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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1950
THE DIU? TAR HE'ffl
PAGE "EWO
mlp at Hra NONPLUS
by Harry Snook
'Personally I Got One Of Them, Bipartisan- Policies
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Compulsory class attendance
i& .ridiculous. -' " '. 5 r
' The University of North Caro-
ROY PARKER. JR.
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I" chuck hauser ' iina, supposedly one of the most ; j :
ZZANEROims - progressive schools in the South, ,
Night Editor, Edd Davis
Editor
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Executive. News .Editor
Managing Editor .
Sports Editor
- puts a higher value on attend
.: 1 ahce than oh actual learning.
y 5 If a student cuts one.too many
: ' classes in a particular course, he
H'iS dropped from the course and
given a grade of F, even- though
Students should follow closelv the' ' actions oMhp : Rt.at.p- - he may - have r made excellent
RACKETS
& CRIME
INC.
On New Bank
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Banking Authority today when it meets' to consider , a Dur
ham banking house's proposal to open a branch office in'
Chapel Hill. 1
Certainly the proposal for another bank in Chapel Hill
should be considered carefully. The Bank of Chapel Hill
has for years been the. brunt of attack, mostly from the stu
dent body, but also from private citizens as well. Surely
there are many defects in its service, in its attitude and
probably in its policy. No one can deny that it has often
shown a lack of consideration for those other than its owners.
But most banks are open to the same charge.
The main consideration as far as students are concerned
in the matter is whether the serious defects, in -the; services
of the present bank are big enough to; justify another banking
house. Undoubtedly another bank would probably snatch
up' a large amount of student business if the Bank of Chapel
Hill would not improve its service and attitude, toward stu
dents. Unless the Bank of Chapel Hill does - honestly look
into the problem of its defects as. far. aa : students are con
cerned, then students should certainly look into -and-back
the wish of the Durham banking house in its endeavor to
open a branch office in Chapel Hill. ' , ' '
Another Childish Display
The childish action of the bunch of UNC students who let
mob spirit get the best of their better judgments over the
weekend is something that points to a dangerous attitude
on the part of Tar Heel student football fans.
We're referring to the bunch of lower and upper quad
residents who lined the street in front of their dorms Satur
day night and attacked with missiles, fists and words, auto-
; mobiles containing Wake Forest students and supporters.
Hopelessly outnumbered, most of the visitors came out on
the bad end of the ugly display of mob thinking.
Admittedly, the goalpost-grabbing incident was one that
made it hard on UNC students as far as their self-control is
concerned. But the ancient tradition of goalpost, collection is
one that is still within the bounds of honest display of school
spirit." The Deacon action Was even more understandable in
view of the fact that they had not won a game over the Tar
v Heels since 1947, and in view' of the exciting way in which the
game was won. The advent of the costly pipe goalpost' has
already discouraged goalpost-swiping, but in view of the
circumstances, the Deacs had pretty good cause in their
action. ' .
But the angry, ugly actions of students' in the street
lining i affair, and the fisticuffs that attended the ' goalpost-'
taking, were regrettable in that they showed up again
the immature and wrong attitude that is becoming evident
on the part of too large a portion of the student body. The
proper attitude should come under the heading of "accepting
defeat gracefully." -
It was clear to students before the football season got
underway that the Tar Heel gridmen, although they would
be as determined a squad as any championship team, would
not be able to match the undefeated records of past teams,
and that team, and students alike would have" to accept some
defeats. ; r.,r ,nT
There is no shame in defeat when "it is 'accepted grace
fully. When the disappointment and anger; over; defeat tufns
into mob action such as was displayed last Saturday, how
ever, it points to an immaturity and childishness, that does
not become the usual attitude of the UNC student fan. It is
as childish as paintbrushwielding, and It is much more
dangerous.. '-I'f). , , . " "'.. 1 .f,. J:
Students should realize;' that by matching hiGcfefeat their
wonderful victory spirit, they are adding ever" more to the
good name of Carolina spirit a spirit that is unbeatable
in victory, unquenchable in defeat.
Choo Did OK
grades on every quiz. And a
student who consistently turns ;
in C-grade work, but meets ;
a
every class, will pass the course !
and be given credit for it.
There is, of course, a reason
for compulsory class attendance. ;
It is that most undergraduate
students would not attend clas
ses . regularly enough to pass ;
their courses. This implies that :
the average student is incapable
of disciplining himself. And it
implies that the average student
has so little regard for education
itself that he cannot discipline
himself , to' do the necessary
amount 'of work.
