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PAGE TWO TUG DAILY TAR KS2L Writ iHato Wat wtd The official student publication of the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where it is published daily except Saturday, Monday, examination and vacation periods, and dur ing 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. Sub scription rates mailed $4 per year, $1.50 per quarter; delivered, $6 and $2.25 per quarter. Editor Managing Editor Business Manager Sports Editor News Ed. Sub. Mgr. . Bob Slough Carolyn Reichard Ass't. Sub. Mgr Bill Venabie, Tom Witty Office Mgr. '. Buzzy Shull Assoc. Ed .Nina Gray, Jane Carter NEWS STAFF -John Jamison, Louis Kraar, Tom Parramore, Ben West, Jim Wilkinson, Sally Schindel, Jess Nettles, Hubert Breeze, Harry Dunlop, Ellen Downs, Tom Neal Jr., Richard Creede, Ken San ford, Ellen Woods, J. D. Wright. SPORTS STAFF Vardy Buckalew, Paul Cheney, Melvin Lang, Everett Parker, John Hussey, Sherwood Smith, Al Long, Dick Crouch, Benny Stewart, Wilbur Jones. EDITORIAL STAFF A. Z. F. Wood Jr., John Gibson, Dorman Cor dell, Dan Duke, Don Thornton, Ron Levin. Night editor for this issue: Dorman Cordell From The Destructive To The Constructive Greek Week is here in full bloom for the third time. Since its inception in 1950, the program has grown until almost all fraternities participate in the major events. Organized to root out the last remnants of hazing, Greek Week has paid off in concrete dividends. There is better in terfraternity spirit and more service to the community. Out siders and loud critics of the fraternity system have been praise worthy of the movemnt. There are still bits of Hell Week remaining. But in the last four years, Carolina has made notable gains in the matter of hazing. Greek Week symbolizes progress. It entails a mass athletic competition, a land-clearing project for a new Metho dist church, and a banquet at the end of the week. Greek Week has struck almost a death-blow to the outmoded hurly burly hazing projects of the past. To the list of activities must be added the blood donation drive in which all pledges are being urged to participate. The Daily Tar Heel believes that fraternities can be much more than just social outlets. The pledge manuals and national charters are meaningless without active service to the campus and the community. Greek Week is a start towards greater interest in the University. These evidences of ser vice, good fellowship among fraternity men, and a healthy finishing out period for pledges are things that fraternities can point to writh pride. Speak Up Candidates! We haven't witnessed such a lukewarm political campaign in years. The candidates may be shaking hands, but most aren't talking about issues. This is an admittance to the cam pus that there are no issues. The Daily Tar Heel thinks differently. We ask all four presidential candidates: 1. Are you for or against Carolina's participation in the National Students Association? State your reasons. 2. Do you think UNC should participate actively in the Consolidated University student council? Do you think that President Horton's decision to withdraw from the Council was wise? 3. Are you in favor of a voluntary Student Entertainment Committee which would abolish the cramming in Memorial Hall, brng worthwhile entertainers continually, and give an opportunity to ALL students to enjoy good programs? 4. Do you want a student representative on the Board of Trustees. 1 5. What do you think should be done about the Book Ex change's policies of giving pittances for used books? In some courses, a new book is issued two times a year? Do you have any recommendations to improve matters? DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Stiffly neat 5. Book clasp 9. Talk wildly 10. Leather flask for oil 11. In the direction of 13. Boast 15. Cry of pain 16. Close to 18. River (So. Am.) 19. Twilled fabric 21. Large, heavy 3. Man's name 4. Ponds 5. Exclama tion 6. White linen robe (Eccl.) 7. Small spray of a plant 8. A river in Canada 11. A gateway (Jap.) 12. Small valley 14. Fuel 17. Network 20. Abyss hammers 23. Egyptian goddess 25. Greek letter 26. Mexican agave fiber 28. Pitchers with lids 32. Ancient 34. Tidy 35. Marked with small spots 39. Narrow inlet (geol.) 40. Sash (Jap.) 41. Spoke 43. Note of the scale 44. Thick cord 46. Flitted 48. Weather cock 50. Midday 51. Girl's name 52. Eg-yptian goddess DOWN 1. Valor 2. Uncooked TUESDAY, WALT DEAR ROLFE NEILL . JIM SCHENCK BIFF ROBERTS Soc. Ed. Circ. Mgr. Asst. Spts. Ed. Adv. Mgr. Deenie Schoeppe Donald Hogg Tom Peacock Bob Wolfe Haskett 1 Alice Chapman Exch. Ed. LOSE A B A K 22. Break of day 24. Spill over 27. Old meas ures of length 29. Ever (poet.) 30. Apparel 31. Sober 33. Not living 35. June bug 36. Overhead 37. Indian fig tree 38. Goddess of the hunt Yesterday's Answer 42. Let fall 45. Half ems' 47. Digit 49. Water god (Babyl.) CjElA S EPIC ONSE tl Ljo rid ft' m oFh j D E TIA TTNjjp N S L I MQ3 A SID A D o M SMvjA '1ob o u S A UtS; ftp Jvp C E A T fF ST V.A L T Vi ElAIRlsLiAlUAlrlE 1 l 12. 