FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1955
PAGE TWO"
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Paradox
Carolina Front
A paradigm of our present-day soft, liv
ing: the paraxon of paratroopers, paramount
on the military paramo paralyzed yesterday,
a mere parasang from Raleigh-Durham Air
port. Why'nt he jump?
'Domination'
Or Representation?
It doesn't sm prise, ns that the presidents
of Appalachian and Fast Carolina Colleges,
representing their own rather obvious inter
ests, object to the membership arrangement
of the proposed North Carolina1 Board of
Higher Kd ne at ion.
President I. P. Dougherty of Appalachian
tails the ' projected group, of whose nine
members six could be graduates of the Grea
ter University, a " super-board."
lioth he and Dr. J. I). Messick, president of
Fast Caiolina, have expressed fears that the
Consolidated University will "dominate" the
proceedings of the new rxard since its rep
resentatives could conceivably be in the ma
jority. lint we would like to ask, why shouldn't
ih'i Greater University, which must attend
to the interests of three large branches and
of some I'j.ooo students, get heavier repre
sentation thaii the smaller institutions? That
is not 'domination;" it is proportional rep
resentation. The group which drew up the plan for the
proposed Board of Higher Education, work
ing under the chairmanship of Trustee Vic
tor Bryant ol Durham, had in mind the need
to preserve the legitimate functions of state
schools.
The true function of East Carolina Col
lege is not that of the University at Chapel
Hill; until our eastern contemporary' began
to swell a few years ago. it was known as East
Carolina Teacher's College.
There lias been talk of graduate programs
at the Eastern college which would overlap
programs already working in Chapel Hill
and Raleigh. Clearly, that would result in
a diffusion of funds and effectiveness which
could seriously damage higher education in
North Carolina. Thus it would be the duty
of the projM)sed board to make sure that no
costly overlapping of functions, resulting in
unnecessary double expenditures, comes in
to being.
"What will be the relationships between
the board and the existing boards of trus
tee?" President Gray has asked, raising ano
ther question. It is a wise question; but as
long as the duties of the new board are clear
ly outlined before its power becomes effec
tive, no destruction of the autonomy of the
boards of'trustees or of the Consolidated Un
iversity office need result.
Again Ave stress that if the principle-of
proportional representation is to be obeyed
in the work of the Board of Higher Educa
tion, the Consolidated University, by his
toric -right analogic, is entitled to the giant's
voice.
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A Sociologist,
& A Machine
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.Eddie Crutcbfield
FALSE SIGNS of spring. Squir
rels chasing each other up and
down tree in front of Graham
Memorial . . . student cars rolling
out to a place
-ailed the "Rock
Pile" for after
noon refresh
ments . . . card
players under
the tree by the
Y Building . . .
professors di-
5
.verting from the
"subject material
to talk about life . . . and khaki
trousers. '
"THERE'S NO clear, hard and
fast rule about segregation. The
main argument against it is that
it is outmoded."
That's what Dr. Ira Reid, Negro
sociology professor from Haver
ford College, told Dr. Rupert
Vance's class the other morning.
Dr. Reid is head of the Sociolo
gy Department at his school in
Haverford, Pa., and like most
sociologists prefers to couch his
discussions i scientific terms.
"I'm not speaking on the pros
and cons of segregation . . . This
is just a problem in group rela
tions that has to be met," Dr.
Reid explained.
He termed both segregation and
integration as "social inventions."
("Neither is a natural process in
group behavior . . . Each of them
is a device for the purpose of
regulating behavior.")
Dr. Reid reviewed the history
of one of the "social inventions"
segregation: "Segregation was
an invention, beginning in 1870,
for the purpose of isolating
groups. It took a long time to get
set up and "has existed in full ef
fectiveness for fifty years in
North Carolina.
"Segregation has not worked
completely in the last fifty years.
There is the idea that the bugs
must be removed from this in
vention . . . The invention (seg
regation) is the property of the
owner. And apparently, the ow
ners (centers of power, like the
Supreme Court) are ready to
abandon it."
Dr. Reid only talked a few min
utes, then he asked students for
questions.
"What is the best way to go
about integration?" one student
wanted to know.
"There's no one answer to that
question," opined Dr. Reid. "I
would start off with the hypoth
esis that integration has been
taking place all during our life
times ... I think the easiest thing
to integrate is an institution."
"How long do you think inte
gration will take?" another stu
dent asked.
"It depends on how dull the
people are," answered Dr. Reid,
and then the class bell rang.
