THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1955
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
PAGE TWO
The Bloomer Lobby
Petty moralistic objections to panty raids
ve consider infantile. Hoys will be boys, as
the savin- goes; likewise, asses will be asses.
lint we would have the ears of the panty
Taiders for just one tip: When the state legis
lators wrestling with a crucial University bud
get in crucial times opened their newspapers
yesterday morning wc doubt that the staring ,
headlines about a panty raid in Chapel Hill
did our cause anygocxl. Lace-frill bloomer
chasing is not a good ohbf for the Univers
ity's budget.
If the panty-raiders woiild use their pent
up energies to steam up a inarch on Raleigh
to plead for the school's fiscal neds, we all
would be better served.
So, gentlemen (?), please hold the raids
under wraps till we get a budget. Who knows
Maybe the Raleigh folks will give us en
ough money to give every Carolina male a
free pair of panties.
How Not To Fight
A Mushroom
The bill to increase out-of-state tuition in
state-supported colleges continues to bounce
around the State Legislature. This week it
bounced into the chambers of the House
Committee on Higher Education.
Representative William W. Taylor of War
ren, the devil's advocate (and apparently a
lot c;l devils back him up) is mightily dis
till bed about where dormitory space for q,
ooo new out-of-state students anticipated in
the next l", cars is to come from. In hinging
his argument for increased out-of-state tui-.
tion (S310 per year, which would not apply
to those now enrolled) on the expected latk.
of space, he has removed all doubt in our
minds that the measure is a prohibitive meas
urejust as surely as a protective tariff is a
prohibitive measure.
We think that a drastic discriminatory raise
at this time would seriously puncture Uni
versity itality and we oppose it. Ultimately,
wc foresee sectionalism and stunted outlook
if the Legislature chooses to tax a special
group for increased revenue.
Legislative steps should be taken to assure
the University of a minimum percentage of
out-of-state students. True, the out-of-statcrs
should bear the brunt of any increase in tui
tion; but, we maintain, the in-state students
and the taxpayers of North Carolina, given
the broad picture, given the dangers of a
prohibitive tuition raise, should be willing
to bear some of the cost of an expanding
University.
And let the Legislature make no mistake:
The University is going icf mushroom. The
laws of growth cannot be turned away, shun
ned, or ameliorated by short-visioned and dis
criminatory tuition raises.
Let Them Talk
Carolina Front
The Ugly Head
Of Crime 1
Murky Doings
J. A. C Dunn
I REMEMBER CHAPEL HILL:
4 - :
If
A MERE 48 hours ago in the
Pine Room, we overheard the
.-following con
versation con
ducted sotto
voce between a
pair of spectac-
les, a crew cut,
and a tan swea-
ter;
The spectac-
le led off by re
v marking that
this was the season for panty
raids. "This is the season for
panty raids," he said, and the
other two quite agreed with him.
"I've .always wanted to see one
organized on a commando basis,"
Spectacles went on. "Only a min
imum of men, no shouting, yell
ing horde, and every man assign
ed a specific job. An inside job,
of course."
"Fine idea," said the Sweater,
"but you have to have someone
on the inside before you can pull
an inside job." Spectacles said
he could arrange that if they
picked the right dorm.
"The main trouble with all the
panty raids I've ever seen," said
the crew cut with a voice of ex
perience, "is that the girls al
ways nave complete control 01
The Hill: From Immortal
Dead To Eternal Youth
By Dr. Frank P. Graham
(The Daily Tar Heel is -proud to present Dr.
Frank Porter Graham's remaniscences about life in
Chapel Hill. Dr. Graham, beloved former presi
dent of the University, has done cls much as any
person of any generation' to mold the shape of its
present and future. At present, he is contributing
his unfailing energies to creation of East-West un
derstanding in the United Nations. Editors)
Chapel Hill, in the midst of primeval forests,
hills and streams, as the beautiful seat of the orig
inal University of the people and as the lovely vil-
Of The Ghosts
Students from all phases of campus life,
faculty members, and administrators will sit
down this weekend to take a closer look at
themselves and the University.
