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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1953
An Atomic Leader In Athletics
'Any Time You Guys Are Ready For The Second Half
Re-Emphasis, Not De-Emphasis
Although ours doesn't, there are
universities which recognize that
intercollegiate athletics do not be
long in the big time. One of these
institutions is Washington Univers
ity in St. Louis.
Since getting out of the big time
five years ago, Washington considers
its operation "successful."
Chancellor at Washington is Dr.
Arthur Holly Compton, Nobel prize
winner and war-time leader in atom
ic energy research. In his assessment
of his university's sane sports pro
gram, Dr. Comptpn says:
"The elimination of pressure on
the coaching staff has resulted in. the
development of. warm player-coach
relationships wrhich is reflected in
high individual and team morale.
Many students with little or no ath
letic experience have turned out for
teams and have developed into ex
cellent performers.
"The respect and support of the
program by the faculty has contrib
uted materially to its success. An in
creased number of parents have ex
pressed their gratitude for the oppor
tunity extended to their sons to par
ticipate in such a wholesome en
deavor." There are 'those who are desirous
that Carolina achieve this sort of a
sports program. Some of these peo
ple, however, see how big-time sports
has engrafted itself on education and
they wonder how Carolina can de
pose this pretender to the education
al throne. We suggest an appraisal
of Washington University's amateur
athletic policy which provides:
1. That intercollegiate athletics be con
sidered an integral part of the total edu
cational program of the university.
2. That the principles of amateurism
must be interpreted in the strictest sense.
3. That the policies governing the ath
letic program be established by the
corporation of the university and that the
chancellor be responsible ultimately for
the wholesome conduct of the athletic
program.
4. That a budget for the conduct of the
athletic program be allocated from general
university funds and that revenue from
athletic activities be considered a by
product, and not an end, of the athletic
program.
5. That the members of the coaching
staff be regularly constituted members of
the faculty, similar in tenure and in meth
od of appointment to other faculty mem
bers of comparable rank, and with quali
fications suitable to membership on the
faculty.
6. That in the amateur athletic program,
expert teaching and coaching must be -provided
by highly skilled, understanding
staff members who possess sound techni
cal knowledge of athletics, qualities of
leadership ' which appeal to student atn
letes, patience in the development of In
experienced personnel, and full agreement
with the philosophy of amateur athletics,
and that the employment and retention of
members of the coaching staff be on their
qualifications as bona fide members of .
the faculty with educational responsi
bilities rather than on the ability to pro
duce winning teams.
7. That admission standards, as an
nounced in official publications, apply to
all students ....
8. That eligibility for intercollegiate
competition embrace enrollment in an
undergraduate program leading to a rec
ognized degree ....
9. That the athletic teams of the uni
versity will be composed of bona fide
students ....
10. That no (italics theirs) athletic
scholarships or athletic grants-in-aid will
be awarded.
11. That athletic schedules include, in
sofar as possible, only those institutions
employing a similar philosophy or indicat
ing that they are working toward the
adoption of such a philosophy.
12. That every effort be made within
this structure to develop teams which are
technically sound, spirited, and vested
with the competitive urge which is such
an essential factor in the American way
of life.
"Critics of the program," says Dr.
Compton, "have termed it a move
for 'de-emphasis.' This is a false
premise, since the policies in effect
do truly 're-emphasize' the true edu
cational values inherent in the ac
tivities of the properly-administered
athletic program."
From The Daily Athenaeum
Looking Elsewhere
At the University of North Carolina, a
student group defeated an anti-discrimination
bill on the basis that "You can't legislate
brotherly love."
The proposal called for all campus groups
to eliminate discriminatory clauses from their
charters, by-laws, or constitutions. Specifical
ly mentioned in the bill were those clauses
relating to "race, creed, color and national
origin."
I The debate issue, apparently initiated by
students, was argued on the basis that dis
crimination was in conflict with the purposes
and spirit of the university and that it was
time for officials to take action.
The question was probably suggested by
the action taken by the state university of
New York in October which ordered all stu
dent social organizations to sever their na
tional fraternal affiliations and to eliminate
any "artificial criteria" in the selection of
members.
Although the North Carolina students
affirmed their opposition to discrimination,
the main reason for the defeat of the bill was
that it was "a bad way to accomplish a good
aim." For our part, we think the Tar Heels,
though mixing in a sticky situation, have
stomped their foot on the anti-discrimina
tion move's most vulnerable point.
Moving Finger
Charles L. Sharpless
Communism is a force opposed
to our way of life; it is evil.
Communism is trying to over
throw our government and bind
our nation in chains of oppres
sion. Therefore, if we wish to sur
vive, communism must be
stamped out. No one will dispute
this. The real problem is: How
are we going to eliminate com
munism? Our most glorious leaders In
Washington have decided that the
best way to unearth communists
is to investigate them. These
leaders operate on the well
founded hypothesis that the best
way to find out if a man is a
communist is to summon him
before one of their inquisitions.
