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page two; THE DAILY TARKEEE Wednesda y, October 251950 e' Now Stooge War The official newspaper of the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is published daily during the regular cessions 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 8. 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 newspaper. Editor ,. Business Manager Executive News Editor Managing Editor .. Sports Editor , ... ROY PARKER. JR. ED WILLIAMS CHUCK HAUSER ROLFE NEILL ZANE ROBBINS Don- Maynard, Associate Ed. Andy Taylor. JVeui Ed. , Frank AUston. Jr.. Associate Spts, Ed. Fay Massengill, Society r Ed. Marie Cbstello .. ... Neal Cadieu, Adv. Mgr. Oliver Watkins. Office Mgr. ' Shasta Bryant. Circ. Mgr. Bill Saddler, Subs. Mgr. j Adv. Lay-out For This Issue. Night Editor, John Noble Sports, Ken Barton : -. . : - 1 r Codified Hypocrisy Why must codified segregation continue to embarrass the 'name of the University and those who attend and teach here? Referred to, of course, is the trustee-passed policy which will not allow unsegregated audiences to hear speakers in Memorial Hall, whether they be such entertainers as Hazel Scott, or such universally-respected Christian leaders as Toyo hito Kagawa. Dr. Kagawa, whose very life is a testimonial to unprejudiced Christian living, is the most recent victim of this policy. Because of the policy, the world-renowned figure, whose observations and message would be of especial interest and use to those who seek an education, had to speak from the pulpit of a Chapel Hill church. " Once again, it is not the effect of the policy that is so hypo critical; it is the principle upon which it is based. The lack of good sense shown by those who originated such an absurd policy is appalling when one realizes that the same group is the controlling body of the University. N Even those people whose prejudices are deep-grained should see the utter idiocy of such a policy. Here we are, an institution of higher learning, the entire concept of which is based on the open-mindedness of -the individual, yet not only is segregatipn, a concept at the opposite pole to open-mindedness, condoned, it is actually written into a policy that is as unbending as it is hypocritical. Everyone hps prejudices, everyone segregates, whether on the basis of skin color, financial ability, or intellectual capacity. But for segregation on such a flimsy basis as skin color to actually be put into law on a college campus is an absurdity that is not only an insult to those who are forced to be saddled with the policy, it is a blight on the good sense of those in whose hands the .power to rule has been placed. Through their own open-minded, reasonable actions, stu dents should assert the cause of freedom to assimilate knowl edge and understanding. That cause that can only suffer when it is forced to battle with unreasonable prejudice codified into hypocritical unbending policies such as the one that has twice in six months caused every fair-minded person to shake his head in understandable disgust. Basic Improvement The. action of the Publications Board in appointing a trained person to handle the highly technical fiscal matters of the publications control body is as forward a step as has been taken in student government since the inauguration of free student action. Student government, today has become a complex organ ization especially in the fiscal field and with this increased complexity has come the need for expert technical aid and job specialization. The Board's action is one that realizes this basic principle of governmental organization. The need for such specialization and expert help is one especially strong in the operation of student government on this or any other campus. The fluid state of leadership and personnel in student government creates a situation that has no parallel in government on other levels. No matter how capable a person may be, the extreme shortness of the period in which they are connected with student government creates ahandicap: .that points up the necessity of such job specializa tion and expert technical assistance. There will be those who claim that the hiring of such expert help .is1 a move backwards an admittance that the ability of those on the board is not what it should be. On the contrary, it is a move forward which not only strengthens the ability of student ' government to best serve students, but points to a trend that should be applauded by all students interested in the ability of student government to serve. The move does not in any way reduce the responsibility of control that is vested in the Publications Board by the elec torate. Rather, it leaves the Board members free to become a true policy-making body a role which in the past has been unfortunately coupled with the necessity of handling the com plex technical work required of a group which must run a $100,000-a-y ear business. Heartening Celebration The manner in which the University celebrated yesterday's observance of United Nations Day points to a spirit that is especially commendable : wheri it is realized that University students will soon be the "citizens and leaders in a world that must more and more depend on United Nations as a force and power to keep the peace. The