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Page Two The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday. October 30. 1952 Ne M&ilp Mat 0ttl The official student publication of the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where it is published daily, except Monday, examination and vacation periods, and during the official summer terms. Entered as second class matter at the post office in Chapel Hill, N. C. under the act of March 3. 1879. Subscription rates mailed $4 per year. $1.50 per Oiisrtw rtnw(1 R and $2 25 ner oi"er Interim Editorial Board.. Managing Editor Business Manager Sports Editor ..RCOuFE NEILL. BEV BAYLOR. SUE BURRESS KOLFE NF.UX, JTM SCHENCK BTTF ROBERTS News Ed. Suh Mpt Asst. Sub. Mm- Natl AHv ....ody Levey I Soc. Ed. Cnrolvn Reichard Circ. Mer. Delaine Bradsher 1 Asst. Snts. Ed. Mtrr Wallace Triden v M?r Deenie Schoeppe Donald Hog ..Tom Peacock Ned ReP1 - , News Staff Bob Slough. John Jaml-on, Puncnv (Billv) Grimes. Louis Kra&T. Jerry Reece. Tom Parramore. Alice Chapman. Dixon Wallace. Tony Burke. Jen nie Lvnn, Tlsh Rodman. Snorts snff Vardy Buckalew. Paul Cheney. Melvin Lang. Everett PTker. Chwrlie Dunn. Society ."nff Peggy Jean Goode. Janle Bugg. Alice Hinds. AdverHsi-nrt Staff Buzzy Sull. Judy Taylor. Joyce Jowdy. Bozy Sugg. Nancv Ferryman. . Phfttorrn-nhert Cornell Wrieht. Bill Stonestreet, RuflRn Woody. Night Editor for this Issue: Biff Roberts Wh oa Although we disagree with part of the writer's logic, a letter appearing elsewhere on this page today expresses many of our thoughts on the obligations of Carolina men enrolled in the military programs here. There are a few, however, we'd like to add including a. strong protest to the .AFROTC. What do the NROTC and AFROTC do for their members? In every case, they supply monthly subsistence the last two years; they furnish most of the uniform; they provide a way to compete a college education before going into service, and they guarantee a commission to qualified graudates. Both units encourage intra-unit activity such as sports, newspapers, band and the like. What do they demand? They require a curriculum to in clude subjects basic to the respective service; a two-hour drill period each week; some summer training, and loyalty to the unit. Certainly it is a bargain on any market today. Now comes the question of a fee. The AFROTC charges $3 per year and the NROTC collects $5. In both units, these fees are set by a committee of cadets or midshipmen who are elected from among their own ranks. Fair enough, we say. (Actually, social fee is a misnomer since the money goes to support unit activities other than socials, such as pages in the Yack and a newspaper.) The Navy asks men who refuse to pay the small assess ment or cannot because of financial difficulties, to submit their reasons in writing. Those failing to do this are given demerits for not following an order. They are never forced to fork over the money. The Air Force on the other hand, and this is where The Daily Tar Heel takes issue, automatically gives demerits to to cadets who refuse to pay. As cadets, the men should abide by the decision of their elected committee representatives, and this means support the projects of the committee. How ever, if the cadets do not feel such a duty, the Air Force is not going to impress them with it by demerits particu larly demerits the Air Force has no right to assign. There should be no coercion in the collection of these fees. And to the fortunate members of these military outfits, we suggest they spend more time straightening out such affairs among themselves, and less time in writing anonymous letters to the student body. , Letterquette Anonymous letters are not worth a "penny and need to be stamped out. Every American has a right to defend himself if accused of a crime. It is therefore un-American to send in your ac cusations without a signature, thereby ruling out the possi bility of cross-examination. These three-cent cowards who proceed to make some de fenseless person, thing, or situation the object of their wrath, distorted humor, or any other emotion they seek to evoke, ought to be sealed in a sturdy envelope and mailed to some out-of-the-way place.. John Mason Brown once said, "The most scurrilous let ters of attack always come from people who lack the courage to sign their name. They are like hit-and-run drivers." Letters are a pretty accurate gauge of a person's charac ter and intelligence. No matter how true blue the ink, an unsigned tirade is as yellow as anything we know of. And since we are not a medium for yellow journalism, we will print no anonymous letters to the editor. . We will withhold a signature upon request, but we prefer to publish all names. Whatever your grievance, praise, or belief on any subject, back it up with your endorsement. Otherwise we will con sider it a counterfeit note, unfit for publication. LAN TO VOTE NOV. 4 Z'J'jf GINGER has her eye on . y v f CARY who's got his eye on MARILYN who's got her eye on "MONKEY BUSINESS" rs i w -4 -w W5 . . .. wry binger Charles ,. Marilyn J GRANTROGERSfOBURMMnurmF wi IllWh '"HOWARD HAWKS' i Late Show 5ai.