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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
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The official student newspaper of me
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Of all the examples of humility which Jesus Christ taught
during his three-year ministry, perhaps none was so dramatic
and meaningful as His triumphant entry into the city of
Jerusalem, the Holy City," one week before His Crucifixion.
Riding on the back of an ass, fulfilling the Old Testament
prophesy, "Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy king
cometh, unto the meek, and sitting upon an ass," Christ was
acclaimed as the Divine Son of God, even by the children in
the temple.
On this Palm Sunday, especially the lesson of this humility
of our Blessed Lord should be considered against the back
ground of the attempt of "modernism" and materialistic
philosophies to undermine the true Divinity of Christ in a
world which is sick and floundering for the eternal answer
found in the message and life and work of Christ. Humility,
so often lost through the acquisition of scientific knowledge,
power, and material wealth, is considered to be" the foundation
virtue and the rock upon which, the superstructure of true
wisdom is built.
. Christ's popularity among the common people of His
day was so great, that He could have made His influence
felt at once in far greater circles had He submitted to the
acclaims of men. But with His complete submission to the
Divine Will of His Father, he ushered in a kingdom not fash
ioned in Parliamentary Halls, but in the eternal realm of the
human heart and soul. All other kingdoms would be subordin
ated to this kingdom in the merarchy of values of His follow
ers, and not until this kingdom claimed allegiance of the mass
es of men, would peace on earth be more than a dream of the
remote future.
Even as the children proclaimed Jesus the long awaited
Messiah, the Prince of Peace, Eternal Son of God, so must we
join them in their child-like simplicity and embrace him as
our hope for the world. That we shall eventually achieve
this humility has been prophesied. But suffering, and hard
ship will be our lot until we accept and live out, the Divine
injunction of Christ Himself when He -said, "Except -ye be
come as little children, ye shall never enter the Kingdom of
Heaven." Duncan Brackin
Less Money: More Paper?
'The student legislature has "postponed" a proposal to cut
$3003 from The Daily Tar Heel budget. Should this proposal
be accepted next Thursday evening, The Daily Tar Heel bud
get will be at its lowest point since the depression.
This is a time of rising prices, post-war prosperity, and a
higher enrollment than any pre-war year
The legislature has steadily cut financial aground from
under the feet of this publication. Each post-war year has
witnessed a smaller appropriation, and a smaller percentage,
of the total funds allocated to student activities.
Adding insult to injury, the legislature has frequently
declaimed against the poor caliber of the newspaper. Par- "
ticularly in our minds just now is last Fall's legislative battle
over cutting the years allocation by $4,000 unless the paper
instituted a move which would have led to bankruptcy or
drastic cut-backs this Spring.
The legislature's major criticism of the newspaper at that
time seemed to be that it was overcrowded with advertising.
We heartily agreed at that time, but argued that the answer
was a larger appropriation, not a smaller one, in order to re
duce the percentage of income from advertising hence the
percentage of column inches used for advertising.
An argument likely to be used next Thursday night for
cutting the appropriation again is the nearly $5,000 surplus in
the current operating budget. Sound financial management
on the part of the business manager, the financial coordinator
and the publications board has resulted in this "cushion"
which will be needed to pay the huge Spring quarter debts.
These last minute expenditures have thrown the paper
into the red too often in ; the past for them" to be ignored at
the present time. This operating "surplus" therefore, should
not be hastily spent, leaving unsatisfied creditors to be paid
out of next year's funds, as has been the situation in the past.
If this reasoning is too 'complicated for the legislators to
follow, perhaps a simpler argument will suffice. You can
only do a certain amount with a certain sum of money. What
we mean is: a dollar will stretch to cover only $1.15 worth of
goods, straining it at the seams.
That being the case, legislcts who think (as we do) that
the paper is. under '.'par, should C care; tdjdd a sufficient
gum to the budget to bring i: .- newspaper to standards it
should be meeting. '
One further point: every student h?s a representative irT
fh student legislature. Students should make their views
tnovm to those who represent them. .
