many religions, and certainly Christianity, claims to be a religion for adult minds. "For every one that useth milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness; for he is a "babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." (Epistle to the Hebrews). Augustine of Hippo was stating the foremost claim of Christianity in his statement: "Cibus sum grandium; cresce, et manducabis Me" I am the food of the full-grown; become a man, and thou shalt feed on Me." J. C. Herrin For Best 'Letter to Editor' Beginning in Tuesday's DTH, Chesterfield's Letter of the Week contest will begin. This means that all Letters to the Editor will be judged on a basis of their educational value, humor, variety and general campus interest. Everyone is eligible, regardless of political opinions or ideas. However, I would like to discourage the old battle of Hans Freistadt vs. Rover-boy Cherry; besides, Freistadt probably considers smoking a bourgeois pastime. Rather I would like to see a more general, representative cross-section of the students opinions. Remember, a carton of Chester fields will be awarded the writer of the best letter every week. So let's have lots of letters and make the competition keen. A. Frank Moore, Chesterfield Representative PHlirK HAIISPR BrLIj? CABM1CHAEL. m To The Editor LAST RESORT Editor: Anything less humorous than Mr. Kellam's column in Wednes day's Daily Tar Heel would be impossible to imagine. And I've never read anything stupider or - more kindergartenish than his Saturday column. I realize good columnists are very rare creatures and Mr. Kel lam is a sort of last resort but if he can't confine himself to a subject he can handle let's have an extra crossword puzzle, which would at least help us keep awake in our eight o'clock classes. Mary E. Barket l LET FREEDOM RING Editor: ' The administration of the Un iversity no""onger has a valid excuse for maintaining its com munist affidavit requirements. The decision of the New York courts which convicted the communist leaders slates that the federal government will handle the prosecution of those "who advocated and leach the duty and necessity of overthrowing the Govern ment of the United Stales by force and violence." That is, the courts of this country will determine the legality of the actions of such persons not the universities and other in stitutions of learning. The oath defeats its own pur pose. Communists will sign the affidavit. Men of principle and integrity, to whom all forms of oppression are intolerable, will refuse to sign it. Thus the Uni versity's loss will be commun ism's gain. This country is now perme ated with a red-baiting hyster ia. I have helped further it. Certain students on this campus have brought us into direct con tact with the tyrannical com- munistic ideologies. In a haste to oppose and disavow such doc trines, certain persons in influ ential University administrative positions have substituted their prejudices and emotions for the University's traditional princi ples of liberal and free throught and have inflicted arbitrary po litical requirements on the qualifications of faculty mem bers to hold office. The . administration over stepped its authority when it set forth these requirements. Last winter, the state legisla ture, this slate's sole constitu tionally empowered law-making body, refused lo enact laws requiring state em ployees lo sign a. non-communist oath. Have Messrs. Carmichael and House seced- ed from the slae of North Carolina? i Universities are centers of imaginative thought' and re search where students may uncover truth and thresh out the- credits and debits of com munism or any other coniro i versial subject. Universities are not institutions which peremptorily decide what a , person may or may not be- -lieve. Placing restrictions on a teacher's or scholar's intelli gence and imagination defeats the very purpose of this Univer sity. Free and open minds thrive on debatable issues: If we have so little confidence in the wis dom and validity of our pres ent way of government that we and it cannot stand a little hack neyed criticism, then perhaps it would be best if the government were changed. The communist oath require ment is a blot on this institu tion's past record as a staunch adherent of the democratic prin ciples of Thomasy' Jefferson. Such an oath opens' the way for future restrictions "yhich may well result in the death of the freedom of thought and imagin ation which still exists, though for how much longer is ques tionable