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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1953 On The Ball 'Maybe We Can Get Together Sometime' . The congressional committee which in vestigated Lucille Ball set a fine precedent, but we're afraid it won't be followed. When testimony by Miss Ball was released, the now-familiar pattern emerged. She had, many years ago, "gone wrong" politically at her grandpa's insistence. Everything is O. K. now, though, and Lucille Ball is a good American by any test, she said. Then the newspapers went to work with the headlines. America's favorite family girl "was red" as the tabloids were wont to say. Miss Ball's testimony was substantially that of other innocents. The publicity she got also came to other testifiers. But now the pat tern changes. Led by Rep. Jackson of Cali fornia, the committee shortly issued another statement. In it they completely exonerated the screen-TV star, going to some trouble to point out how trivial the evidence was. We wish other Americans could be as fair ly treated. Winnie The Winner The Honorable Winston S. Churchill, world citizen, who stays as far ahead of us in ideas he does in years, has finally gotten the award which his contributions to life and literature seem to justify. Word came from Stockholm the other day that the venerated "Winnie" will get a Nobel Prize for Litera ture. For Carolina students, the moral of the story of Winston Churchhill is that he has exhibited persistence and flexibility. Winston Churchill was not an exemplary student. At Sandhurst, while most of the young British scholars were concentrating on their Greek and Latin, Sir Winston Churc hill was diligent in his study of English- So his Greek and Latin marks suffered; but who can deny that the Nobel Prize for his English is the best mark of all? Judging by this late fruition of early effort, we reason that Sir Winston had balanced perspective and used it. His eye was on other than superficial goals. His Nobel Prize will be for literature, both in the form of books and speeches. He knew how his talents could serve best at whattime. Sir Winston, like all of us, has failedin some things and achieved nigh-perfection in others. His public career has been smeared by some fiascos, but powerful leadership through crises has offset them. The striking thing about Sir Winston, we thing, is that he has shown persistence in es sentials and flexibility in non-essentials. CREDO Todd- The Now Time is of the essence, as the saying goes. It seems all too true that we spend too many todays recapturing the yesterdays and en visioning the tomorrows. And it frequently happens that we bust buttons to "make time" just so we can be on time for the next stop in our daily affairs. It could be fun just to forget time and en joy the now. Wt)t Batty to 7tt The official student publication of the Publi cations Board of the University of North Carolina, . where it is published -V vf 3k daily except Monday, ; fc5 '' V T9 5t- i y r - K ? & examination ana v--y s - x cation. ..periods and Summer terms. En tered 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, 250 a semester; de-, livered, $6 a year, $3.50 a semester. H Is? $ - y- '?v & 1 1 ,Korh Uroa4 We are paying a high toll for educational policy of educating not only those who wish to be educated, but forcing an educa tion on those who have no desire for one. The price is mediocrity of both product and method. It is almost mandatory that anyone who wishes to get ahead in the business world today have an education which includes an A. B. degree. The best jobs go to those who are "educated". And everyone wants to get ahead, so even those with no intellectual bent enter college if it is at all possible, and spend four years learning about things which counldn't interest them less. Or benefit them less, since they' will rarely use those facts which found their way into their strained memories. But it is not these people who pay for their education, at least not directly, although they have a share of the burden placed up on them. And it is not their f rlt. No one asked them if they want ed a college education. They knew, as everyone else knows, that the key that opens the door to financial sucess is an A. B. degree. So they go to college for four years, and provide the in structors with a burden that cannot be properly carried while giving adequate time and atten tion to the various students who need and use it to advantage. This rat-race for education has been