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PAGE TWO' THE DATE? TSR HEEE WEDNESDAY, 'NOVEMBER oVT;- Now What? r The Editors Mailbox at eel NONPLUS by Harry Snook 11 5 5Tt The official newspaper nf the Publication Board nf the tTniversitv nf North Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is published daily during the regular sessions of . the University at the Colonial Press. Inc.. except Monday, examination and vacation periods and during the official summer terms when published semi-weeklv. 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 til news and features herein. Opinions expressed by columnists are not necessarily those of this newspaper. Iklitor ROY PARKER. JR Business Manager ED WILLIAMS Executive News Editor . CHUCK HAUSER Managing Editor , ROLFE NE1LL Sports Editor : .- L....;.; ZANE ROBBINS - - . ! j , , II l , ! , , 1 Don Maynard. Associate Ed. Neal Cadieu, Adv. Mgr. Andv Tavlor. News-Ed. Oliver Watkins. Office i Mgr. Frank 'Allston. Jr.. Associate Spts.'td. Shasta Bryant. Circ. Mgr. Fav Massensill. Society Ed. ' Bill Saddler. Subs. Mgr. Marie Costello - , Adv. Lay-out Staff Photographers : ;... Jim Mills. Cornell Wright For This Issue: " Night Editor,. John Noble; Sports, Bill Peacock Don't Be Misrepresented Right now the UNC section of the N. C. Student Legisla ture is picking this school's delegates to the 1950 session of the state-wide collegiate gathering. It is every student's job to make sure, that the committee picks as representatives a del egation as is possible. Such a delegation can only be picked if students individually take cognizance of the importance of the actions of the body, and exercise their opinion. To fail to do this is to pave the way for misrepresentation. . The State Student Legislature, admittedly, has no power to pass any laws ' and exercises no control over the policies or actions of anyone. It does, however,' have a tremendous effect on the - opinions and attitudes of quite a few folks. Several of its measures have later been imbodied, or used as a model, in bills introduced in legislative bodies that have power other than -that of opinion. Unofficially, but to a large degree, the actions of the yearly meeting of the state collegiate solons are taken as the majority opinion of North Carolina college students. Such a situation, we think, is good and makes the position of the body even more important. , But the situation also puts quite a responsibility on the shoulders of those chosen, and on the students themselves. Student have no one but themselves to blame if the delegation does not represent the clearly-thought-out, reasonable and proper opinion of the student body from which it is chosen. Students can make that opinion known to the delegation pickers, and to "the delegation after it is chosen, by either presenting their, opinion in writing or by word-of-mouth to the pickers and to those who seek to be on the list of dele gates. The delegation itself is charged with the duty of care fully shifting evidences of student opinion into clearly defined ..nes of action to be used at the session in Raleigh. Only cooperation and clear-thinking cn the part of students and the delegation can assure proper action on the part of UNC's representation in the 1950 State Student Legislature. Still A Long Stride The recent farce created on The Daily Tar Heel front page, when the proposed new Chapel Hill-to-Durham auto bahn blossomed to world-girdling, proportions should not becloud the fact that the four-lane dream-road is moving closer and closer to reality. And we think that students will welcome the news with as much fervor as they did the mistake with humor. The road will not only be an improvement of great note, but it should add to the ever-growing importance and effectiveness of Chapel Hill as an educational center. The proposed highway is an improvement and growth in line with the great growth and improvement of the "village" as such a center. No, the new civic improvement will not be 8,000 odd miles long. But it is a long stride in the direction toward which the state and its University are, we hope, aimed. The Daily Tar Heel, and students generally, salute the newly-finished plans for the new Duke City roadway even though it isn't going to be quite as long as the recent news story would lead us to believe. Let Us Have Light A bill introduced in the Student Legislature last week that would require the Student Council to file written reports of its opinions and cases' with the Attorney-General's office is a bill that points up an amazing lack of communication in student government. AIL authorities on governmental structure and operation assure us that communication is one of the basic adjuncts to effective operation. Without adequate communication, gov ernment administration is completely ineffective, and at best seriously hamstrung. In collegiate government, where ten ure of office is extremely short in comparison with other government, and where government work is carried on in spare moments outside the classroom, communication in the form of written records is an absolute must. Such records need to be even more complete and concise than in other fields of government. . ' " ' On this campus, the lack of communication has been one of the biggest drawbacks to effective government acjtipn. There are heartening signs in recent executive iand legislative" actions that the situation may be improving. Student execu tives and student legislators