All of this reasoning is ac
tually beside the point.
Mo&t students do not come "to
Carolina because they want to
increase their educational back
ground or because they want a
greater understanding of our
cultural heritage. Most of them
don't even come to Carolina
with the idea of picking up a
little knowledge that will help :
them make a living later.
They come because their par
ents want them to, because it's
the proper thing to do, because
they would rather go to school
than to work, and because they
want to enjoy the social pleas
ures of young men and women
away from home.
Without the desire for an edu
cation, they put up with being
educated only because they
must.
Those in favor of leaving class
attendance up to the individual
argue that a man who doesn't
want to put out the work to get
an education shouldn't be in
School anyway. They reason
that students who wouldn't at
tend classes of their own accord
don't get much .out of the classes
'they are forced to attend.
And this reasoning is beside
the point, too. .
There is little doubt that stu
dents with a choice would skip
so many classes and flunk so
many courses at first that many -would
have to leave school.
But, and this is to the point,
it wouldn't take students long to
realize that it was necessary to
pass courses to stay at Carolina
and that it was necessary to at
tend classes to pass courses.
Students should be given
credit for some practicality.
Anyone interested in being at
Carolina, for any reason, will
do whatever is necessary to stay
here. If the requirement is to
learn a certain amount, all who
should stay will stay. -
Those who came to learn
would learn. And those who i
came just to enjoy collegiate
pleasures would-be forced toi
learn, rather than just attend,'
in order to stay.;
And anyone who would not
place a high enough value on
either education or the pleasures ;
afforded by Carolina to disci
pline himself to do what was '
necessary to stay here wouldn't
get anything out of school under ;
any circumstances. He" would
drop out of scKool under the
present system.
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The Editor's Mailbo
Monogrammers Get Bad Shuffle
P(9fO TH0 WASHMTV4 POST CO.
Tar Heel At Large by Robert Ruark '35
I have two headlines here. One says "Sim
mons Gets Leave to Pitch for Phils." One 'says
"Marine, AWOL to Help Family, Faces Court."
The stories easily amplify. Pfc. Curt Simmons,
recently a talented pitcher for'he Philadelphia
Phillies, and more recently a 'draftee, was award
ed a 10-day pass. He has been in the Army a
month. He did not pitch, in the World Series, but
was present at the festivities..
' Maj. Gen. Daniel B. Strickler, commanding
general of the 28th division, specially blessed
the leave. "We realize the winning of the Nation
al League pennant by the Phillies is a great
thing," the general was quoted. "It is gratifying
to take this course of action to encourage the
ball team during the .World Series."
Pfc. Francis Deshane frankly went over the
hill from Camp Pendleton, Calif. Deshane had
a pregnant wife and four kids living in Syracuse,
N. Y, He hitchhiked from California to see them,
driven a touch reckless by his worry over the
fact that a wife and four soon to be five kids
were not apt to live splendidly on his $125
monthly government allotment.
He checked with the family, told his story to
a Syracuse newspaper, then gave himself up to
-military authorities. He was returned to Cali
fornia, where he faces a summary court-martial.
Worst he can draw is a month in the brig, with
or without pay.
His commanding officer, was quoted as saying
that if Pfc. Deshane could reconcile his behavior
with that of Marines fighting ip Korea, "he was
even more thoughtless than his present miscon
duct indicates." He then ordered the court.
Broadly speaking, a man withfour kids and a
pregnant wife is no candidate for small-scale
war or any dther war except.! one which dips
so deep in the barrel that they take male torsos
and old ladies. Anything he does isapt to ' be
militarily irresponsible, since itis colored by a
heavy sense of general resDonsibility that does
not include the welfare of the sprvice.
Pvt. Deshane wasn't worryingspvermuch about
the Marines in Korea when he shoved off. He
was fretting about Pauline Deshane, who was
carrying a baby, and four other Deshanes who
were living on $125 a month. That used to be
money. Today it isn't. He just took off, and who's
to blame him?
Broadly speaking, Master Curt Simmons, the
,drafted pitcher, deserves no more consideration
from his big boss, and the Department of the
Army; which must specifically approve that kind
of special leave, than any other doughboy in his
outfit. Other people get drafted from occupations
as important to them as the Phillies might have
been to Mr. Simmons. Where the welfare of the
state of Pennsylvania is concerned, or how the
state benefits from Mr. Simmons' presence, is
not cle,ar.
