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Editor -.
Business Manager
Managing jSditor ..
Associate Editor ...
Sports Editor
ROY PARKER. JR.
ED WILLIAMS
... CHUCK HAUSSR
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News staff: Edd Davis.' Walt Dear, Barrett Boulware. Mark .Waters. Pav
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Northart, Ed Starnes. Bill Hughes, Jack Claiborne. Angelo Vepdicanno.
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Boone.
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For This Issue: Night Editor Andy Tayor Sports. Bill Hughes
Goodbye To Class Officers
Bigness of student body at the University bids fair to spell
Jthe end of class officerships. And while they may be moaned
as a .fine old tradition, their purpose, function, and use cer
tainly went by the boards many years ago.
A section of the' elections law amendments bill now in the
f Student Legislature, calls for the discontinuence of class of
ficer elections underMng jurisdiction of the Elections Board.
The class appropriations which have always been in the stu
dent activities budget will be cut out this year. This means
that class officers will not have any official position or classi
fication in student activities.
Back in the days of . a 1,000-student campus, class organi
zations were very tangible and real things. Competition be
tween classes was keen, the class groups were just about large
enough to-be a satisfactory social group, and often the four
class groups lived by different sets of rules, thus necessitating
special class administrative organizations.
Today all such' conditions are removed. Class officers have
become forgotten people. The nomination of candidates for
the purely honorary offices has become the greatest of purely
political football games. In short, no feeling of unity or one
ness on the part of the classes exists that would necessitate
class officers. .., ; " .
Doing away with the officerships, then, is, not a great t?low
at any important segment of students and it is not a tricky
political move. It is simply a recognition of the passing of
a fine tradition, but a tradition that is, unfortunately, out
modeled and useless in the face of today's conditions..
While graduating classes will continue to name their per
manent officers at the end of each year, and classes are still
free to name officers in convention, the hoary old sinecures
known as class officerships, we hope, will disappear from the
official roles as soon as the Student Legislature acts on the
elections law amendment bill.
Worthy Tip
Tho University Midwinter Conference, commonly referred
to as simply, "the Montreat trip," comes off this weekend, and
the YMCA and YWCA are still looking for a larger number of
students to make the trip.
The conference, always a high spot in YM-YWCA activity,
is a fine UNC institution, and one that every student with the
time should look into. It, perhaps better than any other
gathering of University students, binds its members in a fel
lowship of knowledge, discussion, social activity and under
standing. Today is the last day that students may register to attend
the Montreat conference. Any student who really seeks to
gain a greater insight into Christianity, meet and talk with
interesting and interested collegiate colleagues, and have a
weekend of inspiration, knowledge-gathering and fun should
take advantage of the trip. t
A Bad Bill
The North Carolina General Assembly now has under con
sideration a measure that would make anyone who is a mem
ber of the Communist Party a criminal by branding such
membership a felony. This "little McCarran Act" has once
again given Communists a chance to use patriotic phrases in
their attack against the measure.
The bill has the same defects as does the McCarran Act!
It has some sections on. loyalty oath-writing, thought control,
and enforcement that make it sound very much like a police
state regulation. . -
And the Communists have taken full advantage of the
hysteria inherent in the bill. Ju nius Scales, head of the Party
in North Carolina and a Carrboro resident, has issued a two
pafe blast at the bill. In it he has used some phrases that
sound highly patriotic and have elements of truth.
The .measure is a product of hysteria-borne thinking and
should not be passed by the General Assembly. Its thought
is nice, but once again, as in the case of the McCarran Act, its
loobholes and rianpprs arp far hicrcrpr than its aHvantaPPS. t
Since wc seem to be on pre tty .
good terms with the neighboring
institution over on Methodist
Fiats the :e days (except for
me), I am in the habit of perus
ing The Duke' Chronicle when
it rolls into the office.
