FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1
PA 71 TWO
THE DAILY TAR HEEL.
The Daily TarHeel;
The vtLcial sudet newspaper of the
Publications cf t'ne University or Uorth
Caioima at Chap1 Hill where it is
published dail.v ai th Colonial Press,
Inc., except Miw-aay, examination and
Giemi Harden
Brucf Mel'on
DaviJ Buckner
Bili Peacock
Mary Neil BooNJie
Joiy Levey .
Editor -in-chieJ
Managing Editor
Neiv3 Editor
Sports Editor
Society Editor
Feature Editor
I i A
Mr. John Clark wants the names and addresses of the
11 W. C. delegates to the Greater University Student Council.
Again, Mr. Clark only wants to know "why" and who strict
ly a letter of information. But Woman's College students
cannot help wondering what Mr. Clark intends to do with 1
the information. . x: -l -
In it, he again strikes out against the NAACP and the
University teachers from the North who are taking "an active
part in the . . . campaign to break down segregation," together
with the state newspapers.
And another mimeographed letter showed up on campus
yesterday. This one, mailed from Greensboro, bore no iden
tification, but purported to be "copied from . . . the leaflets
written by Reverend Ebeneezer Myers, Lenoir, N. C."
The Rev. Myers explains theologically the fallacy in the
theory of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man;
and exclaims against the NAACP and its associates (Harry
Truman and interferers from the Northern states).
The trustees meeting in Raleigh last week didn't seem to
solve many problems.
Letters I o
Madam Editor:
- May I congratulate you, Dick
Murphy, arid quite a few other
students and faculty members
on the lively debate you have
teen stirring up the last weeks,
concerning "academic freedom.
Since I came over from Europe
in September last year I've had
k feeling that the students over
here were a rather dull and
sleepy mass of beings whose cul
tural nerve system could be
aroused only by the possibility
of beer, girls, or a game of foot
ball. (These things and objects
are, of course, excellent in them
selves, but I am accustomed to
students being enthusiastic also
about spiritual, political, and
cultural problems.) Now I have
a completely different picture of
American students, and the air
seems fresh. It may be because
of the snow we had, but I
think the main reason" is the de
bate you started. '. '-r
Because I come from a country
where the whole population is
homogeneous and where we
have no "race" problems, I
would like to ask you some ques
tions on the segregation here in
the South. In Europe, arid in
this country in Washington, D.C.
and New York City I have often
been with Negroes, and apart
from one or two incidents in
Washington D.C. where I
couldn't take my Negro friends
to a restaurant, I haven't had
the feeling that there was any
difference at all between me and
the Negroes. Here, in Chapel
Hill, however, I have from the
very first day been told that in
North Carolina you have "seg
regation" and that one is. not
supposed to associate with Neg
roes. I am not the only foreign
and ignorant student on this
campus, so I would appreciate
it very much if you could answer
these questions: . ' , ;
(1) What is, in North Caro
lina, the definition of segrega
tion?' v f'":';':
(2) If I happened to meet a
Negro here, with whom, I wanted
to associate, under what circum
stances and in what places could
I possibly do so? I couldn't take
him to any restaurant or cinema
or theatre for white people as
far as I know. Could he taSie
me to any similar place for so
called "colored people?"
(3) If this imaginary person
vacation periods and during the offi
cial summer, terms.-; Entered as second
class matter at the Post Office of
Chapel Hill, N. C, under 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. .
Beverly Baylor
Sue Burress
Ed Starnes
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Assoc. Sports Editor
Nancy Burgess Assoc Society Editor
Ruff in Woody Photographer
O. T. Watkins Business Manager
em
The Editor
happened-to be a Negro girl
could I associate with her at all?
(4) Is inter-racial marriage
forbidden in North Carolina? If
it isn't,-would a mixed marriage
in North Carolina stand any
chance- of becoming .a happy
marriage, or would the couple
and their children constantly
have to face annoyances, threats,
- and even night riders?
l Agnar Mykle
"Separating -from others, or
from the general mass, or main
body. Isolation or seclusion of
a particular class of persons as
of foreign or defective school
children or pf the colored or
, f Oriental population of a city."
