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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 15S5 PACE TWO TH1 DAILY TAR HEEL The Petition Carolina Front A strange but Jamiliar contrast lies be tween the first and last parts of the state ment that accompanied the student pro-segregation petition to the General Assembly. Early in the statement we find high-pitched concern "for the Negro race and its place in society." In the course of the statement, unfortunately these sentiments falter. We read, in the concluding paragraph, that "we (the petitioners) would like to recall that our great grandparents faced a similar situa tion during the terrible days of Reconstruc tion, but after a long, hard and courageous struggle . . . they finally triumphed." Of rationalized stands against the Su preme Court decision of May 17 we have had no end. We have heard now that the decision will retard Negro progress fifty years; that the-Supreme Court has "legislat ed" and has violated states rights; that in equality should be preserved because ma jority opinion perhaps favors it. But, like the student petition in ques tion, if the stands run true to form they al ways hang on the same nail: What was "cour ageous" and right for our. great grandpar ent,, what was justified by a 19th Century siuw.inn, remains right for us in our own sllii.itit.ii. 'The petition called for state legislation jr. hibitin g "mixing of the races in any pub lic -'h.;l in the state." Any such action would be contrary to the calm "wait and see" attitude North Carolina has adhered to so far. And in that call for open defiance of the Supreme Court, we believe the petitioners are in a distinct minority, not only on this campus but in the state. The Daily Tar Heel finds it particularly unfortunate that such a petition originated in Chapel Hill, where much of the intelli gent Southern thinking on racial matters had its beginning. Before the year is over, During Exams Our Coffee Cups Ran Over '"g Kraar From Chelca Cop To Premier Bulganin: What Kind Of By Charles Kuralt r . Reaction Piece, M an: ? What manner of man is the new Soviet premier? A check of news paper and magazine articles dat- STUDENTS HIT the books ing from 1939 reveals the follow during exams twice . as hard as ing picture -of Nikolai Bulganin. . 1 Un 5c. r on vvritVi iir.ir .m1 11 11 in 11 mi H f)i ( rest oi tne xic 10 niui muu cca an 'J erm if y a goatee who has made a success 'of fee sales are 01 almost everything to which he ' V. 4ny indication. The Y cof :ee bar sold an lverage of 2,-JOO-2,500 cups of. coffee dur ing exam pe riod. That's al most twice as much as is usually sold. has turned. Successful versatility seems to be the key facet of his nature, reappearing time and time again. He had less than a year's mili tary experience when Hitler in vaded Russia. But picked by Stalin to be the Western Front's political commissar he shov&d that his administrative brilliance could more than make up for his Sales of No-Doz (caffeine pills lack of military knowledge, equal to a cup of coffee in ef- And long before this, Bulganin feet) also doubled during exam had demonstrated this ability in period. administration. In the late 1920's , he was a successful Soviet factory manager, though he knew little of engineering. A decade later, as head of the Russian banking sys- " NOTE PASSED from a coed tem, he turned in a creditable job to a boy in one of my .classes: despite his lack of knowledge in . finance. Without experience in "I want to have a long talk government, he laid a strong foun- with you at your convenience. dation for his future political rise I still can't believe you're for by becoming the most outstanding real. If so, I want t0 do a story Soviet mayor of Moscow, on you. I'll put you in my Journ- Shortly after the Bolsheviks ov- of the Plagued Years. s ----- i je5S- v. -jjr y- . - M- 1 B-sN 1 NIKOLAI BULGANIN the new face on the Vladivostok posters. NOT -BEING a foreign affairs ai oi the Fiaguea xears. crthrew Alexander Kerenskv'.