The editor of The Chronicle
is a nice fellow by 'the name of
Lee Baldwin, who has been con
sidered for a Rhodes Scholar
ship and who had nothing to
do with the last (and, I do mean
last) issue of The Duke and
Duchess, Duke's erstwhile hu
mor magazine. With, those two
things to recommend him, I'm.
sure he couldn't be. on Senator
Joe McCarthy's list, so there's
no danger of my unconsciously
swallowing any subversive
propaganda by reading his
newspaper.
While running over last
week's issue, I hit the answer
to a question asked on campus
many times. I'm going to re
print the answer here, without
the permission of Wink Boone,
the author of the piece, or Lee
since it costi 20 cents to call
Durham "(all Duke calls are
person - to - person) and the
Publications Board is hurting
financially.
Take it away, Wink: .
There are two things that
stick in my mind as a result of
the 10 days' unpleasantness
that always characterizes the
end of JanuaryifThe first is an
emphemeral thing. It is that in
expressible "it's all over" feel
ing! But, unfortunately, that
lasts only until mid-semester
exams the next term.
The second thing is more per
manent. It's this: After one
exam, I put down my pen and
sat back to unknot my fingers.
Then something struck me. I
had really enjoyed the course!
And as I glanced over the scrib
bled blue book, I realized with
somewhat of a shock that I had
actually learned something. My
first impulse was to inform the
professor in a concise little note
at the bottom of the page of the
miracle he had ' wrought. But
what and how to say it?
"Dr. , Your course
has been extremely enlighten
ing and not one bit painful."
No, that would never do. He
would think that I was polish
ing the well known apple for
an A or B or what have you.
So, this is what I've been
thinking . . . How is it possible
to let a professor know, frank
ly and honestly, and with no
grades, attached, what you think
of him and his course?
Whether good or bad, there's .
no way that I can see.
You might wait until you have
graduated arid left -school. Then
you could sit down and write
your favorite prqiessor or pro
fessors: .; "
"Dear Dr. " y Just
a note to let . you . know how
much I enjoyed taking
under y.ou last year (two years
ago, three years ago). I can
truthfully say that I found your,
course one of the most interest
ingThat I took, and-you your
self one of the best . . . "
No point in continuing; the
letter sounds terribly silly al
ready. Then too,- the no doubt
pleased professor will probably
have a hard time placing you.
Student rating sheets do not
solve the problem because we
are all human and -are apt to
let a low grade lower the pro
fessor. If we. like him, of course
we can always. Stake another
course from him .but there is
something about ' required and
related work that- interferes
with this. tVi
The only answer, . if there is
one, lies in a personal, face-to-face
statement of some sort. You
must look your favorite pro
fessor irv' the eye; while visions
of highly polishedfifruit dance
through your mind. This, if not
impossible, is certainly not easy.
There should be 'a way for
a student to voice his unbiased
opinion. I, myself, have no solu
tion '. . . except maybe this . . .
Just walk right up and blurt
out: ;r
"Sir, your course, has certain
ly been a happy addition to edu
cation here at Duke," or if that's
not expressive . enough, "It's
been real and if .1 Jiad one jig
ger of Scotch left? you could
have it."
I realize this isn't the most
practical answer but if some
day you see me clutching my
pinch bottle and heading down
campus, you'll know where I'm
I Oioj-, tH6 w440toa Post e.
Not Guilty by Barry Farber
Next summer France celebrates its 2,000th
birthday, Britain plans a gala festival for the
tourist trade, and once again alU Europe will
dance to the enchanting rhythm of the Ameri
can dollar. Students from all over the United
States will flock to the Parisian banks of the
Seine in search of beauty, education, adventure,
and , well, you know! If you feel' you absolute
ly must join the culture caravan .to the Con
tinent, here's fair warning. FronT North Cape to
Gibraltar Europe is bristling with '."tourist traps"
ready to milk you and your innocent countrymen
to the tune of plenty millions of dollars. The
people of western Europe are trying to heal
their ruptured economies and when money talks
they don't mbs a word. ! ;r
In Bergen, Norway last summer -a shady char
acter promised me "the greatest thrill enjoyed
by western man since the beginning of time" for
only two dollars. The same thing flashed through
my mind that just flashed throi j'ours so I
planked down the necessary currency. And what
happened? The guy shoved me into a cable car
and took me up a steep hill. '
"From this lofty peak," he cackled, "You can
see Norway, Sweden, Denmark, - Germany,
France, Yugoslavia, and paits of Asia Minor."
