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1 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1951 THE DAILY TAR H11L PASS TWO i - The Quality Of Mercy The Daily Tar Heel is emphatically in favor of the leniency bill introduced in the student Legislature last mht. The student body and its leaders should welcome this modification to the honor system rules. We refuse to accept the idea that a light ening of the penalty would make the honor system an edifice of straw. Leniency will strengthen the system; for it recognizes that a code of honor thaws its vigor not from punishment but from prevention by the force of conscience. Violations with which the Honor Coun cil must deal, those which not baseness ot . character but human frailty breed, are pun ishment in their, very realization. Except for a few habitual and hardened cases, to ward which; the Honor Council will still be empowered to act with due severity, first offenders, we suggest, learn their lesson in the recognition that they have sold out their codes ol personal honor. Most important of all, a change in the penal system will-find that its value depends upon die spirit with which it is met Len iency will avail little if it comes begrudg ingly from those who sit on the judicial boards. The quality of mercy is not strain ed. ... It blesses him that gives and him that takes. Arthur Godfrey & Old East Dorm We invite your attention to the photo graph below. --It is a picture of a television antenna, the., new roof-top phenomenon of the national countryside. You find them everywhere atop Park Avenue apartments and Pennsylvania farm houses and tenement houses close by the Chicago el. Hut this one has given us cause to pause. For this one is buckled to the ancient roof of Old East Dormitory. There it is. You can see it as you stroll the historic oath past South Building an aluminum monster towering, even above the old brick -chimneys, a thing admirably designed for the reception of Arthur God- Carolina Front. 'Hold Everything, Fellows' It's Not Really The- Blues, But Plain Yellow " Louis Kraar IN THE past few years stu dents, educators and writers have been singing a blues song. And while the harmony hasn't always been perfect (as in most blues songs), the words have been in unison. And the words have been true. V There is little room for free dom of expression. Few speak their minds jthese days. And it is hard to disagree without be ing called "disloyal." (These are the mournful words to the blues song. And they go on and on! Here at the office, I notice that fewer people are willing to sign their let ters or even writel thjem, for that mat ter!. Ail inves- llgcll,ux 1 I U III j fhte Airjmy " comes around from time to .S time and in " " t spects the earl ier writings of students applying, for security clearance. And a column headed by an unknown person The Ram appears in the paper. PERHAPS IF free people are afraid to use their freedoms, they really don't have any free dom. All of this brings me to what I found on the bulletin board of the office this afternoon a roughly scrawled note in red pen cil. The note said, "The obvious odor in here is due to the corpse of Honest Journalism, who died in this office three weeks ago." The note was unsigned. t t J I -4 hey, but without symmetry or form; a gadg et interrupting- the classic, simple lines of a beautiful building. It is really too late for protest. The work man's job has been well performed, and there is no questioning the dorm-wide pop ularity of television. This symbol of the new Phillistiiusm. we suppose, will be with us lor the century or two that Old East has yet to stand. So this objection is just to record, for whoever may' be interested, the time when they bolted ''an antenna with tenna-roter to the top of the oldest college dormitory in the land. The official student publication of the Publi :ations Board of the University of North Carolina, where it is published Ohapcf I (M Site of thr VnivrrMty N.irth t'irol(0 vttuh ftr$ 3Ttwd it door ' m Iitmuu y ' 7$ daily except Monday, Examination and vaca tion periods and dur ing the official sum mer terms. Entered a3 second class matter at the post office in Chapel Hill, N. C, un der the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates: mailed, $4 per ear, $2.50 a semester; delivered, $6 a year, $3.50 a semester. ' Editor CHARLES KURALT ManagingKditor FRED POWLEPGE AssociauT Editors LOUIS KRAAR, ED YODER Business Manager AL SHORTT Sports Editor TOM PEACOCK 0fF j -"V Oil's Congressional Harvest Drew Pearson News Editor , Jerry neece Society Editor ... . Eleanor Saunders