going on for some time now, and it has reached the point that some instructors have as many as fifty students in their classes (and the number of students who take some courses is pathetically laughable.) Fifty quizzes to grade and fifty papers to read every time one or the other is due. Would you like to see the pro fessor? Make an appointment. Another feature of the aided enrollment is the additional ad ministrative work thrown at those professors who can't - find some way out of it, which tlf suspect most of them would like to do. To get back to these Joe Col leges. Some of them are quite smart. A few of them are quite dumb. Most of them are neither, but piddle along in the extreme ly average road, study a little and get their gentlemanly "C" averages, and through no fault of their own except a desire to have some of the better things of life, take up the very valuable time of professors and others, whose pursuits on campus would, under propitious circumstances, be uti lized more fully in terms of the nation's manpower resources, which are not unlimited, to say the least. And it is the policy of the University of North Carolina with practices such as free trips to the Morehead Planetarium and the Blue-White game, to induce more people than ever before to come here to school. The price will be more medio crity than before, and it is a price that a nation desperately in need of individuals of great personal ability cannot aford to pay. Nothing in life is more wonder ful than faith the one great moving force which we can nei ther weigh in the balance nor test in the crucible. Sir William Osier. !' sw-i f M .Ra I fa P. w f ft H v 4$ fi as. I I ' " ! I H m ' f restrictiohs if I t I) -4 m K, 0M EXCHANGE " I i I I l' OF ATOMIC if. I 'fi:l : 'MWRMATJOfl 1 I The Eye Of The Horse Washington Merry-Go-Round Drew Pearson KANSAS CITY Cattlemen all over the south and west are raw and bleeding these days from a drought which no man could pre vent and from cascading prices which they think a certain man in Washington might have slow ed up. On top of all this, salt has been rubbed in their wounds by one of the most notorious floutings of the cattle-smuggling, laws in the history of, the -nation, plus the failure of -the Eisenhower Ad ministration to do any thing about it. Adding to it all is the fact that Ike's host in New Orleans, at torney John Slit Minor Wisdom, power in Re publican poli tics, is s man defending the cattle smuggler. So far he has been miracul ously successful. The scandal involves the smug gling of $1,000,000 worth of prize cattle from Mexico into Louisi ana last May. The man arrested for the smuggling is Alphe A. Broussard of Lafayette, La., who, despite a ban by the Mexican Government, puchased 65 head of Charolais cattle, originally bred in France, and smuggled them across the Bio Grand near El Paso. From this point the cattle were trucked in a criss-cross route across Texas to Southern Louisiana, then by truck 200 miles to Tensas Parish in North ern Louisiana. ' The anger of Southwestvcattle men over the smuggled herd is. caused first by the fact that they came from a hoof-and -mouth-disease part of Mexico; second, by the fact that not a single step has been taken to punish the ofenders. .. . Thoudgh most f Mexico was taken off the . hoof and-mouth-. disease infected list in 1952, one area still is quarantined Pue blo. The Charolais cattle came from Pueblo. Not only did the Mexican government refuse to permit their export, but no at tempt was made to get permis sion from American authorites. As a result, protests have poured in on the Agriculture Department from cattlemen and state veterinarians as far away as New Jersey, pointing out that millions of dollars have been spent slaughtering American cattle herds in the past when they become infected with hoof-and-mouth disease; also that a revolution threatened in Mexico when the United States demand ed the slaughter of Mexico's infected herds, even though U. S. taxpayers paid millions to Mex ico to compensate for the slaught er. However, nothing has happen ed. A. A. Broussard, owner of the herd, was arrested June 4 and released on $2,000 bond. Since then no move has been made to prosecute him. Reason may be that Broussard was smart enough to retain his attorney Ike's best friend in Louisiana, John Minor Wisdom. One of the ablest and most . charming attorneys in the south, Wisdom swung the Louisiana de legation to Ike at the Chicago convention and, since the elect ion, was given the