You cannot build a fighting force out of peo
ple who are always going AWOLoose, but neither
can you build one in which the top officers are
so impressed by fragile prestige that they will
okay a tinsel leave for a handcuff volunteer who
has been striving in the service a whole month.
Offhand I would say that Gen. Strickler Q3
stroyed more morale among the militant
newcomers by sending Simmons to watch the
series than Pfc. Deshane destroyed by sloping
off to visit a harrassed family. These little things
finally become important as a war effort grows,
and they tell me we are gardening one at the
moment. -j
During the last thin, one of the big.fraili
ties of the brass was a preoccupation with the'
civilian background of .ra -'fresh candidate for
deathly . distinction, to where some Hollywood
ham or stronebacked athlete got. deference and
privilege while some poor bum with not .too
rich a brain deposit got -pilldried for following
a natural inclination to his own disaster. The
instances of Simmons' leave and Deshane's court
martial are rf small importance, except to Sim
mons' fellow soldiers and all the Deshanes, in
cluding the -one that isn't born yet. And if Gen.
Strickler can rconcile his conduct with that of
the troops fighting in Korea . . . but then you
cannot hand a general a summary court-martial.
Frlitor:
Several year ago, when the present monogram iud was f,r
i ganized ; by' its first president,. Bill Pritciard, it was the i:
powerful and . influential organization on he UNC campus,
since that great beginning, several tmngs nave mariea mo ;jio- f
gress of the. ivarsity letter club. . ' - i
When . the. Navy departed from Chapel Hill in 1945 or MO. it
left behind-a beautiful building which it gave to the Univci.sa, i ,r
the sole use. of the Monogram; Club. For two years, this great or
ganization went forward by; leaps' and bounds until a ecitain
University official or groups of officials decided that the Uni-
,'versity was not: benefiting from the use of the building.
' - Controller W. .D. Carmichael stepped in and put the clamp-,
on the Monogram Club. Since that time, the interest in the club
by its members-has been almost nil. President Joe Augustine arl
his fellow varsity men are holed up .in one corner in the spaci-ms
"building. Two weeks ago, when the Monogram Club held its fail
initiation, it was evident that there were too many people in that
one room. In fact, many were sitting jammed together on the
floor. Mr. Carmichael was present at this initiation and gave what
could have been a very inspiring talk on "the Carolina Monogram."
But something seemed to be lacking.
Many visitors come to Chapel Hill on weekends and feel that
they should go to the Monogram Club to eat. A large maim it v
of them feel it is for a good cause. Yet not one cent that is collect
ed "in the Circus Room or in the dining room is given to the
JVTonogram Club.
Another, incident came up last year for the first time. The
annual Blue-White game, in the spring was originated hy t!.
Monogram Club. A large portion . of the club's financial ass t
come.from this game,. But before last spring's contest, Carl Snavt !v
and. several other officials felt that the game was too big for th,
Monogram Club, an organization which had successfully cam.
.out the job for three "years. After a hard tussle, the Monogram
Club retained the right to keep on running the Blue-White ;.ame.
, But after, all this,. it seems that the Monogram Club has gotten
a bad shuffle in the past' years. One thing is certain, the only
way to get ba'ck to the top is fight all the way.
Art Greenbaum
Several Points Overlooked
Editor:
Mr. George Smith:
There are several points overlooked concerning my letter on
the problem of a Negro entering UNC. The first two paragraphs
in which I strongly state my views were omitted, also my letter
was written a week before this matter was disapproved by the
. court.
Therefore, you- were not in possession of all the facts con
cerning this. You presented a great deal of criticism, but no so
lution to the problem. May I suggest that we meet to discus:; the
matter if there are still differences of opinion.
By the way, we are on the same side of the fence.
E. Hardee
As it is, students have no
choice and thus no real opportu
nity to decide for themselves
whether to go, or not to go: They
go "by habit and force. The re
sult is that many go all the way
through school from force of
habit. " -
Why try to cram education
down the throats of those who
Although many newspapermen, citizens and students will
probably say "I told you so" and ''he is money-mad like the
rest" over Charlie Justice's decision to enter the ranks' of the
professional football players, seems to us Choo has taken a
step that should be commended; by pJeaj-thirikidgUlblKS. I
' '-' Charlie admittedly fumbled around with the pro football
decision for quite a While. There -was trem!ridJfe pressure
from many sides. "Those who became disgusted over the
so-called "wishy-washy" way in which Choo made his de
"cision after months of indecision should put themselves m
the' great tailback's shoes. Pulling' onihirrf wis sHmtehdOus;; i9tft -.want- it enough, to work
.' .unquenchable loyeof potball, the, demands; of "a lob, that 7. for . . . ,
would be a challenge to ho wpatwtinf vrainn rnarr,-rnriRidor- - ' '
.ations of family and future security,-the demands. pf spcjrts
writers and others who said he "owed" his '.service's! "to, the
game, and a dozen other weighty considerations.
