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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1952
The official newspaper of the PuDii
cations Board of the University of
-North Carolina at Chapel Hill where
it is published daily at the Colonial
Press, Inc., except Monday's, examina
tion and vacation periods and during
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O. T. Watkins Business Manager Frank. White National Adv. Manager
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Marie Costello Advertising Managei Neal Cadieu Circulation. Manager
Sports Staff Ken Barton, Alva Stewart, Buddy Northart, Tom Peacock.
Society Staff Iian McCoreb, lindy Lmderman, Betty Jean Schoeppe.
Business Staff Flossie Kerves, Wallace Pridgeh, Gerry Miller, Richard Adel
ehein Robert Drew, - ..
Hews Staff Clyde "Baker, Vardy Buckalew, Robert Colbert, Walter Dear, Barty
Dunlop, Grady Elmore, Donna Hauck, Betty Ann Kirby, Sandra Klostermyer.;
Jody Levey. Thomas McDonald, Mitchell Novit, Jim Oglesby, Wanda Lou
Philpott. Virginia Polk, Nancy L- Reese, Jerry Reese, Betty Jean Schoeppe, Bill
Scarborough, Bob Wilson. -
Right
Side
The right side won in the so-called "Cold War Over Hot
Coffee" at the University of North .Carolina.
Students objected to the use of. "frozen coffee," alleged to
have received the enthusiastic endorsement of faculty mem
bers at a luncheon.'
r After 30 days trial, the new beverage has been discarded in
student eating halls and a return has been made to traditional
coffee. For many Americans coffee, particularly breakfast
coffee, is an institution not to be tampered with. Faculty
members, or anyone else, are at full liberty to make any
changes they desire, but no changes of this sort should be
enforced on students or anyone else, who have to eat and
drink what they find.
Anyone wanting recognizable and familiar hot coffee is
entitled to it and many would be unable to start the day
satisfactorily without it.
residential Jwlemo
The recent letters to The Daily
Tar Heel criticizing the stand
taken by this student govern
ment administration regarding
the seating of certain students in
the student section at football
and other games, have partially
missed the point and yet they
have partically hit jt.. They have
missed the point since student
.government based its action up
on the grounds that any student,
when admitted to this Univer
sity is entitled to all privileges
granted other students unless
by his actions he makes it neces
sary for some of those privi
leges to be taken away.
The letters were quite cor
rect, however, in assuming that I
am opposed to segregation and
that I am most anxious to take
any action, in keeping with prac
ticalities, which will aim toward
the eventual elimination ot the
segregation of races. "In keep
ing with practicalities" is a pure
ly personal standard for the
determining of what should or
should not be done, and no over
all principle can be laid down
to make it more specific.
There is, however, one prin
ciple which may be used as a
oasis for action and that is the
role which the state university
should play in relation to the
people of the state who support
it. It would seem to be the con
tention of the writers of the
"Garvelle" letters, as 'is the
contention of Buckley in God
On Campus
The following note was left
-on a car parked in -a restricted
area; ' ! '' ;
Mr. Officer; ;
Please don't give s ,a ticket
today. We .all have a reaJhard
Glenn Harden
Editor-in-chief
Bruce Melton
Managing Editor
News Editor
Sports Editor
Society Editor
-...Feature Editor
David Buckner
Bill Peacock
Mary Nell Boddie
Jody Levey
Joe Raf
Literary Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
- Assoc. Sports Editor
Assoc. Society Editor
Photographer
Beverly Baylor
Sue Burress
Ed Starnes
Nancy Burgess
J Ruff in Woody .
From Hofeigf i News and Observer
Won
By Henry Bowers
and Man ai Yale, that the con
sumers of the University pro
duct have the right and duty to
control the policies and curri
culum of the University. If
this philosophy of education
were logically extended, .the '
University would be relegated to
the position of following the flag
. of public opinion and would
surrender its traditional posi
tion of leadership. The Uni
versity must continue to be con
trolled by its faculty, its ad
ministration, and to some lesser
; degree by its students if it is
. to fulfill its mission and obliga
tion to the people of the state.
v In the matter of segregation,
then, I would have the Uni
versity take the lead in its abo
lition. - .
It is not merely a moral ques
tion or a legal question. Rather,
it' is a very practical question,
laden with self-interest as well
as piety. ; A hard-headed realiza
tion that it is to our economic
and political advantage, both as
a state and as a region, to re
move the legal barriers which
qxist will hasten the end of such
unjust legislation. Each day, the
injustice of Jim Crow legislation
. and the inevitability of its col
lapse, due to its immoral and
impractical nature, becomes in
creasingly obvious.
The University, if it persists
in identifying expediency with
discretion, will find itself in the
rear ranks. -
quiz and were too tired to walls
to class just this ! once, please
we won't do it. again.
4' - '....-:..'., Thanhs .
- Threo enaia-lixed coeds
K' By B il I C. B row n
Tar On ;
y Heels
For fifteen hours a day I sit
in class and ;get nothing but
theory thrown at me. That can
be carried too far in life.
We all know of the .Botanist
yho spends all his time studying
&. flower until he has little time
for anything else. There are stu
dents who, like the Botanist,
spend all their lime with their
books and have little time left
for living. -
The peril of religion seems to
be toward theorizing too. Creeds
are useful, and some churches
say we cannot do without them
(although the Deciples of Christ
Church gets along without one).
But creeds are- not the whole;
it is too bad when a person is
content merely with preserving
the creed.
What is the use of a theory if
it is not applied? Such is the
doom of religion on the campus
of the University of North Caro
lina. Attend church and you hear
little other than theory. The
same is true of youth groups of
some churches. They are satis
fied with the creed and in pre
serving it without living it.