job of build ing the Republican Party in Louisiana. One of the first things Wisdom did was appoint his friend, Theo dore Lyons, as collector of cus toms in Orleans. Mr. Lyons took the oath of office July 6, Just after Broussard was arrested for cattle smuggling. It is commis sioner Lyons' duty to help pro secute any violation of the smug gling laws. . Shortly thereafter, Mr. Wisdom appointed his friend, T. Fitzhugh Wilson, as U. S. Attorney in Shreveport. This is the district where the smuggled cattle are now peacefully grazing, unaware that they have stirred up such a furor in the cattleman's world. It is also the district where Brous sard would be prosecuted. But no move for prosecution has been made by Wisdom's friend, N. S. Attorney Wilson. Naturally, a lot of cattlemen throughout the Southwest are asking why. More light can now be shed on the reasons for the president's recent case of "intestinal flu." Actually it wasn't intestinal flu so much as concern over the bungling statements on the Hyd rogen Bomb that got Bee's insid es twisted up in knots. The presi dent was simply furious over the way his cabinet colleagues turn ed Operation Candor into Opera tion Confusion. The result was a case of cramps, brought on in turn by nerves. The president had relaxed the strict discipline on Atomic-Hydrogen news in hope of enlighten ing the public. Instead, his sub ordinates came out with a rash of conflicting reports which only confused the public more. Noth ing, according to White House insiders, has caused Ike to be more upset. He was so rankled that he lectured the National Security Council like a Dutch Uncle. The stunned policy makers sat meekly and listened like chastened child ren. In the end, he ordered every to keep his mouth shut on Atoniic matters unless statements are cleared by Chairman Lewis Stra uss of the Atomic Energy Com mission. By the end of the week, the president had worked himself into such a stew that he came down with stomach cramps. It isn't the first time that nervous strain has had a similar effect. Editor .": ROLFE NEILL Managing Editor LOUIS KRAAR Business Manager JIM SCHENCK Sports Editor TOM PEACOCK News Ed. Associate Ed. Feature Editor Asst. Spts. Ed. Sub. Mgr. Circ. Mgr. Asst Sub. Mgr. Asst. Business Mgr. Society Editor Ken Sanford . Ed Yoder 1 Jennie Lynn Vardy Buckalew Tom Witty . . Don Hogg Bill Venable Syd Shuford P o G O Vit&S.CWZCM, GAB STOMt INDIAN, fipw ON yOuie FtBT Alt. PAYt .-ItJextzcauiP STAMP sirriN'powN ANy how A. f7Ekl OTV 7 r IF OU AIN'T fOQO, IU you A &WSJ? A INPIAN 5AYi"I MW& COW? 8BAZ To err AIL PAVtaTA MAN 6AV:AVT YOU FST &T vJesTANPifrmATs r mm r r 1MATTMB BJNNV f WHAT YOM PART THE(TB I T-U C I 0 ITS IT VOr AS FltHHYl PIWVY tot n3 1 I -, rm WANNA 600N Advertising Manager Eleanor Saunders Jack Stilwell EDITORIAL , STAFF Bill O'Sullivan, Ron Levin, Harry Snook, John Beshara, James DuvalU NEWS STAFF Jennie Lynn, Joyce Adams, Dan iel Vann, Anne Huffman, Fred Powledge, J. D. Wright, Jerry Reece, Janie Carey, Richard Creed, John Bijur, Ted Rosenthal, Jerry Epps, Jess Nettles, Ronnie Daniels,. Tom Lambeth. BUSINESS STAFF Al Shortt, Dick Sirkin, Dave Leonard. SPORTS STAFF John Hussey, Sherwood Smith, Jack Murphy, Rooney Boone, Larry . Saunders. PHOTOGRAPHER Cornell Wright " Night Editor for this issue: Ken Sanford L AH'D UIKE TO IK PLEAE-NO- IF SHE GRCWS FOND INTERDOOCE HO' ) 7 OF" ME, IT Wl U. ONLY RESULT IN TO A SWEET joefe. V HEARTBREAK.r- SHE HASM'T A I VOUKJG iCY DOG'S CHANCE. OF CATCHING ME. I St- . t-O sr-K JrU IN THE RACE, BECAUSE OF THE BUT I'M SURE YOU. LIKE THE WAY SHE'S BU I LT." PLEASE.- - ONE. LOOK ? 0H.VJ if WELL- v oust y ' A I 1UU HE, iimUUI I B. Roger Will Coe- ("The horse sees .imperfectly, magnifying some things, minimizing others. . ." Hipporotis; circa 500 B. C.) 1 THE HORSE was hoofing through a Greek Dic tionary in Dr. Suskin's office at Murphey Hall when I saw him. "I'm going to Athens to see the game," he clutter ed. "Now, shaddup, Roger. I gotta learn the Greek words for rare mare." But this Athens wasn't in Greece, it was is Georgia! "Huh?" The Horse's eyes clicked like huge eight balls. -"You mean where Joe Stalin was born? Waitll the Trustees hear this!" No, no. Not Georgia, USSR, either. Georgia, U.S.A. "Ohhhhhhh," The Horse ohhhhhed, "the biggest state in the union, you mean? Or is it in the union? I seem to recall some sort of argument about that, a while back." Texas was the largest state in the union. "Lissen, don't tell me," The Horse waved a derisive hoof. "1 heard that Georgia had two gover nors for a time. Boy, it must be the biggest state!" He sucked on a hoof thoughtfully and crossed his eyes to glare at a fly which had crash-landed on hi3 muzzle. "Two governors, they had to have, didn't they, it was so big?" I wondered why he didn't blow the fly off his nose? Maybe it was a horse-fly, heh heh? 