GRAHAM Memorial's "sandwich
dispenser is not another enroach
ment of machine on man, but
just an effort to keep the student
union from losing its pants on
sandwich sales.
Previously, sandwiches sold for
20 and 25 cents, and were dis
pensed from an ice box on- the
"honor" system. After losing al
most $40 last month, GM decided
to mechanize its sandwich selling.
Sandwiches are now only 15
and 20 cents, a nickel cheaper,
thanks to the advance of the ma
chine age over students' lack of
honor.
A LITTLE boy at Glen-wood
School here, hearing that the
Chapel Hill PTA was asking the
county for a vote on ABC stores,
offered this commentary to a
classmate:
"Did you hear about what the
PTA is going to do? They're go
ing to sell liquor."
ED McCURRY, who is a student
government leader, who will pro
bably run for student body pres
ident and who had an auto acci
dent recently, has started eating
in Lenoir Hall a sure sign of.
spring and politics.
'It Fell To Earth I Knew Not Where'
Reaction Piece.
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'Some Graduate Mirabile Dictu7
An Ironing Out Of Creases
(The icriter of the following letter received
her education at Wellesley Columbia and the
London School of Economics and says she is thus
untainted by the UNC education referred to yes
terday in the letter to the. editor from Williani
G. Grimes. Editor.)
Editor: . '
The University of North Carolina has reason tc
be happy because William G. Grimes is, as he says,
cautious about letting people know where he re
ceived his education. Indeed, one wonders how any
human being can graduate from a University with
out evidencing any appreciable ironing out 1 of
creases in his brains and character.
It is well to remember what former President
Taft said: "Some persons graduate summa cum "
laude, and others mirabile dictu."
It is not difficult to place Mr. Grimes in the
proper category.
Mary Gil son
How Divisible
Is The Nation?
Editor:
Four score and seven years ago our forefathers
set forth upon this earth to create a nation indivis
ible but after reading Mr. Grimes' letter I realize
that this nation is divisible into little hate groups.
It is apparent, Mr. Grimes, that your social, mo
ral, environmental, childhood, teen-age, and college,
educations have failed. They made you a frothing
non-thinker.
Obviously you have not learned what constitutes
a democracy. Your conception of a free nation is
one which leaves no room for individual thought,
no understanding of the many cultures that go to
ward building this nation into a strong home for
the many, not a straw hut for the nates and mis
understandings of the close-minded.
Enclosed in the definition of a democracy is the
right to express oneself as one gees fit. It is be
cause of this, Mr. Grimes, that The Daily Tar Heel
has printed your letter and it is also because of
this that troops or citizens do not come to your
door and stamp you and your ideas out. -
In your hate-writing, reference is made to the
nigger-loving liberals. Looking into the phrase, it
can be seen that you do not believe in solving
problems; instead you believe in hating them if
they are in opposition to you.
'" The Negro problem in the South is acute, but it
must be 'realized that Negroes are within their
rights in trying to gain equal recognition as citi
zens of this nation so they can act and be thought
of as first class citizens and not as a second class
inferior race.
You probably think that your words are the right
ones. The difference between your supposed truths
and the truths of a conservative or a liberal is that
they have tried to ferret out the truth, but you
never twitched a mental muscle in that direction.
The liberals and conservatives may have failed in
instances to find what they sought, but the fact that
they crawled the alleys of life in trying to find
it is all important. This shows that both ways of
hinking, acting as checks on each other, are worth
while as they grapple with' life trying to clutch
what is best and true. '
This University stands for both liberalism and
conservatism. It is an arena for expression, an
arena for thinkers to find out whether their ideas
are strong or weak in view of the truth.
If the University was not this, but the sick old
lady Mr. Grimes tries to make her then the enroll
ment would have dropped. But th? enrollment has
risen and this can be considered a tribute to the
grand lady, old with wisdom, wise with knowledge,
and great with truth.
I do not know what category you fit into, Mr.
Grimes, but I know one within which you do not
fit -American.
Charles S. Ackerman
Needed: Stricter
Entrance Exams
Editor:
Re the third paragraph of William (of the Ger
manic race) G. Grimes' letter which says, "I grad
uated last year and actually have had to become
cautious about letting people know where I receiv
ed my education ..."
. : . What education?
Yours in the hopes for stricter entrance exams,
Charles (of the American race) M. Barrett
Back To The
Heel-Clicking Days
Editor:
To William G. Grimes:
Let us all regress in time to 1939. At this point
in history, a group of men were clicking heels in
uniform, Heil-Hitlering to a crazed man, and fram
ing lethal plans of devastation of minority groups
or "free thought" groups.
