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THE Daily TXH HEEE 1 .SUNDAY, OCTOBFR n. Vr 1 i The Editor's Mailbox .PACffi TOO NONPLUS by Harry Snook The official newspaper of the Publications Board of "the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is-published daily during the regular sessions of the University at 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 per year, $3 per quarter. Member of the Associated Press, which is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news and features herein. Opinions expressed by columnists are not necessarily those of this newspaner. Editor Business Mnaager . Managing Editor Sports Editor ..ROY PARKER. JR. ED WILLIAMS ROLFE NEILL ;. ZANE ROBBINS Neal Cadieu, Adv. Mgr. . - Shasta Bryant. Ctrfc. Mgr. ' Oliver Watkins, Office Mgr. Bill Saddler. Subs.' Mgr. Staff Photographers - .. Jim . Mills. Cornell Wright Hews staff: Don Maynard, Andy Taylor, Faye Massemgill. Walt Dear, Nancy Burgess, 'Edd Davis, John Noble, Barrett Boulware, Stanley Smith, Billy Grimes. , . Sports staff: Frank Allstoh, Jr., Joe Cherry .-Lew Chapman, Art Greenbaum, Biff Roberts, Harvey Ritch. Bill Peacock, Ken Barton. Business staff: Tate Erwin, Bootsy Taylor, Marie Withers, Charles Ashworth. Business staff: Tate Erwin, Bootsy Taylor, Marie Withers. Charles Ashworth. John Poindexter, Hubert Breeze. Bruce Marger, Bill Faulkner. Pat Morse. Chuck Abernethy, Martha Byrd, Marie Costello, Marile McGerity, Lamar 3 LI UUJJC. ' ........ SOCIETY STAFF EDITORS ASSOCIATE EDITOR REPORTERS... ..Faye Massengill Nancy Burgess Evelyn Wright, Margie Story, Marvel Stokes, Sar ah Gobbel, Lula Overton, Nancy Bates, Helen Boone and Jimmy Foust For This Issue: Night Editor, Rolfe Neill Disgraceful, Dangerous Once again the student body has shown a shocking apathy in its responsibility at the polls. The results of Tuesday's special election for; editor of the Daily Tar Heel showed a total vote of 1,273. For a maor election, that is not only a disgrace and reflection on student' responsibility, but it points up again the danger of such .utter. disregard for responsibility under our. free campus system. . Students must be made to realize that the "freedom we enjoy depends on their individual assumption and use of the right to vote in campus elections. Admittedly, there was little of the usual election trappings that make for a big vote. Both, candidates confined themselves to statements of pplicy which were remarkedly similar and did not use any of the mudslinging and underhanding that is all too evident in most UNC elections. But there were still some striking examples of how special groups can easily become the majority when the vote is ri diculously low as it was Thursday. For one thing, the Student Party mustered at least sixty, percent of its candidate's votes by working, solely on the freshman class. The leaders of the SP had carefully made friends, personally and politically, with most of the first year men. The mass vote, of freshmen used as a political force barely a month after they had first set foot on the UNC cam pus, was the deciding factor in the race. Yet, they are defi nitely a minority on the campus. : The University Party, conversely, used .tremendous pres sure on individuals in member organizations tc'roil up a vote. It went as far as having sorority pledges told to "vote UP, or else." Once again, the total membership of all the organiza tions represented in the UP is a minority. Yet, it could easily have been a majority when such a small percentage of the total student body goes to the polls. '"y ; These are just concrete examples of ; how student apathy at the polls can be dangerous to individual interests and to the majority interests of the campus. The far-reaching ef fect of such lack, of responsibility is even more dangerous. Our freedom of student action depends on the quality of our student-controlled 'institutions to wit, student government, the student Constitution, and the Daily Tar Heel, among others. And the quality of our student institutions depends on the individual student's proper assumption of his right to vote. Students must realize the far-reaching effects of their individual vote. The fall election should be the starting gun for students who have neglected their responsibility. No Comparison William McKee Evans may now be added to the list of Chapel Hill Communists, and also to the list of "people who we'd most like to see spanked." , : v: " Willie was the boy who circulated the Stockholm Peace petition among some Durham cops last August. H.e., wanted to test the validity of an ordinance of the Durham 'commis-' sioners which forbad the circulation of the.petitioh -which is admittedly a Soviet-inspired propaganda device. , . ,.. The city of Durham did itself a service by acquitting Evans. Certainly its ordinance, passed during the dark days of August when war in Korea stepped up the Red-scare hysteria, was an ill-advised one. It would undoubtedly be declared un constitutional if it ever was tested in a higher court. Mr. Evans should be a prime example for those who have labeled Chapel Hill and the University student body a "hot bed of Communism.", Poor Willie, who Judge A. R. Wilson ' the arresting judge said was taking direct orders from Caro iinas Party boss Junius Scales, will never be able to do any thing resembling Communist activity anymore, without hav