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PAGE TWO WEDNESDAY. MARCH IVlOtt THE DAILY lAR HEEL 5T() c 3Dattjj 3Tar 3HCeel The ofTicl.-U rewap.iper rf the Publication Hoard of the Univeraity of North Oiroima. Chapel liili. wiiere it I ixsurd cLiily durin tne regular sessions cf tlie Lniverty by tii- Colonial J'res. Inc.except Monday, examination and vacation prriods. and th- nmni term. Entered aj aerond-clagi matter at tlir pt ollue c.f Chaprl HiU. N, c. under the art of March 3. 1879. Sub j.ilpimri pi: jaw prr year. $3 W p-r quarter. Member of The Associated I'tent. Tl A.'VMUtrd Fr and AP feature are exclusively entitled to the n "J"MiU""ffnll ne feature published herein. !lllur ,, - DICK JENRETTJB fii.r.e Hnnaorr C. 15. MF.NDENHAl.l, finnuiginif tditvr CHUCK HAVSER SlMirl, F.illi,r TAYLOR VADPV t tl. lor .. Huy faiker, Jr. Zane Hobbin.i ... Caroline Bmner Jim Mill Sixuvtu f.ilfor I'liti'iHirOtilD-r . IdiHrioi Siaf. Mack Drown, bill Kellam. MiKe MiOaniel, Tom Wharton, tiurlio Citron. Joe Sekora. Veta) Taylor, Al Johnson. Charlie Joyner. Dave Mi.-irpe, John 5rump. , Aeu-i Siuj Holfe Null. Don Mynard. Glenn Harden, BiU Johnson, Wuff Newt-ll, Sam McKee). Mark Sumner, Art Xanthos, Craharn Jones, Charlie lii ewer. Pinny Jooe. M. K. Jcme. hunnvsM klulf: Neal Cadieu. iHn Stanford. Boouy Taylor, BU Brain. Ruth Dennm. M.uie WitherK, h.-oidy Shiver, Charles Asnworth, Mary Tomlin, Dick M.irtll. Jim Llnrllev, Branson Hobbs. John Poindexter, Carolyn Harrill, Lila 'binton. DerjySerr, Bruce Bauer. Joe Kelson. Leonard Rawls. SlirtM JilaU: lTy'FaT" Frank" A lis ton. Jr.. Joe Cherrv. Lew Chapman", Andy Taylor., Art Orernbaum. Biff Roberts, Ronald Tilley, Bil' Peacock. K?n Barton. Vic CoUibetir 'Hycihi fluff. Peggy Wood, Marie Withers. Betty Ann YoweU. Judy Sanfprd. M.ut'f Story. ' .' . Who Said Elections Arc Dull Did someone say the elections were dull this year? That's just what a Daily Tar Heel editorial and a number of colum nists were saying last week but for the last few days, the campus politicians are making the staff "eat its words." Office-seekers have been running up and out pf Graham Memorial all week, comparing the inches of publicity that they have received in the "Tar Heel," complaining thai the DTH is prejudiced for one party or another, or registering "blasts" about some action of .their opponents. One candi datesays another swiped his platform, another is accusing his; opponents of spreading rumors, still another objects to being listed along side of the other independent candidates. It's all chaotic. The revival of interest in elections has stimulated a liter ary outburst from DTH columnists and several other' stu dents who have never written in the paper before. Anyway, in order to accomodate all these columnists, letter-writers, etc., he rest of today's editorial space will be devoted to them. And there are plenty of columns on the waiting list. Letters To (first, a few of the letters which have been pouring into the DTH office lately.) The Editor r Edilor: Yesterday the DTH carried a roliimn, written by a member of the University Party, that lumped all independent candidates for office in the April 4 elections. The columnist implied that all independent candidates are equal ly incapable of holding campus office and indcated that all were iiicomprtfnt of student trust. - In as much at. Graham Jones, independent candidate for the editorship of the Daily Tar Heel, has held responsible positions in several campus organizations, including the presidency of the Young Democratic Club, floor leader and publicity chairman of the Student Party, and Speaker of the Phi Assembly not to mention his membership in such organizations as the Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, the Student Legislature, and the University Veterans Association we. the undersigned students, strongly feel that the attempt to smear Jones by lumping him with the two other candi dates, was ridiculous, biased, and un-called for.. As a note of interest, Graham Jones turned in 125 names' to get. his name on the ballot, whereas his opponents had a combined vote of 35 party members to get theirs on the ballot. By his own analogy we suggest that the columnist go out for water boy. Sandy Harris Vincent Spracklin BUI Ceee Editor: For several years we have been students at the University, and nt long last we are glad to see a man of independent thinking, out spoken attitude, and an all out friendliness decide to "enter the political race. The students are tired of sitting back and watching some of the do-nothing politicos vacillate among themselves over petty queetjens. If political aelemb is a requisite for a presidential candidate, then Selby is the man for whom to cast your vote. Let's electa true representative of all the students. VOTE FOR