SUNDAY APRIL 17, 1733
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
PAGE TWO
OW Vampire Stirs
From Its Den
"It is, in a way, subsidization of a particular
group." State Rep. John W. Umstead of
Orange County spoke those words last Aveek
of a motion he sponsored before the Legisla
ture's Joint Appropriations Subcommittee.
The motion, now approved by the subcom
mittee in connection with its bill to raise tui
tion rates for out-of-state students at state
supported colleges, called for exemption to
scholarship holders from the fecT raises.
"For scholarship holders": That is, or used
to be, r:) unobjectionable phrase in the col
leges and universities. No longer, however,
does the word "scholar" in "scholarship" have
its due' meaning. The subcommittee motion
means now', in effect, that a large number of
out-of-state scholarship holders draw their
"scholarship" for participating in intercol
legiate athletics. The present exemption move
can be reduced to one single objective:
To keep scholarship fees for athletics clown.
One Clear Motive
The graduate student who will be expected
to plunk down S140 more next year if he
comes from outside the state will get no ex
emption. Xor will the out-of-state undergrad
uate without a scholarship find the $140
boost erased from his tuition bill. The motive
is plain to see. Mr. Umstead, in a; statement
explaining his stand in the matter, said:
The basketball team at State and the basketball
team at the University of North Carolina are com
posed almost entirely of out-of-state students.
These students are at these institution on scholar
ships set up on the basis of $360 out-of-state
tuition. The money for these scholarships is con
tributed by loyal alumni . . . and everybody knows
that the Wolfpack Club at State and the Educa
tional Foundation at Chapel Hill have, and are
now having, their problems.
We do not call into question Mr. UmsteacVs
long and rapt attention to the University's
needs. He is, and has been, one of her
staunchest advocates. But the reasoning ..be
hind the present scholarship exemptions, co
gent enough on the surface, stirs from its
sleep that old vampire of athletic subsidiza
tion unfairly given which has sucked at the
University's substance (over many objections)
for a long, long- time.
Which Problems Come First?
"Everybody knows that the Wolfpack Club
...and the -Educational Foundation .have
. . . their problems."' Are we to suppose from
this that the University itself has no prob-.
lems? Are wejtcsuppose that no real financial
urgencies call for out-of-state tuition raises?
Are Ave to suppose that the laments about
North Carolina poverty, the heed for state
tax-law revision, the slashed budget for the
Consolidated University signify nothing? Are
Ave now to assume, all for the greater glory of
athletic scholarships, that professors teaching
classes of nearly 100 students in English and
History do not have their problems?
Send The Vampire Back
If Ave have any perspective left; if Ave retain
any respect for educational integrity at the
college level in North Carolina, Ave will not
stand for exemptions giving privileges to
special groups when other, infinitely more
important groups need relief so badly.
And we would remind you of one final
factor: The motion giving exemptions to
scholarship holders (and Ave hope we have
made clear who holds the lion's share of these
scholarships) rode through the subcommittee
over the clear and contrary advice of the
President of the Consolidated University. Mr.
Cray's letter, read before the group, was para
phrased this way:
The president does not advocate exemption of
non-resident scholarship holders, because it seems
to Inm that such exemption would establish the
policy of special treatment for a special group.
Whose -advice, then, will the members of
the State Legislature heed? Will they respect
the express desires of President Cray or will
they try to pacily the poor and problem-rid-clen
Educational Foundation and Wolfpack
Club? 1
Will Ave mend roof leaks when the. founda
tions ol the house are beset with tremors?
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ED YODER, LOUIS KRAAIt
Managing Editor
FRED POWLEDGE
Chronicles Of
Enterprise!
Whizz, Whizz
J. A. C. Dunn
DUE TO THE fact that we
drive a middle-aged and rather
temperamental Ford, we fre
quently find ourself soliciting
the services of a mechanic. The
best mechanic we have been able
to find in the area is one Willy
Johnson, who hangs out in a
square, two-place cement block
garage on the Airport Road a
mere tiddly-winks flip from his
own back door. Mr. Johnson, who
began learning his trade at an
impressionable age when he took
down the motor of what would
now be a very old Buick, found
he couldn't put it back together
again, and called in a mechanic
to teach him how, has come up
with what Ave think is an inspir
ed idea.
lThe only real trouble with
these new cars," say Mr. John
son, 'is that most of them won't
be on the road after about five
years. They're built for looks,
not for the quality of the mach
inery. What we need" (and here
Mr. Johnson looks dreamily into
the middle distance,' yearning for
ithe days when a man could get
at a carburetor without having
to be a contortionist) 'is a revi- .
val of the old Fords and Buicks
and Chevrolets. If I could be
assured of a return on the .in
vestment, I'd sink every nickel I
make for the next five years into
rebuilding old 33's, 34's and 35's.