Olficially this two-day session in intro
spection (or bull session, if you want to be
frank) will be called the second All-Campus
Conference. Actually, this conference will
consist merely of a number of the three spe
cies of Carolina inhabitants students, profes
sors, and administrators talking over their
main job, the pursuit of learning.
The Daily Far Heel hails this meeting,
urges participants to talk about the real prob
lems of Carolina. Last year's initial All-Campus
conference, alter the duties of politeness
were performed between the three groups,
turned into a frank, informal discussion of
what is wronn : (and right) about the Uni
versity. 1 he All-Campus Conference decided last
year, amoncr (j,cr things, that students don't
study enough, faculty members don't teach
interestingly enough, and administrators ad
nnuisirate too much.
We hope this weekend's conference will
tackle ihe husky problems that loom jlosl.
like over campus life the rigors ol imple
".cnm.g the Supreme Court's segregation ele
ctee i,c jack o! st udent, leadership, and tl.
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friendly folk, is
rich in both its
historic herit
age and its hu
m a n e hopes.
The- strategic
L-Ltle Univers
ity village has
been for more
than a century
and three score
years the cen
ter and symbol
o f struggles,
advances, frus
trations and
struggles again.
The words de
note a Chapel
for deepening
the spirn of youth and a Hiil ror heightening the
vision of the people.
The class rooms and playing fields, the historic
the dorm. Now if we could get buildings from other centuries, the moss-covered
two or three men into the base- rock- walls, the ancient oaks, the memorial bell
ment of a dorm at the very out- tower and cupolas, the monumental library, read
set and cut the main light ing rooms and carrels, modern laboratories, her
switch . . ." barium arboretum, planetarium, Institutes, Grad
"There's always the telephone uate and Professional Schools, Memorial Hospital,
if thev set desDerate." broke in Extension Division and Communications Center,
Sweater.
"Well, the telephone
would have to be cut, too."
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in the admin.
purposes of the
undergraduates.
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ED YODER, LOUIS KRAAR
discussion forums, music hall, theatre and art gall
eries, dormitories and fraternity houses, village
homes, flower gardens, streets and a store, campus
walks vivid with students on the way to classes and "
gathering places for zestful youthful talk before
and after the hour, the bells ringing early in the
morning and youth singing in the evening, the
alumni returning for the renewal of associations
and fealties to alma mater beyond price in the .
brotherhood of the University, past, present and
yet to be-all these are- a part of the connotations
of the life and spirit of Carolina.
Inherent in the place are the liberty and learn
ing of the self-governing community of teachers
and scholars, the tested wisdom of the ages and tho
venture-some idealism of youth in the campus de
mocracy. On-going with old and recurring prob- .,
lems for fresh and zestful mastery, "student". self
government develops the self-discipline of defeat,
without bitterness, and of victory, without vain
glory, in the common duties and civic sense of.ths
general life, on the way from the campus to the
commonweath, as old as the University, and as
. fresh as the hopes of youth.
"Let's say there are three Under Shadeful Trees
floors to a dorm, 30 men to the under its shadeful trees, within its ivy-clad
floor and ten more for odd jobs hai1S( and uncjer its steepled towers, religion, with-
and emergencies makes a hun- out cant wouid undergrid, and learning, without -
dred men," said Spectacles. bias, Would enlighten young men and women in
"That's about right," agreed their quest for truth, goodness and beauty. It is in
Sweater. tj,e tradition and hope of the college that youth
"Alright, I know a girl who'd win freedom without license, find and publish
be the inside man," said Spec- facts without fear, organize knowledge logically,
tacles, and he mentioned the interpret the truth clearly without soanting, de
name of a dorm. "Let's say on velop democracy without ' vulgarity, achieve ex
a Friday night she sneaks down cellence without pride, strengthen lasting friend
and opens the door at 1:15. Then ships and high loyalties above all vicissitudes,
only three men go in, the rest
wait outside. Those three head
for the basement and cut the
main light switch. As soon as the
lights go, the rest come in.