SELBY. Toby Selby, in vying with the party-endorsed candidates has undertaken the task of solving some of the perplexities of student government in a manner which will be beneficial to the avarage student. He is interested in the student who is ordinarily mis-represented. Hilliard Staton Leonard S. Woodall Moon Ennis The Other Side y Dick Murphy During the fast few raentfes, there appeared ia the Baily Tar Heel a nuraVer ef articles dealing with students pelitics, written by various columnists such as John Stump, Zane RobbLns, Jay Mills, and Gifford Hay. While moat of these gentlemen are regular col umnists for the Daily Tar Heel, they also happen to be members (If the University Party steering committee; consequently, the point ef view whieh they have usually fresMitf, has been that f the University Party. In erder to preheat a ratre balance! view f the &ajiu pelitical aetnc, Dick Jerett Jus ceajreateil t sive roe ill 4ne4uaity te pre sent tfce jj"5us -to the Student Tarty sees th. One X the. ?ujsapi,etal iues tiens which I think every stu dent should consider before he caste ka& Wxllot, pwecrias the na ture ef tbi twe parties Wkick are Adv. Manoqer Oliver Watkin But Office Mgr. Ed 'Williams Nal'l. Ado. Mar June Crockett Atxintnnt Sport Editor . Larry Fox Pete Cooper Jack Potts Fred Tyndall W. J. Waddell -Dick Murphey, SP Chairman soliciting his vote. The Universi ty Party is organized upon the basis of representation of social organizations. A twenty five man steering committee, each repre senting a fraternity or sorority, conducts the business, including all nominations. The University Party has nomi nated for over twenty years on the basis of collective bargaining among social organizations. Re cently, in order to make the UP a representative political party, rather than a social pressure group, the party announced that they were going to give seven steering committee seats over to dorm representation; however siscere they may have been In this announcement, they failed completely to carry it out. The Student Party does not believe 'that any political party has a legitimate right to solicit the votes of the campus aa a whole under the guise of repre DREW PEARSON Ihe WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND WASHINGTON. The natural gas industry's smoothest sales man will learn today whether he has made his biggest sale. He is amiable, persuasive Sen. Bob Kerr, Oklahoma Democrat who has been trying to sell the Senate on exempting natural gas producers from federal reg ulation. For three weeks he has been shuffling from Senator to Senator, haranguing, cajoling, pumping them full of sales talk. ' This afternoon they . will give their answer in a roll-call vote. Already a millionaire oilman, Kerr has a financial stake in his . own salesmanship. During most of his one year in the Senate, Kerr's voting record has been for the public interest. But in the Gas Bill, his gain would be the public's loss, for the con sumers must eventually pay any resulting increase in the" cost of gas. Certainly the reason the natural" gas compaines want to escape federal regulation isn't to reduce prices. Whether the outcome, the Senator from Oklahoma has set a record in Senatorial salesmanship. He nursed his bill every step of the way, fighting for it comma by com ma in the Senate and even turning his homey charm on President Truman to get a White House endorsement. On the Senate floor, Kerr set up a wall of , billboard-size charts and graphs, portraying the natural gas industry from every statistical view. With this as -a backstop, he ambled up and down the Senate chamber, haggling with opponents face to face, gesturing under their noses, pleading in whispers with the nearest ' Senator when someone else had the floor. At times, Kerr's informal manner and easy drawl gave the Senate the atmosphere of an Oklahoma town meeting. But of late, his persistency has got under Senatorial skins. Kerr has made the mistake of over selling. Twice in one day Sen ate Majority Leader Scott Lucas politely called him down for wandering away from his seat and sitting almost under the nose of the Senator who was speaking. When Kerr kept this up the next day, Missouri's Senator Forrest Donnell broke in im patiently: "Mr. President, I make the point of order which was made twice on yesterday against the Senator from Okla homa. Under the rules of the Senate, Senators are supposed to be at theii-seats when they speak." - As the debate wore on, Kerr challenged eyeryone who took the floor against him. He kept interrupting Missouri's Sen. James Kem, for example, until the irritated Kem retorted: "I shall answer any questions the Senator puts to me in my own way, in my own words, in my own time and at such legnth as I see fit." "If the Senator cares to in dulge in personal