on this campus. If the administrailon won't be satisfied without some sort of political requirements, let them strike the. words, "corn- . munist oartv," from the ?ath and substitute the words, "groups which." and place af ter these words the following phrase: ... advocate and teach the duly and necessity of over Ihrowinar the Government of Ihe United Stales by force and violence." Fascism is npt dead. It re mains just as much a threat to our way of life as does Russia's militant communism. However, our headlong reactionary flight HOME . . deficit . xvyi , uAY? v VMk ..' '.' Meet uuay uie spuiugiu oi Vai pus Personalities" turns awaVj; from the men and toward the co-eds and in particular, tci-i ward Lucille Rieley, president ryv .3 AT i-T : yi of the Pan Hell and Caroline; Bruner, president of the Caro- 'U lina Independent Co-ed Associ ation. '-'"?. A great deal of the co-ed ac tivities are centered around ' these two organizations, and' therefore this column" is at- "lj tempting to make the campus "' familiar with both the work 1 that is accomplished in them and ' the presidents who have charge of them. Lucille Rieley is a senior from Washington, D. C and she is working on a recrea tional major in the field of sociology. Lucille attended W.C.U.N.C. before coming lo Carolina. Asked about the specific pur pose of the Pan Hell, Lucille re plied that it was "to help co ordinate and regulate the activ ities of the sororities, especial ly in rushing." ' y She went on further, giv- -ing an outlook and broad plan for the coming year." The goal toward which we are working is the formulation of a project that is beneficial to all the campus and the community as well as to the sororities. High on our list of plans is also the encouragement of scholarship and the perfection of the, co-ed rushing program." . - One of the projects of which the Pan Hell can well be proud is their pari in the Foster Parent Plan. They are sending around $180 a year toward ; the support of a French war child. They also sent her a Christmas package this year of a complete wardrobe and a doll. The package has already been shipped so as to arrive by the lime that Santa is due. v Along with their work to en-Vtic io hVdea he 18 leach.m courage good scholarship, the capitalism, or communism. Pan Hell presents a loving CUp can be taught only by. some each year to the sorority holdfor Vn ht doSnJ b lVe the highest average. k hal. he Is leaching, ihejmb- ... , , , ... V Ject -isn't gelling a fair hear- Getting back to Lucille, shfe - " has seved on the Campus Chest .mg t . . and was a member of the The real question is not what Womanls Honor1 Council th;!s,i ifaay be taught, but how do you summer. She has also taken part decide what may be taught. if What are your standards? Two from the red "menace" may well Ibvifjus .answers suggest them result in our turning to fasr elves :First, permit whatever cism, as a balance against com-eag yQU, aree with, or may mumsm. ;Vvfcome around to agree withand Now is the time for enlighten 1 prohibit all others. Secondly, ed and rational action by the permit all ideas which 'are not administration. Let " their and opposed to national policy, or our intellects, not prejudices- nkelv to deter national aspira and emotions, govern us. Let J this government forge ahead in a new liberalism and lead the forces of democracy out of the darkness of hysteria which now cloaks us by rescinding the com munist affidavit'requirement of its employees. v Bill Kellam FOR THE HOLIDAYS Campus Personalities Rieley and By Jack Brown in the YW, the Y Teens, the Recreation Club, the Hockey Club, and she is an Alpha Gam, serving as the WAA representa tive for her sorority. Caroline Bruner, CICA head. is s an English major from ' - Petersburg, Va., and she also is a senior. Before coming to ' Carolina she attended West hamplon College, Richmond, !Va. . ( Briefly, Caroline stated that the purpose of the CICA was "to meet the needs of the so cial, political, and athletic func tions of the independent i.e., non-sorority co-eds." Along the social line, Caro lina explained that , the group sponsored informal dances, a fashion show every quarter, leas, and open houses. CPU Roundrable- Academic By Tom When the CPU carries a top ic' ever for another week, that is news. Last week's discus sion on academic freedom served only, to emphasize , the importance of the idea, and , the need for - understanding exact ly what academic freedom real ly is, why it is, and why it is under such; attack at