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PAGE. TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL ' WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1953 'The Lamb Is 4 Still There. It's Just een Integrated.' lis The official student publication of the Publi cations Board of. the. University of North Carolina,- 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 250 a semester; de wiiere it is published daily" except Monday, of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates: mailed, $4 per year, livered, $6 a year, $3.50 a semester. CREDO Todd i , ., . .. .y . or u, Carols -opr ru-l !s tiers' , J ... ', ' in JUiuuy' ' Editor ROLFE neill Managing Editor LOUIS KRAAR Business Manager JIM SCIIENCK Sports Editor TOM PEACOCK News Ed. Associate Ed. Feature Editor Ken Sanford . Ed Yoder Jennie Lynn Asst. Spts. Eds. Vardy Buckalew, John Hussey Sub. Mgr. v Tom Witty Circ. Mgr. L Don Hogg Asst. Sub. Mgr. , Asst. Business Mgr. Society Editor Advertising Manager Bill Venable Syd Shuford Eleanor Saunders Jack Stilwell EDITORIAL STAFF Bill O'Sullivan, Ron Levin, Harry Snook, John Beshara, James Duvall. BUSINESS STAFF Al Shortt, Dick Sirkin, Dave Leonard. Night Editor for this issue: Fred Powledge. The Duke Chronicle The Negro Question .'The rat e problenvhi this country has 'ever By the time most of the stu dents at a university have attain ed the age of 18, or by the time they enter a university, their minds are made up either one way or another on most of the subjects they have encountered. It is the exception rather than the rule who changes materially after he enters college. He may not have decided on the form that their decisions will take, such as political party, church af filiation, career, etc., but the form is really oi minor importance. If the foregoing paragraph is accepted as true, then it follows that the most important educat ing influences in the lives of most people come before college. Formally, grade and high school. These are the people who shape the minds of the bulk of the pop ulation of the nation, inasmuch as teachers shape opinion. And unfortunately, they are perhaps the least prepared of all teachers to do so. They are un derpaid to the extent that it is more profitable to drive a brew ery truck, and overworked to the point that they often have to teach four classes a day with forty students in' each class, and correct papers for that many peo ple. Their training consists of a degree from the school of educa tion, not in the subject they teach. They may conceivably con tinue their education beyond the training they get in acquiring an A.B. but they need not. Consider the above facts, and decide for yourself. Would you go intohigh school teaching when you could ffrid a better .'job so easily?.' Wpuld.i you sacrifice bet- Oi.fi kw EKRtOC Washington Merry-Go-Round Drew Pearson been'tonet-of o$rnp!e'xHy.-v F-Sfci'iwly . is-tljis tet pay;and lewori&:sercice .-.y -. true In thearea in vhi:hDukeU1ni'versly is f toihuni8"hity? : , . ; WASHINGTON 1 V.'iMi-i1 ronHUrtffla'St.iik'Vk-ln i tliP-siinprinr nw-snn i tnirfPMdd.' in -, r.USh to remember student attitudes toward the admission ol Negroes to Duke served the purposes of being pertinent, enlightening and thought provok ing. While the results of the survey are some what surprising, they are results in which the student body can well take pride. Particu larly noteworthy is the fact that of the "Southerners" questioned, 56 answered in favor of the admission of qualified Negroes now. This is indeed an encouraging trend. It emphasizes what thinking men in the South have been contending for many years; simply, that everyone in Dixie does not hate the Negro after all. However, as interesting as polls are, they rarely bring about immediate changes. And in this case it would be best if the poll does not prove for awhile the impetus for a change in the admission policy of Duke. In the first place, the validity of polls lias always been suspect. Many people often record what they are not willing to practice. Furthermore, while the Duke campus is lo cated in the South, it cannot be said that the cosmopolitan Duke student body is rep resentative of typical Southern feelings. A university is bound by certain ties to the community around it. It cannot afford to operate in spite of the area in which it exists. And the fact is that the territory sur rounding Duke is not prepared generally to see Southern universities willingly be come non-segregated. . If Negroes were to attend Duke next vcar, it must be realized that they would not be treated as the normal student when deal ing ATith the world outside the Gothic gates. They would not be allowed to sit in the movies with their fellow white students, for one thing- Nor could they sit with the white students on the busses or cat with them in the downtown restaurants. Beyond the some times comforting confines of the campus, discrimination Avould be an ever present fac- tir 110 mnttfr what thf T Tnifrtltv rummnn. ' 9 - 1 ity attitude might be. In the South the Negro is the member of a not too pjpular minority, to say the least. He knows this because it is impressed upon him so often. Enrolling at Duke will not change his status either in his own mine! or the minds of many white students. All this leads to the conclusion that while the students here may well be ready for the admission of the Negro, the community in which we live, and to a certain extent, the Negro himself, are not ready for Duke to open her doors to colored students. He can not be admitted until the present Southern restrictions