Young children were drained of blood for a war
effort, living human beings were melted in ovens
so that their skin might be-used as lamp shades or
bars of soap, and anyone who disagreed with the
Nazi theories was murdered in cold blood.
It wasn't long before freedom-loving people all
over the world promised their countries that they
would never stand by and permiti the devastation
of free lives and free human thought.
Time has a way of erasing the injuries left hv
its path. But there are still people who realize that
these injuries may open up once cgain. There are
several ways for a free people to prevent the re
opening of this mass ideology cf hate and fear.
First, every person in our country is free to
express himself as he wishes, just as you did, but
never can a free mind be stifled with "You will
cease; that is a fact." Secondly, it is wise to have
diversified opinion so that we may take into con
sideration the good points of any issue and reach
a free, mature conclusion.
To quote from your letter, "I graduated last
year and actually have had to become cautious
about letting people know where I received my
education for fear of beirt looked on as a Red."
Yes, I'm certain you mean this. You, like a few
other people, are riddled with fear and are there
fore willing to trade your freedom for a false se
curity vested in adictatorial philosophy.
As I have tried to point out, this fear and dicta
torial philosophy can very easily lead to hate, mur
der and the devastation of free lives and free
thought.
The thing we have to fear most is fear itself.
' Jay B. Goldburg
Segregation
Must Go; But
Not Too Fast
sia: line
In
e to
Joseph Alsop
TAIPEI Formosa. It is high time for -people at
, JnTto face the full seriousness of the fix we are
home tO lace l"c ,.j f u.nrlH.rnmmnn.
nut here in Asia, ine icducia -
David Mundy " are now conducting an elaborate ner war on
ism are now preiude to a (!-
the Formosa issue. .
Hsive showdown. Or it may only be intended to
puTthe courage of the members of the Western Ai-
liateher way'thfdanger to the United States is
incalculably great. For the Eisenhower administra
tion's foreign and defense policies have painted the
United States into an almost inescapable, corner ,,,
Asia.
PART I: Segregation is bad.
Segregation is evil.- That a race
should be considered inherently
inferior is foolish. That a person
be denied jobs, or other social
priviliges because of his race is
more than a blot 0n what we like
' to regard as a "democratic way
of life."
It matters not how the person
be denied these privileges,
whether by laws or by public
opinion, as that of the South
which is specifically directed
against his obtaining them.
In short, I can consider racial
segregation nothing but a moral
evil. I have had, and you will
probably insert "admittedly,"
comparatively few contacts with
members of the Negro race. Those
with whom I am acquainted are
teachers and students, plus one
or two representatives of the 're
spectable Negro" class.
Just talking to them, or mere
ly meeting them on the street
causes me pain: why should they
be considered "inferior?" By al
most any standards of intelligence
or behavior they are likely bet
ter than I. And that injustice is
painful.
The Supreme Court decision on
segregation in the public schools
is of course a just one, both from
a moral point of view and from a
legal one. And it will eventually
have to be obeyed.
PART n: What about those who
feel differently about the whole
matter? They come almost exclu
sively from areas with large Ne
gro populations, a population
which in some areas even out
numbers that of the whites.
Despite what is termed their
'bigoted' point of view, they do
have to be taken as something of
an authority on the subject. They
have the most to lose, or to give,
in the ending of segregation.
Their vehement objections to
desegregation, while sounding
quite asinine, do have a very real
basis which must be considered
in any attempt at desegregation,
no matter h!w just the attempt
may be.
Their point, obscured by their
complaints about "those dirty,
stupid niggers," is that there are
differences between the negroes
and whites in many areas of the
South.
The student anti - segrega
tion petitioners appear to ignore
the existence of the differences
which are recognized by most
Southerners, white and Negro. I
can't quarrel with the intent of
the petition, which expresses sup
port of desegregation. Yet I know
well that the Supreme Court
ruling shouldn't be flatly ap
plied to- the South as a whole.
The. initial reaction to such an
application of what is legally just
would be .most frightful. The
question is really a weighing'
of the. physical violence which
would result and the continuation
of injustices to a "large part of
the population.
Presumptuous and offensive as
it may seem, the second pathway
gives promise of a wiser course.
'"The meek," says the promise,
"shall inherit the earth."