Glenn Harden
Editor-in-chief
David Buckner. ....Managing Editor
Rolfe NeiU taNws Editor
Bill Peacock Sports Editor
Mary Nell Boddie
Society Editor
Feature Editor
Jody Levey
Beverly Baylor
Sue Burress
Associate Editor
. Associate Editor
Ed Starnes Assoc. Sports Editor
Nancy Burgess .. Assoc. Society Editor
Ruff in Woody Photographer
O T. Watkins Business Manager
Letters I o t
Madam Editor:
Although an alumnus, I am not
so far removed from the Carolina
scene that I feel unqualified to
opine on the current hazing
amendment-IFC scandal-Bowers
mess. I would like to point out
three facts.
As long as an amendment to
remove fraternity hazing cases
from the jurisdiction of the In
terfraternity Council is being talk
ed up, it. should also include a
section which recognizes the fact
that pledges as well as actives in
fraternities can haze. And in this,
case there is no redress for the
offended parties.
The active fraternity has no
lgal means of protecting itself
from pledges who take advantage
of the situation to steal silver
ware, take actives on rides, mo
lasses n feather 'em, etc! (the
three specific instances have oc
curred , since the November IFC
ruling). It has no means of re
taliation other than by using the
same methods, although they cer
tainly are neither desirable or
justifiable.
The amendment, if voted in,
should make, pledges as well as
the active fraternity liable for
hazing practices. If the cause of
the unwanted effect is removed,
there will.be no call for the un
wanted effect.
The second point is that the
IFC is perhaps not as lax in en
forcing its own rules as has been
presented. For the sake of its very
self-respect and existance it hard
ly seems feasible that they would.
And if the evidence before it did
not seem to warrant a guilty ver
dict, for Phi Gamma Delta under
CPU Roundfable
The Carolina Political Union's
roundtable discussion of "Student
Elections" tonight (8:00 at the
Grail Room, Graham Memorial)
will wind up a colorful campaign.
There Tiave been the usual pro
mises of "good government" and
of increased expenditures with no
raise in fees. Aspiring politicians
have tried to prove how unpoli
tical they are.
But in a more constructive
search for votes, both parties have
polished platforms.
The first three planks of the
UP platform summarize its phil
osophy of student government.
No. 1 enjoins student leaders to
"make . darn sure" to represent
"the opinion of the majority and
not the idealistic hog-wash of a
clique." No. 2 pledges "to return
government to the students." No.
3 favors "cooperation rather than
coercion in dealing with South
Building." I
Making sure of the opinion of I
the majority poses an interesting j
statistical problem. A referendum
on every issue would be costly
and inefficient. Presumably, a -scientific
sampling scheme, simi
lar to the Gallup Poll, is recom
mended. It might make a mistake
how and then, like the Gallup
Poll did in 1948, but otherwise
it would certainly return govern
ment to the students. The ex
ception might be in cases where
he Editor
the IFC's own ruling, that was
as far as they could go.
To suggest that it use the State
statute on hazing because it could
not see fit to find the party guilty
under its own is ridiculous. Since
when has , the IFC, the Men's
Council, the Student Council or
. any othcv student organ been giv
en jurisdiction under the State
judiciary setup. The suggestion of
such pompousness and self-delegated
authority is no doubt rais
ing a few chuckles in Raleigh.
Third point. Henry Bowers'"
statement that Phi Gamma Del
ta's guilt "of crude and vile haz
ing is beyond question" is merely;
his own opinion and is not ac
ceptable as fact regardless of the
eminence of its origination. To say
so after the fraternity has been
found to be of the opposite status
is libelous and "character assina
tion." In conclusion. Hazing is by no
means justifiable, called for, or
humanitarian and is an insult to
the maturity of the student body.