Big thrill! It was so foggy I couldn't see the
lit end of my cigarette. Over in Sweden' I paid
ten crowns to visit a most unique castle which,
the guide said, showed definite Gothic influence
and had the southernmost brass weathervane in
Scandinavia. For another five crowns they let
you wander alone through the murky corridors.
It was enchanting. It was exotic. I wandered for
half an hour and still couldn't find the men's
room.
By the time I got to France I had been in
so many cathedrals, churches, and temples I
felt ready to be ordained a bishop. I spent the
night in one of those quaint French hotel rooms
with built-in cockroaches and this room was so
small the roaches were hunchback. The service
was typically European. If you needed anything
all you had to do was ring a bell and immedi
ately a servant would come and show you how to
do without it.
The next morning I discovered they had auto
matically doubled the rates on me because Na
poleon once slept in the same bed. They still
haven't changed the sheets. I might add that
opinions expressed in this column are not neces
sarily those of the French Chamber of Commerce.
Wrhy go to Europe? If you're out to dodge the
draft, it won't work. Uncle Sam's got an iron
hand with a boarding house reach and if he so
desires you'll be sporting khaki before morning.
I don't care if you're in the middle of the Gobi
Desert. If you can think of any other reason for
crossing the Atlantic just bring me a note from
your psychiatrist and we'll argue.
Despite all my feeble efforts next summer will
see thousands of rich Americans drooling over
the incandese'ent glamour of the Riviera, the
haunting intrigue of olde England, and the grip
ping majesty of the Swiss Alps. Jimmy Durante
summed it up quite aptly when he said "Man is
the only animal that can be skinned more than
once.' Today many people fear that Europe lies
in danger of being overrun by the Russian Army.
Don't worry about that one bit. I'll bet my pass
port against yours that 4he Russian Army goes
broke before it reaches the Eiffle Tower.
Now Hear This
by Jack Lackey
Did you know that you were a member of
something called the "National Students As
sociation?" Did you know that you have a'Voice"
speaking for you? Well you do, and it is quite
a voice.
We are all members of this organization. It was
founded some few years back and UNC has been
a member from the start. At the present time the
head of it is a former Carolina student, Al Lowen
stein. Al is a darn good boy. Those of us that have
known him for some time all like and admire
him. He's got a lot on the ball. If, however, it
can be shown that his opinions are in line with
general student opinion I'll eat this issue of The
Daily Tar Heel.
The NSA has been fighting valiantly for sev
eral great causes recently. They have been hot
for colored students admitted to all schools, for
one thing. Another has been their fight for the
"rights" of the professors out in California who
refuse to sign any oaths of loyalty to our gov
ernment. This is the "voice" of American students. Is it
your voice? It's certainly not mine. What are we
doing being tied up with this . outfit? Do we
needtobe representby: a. pressure' group? Us:
it possible for the many varied interest of ours
to be collectively expressed by a national spokes
man? I doubt it.
NSA was formed by a bunch of students who
had attended a meeting of world students at
Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1946. This meeting was
dominated by Communists. Our students were
embarrassed. Few,, if any, of them were Com
munists themselves. , The delegates from the
other countries represented their national
student organizations. Our delegates were real
ly not official spokesmen. The United States
did not have a national student organiza
tion. When the boys and girls got home they
set to work organizing the NSA.
One of their chief arguments then, as now,
for having this NSA was that many other coun
tries have such a thing. Just because the banana
republics and proletarian dictatorships have a
"voice of the students" is not any reason why
we need one.
