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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR'HEEL SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1953 Halloween In Korea The Long Of It Baidmaster Johnny Long gave it the old ; college try Friday night and long after the hoarse-voiced are speaking normally again Johnny will be remembered for putting pep into a pep rally. . " The personable band leader and his Cottonpicker Five gave students three-quarters hour of rally music, even, though the musicians were tired from a day's travel and an afternoon's concert and still had a dance to play in the evening. Long's spontaneous demonstration, which friends here say is characteristic of him, made Friday's rally one of the best ever held. Thanks, Johnny. YOU Said It Even though this particular cow has been milked dry, I cannot restrain expressing my delight and admiration for Mr. Ed Ramsaur's amiable afid ecstatic, though insufficient and rash, rebuttal to my Ptomaine Lamentations which appeared in The Daily Tar Heel. Mr. Kamsaur must be an amiable person indeed to be satisfied with just any sort of food that hap pens to be thrown at him. The stale biscuits we daily munch are ambrosia to Mr. R's mouth! May I softly and unpugnaciously suggest that Mr. Ramsaur's taste buds are either perverted or defective or deranged? Ergo, his taste buds are not like my taste buds! The criterion Mr. R. utilizes in forming h!s judgment is not known, but if he is comparing local food with food served in the Army, then I shall be happy to join with him in praising and eulogiz ing our comparatively exquisite food. Widespread pungent opposition has been par-. ticularly aroused by certain unprincipled restau rateurs who know that they have Carolina students over a barrel, and consequently can not refrain from demanding and extorting their pound of flesh in the form on an insatiable desire for the mangey dollar. , t , Mr. Ramsaur exhibits a State College mentality -when he suggests that I, a Carolina man, slfculd cultivate " a plot of campus ground and raise my own food! In response to this juvenile recommenda tion, I will not vindictively suggest that Mr, . R. go to the top of Bell Tower and jump off. ... - c I wish him to live on and eat . on! so he can entertain us with more ill-considered letters to the DTH in inexplicable and bizarre-defense of hog swill. , Robert Cv Smith Attention Letter Writers The Daily Tar Heel invites its readers to write letters to the editor. They must be signed by the witer with his name and address. It is preferable that they be typed when possible. Which Way? CPU koundtable The official student publication of the Publi cations Board of the University of North Carolina, where it is published daily except Monday, examination and va cation periods and during the official 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. ?! r Site of rti Urtieiity. :.vfv ft i w" tj 'i". 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. Sift. Mgr. Asst. Business Mgr. Society Editor Ken Sanford Ed Yoder Jennie Lynn Vardy jBuckalew Tom Witty ,. . Dan Hogg Bill Venable : Syd Shuford Advertising Manager Eleaner Saunders . Jack Stilwell Tonight at 8 o'clock in the Grail Room of Graham Memorial the CPU discusses the question "What Course Should the Dem ocratic Party Take in the Election. Next Year and in 1956?" The Special election to fill a Congressional vacancy in the ninth district of Wisconsin has created quite a stir in both po litical camps. The ninth district, which has never sent a Demo crat to Congress, not even . dur ing the high tide of the New Deal era, last week elected one to Congress. Traditionally the party out of power gains in off year elections; however, never has there been a similar situation as the one which now confronts the Repub licans. Their victory, last Novem ber was a personal triumph for General Eisenhower but a very meager one indeecLfor the coat tail riders of his party. Thus the Democrats may very easily e merge from the 1954 election in control of both houses of Con gress. The question then arises, whether or not the Democrats want the responsibility of con troling Congress with the oppo sition in the executive saddle. There are two views in the Dem ocratic Party on this question. One is that the party bosses who fear that control of Congress will weaken the party's chances for 1956. They feel that the major cause of Gov. Dewey's defeat in 1948 was the do-nothing Republi can 80th Congress. In the other camp