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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1952
D.:,M Etorfcy
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Publications of the University ol North
Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is
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Freedom -'Arid Responsibility
Our friexids keep; telling us that outgoing editors are supposed
to deliver a faire-thee-well editorial. We just went bacfc into the
files and find that this is traditional Anyone who has some slight
interest in cur sentiments on learning the GOP (grand old paper) js
xSelccme (under the new editor) to seek, cut traditional editorials.
Mentir,ex we -want t& quote ourselves on a here-we-are edit
the first we printed under our regime. We keep telling ourselves
a lot has. happened in the last year changes have been made, strides
forward, sideways, and. backwards taken. But we can't see anything
in the copy helow that has changed. Not that the opinions are eter
nal, oust that they seem awfully basic. We had this in mind all year.
Some folks will think we flunked out on some of it, and ve're
inclined to concede something rather less than a perfect mark,
But in-'our minds it stands here-we-are with the new editor.
The Daily Tar Heel is a very fortunate newspaper in the
journalistic world. It claims more freedom than most papers
of any size, '
- It is accountable to its publishers, the student body, only
through a small board of five men, who have no power over
the editorial policy.
Its subscribers, also the students, cannot cancel their sub
scriptions at will.
It is the only plausible media available to its advertisers.
The government under which it operates immediately, has
never passed a libel law. In order to sue it for libel, under
the laws of the state of North Carolina, an individual would
have to sue the state itself , a formidable adversary.
This is truly a free press, in the strongest sense of the word.
Yet or perhaps for that reason The Daily Tar Heel has in
the past been 'accused of abusing its freedom. It has been ac
cused of failure to meet its responsibilities, which are myriad.
This paper is responsible, and must be responsible, to the
whole state of North Carolina. It is responsible to the trustees
of this university, to-the university administration and faculty,
because tc all of these people. The Daily Tar Heel represents
the voice of the studnts of this institution.
But The Daily .Tar Heel's great responsibility is to1 the stu
dents it serves to-the students, who pay for it, who are its
owners.-and publishers. : : '
It owes them comprehensive and accurate coverage of
every phase of. student life.
It .owes them a journalistic workshop. It owes training
and recognition to every student who wants to join its staff.
It owes them an open shop, in every sense of the word.
It owes each student his newspaper, delivered on time, in
readal. .e condition.
It owes them entertainment; Insofar as it is financially
possible, it owes them readable features, both syndicated and
local. . .. - . ' .
It owes them meaningful editorial material, impersonal,
objective and intelligent.
It owes them honesty. Above all, it owes them an honest
presentation of the news and an honest appraisal of the news.
It deserves of the students-enough interest to protect it from
to meet these responsibilities, and to carry out these duties.
It deserves of th students enough interest to protect it from
outside influence the sort "of interest, for instance, which is
gained, through campus elections.
It deserves ol the students their active support, f or with
out them it will die. ' .
The veracity of The Daily Tar Heel has been questioned in
the past. It has been under-suspicion here and elsewhere in'
the state, It must meet -its responsibilities; it must perform
its duties. "' ' " ' , '
It owes that to its freedoms. .
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Glenn Harden
Editor-in-chief
..Managing- Editor
News Editor
Bill Peacock
Mary Nell Boddie
Sports Editor
- Society Editor
. Feature Editor
Jody Levey
Beverly Baylor Associate Editor
Sue Burress . Associate Editor
Ed Starnes Assoe. Sports Editor
Nancy Burges3 - Assoc. Society Editor
O. TV Watkins Business Manager
Ruffin Woody Photographer
Letters , ''
RollO
Madame Editor, .
We have a few words to say
to Hollo with your permission.
Dear,' Rello, - what circles have
you been, spinning in? We axe
awfully sorry :; to. hear thai you
are so unattractive to females
that ; only the "lower crust"
dates you. We have been living
in a dormitory since our stay at
Carolina and feel sure that we
must have overlooked those
"nine out of every ten co-eds"
that you mentioned in your col
umn on Saturday, April 12.
. Perhaps they are hiding in the
closets some where.
, . You talk about some girls
having complexes. We want to
know what yours is sweet lem
ons or sour grapes? Your, col
umn reminds us vaguely of Pro
fessor Howard Mumford Jone's
article which appeared in Mada-
. moiselle recently, but. it is not
as well written. Professor Jones
has had girls parading around
with posters against him. Your
column isn't worth that. Need
we say more?
Jackie Sehnert
Mar gar el Davis
F cries . . .
Mc.dam Editor:
The .actions of fraternities
during the recent elections
could be termed as "using un
democratic methods to enforce
democratic action."
The undemocratic methods re
fers to the fact that many of
the fraternities required mem
bers, under penalty of a $5.00
fine, to vote in the recent elec
tion. Granted, that the more
people voting, the more demo
cratic the society, but is it dem
ocratic to force members of
that society to cast then4 vote
penalty? No! It is not.
Wondering why the fraterni
ties took such action, T asked a
friend and fraternity man why
so. In an indirect manner, he
admitted that it was a means
to kick out the present adminis
tration and put in their own
candidates. This makes it worse,
indicating even less democratic
'action. It would seem that the
newly elected officers intend to
follow the will and dictates of
the candidates winning the elec
tions had not been greatly aid
ed by , the $5.00 fine enforce
ment, I am sure that the stu
dent body would respect them
more highly. 1
Let it be understood that this
letter is no reflection whatso
ever on any newly elected of- -ficer
be he UP SP, Independent
or what have you. But it is a
firm stand against the princi
- pies f our democracy and. our,
local y university government.
x Paul N, Redding
.damnify or you will .deserve
. : what you get. '
y Their Deeds
Today's column is dedicated
to big bites that never got
chewed. : 7 - ,' :; ; ,
Consider the Clampitt-Plager ;
bill to open student trials to
the public. This bill was sub
mitted to the Legislature amidst
great fanfare of publicity; de
bated " hatly for "a week, and:
quietly withdrawn.
