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PACE TWO , e THE DAILY 1AR HEEL ' I -TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21. kv. The official newsp.irwr of the Publication Board of the University of -Mnrfh Carolina. Chapel Hill. hre it i, issued daily during the regular sessions? the Lnivers.tv by the Colonial Press. Inc., except Always, exalninttion and juration por.ods and the dimmer terms. Entered as seoorrf" aTs rnatter tt.e post ,!J.oe of Chapel Hill. N. C. under the act of March 3 ira Sub rrr.pt,.,p price: HW per year. S.J 00 per quarter. Member of The Auoeiated I'rcj. The Associated Pre-s ana AP features are exclusively entitled the use for republication of all news features published herein cnmleq 10 Tne r.uiirtr r Manittiiri'i Editor &imr1iE'l Hnr . Pi I'll- EltttOT l)"k Editor S'M-tPti) r'ditor ..... I'hiitrmrnpher .Rov Parker, Jr. .. . Zane Robbins Caroline Bruner Jim Mills luruil Slatr. Jack Blown Bill Kellam. Mike MeDanieJ. Torn Wharton" Xniimp Vtftal Taylr' A1 Jonnson' Charlie JoyneY. Dave -t'"f- Neil!. Don Maynard. Glenn Harden, Bill Johnson wTTfT XJilZ:'- Aft XanthosCraham "0 M..K.1I. J,m Mndley. Branson Hobbs. John Poindexter, Caroln HarriH Lila Hor.injwn. BejrlyJiejTBruce Bauer. Joe Nelson. Leonard Rawls. r -,la ahv T'."r; arry Fox Frank Allb'.on. Jr., Joe Cherry. Lew Chapman, Ken Bn rum Crecnbaum. EifT Roberts, Ronald Tilley. Bill Peacock. Mle' Sur'v77'egKy Wood' Mar' W,thers- Eey Ann Yowell. Judy Sanford. About This Cover Girl. . . The contest to determine Carolina's representative in Collier's iMagazine cover girl series is underway, and Alpha Phi Omega, campus service fraternity sponsoring the con test, is to be commended on the excellent job it has done in working out the many details. Yesterday Alpha Phi Omega released a pair of st'ate- mentS Which shnnlH hr rf intoroet - r-,, : Ai . gin ot tneir choice. Each vote costs a penny, and many stu dents have been wondering just what use the money will be put to. These persons can. rest assured, however, that Alpha Phi Omega will put the money to good use over the campus 'in performing its services. Just in case you are wondering what these services are, President Bill Roth yesterday listed several projects which Alpha Phi Omega is considering as a means of converting the contest proceeds into benefits for he students: (1) the organization is considering the possibility of starting a free shoe shine service in the dormitories, (2) the money may be used in building book shelves in Lenoir Hall, (3) it is plan ned for Alpha Phi Omega to purchase two bulletin boards at the entrance to the Y Book-Exchange, (4) Alpha Phi Omega is considering sponsoring and publishing a pamphlet on "Carolina, Her Campus and Life" for use during orienta tion week for freshmen and as a general guide service. All these are indeed worthy projects on which the money from the contest could be used. In another development Alpha Phi Omega, fearing the contest might turn into one of wealth in which the girl with the richest friends got the title, has decided that only coins will count toward choosing the winner. Bills will not count. Of course if a person is energetic enough to go down to the bank and convert his money to change, then there is noth ing Alpha Phi Omega can do to prevent it. However, it is uououui n many persons will u- , , . , . . hind the change idea it that the . " ix puj coins that passes through the Y will use them to vote for the girl he favors as the Collier's cover girl ' In other words, the idea behind eliminating wile .he vo,ig is , make the contest more dTlt... it-ut mat u me practice came to be putting bills into the' ballot bottles, then many students who might otherwise Ihrow in a few pennies for their favorite would feel like their few penny votes were wasted. The idea behind the con test is to have as many students as possible to participate" in the voting in order that the girl might be truly representa live of the campus. aujf idie rtipna rni Omega is to be congratulated for every enort possible to i ne money will be used well, Comer" t0 C3St ball0t-f0r More Painting Needed uhLVS en'uraginS to nte the number of improvements uhich are being made around the campus in the form of new buildings and brick walks