Someone will have had to already
cut the telephone wires. Every
man would wear a stocking over
his face and carry a flashlight.
Each group of thirty covers its
floor . . ."
Sweater stared thoughtfully in
to his coffee cup and said, "Y'
know, the cops always seem to
catch on to these things. What
if they came and there we were
trapped inside the dorm?"
y y "Diversionary ac-
Ation," said Spectacles,
; snapping his fingers.
"Get about three hun
dred more men all
shouting and yelling
and carrying on at,
some other dorm, but
don't cut the lights
and telephone there.
Then someone will
call the cops and
while they're taking care of one
dorm we'll be cleaning out an
other." "Have to pick these men care
fully," said Crew Cut. "Don't
want anyone giving the show
away."
AT THIS POINT we left. How
ever, we heard enough to con
vince most people that these boys
were no fools. We report this in
cident partly because we think
it amusing, and partly because
we have always had a hankering
for a medal to be awarded to us
on CU day for "sagacity above
and beyond the call of Arts and
Sciences." President Gray, what'
shisname with the harmonica,
and Dean Carmichael please take
notice.
serve private and public causes without patronage
or bending, become leaders of the people without .
demagoguery, and grow in reverence in the way
and spirit of . Him who, under the Fatherhood of
God, would have us all become more truly the
children of one God and the brothers of 11 people.
'I Now Recall . .
Above many seenes, faces and events which now
come to mind in belated response to your request,
I now recall an episode which expresses the sense
of the oneness-of the University Community and,
still shines through the shadows of a dark time.
The Great Depression had brought in its train
foreclosed farms, bankrupt enterprises, closed
banks, the mounting state deficits, increasing le
gions of unemployed, desperate and almost defeat
ed men and women. Mothers and fathers all over
the land communicated their anxieties to the child
ren of the Depression. The State of North Carolina
made heavy cuts in the state budgets and hodi-1
zontal slashes in the low salaries and wages of the
staffs of all state institutions.
In the midst of emergency pressures and cruel
adjustments an invitation came from the Janitor's
Association requesting the University president to
attend their appointed meeting. He gladly went and
expected to hear a justifiable petition that the jan
itors, if possible, should not be cut the full amount
of the horizontal cut.
A decision had been made, with the advice and
approval-of the faculty's own elected Advisory
Committee, to make the cut less in the lowest
. brackets and to absorb the difference in the larger
cuts to be made in the highest brackets. This poli
cy had not yet been announced and was then un
known to the janitors. We were thus prepared to
tell this to the janitors for whatever little value
it might have in their hard-pressed situation.
The meeting opened with the regular procedures
and characteristic dignity of the Association. A
chosen spokesman w?as recognized to state the case
for the janitors. He spoke not a word about thefr
own difficult situation. The concern spoken elo
'quently by, him and others was only for the plight
of the students caught short of funds by the clos
ing of all banks. They had heard that the Student
Loan Fund was running out and that the students
were unable to pay the University and other credi
tors. Therefore, to help out as much as they were
able to do, the spokesman said that the janitors
had raised a small fund to put in the Loan Fund
for students and hoped it would, when added to
such other funds, help both the students and the
University to come through the hard times.
Sacrifice And Loyalty
This example of sacrifice and sense of common
loyalty, had its moving part in helping to raise in
- alumni meetings and other conferences approxi
mately $150,000 in cash for the Student Loan Fund
at the bottom of the depression. The students bor
rowed from the Loan Fund and paid the Univers
ity. The University, stricken by heavy cuts and
blows, came through to better days. The janitors
revealed the living Biblical truth that those with
the least in income can give the most in spirit.
They made deep and personal the fact that we are
members of one University family.