Webster's . Unabridged Dic-
: tionary. . : ,
In this state, the Negroes and
Indians are separated by law
t ; from the remainder of the popu
i lation, in such specific situations
as those presented by "common
carriers," accomodations in jails,
pu blic schools, waiting rooms
and rest rooms. Common prac
tice in this state further segre
H gates the races in eating places,
I j meeting places, and recreational
-, facilities ..such ..as!.' swimming
pools and. movie theaters.
. You could associate with a
Negro safe from public censure
only I in such group-sanctioned
situations as those presented by
religious interracial gatherings.
In all other phases of human
life, , association between the
races is forbidden either by law
or by common practice.
Except in designated places
where segregation is required
by law, association with a Negro
girl would be legal, but both
you and the girl would possibly
be subject to social' pressure
This could be of an extreme
nature, as you know if you have
been following events in the
eastern part of the state,
."All marriages between a
white person and ' a r person of
Negro descent to the third gene
ration, inclusive, are hereby for
ever, prohibited." Art. vd, Sec.
E, Constitution of the state of
North Carolina.
A marriage performed and
valid elsewhere fkalso valid in
this state; however, you have
adequately summarized in ques
tion, four the situation likely to
result. Edll..
I by Biff Roberts
Down In Front
A perfect example of the
"Keep student government in
the hands of the Graham Memo
rial Clique movement," which
has been growing and growing
steadily during the past three
years, was brought out the other
night when Student Body Pres
ident Henry Bowers vetoed the
Legislature's recently-passed
dormitory re-districting bill.
The vetoing of the bill
wouldn't be so bad if Bowers
had opposed the dormitory re
districting from the start but
the fact is that Bowers was in on
a movement that gave the re
cent re-districting of both dorm
mitory and town areas its birth.
Back before the legislature
began considering any ideas of
re-districting, the voting areas,
a bi-partisan group, met to dis
cuss the matter. Bowers was in
that group. As I understand it,
the group met a few times and
by the time they had finished,
a plan had been drawn up to
divide the town into three dis
tricts instead of two, and the
dorms into four districts instead
of two.
The bill to re-district the town
got through the legislature with
out any trouble but the re
districting of the dorms ran into
a few snags and amendments.
It was finally passed by the
legislature, though, - with the
vote 24-19 in favor. Then came
Bowers veto. ,
Like I say, this veto seems
out of place considering the fact
that Bowers originally approved
a re-districting - of the dorms.
That is, it seems out of place
until you take a "look at the
Graham Memorial Clique , which
has been running student gov
ernment for the past three years
and which has been running the
president's office in particular
this past year.
This "Clique Control" has
done a lot to kill student in
terest in student government
the past few years which is a
shame but it's too much to bear
that such a crew, can run the
student body president.' (And if
this isn't the case I'd like some
body to give me a better answer
to the situation).
It's a simple fact that the
dorms need further dividing up.
As things stand now there are '
two districts with nine dorms
in each district. With a mam
moth setup like this the legisla
tors don't have close touch with
their constituents and, judging
from some of the things that
have been sent up ,to student
government, the constituents
don't "know who the legislators
are. -
It's one thing to have inte
rest in student government. It's
another thing to set up the stu
dent government to suit your
own little whims or those of
your select group. And it's a
third thing for a little group
of self-appointed student jsavi
ours to run the executive de
partment to carry out those little
whims while going under the
guise of improving student gov
ernment. On Campus
A University of Texas stu
dent, finding that his expenses
were far outdistancing his in
come, decided to go into the used
book Easiness. Where didchq
set up shop Eight in front
the campus two main bookstores.
by Raff
In late September an indus
trious freshman who was then
writing headlines for The Daily
' Tar Heel namely, the s author
of this column, decided to do a
little research on the origin of
the newspaper for which he
was working. About a week was
spent by this freshman looking '
into dusty records and yellow
ing pages trying to find dates
' and names about The Daily
Tar Heel's . birth. The column
was written and stashed away
in the same freshman's note
book awaiting the date of pub
lication (Supposedly February"
23).
, Several other sources have
claimed that our birthday is
the 28th, but a photostatic copy
of the first issue supports the
former date.
In the hustle and bustle of hot
political accusations, Dialectic
Ditties and the Clark cacaphoriy,
The Daily Tar Heel devoted its
space to reporting the news on
campus and unknowingly forgot
its age. Now we are coming clean
and are revealing our age to
all. The following is that eva
sive column due the 23rd of last
month: .