are more : and - more.; Being! re-; quired to put in writing their orders, suggestions reports. While there are many who would claim such-a trend is making government more complex, actually'it is one of the healthiest signs in student government. ' Throwing the light of public cognizance on government actions is one of the best and most effective ways of increas ing public interest and activity in government. Only by proper communication can such an end be attained. There is still a great amount of work to be done oh the matter of ef fective communication. Students should exert all manner of pressure, and student government leaders should work, to improve the communications system so necessary to effectively-run student government. The theaters and beer joints have it' made in Chapel Hill. When I finish my work for the day and have a yen for doing , something in the line of pleasure, I don't have much choice. I can go to Durham or Raleigh and do something; or I . can , stay . in Chapel Hill 'and go to the movie on drink beer with the boys. Of course, there are the plan etarium shows, the visiting iee- turers, conceits, plays and dances. There is a library with "a few fiction. books. And I can always go to thaGraham Me morial craft shop and build a boat or something. I have made all the rounds and I still find myself wanting to do something . that-you can't do in Chapel - Hill. ' For instance, I enjoy bowling, roller, skating, and -miniature' golf. . -. ' ; .' ' We did have a miniature .golf course,, of a sort, out on Jhe Air port Road. The course was lousy and closed down. But as poor a course as it was, many Carolina folk made use of it. Now I burn , gas in the old jalopy to get to the courses out side of Durham. I'm lucky t to have the car so; I can get away from the Hill on occasion. Most students don't have cars for getaways. We don't have a bowling al ley. There is no skating rink here. Even the tennis courts have been torn up. I'm not iiap py about it. If I thought I were ' the only one who enjoyed these things, I wouldn't feel justified in complaining. But I'm sure that plenty of, students agree with me that some additional facilities are wanted and would b-? used. . " . ' - Several of us went over to the big skating rink in Raleigh the other night. We joined the State students, the young kids and the grandmothers who, were thoroughly enjoying a fling on the rollers. The floor was-smooth and the skates were good. There was an organ and an . organist to provide the music. The pro grani included roller dancing, couples-only numbers, and trio specials. And even though I had been a long time away from skates, I managed to stay on them and off my fanny. We had a whale of a fine time. And, we're going back to that Raleigh rink at the first op portunity. It's "30 miles away, but that's how far from the Hill you have to go to enjoy a sport with appeal for young and "old. In the same building with, the rink was a modern bowling alley. We watched since we had ,gon3 for skating, but the indi viduals and ' the parties were having a gay time tossing the pills down the runways. A bowling alley , would be a big hit in Chapel Hill. One of my friends suggested that I write a column, about needing a skating rink and a bowling alley in Chapel Hill. It was a good idea someone might read it who will get some thing done. Then we began to talk about .the" possibilities. "; , The first thought was how to get some private individual. in terested in building and opera ting a bowling alley and a roller rink. Although land in the right location is hard to get and prices are steep, it would be a paying proposition. But we came up with another idea. Either the university or a cam pus organization might set up and operate these facilities in the Tin Can. This would have all kinds of advantages. The build ing is already there. More students than ever before could make use of it more of the time. The only investment would be in equipment. Rates could be , kept at a minimum since it .would have to be a non-profit arrangement. The largest part , of the Tin Can would be used for the rink, and could still be used for square danced and other activities when nseded. I'm all for- the idea.' We need it and it will pay for itself. I just hope that someone who can get something done will find a splinter in his - britches until he does. " 3JS ii jV&f 3&ir 4?' ryxi . "T-riffr IB -If f - - , ' , kit V;:iwV r it r'H Tat Heel At Large by Robert Ruark, y35 CINCINNATI I am sitting on no limb in these elections, because I figure I am a fairly average guy, which is to say I know nothing much. I talk to California and they say cut there that Jimmy Roosevelt hasn't got a prayer to beat Earl. Warren, but I remember somebody said Truman was a de funct duck in the last thing, too, and my, how rosy wsre the cheeks of the experts next day. If I were betting man which God forbid my money would be rested on Robert Alphonso Taft here in Ohio excejjt for the fact that the temper of the people is almost impossible to test these days, politically, and you sure can't make book on it. The best object lession I know in the frailty of political permanence is the Governor of Ala bama, Mr. Large James Folsom. Folsom got elected to the State House by the largest majority ever recorded in Alabama. A few short months later his loyal constituents didn't even think enough of him to elect him to a delegate's job in the national convention at Philadelphia. Same people, same candidate, except that the voters just got surly. I also recall Mr. Trurnan at that convention. Thoy kept the poor guy sitting in a camp chair in the alley, so dead was his cause and flimsy his chances. He came on literally after the ac robats; early in the morning. He sparked off real loud and mad over the TV, on which I heard him after knocking out a piece of deathless prose about We-President Earkley- or somebody. Mr. Truman's speech narrowly avoided mak ing me immortal as a prophet. I shelved the other story and wrote a thinjj which ?akl that if Harry kept hitting the same notes on his cam paign, he would whip the trousers off the smug and confident Mr. Dewey ,1 copyread this effusion in the presence of witnesses, and then touted myself off my "own effort. 