increased interest in, and support for, United Nations that was shown on this Campus yesterday is heartening. Those who are interested in peace throughout the world and that means all of us should take increased heart from the unanim ity of support that was manifested in UNC observance of the day honoring the organization that is the best hope for a united, peaceful world. As college students whose future life and happiness depend on the success of such ideals as are embodied in the United Nations, we must ever realize our tremendously important role in seeking to further these ideals by an understanding of them, and a willingness to work for their success. For us to do less than that is to defeat not only the purpose of those who dreamed ?nd formed the United Nations, but is to defeat the whole purpose of the education which we seek. NONPLUS by Harry Snook The recent FFC approval of the CBS type of color television is one of the worst blunders ever , made by this federal bureau. Although the whole miracle of television is a work of electronic ingenuity, the government" has sanctioned a system for color . video that is clumsily mechani cal. ' The CBS color television re ceiver utilizes a large, circular color wheel of four basic colors. An electric motor rotates this wheel before the receiver screen to provide color. Actually the quality of the CBS color is good. But it is no better than the electronic type of color that the industry has been developing for many months and that is now reach ing a stage of perfection. The CBS color has some seri ous disadvantages, however... While the public demand has been for receivers with larger screens, the CBS color-wheel is not practical on sets with screens larger than 12 inches. This is a small screen. All present television receiv ers will not be able to receive CBS color telecasts without buy ing expensive converters, and CBS color receivers will not be able to receive regular black-and-white shows without ex pensive adapters. The electronic color, however, doesn't suffer from these fail ings. If you have an electronic color receiver, you'll get the shows in color. If you have a reg ular present-day set, you'll siill get the color telecasts, although they'll shew as black-and-white. Receiver manufacturers and telecasters are up in arms over the FCC approval "of the CBS color system. At the moment, the validity of the FCC decision is being tested in federal courts. . Many wiser heads think they have the answer to why the FCC prematurely approved a me chanical system in spite of its many obvious disadvantages. One of the most influential FCC engineers was formerly with the Columbia Broadcasting Sys tem and worked on the develop ment of the color-wheel machine. ' The decision on color has been holding back the entire video industry for months. FCC has kept channel allocations frozen, preventing any addition al stations from going on the air. The public realizes that the recent FCC decision favoring CBS color spells a bunch of headaches for everyone. Receiver sales in New York, center of the video industry, are practical ly nil and the reaction is spread ing over the rest of the country. If the FCC decision stands, you may as well plan to junk your present receiver and make room for a cumbersome and expensive mechanical monster. On Campus Our special Raleigh correspon dent reports that President Gordon Gray's ccw won a prize at the State Fair. Looks like higher education is finally getting some place. After this column printed an item the other day about the coed speaking on "The Assets of Squirrels on Campus" in Dr. Ol sen's public speaking class, we heard a sequel via the grapevine. It seems Dr. Olsen admonished the class that the next person to give any remarks made in his class to the press would be fined and the money from the fin-3s would be donated to help out the needy Monogram Club. :. There are a dozen teen-age boys in Columbus, Ohio, who are apparently trying to get into training for, college life. After a high school fraternity drinking party three weeks ago, the boys were docketed for court. Miss Genevieve Taylor, Do mestic Relations Court referee, issued the order, at a hearing attended by their parents. She ruled that the boys must go to church every Sunday for the next six months and must join an organization that does civic work. Tar Heel At Large by Robert Ruark 35 They say we are a nation of heavy alcoholic tendency, and I believe it, because I am always seeing a testimonial to the effect that Very Spec ial Old Panther Perspiration is a unique blend of nutritious, health-giving essences guaranteed to grow hair and get you into the Stork Club. People of great distinction pose with the amber glass clutched firmly in -the well-manicured paw, against a backdrop of dead animals or live' movie stars, and the blush on their cheeks and the glint in their eye cannot stem from rouge or Murine. It must be that booze is permanent with us, or otherwise Prohibition was a petty stiirmish whose overthrow was scarcely worth the winning. I never put much tock in the bone-building properties of alcohol, taken into the system lav ishlyt having been raised on North Carolina corn with the fusel oil unrendered from the fruit jar. But I never saw myself as much a problem to the