Careening into the second half
of the twentieth century, The
Daily Taf Heel moves into its
fifty-eighth year of publication.
As the winter sun arose Thurs
day, February 23, 1893, The
Tar Heel (as it was then called)
was being thrown on the door
steps of Chapel Hill homes and
circulated through the dormir '
tories of the University of North
Carolina '
Through many battles The Tar
Heel t emerged victorious and
stands today. as, the "oldest col
lege daily in the South."
Progressing first from a week
ly to a tfi-weekly, The Tar Heel
became a daily in 1929. The
metamorphosis created a galaxy
"of growing pains. Attacked by
competition from the beginning,
restricted publication during
war years, the complete halt of
publication of the daily and a
return to the weekly edition in
1943, all saw the Tar Heel grow
ing into its present position as
being one of the foremost col
lege newspapers in the South.
In 1893 when the paper was
Tar On My
May I creep. in amidst aU the
worry over John Clark? "I won't
stay long. "
I just want to ask if there is
anyone who can tell me how
many times the election date
for the spring elections will
have to bex set. I would also
like to ask if we can have one
honest to God clean, undisputed
election this spring.
I would appreciate it. Let me
ask the SP and the UP to file
the names of all its nominees in
plenty of time so we won't have
to worry ; about . that. Also, - I
would like to express my sin
cere hope that the Elections
Board will make sure all the
election boxes are watched ALI
THE TIME.
It sure would be nice if, when
I go to vote this time, I can
know I won't have to vote for
the same thing several times be
cause the first time the vote
wasn't any good. My ID card Is
becoming fiGcd I IvtlXh 1 stariiped
places where Z have voted. Z
f
first organized it was fathered
by the athletic association and
gradually gained its indepen
dence. Xhe spark that started
the bon-fire was a football game
between the University of Vir
ginia and North Carolina. The
Tar Heels took top score in the
grid event which inspired the
establishment of a newspaper
with . the motto: "run by the
varsity boys, and for them."
Walter "Pete" Murphy, first
managing editor of The Chapel
Hillian (original title which a
year later was changed to The
Tar Heel), wrote in a 1931 issue
of the Raleigh News and Obser
ver, "The paper of that day was
a modest one of four pages,
bearing little comparison to the
present sheet; however it met
the needs of that period and es
caped with only rninor criti
cisms of its defects."
Dr. Collier Cobb who was
then the editor of the Magazine,
penned this gem regarding the
University newspaper: "There
is no need for one reading
'Town Topics' or 'The Police
Gazette;' for spicy matter, just
read The Tar Heel." It might
be well to mention that at this
period there was no humor
magazine on campus and the
muzzle of The Tar Heel was be
ing continually focused on Mr.
Cobb's "gossip sheet."
Such names as Frank P. Gra
ham, Thomas Wolfe, Jonathan
Daniels, "Skipper" Coffin, Wal
ter S. Spearman, Jake "Wade,
Warren T. Polk, and Robert
Rouark are associated with the.
newspaper. All over the state,
and nation there are journalists
who gained their start with The
Daily Tar Heel. Far Eastern cor
respondents, Washington re
porters,: editors of huge metro
politan papers, and syndicated
columnists have hit the keys in
The Daily Tar Heel typewriters.
The Daily Tar Heel has re
ceived nation-wide competitive
acclaim as being among the outr
standing college newspapers. Us
history is long : and parallels
the history of the University of
North Carolina, as well as North
Carolina itself.
Bill C. Browra
Heels
hate to have it filled with false
election dates.
I'm beginning to love that
little prison card. If we keep
having to vote several times for
the same thing, I might have to
get another made, and I'm sure
it won't be as pretty as this ID
card is.
Then too, some people are be
ginning to distrust all campus
elections. Someone told me, "If
the election doesn't turn-out like
they want it the first time, we
vote Hill it does turn out righl
Td hate to think they were
correct, 'but I'm beginning to.
About three weeks , are left
until elections. Td like to see
a joint meeting of the Elections
Board, the Student Council, the
nominees, the parties, and tho
Student Legislature this week,
and. get together on how the
election is going to be run this
time.
And will someone please himg
C consiirailcn.
' 1 ;We21i il'll 'creep back "out now. !
Back to John Clarki.