'This," said I, "is ridiculous. Truman couldn't beat Adolph Hitler, in ; a popularity contest in a DP camp." ' '. -..V '.;.' So I tore up the story and crawled out on the limb with the rest of the experts, aftd have been hating myself in the morning ever, since. The people I have talked to in Ohio are firm on two counts. One faction, says that Mr.. Taft will be re-elected over Jumpmg : Joe .Ferguson or else the world is wrecked arid; free enterprise will perish from the earth. "They also say Mr. Ferguson is a rubber stamp for the CIO. The other faction says Mr. Taft has not the chance of a poorly clad -Chinaman; that Mr. Ferg uson cannot miss, and ihatV Mr. Taft; is but a rubber stamp for the vested interests. I am moved to say here that I never saw an interest with a vest on it, but aside from that refrain from opinion. . . We have made a graven, image of the Taft Ferguson campaign, and I still don't know if that ever-loving common man is as upset -abouURapid Robert and Jumping Jqe as we make out. If the likes of Mr. Dewey and Mr'., Tat' are the GOP's last best hope, the honest man can say . thai the GOP could deal with a little moi-.e political sexi ness. But there aga.in, the likes Jit Mr. Jimmy Roosevelt and Mr. Walter Lynch and Mr. Warren and Mr. Ferguson are not all pimpled out with appeal, either, and I quit neutral. I suspect that the answer is more men -With more muscle, but to now we do not seem to be mass-producing same. Presidential Memo . by Joi sondes . Efforts at more harmonious student-administration relations got a healthy boost last week with the , reformation and revitalization of the old Student Welfare Board, j . , ,, The successful operation and cooperation of both student government and the University administration necessitates a working liason be tween the two, mutual respect and confidence, and a willingness to work together on mutual problems of concern. Personal acquaintance and personal contact are the best means yet found for promoting these ends. Back in the 1920's, Dean of Students Francis Bradshaw saw the need for a common meeting ground for all those concerned, with the problems of student welfare outside the clasroom. The Student Welfare Board, composed of the chief instructional and administrative officers of the University, was formed to meet this need. Sitting in an advisory capacity was a committee of a dozen student leaders. This student-faculty-administrative group met periodically to discuss problems of mutual con cern in the field of student welfare. While'not actually possessed of policy-making powers, the board did in fact influence the manner of solution of . many of the problems brought before it. With the growth of the University, and the increment of deans and students on the Board, it eventually reached a size almost 40 people which made the give and take of free discussion impossible. During the past few years, it lan guished tnd became dormant But the problems which called it into existence in the first place had not died. Indeed, the need for an established and continuing opportunity for administrative and student discussion of the, problems of student life on campus is "greater, today than ever before. Realizing this, adminis tration and student- government leaders sought to reorganize the old Student, Welfare Board, or more correctly, to establish a new group-to take its place: Since the chief cause of failure of the old board was its size, the new group was limited to five administration members and eight student government officers. . - Members of the administration sitting on the board are Chancellor House, Mr. Teague, Busi ness Manager of the University, and Deans Weav er, Carmichael, and Friday. Representing students are Vice-President Herb Mitchell, Speaker of the Coed Senate Kash Davis, Student Council Chair man Larry Botto, Attorney-General Dick Murphy, Daily Tar Heel Editor Roy Parker, President of the IFC Dale Morrison, President of the IDG Ted Leonard, and myself. , I Meeting monthly In luncheon meetings, these officers will have an opportunity to air mutual problems and grievances, and to study ways and means of alleviating" them. They can get to know each other as more than simply bsarers of. offi cious titles. As the Board does not actually have authority to make tfecisioKs, the scope of its discussions and concern is unlimited. Any phase of student: life frorn dormitory social rooms to admissions policy may considered. The student point of view can be registered where it counts, and the administration can point out to us some of the limitations within which they must operate. Efforts can be joined in working to eliminata those problem areas which hamper the well-being cf students, whether it be the food situation in Lenoir or lack of parking space. , Thursday's maetiag was largely devoted to getting acquainted, and to discussion of the func tion and scope of the group.