acE TWO
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1951
Bel i And
by John "Senders by David Alexander
Taf f vsv ;Taff Reviews And
In the last publication prior to the Duke-Carolina game,
we said:- . ; .
'If there is still a single individual at either school so crass,
0$ stupid, or infantile . . ." N ,
We missed our guess that there were no such individuals
around, but we cannot help feeling that the retaliatory thefts
of the bell was a more original and less harmful showing of
school spirit than the earlier defacing of trie UNC bell tower.
Still, it ain't good. The bill rightfully belongs on the Duke
campus, and ought to be returned. . "i.
El
Qctions
Our congratulations to the winners; our consolations to
the- losers. -
We are assuming that there will be a runoff . Probably the
best date suggested is next Tuesday, December 4. Legislature
should find no serious controversy in settling on a date when
they meet Thursday night. 1
We hope the single important lesson that has come out
of ' this election sinks into the craniums of all those concera-
edM-which means all students. ,
- . I . - -: .:.
No legal elections could be held this quarter. The confu
sion and contradictions of the elections law ancfthe constitu
tion should not be allowed to continue for another quarter.
The law (and if necessary the constitution) should be revised
tc allow the chairman of elections board a certain amount of
discretion in setting dates which will conform to honest- and
reasonable-popular vote. . .
Letters
A carton-oj Chesterfield Cig
, areites will be presented to the
writer of the best letter to the
editor published in The Daily
Tar Heel during this week,
courtesy of the campus Chester
. field representatives.- Editor.
Msidam Editor: , ;
; If ' you could see fit to print
. the . enclosed poem, it might
help? the feelings of some of the
students who had to sit on the
FB Row,, Section 17 of Kenan
Stadium during the recent Car-lina-Notre
Dame game.
lit was really much worse than
the- poem describes it, but I
-thought the masterpiece of my
, feeble brain was long enough.
. Anna McKerrall
Have you tried to see a foot-..
ball show
While seated on the PP Row?
First you get your seat at half
post one r
Brother, that's before the
lion's begun.
From one-forty-five 'til two
fifteen . The crowd that tramps by is
really' mean.
.' A-glimpse of the field is all
ywget
After the crowd has made you
.sweat. . -
Youtry to relax at half past
one'
. But Boy, your woes have just
begun.
Mother and daughter, Father.
. ami son, : '
Cut off your view on the Pee
Pee run. ' ' . '
Again the guy comes by in the
light 'tan coat,
And you trj' real hard to get
. Iris- goat.
?Ky you say to prove ! his
'. ettle ; . . : 1 1:"
"When are you going U set
tle?"' x
IU says,. "It's the last time, I
1 wcpr.''
: But in five more minutes he's
rihit "back there. , .
U- When the band strikes up the
'' National iAir, ?
You try to stand No room to
spare.
A plump dame in a raccoon
coat .
Cuts off the air you grab
your throat.
Then the guy in the light tan
coat comes back. : .
You try to trip him (the mean
old quack)
The game's at half time and
then
The crowd begins to rush out
again ,
You hear the band, but you
miss the act
' Because part of the crowd is
coming back.
Ten minutes after the second
half starts
You stretch out your feet
They've begun to smart.
Along comes the boy with the
for gale
You can't see what's happen
in The crowd starts to wail.
Someone urges the boy on his
way
But tan coat is back Is he
going to stay?
As the final quarter comes to
a close
, The same eager beavers step
on your toes.
They're anxious to be the first
ones out,
But , they stop and help the
wild crowd shout.
While you with your seat on
the PP Row
Wish that you could get up
and go. .
You know now that, a dumb- ;
bell jane
Wouldn't accept a ticket on
the PP lane.
If I ever again attend a game
And get offered a seat on the
PP lane
I'll turn back my ticket and
make tracks for home.