remarks, that's all right," shrugged Kerr. "If the Senator wants to in dulge in personalities, let" the bars go down," snapped' Kem. They glowered at each other for a moment, then fell back to the polite, formal language of Senate. At another point, Kerr sug gested that Sen. Paul Douglas's arguments "would cause the Junior Senator from Illinois to become a joint author of the sentation, when it represents on ly a. minority of the student body. It further believes that member ship or non-membership in a social organization . is a totally irrelevant consideration when nominating a person for a posi tion of responsibility in student government. There should be no distinction in a political democ racy between fraternity and non fraternity me,n and women; and when that distinction is drawn, as in the case of the UP, it can only result in harm, not only to student government, but particu larly to fraternities. Out pf fifty four candidates in the spring elec tions, the student party nomi nated thirty one fraternity and sorority men and women. The University Party, on the other hand, nominated only two non fraternity candidates. This is con crete proof of the difference in philosophy between the two parties. BATTLE NOW WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE . POTATOES Dfstrlbated by EInr Fcaturet Srnct 7 arrangement with Tb Washington 8tat One of the candidates seek the editorship of this newsj paper in the April election would, if he were elected, do away with the Hearst editorial cartoon which appears on this page every morning. Although this is hardly a strong enough plank to put any man into office, the idea is a good one to voice at this time because it brings up an issue which some students would like to discuss more thoroughly This is the possibility, the prac-, ticability and the workability', og digging up a cartoonist of our own, someone who could analyze our local poltics, ex-, amine our traditions and scho lastic foibles with humor and understanding, investigate our campus with perception and, give us a picture of the Univer sity and its people that can be easily recognized and appreci ated. The subjects for such a bill." ' " "God deliver us from that!" . cried Douglas. "I am sure that he will to our mutual gratification," brist led the Senator from Oklahoma. "I should like to.be with the Lord, and I should like to be with the Junior Senator from Oklahoma," smiled Douglas, "But not on this particular question." Between spurts of fire, the debate was dull and technical. Kerr was assisted principally by Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas who also flitted from Senator to Senator, turning on the charm when argu ments faled. It will be interesting to see how much the charm of two freshman Senators will cost the nation's natural gas consumers. NOTE Since this column has beerf critical of Senator Kerr, it is only fair to report his criti cism of me. Here it iss "And then there is good, old Drew Pearson good, old Drew," said Kerr in the middle of his main speech. "No wonder American Broadcasting Company puts Airwock on the air for ve min utes after he gets through. Boy, oh boy, do they need it." The Reserves Officers Asso ciation knows how to keep sweet with the Administration. It dedicated, its new song to Harry Truman, with special credit to Harry Vaughn . . : . Florida Is a long way from Washington State. But George Fuller, the West Coast lumber lobbyist, intervened in Florida politics recentlyagainst Sen. Claude Pepper. This ties in with heavy GOP interest in backing R"ep. George Smathers against Pepper . in the Florida primary. 1 The college senior one the prowl for a job next June would do well to consider. (See EDIT, page 4) 4- Food For A New Slogan TOTAJL U- A for wmmt rPTiMAYf 1 I EXISTENCE 1 ' -.'J "mm COW WAR i .V-.v "The Sounding Board" On The DTH Elections . By "Wink" Locklair cartoonist are numberless: sket ches of the Student Legislature in action or lethargy, the Men's Honor Council, the Co-ed Sen ate, the Carolina Political Un ion meetings, and the Di and Phi Assemblies. There need not always be an editorial message with every cartoon, either. Campus scenes . and activities drawn in the style . of Don Freeman or Hirshfield would be iex jcellent: a Playmaker rehear sal in the Koch Outdoor Theater, a field trip in bota ny, the Planetarium visitors, coffee time on the South Building steps, the rush hour in Lenoir Hail all of these ideas and hundreds more . present themselves to the ar tist who can visualize them on his or her sketch pad. ; National and international is sues' are handled exceedingly well by HerBIock, Fitzpatrick, Low and others, and students who are interested " in national and international issues see the work of these artists every day or so . in the State