Once they have their man be
fore them these infallible ad
ministrators of justice have but
to ask him if he is, or ever was,
a communist. Of course, if he is
guilty, the man under question
ing is expected to answer with an
immediate yes. This system is al
most foolproof, and it would be
perfect if all those who were
guilty answered yes. The only
Washington AAerry-Go-Round
Drew Pearson
WASHINGTON Both sides
in the Brownelr expose are now
limbering up their big guns for
action against the other. And
each side has some potent am
munition. The Democrats have dug up the
fact that Eisenhower, while presi
dent of Columbia, permitted his
university to receive $30,000
from the communist government
of Czechoslovakia ' to pay for
teaching Czech culture. He also
ok'd the receipt of $10,000
a year from the communist em
drawback is that once in a while
our most glorious leaders come
across an uncooperative commu
nist who does not understand
the hypothesis that the whole
investigating system is based
upon, and therefore he does not
realize his obligation to confess
his sins.
You might think that such an -uncooperative
communist could
make the whole system break
down, but our leaders have taken
precautions for just such an in
stance as this. Our leaders ad
vance the most logical theory
that anyone who does not answer
"no" to their questions must an
swer "yes." Therefore, if a per
son flatlyrefuses to answer their
questions, as is his right, he must
certainly be guilty. It is of no
real importance whether there is
any evidence against the accused;
the fact that he refuses to an
swer a question is enough to con
vict him.
We should all be thankful that
we have such wise, rational, and
logically reasoning men for our
leaders, for in this, the best of
all possible worlds, they have de
vised the best of all possible
systems for discovering communists.
bassy of Poland to pay for a
professor chosen by the Polish
embassy.
The Republican Jenner com
mittee, on the other hand,
aided by the Justice Department,
are busy digging into the manner
in which the U. S. Treasury and
the U. S. Army handed the plates
used for printing money in Ger
many over to the Russians with
the result that about $900,000,
000 worth of U. S. occupation cur
rency, printed by the Russians,
was redeemed by the United
States.
In other words, this cost U. S.
taxpayers about $900,000,000. It
is the Jenner committee's plan to
pin this on the alleged spy ring
' inside the Treasury.
The story of President Eisen
hower's use of communist money
at Columbia University was rath
er hotly debated inside education
al circles at the time and caused
one professor, Arthur Prudden
Coleman, to resign from Columb
ia in protest
It began with the acceptance
of $7,500 a year from Czechoslo
vakia to endow the "Thomas G.
Masaryk Chair of Czechoslovak
Studies." At that time Czechoslo
vakia was under President Edou
ard Benes and not considered
communist. At-that time also, Ei
senhower was not at Columbia.
However, the grant was not only
continued but increased by com
munist dictator Klement Gott
wald to $22,500 a year at which
time Eisenhower gave his ap
proval. Since the entire budget for the
Slavic Department was only $60,
000 a year, this meant that one
third was being paid at the time
by communist Czechoslovakia.
On top of this, Polish Ambassa
dor WfElewicz was approached by
Prof. Ernest J. Simmons with the
idea of putting up $10,000 a year
for teaching Polish. Poland wa
then completely under commun
ist domination. The Polish am
bassador agreed, on condition that
he could pick the professor who
would teach Polish studies at Co
lumbia. This was also agreed to,
and the professor selected was
Manfred Kridl of Smith College.
Eisenhower was not in on the
first arrangements for these pro
fessorships, but later ok'd them
despite threats of resignation by
other faculty members. This caus
ed the National Council for A
merican Education to investigate
the matter and issue a report ot
censure which read:
"In our opinion President Ei
senhower of Columbia performed
for Columbia and for himself a
disservice when he accepted com
munist cash. Only a very naive
person could think that Soviet
dominated countries had any pur
pose in endowing these chairs ex-
cept to propagandize for their i
deologies." The scandal involving the use
of American plates by Russia to
print occupation money in Ger
many was first revealed by this
writer in 1947.
At first the Army denied many
of the facts, but later an investi
gation by one Senator Styles
Bridges of New Hampshire fully
confirmed them.
What happened was that at the
end of the war, the United States,
England, and Russia all agreed
to print a uniform type of Ger
man occupation marks, and the
American Army, after printing
its own paper money, handed the
plates over to the Russians who
then proceeded to print countless
numbers of German' marks with
our plates.
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The Eye Of The Horse
Roger Will Coe
("The Horse sees imperfectly, minimizing some
things, magnifying others . . . " Hipporotis, circa
500 B.C.)
THE HORSE was squatted on the grass close
to the Y-Court. He didn't look particularly pleased.