I'll listen to the ball game all
alone,
With my feet propped up in
an easy chair
.While the shouts and the boos
come oyer " the air,: ;
., And I'll feel rather, sad for the
poor fans I know
Who are seated on the ill
famd PP Bow. , . ; i , . . ,...
The following is the first of
two articles by John Sanders
ex-President of the Student
Body, on the foreign policy of
Senator Robert A. Taft, speak
ing to the campus tonight, Wed
nesday, and Thursday nights as ,
1951 Weil Lecturer. Editor.
" "I do not claim to be an ex
pert on foreign policy," asserted
Senator Robert A. Taft in his
Senate speech attacking the
North Atlantic Pact. Having
thus candidly . stated his own
lack of qualification to do so,
Mr. Taft (Republican, Ohio) has
proceeded to speak with in
creasing frequency on the sub
ject, and even to write an odd
little book, recently published,
entitled A Foreign Policy for
Americans. '
It is rather strange that the
' gentleman from Ohio should
take the risks involved in put
ting his views on foreign policy
between boards. People throw
away old newspapers and mag
azines, but a book they are more
likely to keep. And when the
gentleman-has found it expedi-
ent to shift his ground on major
issues some months hence as
history indicates he certainly
will it might be embarassing to
one more concerned with con
sistency to have readers com
pare his new views with those
of November, 1951. It has been
appropriately suggested that
Taft should have issued his book
in loose-leaf form, so that as he
dodges from one position to an
other, readers might be kept up
to date by means of weekly sup
plements, replacing out-of-date
observations.
It is generally conceded that
the Taft of 1951, who could view
the closing of the Suez Canal as
adequate grounds for the United
States to consider going to war,
is a vast improvement over the
Taft of 1941, who could declare
(and within the present month
reassert his belief) that he saw
no danger to AmericaMn a Nazi
victory over all of Europe. Yet
to take this great advance in
thinking to mean that Mr. Taft
has come around to the point of
view shared by a majority of
Americans would hardly be jus
tified. Taft is today vigorously dis
claiming the "isolationist" tag,
and boldly asserting that f he
does recognize that our own se
curity might at least in some
degree depend on the survival
of the rest of the free world. -It
is interesting to note in xam
parison his conflicting stands on
foreign policy issues of major
importance in our scheme of in
ternational defense over the last
decade. For this is the same Taft
who opposed Selective Service
in 1940 and 1941, who voted
against Lend Lease in 1940 ("Of
all the foolish plans, this seems
to me the most asinine," he said
of it), advocated a "negotiated
peace" with Hjtler dominant on
the European continent, and
thought, even in 1941, that the
only way in which peace could
be secured would be "to defend
the line of the Atlantic and Pa
cific Oceans (our side of them,
mind you!) 'against Severy ag
gressor." Since World War II, Taft has
proved the color of his "inter
nationalism' by frequent votes
and speeches against- virtually
every major effort made by the
President and Congress to assert
effective leadership in blocking
the advance of world Commun
ism. For four successive years,
1047-50, he has either voted
against U. S. Aid to Europe, or
voted to cut it to the point of
complete inadequacy. Yet he
would have us believe that he
supports the Marshall Plan.
He waged a bitter fight in the
Senate against the North Atlan
tic Pact, and;: challenged the
power of the President to send
troops to Europe in fulfillment
,of our obligations under the
Treaty. This he justifies, on the
flimsy ground that the. Pact
"was contrary to r the whole
theory of the United Nations
Charter," while at the' same
, time claiming that in view , of
the impotence of the United Na
tions to enforce world peace, he
sees "no choice except to devel
op" our own military policy and
our own policy of alliances,
without substantial regard to
the U. N." -. .
by Al Perry
Monologue
. Carolina has the Victory Bell.
Although we lost the ball .
game Saturday, six determined
. Carolina students stole it right;
from under the. noses of the en
tire Duke student body.
Seems that a few of the Blue,
Devils were celebrating their
victory in front of the Duke
Chapel with the bell, and the
six Tar Heels joined in; pre
tending to be loyal Dukesters.