Assistant Sports Editor Bernie Weiss. Circulation & Subscription Mgr. ... Dick O'Neal Advertising Manager Dick Sirkin Assistant Business-Manager Tom Shores Photographers -- ------- Cornell Wright, R. B. Herley BUSINESS STAFE .... Bill Bob Peel, Frank Wilson Jack Wiesel. Night Editor lor this Issue CHARLIE WOLF, a campus politician who takes his job more seriously than himself, ,-was "only kidding" Monday night at the Student Party meet ing when he refused to read a report because a reporter was : present. According to the report of the meeting in the paper, Wolf started to give a report on for mulating a plan for preventing executive sessions. Wolf asked if a reporter was present, and when told there was one stop ped his report. According to Jim Turner, a Student Party member, Wolf's report wasn't even ready. He was "just kidding the reporter" when he got up. Wolf has a good sense of humor, and he may have been just kidding. THE FIRST collegiate panty raid was attempted this year at Cornell by the freshmen. And, like most of the stupid things, it failed. The coeds poured cold water from their windows, dam pening , the would-be raiders "both in spirit and body." THE BOYS going to the Ave rett College this Satui-day night know two things about their dates: Their names and their heights. "What more do you need?" asked the boy in the Y who was signing them up. EVERY STUDENT Wants to Buy the Blanket Tax," accord ing to an advertisement in The Daily Texan. I guess they mean for those fall beach parties. STUDENT Legislature please note: A mysterious . stranger, clad in a black robe and mask, broke into the University of Oklahoma's student senate and slammed a roughly scrawled message before the president of ficer. Then the masked stranger, who had a knife in his hand, turned and escaped in a car. The Aggie student solonsi were so surprised that they did n't even try to apprehend the masked intruder. After he roared off in his car, the politicos look ed at his note. The note said, "What is the senate going to do about the parking problem?" Apparently, though, the mask ed intruder had solved his park ins Droblem bv leaving his car - . - - - f In front of the building in which Louis Kraar the student senate met. WASHINGTON If you go down to the Interior Department to inquire about Secretary Mc Kay's plan to lease Alaskan oil lands to private oil companies, you'll find the place like a tomb. All you get are icy stares. Strict orders have been given that no Interior Department un derlings shall talk to a newspa perman. Reason is that generous Doug McKay, who has been more lav ish with the public domain than any Secretary of the Interior since Albert Fall's day, almost got' the Eisenhower Administra tion in stormy political water. The Interior and Navy Depart ments have 48,000,000 acres of oil land in Alaska, hitherto set aside for national defense, and McKay, together with Undersec retary of Defense Bob Ander son, has proposed opening up the area to oil companies for pri vate exploitation. What makes this so dynamite laden from a political viewpoint is, first, that many Naval offi cers oppose it. So do Democratic Congressmen and some Republi cans. Third, Underseretary An derson, who first favored the move as Secretary of the Navy, is himself an oilman. And though he is one of the most respected members of the Cabinet, his po sition as former Vice President of Associated Refineries in Tex as and head of the Texas Mid -Continent Oil and Gas Associa tion makes him vulnerable. Herbert Hoover jr. Finally and most important, it happens that the new Undersec retary of State, Herbert Hoover Jr., has long been a director of Union Oil and President of U nited Geophysical, which has had a contract with the Navy for exploring Alaskan oil lands. Hoover's company is more fa miliar with the whereabouts of oil in Alaska than any other. It also happens that Herbert Hoover Jr., was one of the heav iest contributors to Vice Presi dent Nixon's secret $18,000 per sonal expense fund. Further more, it doesn't look ' too good from a political viewpoint 'that 15 of the secret donors to Nix on's fund were oilmen. . Another interesting point, as noted by the conservative New York Journal of Commerce, is that the oil companies got every law they wanted through the last Congress. They increased, the public domain for oil and gas leasing. They got the" right to develop both minerals and oil and gas on the same public land simultaneously. And they put across certain improvements in leasing regulations. Go Slow, Ike Taken together with tidelands oil, there was almost nothing