-Sun.-Mon. CAROLINA -Lt. Chuck Hauser , Tar Heel At Large MY NAUSEA is becoming acute as Election Day approach es, and I watch the candidates and the campaigning skid to the abysmal depths of deceit and half-truth. One candidate, I feel, has remained more or less above the slime-pitching, while some of his cohorts and the other side smear each other with di rect lies and innuendo. Right now, I feel that he is the man I 'will vote for, but I cannot pub lish his name in this space, be cause it is not considered kosher for members of the armed forces to express their political views in print. So if anybody asks, just tell them I go Pogo ... DON'T OFTEN make pre dictions, since Drew Pearson's 88 percent gives my. crystal ball an inferiority complex, but I've got my money riding on this one: At the end of the present football season, Maryland will graciously consent to appear at the New Year's party held in one of the major bowls of the country, and will jilt the South ern Conference irreverently and irrevocably, forever and ever, amen. Just what good does the Southern Conference do for a school like Maryland, or for North Carolina, for that matter? It can offer them real classy intracohference opponents such as the University of Richmond, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and North Carolina State Col lege. It can give them the pres tige of belonging to the foot ball conference with the largest percentage of weak sisters in this football-happy nation. Yes, my friends, Maryland is due to take a powder at the end of the year. And if the South ern Conference persists in try ing to steal away all incentive for its members to play first class football, we may be sing ing a quick dirge with three choruses for the Conference be fore too many more football season suns have settled behind the hills of Western North Carolina. v EVER THOUGHT about the ridiculous situation the United Nations finds itself in, proclaim ing its organization as the only hope for lasting world peace, and yet with a ci"il war of thoughts raging in the confines of its halls? And on the other side of the world, a real war is raging, and the two instrument al powers on the opposing sides are the two prominent powers of the United Nations. United States troops are dying in Korea, and their cause is jus tice itself, and yet we sit in the halls of the UN and the tents i of Panmunjom and play inter- ! national tiddlewinks with the ! very men who are behind their deaths. The United Nations was set up as an instrumental organiza tion to prevent wars and settle disputes in sensible, adult man ner, instead of hurling bombs and rockets at one another un til the very earth itself is des troyed. The UN does not work because the Russians will not permit it to work. When we boot them out on their red behinds, and all their party-lining puppets along with them, then maybe the United Nations could go about doing some good and restoring peace to a world j hungry for security. John Taylor R E V I E W S -tfr,. Express Yourself Editor: I have just waded through the letter written by a person who doesn't think his statements are valid enough to sign his name I agree, they are not. Here is my paragraph answer to Cadet "Sour Grapes." Granted, the services are not the strong hold of democratic principles so far as everyone doing as he pleases. The Army, Navy, and Air Force are not retained for sterling examples of how democracy works, but for the sole purpose of keep ing the United States just that United States of America, with a free government free of vermin such as has received mention in The Daily Tar Heel a week or so ago. In Mr. Sour Grapes' letter he referred to common decency in his second paragraph, then in the third he objected to a three dollar fee for social activities. It would seem to me that if the majority of a group was in favor of social activities it would only be common decency to concede and pay the social fee to insure the success of the social pro gram. What will the cadet think when he is commissioned and required to join an officers' club at three to five dollars a month? Mr. Sour Grapes is most for tunate indeed to be able to re ceive a commission as