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FRIDAY . "UARY 15, 1952 PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL 4 i. J ' The oiTicial newspaper of the Publi raUorws Eo-ird of the University of tioitiv Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is published daily, at the Colonial Press, Inc.. except Monday's, examina tion and vacation periods and during Glenn Harden . Bruce Melton David Buekner Editor-in-chief Managing Editor News Editor - Sports Editor Society Editor Feature Editor Literary Editor Associate .Editor Associate Editor Bill Peacock Mary Nell Boddie Jody Levey Joe Raff Beverly Baylor bue .Burr ess liews Staff Clyde Baker, Vardy Buckalew, Robert Colbert, Walter Dear. Barty Dun lop, Grady Elmore, Donna Hauck, Betty Ann Kirby, Sandra Klostermyer. Jody Levey, Thomas McDonald, Mitchell Novit. Jim Oglesby, Wanda Lou Philpctt, Virginia Polk, Nancy 1. Reese. Jerry Reese, Betty Jean Schoeppe, Bill Scarborough, Bob Wilson. Sports Staff Ken Barton, Alva Stewart, Buddy Northart, Tom Peaeock. Society Staff Diah McCorab, Lindy Linderman, Betty Jean Schoeppe. Business Staff Flossie Kerves, Wallace Pridgeh, Gerry Miller, Riehard Adel ehein, Robert Drew. , that G pa a u ( "You mean I'm subject to low-grade morons?" The speaker was a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in his mid-thirties, pus j utueiary. "ThaVs right," we said. ' "The Men's Council? The Student Council? They can kick me out of school?" "Right again," we said. "But they're children ... idiots!" We assured our friend that we doubted he would be ex pelled i nthe near future, and claimed that he hadn't touched on-a more serious angle "of this student government business. The graduate students (we lectured) seldom seem to rea lize that they fork over a considerable sum of money each year for the maintainance of Student Government. When they do, they seem to harbor a resentment against under graduate politicians who determine not only how much but-also what it shall be spent for. The Legislature, with an aggregate I. Q., according to my friends hazy knowledge, lower than that of a colony of Rhesus monkeys, perpetuates an expenditure of something like $100,000 every year, and a healthy hunk of that comes from the jpockets of graduate students. "Well, why don't they give us some return? A worthwhile speaker, a graduate social room, or a few much needed books for our inadequate library?" We'didn't know positively why, but suggested offhandedly that graduate students could give themselves some of those things. . My friend was bitter. We don't have thousands of dollars to play with "like the undergraduates." "On the contrary, it's your money," we insisted, and asked illogically when he had last voted in a campus election, and if he knew who was running for the graduate seat on Men's Council. He began to get the point. by .Raff IT In a few days you will be hearing plenty about it, so I thought I would get a head start on all the rest of the world re ' minding you that Brotherhood :Week begins this coming Sun-; day. From the 17th until the 24th you will probably hear so much about Brotherhood Week that by the time it is over you will, no doubt develop a keen , distaste for these international Philadelphians. To live through an Easter holi day, Christmas season or Broth erhood Week without listening to a million' spirited male and female animals, howl about oiir practically impossible.; m,;; . . Y I think that by. the ,time( Bro therhood Week ' has passed ,we will be as tired Of it'as: we are with "Jingle tBells when Saint Nick has pointed his reindeer, i; toward the North Pole. Being a brother to everyone can become as; annoying . as a . : singing commercial . and ; all the f considered words of Priests, Rab bis and ministers sound like so' much Solium. All the other Brotherhood Weeks I've lived through come back to me as a recollection of churchmen blaming me1 and my fellowmeri for the condition of the world. They keep telling me "What I should do to learn to love my neighbor, but I. am so over . a. the official summer terms. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office of Chapel Hill, N. C. tinder the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates: mailed $4.00 per year. $1.50 per quarter; delivered $6.00 per year and $2.25 per quarter. . Ed S tames Assoc. Sports Editor Nancy Burgess Assoc. Society Editor Ruff in Woody Photographer Frank White National Adv. Manager Chase Ambler Subscription Manager Neal Cadieu Circulation Manager O. T. Watkins Business Manager Jim Schenk Business Office Manager Marie Costello Advertising Managei are v ore the control of that bunch of ' .. and he was flattering the cam- taken by the many , voices all in one week that I can't hear what each one is saying. Great men of knowledge are always harping on the idea that there is no difference between my neighbor and me. How can they possibly talk us into this when we see differences every day? U We are the ones who really make the differences;; I should hate to think that we ar,e living in a world where everyone is the same, particularly if the boys are like me and the girls like my girl. Trf2e , . variances, , hi peoples ahclindividuals should make ho difference to1 us even! ) though . there is a , difference ' iri . the ; ( peoples, and, ! ; individuals, . themselves. My roommate as perfectly normal. He has tert fingers-six 'on one hand, four on the other. But because I have four on one . hand and six on the other, you think- he hates me? ' ' He has .learned to overlook my peculi arity and, as a result, we think j nations and races should make an example of us. Just in opposition to the pre sent regime, my roommate and I fight and throw chairs at each other during Brotherhood Week and are friendly the rest 'of the year. 1 F by Parry Farber Not Guilty RIO DE JANERIO, JAN. 25 The first Inter-American Con gress of students started off with a diplomatic earthquake and slowly worked up to a climax. - At noon today student jdele gates from fifteen "American re publics filed into the spacious conference room on the first floor of the headquarters of the Brazalian Student Union to lay groundwork, swap small talk, exchange souvenirs; and, in general, try to size each other up as to political feelings, etc. For the first ten minutes things went remarkable well. Argen tines and Costa Ricans laughed at each other's shaggy dog stories, Peru and Equador ex changed "saludos,' Cuban cigars and Lucky Strikes circulated at par vaiue, and bronze, mus- tachioed caballeros from Uru guay and Honduras s happily sipped "mate" from the same gourd. Soon a Brazilian bellhop passed around mimeographed """ agendas describing the activities planned for the big opening ses sion that evening. A speech by. Brazalian President Vargas was scheduled for eight o'clock followed by a reception for the ambassadors of all countries which had delegations repre sented. Bingo! That did it. Everything hit the fan. An outraged "com panero" from Argentina took the floor and swore he'd rather roast in hell than greet the fas cist representative of Peron. Peru applauded vigorously, add ing that hed sooner bathe in white hot lava than drink cock tails in the same room with the agent of the invidious dictator Odria. Honduras said he re gretted the fact that his hated government had no ambassador in Rio because he'd like nothing better than to pitch a martini in his face and tell him to go straight up to the Amazon and : get his; head shrunk. A venom-spitting lad from Uruguay shouted that the Bra zilian organizers of the Congress had some nerve expecting free and democratic students to sit and listen to that diabolic v dic tator, Getulio Vargas. Brazil countered by pointing out that Vargas was no. longer a dictator. Uruguay said he used to be and if he so much as opened his fascist trap they would all pack up and go home. Brazil said Uruguay was a trifle hasty. Uruguay called Brazil an overgrown-coffee plantation. Brazil called Uruguay a malignant growth. Then everybody started shrieking four letter words in four different languages as the charged atmosphere vibrated with the violent eruption of i Latin glands. By this time the lobby was rapidly filling with tuxedoed Presidents, Generalissimos, Am- . bassadors, ; and attaches whilo Student , America debated whether or not they would bo received. Argentina made a motion to forego the reception, forget the. whole thing, and get a good night's sleep. Motion carried. The delegates streamed out of the building leaving behind a group of frowning, confused diplomats. , I guess you mliht cay otrr first official act of Rio was to dispense with the opening "ectf sion. Straly Corrects Murphy Madam Editor: Several of my colleagues have asked me today just what was the occasion on which I spoke out at a faculty meeting in pro test to the questionnaire relative to membership in subversive or ganizations. As the faculty knows, the questionnaire, has never been'discussed in a formal faculty meeting; it was not sub mitted to the faculty for ap proval; nor has the faculty in sisted upon this' item taking a place on the.agenda of any later meeting. The meeting to which Mr Murphy undoubtedly refers was not a meeting of the full faculty nor was it the type of meeting that members of the faculty ' would call a "faculty meeting," this term usually