ing it screamed in the headlines. ' - - , If Willie were a smart boy, smart as he . thinks he is, he would knock off such stuff . There are those that claim he is dangerous, being allowed to continue such activity; He" "is not dangerous, he is pathetic. Already his father, a well-respected Recorder Judge, has resigned his position because. of his son's lack of judgement. The University has' had to defend itself because of Willie's well-publicized actions!: Willie him self has been branded for ljfe.": ; : i n . " ' ' Which all adds up to the fact that it is time for boys like William Evans who is undoubtedly a free-thinking, intelli gent person to 'stop making themselves, ridiculous, their lov ed ones ashamed, and their school a target and intelligently evaluate their actions. , ; Such evaluation could only lead them to the conclusion that they are being rather, silly, not dangerous or smart, and that jt is time for academic. Communists to show the results of, their studies and realize that Communism in comparison with Democracy just doesn't hold water. The blood red pool of Com munism is seeping across the face of the earth. ' Soviet" Russia is using the powerful modern . weapon of words to keep one third of the people and nearly half the larad. area of the world under control. Propaganda hag always been . effective in directing the think- ing and the mood of the people. Social and political, theories are sold by propaganda. Battles can be won or lost with words. Countries have been conquered by words. : Russia is using radio 'and press to sell the illusion of Commun- -ism to the people within her reach. Day after day, the people hear one intensely exaggerated side of every world issue. Through the use of half-truths-and biased emotional arguments, Russia is convincing many of the people of Europe that Commun ism is really a peoples' govern ment. These people are being psychologically prepared to go to war against the real free na tions of the -world. ! ' : The ; Voice, , of ' America has penetrated the Iron Curtain to provide democracy's and free : dom!s side on ; major issues, But the Voice of America has' been bound in the strait jacket of State Department protocol. There is also Radio Free Eu rope, a station that carries the voices of exiled leaders f rom the prison countries of Europe to tell their own people how they have been , tricked by Russian propaganda. We, and all the free people, need more Radio Free Europe to aid the Voice of America in 'its gigantic task of telling en slaved people the truth about freedom. Radio Free Europe is the voice of private American citizens. It is a people-tp-people communi cation, rather than a govern-ment-to-people ; communication. The idea has already penetrat : ed behind the Curtain and has ; brought excellent response. Every man, woman and child can assist in making Radio Free Europe truly the voice of the . American , people. Part of the Crusade for -Freedom campaign which begins here today is to accept voluntary contributions for the support of Radio Free .Europe. However, no contributions will be required for students to sign the Freedom Scroll that will take the form of a monument and a Freedom Bell in Berlin, the heart of Europe. But those " students who believe in the wis dom of providing freedom with a voice to fight the lies of Rus sian propaganda can chip in nickels, dimes, dollars or any amount to help put more Radio Free Europe stations on the air. Even a dime invested in Ra dio Free Europe might do, more good than a dollar invested later in guns and ammunition. Radio Free Europe is a chance to win a bloodless battle. . And don't forget to sign the Freedom Scroll. On Campus The following letter, quoted in part, was sent . to the president of one of. the leading campus fraternities from the physician father of two former' brothers: "Some months ago my two sons told me that an effort was being carried out to win a Philip Morris contest at Carolina this fall. I immediately became in terested in saving the damn things until it almost became an obsession. "I have almost made it a busi ness. I have been able to collect a considerable package of . the filthy wrappers . . . Do you still Want what 1 got and are you really in the run for the prize? If you still want them I can try to get them down during the weekend of the Carolina-Duke f - game. ' " ' i "Shall I bother with them further or shall I-throw them away? My wife swears that she will leave my bed and board until I quit . paddling down the gutters, ud the - alleys, in the mudholes and in railroad toilets collecting the things. "I have had lots of fun doing it and have' trained my patients to bring the wrappers in to me or I threaten to put cocaine in their honeymoon kits . . ." T "See It?" , f '--:V- - 4 - mil 1 111 r i ; . . , .... , x. - z A. ' AV - --'yy On The Negro Question Editor: ' It Seems that Miss Hardee (as she expresses herself n ., Mailbox on "the 12th) is in favor of procrastination on the ;,f.Sn'."f gation issue, and I say nothing was ever gained by putting th?n -off. She says. neither Negroes nor whites are prepared fur a char,. -in the tradition of segregation. I think the issue itself is t-vid" enough that a radical change is necessary. I believe, in a kKt; that the Negro is ready, as is anyone regarded as something u, ' "kept in iiis place." Surely ( there are enough white people ready to aecf pt f. , Negro for what he is, a human. We will never be any t!oM.: n, Nthe future to completely accepting the Negro than we ai..