a officer in the service in exchange for two hours drill a week for four years, plus a tsmall amount of -class time. It is therefore show ing no "common decency" to the Air Force, or to the Air Force Corps of Cadets at Chapel Hill to gripe about having to march at one game, in uniform, and sober all three coming on the same day! In the regular AF he is paid as an officer for 24 hours a day, seven days a week his pay as a basic cadet is the deferment from the draft; and as On Thursday and Friday nights the Playmakers will pre sent their first experimental production of the year. It is a full-length drama by Gonzalo Estrada called "The Pink Cir cus," Mr. Estrada, who was a grad uate student here last year, is a Mexican who has lived in California for a good part of his life and so he is qualified to write about a family of Mexicans who have made Cali ( fornia their home. The play concerns seventeen-year-old Jimmie Romero, whose father has died of tuberculosis, and whose mother, Florencia, is his uncle's mistress, as well as several other people's. Jimmie's Mexican sense of honor is en raged by his mother's actions, particularly since her affairs are a widespread topic of conversa tion throughout the entire camp. Sensitive and emotionally im mature, Jimmie, in the sight of an advanced student he is paid according to present AF,regula tions. The same AF regulations, I might point out, clearly de fine the penalty for being in toxicated on duty. Cadet Sour Grapes finds it practically an act of the devil himself when he is required to buy one pair of gloves would hate to see him when he has to pay for all his uniforms as an officer. Besides, uniform means just that all the same. The corps would appear very mili tary if some showed up with yellow, blue, gray or red gloves. In short the AF did not run out to capture Mr. Sour Grapes dead or alive; he signed up-on his own free will. Also, there are some of us taking ROTC who are aiming at commissions -and we would get more out of ROTC if the draft dodgers and those who wish to do nothing but malign the service would stay out of ROTC. When Mr. Sour Grapes writes letters in the tone of the last, and calls his superior officers despots I say he is not psychologically adapted to the services as an officer. R. A. Wolfe FREE DESIGNING" FREE PROOF . FREE. DIE, 015 00 ) STUDENT HELP WANTED To Work Part Time In Clothing Store Apply Mgr. THE SPORT SHOP North Columbia Street PERSONAL MEMOS: To Brookberry, my most heartfelt congratulations ... To Pogo, I love you, kid . . . To the foot ball team, my sincerest wishes for continued improvement and a whale of a season from here on out. Express Yourself Editor: Congratulations on your re cent editorial efforts to tip the scales against the Communists. Personally, I think they're all a little unbalanced. Here's hoping you will always keep the DTH out of the Red by stomping on those of a similiar color. Jimmy Hutchinson When It Comes To Good Food Everyone Comes To Us. Join the crowd and bring your date, your family, and your friends out for a delicious meal cooked to perfection and served graciously. THE PIN ES Raleigh Road Phone 9-5539 manhood, goes to pieces be cause of his mother's betrayal of his dead father. Ater witnes sing an abortion done on her, he is too weak and distressed to fend off the advances of a nymphomaniac from a neighbor ing camp and is himself se duced. Through all the unsavory occurances, he has a child's de sire to go to a circus with the . sweet young daughter of one of the men in the camp. As part of the startling climax, he ful fills this ambition in his ima gination. Although dealing with a sub ject that can be described only as raw, the playwright has made a sensitive, revealing, and highly imaginative show. The sex is there, but it is intelligent ly enough portrayed, so that it will offend no one. The play is similar to "Death of a Salesman' in its use of the flashback tech nique, a tricky problem to mas ter and one which Estrada has used very effectively. V HiVF VOUS i : no v-vv II BE LA LUGOSI in Return of The Ape Man" FRIDAY A Doers Open 11:15 p.m. CAROLINA 1 - i AUTHENTIC . j O . Tuxedos O Full Dress I ( O Dinner Jackets O Accessories THE 1 i t :5(K-X N. COLUMBIA ST. THAT AINT Jfi TcoAfe oa, iU J SLIP AUNT GBANNY I NEttTTlMS ' X&&OUft A MONSTER, -v J AfgrrZeoVll 3lTrefZ BTTLS ROOT TAK IT?Zr lit BE GLAD ' " vYOUNPSPO J 4 nTTfVfi GOTTA E.VJVe TUB ... .AA SEE WuiS - AH IS-Lit ) ( WE HEERD LAUGHTER .TT -IT WAS VOUR SON .1 I R4ISY, "Z I USED SOME SKIM, V'&EORE. AN HOua X ""Tl ABKJER'S l THAR HAIKTT BIN KO ( WHO WAS HAPPV MAMM MAE. iS FROM "vOUR. 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