have had time to disappear appreciably. We Avant Negroes at Duke; we think it an inevitable step in the natural progress of society that they should be enrolled here and at similar Southern institutions. Titit most desperately of all, we want any new University polity which concerns the admis sion of Negroes to be a clear-cut success. In our opinion, the chances of immediate suc cess are too slim to justify the admission of Negroes next year or for several years to come. Time should be given an opportunity to solve, as it has before, a problem of such major reform. teach high school, when he has so. many possibilities placecL be fore him. He must take a series of courses in the school of educa tion fin this state, at least) which I have never , heard called any thing but dull. He must look forward to a car eer which has little or .no praise. He must meet and deal with par ents. He must satisfy the princi pal of. his school ,the superin tendent of the area, and what ever regulations are made by the state for grade and high school teachers. His personal life is sub ject to scrutiny that few persons in other professions woufd toler ate. He is expected to be above reproach by people who are not above reproach. Any person, es pecially one of superior intellect, must certainly chafe at this rig orous routine. Finally, he is expected to teach just like every one else in con tent and form. Conformity is the great ruler in elementary' educa tion. He must teach not what he thinks, but what the Board of ed ucation thinks. This is disastrous not only in the teaching profes sion, but to those who submit to that education as well. Surely our nation, the richest nation in the world in terms of potential re sources, deserves better than this. Certainly, the generations to come will labor under a handicap if nothing is done about it. Were I so tall to reach the pole Or grasp the ocean, with my span, I must be measured byTny soul; The mind's the standard of the man. Watts. Today, being Armistice, Day too briefly in pur. modern mad our heroed dead, let's 'take a brief look al'that all-important though sometimes forgotten goal of peace. In that connection, U. S. Ambassador Chip Boli len, considered one of the most astute observers in Russia, has been sending some highly signifi cant reports to Washington. If true, they are more ' important than what's doing on the farm front, the business front, or the political front here at home. It is Bohlen's view that Pre mier Malenkov has not yet sta bilized his position inside Russia, that he's worried over unrest a mong the Russian ; people, and that another purge is in the works, possibly against the No. 2 man in the onetime Russian triumvirate, foreign Minister and Vice-Frem?er Molotov. Malenkov is reported worried over Marshal Beria's rabid supporters. Some of whom are stiii lurking in Russia. He is also easing up the Krem lin's foot on theneck of the farmers and letting the people have more consumers goods all a sign of weakness. As a result, Bohlen has recommended an ex tremely important policy change by the Eisenhow er Administration. He advises that this is the time to press our advantage with Russia. Central Intelligence reports concur with Boh len that the Kremlin today is preoccupied with un rest inside its own borders, with holding the satel lite countries in line, and in raising the living standards of the Russian people. Furthermore it's highly doubtful Russia would start anything until her stockpile of atom bombs is larger. All this is why Ambassador Bohlen believes that now is the lime to press Moscow for political advantage. Later it will be too late. All this highlights one of the greatest failures of the Eisenhower Administration failure to formulate a constructive, aggressive policy to put Russia on the defensive and if possible end the Qold War. Never has a recent president had such oppor tunities. First opportunity was Stalin's death bringing the long-awaited moment when Allied ""ftiplomas said communism might be shaken to its foundation. That it was shaken was indicated by the second opportunity' the. purging, of . secret . police.-chief ;Beria another, great piece of Eisen-ho-fer JuekA ., . .. .V-. '.-'i 5 .' V "'Yet "riot one important move has been made to take advantage of that luck. Eisenhower was elected during a campaign in which over and over again he promised to push propaganda behind the Iron Curtain, to take the offensive in the Cold War, to press the drive for peace. John . Foster Dulles, making the same pledge, spelled it out in great detail, told how fhe Eisenhower Administration .would encourage "quiet revolution" behind the Iron Curatin. But when the big opportunities came in Russia they were fumbled. Exiled leaders from the satel lite countries : urged the president to call for free ..elections in Hungary, Rumania, Poland, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia. Under the Yalta Pact we could de mand free elections. But no demand was made. The one move made by the White House in this direction was highly successful food to east Germans.