-TUESDAY? APRIL J, 3952
TWO
THE DAILY TAB HEEL
Wig
Glenn Harden
m&m Cat
Editor-in-chief
Day id Euckner. Managing Editor
Eolfe NeilJ...; 'JTews Efiitor
Bill Peacock
, Sports Editor
Society Editor
Mary Nell Doddie .
Jody Levey Feature Editor
Beverly -Baylor Associate Editor
Sue Burress . . Associate Editor
Ed St&rnes : Assoc, Sports Editor
Nancy Burgess Assoc, Society Editor
Ruffin Woody ; Photographer
O; T; Watkins . Business Manager
rhe Purpose Of The Grail
The purpose of the Order of
the Grail is td preserve unity in
, our student ; life. Recognizing
that the aims of the University;
can best be served- by a student
body sensitive to the values
which' transcend differences of
race, creed,' background, and
social station,- the Order seeks
to cultivate harmonious student
relationships and democratic
' student life.
The Order was founded at a
time when the student body
was divided by. antagonism be
tween the fraternity and non
fraternity men. , The ideals of
the University had been subor
dinated - to conflict between
the factions within the Univer
sity. The founders of the-Grail
recognized- the higher values of
tolerance, unselfishness, modes
ty, and service. They-undertook
to afford a substitute motiva
tion for strife by the inspiration
of example and the active ex
pression of the lesson- of the
Holy Grail.
.Its first step in a program to
restore unity in the social
sphere was tO- provide dances
designed to bring the fraternity
Letters To The Editor
, :iled: Cross ' "
Madam Editor; .
Yesterday I was told by one
of: the students that-the blood
being donated by patriotic4 do
nors, here and elsewherei was
being sold to- the J. V Government-
by: the" Red ' Cross at ap
proximately. $20.00 a pint. The
student who ytold i me . this has
already pledged a pint of blood,
saying that ' even if the rumor
were "99 fact' he would still
take that I in 100, chance that
his" donation might prove of
benefit to some victim , of war
-er other- disaster. The fact that
he feels like this is tea repre
sentative of-the- feelings of the
majority, of - students- to- news
worthy, BUT the mere fact that
such a vicious - rumor is circa- ,
lating must:, give the followers
of Joe Stalin and f their. fellow
traveler s;r a ' great-deal of satisfaction.-
If ; there is any-,? basis "for !
this rumoTi V would ? appreciate
it if someone would! bring the
facts to light; either in the DTK u
or by, direci: communicatiofi ?
with me.: I-'may,not'Jave "influ- ,
ence in V Wash mgton", . but if
someone can 'give me. some- facts
to work- withV. I will see - that'
these facts- are brought" to the
attention of. someone who- does
have some influence there
The Red Cross claims that
blood "is made available unffr
cuf charge, to the armed forces,
civilian phifsicians- and ' hospi
tal Editors
, : i i ; James. G. McNeill
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! Delia Sigma Pi
The official student newspaper of the
Publications of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill where It Jr
published daily at the Colonial Press,
Inc., except Monday, examination and
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.
By Dean Fred Weaver
and non-fraternity men togethr
er. The dances were informal
and the price of admission
moderate. Furthermore, the
Grail selected as its members
an equal number of outstanding
and respected men from the
fraternity and the non-fraternity
ranks. They were the hosts
at the dances, and it was their
job to bring all the students to
gether on a high plane of social
activity. The funds which ac
crued from the dances were
used for aiding worthy students
to go to college and to assist
causes aimed at promoting
campus unity.
The Grail has continued to
serve these aims since its
founding. It has continued to
inspire students to the expres
sion of the noble ideals of the
Grail legend. In the selection of
its members the Grail looks for
students who show evidence of
leadership and unselfish service
to the higher aims of life. Mod
esty, self-effacement, and un
ostentatious service through ex
emplary campus citizenship are
the values which are necessary
to the realization of the aims of
the Order.
Nell Battle Lewis
Madam Editor: 1 .