Rebuild 'em, sell 'em to people
who want a car for use, not to
impress other people."
THIS PROJECT IS just about
as near to the eighth wonder of
the world as we think we'll come
for awhile. We know. We drive
an old Ford, and we have driven
late-model cars, all kinds. The
late model cars are no good.
True, they ride like cotton, they
look like a Roman palace, and
most of the time one can't really
tell if the motor is running or
not; but they can't be trusted.
Take the hydromatics, the Ford
omatics, Powerglides, Dynaflows,
whatever you want. They're the
most terrifying machines on the
road! " -
To begin with they go too fast
without being asked to; one only
needs to think very hard and all
of a sudden the car is haring
along at a brisk (and for this
day and age, tame) 70 mph. Fur
thermore, we get the feeling,
Avhenever we drive one of those
Enigmatic gearshifts, that we
are not in full control of the
car. It sort of does what it wants
to, most of the time, fortunately,
in the right direction.
And then there are the power
whatnots. Power steering, power
windows, power brakes, power,
power, power. What are people
coming to that they can't turn
the steering wheel? Who's afraid
of the Big, Bad Brake? or What
Stiff Pedals You Have, Grand
mama! Power steering, automat
ic transmission, mechanical sig
nals, forsooth. All this luxury
mechanism takes the sport out
of driving. There's an art to
driving a car, but it's rapidly
being lost in the morass of con
venient accessories.
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CONGRESSIONAL PICTURE
Eisenhower's Spell Breaking
WASHINGTON The spell
which President Eisenhower has
seemed to cast over many Dem
ocrats especially in the Senate
has been broken. This was evi
dent in the wake of the unex
pectedly numerous and emotion
al tributes to the late President
Roosevelt delivered by Demo
cratic Senators on the 10th an
niversary of his death.
All factions of the majority
were represented in a display of
spirit very different from' the
caution and even defeatism
which has lately prevailed a
mong them. For a long time
Democratic Senators were no
ticeably nonbelligerent on polit
ical questions or matters relat
ing thereto, and they frowned
on belligerence in the National
Committee.
Now the Senators, led by Ma
jority Leader Lyndon Johnson,
have kicked off a week end of
party festivities with a show of
-confidence and unity. It could
not be more welcome to the
Democrats gathering here in
thousands for celebrations cul
minating in a dinner tribute Sat
urday night to Speaker Sam Ray-
burn.
Former President Truman, Ad
lai Stevenson and Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt will be on hand. But
the politicians understand very
well -that while these dignitaries
are important spokesmen and
showcases, the record on which
the campaign must be waged
will be made in Congress. And
there has been a very wide
spread feeling that the Senators
Avere far too slow 'and cautious
in making it.
For this reason Senator John
son's words and actions are be
ing watched with special care.
He is aware of the situation and
eager to reassure the party that
the Democratic Senators will do
their share. He will be among
the speakers Saturday night but
plans only a personal tribute to
his fellow-Texan with Avhom he
served in the House. 'Anything
else, he fears, might- detract
from the Rayburn story.
That the Speaker is prepared
to lead the charge against the
Wrhite House is well known. He
has long expressed severe dis
appointment in Eisenhower as
President. He is worried about
the direction of the drift in
China policy and his feelings
were not improved by "silly and
irresponsible" blasts thrown at
his tax proposals by the Presi
dent a few days after he person
ally saved the Eisenhower re
ciprocal trade bill in the House.
The break in Democratic de
featism is composed of .several
factors. In part, it represents
the erosion of time, the mistakes
made by Dulles, and by far in
greatest measure is the feeling
that in the China matter they
have a real issue. The last nam
ed will, they feel, serve to di
vide the Republican party and
force the President at long last
to take an irrevocable stand,
which will alienate one strong
faction or the other.
The Democrats are convinced
that the country wants peace.
They are sure that Americans
are reluctant to hurl atomic
bombs over Quemoy and Matsu.
They believe that they are re
luctant to hurl bombs on behalf
of Chiang Kai-shek. In this they
believe that basic Democratic
policies and good politics coincide.
Another Reader's Retort On Odors
Business Manager
TOM SHORES
Night editor for this issue
.. Bob Dillard
PERHAPS, ONE DAY, Mr.
Johnson will realize his dream,
and once more we will have cars
that can be trusted. Of course
at the same time we will have
steering wheels that have to be
worked at to be turned, and win
dows that take all of three sec
onds to wind up, an dbrakes one
really has to push on just a bit
to slow the car down with; but
at the same time we will have
gears that can be felt, motors
that are accessible, a machine
that will return reliance placed
on it, instead of a collection of
two-tone terrors that behave
like prima ballerinas every time,
the temperature goes below 30
degrees, or every two weeks,
anyway, regardless of fluctua
. tions of the tfiermometer.
