FAGE TWO
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1952
. by Ed Jcnsao
A Rear View
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Glenn Harden .. , Editor-in-jchief
O. T. Watkins .-.. Business Manager
Bruce Melton . Managing Editor
David Buckner News Editor
BiU Peacock .......... Sports Editor
Jim Schenk Business Office Manager
Marie Costello .... Advertising Manager
Mary Nell Boddie Society Editor
Beverly Baylor Associate Editor
Sue Burress Associate .Editor
A Perry .,. Feature x Editor
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',' N -:vk "-: . by Vymdn' Richardson
CPU Roundtable f
Northart.2311 Robbins Een Barton, Alva Stewart. Eddie Starnes. Buddy
, spite of the fact that the universal editorial trend at the
beginning of any new era is to toss around advice, make
promises and forget to keep them, we protest. '
The Resolutions you made or didn't make are your very
own. Its your privilege to make and break them as fast and
furiously as you please. Whether you choose to look back on
last year s events or look forward to this years, is your own
choice, too. i
Our comment on the subject is limited to a certain amount
of space, which we would like to fill with inspiring and sage
advice. But in view of the fact that the holiday season has
become such a commercialized rat race, in which we all par
ticipated, inspiration is hard to find.
We hope that you've resolved not to complain about the
coffee in Lenoir, get fouled up in any 'bell lifting' problems,
cause any minor street riots or overindulge in pick pocketing.
In an unsuccessful attempt. to avoid cliches, we wish you
a prosperous, productive, enlightening and eventful new year.
: These days of the Red men
ace have seen many invasions
of our traditional rights. Watch
dog committees have convicted
persons of heresy and sentenced
theni to economic and social os
tracism' without a pretense at a
fair trial. A federal law, sup
posedly a wartime emergency
measure, against "conspiring to
advocate the desirability of over
throwing any government in the
'tTnited States by force or vio
lence" has resulted in the jailing
of eleven leaders of. a political
party. Suspicion of disloyalty has
become an accepted criterion for
firing a worker, no matter how
little his job affects national de
fense. What events have contributed
to this state of affairs? The Ber
lin blockade, the Czechoslovak
ia coup, and the Korean War
have shown the aggressive de
signs of world Communism. In
this country, the dramatic con
viction of Alger Hiss,, despite his
.two character witnesses from the
Supreme Court, and similar
cases, have made us ell suspic
ious of each other. Hence we pay
attention to the diatribes of dem--agogues'such
as McCarthy, and
pass the McCarran Act, creating
a Subversive Activities Control
Board to ferret out the Commun
ists in our midst and hang little
red tags around their necks so
we'll know who they are.
But what have we most to fear
from Communism. To me, it is
that this political philosophy op
poses the right of citizens to hold
and express opinions, to assem
ble peaceably and petition for
the redress of grievances, to wor
ship according to their own con
science, and to protection against
arbitrary arrests and unfair
trials. And the denial of these
freedoms means '- that policy is
made without the benefit of pub
lic discussion and support,' and
is therefore less likely to be;wise.
Tyrants in the past have start
ed world wars,f or example, with
, little public .enthusiasm behind
-them. Indeed, they may have
been motivated; by this lack of
support to direct the people's
dissatisfaction againsta common
enemy.
And does this not show that
the Bill of Rights is not just an.
old tradition to be discarded in
times of stress,' but a doctrine of
great value to our society today?
This question, and many others
relating to the topic, "McCarthy
ism vs the Bill of Rights," were
the subjects of the last Carolina
Political Union roundtable dis
cussion of the fall quarter. The
Union will continue discussions
of timely topics for the remain
der of the year.