Tbic r.n.,..; . example of th i," mat- Progress which maKing in recent years. However . - till DUliaini? and fanilitioc w,,,r. ... " "1U" '"J ue ovenooKed. Many of the class rooms look as though they haven't had a coat of P. .t in years, and there, are pencil marks all over the walls However, there has been great improvement recently' and many of the class rooms today are in the process of ue rfnh n- CaldW611' l0ng ne f the more ru-d ap-' pcanng buildings on campus, is currently undergoing a paint job and the improvement in the appearance of the class rooms is amazing. These painWng projects are indeed a welcome note. The University should contiue this work until all the class untnh 7 3 faCe-Hftin ib' Perhaps it won't be long ver Pr , Wden neX builS oer Carolina also may be torn down. Best Letter Writer - Walt Tice Walter T. Tice. Jr.. has won himself a carton of Chesterfields for his letter to the Editor. Tm- proving Needed," last week. He can pick up his Chesterfields by nroppmg by the DTH any after noon. The letter follows: Editor: If any of you Carolina Men luid come slumming through Battle- Vance-Pettigrcw several weeks ago you would have been astounded" by the numerous complaints from students who try to abide by cleanliness. The hot water system was hardly adequate for anyone to attempt a shower without either freez - DICK JKN'RETTE C. B. MENDENHALL, CHUCK H A USER TAYLOR VADEN Oliver Watkins Ed Williams June Crockett Adn. Mamiger . Bun. Office Mgr. Nafl Ado. Mir. uncii-si, m oiuucihs vuimg lor me see fit. to." da this. The idea'be . " -1 uc- students with a-w ci,,; make the contest demor-rtir- so every student should take a ProsPective cover girl for "-""uu is a visiDie this University has been at tho cm ; i , - v. ocmic tunc me ores- u , , ... ing or trying to bathe under a dribble of water. Fortunately this situation has been remedied. I am sure thae residents of this dormitory join me in ex- " pressing sincere appreciation to those persons responsible for our continuous supply of hot water. Thanks! We hope the maintenance department won't stop with this major improvement but will proceed with plans to paint our dying aristocratic dwelling. The walls are mise rably filthy, certainly not con ductive lo any interest in keeping the place clean. And Pitch frig Horseshoes by -Biljy Rost . A fortnight ago, you may but probably don't remember, I ran a list of the cultural odds-and ends I would like to see sealed up in a cornerstone for the bene fit of the folks a hundred years from now. - This column got quite a re " action from my , ever-lovin -and ever-wriiin' readlrs bless their little pens and portables and their suggestions for additions to my list, included, among other things, an aerial view of Slromboli, one of Marie Wilson's sweaters and a sound track of Margaret Truman's decibels. But far and away the most interesting communique came from a Mrs. Amelia Rault who lives in Allen town, Pennsyl vania. She wrote: "That cornerstone idea of yours is a good one, but how are the. folks in 2050 going, to know what our civilization was Thlch Cce The" selves Th 4U u: j i x . - like if you only seal up items lIiC Ui& au important matters: If you ask me, the most reveal ing things about our way of life are not the ones that get written up on page one they're the one-paragraph stories that appear in newspapers on the page next to the funnies or under the crossword puzzles. And to give you an idea of what I mean, I'm inclosing a few I've clipped out of the papers from time to time. . ." Port Huron, Mich. George McCallon recently complained to a doctor of fluttering noises in, his head. The' doctor ex amined him and in one of his ears found a moth and four eggs. Memphis, Tenn. T h e a t r e manager John Graber sent out a hurry call for a hacksaw yes terday. A four-year-old boy, ob viously destined to be a movie critic, had fallen asleep during the picture and gotten his head caught under the. arm rest. The qp3t hari tn i, j !?' had' Sed apart to Ottawa, Ontario-! Fred Rrmim "7 t- Brown, while driving -her .hbs- oana s new car, heard a clane- ; ' u. f iyji&. y iicii bile goi OUl TO investigate, she found a large steel disk on the road and, as- sumirt " was part of the car, "1 luggage compartment. When