In the fellowship of learning and struggle, the
University teaches us that we are one community
in heritage and hope, loyalty and sacrifice. The ties
that bind us all reach from the Old East Building
to the Morehead-Patterson Memorial Bell Tower,
from Davie Poplar to Kenan Stadium, from Battle
Forest to Hill Hall, from libraries to laboratories,
teachers to students, janitors to Kenan Professors,
from centuries gone to centuries yet to come, from
the immortal dead to eternal youth, in the light,
liberty and brotherhood of the University of the
people by whom it was given birth and for whom
it lives to serve in spirit and in truth from genera
tion to generation.
Passing Remark ,
A Report On
The Rajd And
Its Participants
Levin
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HE TILTED his black cap back
as he spoke and tapped his hand
"iwith the night
itick. A half
?neer formed
)n his face,
ind it made the
light seem like
i bad dream in
jtead of spring.
"If one o f
them stoodents
ays a hand on
iue, i u Knots nis God . . . head
off."
The other one nodded agree
ment, and they stood there watch
ing the group of yelling students
disperse from the steps of Carr
Dorm.
Cries went up from the crowd,
as the figure of Manning Munt
zing appeared in a blue blazer
with a feeble smile trying to
show itself.
The cries became louder.
"We want Muntzing . . . We
want Muntzing."
Muntzing walked slowly toward
the crowd, and they backed up
even more slowly giving ground
to the campus politico.
"All right. Here I am. Who
wants me?"
No one said anything, but yoti
could hear cries running through
the group of "We want Munt
zing's pants."
A-
A COP came up to one fellow
clad only in pajama bottoms.
"All right, fella, let's move it
along now. Let's all go home."
"I'm just standing here watch
ing . . . that's all."
"You'd better move it along
just the same."
The student in pajamas moved
off slowly muttering to himself
as he was slowly swallowed up
in the crowd.
Suddenly a new shout arose,
and the crowd surged forward
to where two policemen ushered
a small student off in the direc
tion of the street.
"They got one . . . They got
one!"
Yes, they had one for sure.
The student looked like a lifer
with the dejected expression on
his face. The crowd closed in
menacingly around the police
men, and the two burly figures
tapped the night sticks in a more
convincing manner, and the
crowd retreated slightly giving
the trio a little room.
Then the tide flowed over to
the street between Old East and
New East. Manning Muntzing
was arguing in a most convinc
ing manner with one of the cops,
and then I heard some say be
hind me.
"They took him down to jail,
and Ray Jefferies is going down
to get him out."
A few small groups of students
started uptown for late coffee at
the Mouza and Tar Heel Sand
wich Shop. Others lingered talk
ing in furtive whispers, until the
policemen finally left assured
that the raid was finally at an
end.
Readers Retort
Reader Is 'Disgusted' With
Cut In Daily Tar Heel Days . f
Editors:
Being extremely disgusted with the studeiat Leg
islature's attitude toward The Daily Tar Heel, which
recently vented itself in the matter of appropria
tions for the coming year, I have 'written the fol
lowing. Once again student legislators have axed Tie- Daily
Tar Heel appropriations for the sum of $o,O00. I or
the second year in succession, this campus will have
only a five-day paper after football season, instead
of the usual six-day issue. I think the studelnt body
deserves at least a plausible explanation lor this
ridiculous practiceFrom the trend of the, recent
McCarthy-like investigations of the paper, the sol
ons seem out to get the Tar Heel.
Perhaps the budget slashers are the repercussions
of the Student Party's give-away plan of a year
and a half a go which left student funds rather de
pleted. Or again it might be a slight draft from
the ill wind that roared through the state capital
when the state legislature was making up the bud
get for the coming year.
Whatever the cause, it seems unnecessary to re
duce what is one of the best services afforded the
students on this campus. Unlike the IWC and the
Debate Council, which serve the interest of very
limited groups, The Daily Tar Heel touches every
student. And as such its services should not be any
more limited than they are now. The paper has
enough problems without adding one of a financial
nature.