13 14 19 20 21 22. "zzfezzp llIZZllZZZ ao """" 77 3T" 41 43 " 44" """"" 45" 7ff 4o 47 . pzzzrizzzzi 1 1 MH 1 I w 4-0 APRIL 7, 1953 English Club A Small Point A SMALL POINT The problem which so concerns the advocates of the twentieth century novel, causing them to scorn earlier literature, may per haps find solution in realization of one single task of the student of literature. This is the inevita ble realization which he must ar rive at, that there can be no ques tion of choice between old and new literature in respect to qual ity, nor can any distinction made about the use to which either puts words stand. To be qualified as a critic of literature one must be aware of what is to be judged. Literature, as man's highest yet eternally feeble effort to imitate the nature created around him and in him ,by an analogous but finite pro cess of artifaction, must be an alyzed as to nature and value ac cording to as reputable a table of criteria as that by which we analyze and evaluate nature. In both cases, these are criteria 'which cannot be arrived at from a study of individuals which at tempts no. correlation of conclu sions, nor seeks no totality of examination. In this I would say that no one who through ignorance or choice excludes without examin ation the parts he does not un derstand of the whole he is study ing, has any voice of authorita tive decision. To understand any single thought of the human mind demands at least partial recognition of the conditions which the past has imposed on it. The examination of "old" litera ture, which seems so plodding, serves no function critically un less it is undertaken to produce evidence to substantiate the aes thetic criteria which the past seems to have observed. And no responsible standard for critical judgment of contemporary liter ature can be presented until we have awarded certainty to stand ards which the past seems to re flect, standards on which we can base principles for contemporary literature whose very contempor saneousness hinders complete ex amination. A student of literature, then, who would understand and ap preciate literature, especially of the present, with great fervor must eventually realize the irre vocable influence of the past on , its descendant and reflection, the present. He must examine to com pletion, if he would be a student, the heritage of traditional hered ity before he accepts the claims of environment. As part of this, the novel of the twentieth cen tury would not exist as we know it except for its consequential re lationship with the novel of pre vious centuries, and the literature ,'of all ages. The virtue to be assumed from this small point, this realization, is totality of scope and perspec tive; the vice, into which many have already fallen, is myopia. Yr mst Obdt, Dvtd & HmbI Srvt, Lollius Harvey Bradshaw Watchwords In its watchwords: Friendship, fTruth, Courage, and Service; in its Arthurian ritual, knightly tra dition and the meaning of its sil ver and purple key; in its choice of Knights for character, service, and personal integrity; and in Service its chief objective the Order of the Grail attempts to lead the life of Carolina upward toward the realization of the ideals upon which the organiza tion is founded. In this attempt to make the University a center of harmony, and progress, the Order each year sells graduation invitations, sen ior class rings, and tickets to inexpensive, informal dances which it sponsors to bring the entire campus together at a social affair. Last fall the program was expanded to include Duke stu dents after the UNC-Duke game and tickets were sold on the Blue Devil campus also. The proceeds from these projects are put back into the University in the form of scholarships; six $150 awards are given each year to those chosen as the most deserving. Another function of the group "Roll Out The Barrel' Norman Jarrard Potpourri The most interesting paperback book among those I will mention . today is one called "The 100 Most Important People", by Donald Robinson (Pocket Book). It is made up of short biographies of those "men and women most like ly to affect your life this year." There are sections for people from public affairs (Malenkov, McCarthy, Stevenson, etc.), mili tary affairs, economy, press and communications, the sciences, health, the church, philosophy and education (Russell, Schweit zer, Ortega y Gasset, Toynbee), letters (Eliot, Mann, Faulkner, Hemingway, Koestler, Malraux, jSartre), and the fine arts (Picasso, iChaplin). These aren't at all the type of biographies which begins with birth date and ends with date of death. What the