What we need here more than
any other thing is not effective
student government, a better
working honor system, or more
beautiful buildings, but . good
old fashion religion. The type
that gets inside a man and
makes him want to be a Christ
ian rather than simply theorize
on the subject.
Excuse me if I sound like a
Sunday morning gospel hour
preacher, but perhaps they . are
not as foolish as some of .our
"'theorists" make them out.
I don't believe in this "put
your hand on the radio receiver
and think about your illness and
I will cure you" preachers, but
I also don't believe in so much
theory.
Inspiration is what - we need.
Not theory. I've heard it said
that a man doesn't have to at
tend church to praise God. Truer
words were never spoken. The
woods on a spring day is a far
better place. There you: don't
find theory. There you find God
in all His glory. -
Too bad more of us don't
4have time" to find God in this
way.
But we also need the church
in a vital way. We need it every
.day, not just when something
like a war comes along that we
wish to win.
The Church should be . a part
of our life that we can't do with
out; That is because it should be
inspirational. A church dedi
cated, to theory as are many of
Chapel Hill's great churches
does not fill this spiritual need
for me.
Neither does a youth group
fill this need if it is dedicated to
its creed rather than the ful
fillment of that creed in avital
way.
This column was not written
to envoke enraged letters from
those who disagree. That would
be theorizing again.
Let's get to work and live
like Christians rather, than theo
rize -on what a Christian is.
ADVERTISE-
etters I o
Freedom Lost?
To the Editor:
Your editorial summing up the
tragic decline of freedom qf
thought on this campus is a most
timely revelation. A cause, per
haps, of this Recline" is a . con
fusion in our minds as to
whether such freedom is a
necessary and wise" part of our
American heritage, or a dis
pensable luxury in these -hard
times. I submit the following
evidence on the problem:
The free, interchange of ideas
enables scholars to come closer,
in cooperation, to the truth than
would ne possible alone. The
power to converse is a large part
of the power to think.
Searching evaluation -of our
social system, its goals and effi
ciency, provides the only chance
of improving it.
Widespread discussion of pub
lic policy insures that, all per
tinent ideas are recognized and
provides a check against the
mistakes in fact and reasoning
that would occur if one man or
one small board, however well
intentioned, made the decisions.
And the slaughter of a million
people in World War II shows
that we have no guarantee that
such . despots would be well-
intentioned.
As freedom is lost, so do we
lose the means of regaining it.
That gives a finality to our
choice today.
Wyman Richardson
Dear Uncle John
Madam Editor:
What difference does it make
how the Morehead building is
or is not used? The important
thing is that, it cost three mil
lion dollars everybody knows
that it is Communistic not to
revere and worship something
that cost that much.
Besides, it is a genuine imi
tation Colonial building and
everybody knows that the ulti
mate superlative in beauty is to
be found only in imitations of
17th Century adornments.
Your editorials almost sound
like you advocate that the .More
head building should be some
what "functional Perish the
thought, for it is damnyankee
philosophy! By the noble, true
Southern standards of -culture,
the worth of a building is mea
sured solely by external appear
ances. ' .
H. A. Hariung
Dear Uncle John:
This is to let you knowLthat
in spite of the very loud and;
very biased so-called "criticism",
there are many of us who deeply
appreciate the wonderful things
you . have done .for this univer
sity; in particular the scholar
ships which are helping so many
to do much excellent work. I
apologize for the students who
so love to criticize they never;
stop to think of the good.
Jacqueline Ingram
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Editor
Saf urday's Game
Madam Editor:
. Some errors in a school paper
are common and quite excusable.
However, this year's sports page
has been guilty of many which
are inexcusable .and even ridi
culous, u-
I refer this time to an article
in Sunday's paper by Bill Pea
cock which was written about
the Furman basket-ull ;game on
Saturday night. :
I don't see how any competent
writer who covered the game
could say that Carolina used a
.zone defense to stop Frank 'Sel
vy and hold him to six points.
A .zone defense was never used
in this game by the Tar Heels.
The guarding of Selvy was
handled by Vince Grimaldi .and
Bob Phillips in a straight man-to-man
defense.
Let's either get on the ball
or get someone else who can
handle the job andxprint the
facts.
Tom Weil
P.S. From the same day's
paper: "There are two teams on
Carolina's cage slate the Tar
Heels have never managed to
conquer West Virginia and
Temple hold a 2-0 edge over the
Tar Heels CAROLINA BEAT
TEMPLE 70-65 IN PHILADEL
PHIA THIS YEAR.
Madam Editor:'
We, the undersigned, were
happy to see Carolina win again
Saturday night. We have no ob
jections to winning.
But the very obvious "hogg
ing" of the ball by certain
players brings forth objection. :
We rqlize that it ist pos
sible for a player not to see, a
teammate who is wide open, for
a shot at the basket, and the
player not throw the ball to the
teammate. But when it happens
to the same teammate several
times in a row, something '.is
taking place which should-' be
stopped., : :(;.-.
We don't know whose falitt
it is the coach's or the players'
but if just four players .are
going to handle the ball,' why
not just' use those four and See
the - other one stay' --on the side-
lines and rest? He does just
much good as the others when it
comes to guarding opposing
players, so why not let bim
shoot -when he has a chance?
Maybe the others are afraid
he'll be high scorer." ! , ' '
i- - .
Our chances of getting into x
the tournament .March 7-9 are
slim enough now. We hope some
thing is done soon about this
; "prejudice." ' ' : '
. O. J Tyson, '
Kenneth Davis
... ,-BiU Graham
! '"" Joab Johnson
i Charles Sparkman
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