- tuv,v '' because delay is not going to make us realize that tin.- .?, is our equal. Days spent in' deliberation are no more soothing Y ;the Negroes'' crushed pride, than aur present dividing line . ,.j)r .' the "blacks in their place" and away from the whites. Miss Hardee doubts that the Negro's intention for entering L'Kr is study. I say any Negro who has the willpower to buck r.arn v.. inindedness, ignorance,' and hate for the betterment of hi.; ! is to be given a hearty welcome. We need people with th;.t ..-,,,. of courage. Surely, he can't be coming here for anymore ) times" then many whites who are here. Why does Miss Hardee think this is our own question? Th is not a question of whether to enroll a couple of Negroes in i. school. Rather, it is a question of whether we will acrept tie Negro as an equal 'human. It should be settled by a national cmi because we are not the only intolerant people in this "land equality." Tar Hel At Large by Robert Ruark '35' I took an old party to junch the other day, at a fancy restaurant,- rjnd thereby gratified a 20-year dream. The old party's name is W. Somerset Maugham, and f.his friends call him Willie. I call him Mr. Maugham, because most of the trouble and a great- deal of the fun I . have had stem from an 1 fcarly, boyish worship of his work. jL t ". - j$ i Mr. Maugham is deep JnC his seventies now, and for 50 years he has certainly been as pro lific and successful as anf living writer. He isv as famous . around the world for his plays as he is for his short stories, as he is for his novels. And the . movies 'ave recreated near ly all of his mediums. A newtone, called "Trio," just opened here recently. " I fell afoul of Mr. Maugham at a very danger ous, impressionablge age, during a time when Mr. Maugham was writing stories about the glamor ous, impressionable age, during a time when Mr. the wicked Riviera and slumbrous Italy and romantic Spain. Chained to coastal North Caro lina, which had neither head-hunters, canni bals, sloe-eyed brown beauties, coral reefs, Italian pagan festivals nor suave adventures and shady ladies, I just about went nuts from sheer frus tration. y I read Mr. Maugham, or gobbled him up, and then I paced the floor, and then I decided that I was going to be a traveller and a writer if it killed me. It nearly did. Mr. Maugham, a slight, spry, old boy who dash es frighteningly through traffic, nibbled at his dry Martini and snorted when I told him about his early, evil influence. ( , "You may recall," he said, "that I once wrote a novel called "Moon and Sixpence," about a re spectable middle-aged man who left his family to nip off to the tropics and paint pictures. To -r r The Guest my horror I recently heard of a. man who read the book, and, inspired by it, deserted his wife and children to run away and paint." Mr. Maug ham chuckled drily. , "Only trouble was," he remarked, "the poor bloke turned out to be a bloody awful painter. I suppose one writes chiefly for one's own amuse ment, with no thought as to how it might affect one's headers." Although Mr. Maugham has pos'sibiy enjoy ed the most fabulous financial and critical ac claim of any writer in half a century, he was a bum at my trade, which sort of pleases me a little bit. "I tried to wheedle a few assignments out of newspapers when I was young and very, very hungry," he remarked. "I couldn't seem to get the . hang of book reviews or play criticism. I could never write lengthily enough. I was ad vised at the'time.to get out of writing entirely, as I'd never be any good at it." 1 The old master says his first reaction to quick fiowering fame was financial. "I had been so des perately poor," he said. "I was almost complete ly unequipped to make a decent living. When my first successful work emerged, I could only ,. think of one thing: For six months, at least, I shouldn't have to worry about money." I recall the same sensation when I got raised from $15 a week to $25. Having already arrived at most of his con clusions through bitter trial and error, I pro ceeded to discard the quiver full of questions I had cherished throughout the years. Like any other ham, I began to talk. I have little know ledge of Mr. Maugham's working habits, ex cept that he labors in the mornings, but I will bet you he can write a full treatment of how you commit a column. I guess I'm even at last," for all the trouble he caused me in my tender youth. George F. Smith, Jr. i And On A Sixth Sorority Editor:' , The whole question of a sixth sorority started several years a- . when the campus became aware of the . large number of. girls v. ho went but for rushing and did not receive bids to a sorority. This i ji has become more apparent in, the past years and now the need im a solution to take care of these girls is. more pressing than ever. These girls voluntarily went out for rushing not to be rejected but with a great desire to be sorority girls. So it's the responsibility of the sorority girls' on this campus to provide enough sororities to . take care of the girls who are interested. 