man thought is more apt to get space than physical facts of his life. Of (Jose Ortega y Gasset we read, "He urges that all power be plac ed in the hands of a select min ority of intellectuals. Through an intellectual aristocracy 'govern ing in a spirit of enlightened liberalism,' he says, the world can be saved from chaos." Among other non-fiction titles vhich may appeal to readers there is the "Saturday Review Reader No. 2) (Bantam). Among the contributors we find Bert ' rand Russell, Arthur Schlesinger, James Michener, Elmer Davis, Ashley Montagu, and Thomas is the sending of citations to per sons who have performed a . "worthwhile, unusual, and gener ally unpublicized service to the University. These citations are simply letters of gratitude to in dividuals, signed by the Grail, (.naming the worthy deed and ex pressing appreciation on behalf of the Order and the campus. Thus, by honoring the worthy, by bringing closer together ev ry diverse element, by acting through example rather than imi tation, by working quietly, yet effectively and in the most incon spicuous way, the Order of the (Grail strives to lift the plane of life at Carolina . toward its own ideals and its most effective weapon is service. Wue?WUf?FWUKFWUKFWUFP VVUPF WUJZP WUJZF WUJZF WUPF WURP YVUkF1 YVUfSF WUfSR WUPCF WUJZP L- W THE MATHEMATICAL I IF"""'" j"s.S &TIU.COUHTNGOUT 1 v es,ooo,oop,ooo OF Bxp&zva 9 KEEPIN 7 lli . IT THE FEMALE FORM JCK TZ-V rAV UOvfXiL wSjld "M 3 m OmAB mw HHWMMMM a aahu.-. ..... .rM.L rg -T-W1wAhmlJC ' C miiNWf-wiiin ma Hart Benton. A book which will probably sell well is "101 Favorite Hymns", edited by James and Albert More head (Pocket Book). The flying saucer excitement has died down but those interest ed may want to read Gerald Heard's "Is Another World Watching? "The Riddle of the Flying Saucers" (Bantam). Campus duffers should take a look at Ben Hogan's "Power Golf" (Pocket Book) which gives specialized rather than all-around instruction. Historical novel readers have quite a haul 'this week. There is "The Ragged Ones", by Burke Davis (Pocket Book), about the Revolutionary War. Walter D. Edmonds has "Rome Haul" (Ban tam), which tells of "days of the Erie Canal 1850." Frank Yerby adds another to his list with "Floodtide" (Pocket Book), which takes place in Mississippi. F. van Wyck Mason contributes "Stars on the Sea" (Pocket Book), an other Revolutionary War item. James Street is quoted as say ing that it is "the best historical novel I have ever read." The number of books which have titles based on quotations from other writers seems to be increasing. Among this week's books such a one is Russell La Due's Hopwood Prize-winning "Hell-Bent With Jake" (Avon), formerly titled "No More With Me" a story about "a returned veteran and a reckless girl." The latter title is taken from the fol lowing lines from Whitman's "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking": O past! O happy life! O songs of joy! In the air, in the woods, over fields, Loved! loved! loved! loved! loved! But my mate no more, no more with me! We two together no more. The title of Harold Robbins' story about the New York slums, "A Stone for Danny Fisher" (Pocket Book), alludes to Mat thew, VII, 9: "What man is there iof you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?" The story of a woman who WUPP MAZVEL I I WUF WOMF Wuep Al-P WUEF- I I I K-vH,$3 WINP ! ACHT, A weoF kalph woof wuep 1 O . ri?. Gcrrz 11 X I muH ME IU TUICJ f HI V r It ? 11 I V If I . vV Eli I HiSf. I Ed Yoder A Man And A few weeks ago, in the col limns of the Daily Tar Heel, Curt Ratledge lamented the scanty at tention' that is paid to past con tributions by noted individuals to the University. He chose Pres ident James Knox Polk as the subject of the essay, noting that the commemoration of his pres ence here some 125 years ago has been neglected. President Polk is well-remembered, no matter what attention is given the fact that She studied here. But other men have made sizable services to both Carolina and the state and have been almost completely for gotten. Dr. Elisha Mitchell, a pro fessor here for nearly thirty years, falls under this category. (Certainly, he was one to whom the debt of the University is jmore than a chilly white stone in the lobby of Memorial Hall. Briefly, the life of Elisha Mit chell, naturalist, teacher, scholar, scientist, Presbyterian Minister, and explorer was the story of a man and a -mountain. The man came to North Carolina in 1825 . from his native state of Connecti cut and took a chair in the de partment of natural sciences of the University. For more than 40 years, Elisha Mitchell was an al most indespensable part of the . Chapel Hill environment, as he was of the whole North Carolina scene. He made the seat of the University the base from which his explorations reached out into