In her Sunday column appear
ing in the Raleigh News & Ob
server Feb. 24, a Miss Nell
Battle Lewis whom I am told
is of some local renown, had
much to say about one Dick
Murphy, "of Baltimore", in par- '
ticular, and "outsiders' in gene
ral. ,
Pointing by inuendo to Mr.
Murphy's foreign extraction
(Baltimore is in Maryland) and
her ' own provincialism Miss
Lewis shed verbal tears over
recent "carryings on" here at
Carolina. The source of her con
cern is, of course, Mr. Murphy's
recent editorial in the Tar Heel
on academic freedom. In that
editorial she and Mr. David
Clark were mentioned as haying
utilized the fear psychology in
limiting free' speech and free
inquiry. Now Miss Lewis's taking
issue with the "Viewpoint ex
pressed in Mr. Murphy's edito
rial was to be expected. She
chose, however, while express
ing her indignant disapproval
to inject a 'plug" for sectiona
lism (you stay in your closet
and I'll stay in mine). We often
hear communism being referred
to as a last resort of y hungry
people. Similarly, sectionalism
is usually the first resort of
people suffering from a con
dition commonly hnown as: nar
rowness of ' " z . ."
Off Campus
In an attempt to iron out
many of the pefenial headaches
which haunt the student and .
at the same time to make pro
gress toward a system of broader
education, the - University of
Arkansas has instituted several
changes during th past two
years in its College of Arts and
Sciences. These changes have,
been of a simplifying nature,
it was stressed.
Full credit is now being given
for freshman courses taken dur
ing the senior, year. A candidate
has no restrictions on when he
gets his 40 hours of junior and
senior credits necessary for grad
uation. Dean G. D. Nichols said
that changes are being con
sidered with the view of sim
plifying certain science courses
for non-technical students.
In line with the trend toward
a more general education, the
College of Arts and Sciences now
offers three degrees which are
designed for the student who
wishes to cut across departmen
tal lines and gain a broad
general knowledge for the area
under study, Degrees of this
type are offered in Latin Amer
ica, the United States, and Wes
tern Europe.
A new ruling at the Univer
sity of Syracuse will no doubt
make students a bit more cau
tious about cutting classes. After
the third cut, parents are noti
fied. However, the student gets a
chance to explain his reasons for
cutting and these reasons too
are sent to the parents. More
than 12 cuts, says the adminis
tration, means an automatic
"F".
Miss .Lewis feels that this in
stitution is a "different" place
now from what it used to be,
(I should hope so), and points
to the large number of students
attending from outside this
state, "from here- there and
yonder . Too, she gleefully
quotes President Gray's recent
statement "there must be -protection
against the pressure of
outsiders". That President Gray
was referring to something other
than the expression of indivi
dual opinion by we "outsiders'
I cannot doubt.' .
As long as students from all
the states (there are 48, Miss
Lewis), continue to attend "here
there and yonder" (reciprocity
Miss Lewis), in what most peo
ple would consider a broadenr
ing, nationally beneficial rela
tionship, they are certainly go
ing to speak out if they so de
sire, on what are essentially
national issues. v .
I have always been led to
believe that the future belongs
to those who look ahead. Miss
Lewis, it would seem, prefers
to dwell upon the past.
William S. West
BUY
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SEALS
Vitriol
At last the student body is
getting inside information and
is finding out the truth about
student government. It seems
that student government has
been taken ever insidiously by
"professionals' but that now the
'.'students" are to rise up and
throw them out.
Just who are these "profes
sionals" who are swindling the
student body? They are, it turns
out, a group of students who
over a period of years have been
interested in student govern
ment enougn to work for it. With
derision it is said that they;
"eat, drink and sleep politics."
For that I say, "Thank Heaven."
As long as there are stu
dents who are concerned enough
about student government to
work that hard for it things
will not get too bad. It is only
unfortunate that too few are
willing to do any more than
gripe and exhibit their inertia.