signifying the sort of meeting in which Uni versity business is transacted. It was a meeting called for the. ex press purpose of considering the ''political questionnaire." Out of that meeting came a commtitee whose purpose was that of maintaining academic freedom. The two faculty mem bers of that committee were Professor Phillips Russell and myself. As a committee we never amounted to much State papers referred to us as a "red cell. Our heart wasn't in it; the un comfortable feeling that it was somehow subversive to meet and discuss academic freedom proved to be not a little wearing. We didn't disband; we just died. The faculty in general has is sued somewhat more opposition Madam Editor: I have read so many so-called articles about the fraternity system in The Daily Tar Heel that I feel it. is time someone put in a good word for our fraternities. I realize that since you no longer have the leased wire ser vice, you are hard put to find something to ifill your pages, but I believe you could spend some time on other things of more interest to the campus and of which you know more about I consider myself an average fraternity man-even though I don't have a Cadillac or a "tux". I came to Carolina from New York City and went through rushing just like any other freshman and since I have found Reviews and Previews Despite the rather inhospit able reception given them by the sponsoring organization, the Matinee Opera Company suc ceeded in presenting a lively and pleasurablo "Englished" Hansel and Grcicl on Tuesday evening. Restricted to the ridiculously undersized stage in the Rendez vous Room, the five performers sang the familiar scorq with con siderable ability, i i Florence Holland tfave an In genuous land fanciftjL perfor mance as Gretcl. Her ducts with Ivy Dale, who was Hansel, dis played con.nktcntly ePCcctlva ensemble technique. M1:;.1 mndQ Hansel both persunslvo In action and accomplished In vocal presentation. Their work to COthcr was effective, pniticul irly In the cwwdy twnes. Letters To The Editor than that indicated by Mr. Mur phy. The committee on Academ ic Freedom of the American As sociation of University Profes sors has continued to present the case against the questionnaire to the Administration. It would be incorrect to say that this' com mittee is exerting strong pres sure f acuity people don't like pressure techniques but the viewpoint of this group has been unchanging and the Administra tion has been kept informed as to what this viewpoint is. . .Joseph V. Siraly The Daily Tar Heel finds some significance but no surprise in the fact that the faculty body was never given an opportunity to discuss the question of the "hidden" loyalty oath in a re gular faculty meeting. Faculty meetings must be called by Chancellor . Robert House not a member of the faculty, but chief administrator of this institution who also provides the agenda aiid chairs the meetings. We apologize for Mr. Murphy and ourselves for the single in accuracy that Professors Straly and Russell did not speak out in a regular faculty meeting. We maintain, with Mr. Murphy, that those two men showed courage and integrity not seen in the remainder of the faculty in speaking out wherever it was as individuals, and in tali ing action on the question, in the face of the usual cry of "subversive." Editors. that the good features far out weigh the bad. Last spring, my pledge class and others cleaned up Battle Park and this year all fraternities are having work weeks, to mention a few pro jects. I realize that most of the un flattering articles are written by non-fraternity men, but since they choose not to join a fra ternity, I believe they could contribute a service to all by simply keeping their mouths shut. In closing I would like to say that as the size of fraternities continues to increase, the size and scope of the Daily Tar Heel continues to decrease. T. Jack OTcil7 John Sinclair sang the father, Peter, admirably. IIopek Bennett, as Gertrude, his wifewas ade. quate. Both were, perhaps re stricted in their movements by the narrow confines' In which they were working. Beale HobW made the witch a., charming grotesque. She sang. -well' and rode her broomstick with4 ; a nccromnncer's skill. Iter yigor, .combined with the musician ship of the others made the third net especially effective. ; 5 The children were delighted and the adults were charmed. ' Hansel and Groiel is an ap propriate vehicle for a small company. IlumpcrdincVs score 33 a masterpiece of contrived simplicity and. at the same time, d!s;tlnulshed operatic writing. Willi ara Peterson Henry Rosenberg ;s!iR!emfffli'i4tn'i i ii i
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