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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1953 Ufl -1 t .)"? aner Bra-Time Golfed 'Sports: ; t An Big-time college sports are a cancer at the heart of education. Long suspected as a ser ous disease, the ravages of intercollegiate ath letics become a certainty when state funds are tabbed for specific use as grants-in-aid to ath letes. What really hurts is that it has happened to us- One-fourth of the profits from campus stores has been given to the Educational Foundation. The University officially has joined the alumni and "friends" who provide the cash to buy better teams. Use of the term grant-in-aid rather than scholarship is significant. It is a plain admis sion that scholarship is not the criterion by which the awards will be made. Rules govern ing such awards clearly state that insofar as scholarship is concerned, only the require ment of "normal academic progress" must be met. Thus the dollar premium on athletic prowess is in the open at last. We'll miss the student with the curious mind and puny frame who otherwise might have received the benefit of these state funds. It is not just education's loss, but North Caro lina's. The Carolina Paradox The cleavage between educational objec tives and the demands of big-time college sports goes far beyond this single issue. The University teaches the value of truth and jus tice, then close its eyes to the many illicit deals between alumni and players. Students are told in lectures that winning is not the only goal in life, and then they go to their stadium on Saturdays to see teams battle not for the game, but for the win. School spirit deteriorates when students realize that the "honor" and prestige of their school depend not on moral character and academic reputa tion, but on the wins accumulated by teams of subsidized specialists. Big-time sports prob lems cost administrators and faculty countless hours of time and energy that might be spent in worthier areas. The players themselves cannot be held re sponsible for the situation. Rather they are the victims of it. ' Stubborn efforts are still being made to bring the inherent evils of intercollegiate sports under control. But such efforts are destined to failure by the lack of jurisdiction of the regulatory agencies. Dr. A. B. Moore, who is president of the NCAA and an ardent sports lover, sums up the situation neatly- He declares that college football should be abolished "root and branch" unless it is cleansed of "hyprocrisy, skulduggery and cheating." Then he goes on to say that a principal cause of these evils is, alumni under-the-table assistance to players, which is beyond control. A concise argument for abolishment, we would suggest, not of big time football only, but other major college competition as well. Points Of No Return Not that we're opposed to big-time sports but to educational institutions, especially our own, sponsoring them. As a million-dollar business having no connection with academic affairs, big-time sports are fine. Then there's no confusion of the win-at-any-cost philoso phy on the playing field with educational ideals. i Those who argue for big-time sports make many claims of contribution. It's entertain ment, they say. But is the immediate pleasure worth the long run cost? And the Tin Cup boys say big sports give the University rap port with the alumni which was worth a pid dling $33,000 last year, or just enough to semi-professionalize three strings of pigskin-ners. It's often said that only through intercol legiate gate receipts could we enjoy the fine intramural program here at Carolina. We be lieve in the merit of physical education as well as mental, but not at the cost of moral character. Besides, we believe it within the realm of possibility to finance intramurals through the University budget. Another argument for big-time sports is that the attendant prestige attracts students to this school. We would rather have fewer students who have come here because of our reputation for learning, rather than the many who come to cavort in a playboys' paradise. YOU Said it 'You Sure "About This Soil Conservation Program?' Editor: This is to register a public complaint about the checking service which is supposed to be in operation at the Y. On four occasions in the past few weeks I have been told by the lady who provides this service that because either there was no money at all available or that what money was there came in denominations larger than I was interested in, she was unable to cash my check. It is possible that these occa sions have been merely coinci dental, but in the event that this is not rue and that there have is not true and that there have so inconvenienced, I would sug gest that this service be discon tinued and that students use say the Bank of Chapel Hill instead, for in this way we would not rely on facilities which are apt to be unavailable. The alternative is to have more money in the till, along with a better selection of currency. E. L. Gates Jr. ("The lady," i.e., Mrs. Mary Maultsby, says she was unable to cash some checks for a while be-' cause the person who does the running to the bank became ill. The runner is nmo back in ser vice, according to Mrs. Maultsby, and she can handle anything short of a Brink's haul. Ed.) Editor: To Robert Pace's letter in The Daily Tar Heel of November 4, I give a hearty "amen." In the midst of such a time of doubting and unbelieving I am thrilled