the remotest and wildest sections of the state. He was an intense student of its woods, waters, and animals, and had as keen a know ledge of its geological history as any of his contemporaries. Dr. Mitchell, however, was not one to allow his scope to be narrow ed into one interest. So diverse Hvas his knowledge that students began to call him the "walking 'encyclopedia." If someone sought a piece of knowledge out of the ordinary, it was natural to "go ask Mitchell," according to con temporary writings about him. In 1835, the mountain loomed before Dr. Mitchell. The rankest laymen to the laws of nature find the mountains overpowering in Inspiration and secret learning. For Dr. Mitchell, the mountains of western North Carolina held this and more. When, during the school term of 1835, an exploring colleague told him that the high est peak east of the Rockies must be somewhere in the Appalach ians of North Carolina, intellect ual curiosity and scientific zeal collaborated to focus his inter est on find this peak. In the wants a married man, William O'Farrell's "Thin Edge of Vio lence" (Bantam), makes use of Arthur J. Granville ("Laocoon"): "The elements contributing to an explosive situation are not neces sarily violent in themselves. Of tentimes the thin edge of vio lence penetrates to the heart of the body politic before the latter is aware that its outer defences have been breached." The most familiar of the sourc es used as titles is found in Har lan Ware's novel about "Chicago crime reporting," "Come, Fill the Cup" (Bantam). It's from Omar Khayyam: Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring Your Winter-garment of Re pentance fling: The Birth of Time has but a little way To flutter and the Bird is on the Wing. A Mountain midsummer of the same year, he' took leave from Chapel Hill and .headed for the dim blue moun tains of Yancey County. Some where in these lofty hills lay the highest land altitude east of the Mississippi. This was the mountain. His first experiments, baromet ric readings, were fruitful. He re turned triumphantly to announce that the Black Mountain of Yan cey County stood 6,672 feet above sea level. This crag, he claimed, jhad no equal in all of the ranges east of the Rockies. But his tri umph was short lived. U. S. Sen ator Thomas L. Clingman, him self a noted Appalachian explorer and naturalist, proclaimed that jhe, not Dr. Mitchell, had discov ered the highest peak. He point ed out that almost within the shadow of Mount Mitchell an other, a mightier, peak stood. The assertions of Senator Cling man rang in Dr. Mitchell's ears until he began to doubt that the iBlack Mountain, his mountain, (had just claim to supremacy. Taking with him his son,, daughter, and a household ser vant, the aging mountaineer left Chapel Hill again in July, 1857. He arrived in Yancey County and began to inch his way up the mountain's flank, taking count less measurements. In his mind, this method stood infallible. The scientist worked anxiously, meti culously, through most of July. By the 27th of that month, he lhad almost reached the sumrnitt of the mountain. On the afternoon of the 27th, he told his son, Charles, that he was going to cross the mountain to visit friends on the other side. Charles was to meet him Monday afternoon at a predetermined rendezvous. When Wednesday night came without his return, the worst was feared. The moun tain had many precarious paths where one could easily lose his footing in the shadows. It had been night when Dr. Mitchell crossed them. Intensive searches were organ ized without result. Where was Dr. Mitchell? It remained for one of Dr. Mitchell's old mountain friends Big Tom Wilson, who had first led him to the summit of his mountain to hit upon an answer. Big Tom Wilson decided that Dr. Mitchell, instead of following the regular road to Caney River, the section on the other side of the mountain where he was going, must have followed the narrow, circuitous shortcut that he him self had shown him years before. He was right. His searching party found Dr. Mitchell's body in a pool of water at the bottom of Cat-tail fork creek gorge, a dark defile through which the little path led.' Into the pool, which lies just below what is now Mitchell Falls, the explorer and University teacher had fallen on the night of the 27th. Mr. Mitchell's death did not de prive either the man or the mountain of a victory. Later .and more modern cancelations have proved Dr. Mitchell almost exact ly correct in his determinations of the mountain's towering alti tude. The mountain which bears his name holds its place as the highest peak east of the conti nental divide and as a magnetic tourist attraction. It has been since discovered that there was a large discrepancy in Senator Clingman's calculations.
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