We " suspect that probably
teenagers and college students
would be among the first to
start buying rebuilt Fords and
Chevrolets, along with country
people, who want transportation
and not a shoAv of affluence. We
also suspect that the prices
would be considerably lower
than most car prices now. We
further imagine that were there
an increase of gentler cars in
the country, the nation's high
way problems might well begin
to return to a more manageable
norm. Perhaps not, but then
again, perhaps so. - .
Editors:
Can it be that plant enriching product of the
nether end of our Houyhnhnm land friends that
wafts through our air? I think not. Even -that
base portion of the horse smacks of more truth
and sincerity than this foul stench that stamps
and stumbles into our dorms and classrooms on
journalistic hobnails size 13, if you will. This
smell ' becomes more localized Avhen we lift the
reeking rag of DTH April 14, and reaches unbear
able intensity as we read the first "editorial."
(The word "editorial" is used loosely, since it
implies an "editor" which, in turn, implies the
first part of an atom of intelligence, the last rem--nant
of whichapparently packed up and left with
Mr. Kuralt.)
Let us arm ourselves with clothespin and (par
don the expression) prophylactic gloves, and per- .
'use this "editorial."- What does it say? Wfho
.knows? One line says that our student govern
ment derives its power from the consent of the
governed, i.e.' the students.- Shortly thereafter
we read that we must stay away from the presi
dent's office lest we-offend him (?) or possibly
others whose offices are at the south end of the
same floor. That's it! Keep the students away
from the president and A'ice versa. That way he'll
know how we feel and what we want. How will
he discover these things? How else but that he
be informed by those mighty minions of the DTH
champions of those who are blind and stupid
enough to be led by the nose.
. .
.Students! Wear not your brogans in the realm
of G.M. The editors of the DTH have sensitive
nostrils and you might disturb their arrogant
bliss. And, if bliss be the only reward of ignor
ance, let us not deny them this small favor. De
stroy all incriminating footwear, lest you be purg
ed. Nevertheless, take heart fellow students. Heed
not the aimless' smear of the editor. Don Fowler's
hand is extended to all, regardless of style, size,
or void of shoe. Accept this gracious invitation
1 .
which we have not heard before no, not in three
years at U.N.C.
Don Fowler Godspeed!
(Aw, come on. We'll use' clothespins. Editors)
L. H. LAWING, JR.
LI'L ABNER
CPU Talks
On Yalta
Nine days ago the results of
an opinion survey released by
Dr. George Gallup at Princeton,
N. J., revealed that slightly more
than half ( approximately 56)
of the American public have
taken an interest in the State
Department release of the Yalta
papers. Of this interested ma
jority, the opinion that the State
Department was correct in mak
ing the papers public prevailed
by a five-to-fpur margin. ,
An ; interesting "political side
light to. this question is the di
vision among the so-called "in
formed" members of both par
ties. Among those Republicans
expressing interest and opinion,
the proportion was three-to-one
approving release of the papers.
Conversely, among Democrats
the opinion that they should not
have been made public was pre
valent by a ratio of three-to
two.
Aside from either party's po
litical position with respect to
this issue, what are the larger
implications for the American
public present and future? To
begin to understand the tremen
dous import of the decisions
reached at Yalta, the military
situation at the time should be
kept in mind.
We are privileged to review
with hindsight the record as re
leased, but we have no such in
formatoin on what preceded at
Teheran, Cairo or Casablanca
In the poll referred to earlier
the prevalent opinion was to the
effect that "they are a part
of history and can be used to
correct mistakes in years to
come" ,
At half past eight this even
ing in the Grail Room of GM the
regular roundtable discussion
of the CPU will unravel the topic.
A Poem
Ron Levin
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Pink snow flurries . . early April
Straining winds toss hard in labor
Teasing winds deliver litters
Filling gutters in the sun.
No
stoic stovepipe hat men here
or whirling infant arms in streets
But
stepped on sweetness lying there
between the cracks. At night
they shine
The walk lights feast their eyes
and dine.
Pink snow lounging on red walks
melting slowly into spring's
second pseudo
thaw
Quote, Unquote
'it would be madness to let the purposes. or the
methods of private enterprise set the habits of the
age of atomic energy. Harold Laski, Plan or Per
ish (1945)
The place where optimism most flourishes is the
lunatic asylum. llavelock Ellis, Little Essays of
Love and Virtue
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Business? It's quite simple. It's other people's
money. Alexander Dumas, the Younger La Ques
tion d' Argent
Pigs Is Pigs. Wilhelm Busch
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