-Both students and administrators declared it a very promising be ginning for the new .board. - ; A Neighbor Writes A Letter Editor: A recent check of the football calendar reveals that it won'' be long before the renewal of the "Battle for the Bell." We ..' here at Duke feel that Christian charity dictates that we wain , that this year will be our year. For the past several years th,. i j Heels through the grace of Providence and the use of a machine have managed to eke out undeserved victories. From : here it looks' like you could use a little oil. We don't say v, r,. ' going to slaughter you but think it would be a good idea to :..;V. : that new hospital finished by Nov. 25. By the end of the af tern : ,n the boys figure they :will have made a pie out of that "paper'' a:. ! American Huckleberry Holdash, have Hayes in a ha?.e, d, : ;:. Dudeck, -and draped Bunting in black. 'We hear that this new "A" formation is really terrific. D;j you actually make 37 yards against Wake Forest? We're real im pressed. Let's face it, the Tar Heels are a bunch of duds. When c: ; you going to send those boys back to the coal mines where v.- know what they're doing? I hope you, the editors, and also the student body will . this as a challenge to a battle of words which I think is prefer J.,!,. to painting the Bell Tower or the Duke Chapel. Besides, the Cl.r,.: looks damned unattractive in baby blue. John W. Caffey. Jr. Duke Univeriiiy Defense Of The Fair Sex Editor: Rolling Stones: , I am not a woman driver, but I am a woman and I hope ni t the type you described. I hereby write this letter defending our fair sex. You have made several statements which are generalized, nar row, and blood-boiling. You classified women as demanding ani clinging. This only proves your - association with them has b ( n very limited. I have met that dizzy, hon-ey type you describrd as a representative of womanhood, and I am revolted as much by them as you are. I have also come in contact with the independent woman who is an intellectual companion when need be without losing any of the feminine characteristics. . These latter type of women are the ones who fight against being looked upon as a piece of property by a male. They are not. on the other hand, the hard-boiled, cold, stereotyped career wo men. They are the ones who offer more than a pretty face, a nice figure and a blank mind. They offer a well-groomed form and a varied mind. They meet tight situations calmly and intelligently as do your "superior" males. I hope you will meet such persons and then you will see t; ,t not all women are dizzy frillies whose prime object in life i. to get married and bear children. Ruby Benjamin The Carolina Front by Chuck Hauser MEMORIES OF A WEEKEND IN KNOXVILLE . driving over the mountains" through beautiful fall-painted scenery ... watching the football game from under a blanket, fortifying against the cold now and then from the in side out . . . dialing the number of every women's dormitory in the telephone book to get dates, only to have the housemother answer in each, one . .. . Yes, that was the trip in a nut shell. And, all in .all, it was a good weekend . . . except for losing the football game, which was disheartening to say the least, considering the long dis tance we had driven to watch the Tar Heels play Driving back over the moun tains on Sunday, we lost another football game. And when the Giants beat the Redskins with a field goal in the last five min utes of play, we tigured it was time to quit. All the way next week, Choo Choo. Knoxville was, for the most part, friendly. There were the usual unpleasant moments, and one time we almost got in a riot on the outskirts of town at a night club called the Doggy Patch, but we cleared out beioit things got serious. Casualties amounted only to two slightly bruised jaws, and one of thue . belonged to a Tennessee mar. sticking up for Carolina. It was Tennessee's Homecom ing Weekend, and all the fra ternity houses were decked out in the most elaborated lawn dis plays we have ever seen. But u torrential rain cascaded down on the campus Friday afternoon, reducing the majority of the dis plays to so much pulpy card board and crepe paper. Th' judges showed up just ahead : the water, however, so no on- . minded too much. Tennessee's Shields - Watkir.s Field has a nice-looking prei.s box from the inside (ever, though it looks like an oversh't piano crate from the outside, but the service was lousy. A cold as the day was, no one er. the Volunteer staff thought t; provide coffee for the visiti: newsmen, and sandwiches r. available only if you wanted e. make them yourself. For n.u money, Jake Wade's got the eib e on press box hospitality for 'd South. ACROSS l. Curves 6. On the summit 9. Malayan coin 12. Rafter 13. Increased amount 14. Fowl 15. Instrument for 44. Diminished measuring 46. Cease air pressure 43. Bitter vetch 17. Kodent 18. Cattle 19. Particulars ' 21. Stop watch 32. Saucy 34. Commotion 35. Distant: prefix 36. Romantic tale 37. Genus of the frog S9. Negative 40. Related 42. Aeriform fluids 49. Imitation oil painting 64. Expression of disgust R AlGjeF TH E)H AjliA R o D i In ' ' h j am 1 g j I f?C B a ftlgL,.jotff atTo r Co JO P E. 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