the oil industry didn't get. And When you compare this with the tions from the oil boys to the Eisenhower campaign, and then turn the 48,000,000 acres of A laska oil lands over to the oil companies well, no wonder some Republicans such as Sena tor Saltonstall of Massachusetts have warned Eisenhower person ally to go slow. Yet secretaries McKay and Anderson propose the Alaskan private leasing plan despite the adviee of Ray M. Thompson, long time expert for the Navy who worked in the Alaskan oil fields. "At least one major oil field, plus big reserevs of natural gas," is what Thompson says have been discovered in Alaska. "I do not believe you could dupli cate that record in the state of Oklahoma during the early years of discovery." Naval officers were put on the spot by the decision of their chief, Secretary Anderson, to get the Navy out of the Alaskan oil lands. Cross-examined at a sec ret session of the House Armed Services committee, Capt. Rob ert H. Meade, the Navy's expert, testified: "There has been a reasonable chance of finding a tremendous oil field. There is still a reason able chance of finding a tremen dous oil field. When we stop, it is still possible that someone else, ourselves or someone, de pending on the national policy, of course, might find a very substantial oil field in that area." The congressman who chiefly favored pulling the Navy. ou?'' of the Alaskan oil fields was Leon Gavin, Republican, who, signifi cantly, is from Oil City, Pa. Venerable Congressman Carl Vinson, Georgia Democrat, how ever, asked two questions of Na val Secretary Anderson. "Let's see what, you are going to do. We have a great reserev up there that we spent $40,000, 000 on," Vinson pointed out. "Now we are going to stop. Now what , are you going to do, just let it stay, there, or are you go ing to make contracts with pri vate enterprise to go in there and develop it?" "Oh, no sir," replied Ander son, "we will not plan to make private contract." "Do you propose to turn this land back to the Interior De partment or do you propose merely to let it remain in status quo for the time being?" "I would just propose to let it stand in status quo," replied the Secretary o fthe Navy. "If you decide to change your mind, will you tell this commit tee about it?" "Yes," replied Anderson. However, without telling Con gress or the committee, plans have been under way in both the Interior and Navy Departments to turn the two big Alaskan oil fields oevr to exploitation by pri hT companies. As a result of newspaper inquiries it's probable that the leasing of one oil field has oeen stopped. But -what hap- The Ram Sees long" list of political contribu-- pens later remains to' be" seen. The Ram Sees it as his unhap py duty to throw cold water on all the jubilation over the ad ministration "generously" grant ing us a holiday on the Satur day when we play Maryland up at Collitch Park. The fact a holida that Saturday is a holiday means that cuts on - both Friday and Monday will cost you exactly $2.50 per cut, so don't plan on making it a long weekend. How ever, if ye had not been given the "holiday" on Saturday, then you could have cut Friday class es, Saturdays classes, and may be even Monday classes (if the party was that good) without suffering too much, if you had saved your cuts. You've been had, and for some reason most of you are happy about it. We're not happy worth a darn. We're getting mightly tired of hearing people run down the way the football team played out in Kenan Woods last Satur day. So they lost a few fumbles and had a few passes intercept ed, so what? It was the first game of the season, and they should be. allowed a few mis takes. We won, didn't we? And the boys did a nice job of mov ing the ball when hey did have possession, not to mention the brilliant defensive work which saved us more than once when the Wolfack was knocking at the door. So phooey on you Monday morning quarterbacks who can do nohting but criti cize! BEAT TULANE! , We hate to keep cluttering up the limited space of this column with corrections, but the Ram, although xnot human, can have his feelings hurt, and he does n't like to be made silly-looking by a tongue-tied linotype ma chine. For the record, and for the benefit of those who might have appreciated the remarks in the first place, we repeat (correct version this time): If you go to New Orleans for the game this weekend, watch your pronunciation. "N E W OR LUNS" marks you as a native, "N'AWLINS" as a professional Southerner, and "NEW OR LEENS" as a damyankee tou- . rist. . - Ranie&es. Reaction Piece David Mundy REACTION PIECE