press. What is sorely needed at Carolina is someone who with pin and ink can create and stimulate interest in the things taking place in and about Chapel Hill. It is sad but true that the DTH is also lacking in talented and colorful writing. This, of course, is not by any means 'the entire fault of the paper or those in charge of it. The paper requires much time and attention, and it is unfortunate Hhat so few stu dents feel ,that they have time to contribute to its support. The material and ideas are here. What is needed is more writers to express them simply, intelli gently and, if possible enter tainingly. Where will a cartoonist be found? Person HaU. perhaps. But there are many people in political science, English, ed ucation, physics and other departments who enjoy sketching and commenting on local happenings. And how will the DTH get a cartboriisi? The same way and re-writers: by volunteer, it gels editorial writers, fea ture writers, sports writers it at alL There is. of course, the problem of financing these local cartoons, which would entail more expense. The candidates for editor there were three at the last eounfr all have good ideas for changes in the general .makeup of the paper , and. in the things they want to see put in or taken out Removal of the Hearst car toon may Jbe a wise move if it ' is replaced with something ' more suitable. But regardless of .who is elected and regardless of "'. at .. - ' s wnai ne may nave promised be- ifore April 4, he will have to re ' ly on, volunteer help to put out his newspaper, every morning. rrs LATER THAN yOU THINK - - 1 7 MAM ISA? STAKE A good cartoonist , would be wel comed, not to mention writers for ajl departments of the paper as well as those who would like to work in the advertising or circulation departments. Electing the best qualified man for editor of the paper is an important job, and it would seem reasonable to believe that the best qualified man would be the one 'with the most experi ence and the man who has a working knowledge of the Uni versity and " the people who make up the University. How ever, once he is elected and the buoyancy of the victory cele bration passes away, meeting deadlines will confront him and, no doubt, "many of those lofty promises will be by the boards. So, the Daily Tar Heel will remain as it is or it may be bet ter or worse depending on the students who offer to help it as well as the editor they chose to set its policies and standards. I 12 15 18 21 22 11 24 25 10 si S3 37 145 4S 9 5! 52 HORIZONTAL 1. try severely 5. Syrian garment 8. boss 12. once again 13. follow closely 14. pineapple 15. tropical American plant 16. theatrical '18. exalt 20. compound containing phosphorous 21. slightest 23. exclamation of triumph 25. 'rage 26. plague 30. compound in fir-wood 32. more compact 33. island in 34. muscular twitching 35. equivalence 36. cherish devoutly - 39. scantier 42. evergreen tree 45. placed in difficulty 47. narrow strip 48. layer of iris 49. fishlike vertebrate 50. intermittent fever mi Answer to Saturday's puzzle. ISIAITLJRIEIEIUEIOI lAlgiAISlEPSTATP rpnTvmtigiDnnirfr 6 T c ON 3 P A I stem jAMAst mmm 5-27 Average time of solution: 27 minute. Distributed by Ktaf Fature Syndicau Heff Why And By Bill Once upon a time there was a custom on the Carolina cam pus which called on all Sopho mores to beat and treat roughly all Freshmen during the ma jority of their freshman year. This practice was one which might be - truthfully described as being deeply ingrained. It had been with University as .long as the university had been with the state. People, especial ly Sophomore people, enjoyed the practice a great deal. Upon its continuation rested the spirit and the success of university life. Fortunately, this practice, which was generally known as hazing, came to an un timely demise when one sfu- . dent, who .was the object of the fun, was killed in action. The incident in which the student died was not an ex traordinary one. It just didn't go off in the usual and pre scribed manner. This resulted in a statute, passed-by! the North Carolina General As sembly, which forbade hazing in so many words and com- . manded that any and all stu dents found lo be guilty of hazing should be suspended from school, this punishment . to be in addition to any sen tence handed down by a court of law. Since the enactment of the statute, no Freshman has been mistreated in any way simply because he was a freshman. There have been therefore, no cases in the courts involving the University of North Caro lina in such a light. There is and has been on the Carolina campus another prac tice, somewhat similar in char acter to that which was out lawed many years ago. This practice is generally known as Hell Week, and it exists in most of the local chapters of fra ternities. In