N
ew Yeor
Things seemed pretty discouraging toward the end, of
1951, and this newspaper carried an editorial which echoed
that discouragement. ' '
To our sketchy list of the world's ills could now be added
several more: Massr slaughter on thehighways of the United
States; and the honorary selection of Mrs. Million who was
too late to know about it; soldiers of several nations unac
counted for in prison camps all over the world; bombings,
beatings, and murder perpetrated by the local hate clubs of
vie sxaie 01 norma
by John Taylor
Reviews And Previews
Tomorrow may be better. This new year may see a partial
fulfillment of the hopes for peace on earth. It may somehow
return sanity to the highways of America. It may see honor,
courage and reason returned to the athletic camps of our
colleges. The healthy men of the various nations may be re
turned to their homes and their 'peaceful occupations, along
with the maimed and tha dead. The United Nations Organiza
tion may become something;mcre than a debating society and
propaganda machine. l
Should any of these or several other pleasant eventuali
ties prove to be the case, 1952-will indeed be, hot only a happy
new year, but the true mid-century turning point of this age.
OSQ
Wh
Dough?
Variety was the keynote for
the Playmakers' first bill of the
year of three one act plays. The
group consisted of a tragic play,
a drama, and a comedy.
The tragedy, "A Brave Man,"
by Andrew Adams, begins " the
evening. The brave man of the
title is a young Sicilian spy who
is captured by the Austrians
during, the Austro-Italian War
of 1870.' He is courageous until
he is told that he is to die, where
upon he breaks down. He is told
by his mother who has been
permitted to visit him that he
is to be saved. The mother has
lied to relieve his anguish and
the- boy is executed. Under
Hansford Howe's skillful direc
tion, Frank Ramos turns in a
fine performance as the torment
ed boy, nicely contrasted by
Frances Thompson's touching
portrayal of his mother and
Gene Graves's seasoned guard.
Elmer Oettinger's "The Shin
ing Dark" was the second play.
It" concerns a blind woman who
Js to choose which of two crim
inals is to give her an eye. After
Mr. C. B. Huggins is accused of using University material
and labor to build on hi3 personal property.
Which is not serious, compared with the fact that the Uni
versity is accused of allowing Mr. Huggins to do so, and in
f act, f of sanctioning such practices throughout the University
organization.
This accusation has come because Mr. Huggins' difficulties . .
occasioned a letter, sent out by the University administration f -rrar-n ec
to employees. The letter said, in effect, that (now the heat's Wli :dllipy5
on) such practices cannot be allowed.
That the University allowed the large labor force and stock
pile of materials, paid for by State taxes, to be dipped into by
individuals has been explained on the basis of a sort of jay
supplement. , '; . r-r - '
Granted that University; employees are atrociously under
paid,'' we; still' cannot condone supplementary handouts on a
favor; basis ' o v vm:. :.: "
The uselof tax moriey fpji 'private gain is always a practice
to be feared,.) Another North. Carolinian, Lamarr T. Caudle
various complications, she de
cides that she has no - right to
take the eye of a living man. The
cast, composed mostly of new
comers to the Playmakers, did
very well. Frances O'Neal was
convincing as Mamie Walters,
the blind woman, while Barbara
Byrd was impressive as her
daughter. Jake Todd, Kenneth
Pruitt, Buck Reynolds, and Billy
Henderson were all' good in sup
porting roles. The direction . of
Frank Groseclose was on a high
Par. . , - :-
The final play was "Pythagor
as Bound," a comedy by Charles
"Kellogg, it was a pleasant trifle
about a dentist's attempts at
psychiatry (a subject about
which he knows nothing) on an
active young man who at the
time is planning to be a boxer.
It is' in Jewish dialect and at
- times is really very funny. Wil
liam Peterson as the dentist,
Wisner Washam as the victim,
and Nancy Green, 'Saravette
Trotter, and Deborah Klein all
are fine, as is the direction of
Phil Bernanke.
is being' 'called 'a : nian of indiscretion." Whether those who
use position for private gain are out-and-out thieves, or wheth
er they are merely indiscreet about "supplements'- to an in
sufficient salary, the danger is inherent and apparent.