Until recently I would have rec
ommended stern measures against
those who sought to evade de
segregation; but then I met some
of them. Despite allegations to
the contrary, they aren't low
browed backwoods neanderthal
specimens who hate the Negro
just because he is a Negro.
They would offer violence to
a fusion 0f the "cultures," which
in reality is desegregation. And
.a reasonable view must recognize
that such a fusion would now be.
undesirable.
Many Southerners have at long
last realized the evil of injus
tices to our Negro second class.
It will be impossible to abolish
racial antagonisms by court de
cree, no matter how legal it may
be. The antagonisms .will be de-,
creased only by more Southern
ers realizing the injustice of their
social system. And such realiza
tions cannot be reached or en-,
couraged by the pro and semi
pro agitators qf either side.
Brotherhood is more than mak
ing speeches, signing petitions,
and passing laws. It is on its
way; may the agitators only not
retard it.
HAG-RIDING PREJUDICES
For two years, Washington has paid no -attention
to the prejudices that hag ride the Formosa issue
in Britain , and Western Europe. Only last week,
-Secretary Dulles' important speech received the
jusual acknowledgements jubilation from Sen.
Knowland and doleful cries from London..
Even now, no serious effort is being made to form
a united front in Asia with our allies. Thus the Com
munist nerve war has an excellent chance of isolat
ing America on the issue of this controversial island.
TREASURY POLICY-MAKING
This would not be so disturbing, if the Eisenhower
administration had ever bothered to match its hold
talk with an equally bold defense policy. From Ko
rea onwards, there has been a good case for goiiu;
it alone to halt Communist aggression in Asia. Hut
going it alone costs a lot of money for defense; and
our defense -policy has been made in the Treasury
Department. ,
The. result of simultaneous efforts to please Sen.
Knowland and Secretary of the .Treasury Humphrey
is the fix we are in.
Morse Is The
GOP s Ma n lo
Beat' In 1956
Doris Fleeson
WASHINGTON Even if he wine again Senator
Wayne Morse of Oregon may not be swing man in
the next Senate. Nonetheless, his .switchover to the
Democrats which enables him to control this Sen
ate makes him the Senator Republicans most want
to beat in 1956.
Morse is his own best asset in any balance sheet
of his chances. The Democrats are coming up in Ore
gon and the election of Senator Richard Neuberger
last fall seems to justify their claim that they are
successfully appealing to the younger voters. But
by any realistic appraisal, the state is still Repub
lican. Morse has won twice with slashing campaigns and
he is set for another. His formal registration as a
Democrat sets him free to criticize the incumbent
President, which he has done in the past, in spite
of his former Republican label.
MORSE'S GOOD BREAK
Public power will again be an issue in Oregon
since President Eisenhower is sticking by his "part
jiership" policy and Oregon Republicans have sig
nified their agreement with him.
Democrats regard this as a great break for Morse
since Neuberger upset the veteran Guy Gordon in
a campaign largely based on what the "partnership"
policy would do to the state. Morse is hard to out
talk on any subject but on power he is especially
eloquent and well-informed.
Senator Neuberger and his wife, Maurine, a.
state legislator and the best vote-getter of
them all, will campaign for Morse. They ought to be
Oregon is a long . : ,
way from Wash- " .
ington. Other
Senators have
found that na
tional reputa
tions are notal
ways reflected
in the county
courthouses, es
pecially when
the party organ
ization is in the
hands of rival
helpful at the
grass roots
which they have
just combed so
intensively for
themselves.
Those same
grass roots are
probably Morse's
greatest prob
lem. He has
been a Senator
12 years and
politicians. Gor-
L
f i
V
h
AMY'S POP
ichither the '56 campaign?
don, though backed by a state organization, suf
fered badly from his long absences from Oregon.
Morse's probable opponent, Gov. Paul Patterson,
has the inevitable advantages which go with control
of the state. He is also a pleasant, folksy characteh
who gets along well with people. While Morse mui
be on the job here the governor can cultivate hi
garden. It is a circumstance that has changed Senate
seats many times.
HARD-CORE POLITICS
It is rare in U .S. politics for men to, shift tlu-ir
party allegiances and still achieve power, particu
larly when it is rather late in the game as with
Morse. How it will affect his chances is a matter
of some dispute.
By and large, over the country, party allegiance
Are less compelling than they were. It is the opinio
of most experts that the Republicans have, a hard
core of about 30 perecent of the people, Democrats
a slightly larger one, with 30 or 35 percent of the
cters moving from side to side as a particular is
sue or candidate moves them.