-But the -next move fizzled, thanks to White House inertia and carelessness. The State Department conceived the idea 0 sending old clothes to east Germans as a direct .gift from the American people. To spark this drive. Chancellor Adenauer was asked to send a" let'CV to President Eisenhower reminding the American people that German winters are cold and asking if Americans could undertake to collect old clothes. Adenauer dutifully sent the letter. It was re ceived by the State Department and relayed to Ei senhower, then relaxing in Denver. There the letter also relaxed. It collected dust in Denver for three weeks, lost in the shuffle. When"" discovered, it was so late that State Department officials were as hamed to tell the German Chancellor about the de lay. Finally, after a feeble White House announce ment, the clothes drive for east Germans was al lowed to die. Various proposals to take advantage of unrest behind the Iron Curtain have been discussed at lower levels. But when they get to top levels, noth ing happens. The chill hand of inaction grasps them. They never see the light of day. The men around Eisenhower are sold on the strategy of penetrating the Iron Curtain. They really meant it when they wrote speeches for Ei senhower's campaign a year ago. But they hsrve been unable to secure action at the top. Ml if. JtAUMM XM9M 8 r --WS lf ft i ' -f V IT PS OUGHT TO KPEPOUe BIG MOUTHS SHUT Alt THBifSHBI VBAZ UONS SO'9 W'PK4V& TO THINK OF TWO MINUT6 WOKTH OF wMcTKs N TO SA7 ON THS YOU Sqid K Sports Editor Sees Red Editor: So you would like for UNC to "withdraw from the big-dollar arena" of athletics. How absurd. First of all, you must realize that your "Tar Heels" are not a first rate team of any importance. Even your alumni in this section of State admit to that. Buf, permit me to say, it's old "foggies" like you who doesn't realize the importance of athle tics to any well-rounded school, that is to blame. You are pro bably the "mama's boy" type of person who doesn't have enough energy to do two consecutive push-ups without "blowing like an old bull who has been fro licking around with a young heifer." Why in the world don't you support George Barclay? He's a good coach and could put out some good teams with the right help and support. If you and your type of friends would trim the "pink lace" from your underwear and get the real UNC school spirit, you could do a good for the University. Your editorial hurts the Uni versity. Surely the communists' haven't infiltrated into The Daily Tar Heel, or have they? I am quite ashamed of you. . Kirk Kirkley Sports Editor Hamlet News Messenger L I i L A B N E R OH.lfW' AH WAS GOWNA HAVE A N-NEW MISSUS NO . V 5WSSTT -UM, BUT AH ) aL HAIN'T RUNNIN 'J TH'FRE-ttCK-HUN IS FO'HIM.?-EF HE GITS CAUGHT MEXL HAVE ANEW MISSUS VOKUM. HE'LL HAFTA GIT . VARS AFTER WANJT A t$'' TH'WEDDIN'IS BABY J-tf PUFFAWMEO- BACHELOR? ) fi" it becomes A liXsJr ? W- lhlJL?f A' e f Grants-ln-Aid Editor: Indeed! So Mr. Poole thinks that it takes more guts to play football than to get an A in a "hair-brained" -philosophy course. One. should' assume.; that, it also took less guts to. be a philosopher : and on- occSsion';;drinkHhe yhern lock for philosophizihg,'""th"ahr'it; would have taken to get out and cheer the young men of Athens as they went merrily along the road to war. Some of us attending the Uni versity spent part of our time getting out of holes that were quite comfortable, to move over ground that was unhealthy, and found that the motives and pur poses of life took on' a meaning out of proportion to the import ance and character of those traits inculcated on the intercollegiate varsity fields. I might point out to him that it has always taken more work and guts to think than it has to display one's brawn against another neolithic speci men. The purpose of a University, Mr. Poole, is to teach students to think rationally, not to encour age them to believe that football represents a way of life. It ap pears that in your case the Uni versity has failed. I think that a good varsity team is nothing to be proud of, when it is pur chased in the market, as is a Cadillac. The doctrine of con spicuous consumption is not sup posed to apply to an institution designed to train Homo intelli gens. You could probably have been as proud of the mercenary armies of Rome, bought and paid for at the expense of the more important functions of the State, ,as you can be at the play of ath letes induced to sell four years of their lives for the opportunity to scoff at the University which allows them to study the Theory of Games for Five Year Olds. We have some players who are earning their way through school by playing football. I suggest that these men, who are in nedd of education, would just as soon get a grant-in-aid for their schol arship, as for their build. As for spirit, you are quite right. The lack of enthusiasm in the student body extends to the inability to be stimulated by ex citing ideas, as well as to the sub par performance of our paid entertainment staff. This is too bad. I have not seen the football team cheer the best lecturer in Chemistry, however, or the most inspiring and provocative Phil osopher. Try again, Mr. Pu?le, but try to think first. Martin Roeder Others Say The march of the human mind is slow. Burke. Human thought is the process by which human ends are ulti mately answered. Webster. It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That makelli wrech or happie, rich or poore. Spenser. Barrow In The Corner EdiT0his seems to be my day in opposition. Mr Peb lev Barrow has had the- opportunity to present his atLk on Lord Russell; I hope that I may take up the task of coming to his defense. Sinfe by the writer's admission Russell has done no harm, it seems to me that one should not go footing for him with an elephant gun since hunt Signals that way is deemed unsporting. Mr. Bar row says tllat there were no atheists in foxholes, and damned few agnostics. I should add that th were very few rational thinkers in foxholes, at least on the basis of my somewhat limited, but genuine foxhole