Out of all that mental strain and decision-making has
come a move that should be acceptable to all those who had
an opinion on the AH-American's future course. Charlie will
not only prove his ability to be a top star--already Conceded
after his brilliant All-Star performance but will be able to
add glory to his own name, the name of the State and the
name of the University. Choo Choo's decision is one that
' reflects the. personable All-American's real good; sense, and
the Uni versity, and the - State should , be; glad . .to bask in the
light of this reflection
Presidential Memo by John Sanders
On Campus
Pr. Olsen's public speaking
class went into -hysterics the
other day during a five-minute;
speech by a new coed 'who was
as puzzled as Olsen by all the
laughter accompanying her, re
marks. ' . ,'.
The subject of her talk: The
assets of squirrels on the Caro
lina, campus, v V '
Government in a democracy must engage m
a constant internal process of re-evaluation and
modernization. Otherwise it tends to become too
far removed from the people and their needs,
and to exchange stability for atrophy.
Last week student government turned its con
centrated attention to a general re-study of the,
student judiciary. A committee of several stu
dents, experienced in the operation of one or
more of the councils, and vitally interested in the
just and effective operation of our judiciary sys
tem, began this work. .
. The general duties of this committee are to
study the nature, purpose, and present operations
of the nine courts operating within student gov
ernment. Much attention will be given to the -regularization
and systemization of trial proced
ure and record-keeping in each of the councils.
The many suggested alternatives to the pres
ent set-up of the Men's Council will be consid
ered. Some of these plans propose the attachment
to that tribunal of an investigating agency, com
posed of non-members . of the Council, which
would relieve 4 members of the duty of securing
witnesses, 'testimony and evidence for presenta
tion at the' trial. This might very well answer'
the criticisms of some-that the present arrange
ment, under which the Council acts as investi
gator, prosecutor, judge, and jury, opens the
way to possible miscarriages, of justice. . ', ' .
While the Men's Council is the most active
element of the judiciary, there -j are in: addition
ejght other; agencies which' ;exerpise' judiciary
functions, all of which. -will. b$ studied. They are
the Student Council,- Women's' Council, Inter
dormitory Council 'Court, Interfraternitv Council
Court, ' Law School Court, Med School Court,
Women's House Councils, and Dance Committee.
The Honor System itself, the basis of our
,whcle structure for the preservation of law and
order on campus, wi'l alsdiome in for its share
of study, as will the Campu4 Code.
Announced open hearings will be held in the
course of this ouarter, . at .which interested students-may
rgister criticisms . and make recom
mendations for improvement. In this way, any
person on campus will haVe 'an opportunity to
contribute . to the stud y and ultimately to, the
more effective operation of his judiciary.
The Sounding
; by Wink Locklair
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Nancy Richmond, who gave a piano recital in Graham Memorial.
Sunday evening before a sparse and transitory audience, is a good
looking girl. She came out to the. piano vearing a beautiful white
strapless evening gown which met with everyone's approval. She
has a graceful,, winning personality and is in every way easy on
the eye. It is our sad duty to' report, however, that her playing
on this occasion, at least was not easy on the ear.
For her recital Miss Richmond selected Beethoven's so-called
"Moonlight" Sonata, a group of Preludes by Chopin, and the very
pleasant, lyrical Variationen uber ein ungarisches Volkslied, Op.
29 of Dohnanyi. (Unless our memory is at fault, she gave this
same program on the campus at the end of the summer session
in the University.) A news story in this paper says, "She came
here from Averett College in Danville, Va., and has won several
contests and talent shows. She is specializing here in piano."
If Miss Richmond is "specializing" in piano here she is not
specializing in Beethoven at the moment. In the Sonata she missed
many of the notes during the opening movement and the Allegretto
section was played with little or no regard for pedal notations,
tempo or interpretation. The last movement, marked Presto Agi
tato, didn't get played that way.
..''There was a nice burst of applause at the end of the program
and Nancy : returned for an encore. When we left, the audience
was whooping 'it up for another one, which was as encourayin;'.
for Miss Richmond's efforts as it was amazing.
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