-s government in 1917, the 22-year- ally in the matter of consumer ghtest attention to the always pre -old Bulganin became a membct goods. Mikoyan and Malenkov are sent party watchdogs who had to of the Cheka, the secret police a- reported to have believed, even sit meekly in a corner of the con gene which conducted the Red during the war, that more indus- ference room." we hope, the considerable majority of stu- r , mtle tc .Tav about rror" "e advanced in the Cheka; try ought to be diverted to manu- If that particular independence 1 . ... - 1 Apei I, 1 Iina llllie lO 4ay auoui anfj artvflnrmnt In thnea --Aava. factum nf civilian ffoods. eSDeCial- nt Rnlminin tc cHll HtK Jiim fKero the Formosa crisis except what n;eant the successful hard detec. iy . clothing. . may be more to the present So- Maj. General Bnggs declared at tion and punishment of counter- They apparently kept their pre- viet change than meets the eye. Shiloh: "Things look pretty bad revolutionaries. Ienienev and soft- iiirtifo aftpr fho war and Mi- Tn this Question, as to so manv. - w - jwuivv vtA.vw. w . - -r' -a. 7 "j-j . uvivi ,Aitki. x Kji. t.jy till, 1 1 M1UU1U kJsS llJ icu, iul uiiij Liiiit7 ou trJ uii aiiovvi. the Cheka. his job as Trades Council Minis- This much is certain: While Bul- ter less than a month ago with- ganin has never been very popu in days of Malenkov's resignation iar with the generals and admir yesterday with the admission of ais in the Soviet Union, he has In the twenties and thirties, his "lack of experience ... in na- been, since before Stalin's death, Bulganin held more than a dozen tional economy." jn command of the Red Army and jobs of inceasing influence and of , . . Malenkov's victory over Beria in widely varied nature. Stalin hand- DacK IO rrivaTlon . -952 was accomplished with' the dents who did not sign the pro-segregation petition will find a strong way to express their own convictions. The Supreme Court's decision should not be a signal for the sort of last-ditch pre judice shown in the student petition, but for a closing of ranks especially in a college community to find ways of putting the de cision into effect. Racial barriers should fall first in the universities; we believe they will And we hope this University may step to the forefront in this matter of Southern im portance, as it has in so many others. The 'Little Politburo' NEWEST DEVELOPMENT in the Woman's College hassle over the nude male drawing in the literary magazine came recently when the WC chancellor pub- picked . him for the job of keeping The 'Isms' Aren't Out At Socorry You may remember our printing, a cou ple of months ago, a letter written by Nor man Thomas assailing a personnel pamphlet of the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company. The pamphlet, in a "tips to employees" section, warned against unorthodox politics. "The isms are out," it said. And we noted that the pamphlet was among those on the shelves of the University Placement Bureau. Well, not for long. C. F. Beatty, director of industrial relations for Socony-Vacuum, has announced a change in the particular section. It is, he said, "contrary to our in tentiq,n and beliefs- Socony-Vacuum empha tically does not wish to limit freedom of ex pression on any subject. On the contrary, people who are accustomed to thinking for themselves, regardless of their conclusions, are essential to this country's continued pro gress in one of the most competitive indus tries in America today." A new edition, he said, is on the press. Mr. Beatty and Socony-Vacuum are in for congratulations. His statement leaves lit tle doubt that he means what he says, that the "isms" are not necessarily out at Socony Vacuum alter all. This sort of prompt atten tion to reactionary cracks in American in dustry's wall by industry itself is a healthy sign, and one worth noting. lished an excerpt from the stu dent Legislature's minutes Does-the. choice of Bulganin help of Bulganin's army. Bulgan- The WC student paper, noted this year for its lack of back bone, declared the jchancellor's action was "illegal." The charge was based on Roberts Rules of Order. "This kind of disregard of par- Russian troops from defecting and mean, then, a turning away from jr's position in the brief Malen- surrendering to Hitler during the the more relaxed economic po- kov-Beria skirmish was never in German advance in 1941. This licy of Malenkov and a return to doubt; he was on the winning side particular task was one at which, the heavy industry and privation from the first. Bulganin didn't,Nof course, really oicta of Stalin? , Authorities in. succeed; but he retained his po- Washington were guessing "yes" am R sition and then, later in the war, yesterday while adding the be- A New DOSS was further advanced. This seems lief that Bulganin is a front man to show that he made powerful for a new ruling junta, that his So xt was these jobs and for- f riends in the wartime Politburo election signifies a "spreading tunes nad these characteristics ..... r,A ;w,r.ee coHr. a r,,i nut" nf Snvipt mniHnip lpnHpr- administrative