present. As for what it is, everyone will agree thai some, but not all, of the following may be .legitimate ..classroom, subject matter Lysenko genelics, free love, white supremacy, Freudian 4 sex. psychology, . democratic ' socialism, com munism, capitalism, anti Christian ethics. And if the subject mailer is legitimate, it seems only proper that the teacher should be sympathe- tion, and prohibit all others. The trouble with these answers is that German universities in. the . thirties, and Russian uni versites today, meet these stan dards quite easily. The suggestion that we can distinguish real teaching from Bruner The CICA also sponsors Sadie Hawkins Day, and - us ually a big formal dance twice a year in honor of the new initiates lo the Club. Along the athletic line, the CICA participates in intramural sports, such as volleyball, bas ketball, and tennis. Wilh several new commit tees set up wilhin the CICA this year, ; and ; with commit tee members working hard on , its yearly plans CICA - ap pears lo have begun a very successful and promising year," said Caroline. Caroline is a member of the Daily Tar Heel, the Y Cabinet, a student advisor, treasurer of the Women's Orientation Com mittee, and belongs to the Can terbury Club. Freedom Donnelly subtle indoctrination doesn't stand up under investigation either. After all, in society in doctrination is the rule and not the exception, as, every social scientist knows. If this fact insults your rugged individua listic .nature, please remember that individualism, is: part of the indoctrination of; modern west ern culture. v There is only one" honest -way out. And that is to prejudge, not ideas, but men.' . The. re quirements to which ; faculty members and students alike must conform as a condition for educational freedom are: (a) A conviction concern ing the value of the pursuit of truth sufficiently dynamic that education really contin ues pasl graduation. (b) The unqualiied assent lo the "intellectual . virtues' of "candor.vmoral courage, in tellectual honesty,, scrupulous accuracy, chivalrous fairness, endless docility to facts, dis interested collaboration, un conquerable hopefulness, per serverance, renunciation of popularity, love of bracing labor and strengthening soli tude." Now we can isolate the "sub versive" influence in the uni versity. It is the teacher who cannot communicate the fire of enthusiasm to his students,, and the student whose mind is an indiscriminating dumping ground for whatever "tricks of the trade" his instructor cares to offer. Sunday night at eight, the CPU will continue its discussion on what academic freedom is,, and whether it is- valuable enough to be worth doing some thing besides talk about. DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON Merry-go-round WASHINGTON. U. S. diplo mats are worried over the prob ability that the United. States and England, long - partners in Foreign Affairs, will split sharp ly soon over admitting Com munist China to the all-important Security Council of the United Nations. .. . . This would be the first big break in the Anglo-American partnership since the Uniled Slates first started sending ' arms to England before Pearl Harbor. However, the British Foreign Office already has notified the State Department that Britain will recognize the Chinese Com munist government sometime in November. Recognition is in duced by pressure, to save Hong Kong and to protect the far flung B r i t i s h investments throughout China. . . ' After British recognition, Aus tralia, New Zealand, India, Paki stan, Ceylon and Siam will fol low suit. This ; means that before Christmas, the Chinese Com munists will demand their seat in the Security Council. This seat is a permanent one. China is one of five nations entitled lo sit indefinitely on the Secur ity Council wilh the right of velo. If and when the Chinese Com munists apply for admission, England and Iniia, now on the Security Council, .will, support her against the United States. This in turn will mean that for the first time in history, the United States may have to use the veto power if it wants to bar the Chinese Communists. State Department advisers are thus caught between the certain howls of Foreign Min ister Vishinsky against U. S. obstructionism, and the polit ical anguish of the professional Chiang Kai-Shek lovers and Republicans in Congress.' As betwevn Republican howls and -those : from Vishinsky with its effect on the rest of the world the Slate Department is inclined to figure that