to see one brave soul dare to restate who Jesus Christ is. Washington Merry-Go-Round Drew Pearson Robert Pullman Editor: To Mr. Pace: Our class won the Bi-ble .... Pebley Ernest Barrow Editor: What right has the University to give away my money? The profit from campus stores should be used for the benefit of the entire student body. This bas" ic principle is even recognised by the armed forces. P.X. profits go into company funds to be used by the group from whidi the profit is made. In a like manner this $40,000 fund could be given to the dormitory funds or to Graham Memorial. That the money is to be used for scholarships can be justified. The training of exceptional stu dents is of benefit to the entire school. That my Coke money should be used for ATHLETIC scholarships seems to be gross mismanagement. The faculty Scholarship Committee should be made to justify its decision to " turn over $10,000 to the sub committee on Athletic Grants-iD-Aid. Allen H. Zelon (It was not the Faculty Schol arship Committee but Chancellor House who made the decision. The Daily Tar Heel story was in accurate in stating it was the for mer. Ed.) WASHINGTON A week-in-and-week-out scrutiny of what's happening at the White House inevitably focuses the spotlight on Maj. Gen. Wilton B. Persons as the most important man not only in the President's life but in influencing the major policies of the Eisenhower administration. It is the genial and affable General Persons who knows just where the President likes his pencils put on his desk, just what he wants to eat, what he wants to read, together with every presidential whim and fancy. General Persons knows, for in- 'ww- ft-wi stance, not to bring bad news to the P r e s i dent. He lets a civilian, such as White House counsel Ber n a r d Shanley, deliver the bad news. Persons follows later to cheer him up. Or he may let Shanley delay the President 30 minutes from his trip out to Burning Tree Golf Club in order to get a decision on the Taft-Hartley Act, and these disagreeable decisions are why Shanley has partly worn out his welcome with some members of the White House. It is because General Persons is so close to Ike that he has such influence on national poli cy. Every President, no matter how experienced, is something of a prisoner. He has to depend on the men around him. The minute he enters the White 5V llfctlii lUMliVifi House he can no longer stroll out to a corner newsstand to buy a paper. He has to read what his staff puts before him; he takes the phone calls they put through to him, reads the mail they sort out for him. The men around him mold his decisions far more than the public realizes. This was true of Truman. It is equally, if not more, true of a president with limited experience in civilian government. It was General Persons, a life long friend of Ike's, who acted as his buffer at SHAPE in Paris, who handled Army lobbying on Capitol Hill for .years, and who deftly and naturally settled down closest to Ike as the chief though unrecognized pilot of general White House drift. History will also show that it was t General Persons who sold the new president on the most tragic mistake of all postpon ing his legislative program until January. Every astute new president jams as much as possible of his program through Congress dur ing the first 90 days of his honey moon. He acts fast before the bloom can wear off. '33 Crop Ken Pru in n's too bad you had to be born in the middle of the .depression. Things were a lot better a few years before. But you did get to see a swell fight, nothing like that little fiasco we had in 1917. Lots of folks in my generation were worried about the world coming to an end then and there, but now if God throws fire and brimstone at you, you can throw it right back. I know it's tough this year with the draft board breathing down your neck, but Army life isn't so bad free room and board, med ical and traveling expenses, free clothes. Besides look how much bet ter your standard of living is now. Statistics show that more people killed in action have college educations than ever before. Another thing, folks live longer these days. Chances are you'll see 70. Just think what those extra years can mean carefree hours at the "home", all day checker games, a jet propelled wheel chair. The government has improved, too. When I was in school they didn't pay any attention to important things like a professor's politi cal views or what clubs people belonged to 20 years before. I'll admit that you young folks don't quite measure up to my gen eration's standards, but we left the world in pretty good shape for you so I wouldn't worry. P o G O MIZ MYRttf ttWPBP y pack an 0 1 QUICK WSSTB A SONS- MATE?- ouz eiesr play Ymey CAN Will HM lMUM ftSHTED SUBSTI TUTIONS AN' WCU. count, eo weupuav A TW&tVS' MAN HNS TUTIDNS AM WfiU. I A TW&LVS' 1 Aiin an ik 1 aw m 11111 u 1 Tg TUKgOF GCOA V NO. you is frigee 16 MNCH. o t&Tfcl MX HOOK6Y s t : rr r? OJrJEXW'OXEE I I ISN'T flCOUWT ) HM DWMTy HMM - 1 A GOT IT , GITTP0WN . l MMgv a .7 rwjsvKA Sri V7 mumi. J I C7 rii wit fiikw.w cAuse TrXo Got no I I iv s 1 1 iisi "nnr1 "' .tt: 'jw evM ai 1 . 