4 , When a girl is dropped from rushing, she doesn't smile, walk f away, and soon forget all about it. She is hurt, and hurt deeply and it's up to us to avoid such situations. We. want the new coeds to be as haPPy and content at Carolina as we are. Our concern for others arid their-happiness quickly tags us as a good neighbor with one of our goals being to respect others, and isn't that what we want? The poll that was taken last spring did not represent fairly the coed pbpulat ion, and so it was discarded as invalid by the Pan Hellenic Council when discussing this problem. Thus it cannot lie used now to determine whether or not a sixth sorority is the solu tion. ' The independent organization takes care of the non-sorority girls, and takes care of them well. But.we cannot say that it is the answer to this problem since there are- girls who did not rece ive bids who want to be sorority girls. After long sessions and much investigation the Pan-IIellenio Council voted unanimously last spring to bring a sixth sorority on to the campus because it was the solution for taking care of these girls. The present quotas in each sorority can not be raised, wo don't have an organization on campus that is the solution, and we can't limit the number of girls who will go put for rushing. Can't we see then that a sixth sorority is the solution to this very important prob lem? Let's remember that each girl is an individual, and that she should have her happiness by fulfillment ; of her desires as much as we should. . . , . , : . ... , Roeney Miller Wolfgang Don't Like Our English Editor: ; 1 As a new student in this University and as a former editor of a college newspaper, I am stuck every morning by the variety of English which The Daily Tar Heel condones in its columns. To cite examples from today's (Oc. 14) issue alone; "Let the folks over at Wake Forest know loud and strong who will win . . .", "economic aid to free countries must be continued . . . but that it would not be as much as in recent years"; "A joint musical concert has;" "The action showed a lack of willingness to properly Or that glorious letter on the hospitality of the Georgians for which, I admit, you were not responsible.' I will gladely concede that the writing of faulty English will not hinder you or your staff from landing jobs on newspapers after you graduate. Any daily probable abuses the English language in even greater measure every day. You, however, should show, by your writing, what a colege education is doing for you. Furthermore, you represent this University to a portion of the outside world. Nevertheless, your copy would not rate a "C" . in freshman English. If it is a university's function to advocate the use of good language, its newspaper should support it in this? endeavor. '' Wolfgang Bernard Fleischmann Box by Wuff Newell of Th: News and Observer After being a dyed-in-the-wool Carolina coed for two years, I've suddenly degenerated into qne of those lowly creatures who is the bane of every coed's existence an import. Couldn't there be another name for us ex coeds who were given ,a sheepskin and sent out iiito the cold, cruelwfrld? Do we have tb be classed alongside the gals whose furs and high heels keep the Carolina males (with a few' exceptions) agog from Friflay night until Sun day night (and then retujrn to WC or Saint Mary's and until the next Friday dress in sloppy outfits; a coed would neveif dream of wearing)? Couldn't we be called coed slumnae? Then every one would be happy. ; , Or "wpuid thej'? Like as hot they'd find some-" thing to 'gripe about just; as they've been doing ; since school opened. If it isn't the traffic situ ation it's the student vandalism. And if it isn't either of those it's DTH columnists with Harry Snook and Chuck Hauser dut in .front. Strange as -it may seem, we like both of them. 'Wa blush to' admitl it, but we thought the so-called "sex" column written by Harry was rather clever. Or, may we be so bold as to say we really enjoyed it. ' As for Chuck, in our opinion there isn't a better person on campus than he, and if he wants to blow off steam in his column well, any student on campus has the privilege of do ing the same thing. v Which brings us to the fact that nearly every day at least one former Tar Heol gets a byline in a state paper.. Most of them are working on either dailies or weeklies, and they're all getting to be well-known from Nags Head to Andrews (we hate cliches, thus we refuse to say Manteo to Murphy). Some whose writings have appeared lately are Bill Buchan of the Jacksonville. News and Views, Charlie Joyner of the Rocky Mount Eve ning Telegram, Jim Southerland of the Windsor Bertie Ledger Advance,- Betty Pierson and Sal lie Woodhull :of the Raleigh Timfes, and Charlie Craven,. Jim Rankin, Ducky (Photographer of Girls) Murray, Coline Smith Covington, Dotty Cameron and yours truly of the News and Observer. Bill Duncan, former Yack editor, is on the advertising staff of the "N 'and O" and is going to marry Taw Gay, Sallie Woodhull's roommate, next month. Ed Joyner is with the United Press in Ra leigh, Sam Summerlin is with the Associated Press there, and" Billy Carmichael III, covers North Carolina in his Carolina blue Studebaker gathering together material for "The State." ACROSS 1. Near 6. Pastry 9. Top card 12. Ghastly 13. Llvd 15. Among 1U. Pallid 18. Jewel 19. Chart 21. Stir 23. Skill 35. In a gTumbllng manner 39. Exist 40. Kind of sail ing vessel 41. Make leather 42. Nervous twitching 44. Dull color 46. Slender stick 49. Headpiece 51. 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