"Wump!" said Mr. Wump, who was perilously
perched twixt The Horse's front hooves.
Mr. Neckley was staring non-
committally into an upper win
dow o South Building.
I wondered had he seen the
Dook game on Saturday, and was
that the key to his displeasure?
"Not the way you mean," The
Horse stated. "I'm not near so
burned up with our punting, or
the lack of it, as I am with many
other aspects of the game."
The Horse meant . . .?
"Well, take the cheering, if
you can find enough of it to take," The Horse
growled. "From what I saw of the cheer-leading,
the comely wenches were the one saving note in
that discordant and ill-timed exhibition of how not
to lead cheers. At least, they gave you something to
look at other than the cheer-leader's dental display
as he stood vapidy posturing and mugging up into
the stands. If you ask me, the only men present in
that gang were the women, though thank goodness
they didn't look the part."
Did he mean he hadn't liked the way the cheer
leader's golden-haired assistant had frisked and
romped about like Little Rollo at a picnic of ad
miring mothers and sisters? And it was cute when
he had locked hands with a cheer-leaderette and
had skipped happily across the field-
"Howja like the feeble peepings of the Band?"
The Horse snorted. "You ask me, the Dook game
was Goof-Off Day for everybody but the squad.
Attendance; cheerleading; the Band; the officiating;
the coaching; even the card-tricks."
What did he" mean, everybody but the squad?
"So, Roger me lad," The Horse reprimanded me,
"you are one of those who has raised Billy The Kid
Williams to the unenvied post of Billy The Goat
Williams? And who wonders why Teedee Bullock
was not used, or even Al Long, instead of Marshall
Newman? Ask Pork-Pie-Hat Barclay, don't complain
to me."
Well, it did seem odd. And why hadn't we used
Marcopolus steadily?
The Horse waved an explanatory hoof and said,
"Now, that's just what I'm getting at: A lot of our
trouble to-day, in this nation if not all over the
world, is our sterling ability to criticize anything
and everybody who chances to pass in front of our
allegedly perfect vision, and thus come to the at
tention of our amazing prescience. It used to be we
had experts who would speak their pieces on thissa
and thatta, and we would listen and either agree,
disagree, or take a bisque. Nowadays nothing is so
abstruse as to defy comment of a critical nature, and
by just anyone."
Yes; but who paid attention?
"It is a law older than that of the Medes and the
Persians," The Horse declared. "It is a law which
antedates Hammurabi by hundreds of thousands of
centuries. It is the law of 'You scratch my back and
I'll scratch yours.' It is a tacit agreement among all
strata of life extending from magna cum laudes to
Mongolian idiots, and it goes thusly: 'You listen to
my booberies, sans visible or audible disagreement,
and I'll listen to yours.' "
Well, so it was universal. Besides, how could
this be stopped?.
"The fact that romething is universal is not to
say it is desirable, or even fit and. proper," The
Horse shrugged. "War is universal, too, but that is
not to say it is desirable. To stop it is easy. Apply
Skipper Coffin's so-called Eleventh Commandment."
What was that?
" 'Thou shalt not take thyself so blankety-blank
seriously,' " The Horse stated one of the sayings of
the late, but still extant and always great, Dean of
The School of Journalism, alias The Bard of Bynum
Hall. "But this business of every man his own expert
stems from our insufficiency in the modern scheme
of things. No more is there a 'full' man in other than
the ABC sense of it. I'm not the man my father was;
and- my father is not the man his father was."
Then, how did The Horse account for modern
liigh production and improved comforts and facili
ties? Look at the blessings we had to-day!
"I've seen pichers of some of 'em," The Horse
said. "Comforts like the A- and H-bombs, flame
throwers, gas-chambers, electric chairs, bread-lines,
and the like. If you mean the industrial speed-up
well, most any one of us to-day can do some one
thing better than Pop could. But Pop could do dozens
of uiings fairly well that we would maim ourselves
trying to do just once. Subconsciously, modern Man
feels insufficient because his many-faceted brain and
abilities are warped to just one task, one function,
one limited knowledge, one ability. To make up for
this lack, he appoints himself an expert on all the
others. What is it you hear a man talk least about?"
Lodge stag-parties?
"No, a man talks least about his own business,
and mostly about everyone else's. He takes himself
too seriously. Because he is an expert hole-puncher
in a doughnut factory, say, he decides he has to be
an expert hole-puncher of Educational Systems,
Foreign Policy, anything and everything he doesn't
know a lick about and is not expected to know a
lick about."
Interesting! Now, what did The Horse know any
thing about? What business, for example? What
study?
"Wump!" said Mr. Wump ....
Others Say
Correspondences are like small-clothes before
the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep
them up. Sydney Smith.
Veracity does not consist in saying, but in the
intention of communicating truth. S. T. Coleridge.