competence, a cer- dan'erou? when such "a Tihlv h nxt appointment from Stalin ship is less likely to take radical brought Nikolai Bulganin from coXversial iue t at hand bears out ?his supposition. warlike ,actio hthan a dictator telligence - which have now controversial issue is at hand . brought Nicholas Bulganin from and can only result in the grad- during the course of the war, mignt. Politburo director of armed for- , oi rioct,.rt; nf fho ct,j0f Stalin made Bulganin a member of This, of course, is nothing more PolitDuio director ot armed tor- Uai aeSUUCUOn OI me Siuaeni nM , n , , ofa rnKrv in chairman nf thp me state committee 01 ueiense, man specuiauou. rui- me umu - - an omnipotent body which made side, of the picture, there is the Council of Ministers, military and state decisions wilh- testimony of a Swiss business man They'll be changing the face on cut recourse to normal executive vho had extensive dealings wih the posters in the public squares and legislative procedure. Tha Bulganin during the decade be- today, and in the neat frames on members of that "Little Politbu- fore World War II. "His ways of local party headquarters walls ro" included Molotov, Beria, Ma- doing business and directing sub- from Vladivostok to East Berlin, lenkov and Anastas Mikoyan, in ordinates were as correct as those The deeper, more significant chan- addition to Stalin. of any well-mannered Western ges may come Itaer; and. later There has been some indication executive. He knew exactly what too, a clearer focus will emerge term and she -mAK-o ij emu xuixciin.uv mc touh.u nvm mo nuo uui0uuni, xivici u. times uisagreeu Wltn tne majon- ccpieu numing uut suiticsi uis- tne luugnesi aiiu musi precanous ty on the committee especi- cipline. . . He never paid the sli- job in the world. , Legislature's rights and dignity," said the newspaper in its first firm stand of the school year. EVER READ the dictionary? I ran into Alex Thacker, a senior who practice-taught in Goldsboro last suggested that Webster's old word book makes good reading. Correction Allow us to fall back and regroup. In an editorial yesterday we said the ratio of re quired business courses to liberal arts cour ses for Business Administration students was 2G-.J. The actual required ratio is 16 B. A. courses to 4 liberal arts courses, a fact ascer tainable by simple addition, and a curricu lum considerably better. We regret the error. Qtfje 3Batlj Wax Heel The official student publication of the Publi cations Board of the University of North Carolina, 9 i t Site of Jht- VntvftAy il 9? i ?-! F'Wth Carolina i in Jartiuiry I79f - where it U published daily except Monday, examination and vaca tion periods and sum mer terms. Entered as second class matter at the post office in Chapel Hill, N. C, un der the Act of March 8, 1879. Subscription rates: mailed, $4 per fear, $2.50 a semester; delivered, $6 a year, $3.50 a semester. Sditor CHARLES KURALT Night Editor for this Issue Frank Wilson "When I finished teaching some days I didn't have anything to do, so I read the dictionary," she said. I've never sat down to read the dictionary myself, but I re call that O. Henry, the famous short story writer, would dip in to the dictionary for fun. Maybe on the next Saturday afternoon when there's nothing to do (a rarity at Carolina), I'll read through the A's. THE PROFESSOR was illus trating what the word "conven tion" means, so he told the class: "Look at the girls in the room. Why do you all wear sweaters?" A drawling coed answered, "Because we're cold." "That's not the only reason why," declared the professor, "There's a lot of depth to this thing called convention." CAMPUS POLITICOS took one look at the new Graham Memor ial calendar, and tensed up. Spring elections have been scheduled for the day after spring holidays. The politicians don't like the date because of the time lapse between the end of ' campaigning and the voting day. Actually, the date has been set at an unfortunate time. But rest assured that the student government moguls will jump to have it switched. 