are those who feel that the best interest of the nation as a whole than the possibility of defeat in 1936. This group firmly believes that the Democratic Party offers the best program for the nation, thus should accept any responsibility that is in the nation's, best inter est. The weakness of Gen. Eisen hower's leadership is obvious ttr all. The division within his own party must certainly be disheart ening to him. The question is whether or not the time is ripe for the Democrats to capitalize on the present Republican delim ma. DAVE REID. Washington Merry-Go-Round Drew Pearson WASHINGTON Down in he doesn't understand these prob- southwest Missouri the other day, : lems, that he has a right to dele- an Ozark farmer, looking out at gate farm decisions to others, his parched fields, summed up; However, they do feel bitter at drought and politics this way, "I remember the drought we; had back in 1930 when Herbert Hoover was President. It was so dry here and down in Arkansas that the tree toads hardly stayed alive. And Senator Thad Caraway began hollering about it even louder than the tree toads. They was too weak to holler much. De spite the hollering,. President Hoover wouldn't do anything. He sat and thought. And the louder the senators hollered the more he sat and thought. "That drought, was. the begin-. Inspiration C. T. Andrews We were both impressed and inspired on a recent Surfday morning at the Methodist Church here when a Korean student at the University sang one of our favorite religious solos, "How beautiful Upon the , Mountain." First of all, we were impressed with the clearness of tone, and the lack of the Oriental accent. His facial expression made 'lis feel he was singing directly to us. And last, we were quite hum le at the realization that a boy from Korea would sing a solo in English in an American church. For the Korean, we know it took much practice and tireless effort to prepare his presentation. We admire him much for this. Then, too, we admire the person or persons whose idea it was that the young man sing. It certainly promoted the idea that Christian ity is an international belief. Our first impluse at the end of the solo was to applaud. Thijf not being the proper thing to do in a holy sanctuary, we refrained. However, it must have given the soloist much satisfaction to '--A-:' ning of Mr. Hoover's trou ble. The farm ers just didn't forget how he sat in the White , House and did nothing when their farms were being sold at auction. And I don't think they'll forget a couple of years from now either." This opinion is probably a lit tle stronger than that of the av erage farmer but not much.: And when 17 per cent of the far mers using REA electricity In Howell County, Missouri have, their meters taken out because they can't pay their bills; and when 100 families move out of Taney County; and when dairy men are selling half their herds to keep the other half alive, you can understand why they are bit ter. They are not particularly bet-' ter against President Eisenhow er. They, feel that, as a soldier, see the glistening eyes that we saw during his performance"! We extend gratitude for those few inspirational moments ft Mr. Charles Kim, a University of North Carolina student from a war-torn Korea. his Secretary of Agriculture. Much of this bitterness may be unjustified nevertheless it is very real, very potent, and will be a very definite factor in the next election. Skipping the reasons for Ben son Bitterness, . however, let's take a look at the stark tragedy the drought-ridden farmer is up against. It happened that Mother Nature was most niggardly with rain over a wide part of the Unit ed States this year. The niggard - liness extended all the way from Massachusetts through Virginia and Maryland to Oklahoma and Texas. But no part of the country has been worse hit than southwest Missouri and adjacent Arkansas, where only one good rain has fallen since May 17. In this area, dairy cows usual ly worth $300 are now selling for $50, simply because farmers can't afford to feed them. It costs $42 for a ton of hay, and since two tons, or $84, are necessary to car ry a cow through the winter, some of the finest herds in that part of Missouri are being deci mated. And with each herd shipp ed to market the price has edged down just a little bit further. After long delays, hay relief finally was arranged by Secretary Benson. It came, however, after senators Hennings and Syming ton of Missouri had spent weeks bombarding the White Houes and