Explanation, was given 4 or the
withdrawal was that the bill
was ta be submitted to the stu
dent body for decision by plebe
scite, but no such action fol
lowed. ' .
Requiescat in pace.
Consider the Carolina Conser
vative Club. When nearly every
established organization on the
campus was protesting the
administration's discriminatory
policy in Kenan Stadium seat
ing, the announcement of th
founding of a Conservatives'
Club, widely assumed to be a
rallying point for administra-
tion supporters, got more publi-
city than; most of the legitimate
organizations.
But when the" "Club" met,
eight people showed up . . . at
least half of them already on
record against the administra
tion. The responsible conserva
tives were backing equal rights
for all students. ,
Consider the Carolina Forum.
In earlier years various campus
organizations (The Literary So
cieties and the Carolina Political
Union particularly) brought
Tar On My Heels
Ham Horton has won the
Presidency of the Student Body.
This may be news to some peo
ple, but, puns aside, he may be
a UP, and you may be an SP,
but, regardless, this is STUDENT
government.
The least we can- do is co
operate and, surprisingly, we
may have good student govern
ment. The main line of. SP at
tack over the past year has been
that UP members did not co
operate with Henry Bowers.
Let's make sure we mem
bers are not guilty of the same
sin: . " ''....
: When , the election returns
were in, I heard one SP man
remark, .T11 be (censored) if
I'll t congratulate him." I ex
pressed my wish to co-operate
with Ham even if he was a
UP; President. That remark did
not meet with approval. ,
We win or we dont do xiQth
Sn'? Is that it? Thatytype. of at- ;
titude seems to me to "bevthey '
.'quickest, most direct road to
Hell." " - ;;.
I have made a point out of
en attitude which is an excep-,
v tion. Admit tefliy it is an exce-
tion. in SP camps.; I especially
want to make that point, iBiit
V
SP,.UP, or Independent " J con-
cider it a dangerous outIapli
In Sunday's paper, to -rnyjsur--prise
(I've been run on every
,'day in the week except S(un-
i-day, so- far new I've been; run .
eii Sunday), I wrote favoring the
fraternities. Well, I've nothing
against the fraternities. Why
" shouMa't I writer favoring them, :
goodness knows I've hit them,
enough. ...
Well, ? after i that tbit:. of - iour-.
nalism,". I .was tith, a v state
speakers to the campus at their
own expenses In recent years
the Carolina Forum: has been
granted funds from, block fees
to da the job. ,. . ,
Two years ago they did an
effective job. A year ago they
brought at least a collection of
Army generals This: year where
was the Carolina Forum? They
co-sponsored a few speakers ob
tained by impecunious; organi
zations, but of their own ini
tiative what emerged? Can any
one remember a single speaker
presented?
Consider the Graduate Club;
It started off like a ball of fire.
Sixty members . . . tremendous
for such a group. Speeches at
the first meeting in terms ol
ten times that many members.
By Thanksgiving the count
was approaching the on-your-fingers
stage. Since Christmas
where have they been meeting?
Or have they been?
Consider the Town Men's As
sociation. Never before have the
town men needed organization
more; never before has more
been at stake. Last fall the
TMA initiated a bill to give the
town men. suitable representa
tion in the Student Legislature.
By the time the bill came to a
showdown, the TMA seemed to
have dissolved.
Net result: the town men, con
stituting nearly a quarter ef the
student body, are still virtually
without representation.
by Bill C. Browm
ment from a fellow SP man
that shook me to my founda
tion, his fellow crusader start
ed out by telling mef 'Onions :
to you." His statements then
took this line of thought:
I don't agree with your column
today but, then, I don't usually
agree with them." You know, I
don't see how you ever got into
SP. What are you, SP's candi
date f or President next year? .
I really didn't follow the." tral n .
of thought too well. First he
didnt understand how I got'hito
SP, and then he wanted to know .
if I was SP's' potential for the .
Presidency. Oh, well, it was late,
and maybe I was a little dense,,
but, it's broad daylight now, and
I still don't understand it." ' -
My only retort was that .1 wras
probably SP's candidate for J
nothing, to which he replied, '
"Thatfc you could probably win.
But honestly, we may be . in
different parties,' but I can see '
no reason why we cant co-6per-
ate. I'll be forking; ;with -Harri '
, sure,1- but; ril be' trying 'to! con-'
verf too'.1 ' : -' - : ' r:
j Well, that's my; tete-a-tete for
J today. -
1 . ; . . A little rftipre: This is? kiy
last column under the editorship
of Glenn Harden. It's been ,futi;'
:i and Glenn has been 'an under-
i standing --EditoK If Glenn doesn't
cut this .addition (or the entire
j column) I would like publicly
;to congratulate her on the fine
job she has done with The Daily
Tar Heel. Her every energy has
been to give the campus a bet
ter daily newspaper. - :.
Also, publiely, I would like ' to
contribute1 my service to Barry''
Farber "iw making this a-"-betted i
paper. .
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