'Hey!' YDC, YRC, DTH, Forum Estes & Kerr .David Mundy Eye Of The Horse Roger Will Coe . I would venture that some ed itorial conspiracy or prejudice exists, but since people who dare intimate the existence of such things are now quickly labeled schizoids I will leave a full treatment of the matter to la ter. Anyway, last week's Reaction Piece was halved, closely edit ed, and almost bounced off the page by Heard, the Hoss, Flee on, fig newtons, and a Her block that intimated that all the ex-communists who have dared to testify about their former as sociates are "racketeers" and perjurers. Aside from assorted, strate gically placed typographical er rors, you might be interested in a second paragraph that did not make the DTH. "The DTH editorship race will be nothing compared to last year, when candidate Peacock received and failed to survive the complete smear treatment. He was, you may recall, (typed as) 'An unqualified know-noth- ' ing do-nothing illiterate politi cal adventurer who was plotting to turn the DTH into an organ of the big-time sports interests of Woollen Gym'." And the reactionary, anti-liberal education forces of the School of Business Administra tion too, I might have added. For general information, you .might note a new DTH gag rule. Editor Kuralt, 'writer' Mundy, and the two candidates for edi tor just aren't to write about one another. Editor Kuralt does grant that I can continue to dis agree with Yoder and Kraar. I hereby give notice of just that. You may note that both will steer a journalistic course a good distance from controversial issues for the next several weeks. One does admit, however, that he can't stand Lenoir Hall food. I.r am quite delighted to see that the Carolina Forum has finally (?) turned oyer to the" Young Democrats Club the func tion of inviting liberal Demo crats to speak on campus. My worry with the Forum was that it was being unrepresenta tive in its presentation of speak ers. The few conservative mem bers of the YDC may likewise find a straight slate of left-wing New and Fair Deal Democrats appearing under their auspices. But that is their own worry: YDC dues aren't as forcefully collected as are the funds that support the Forum. They might recall that the only outright con servative he terms it "libertar ian" Democrat to appear on campus last year was under the auspices of the Young Republi can Club. Now how about that? The par tisan Young Republicans spon soring a Democrat while the non-partisan Forum sponsors no Republican, but a succession of liberal Democrats andor so cialist(s). Admittedly, the YDC must be complimented on surpassing the Carolina Forum in the quality of its speakers. Comparing the YDC's Soapy Gov. Williams to the Forum's meandering Gov. Meyner is like comparing Dem othenes and the Haw River road builder, Kerr Scott. Williams, conservative Demo crats may recall, was one of the northern liberals who at the last national convention was un willing to seat assorted southern delegations unless they took an oath to support the party's can didates and platform entirely. I would venture a suggestion, however, that the YDC try in viting some of the South's home grown boy demagogues. How about ham-faced Estes, who came to national attention on televised Senate committee hear ings, hearings in which he and Sen. Tobey berated recalcitrant witnesses, indeed even, tried to intimidate them? Then there is boy-senator Gore, who likes to imagine .that Messrs. Dixon and Yates are planning to destroy the multi billion dollar TVA with their 107 million dollar steam power plant in Arkansas. He also im agines all sorts of evil goings on,' especially with those Wall Street interests. The Horse sees imperfectly, "iV things minimizing others .-H ipporotis circa THE HORSE was slurping cofie at theY-Book-X when I heard him. I hoped it tasted as good it sounded? . "It is almost potable," The eJia,f'UC ing me to a Coffee Mist which I would just a , , ; m .have. Missed, that is... "The management the motorman's mitt each month. Was this really true? ,Baldey, no," The Horse admitted, letting one eye follow a priestess of Pan who panthercd past "It is de rigeur to criticize all and sundry, and this goes for Monday as well. If we have one depen dable universal, it is the commonplace of deroga tory statement, and nowhere is it so evident as in these more or less United States," The -Horse viewed this penchant for the curdling comment as a mark of civilization and cultoor? "It can be pinpointed closer than that," The Horse pontificated. "It is the hallmark of Christian ity, one might say. The land that raises most crosses on high lets the boom down indiscriminately on high and low alike. Nothing is too mean to escape notice nothing so good it could not be better." , Well, wasn't this, in effect, a service? "It is, indeed," The Horse affirmed. "It is a free service, and worth just what it costs." Waaaaaaad(lminnit, icaaqiaadamin'bV. How did this tie in with The Horse's own pronunciamonta that inventions were the fruits of Freedom? "What J