telegraphing Secretary Bensofi. And when it did come only $10, 000,000 was allotted to 13 stated, whereas Missouri alone will need about $15,000,000. Meanwhile, loan restrictions have been so tightly drawn that in some counties farmers cannot get drought loans unless they are virtual paupers. Nor can they get loans if their wives, in order to save the farms, go to work teach ing school, or their boys go into town to work. This is where the resentment against Ezra T. Benson comes in. The Secretary of Agriculture is not really to blame for the oper ations of county relief commit tes. Farmers also realize that prices started skidding before he entered office and, finally, they don't blame him for the lack of rainfall. But they do remember that when drought hit these same sec tions last year, Secretary of Ag riculture Brannan stepped in with a hay program almost before protests were registered and arranged for the railroads to haul that hay at half price with the government .absorbing the other half. " In. contrast, . Senator Hennings of Missouri broughtjoutthe fact that the railroad offered the same 50 per cent rat to Benson as early as July 1, but he hugged this secret to his bosom. And said nothing about it until two weeks ago. Most of all, however, farmers resent Benson's speeches. To them his warnings that he's go ing to abandon dairy supports and his foreboding about other price supports are like rubbing salt in open wounds. Further more, he seems to have a depress ing effect on prices. Whatever may be the reason for this depressing effect, the -farmer reads speech after speech by the Secretary of Agriculture predicting that the price of cattle is going up, and each time he makes a prediction the price goes down. "I think the general undertone of livestock prices is substantial ly sold," said Benson on Feb. 5. Beef prices were then $19.70. "The beef market is pretty sta ble. It has been strengthening," said Benson on Feb. 27. But by this time prices had dropped to $18.80. "There has been a very marked increase in livestock prices," said Benson on March 2 despite the above decrease. P O G O i err another esHCH MAPg If 60N & A SUtt'MtFFi U-NivPKsrry- IT- , OH MY SpgCIALf ""AA 19 A SPECIALIST Of I WASN'T Yu cwr JKNOVV& Y: WHAT 9 ' O&Z CHuzaMi roue ePBClAUY? OPPN I WHAT' TOU ON TH& INSlPg OF INSIP0 ITUK! VO?t. I 6OO0 r-?jo KNOW. ff) i i use v fWt wi i rie 1 M EDITORIAL STAFF Bill O'Sullivan, Ron Levin, Harry Snook, John Beshara, James Duvall. NEWS STAFF Jennie Lynn, Joyce Adams, Dan iel Vann, Anne Huffman, Fred Powledge, J. D. Wright, Jerry Reece, Jahie Carey, Richard Creed, Beverly Blemker, Ted Rosenthal, Jerry Epps, Jess Nettles Ronnie Daniels, Tom Lambeth, Charles Kuralt, Ann Pooley, Babbie Dilorio. BUSINESS STAFF Al SKbrtt, Dick Sirkin, Dave Leonard. SPORTS STAFF John Hussey, Sherwood Smith, Jack Murphy, Rooney Boone, Larry vSaukders. PHOTOGRAPHER Cornell Wright Night Editor for this issue: 'Kea'Saniwd A B N E R MAH PAPPY WILL BUY VO' FO'ME. AS A WEEPIN' PRESENX FILTHY PHIL-IFAH KETCHES A HUSBIN IN TH'SAOIE HAWKINS DAY RACE -MISS McSWINE-UNPER ALL THET MUD,VO'IS BOOTtFULfT yo KIN HAVE ANY BOY YO' WANTS 1 . I BUT, OH, MIS McSWINEfr-THAR ONLY ONE BOY WHAT WANTS ME NAM ELV, TYRONE SHOWER. HE'STH'ONLV BOY ON EARTH WHO APREE-SHE-ATES MAH.sUiP.r- FIGGER.- SO.DONT TRUE!-BUT.lM. NAB HIM J BE EASY TC KtTCh Carolina: a 3rd Choice Ed Yoder- Contrary, perhaps, to popular opinion, Thomas Wolfe didn't originally plan to come to Carolina. Though he was to be, first, one of her best knowYi undergraduates and, later, one of her most illus trious alumni, Wolfe did not choose to go to his own state university. His first choice was Princeton, due perhaps to the influence of his father. William Oliver Wolf?, himself a native of Baltimore, like his counterpart of Wolfe's novels, W. O. Gant, had a habit of ex pounding upon the romance of the North. So his son always felt that above the Mason-Dixon's line there lay an almost other-worldly charm. This probably accounted in part for his longing to go to Princeton. Naturally, too, Wolfe was beset by a dab of the egotism that often besets the young and promising. It could have been and this is onty conjecture that he considered himself somewhat superior to the offerings of a deeper-southern and less pretentious (thougn excellent) school. Wolfe finished at the North State Finishing School in Asheville when he had just come to-the impressionable age . of 15, Immediately, the prob lem of where he was to complete his education