Hell Week, 1 those , persons who are actives in the fraternity "beat and treat rough ly those persons who are pledges in the fraternity for a period of time ranging from two or three days up to one week. This practice is quite ; deeply ingrained in the life of , tlje average fraternity chapter. It consists of all sorts of "games," concoctions, trips into the wilderness, and the like. There is also a certain amount of work required around the house, for the benefit of the house and all who use it. The object of Hell Week is primarily to unite the pledge class, give it a sense of oneness, and, by somewhat devious means, make it to be a part of 8 10 It 14 21 17 26 25 3S 51. inflict, as blow 52. rusted 53. for fear that VERTICAL 1. European shark 2. noxious .3. sever 4. stale 5. increase 6. salt or boric acid 7. yawning- 8. sprinkle 9. small monkey 10. one 11. fresh-water fish 17. pertaining to a resin. for varnish lS.hill 22. Swedish coin 23. bow 24. of that girl 27. strength , of electric current 28. ocean 29. misjudge 31. endless 32. evergreen 34. menace 37. California l&ncet-fian 38. of one' birth 39. move swiftly 40. small bay 41. region 43. musical work ' . 44. succulent . : root 4. stain VP, 272PlPl w 447 lis 44 Week Wherefore Mackie the fraternity at the end of tho time of Hell. Hell into Helas is a noteworthy advance. A sec ondary reason for Hell Week is to "seperate the men from Ihe boys," that is, to weed out those who dp . not . desire fraternity membership enough to go through Hell for it, and-those who in some why lack the ne cessary stamina. ' s No one has ever found out for sure whether or not the activities of Hell Week under the definition of hazing as set up under the law. It is true that thV-abuse suffered in even the worst of the hellacious periods is gone through on a voluntary "basis. NO one is required to join a fraternity, nor is one who wishes to join a fraternity re quired to join one which still indulges in Hell Week. But it is equally true that the type of "fun" which is found in the - traditional Hell Week routine is the same type of "fun" which, strictly by acci dent, caused the death of a stu dent some thirty years ago. It is also true that this aspect of fraternity life is one of the most frequent points of attack from whichthose who are opposed to fraternities in general can tee off. In addition, there are occas ional cases of bodily injury and frequent cases of nervous and mental upset in the course of the Hell Week trial by fire. 'Ac- cidents are far more likely to happen when fate is tempted. The ounce of prevention is no good unless added ahead of time. But the most noteable point about the current status of Hell Week is the simple fact that it does not now serve any pur pose in the past. But it is clear that the unification of a pledge class is now accomplished, even in Hell Week, by the joint work of the pledges in doing things which may be somewhat dis tasteful to them'. Most people have a distaste for cutting grass, washing windows, waxing floors, and such, especially when it is compelled. The great est sense of accomplishment provides the greatest sense of unity,; and it therefore follows that the more things, a group' of pledges do together and the more constructive these things are, the better will be the spirit of the group. Greek Week has come lo the campus this year. It is de signed to replace Hell Week with some constructive work, a little reginented study and sleep, and some good compet itive games. Instead of using Greei Week to replace the . unnecessary and dangerous activities of HeU Week, most fraternities have simply com bined the two. Some extend ed it altogether lo a week and a half while very few of those having Hell Week in their re cent hisjory had planned lo , cut out any of the bad things which make Hell week dangerous. Continued accidents and inci dents have, brought us to the Point at which we must do something to get the Hell taken T ,J HeI1 Week.. The"-job-should be done in each fraterni ty, preferably of its own. free will and accord. But it is due ""k ffVhe lead of the IFC tobe followed, and for respon sible student leaders to take a' Wekeborltand Hell and on T m the frateities ana on the campus. It is a sisn of good progress havlS:raV0f the fraternitie - ceminf n' tHeir plans con cerning all pre-initiation exer cises even sincp ha u . of Greek Week Th. tT dtheenoarfrmVo" personadignities -ms of - Power to govern tu 7 e so lonHs thevms?VeS n- r41V S thGy SHOW thp jvy, Another be nece ar T thif "0t ? tv tr, f this umversi-: stSnGO-More fireS start between 4 and 5 n w any other hour Th break o,,t k The fewest Thc between 4 and 5am sPinth Wgh and aTnotM T If Y alarm Prnr MuHanl 7 Chief Fir Marshal CWc9gT m 3 StUdy -
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