I suppose that the . loudest
complaint that is made of these
people is that their "cliquism"
prevents other students from
participating. Anyone . who has
Tar On My
Well, your columnist has now.
joined the ranks of the unclean
who have attended, while his
party wasn't looking, a meeting
of the rival party.
Guess what! It wasn't as rot
ten as the- opposition would
have you believe. In fact, there
was the same old mud, slightly
rehashed, being slung, the other
way.
Take for example the remark
of Allen Tate (UP) who said,
"We have a bunch of peanut
politicians attempting to run
student government ! in a ham
scram sort of way."- Well, the
SP. politicos . swear up and down
that it is the, UP "peanuts" who
are running student government.
The cry in P camps is that
the UP has had control of the
Legislature now for six years
straight. After all, what can a
President do without a legisla
ture? The song on the UP side is,
"SP has had control of the
President's for three years.
' That's too long!"
If the UP is doing a good job
in the Legislature, why throw
them out? And why throw the
SP out of the President's off ice .
if the SP Presidents have been
"doing a" comparable job? There
is no reason to throw a party
out just to let the other get a
crack at the office.
The same' theory holds for so
called, self-styled in some cases
and in fact, most cases) "in
dependents." One "independent?'
for the editorship of this paper
claims, Tna: independent and I
plan to stay that way for Edi
tor.'' Note the added phrase,
"'for Editor.
Another "independent' f or the
office of (Vice-President asserts,
s , "to hell with campus politic
; , ians." Unless I have missed the,
boat all together, as soon as one
Dy Tommy -.Somnc?
ever made an attempt to en
gage constructively in studejyt
government activity fenows that
this is a false accusation. It
only takes one thing to get a
job in student government: Ask
for one.
If it is bad for the most ex
perienced and competent per
sons available to do a job at
hold office then it is foolish
for students to. so much as come
to thexUniversity. If anyone can
sell such a proposition as that
to an intelligent person then the
age of miracles is not past.
The difficulty lies not in the
students who held: office dis
couraging others frOm participa
ting, but in the laziness of the
students who take no interest
in the operation of student
government. It would be physi
cally impossible for the Pres
ident to call on every student
to ascertain student opinion on
every issue but he does keep
regular office hours and I have
yet to see a line of students
waiting to tell him their views.
It's a lot more fun to see
your name in print at the bot
tom of a letter to the editor.
By Bill C. Browgti
Heels
announces his candidacy, he is
automatically a "campus pel tic-
jan."
At any rate, it's up to you
to decide whether the indepen
dents, UP's or SP's should go
into 'the Legislature, Presidency,
et al. But let's not throw the
UP or the SP or anyone else out
just to be throwing them out.
And let's look" at the wild
claims of the parties. The UP
has long claimed that the SP
has difficulty finding people to
nominate, and I am - neither
denying of supporting the claim,
but from what I saw at the two
UP meetings I attended; 1 the
difficulty exists in' the accuser's
- ; camp too. Never have I ' heard
acclamations 1 run 'so 'wiltl"asi at
the UP meetings. :
As one newcomer, to. the UP
said, "If you're ten minutes late
to this -meeting (UP), it's over."
SP had continually claimed
that UP nominates almost with
out exception; fraternity . men.
As far as this columnist is con
cerned, fraternity men can run
student government as well as
non-fraternity men, but it. does
seem strange that a party has
to nominate nearly all' its candi
elates from an organization- of
about 800 students when there
are over 4,000 other students to
choose from also. ; : ,;V . v
Admitting this, one of the UP
high men asked for- dorm .men
to send representatives to the
UP meetings! If they; wUl; as
many nominees will- r be s non
fraternity as fraternity, he
stated.' ('; : :( i - ' -;
Whether this is so or not,' the
dormitory meri who have UP
leanings should certainly get the
necessary twenty-five endorse
ments and ga to the meetings.
nBoth parties need their Spring
? cleaning if this ( will do the trick
fojr? J UP,! i -confide'iykj the SP
will clean-up but of necessity.