community, either, until the last year or so, when somebody I suspect the shade of Ella Boole, or at least Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, the pres ent head of WCTU has been trying to voodoo me into an admission of alcoholism. I, am begin ning to feel guilty every time the siun sinks, which, golly ned, is the nicest time of the day. People keep experting alcohol. You don't want a drink, they say, your system has ajsalt defi ciency, and all Vou crave is a pineh ot salt. If I craved a pinch of salt I would buy a pinch of ' salt. It is cheaper than Johnny Walkers Black, or even Red, and does not resemble Scotch, gin or, bourbon even remotely in its taste. It,astes like salt. Salty. J I admire a little snort ence in a while, and it is not because I am fighting a deep pkychic in feriority, either. I am not mad at my ' boss, my mother, or a little red sled.. I do not drink to . hide my head. I iust like the way it tastes and feels, as some people like steaks and milkshakes. I also like steaks and milkshakes; so don't put me down as having an ingrained antipathy to cows. Moo to you, Mrs. Colvin. But mostly I weary of the questionnaires de signed to steal all pleasure from a normal knock from an unashamed decanter, that sits on the sideboard for even the preacher to see. I am tired of the second guessing, such as a piece the other day, whose headline asked me nastily: "Are You Alcoholic? Here's A Test." Some doctor with time on his hands, and very possibly a vicious head from blending stingers with bourbon, tells me that .1 am probably alco holic if I answer yes to two or more of his ques tions. Sample: Q: Do you crave a drink at a definite time daily? A: Only when I want one, and whose business is it? Q: Do you drink in the morning? A: No. I don't get up in the morning, Q: Do you lose time from work due to drink ing? A: No. I don't work. I write for a living. Q: Do you get the "inner shakes" when you . continue drinking? A: No. I don't continue drink ing. Except over a period of years. Do you sleep all the time, Doc? Q: Has drinking changed your personality? A: Yes. Made me more lovable. Q: Does drinking cause you bodily com plaints? A: Ever know anybody who was immune from the common hangover? Q: Have your initiative and ambition de creased since you Started drinking? A: You are locking at the next President of the United States, kid. Maybe not the next, but pretty soon. I am just a boy and need experience. Q: Do you turn to an inferior environment since drinking? A: Mind your tongue. Only the other night I was out with Gen. Eisenhower. That's a sample. The doc goes on to say that drinking is not a habit or an activity but a dis ease. This may be true in many cases, and is, of course, very sad. But I choose to believe that I am Grandpa's boy, and he held out for a pretty spell with the sympathetic aid of the jug, against all sorts of things like"5 cancer and a querulous wife. Only trouble I see is that these experts, with their questionnaires and such, will event ually succeed in driving us all to drink. Including the Eskimos that the WCTU is always worrying about, who are about to deliver us to the Rus sians, result of consuming too much beer. Presidential Memo by John Sanders Long-continued attemnts on the part of the Durham Bank and Trust Company to secure per mission to open a branch bank in Chapel Hill ended last week with the refusal of the State Banking Commission to grant its request. Believ ing that the best interest of the students wouid be served by having another bank in the com munity, I appeared before the Commission on behalf of the students,, and in support of the petitioning bank. In its brief, presented before the commission, the local bank flatly staled that in computing population for banking purposes, it completely ignores the student body. On the other hand, the petitioner included the students in its discussion of the banking needs of the, community, stating that while most student business is not especially profitable, it is one of the public services which a bank' here should render. Despite the fact that the' petition of the Dun ham bank, was strongly supported by many local citizens, its request was unanimously denied. Considering the existing situation, the arguments presented before the Banking Commission, and the unanimous vote, one is inclined to speculate whether considerations other than those appear ing in the public hearings might have entered into the picture. The flurry over an expected money shortage in student government later this year now seems to have subsided. Even The Daily Tar Heel has expressed approval of the Budget Committee's action in advising a 15 per cent cut in expendi tures of Student Government organizations wherever possible. This situation points, up a seemingly insur mountable difiiculty in our present budgetary arrangement. Since it will never be possible to know with real accuracy what student enroll ment will be several months in advance, any income figure is going to be little more than a good guess, based on South Building's expec tations. Last spring, we deliberately set the average anticipated enrollment at a conservative figure to provide a margin of safety. Now it is evident that our guess ' was not low enough.; The easiest answer to this problem in making up future budgets would be to peg the enrollment figure extremely low, perliaps several hundred under South Building's guess. Whatever money came in over expectations would go into the general sur plus, where it would remain until needed for emergency expenses, or to pay for large-scale items of capital outlay. 