I do not feel that the Legislature was acting in
the interest of their constituency and J. venture to
say that if the matter were left up to a vote of he
student body, the legislators' decision would be re
voked. Ken Anderson
Are They Kissing
On Both Cheeks?
Doris Fleeson
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YES, THE raid was at an end.
Like a hurricane brewing up at
sea at no definite locus in space
or time, the raid had ended as
suddenly as it had begun as ev
eryone knew it would in the first
place.
Carr Dorm was the only dorm
entered, and that glory was short
lived, for the local gendarmes
appeared from out of nowhere, to
cut the pilgrimage short.
One student forced his way
through the front doors of Smith
Dorm only to come flying back
out with a feminine fist of rath
er large dimensions being thrust
in his surprised face.
Down in front of Old West,
another nocturnal adventure was
proudly displaying a pair of black
lacy unmentionables that had
been thrown from a window in
Smith.
The raid was over. The campus
suddenly became quiet, and lights
went out one by one in dorm
rooms throughout the lower and
upper quads.
It was morning on the campus,
Wednesday, April 20th, and
thoughts of another raid turned
slowly into snores and finally
dreams.
WASHINGTON Former President Truman, in
his remarks at the Rayburn testimonial dinner, re
vived his attacks on the press. Principally, he grum.
bled about the "cloak of protection" thrown about
the present Administration by "so much of the
press." But when he talked with friends in his May
flower Hotel suite Sunday, he got at the real meat
of the coconut.
"I have got tired a long time ago," he said, "of
some mealy-mouthed Senators who kiss Ike on both
cheeks."
It is, of course, manifestly impossible for the
press to advertise 'charges against President Eisen
hower and his Administration which Democrats do
not make. When they get around to mentioning
just why they think the man they admired as a
general of the armies .is an incompetent President,
their remarks will be printed exactly as Mr. Tru
man's were.
ine dmiculty with which Democrats have learned
to say "I don't like Ike" has been a political phen
omenon. Few presidents have ever had so long a
honeymoon by grace of so powerful an opposition.
The Democratic leaders in Congress are conced
cdly expert political technicians. If they had to
rate the President as administrator of the great
bureaucratic complex here they would flunk him.
Their public bashfulness about saying so was in
itially influenced, of course, by the fact that the
President was demonstrably popular with the peo
ple. They also seem to retain a feeling of proprietor
ship in him, since Democratic Presidents gave him
the great military positions that started him on the
road to the White House.
The fact is, before he became a candidate for
President, Eisenhower's relations with Democrats
were beautifully harmonious. If he had any politi
cal criticisms of them, in the best tradition of the
U. S. armed services he kept quiet. Democrats also
have a heritage through 20 years of deeD resent -
mm against tne personal attacks and ridicule which
some Republicans heaped on Presidents RoosevelL
and Truman. Having been so resentful, they were
reluctant to appear to emulate the men and women
whose behavior disgusted them.
Resentment which Mr. Truman voiced against
the mealy-mouthed" is large shared by Democratic
governors and others outside Congress. There will
be increasing pressure on Senate Majority Leader
Johnson and Speaker Rayburn to hammer Eisen
hower and show that party spirit which appeared
last week in the tributes to Roosevelt on the tenth
anniversary of his death.
While the press cannot report what does not han
pen, it is true that the majority of nev "papers in
this coun ry are Republican and naturally W"
Their watch over -hun is more relaxed than thaf
maintained over Roosevelt and certainly over Tru
To mention one example, very little has been said
about "Mamies cottage," the house built near the
Augusta golf course for the Eisenhowers by friends
It is not sumptuous but it represents a very sub"
stantial gift. Had Truman accepted one of like pro
portions from, say, his friends among labor leadrrs
there would have been an immense outcry.- " '
Nor has much been said about the fact thai about
SO per cent of the President's guests ."his f.mI
stag dinners come from the top level of the business
community Had Truman given such dinners Wi-hi
ed to anything like that degree with labor spoke I
men he would have been in trm.Mn ,
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