seems to be the worst possible title that I could have chosen for the col umn. Behavior is supposedly made up of reactions to various stimuli. There seemed no more appropriate title for a column than an exact statement of what it was to be a series . of reactions to various situations. But the campus' little liberals, generally - a pretty confused olt anyway, have found a wonder ful opportunity to dub the col umn's views with their favorite dirty word,- "reactionary." The only other title I can think o f comes from Seven Brides for As Many Brorthers: "Lonesome Polecat." - BLANKET APOLOGIES are in order to the "administration." For long have they been the wrath-wreathed objects of cam pus politicos andor Daily Tar Heelers. (It is fun, I've found, especially since they don't fht ' back.) Politicos always have to hate someone, and newspapers have to write about something. South Building, the weather, and Mc Carthyism are the favorite top ics on a campus once noted for its level of intelligent conversa tion. A serious consideration of student-administration troubles shows the administration to have little room for improvement. Drinking IS forbidden, but by the trustees. We may lambast the administration for a "hypo critical attitude" on drinking, but they are really being as lenient as possible. Classes ARE required; else this would be a country club as our "Cow College" friends charge. We do have three men in a room and a dining hall that is n't too good. These, however, and the few irritating restric tions that we do have, prove themselves either necessary or unavoidable upon a close ana lysis. Admittedly, there ' may be' some pretty undesirable crea tures in South Building, Hanes basement, and New East Annex. But the much-maligned "admin istration" hardly deserves our harsh judgements. They haven't one fear, how ever. No one wants to be in their positions. The Eye Of The Horse - Roger Will Coe The Horse sees imperfectly, magnifying nthers . . Hippcrotis, circa things, minimizing omers. . 500 B. C. The new Old Well was ready for Consolidate! University Day, which. fell on September 2d, conv I My with the-day the new Tar Heel Foot ball Club fell on the new State College Football Club. The results of both unveihngs were grahlyn to UNC grads and undergrads alike, give or take a few thousand who pretend to view with alarm anything to which the majority point with pride. The Horse, however, sees an incongruity m sue an ornate shelter as The Old Well in . offering I, one drink-spout to the thirsty Couldn t a mx spouter have been substituted for the one-spoutcr now available? Not that a merry party was ever observed con gregated about a pump-handle to be sure; bat fonts of drinking-water, as wen as iou, ux at footbal , ,j rf ncfantlv increased lacimies LIUIl, Siiuum t ! r -d.-c tho rrmsumDtion ot waier games is to be encouraged, at least until colder weather sets in. . .when plural 'chasers wul be needed. It was gratifying to read; among the daily mis prints and typographical errata, that the Chapel Hill Police Department approves of the sobriety of the Kenan Stewdium stands, both pro and con. But let not our uniformed minions of The Law re main uninformed as well: Hemingway's "Death In The Afternoon" is proclaimed by the cognoscenti as a tome of horror, but it is (or so The Horse has been informed) as a record of a Daisy Cham Romp compared to being "Drunk In The After noon." On a warm, sunny day, that is. . .The Horse has been informed. Nightfall somehow accommodates itself to the shadowy world in which the enthusiastic potvah ant is wont to rubber-leg his vague and alcoholic course There is- something akin to indecency and almost' if not fully, obscenity in bibbing at Bour bon in bright, hot sunlight. Fishing, of course, i--excepted, many otherwise blameless Izaak Waltons finding constant recourse to the flagon necessary to their pursuit of killing inoffensive piscine life. However, at the risk of being listed as an alarm ist, we would venture a guess that the Dook, ugh. game may find the Kenan Stewdium more flatten ed and the Chapel Hill nolice less flattering. . . The Horse heard with neighs of delight that our late and great and good teacher of Political Science, Dr. WToodhouse, is teaching at a South Carolina' college in company of his good lady. Mrs. Woodhouse. Dr Woodhouse fractured a rule against teaching when beyond a specified age. Sad as our loss is, it would be to some extent mitigated if the profound legislators who came up with this bit of legaliz ing against Advanced Years should be inspired to invoke a like ruling against their