said," The Horse stated, his distaff eye crossing his muzzle to watch Pan's priestess pad theromorphically past again, "was that Freedom made for a superabundance, a plethora if you will, and shaddup if you won't, of inventions, of con trivances, because people were free to invent, to devise; and equally free to criticize that -which had been contrived, invented." v Exactly! So, now The Horse complained? "Constructive criticism and just plain, earthworm-type bellyaching are not quite synonymous," The Horse cudgled me with a hoof when my gaze circumambiented with the gyroscopic progress of the theromorphic creature. "This business of everv-man-his-own-expert-appraiser is well and good until it is perverted to an every thing-stinks atti tude. It is this latter habit that touches me." Torches him? ""Burns me up," The Horse translated. "Howso ever, it is useful as an indicant. Many exhaustive researches by Darwin, Huxley and Ball conclusive ly prove that researches can be exhausting. With an eye to preserving my energies for the more im portant things of life eating, drinking, talking with out interruption, fighting, contradicting, drinking The Horse had said that twice. "Well, I was thirsty," The Horse shrugged. "As I was saying, I have set up a number of indicants which I consult when I McCurdy something,- ani mate or dependable." When he McCurdied something? "Subject it to my cool, impersonal analysis," The Horse elucidated. "My indicants are a set of cards covering all sorts of factual conditions. When I am confronted with a puzzling phenomenon liv ing or trustworthy, I shuffle the indicants, select one a random for application to the McCurdied sub ject, and there we are! It saves endless inquiry and research." Yes-s; but ... it was only pure happenstance when the indicant related to the subject. "Exactly," The Horse beamed, "and in this way also my indicant-system resembles the scientific: approach; ;for what the researcher thinks he or she sees may not be factual perception, but merely what the researcher thinks is the case. Thus, The Horse Indicant System does away with all guess work: you don't wonder if maybe is this guesswork, you know it is! Er . . . I say, old boy!" I felt unreal, and my slack jaws and glazed eyes must have revealed my torpor. I pinched my self ... or at any rate tried to . . . and a coo-e l standing next to me slapped me perfunctorially af ter noticing I had platinum hair. "Of course, you are acquainted with my Tri Class Theory," The Horse rattled on, "or, are you? Humans, if you will humor this questionable classi fication, are divided into three classes: Those who can orginate; those who cannot originate, but who can copy; and those who can do neither. It is my observation that those who can neither originate nor copy fall into the category oi the greatest criti cizers and complainers." Was there anything to be done for them or with them? Or wasn't this important? Were they of no moment? "Oddly," The Horse pronounced, his eves nar rowing to pingpong-ball size, "they are most im portant. For with the Originators howling that the Copycats have copied them, and with the Copycats shouting back that they didn't, things are bad enough; but add to this accusatory din the vocal disparagements of the Can't-Do-Nuhin's, and as sportswriters used to write when fliey meant the place was jumping Pandemonium reigns." Or, Miltonically speaking, all Hell cuts loose"? "Yes, the Can't-Do-Nuffins can render the world a service far beyond their mean means," The Horse saw it and Somethng In Purple simultaneous ly. "They should start now and trv to cultivate a 38-23-36 " What, What was this? " I mean," The Horse corrected himself an 1 adjusted his vision swiftly, "the Cant-Do-Xuffin should try to say pleasant things about whatever they encounter, or experience; and the world would be a pleasanter place to love in. I mean lice "i They should try saying, 'Say. This isn't bad at il' at all., At any rate, it is better than I can make' Boy, would that, in time, work wonders " I was silent, speculating on this with immedia application to the, ugh, coffee. I asked the re nice brewer thereof to dip her finger into the cup I liked more sugar ... I heard The Hore sav Aiii isii i Daa at all, at all " I also heard a loud, resounding sap And th Something In Purple was tramlinmg out of there a?ain T Vo?. t., . TT 'it- norse add. true to h. theory: "At any rate, it is better than I can make " Sometimes. Th ir ; . J i f ... 15 uownnght nhi o.-.nW 9
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