her hubby got home, he made her. take .the manhole cover, back to the City Works. -De- partment. Los Angeles, Calif. A small white dog belonging to six-year-old Roy Henderson bit (lj the truant officer. (2) thP srhnni Principal, (3) the dog catcher, (4 the owner' of a hot-dog stand San Antonio, Tex. Gerald Sanchez was granted a di vorce this afternoon when he proved that his wife had, on various occasions, hit him ov er the head with his own wooden leg. San Francisco, Calif. Mrs Fannie Heller, a steeplejack, has given up her profssion be- cause or. injuries sustained a- few weeks ago when she slipped eettin? out nf tho- Kot., l - -- London. F"nrr1an Tav London. England Barbers have given up the idea of charging sixpence less for a haircut if the customer's head is bare on top. They report that, with few exceptions, the gentlemen with bald pates . have indignantly insisted on paying the full price. Philadelphia, Pa. At a recent meeting of the Direct Mail Ad vertising Assn., a speaker told of a young man who had courted his lady friend by let ter. He sent her a proposal every day for 65 days. On the 66th day, the girl married the mailman. lastly to revive a dead issue might I suggest that the pos sibility of telephones in each of the units be investigated again. In the past petitions have been signed, and the residents have joined together consistent ly for better telephones, but to no avail. However, we're complaining. After all not our Grandfathers didn't have tele phones; and they survived. Needless to say these dorms have made us realize the ad vantage in slum clearing pro jects. Walter T. Tice, Jr. -..yv VT-V.si - "". imh L I in mxim ....... n i , flSk SS' WHAT POINT WOULD I (idw-i '"Ow SfeT Jll WEtt KIN TAPPING Distributed by King Features Syndicate by arrangement with The Washington Star The Washington Merry n w WASHINGTON. Around the giant Pentagon Building, just across the Potomac, winds a labyrinth of beautiful boule vards built during the war at considerable cost, to American taxpayers. The other day in. Richmond, fVa., the two builders of these boulevards, McKenzie Davison and W. J. "Doc" Hardy, walked into court and pleaded "no con test" to four of siv cramtc or.. tuauig u:era 01 aeirauaing the government of $217,806 in taxes f mernment which Paid them handsomely on war Contracts. "; t Behind this virtual nlca of t .,. .,, , - : ! ?mliy ies a long story, dat- ' lo 0clober 1948. in hl,s col.umn exPsed "TZZ. C for political wirepulling, con cealment. and dodging. When this column published the story on Oct. 19. 1948, it was so sensational that some pa pers refused to print it. The two road contractors had made out false invoices, writ ten checks to other contractors, who then cashed the checks themselves, and generally-falsi fied. Yet for eight months after this column's expose, they ar gued, pleaded, and haggled with patient Justice Depart ment attorneys. Finally, last July the case was sent to the U. S. Attorney, in Richmond for prosecution, where, however, it dragged. And it was not until after this , . column, on Oct. 21, 19? again coiumn, on Uct. 21, 1949; again reviewed the lengthy delay that the ta--pvariincr - - - i.. uunuu s finailywere Jndicted, Perhaps the gravest briefing -given to Congressional leaders :; since .V-J day took place at the"? Pentagon Building last week. The substance of the nlnwH. door session was that Russia must be preparing for aggres sive war. The briefing was given by Lt. Gen. Alfred Grnpnthor behalf of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to members of both the Senate and House Appropria tions Committees and Armed Services ' Committees. Gen. Gruenther was cau tious in his statements, let the Congressmen draw their own conclusions. After listening to the report, however. Congressmen Engel of Michigan. Sikes of Florida, and Cannon of Missouri spoke out that Russia could have only one purpose in building such a powerful arsenal: lo wage war. ' Here are some of the main facts presented by Gen. Gruen ther facts which Moscow al ready knows since there is no particular secret about our armed strength. ,Russia, he said, is spending 18 per cent of her national wealth on arms, which is triple what the United States is spending. Even taking our top