Tfe're speaking of the danger to; your s pocket. ; ; 4
The trou&les: ofethe; .national iadmimstrliiibn and the
troubles of the . University administration do not represent a
The, situation has merely come to light once aain.
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Maurie Goldberg owns a cam
pus camera shop at Syracuse
University. A couple of weeks
ago his shop was robbed of $3000
worth of equipment. -
paurie treated the event with
his customary stoicism, but the
Syracuse Daily Orange hit the :
ceiling. H V
The Orange characterized '
Maurie Goldberg as "'a woe-be-ridden
23-year-old with a tre
mendous penchant for having
misfortunes befall hmancj al
ways smiling through th i very i
worst-ofljt.";;-:. '.f'Pkl9:ii
: Briefiyit I .the; P ; traced'
Mauries ; trouble-dented ? fcaieex:.
Tn four years he has undertaken
at least six major business ven
tures, been involved in seven
partnerships,, lost and replaced
various odd thousands of dollars
and somehow earned a degree,
tO boot." - V :;i
Then there was the time Maur
ice locked himself out of his own
house in the middle of the night,
having run in his pajamas to see
an accident And the time he
discovered his phone wires were
being tapped, because his room
mate was- slightly pinko." --
Maurie sums up his : lif )Ms
i way, ;4Ive had troubles since !&
tlay I was (born. It snowed; dfly
troubleI was borri in jdne.tj
The following is reprinted
from the Pitt News, University
of Pittsburgh.)
It Is about that time in the
school year when students are
beginning to poncfer on the value
of higher learning. Tliey wonder
if it is all worth the effort they
put into it, or, again, the effort
they feel they put into it.
Much of the energy they
would devote to purguing that
learning they expend in aimless
speculation, twistings and turn
ings of the mind which are most
often expressed in the sophisti
cated terminology of their fav
orite subjects.
Their uncertainty is explain
ed, and even given a certain no
bility, as symptoms of our times,
or as indicative of the vast root
lessness and lack of purpose in
herent in the intellectually deli
cate in this country. We offer no
haven for the sensitive.
The argument is presented
that matters mental are depre
cated to the advantage of the
materialistic endeavors. We are
so engrossed in picking up a
buck that we have given it a
stature which it doesn't deserve.
Despite all of the free enter
prise and rugged individualism
propaganda broadcast by the
American- Legion and others like
it, we have developed: only a
WPA attitude towards living. We
want everything easy. If it does
not come that way, we have
'manufactured inadvertently. In
stead of taking what they give
us a guides for living, we take
them as excuses for not living.
They give us high-sounding
props for our failures.
So, we can't study, we can't
go away alone and think. I
doubt whether we ever wanted
to either, but here is, the answer.
Just select a clause or phrase
from the jargon of some study
and you have your excuse and
it even sounds romantic.
Or we can blame it all on the
youth of the country or on its
size or on the small salaries paid
mental workers. But we don't
blame it on ourselves. We are
here ostensibly to get some
knowledge and a degree which
will enable us to get some place
where we can use that knowl
edge. The plant is here, the rest
is up to us.
Instead of picking out all the
fatalistic notions offered ir
courses we ought to pick up
some, of the indications that
show us how to avoid the situa
tions that bring about the fatal
ism. And we ought to lay off
ourselves and give the books or!
the instructors or whatever it
is wq are concerned" with a
break.
For nothing does more to low-:
er morale than a continuous dis
.sertationon the depths to wlrich
it has Plunged. We can talk our-!
selves into defeat. :
But, there probably is no an-
swer. We are what we an? and!
we must make the Jbest of it
Just don't blame someone else
for it. ' ' j " , j
; And instead of constantly say-1
mg that our problems are great-'
er now than they ever were, and
then using antidotes concocted
years ago to solve them, we
ought to devise a few modern
solutions. - '
Just quit r : looking at life
through ;af rear view mirror.