After the crowd had subsided,
the Tar Heels persuaded the
custodian of the bright blue bell
that it would be a great idea to
parade down the main streets
of Chapel Hill.
Somewhere along the line, the
. Duke detective got left out, and '
the Victory Bell is now, we .
hear, carefully hidden some
where on Campus.
I'll have to agree with fellow
columnist Dave Alexander, who
says, elsewhere on "this - page,
that the film "Golden Girl" is a
stinkeroo. v
Only I do disagree with just
. how it is a flop. The movie's
title should be qhanged from
- Golden Girl" to "Mitzi Gaynor".
Not more than twice during the
entire show does the audience
get a chance to stop looking at
the lousy acting and not-very--
impressive figure of Miss Gay
nor. Every -scene has this gal.
Filled with the usual Holly
wood stereotypes, the handsome,
aristocratic Southern Gentleman
and the drunk, gambling father,
the show is only partly saved by
the singing of Dennis Day.
I like the fresh, new outlook
of some of the coeds on this
campus, particularly after over
hearing a Y-Court conversation
recently.
In answer to the old reliable
gag question, "Will night base
ball ever replace sex?" one soro
rity gal said. T don't like nighi
baseball." And one of her sisters
added, "Yeh; and besides I
don't know anything about night
baseball."
On Campus
HOW OLD SHOULD A VOTER
The . question of whether
year-olds should rote was put
to a number of students at Pot-
Previews
A typical" Hollywood exploi
tation of the film "Golden Girl"
started off this way, "Twen
tieth Century Fox's 14 Carat 13
song salute to . . . ." and I
imagine that you expect this
sort of thing. I can give you some
advice with a number in it too!
Save your 42 cents.'
This is the hammiest musical
offering that I have seen " in
some months; While the story
and most of the songs are so
dull, there is one faint glimmer
of hope -hope that the young
star Mitzi Gaynor will never
again be wasted in such trash.
The story concerns a little
school girl Lotta Crabtree, who
goes on the stage because her
weak father (James Barton)
gambles away the boardinghouse
her mother (Una Merkel) has
slaved in for years.
Lotta (Mitzi) falls in love with
a gentleman from Alabama
(Dale Robertson) who turns out
to be a .bandit working for the
Confederacy during the war be
tween the states. Dennis Day s
also along; but put to little use,
singing several miserable songs
that went out with the covered
wagon.
If this interests you, you'll
find it at the Carolina Theater
starting today. -
The Varsity has "Two Tickets
to Broadway" and this is more
like it! ' You will undoubtedly
recognize some of the plot
material, but you won't object
.since the music is top-drawer
material, and the stars are top
flight. ;
The cast is probably one of the
most impressive you will see all
year. Headed by Janet Leigh,
Tony Martin, Gloria DeHaven,
Ann Miller, Eddie Bracken,
Barbara Lawrence, . and , Bob
Crosby; ' it adds the right in
gredients to any musical.
The Manhattan Number, and a
ballet-phantasy featuring Janet
"Leigh and Tony Martin are par
ticularly interesting to watch.
Janet dances for the first timt
in this film, and had her very
good friend Marge Champion
for a dance teacher. Ann Miller
manages to . get off a snappy
dance number, and Gloria De
Haven clowns through several
songs with Eddie Bracken. It is
all done up in technicolor, and
is fast .enough to keep you en
tertained. This film will end rfc
three-day run today, at the
Varsity Theater.
mac State College, West Vir
ginia. The answer, by about tw
to one, was no.
One coed said: "In my pinio
18-year-olds are not taking the
voting situation too seriously and'
dont' really care if they vote or
not."
Most interesting comment
came from a pre-law students
"You shouldn't vote until yoa
are 30-years-old.
From the Cavalier
University' of Virginia:
"Dear Si ;
No football
I No cuts;
This college
Is nuts
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