experiences. Religion, may be, in times of stress a very comforting pillar to lean on but as so many ex-communists would have us believe so ' is a faith in any doctrine which is unalterable, and promises that life and death have meaning To be serviceable it is not necessary that the doc trine be true; in our time many of the most com forting assurances have. proven false (I recollecf "Peace in our time," "Balanced budget, Two chickens in every pot," etc.) Lord Russell's argument is not in effect against religion per se, but against Religion with a capital, organized against heresy, refusing the right to de bate its tenets, and on occasion, persecuting those who have doubts. Since he has a widely inquiring mind and has trained himself to think more or less in non-emotional symbols, he has been led to the view that all assurances quoted in the name of divine inspiration may in reality be either false or meaningless. Many others less articulate than he have done the same. The ability to suspend judgment has proven a boon to mankind; on many occasions, when not faced with a life-or-death issue, it usually leads to a more correct answer, in terms of how to manip ulate nature so that one can achieve one's end. Since it is his soul (if one exists) which is en dangered by his thinking, it is his privilege to suspend judgment as long as he chooses. If Ire can make others aware of the element of uncer tainty in religion (which element is not taught in the Sunday School, and in few schools of religion) . he may receive help , in arrivingat his solution. I . say let him proceed, on his quest. - . By', following his' published precept's one' would ri-he. ratherjclbserrto theEthical -Patlv. of-. Christianity, i ;thw. byvuiiaC "refusing a man accused of deviation a chance to present his views. These ills have occurred among us recently; I suggest that followers of the Christ ian Love ideal of Lord Russell would not have been guilty of such behavior. Martin Roeder About Several Things Editor: There can be no doubt about it; the Tar Heel is a good thing. Every morning (if it arrives on time) it contains enough infuriating matter to set the blood boiling for a whole day. This is just fine except on Sunday when one must write a letter to work 01T the steam instead of taking it out on the professors. To begin with, the proof reading is miserable. No one expects a garbage wrapper to be faultless, but mistakes are frequently of sufficient magnitude, that the meaning of a whole paragraph is 4ost, per haps an entire article. Such errors as the misplaced caption under the top center picture on page four of the Sunday edition are unexcusable even un der the pretense of humor. Beyond this technical in competence you should be credited with an other wise adequate coverage of the most important cam us news with some helpful patched of national and international events. Your editorial policy is generally admirable if not always perceptive. For example, you do right in condemning the administration's policy in their al location of campus store profits to athletic aid. But if you are concerned for the academic standards of the college and an equitable distribution of these funds, why do you not question the basic issue of the source of these profits. Especially the dining hall and the bookstore should be operated at cost. Lower prices on food and books would perhaps be the best possible encouragement to prospective stu dents as well as those who are finding it financially difficult to stay here. ' Recently the matter of creeping Christianity has become an issue. It more or less started with Mr. Pace's letter. Surely no one would question the free dom of Mr. Pace to hold so selfrighteously his nar row minded, bigoted views. But it hasn't ended there; some have felt it necessary to cheer him on and others, quite understandably, to jeer him on. Now we are confronted with Mr. Pebley Barrow's efforts to refute the most eminent philosopher of the century right in the center of your editorial page and Miss Lilly Wilson advocating that this sort of stuff be dished out to us every day. Don't get me wrong, religion is probably a fine thing for Ihost' who need it, but it doesn't belong in this form in a newspaper. If it is not reslrictod to such reasonable items as that on the front page, your paper will take on that greasy, smug Readers Digest tone. It is not the Tar Heel's function to serve Pablum to the stu dent body. Another matter I would 'question is the policy of publishing every letter received, as you seem to do. Some are clearly written in heat and haste and do not merit they space they are given. (Please do not ieel compelled to publish this one either.) Mr Jim Poole is this morning's example of thoughtlessness. If he had paused a moment to con sider the matter he would have realized that your editorial policy concerning the athletic scholarships was not "sour grapes." He had onlv to wipe the sweat out of his eyes to see that your objection was to the whole organization of intercollegiate athletics on the ground that they were not sufficiently subor dinated to academic concerns and were a source of moral corruption as well. As for guts, Mr." Poole you are here to develop your brain and not vtiur stomach. If.more of the big time, big muscle athletes had taken some of those harebrained (not "hairbrained") Philosophy courses on ethics, they might have had the moral fortitude the "guts" to you to turn down the bribes which inevitably accompany big time, commercialized athletics. Nm Withheld By Rcqutst - -
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