1 The only answer now, however, is the one which the Budget Committee has recommended cut out-go to match income. The Editor's Mailbox Three Recommendations Editor: ' In an effort to reply to the letter regarding sororities v. hid, appeared on Sunday, we, met on Sunday afternoon to discuss th, several questions raised. y-sWe feel that this- question niUst be solved once and for all, Hlt Wour "discussion1' brought up' 'so' many varying points of view tlMt we found ourselves unable to" give an adequate answer. Then' m,. I -manyvside issues -that are involved in' the basic question, but it -!.is-,ouf opinion--Hhat: the fundamental problem is whether or n.,t the many individuals on this campus are in favor of more sororities. We recommend that:' (1) The' Coed Senate poll the undergr a,l- uate" population-to determine the majority opinion; (2) The action . ;then taken be tempered by this expression of desire on the pait of the women students,; aftd -() '100 per cent cooperation be given by the coeds. :,';.fv Anne Brewer, nonpartisan "" " ; Rooney Miller, Stray Greeks Franny Sweat, Panhellenic P. J. Warren, C.I.C.A. ' Reader Needs Glasses Editor: It had been my decision to pass over the hostile criticism given by our esteemed and intellectual critic and columnist, Wink Loek lair, of the piano recital by Miss Nancy Richmond. However, after reading the editorial note to the letter of W. A. Chappell in Friday's Daily Tar Heel, I decided to voice a protest. I am quite sure that both Mr. Locklair and our editor are com petent musical critics, at- least they have insinuated themselves ' to. be. Nevertheless; there j-ust doesn't seem to' be any point in tin: type of review, that Mr., Locklair wrote, nor , to the editor's la,t comment of Friday, -which suggested, that he wanted to make tin last authoritative statement; on the subject. Surely our colleagues have heard that criticism : is worthless if it is not constructive. Our columnist had nothing to offer in that direction. "Was Miss Richmond's recital quite so poorly played? I rather doubt it. If. so, why was Miss Richmond asked to play the socon l recital? If 'so, why was there as our columnist suggests such applause for more and more encores? Authorities on the finer ail of piano playing must have been in the minority, at least accord ing to our critics. i . ' It seems that Mr. Locklair's efforts might have been bettor directed. Rather than unduly, and with a singular attitude, attack ing Miss Richmond's efforts, he might have gone to those respon sible for the concert and assured hLmself that it would not happen again. Surely they would listen to such an authority as he. Notwithstanding the fact that Mjss Richmond might, or might not, have played poorly, Mr. Locklair's remarks were not in the logical sequence of events mentioned above. It is this type of mis directed criticism that discourages student participation in pro grams on which some work so very hard. My weak voice does not suggest that all your criticism be favorable, but rather that it be fair. Anyone who has performed publicly, or who aspires to public performance, welcomes constructive criticism. Mr. Lock lair's nor the editor's comments hiardly carried such connotation. The column, I might suggest, is aptly entitled "The Sounding Board," as there is an old saying that proposes , the thesis that an empty head makes the most efficient sounding board. Whether I hold a slight advantage over Mr. Locklair remains to be deter mined. James C. Matthews (If Reader Matthews had put on his glasses before he read his newspaper, he would have seen tliat the comments in tlie edi tor's notes were in quotation marks and attributed to Reviewer Locklair, whom we respect as competent in the field of tlte arts or we wouldn't iiave delegated Jiiri to handle all music and dra matic reviews. The ediitt-.' does not claim to know a .sharp from a flat. Ed.) ' On Segregation Editor; ' - . The article "Segregation Refuted By Phi Assembly" gives the impression that I favor the immediate end of segregation. I am opposed to this. My purpose in trying to amend the bill was to put teeth info it so there would be two sides. As the bill was worded, there was actually nothing to debate, except possibly the wording itself. v Robert Pace Must Be A Psch Major Editor: I simply cannot agree with the 10 baseball players who wnnt to open the Law School doors to cars. First of all we must decide if theire would be equal facilities for Fords and as well as Chev rolets. Frankly this might precipitate a grave crisis. What would Judge Hayes say? Should , we open the Durham Law School for Jeeps, Austins, and Renaults? w '' - - Charles Odell P.S. As an added precaution, I strongly urge all cars be given complete tests before being allowed in the Law Building. There is no place lor cars with inadequate , octane ratings in our Law School. ACROSS 81. 1. Moccasin 3 4. Heathen a! 9. 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