WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1952
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The official-student newspaper of the
Publications of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is
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.
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trie i RUSSOS-xWanda 1X511 PhiIP". Bill Scborough. cSSvia BeLd Bettv
jflesbyf e' JCrry ReeSe' Betty rtTroMonl
It's still your
Another " I rode Journal"
The Daily Tar Heel and the Yackety Yack, as official pub
lications of the student body, sit back all year long in their
socialistic security, seldom cognizant of the free enterprise
efforts of smaller publications to serve special needs of the
student body.
One such publication has newly reached the campus in the
form of "The Scalpel Hill News," spanking brand new publi
cation of, the Medical School. The first issue indicates a
desire to serve the multi-million dollar hill through news
coverage art work, and a clean mimeographing job..
Not to be passed over in belated recognition of hard publi
cations jobs well done is the Carolina Quarterly, independent
literary publication, which replaces the old Carolina Mag.
Ihe Mag was possibly the best example of ignorant ire on
the part of, a legislature this campus has ever seen.
Later examples have since arisen; meantime, the Quarterly
has steered clear of student politics and student funds, which
must necessarily be dispensed by that same legislature. And
the Quarterly continues to do an adequate job.
TSXher Pdvate babies include the Di and Phi publications,
KOTC publications, and fraternity publications. With such
a wealth of sources of information on campus, no student need
miss pertinent news in his sphere of interest. ' ;
In fact, it may not be such a bad idea at that for the legis
lature to kiir The Daily Tar Heel, leaving the area of daily
news publication to the private activity which would almost
surely rise in its stead.
f course, if the legislature should dispense with yet an
other publication; (or seriously cripple it, as it threatens to
do. tomorrow night) individual legislators may be unhappy
w.th the resulting privately, owned, and therefore righteously
biased, publication likely to supplant it.
Anyhow, m6re power to the Scalpel Hill News, and other
house organs now on campus.
Off Campus
A psychology class at City
College of San Francisco, asked
: to write its views on the causes
of college apathy, has come up
with some interesting results.
One student said apathy was
"due to the lack of knowing
each other; that is, there is not
a friendly relation between the
students as there was in' high
school . . . when we graduate,
we don't even know who's who'
A slightly bitter coed took a
different approach: "You have
to have a student body card . to
breathe in this school. Most " of
the people who are here cannot
afford the money to go to any
other college, or their grades are
too low.
- "The only thing you have to
have to get into this place is
"Warm blood, but to get out you
fcave to be a genius."
Editor-in-chief
David Buckner -.-Managing Editor
Rolfe NeilJ . . News Editor
Bill Peacock J Sports Editor
Mary Nell Boddie . Knriotv imi.
Jody Levey Feature Editor
Beverly Baylor
Sue Burress
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
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Nancy Burgess Assoc. Witv viitA.
Assn Krwvrta ITtn
Ruff in Woody Photographer
O. T. Watkins Business Manappp
vote; use it. ,
Other students blamed apathy !
on worry over the draft, un
certainty and student immatur
ity. '!' '. '
A columnist for the Daily
Pennsylvanian, University of
Pennsylvania, ; recently made a
personal cigarette survey. Here's
what he found:
v "I discovered most ! doctors
don't even smoke, there is no
T-zone, certain cigarettes are
fiot firm and fully packed.
"Cigarettes always leave an
unpleasant aftertaste, most peo
ple drop ashes everywhere but
in an ashtray (everybody looks '
for one but never uses it) and
a longer cigarette is a nuisance
to handle (anyone not used to
one tries to light it in the mid
dle). "Smoke gets in your eyes, 'and
your cigarette is my cigarette.'
Glenn Harden
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by Bill C. Brown
Aly Heels
Congratulations, Everett Dorm!
Above the hue and cry of the
politicians can be heard the
popular vote-getting cry from
all sides for more social rooms.
I would like to remind our
politicos that there is a differ
ence in having social, rooms and
in having social rooms. All the
dorms in lower quad have so
cial rooms. Everett has a social
room.
Ed Smith, president of Ev
erett, with a group of interested
students, has really gone to
town fixing up Everett's social
room. They have installed pic
tures, potted plants, ash trays
and stands, and are going to
put up curtains in the very near
future.
I stumbled into this situation
the other night as I was looking
for a place to study. The noise
of 209 Aycock "Grand Central
Station" became a bit boister
ous, so I went down to our so
cial room. There was the usual
group playing cards so I journ
eyed over to another dorm.
There I found a complete wreck.
The cigarette butts and stains
covered ' what used to be the
hardwood floor. The chairs were
slung in a slip-shod sort of way
into the middle of the floor and
a poker game was being plan
ned for the remainder of the
night. (I have nothing against
people playing poker and ap
parently the IDC doesn't either,
but does the social room crowd
have to make a casino out of
, them?)
My next stop before making
way for a classroom was Ever
ett. Peace and quiet at last!
But not for long. In a few min
utes my studies were interrupt
ed by the arrival of a gallon of
ice cream, boys loaded with
pictures, ash trays stands, nap
kins, and what-not.
There was the announcement
that a dorm meeting was to get
underway immediately. Remem
bering the dorm meetings I
have attended, I made a hasty
retreat. I returned in about an
hour and found eightly people
jammed in the much too small
social room. Quite different from
the dorm meetings I am used to.
After the meeting I found
that, spurred by an interested
president, a group of students
were really making Everett a
place to live not a "hogpen."
With the example set forth by
Everett, the other ,dorms can fix
up their social rooms too. It
doesn't cost much only slight
ly oyer $12, Ed told me. I know
the dorms ' have the money; or,
at least I know my dorm hasn't
spent any of the money it gets
from students.