'Things will be Hummin enough in Georgia with out I should start this pest going, too," The Horse nickered. "And speaking of Talmadge, do you know is he related to Norma Talmadge, the old-time movie queen?" I didn't think they spelled it the same way. "FTom what I hear of Hummin, I don't think he spells, period," The Horse mused. "He just has spells." Was this way the way to speak of the chief execu tive of a friendly and hospitable state? Was it? Weren't we busy apologizing for enough without The Horse chittering, nickering and neighing thusly? The Horse nodded soberly. "Yeah, Roger. Yeah, we are. Lessee . . . three years ago we apologized be cause there wasn't no Justice; two years ago we apologized for the team; last year we apologized King Carl Snavely clear out of his job; an' this year we are apologizing for the Tar Heel rooters chant ing, The referee's got no daaaddy!' Yeah, that was rude, because like Jake Wade pointed out, it was the wrong guy. But how come all this apologizing, all of a sudden?" Our School of Anthr-Apology was one of the best. "Stop grabbing my lines!" The Horse snapped. "But let's wait and see how hospitable these guys are before we apologize. They are real friendly, though, and forgiving. Don't they call Atlanta's swankiest park for ol' Unconditional Surrender?" Shhhhh! Not the same Grant, old boy; but Grant Park is beautiful. "Yeah," The Horse snorted, "but they carry pat riotism too far, those Jawja guys. Brother, what they do to bourbon! Mix it with Coca-Cola just be cause it was invented there." "Concocted" would be better, for a drink. How about, "The referee's got six toooooooes'!" "Anything would be better," The Horse nodded. "What does this concocted taste like? And how is the food in Jawja?" Chitterlings, black-eyed peas, turnip greens, grits. The Horse turned a vivid green, faded to a paste) ptomaine, and shuddered violently. "You mean they got Lenoir Hall eateries down there, too? At least, however, they are not barbarians. They do not eat horse-meat. But Roger, don't you think we ought to work something out for our rooters so they won't have to be apologized again? Something perlite, like The referee's got two heaaaaads!" He considered a moment. Or is that a sort of double-overstatement? How about, The refere's got six tooooooees!" Why rub it in just because the poor guy had six toes? If he got too nasty, they might not give him hospice, at Athens. . "That," The Horse murmured, "is the least of my worries. Say, they call themselves The Yales of the South, don't they, at Athens, not Greece but Georgia, not U. S. S. R., but U. S. A.? At the rate we're going, apolqgizing for even living, almost, we'll be the Hah vads'of'the South.-But don't sell us short, suh, a Johnny Reb can lick nine Yanks. Anv day!" How come the Yanks burned Atlanta up while Scarlett OUara was burning Clark Gable up, if one Reb could whip nine Yanks? "Unfortunately," The Horse sighed, "there wiu ten Yanks there. But speaking of Irish Scarlett OUara, I see where it was another Irishman invent ed, or concocted, Georgia. Yeah, a character named General O'GIethorpe, I see it was." I hope The Horse sees our chances better than he does O'GIethorpe! YOU Said It Cheers For The Cheerleader EDITOR This is an open letter to Les Jenkins and a reply to his letter, Loud & Clear, which appeared in Sun day's The Daily Tar Heel. Perhaps, if you had the true Carolina Spirit and were cheering along with Jim Fountain, you ' wouldn't need that "break for your ears." We think that he and his crew are tops in spirit! You asked for "pep yells." Remember that a yell is as peppy as the students behind it. Have you ever seen or heard a better yell than Saturday's answer to Jim across the field? And another thing: How many years has it been since the Carolina students remained after a game still cheering their team? Our cheerleaders are not trying to put on a "dramatic" show; they are there to put spirit be hind the team. We think they're doing it! Jess Carroway, Betty Jane Harris, Kathy Widman, Jane Kelly, Jane Sox, Landy Lewis, Carolyn Whit, Sara Usher, B unity Overholt.
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