arose. There was, for one good thing, little hesita tion about sending him to school. His gift had been recognized early. The novelist always described his family as "not the university going kind of people." It was true; not a single member of the Wolfe family had an education to approach ' what Tom ultimately received. The dream of Princeton was finally dashed to a thousand pieces by Julia Wolfe, who could pic ture the enormous bills that would pour in. Not only was Carolina not first. It was not even second choice, as that place was held by the University of Virginia. Here his father stepped in. He didn't like what he had seen of the ostentatious atmos phere that hung about this school. "You belong to North Carolina," he told Wolfe. ' "And you must go to Chapel Hill. And that's a good school." . So Thomas Wolfe entered the University of North Carolina in the fall of 1916, along with sev eral classmates who were li&er to prove outstanding literary mettle. Paul Green was there and so was Jonathan Daniels, who, like Wolfe, was destined for the editorship of The Daily Tar Heel. Tom's own fictional record of his freshman year and accounts others have given have it that he was not overjoyed with Carolina. There was a fairly potent set of circumstances working against him. This was the first time he had ever been separated from the garrulous and gregarious Wolfe fireside. Loneliness was a mania with him. He didn't care much about the way he dressed. He owned only a few suits and they were unkempt. About the only thing that saved him from, the condemnation of unconformity was that he was going to a school where people were judged more by the cut of thfir minds than of their clothes. It seems, too, that he ran into some disappoint ment with his school work. Though he later made excellent grades in the graduate school at Harvard, those he attained at Carolina were not good at all. This is not to say, however, that he could not be a flashing student when he chose. But it remains that scholastic distinction was about the only dis tinction he lacked when he left here. When he viewed the opening act of his college career in retrospect through the eyes of Eugene Gant in Look Homeward Angel, he saw it through a gloomy screen. Eugene Gant, apparently, felt himself treated with pathetic, though well-deservfd, injustice: "As he walked across the campus, he heard his name called mockingly from a dozen impartial win dows, he heard the hidden laughter, and he ground his teeth. And at night, he stiffened with shame in his dark bed, ripping the sheet between his fingers, as, with the unbalanced vision, the swollen ego tism of the introvert, the picture of the crowded student room, filled with the grinning historians of his exploits, burned in his brain ... He saw himself in his clown's trappings and thought of his former vision of success and honor with a lacerating self contempt." This quotation presents a definite contrast to the Carolina student he became later: "Genius, Young Shakespeare," and probably- the best known campus wheel of any day. Heavy Education (From the Durham Morning Herald) Modern schools may be seeking to make educa tion less burdensome for the -schoolboy, but it works' in the opposite direction in the matter of his books. Today's youth trudges to school (or does he truSge to school these days?) wit5i a far heavier load of books than his sires of a century and of two cen turies ago. That may seem strange, in the light of all the criticism directed at some modern schools for stres sing intellectual attainment less and various forms of manual activity more. Yet it is true enough. The youngster of 1753 had only a few textbooks, and they were small and slender. The youngster of 1953 had a few more, somewhat heftier, but not too heavy, thanks to such writers as Noah WebstPr and William H. McGuffey. The youngster of 1953 has many books, some of them quite voluminous. The growing load of school books prompted a University of Pittsburgh professor, John Nietz, to do some weighing and counting for comparative purposes. Professor Nietz found that a typical sixth grade pupil today uses eight textbooks and four supplementary pamphlets, which contain 3,115 pages and weigh 11.5 pounds. The pupil in the equivalent of the sixth grade two centures ago used the New England primer, occasionally an arithmetic text, and perhapi aTsalter. In the three were 272 pages, and the combined weight was about six ounces.
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