So, it's up to the individual
dorm residents to decide whe
ther they want social rooms or
social rooms. You can't expect
the Legislature, IDC, and Uni
versity to do everything. Some ,
interest must come from . the
dorm officials and residents.
And if your dorm president
isn't interested, remember, you
elected him, so go to him and let
him know you're tired of a hog
pen instead of a social room.
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Letters To i
Madam Editor:
The player who carries the
football across the touchdown
line often gets much more cred
it 'than he deserves. Forgotten
are the reports of the football
scouts, the plans of the coach,
and the cooperation of team
mates. Likewise, the Carolina . Poli
tical Union has received more
credit than it deserves for se
curing speakers for the student
body. A great deal of the road
had already been paved before
the Union sponsored a trip to
Washington. Almost every offi
cial we met spoke of the out
standing Christian character of
his numerous successes in la
bor management quarrels, his
recognized abilities on the floor
of the Senate, and his work in
Indonesia and Pakistan for the
UN went far in preparing the
ground for the Union's trip.
Again, the excellent reputation
of Gordon Gray in the Budget
Bureau, as Secretary of the Army,
and with the Psychological War
fare Board, among his many
other services, enhanced the
Washington standing of the Un
iversity. I am sure the reader
Madam Editor:
On Thursday night in Gerrard
Hall we were given the oppor
tunity to hear a lecture on' the
philosopher David Hume. Any
one who is unacquainted with
tlume-probably wouldn't think
it such an extraordinary occur
rence. However, Hume is 'a
skeptic, and skeptics are not "re
spectable," especially at a Uni
versity which is careful not to
expose any of its youths to cor
rupting influences. But a skep
tic doesn't have to be the ogre
and bad man which preachers
are apt to lead us to believe, and
Which Hume personally was not,
as Dr. Kuiper felt that he had
to point out. The word "skeptic"
has actually what would appear
to be a very respectable mean
ing: "thoughtful, reflective." But
we must not let ourselves be
fooled. Anyone who thinks for
himself .may very well come to
some morally "wrong" conclu
sion. As I was saying, to keep
the youth from being corrupted
by these bad examples, many of
the speakers who are presented
to us are innoucous (another
word for the same idea) or "up
lifting." v
I should have known better,
having the above mentioned em-
pirical data, than to expect a
straightforward presentation of
Hume's philosophy from Dr.
Kuiper's lecture and I didn't
receive such a presenattion. Per
sonally, Dr. Kuiper appeared to
be a very nice guy, but that
should not have any influence
on our judgment of his philoso
phy, or his interpretation of
someone else's philosophy, as to
truthfulness or falsity. Too of
.ten we accept the philosophy of
a person or an institution be
cause we approve of what they
stand for rather than because we
believe in the validity of the
philosophy on which it is based.
A good man can be good for
wrong reasons. What I am say
ing is that certain rather gen
eral effects can have a variety
of causes, and .that the causes
Jnthis case philosophies, have
"v w uusw tneir?Qwn merits.
he
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knows others to whom credit
should go in building the repu
tation of the.Universi.ty in Wash
ington. The cooperation of students
who are not members of the
Union but who were able to
represent UNC in Washington
must receive recognition. Their
thoughtful questions and practi
cal advice were invaluable. They
are P. J. Warren, Leta Muller,
and John Nicholson.
The tendency to label an or
ganization as all black or all
white is misleading. The Caro
lina Forum, the University's
agency for procuring speakers,
is not all black any more than
the CPU is all white. The In
donesian ambassador sponsored
by the Forum, was one of the
most able speakers brought to
the University this year. While
he was not a so-called "big
name' speaker, his ideas were
worthwhile for any student to
ponder.
I sincerely request every stu
dent who hears Senator Doug
las this Sunday night to re
member those who helped make
it possible.
v
Ec5 Thomason
. CSd2Ixst2-ii CPU
On Thursday night Dr. Kuiper
assumed the truth of one of these
- behind-the-scene philosophies.
For a professional philosopher to
do such a thing is uncalled for.
As I said, I went to hear about
Hume, but, alas, I was "preach-
ed to" again. Dr. Kuiper tried
to defend Hume from charges
that he is to a degree responsible
for modern terrorism, nihilism,
etc. One of his methods was to
redefine slightly some of Hume's
statements such as the one
which says that reason is and
should be the slave of the pas
sions which, according to Dr.
Kuiper, uses terms that he
doesn't believe Hume would use
if he were living today. Other
similar, points in Hume's philos
ophy he dismissed as "fallacious"
(his word). He gave no pro and
con arguments as an objective
critic should. The premise upon
which the whole significance
and point of the lecture was
based was hidden.
He assumed (it amounted to
it) that to be true a philosophy
must be one which leads to good
actions, and that therefore, since
certain parts of Hume's philoso
phy wouloT not lead to good ac
tions, then those parts were "fal
lacious" or untrue. His choice
of words in appealing to the
similar prejudices for that is
what they are, when they do not
have proof of his audience
were the words of a travelling"
preacher who seeks to paint
such a revulsive picture of sin ,
that a listener will immediately
hate it and everything connected
with it with all of his heart. I
was so disgusted with his meth
ods that I would have walked "
put would it not have embar-,
rassed the person who went to '
hear the lecture with me. If
would have taken only a few
words for Dr. Kuiper to indicate
position in a philospohic
manner. It is an excuse to say
that we should not attach too ;
niuch importance to a casual
lecture . .
ITorman 'E. Jarrard
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