Wouldn't it be a good idea for -us to get out
of this NSA? It offers us no benefits, no "services.
It "speaks" for us in a voice that is not our own.
It conducts a lobby for . causes that the majority
of us do not subscribe to. For this we pay $600
-ar year it isn. t werth-six cents. . -
Eyewitness Account Offered
Editor:;;
The Daily Tar Heel's- conception of what constitutes ;
journalism has always been (let's face it!) a sorry one. Ln,i .
urday in Seism's, column you hit the absolute rock-boUoiii.
seen better stuff in Hearst papers and Klan sheets.
I've followed the Martinsville 7 case with concern and m;,
for two years. I've read most of the papers that carried any ;
of a story on it, including the Richmond Times-Dtspatdi. etc,
others. I saw nothing at all that even hint the things that -presents
as "facts". I conclude that they are fabrications niaci, i
whole cloth. (This is a nice way of calling a lie a lie.)
Letters to the editor should be brief. If the Tar Heel is in',. ,
ed ini some clean journalism, I would be glad to write up a t ,
ful, documented account of the wholesale execution of seven N.
men ;that aroused vigorous world-wide protest. In addition
good file I have kept on the case, I was in Richmond the Tu
of the execution week, so I could give something of an ey
ness account. I can also give about a hundred thousand insta
to exemplify the kind of justice Negroes habitually experienc
the hands of southern courts.
Who is it, knowing the first thing about the Negro people,
concoct the story of a Negro mother shoving to her husband
six other men a white woman for rape! And with a snarl , no h
What cesspool to compare with the mind that could make up !,, h
a lie!
:Jack Seism, you a journalist? Go read the life of Lincoln .Stiffens-
pnd see how far you've missed the boat on your chosen i , . f
fession! "
- " Emanuel Ccutlakis
(Obviously, the newspapers could not carry the fordid dn--of
the assault and rape. Columnist Seism got his facts from ;-
tacked- woman, who told him, of abuses to her body and avi ;,
of tHe Negro wife which are unprintable. She is now, and lias !,, ,
for two years, in Duke Hospital receiving treatment for tier injur,,:',
some of which will injure her for life. We invite Mr. Coutlaki:; to
join the undermanned staff of The Daily Tar Heel and help us juiJ ;,
what is and what is not "good journalism." However, we (Kjrcc.
letters to the editor must be limited to 300 words. Ed.
Think On These Things'
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Editor: .
My. opinion (note that word) of Bob Selig as an editorialist hit
the ocean bottom when I discovered that he and another writer
friend reverted to the pitiful plea of freedom of speech for sup
port of the cynicism he expressed of the ROTC. I lament with you
I do.
But before you touch the inner emotions of your readers, "think
on these things:"
l.He who defies God, who has no moral code by which to
live, who verbly persecutes the very religion Christ here instituted,
is not an expresser of opinion he is a fool. Take that as a personal
statement or as a biblical quote. ,
'2. He who insults a friendly neighbor is like a weed 'midst
a garden of flowers whose only recourse for recognition i ; in pro
jecting the ugliness he has, thereby destroying the friendship that
once existed.
3. The American who complains of the raising of the Stars
and Stripes under any circumstances is not an expresser of opinion.
He is alien to the American traditions so dearly paid for and so
long established.
When you refer to the ROTC unit, you refer (1) to a unit train
ed for the defense effort; (2) to a group of men, if you please, who
are just as eager for peace as you; who are perhaps more eager to
do theif part in maintaining that peace than you; who have emo
tions and resentments along with their human selves; who want
to speak freely and at the same time within the realm of justice :
who believe that careless names spoken by careless tongues are
not tools, of public opinion, but are the weapons of noisy littl'
"chatterboxes" out of which comes only noise.
Say what you will, write what you will, and throw dirt where
you will but don't plead "freedom of speech" when you attempt
to tear down the character of a man, of an organization, of a friend,
or of a GOD without justic or regard.
So, "think on these things," lest your reputation be injured
further.
William A Cheyne
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