1& I "( "J CANT 'AtMLWTTHiafegJtoZZ -U The Way Out In conclusion, we believe Carolina should withdraw from the big-dollar arena. This will, in one swoop, resolve all the problems of con flicting philosophies and practices in educa tion and intercollegiate athletics. Many will mistakenly blame the Admin istration, in the person of President Gray, for allowing the University to slither so far off base- The blame should be put where it be longs, on the Trustees. For the Administra tion is powerless without the concurrent wish of the Big Board. Let the Trustees act now to return integ rity to education in this state. TH'ONUV COPV O' TH' SADIE HAWKINS DAV RULES IS A B N E R 1 0ggl I AH STOLE TH' RULE KK-J I ONCE VO'HAS NABBED ) I ABOUTTH'AGEM Pll A BABV BACHELOR JO s I AiTTHAT INSTANT A. flASV BACHELOR WAKES UP SCKEAMH6'.' HON EST ABE IS ACTIN'NORRIEWT WHAT'S HE GOT TO WORRV ABOUT? The Eye Of The Horse Roger Will Coe ("The horse sees imperfectly, magnifying some things, minimizing others. . ." Hipporotis; citca 500 B. C.) THE HORSE was going sidewise down South Columbia when I saw him. His two pals, the Giraffe and the Frog, were emulating his mode of ambula tion with more or less success. I wondered what gave? "For too long the world has gone forward and backward," The Horse stated dogmatically. Itis time someone set the pace in another direction. Yes: but wasn't the net gam, or loss, the same? For example, one hundred feet along South Columbia sidewise', or forward, or backward, was still one hund red feet? "Are still one hundred feet," The Horse corrected. "Dr. Ull man would - not care for your plural nouns and your singular verbs. Additionally, we prefer exempli gratia to for example. It is not academic to have people know exactly what you are talking about." We were glad he had brought that up. What was he talking about the night of the Tennessee game in the Deke House? "Brother, I was a-listenin'," The Horse said. "It was Revelations night, or something. There was this here now Brer Deke who was apparently an expert on Religions, and he lay on a sofa on his back and opined most resolutely on any number of Religions, none of which, it transpired on cagy inquiry, he belonged to." Wasn't this sort of silly? "Don't be naive, Roger," The Horse snorted, bucking into the Scuttlebutt for their current ver sion of coffee. "Don't you know you can be most vocal on subjects wherein you are most uninformed? There is little limit to flights of fancy where know ledge impedeth' not. I recall a case in point wheft I was in the Hayviation Section, Signal Corps, and some four hundred pilots were treated to a gratui tous lecture ' on Flight Safety Regulations by " a paddlefoot." A which? "A paddlefoot," The Horse reiterated. "That is a sort of Service enigma which is a non-flying fly ing officer. A kiwi, if you will. A bird with no wings. This bureau of misinformation laid an egg which stated that it was advisable at all times to face the aircrawft in the direction of the prevailing wind when attempting a take-off. Incidentally, it was the sole recognized fact we were provided wi?h for the rest of his two-hour talk. It goes to illus trate what a fine line of demarcation there ft" between sense and nonsense." More, please? The Horse emptied the coffee into the waste-bin and munched the paper cup. "Ideologies and idiol ogies have a habit of becoming confoosed," The Horse expounded. "The thinking of idiots idiolo gies when stated loud and clear can be most con vincing. This is especially true in this modern world where we are possessed of two major types of humans, so-called: the stereotype, and the hys teriotype. Have you ever considered what the his fory of America del Norte, I mean might have been if Benjamin Franklin had gone to Hah-vahd, Thomas Paine to Oxford, and George Washington to William & Mary?" Was this original with The Horse? "Swiped it clean outa Doc King's class," The Horse unblushingly admitted. "There ain't anything Original worth talking about but Sin, and censor ship forbids that." We wondered if The Horse had any idea how many people who were unfortunate enough to read him understood him, or no? "Irrelevant, immaterial, and out-of-bounds," The Horse stated, ordering a Dixie Cup straight this time. "Where would James Joyce be if English departments understood him? Up in the attic with McGuffey's Reader. Heck, Joyce didn't even under stand himself, which is perhaps the best can be said of him." Yes; but why did they make transcriptions of him on records to play to the classes, in the most erudite universities? "Saves the prof's voice," The Horse shrugged, . "and gives some folks the impression that balder dash like Finigan's Wake spoken in a brogue is literature. If there's one thing I'm suspicious of it is a mystic, and if there are two things I am sus picious of, it is an Irish mystic. They should stick with their shillelaghs. Much more practical for opening closed minds, I say." Was The Horse a cynic? "What a stupid question," The Horse horse laughed. "Don't you know that a cynic is last year's Democrat? Me, I'm next year's Democrat. Gonna win, that is." That's what he thought! t 'et'o !ake a vote " The Horse suggested. "Mr. Nedcley? Mr. Wump? Which party wm win next FaltvCkIeA W3S ft3ring meditatively into the Faculty Slum Area while Mr. Wump was squatting inoffensively near The Horse. Mr. Wump inhaled swellingly but before he could even say ";VumPr The Horse had him under hoof and out of sight. Mr Neckley wagged his puppy-dog's tail nonfoiSJl "No dissenting voice," The Horse ruled, "so StTXSS?' 1 am a stickler for th elifved't'tf00' frm Mr- WumP and 1 w -relieved to see the sponge-rubber Frog reassume his more or less orthodox shape reasnie "Wump," Mr. Wump said.
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