budget figure of $15,500,000, 000 which includes stockpiling Everybody Can Hear Him -By Drew Pearson the United States is invest , ing only 6 per cent of her wealth in defense. . Russia has. 40,000 tanks. This includes the best heavy tank in the world the Joe Stalin Mark III. In contrast, the Tj. S. Army has only 7,000 tanks, none of them heavy. In the air, Russia has 17,000 planes, including 300 heavy bombers of the B-29 type. Meanwhile Soviet factories are working feverishly to build a strategic air force. Production of long-range bombers and jet fighters has been stepped up. To challenge our naw. the Russians have 280 submarines of.-.the., latest,, speediest German -make. Most worrisome, how- ever, is a npur TJucer. ever, is a new Russian torpedo, piloted by an electronic brain that seeks out its own target. This ingenious torpedo can lo cate and blow up a ship eight miles away. - . - Despite all this firepower, the backbone of Soviet mili tar might is still her man power. Gen. Giuenihei stressed. Russia can muster HORIZONTAL 1. stalk 5. rescue 9. Babylonian gcd 12. independent Ireland 13. card with three pips 14. topaz humming-bird 15. woe is me 16. taken into : custody IS. a-as-ies 20. being 21. former European ; coin 23. abhor 25- large marine game fish 27. partner in marriage 31. Mohamme dan prince 32. fall flower 33. feminine . name 35. rugged mountain spurs 36. Africin fiy ,38. Ufere- 39. otherwise 42. pitcher 4-1. create anew 46. city in Latvia 49. anecdotes 50. verily 51. bite repeatedly 52. Japanese coin TT2 i 4 15 6 7 8 i9 10 " Ti fr ". 25 26 27 2T29 10 l - 6Zl M 52. j 55 Hj54 j Answer to yesterday's puzzle. JA L H ETlR A M P $F SIM I L EljilTl A t W Wi E TSljv I HA S M A llpfr Ep L E A Ml olIMTsTI lea N off E p D PpfS L A T tI VB $TQ U osm 1eie1pljsia1nie1r.l1 Average timt of Citnwuil ly KUtf - Go - Round over 500 divisions at the drop of a bomb. Throughout the briefings. Secretary of Defense Johnson took a back seat and let mili tary spokesmen talk. At one point, however, he broke in only to be slapped down by Congressman Sheppard of California. Sheppard wanted to know how reliable the information on So viet .strength was and while a civilian expert,. was trying to explain that" the. Iron Curtain is f, drawing M " tighter, Johnson tried. yip ; brush' aside the question'.'- ' . Some Senators and Congress- mien feared the military chiefs were trying to scare Congress with their' harrowing report in to increasing, --appropriations. But; perhaps because of John son's stern eye, the ' military men made little positive com merft. ' Gen. Gruenther brushed aside questions about increased mili tary needs by warning: "Don't ask me. I am liable to be biased." 1-2Z 53. slumber 54. mythical monster VERTICAL 1. ocean 2. sesame 3. obliterations 4. entangle 5. floral organ 6. authoritative decree 1. stanzas 8. ogle 9. nocturnal flying mammals 10. twilights 11. load 17. bristly 19. worships 21. Arctic exploration base 22. arrived 24. shows clemency 26. caresser 28. speaking 29. prophet -30. Gaelic 34. conquer again 35. concur 37. carries 39. epochs . 40. smooth 41. scrutinize 43. hence 45. auditory orean I'll 47. pikelike fish' solution: 22 mmntes. 3 reverc"ti4l FMtv 4yrulicle fear Letters To The Editor Rag - . Editor: - That was a swashbuckling series of' letters you prints f,n changes in the curriculum. This is the picture in brief: ' First we got the A-Bomb then Russia gets the A-Borrb e develop an H-Bomb, much more powerful than the A-Borr.b. sr.H soon Russia's goona counter with a Q-Bomb, designed to rr.ak Rocky mountains look like the Great Basin. Then we com" bcSc with a Z-Bomb.made by splitting the atoms of a sun-blenchc-d zebra's gonad. This ohe's guaranteed to spread chromosomes frfw the Ukraine to Vladivostock. Then we add more letters to the alphabet. Russia develops a cosmic cloud which prevents the sun from, shining on continental North America except on Ground Hog . Day. We throw something ' in their water to make it taste like Anahist and they throw something in ours to make us sterile. The world's resting on' the brink of inevitable choas and what are we doing about it?. '- "'.' ' -" We go lb Engish class and learn lhat in lhe'fiflh act of Henry IV Shakespeare makes reference lo