It is not my intention to defend
it, but to suggest that the means
presently being used to stamp it
out are not Uhe best ones and
simpler ones would suffice more
efficiently.
The desire to get others "in
dutch", because they are not cor
responding to your wishes is no
different than hazing. The answer
to hazing is "Do unto others as
you would have them do unto
you." Use this rule and a little
less malice in getting rid of the
problem and the results will be
much better.
. Mac While
by Wyrnan Richardson
the opinion of the students con
flicted with the policies of South
Building. Then we might find
cooperation with the latter pre
venting the exertion of any pres
sure on behalf of the former.
The SP's version of the pro
blem is contained in planks 12 -and
13. No. 12 proposes "the es
tablishment of a committee on
appointments-a Student Govern
ment civil service, committee to
stimulate interest, to seek . out
interested persons, to interview
interested students, to recommend
appointments to the president."
No. 13 supports discussions like
the YMCA "State of the Campus"
conference to "stimulate more
interest in Student Government
and campus activities, . to
derive new ideas on campus pro
blems and needs." . .-
The SP's philosophy seems to
be that a student leader's res
ponsibility does not begin and
end with acting' as a political
weathervaneJ It instead involves
the hard labor of seeking and
developing new ideas about how
to benefit student life, and carry
ing them out in a constructive
program.
But no analysis "of party prop-
aganda is likely to be as reveal
ing as meeting the candidates and
hearing them discuss their plans.
This we "Will have an opportu
nity to do at' the C.P.XT. meeting
tonight.
Madame Editor:
Upon reading Friday's Daily
Tar Heel I was impressed with
the degree to which the -UP has
endorsed the platform and re
cord of the' Student Party. The
new UP platform, consisting of
fourteen points suggested by stu
dents during the past two weeks
since the UP suddenly became
interested in knowing what the
students: want, includes no' less
than nine items borrowed from
the Student Party platform and
record of service to the campus
.... a program not merely pro
mised but already being put into
effect by the SP.
The other five planks include
a couple of good ideas .... which
they could have carried out just
as effectively through their majo
rity in the Legislature it they had
really been interested in doing
anything about them.
I am particularly interested in
one plank: "Continued effort at
Social Room establishment." That
one is copied out of the SP plat
form so accurately they- even
left in the word "continued."
For the SP it is continued, since
the Student Party has been work
ing on this problem for three
years . . . . first against the
administration argument there
was no room due to high enroll
ment, and now against the ad
ministration argument there is
no money due to low enrollment
.... but how can the UP con
tinue something they never got
interested in till just before the
present election.
Mr. Horton's commentary on the
SP -platform is also interesting.
He denounces six planks as "out
side the sphere of student govern
ment" (carefully neglecting to say
which ones of course), and critic
izes the brevity of the others.
Unfortunately he seerrs to be
acquainted only with the leaflet
recently distributed which sum
marizes the Student Party plat
form. If he would read the origi
nal three page statement . of the
SP platform he would find the
answers to his questions spelled
out for him.
Mr. Horton closes his state
ment with ah eulogy of "being
sincere in planning to do ' your
dammedst to see that the plat
form is accomplished." This
sounds a trifle unimpressive, com
ing from the nominee of a party,
that has held a majority in the
legislature for six and a half
years without once making a
serious effort to carry out one of
its platforms. -
During the administration of
SP presidents the Executive
Branch has made tremendous
progress in sofving these pro
blems. One week before an elec
tion seems suspiciously late for
the UP to get so interested in such
matters.
Lela Muller
Off Campus
Initiating a Be Kind to Pro
fessors Week," the Dynamo,
Mount Union College (Ohio),
suggests a few "don'ts" to stu
dents: . . ;:
Don't take off your shoes in
class unless your mother has
darned your socks recently.
Don't take notes on a type
writer. This is terribly distract
ing to the- students trying to
sleep.
And above all, remember!
Professors are just like people.