own tenure of legislative office at a like age: perhaps such .laws would permit men with younger vision to see and to act to keep good teachers at work for the Old North State instead of driving them to furrin' pastures -of erudition. . . BRIGHT SPOT of the week was the Carolina Political Un ion discussion last Sunday night. The question discussed was "Resolved, that the recent Su preme Court decision regarding segregation will have an adverse effect on the public school sy stem of North Carolina." Only one person admitted that he thought the white race a superior one, and that chiefly because of its achievements. Another blamed the 'whole af fair on those damned Republi cans, their unfulfilled campaign promises, give-away program, and Ike's depression. Two members of the - Union declared themselves in favor of de-segregation, but argued half heartedly that there would be some immediate adverse effects. The adverse effects mentioned wrere such implausible ones as race riots, mass murders, and lynchings. Those arguing against the possibility of adverse effects re mained unconvinced that any would occur. They recalled that jails existed specifically for people who broke laws. Everyone .incidentally, agreed that North Carolina was a very progressive state. (Despite its ranking not far above Mississi ppi and Arkansas in most na tional surveys, excepting those for such things as aggravated assault. THE CAROLINA Political Un ion discussion this Sunday will , probably be as one-sided, but with a deeper ; rift in opinions. The question? "Resolved , that the Senate of the United States adopt the 'Watkin's Committee Report.' " Guests are invited to attend (8 o'clock in the Grail Room of Graham Memorial). -They are requested t o leave side arms at home. Joe won't be there, in persons - - The crowd at the nightly rehearsals of the Play makers' forthcoming production of Arthur Miller s "The Crucible" are mainly circus- and aquairium scouts observing the performance of an aged stu dent in the cast whe 'plays the part of Giles Corey, an almost equally aged character of the story. Giles succeeds in portraying a singing seal, what with his spoken lines and his intermittent bark-; due to a combination of heavy bronchial cold plus some asthmatic allergy aggravated by the currcrd dry spell meaning the weather, of course. . . If they had seals in late Seventeenth Century New England, Giles Corey is it in rehearsals. The bal ance of the cast bears up under the coughing fits patiently, if grimly. . . Mr. John Motley Morehead appeared simultan eously with the rain Wednesday afternoon, to bend an approving eye on the new sundial time-teller which is the piece de resistance of the Planetar ium parking area just off East Franklin Street. The rain came in good time, if UNC's benefactor did not. Let no, ugh, Dook students henceforth say that Tar Heelers cannot even tell the time. Rumor has it that Sun Dial 51 will soon appear on the list of courses offered hard-working scholarship students, who will take to it like Corn on the Cobb. . . The recent sudden, unexpected and untimely death of Chapel Hill Novelist James Street re moves from our scene, but not from our memoric-. a devoted friend of the University, a showpiece of the town's literati, a friend of the students", and an example of wholesome intellectual honest y to everybody. Jimmy carried the mirror to the men and to tl -women who needed to see themselves as cver body else saw them. Few men have helped .- many with so little public recognition. Few nu ri of more widely acclaimed works will be so mis.-ed as will James Street be. "Ave atque vale, Mr. Street, sir!" Quote, Unquote It is always a tragic thing when a men of great talent dies in the midst of his best and most cre ative years. Jim Street not only was a leader among thc writers from all parts of the country who came Chapel Hill to make Chapel Hill one of the center of literary production in the United States. Al he was a man who in Chapel Hill retired to nu ivory tower of literary production. In a very few years he had become a part of the place; he will remain an item of its tradition. Sometimes Jim Street was caustic. He wal al ways an intense man, outspoken in his beliefs, some times impatient of those who seemed to him fool or phonies. He despised cruelty, hated pretention -ness. But he easily and honestly loved people. 11c himself was an easy man to love as his popularity in his new home state attested. The less cf hi-: talent is not sadder than the loss of the man. - -Raleigh News and Observer
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