the fact lhal the cookoo lays her eggs in lhe sparrow's nest. Then over lo Ihe Zoo Building where we learn that if you cross a hippopotamus with a dill pickle you gel a mongoose wilh green eyeballs and a sour ali menlary canal. This is all very nice lo know but in Ihis radio active, age we've got step things up a bit. Here are Iwo revisions in the curriculum which would help: , 1 Throw out Latin and putMn Russian. How can we neglect such an important language? What if a verb conjugation does sound like an asthmatic sneeze; we can learn. It ought to be pre-ttv obvious by' now that we're going to have to deal with Russia one way or another. Why not get started by trying to understand him. As for Latin it serves an indespensible function. I can al ready hear the profs crying, "Latin trains the mind!" A study of glass blowing in pre-renaissance Estonia would train the mind, also, and probably be a good deal more useful. LATIN IS NOT r THE MOTHER OF ALL LANGUAGES. It's the mother of five and only three are of major importance. I might add that Rus sian should be taught as a spoken languages and not butchered as a grammatical monstrocity like our Spanish courses here at the University. .... 2 Social Science 11 should completely cover World War II, if necessary at the expense-of everything else. A few weeks ago I took a personal poll for my own satisfaction on the subject of Norway. Out of ten students FOUR THOUGHT THAT NORWAY WAS A GERMAN ALLY, three had never thought about it, one thought Norway was ciefmitely going to intervine in Formosa and two thought Norway was the capital of Sweden. So it -goes. I would write more but I've got to hurry to find out if the Mexican Onyx commonly has a three note mating call. Barry Farber Reply on Segregation Editor: m I was struck by the letter of Mr. Simpson in Sunday's Tar Heel in which he reports the obnoxious behavior of two presumably weU-educated Negroes and draws the conclusion that perhaps in troducing Negroes onto the campus of UNC is not such a good idea. In NPwSPnT?aS, 3 Pint'. tUt 1 ShUld Hke to differ wit him. In New Yorks Harlem at night there are innumerable police pa trols, few whites will venture into the district, the crime rate is excessive. Throughout greater New York wherever a Negro pop- Z ntSJ:Ta Tilar SitUatin 6XistS' ThGre o immi grant elements m the city of which the same miht be .aid Recently a wave of Porto Ricans have flooded the Tower rent d tricts and gang wars have broken out. Mr. Simpson, Tf he went tat STtSTh' "I retUm 3 colrfuS tale than that of having a knife waved in front of his stomach He might possibly be beaten up and robbed and the next sucn races as populate those areas be kpt fw -,n including scholastic, with law-abMing JSLS AeL TT South, he would have his point-but there So Tt.V "I Spaniards, Porto Ricans etc wol k! Negres, Italians, Jews, all the races who have ye to gZ I foothoW h? the averageAmericanl lookfwitVmp American, Mr. Simpson, looked with just ,L " average .the Irish in the last century and Tsent K t P tracks, and the ScandanaviaL enj, .nt s trsr- a deep worst of all. He has not enough To 5 Soulhern Negro the lives in much poorer homes tfan yoTor cd " posed to hatred, lo contempt. On every feideh. - "e ,X" wall lhat no moral or intellectual U a" invisible overleap. Do you wonder Mr enence on his part can gained "some lSJ en he has of injury still rankles? And Tis wTwho V0517 3 and it is we who owe him reparatiln EverJ Z9 UNC has a noble history. It u - , . the faculties ol man. I, , center developing nobler future. It can help restore rh H " by my side and by yours. Mr Smson hen'" "' wm put away his pocket kile and The sit of 1 Ner . taXi cab wm not astonish the Jf Mel Hosansky Thanks for Publicity Editor: On behalf of the Cosmopolitan Cluh t the excellent publicity given ou c bvt without which the Playrnakers ThTJ 7 Da Tar Hee1' nearly so full as it v,JZht ' n0t ave be ohers for various helDful mnlr-u t.C also mdebted to many Rathburn and the .tiff L X IT T Dir Jim YMCA, Mr. Samuel Selden Z TlZ of the makers, and Dr. S. S Leavitt T ' rge McKinney of Play campus and in the town who amT t0 f&ithful on the Part of audience we express OUr ..S Jim Wilson g Mop-p
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