Re " publican anguish will be easier to take. President Truman showed no outward displeasure when Dixie crat Congressman William Col mer, Mississippi, dropped in to see ' him the other day, even though Colmer had bitterly fought his re-election and even thought he was not a scheduled White House caller. The Mississippi Congressman was doing what is fairly com mon among White House visi tors "hitchhiking." His col leagues, Hale Boggs-of Louisi ana, and J. Hardin Peterson of Florida, had actually arranged the appointment with Truman in order to talk about maritime training. They wanted the train ing of Merchant Marine officers continued, and without announc ing it, they' brought Colmer along at the last minute since he has a Merchant Marine Train ing School in his district. - ACROSS Haptlstrial vessel b. t-Ve. 8. Game tish 12. Scent 13. Greek letter 14. Seed covering 15 Sell.- to the consumer :7. One -cf the Muses 18. Egyptian lizard 19. Unwilling 20. French tlertc 22. Mc-diterrajsean sailing vessels 24. Form? Some oti. 'i he cream 32. Hdge Uo. I'l'omiuD 34. Chafe 35. impel 37. Fuils up 39. Biblical city 40. Thongs 42. Coli.r quality 44. Covered with water 45. Chaig-ed 48. Hazard . . 49., Close firmly 50. Glacial snow. ' field 51. Rons . , S3 - fish 27. Leave -ffe H ls b - - it'7, : Mz.z. -- -'Waw'- j " vW, I 1 1 mFjTp OCTOBER 31 AP Nwftatuit , , Truman' well-known aller gy to Dixiecrats wasn't evident during the 15 -minute meeting, but afterward he remarked " : privately: ; "What - a stupid thing lo do." Bob Allen, who used to spend 'his time exposing the machina tions of the men around Wash; ington via this column, has just ,' brought out an expose of the machinations of run the states. the men who As a follow-up to "Our Fair City," in which he dissected corrupt, conspiring city bosses, Bob Allen, for his new book, "Our Sovereign State," has rounded up newsmen from 12 of the . 48 states, who are ex perts on those states. Together, thy have engineer . ed an unbelievable expose of rotten boroughs and; rotten 1 bosses, . retarded politics , and reactionary,, .people, . the-, graft and the Gxundys, the, lobby ridden legislatures, the .peity conflicts and appalling corrup tion that dominate stale gov ernments loday. . . , The book singles out the sin ners who have smugly impeded progressive legislation in the states; and 'calls the turn on counties and cities that are par ticipating in this political retro gression. It . also pays tributes in those cases where tributes are deserved. It makes you realize that we can't shine as an example of how democracy works to the rest of the world, when democ racy is not working in our own states. Here are some Allenesque quotes: "The legislatures , are the bawdy houses of State Govern ment." . . ... "The Federal Gov ernment has not encroached on State Government. State Gov ernment has defaulted." .... "Massachusetts does not go for . ward, because so .much of her energies are spent in trying not to slip back." . . . "Boston limps along like a sick old lady, snub bed by her suburban daughters and forced to appeal to an in different, tightfited State Gov ernment every time she wants to have her glasses straightened or her shoes mended.". . . . "Probably the most intelligent New York boss is urbane Ed ward J. Flynn. He is honest enough to admit, that an en lightened electorate can over turn any political machine." . . . "In Pennsylvania, folks seem to be born with built-in insulation against local and state scandals." . . . . "As an organization, the Ku Klux Klan is not what it used to be. As a state of mind, it is." "Gov. Lausche (Ohio) is a strange combination of actor and politician, of conser vatism and liberalism." .... "Illinois is two states in one Chicago and the rest of the "state." . . . . "Oil is the master of present-day Texas! And as Texas oil is owned bv Wall Street Wall Strer-HomTnates Texas." - ? Solution of Saturday's Puzzle 62. ODtlciti nrran . .nftuN - jp3. Pafadifeo Vta place of 2. Poem 3. Remarkably 4. Exchanged 5. Ixxsen 6. Pronoun 7. Eat Indian fiber plant 8. Small - nautical cask i S. Sandarao - . trees 10. Perches , 11. Wild, plum 16 Small fifh ; 17. Smoothed i 19. Border 20. Oriental nurre ' 21. Skeletal part 23. Eagipptone 25. Angel 27. Present - 28. Sign 31. Rent 32 Fastened firmly 34. Flat bottles 36. Frojrllke 37 Obliterate 35. ubie meter 10 Feminine name 11. Small branch 43. Siberian river 15. Period time 4H First wuinHti 47. I. air 49. 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