SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1755
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
PAGE TWO
A New Player,
We Hope
Among those who have held to the. idea
that educational television should be educa
tional, the idea lingers that WUXC-TV has
more flickered than shone during its length
ening weeks of life.
The station has had its trouble, amount
ing often to aches and pains. From the start
division in the higher echelons kept the sta
tion's policy off even keel. The educational
emphasis (which we have been led to assume
by the name of the enterprise) has been
threatened continuously by those high up in
the station's administration who want to com
pete with - private commercial stations.
Against this dim and dull cyclorama of di
vision and disappointment splashed, in afl
fairness, with some few highlights here and
there something new seems to be marching
downstage.
The best indication, if we have detacted
one, of the emergence of new policy, is the
announcement that a panel of four profes
sors will discuss Walter Lippmann's The Pub
lic Philosophy over the station's hookup to
morrow night. Mr. Lippmann's book has
a'ouscd both resounding affirmation and
dissent: and whether one agrees or disagrees
with its essential thesis, it is a significant
book and well deserves scrutiny over the vi
deo waves.
But easily the most heartening part of the
emerging trend is the knowledge that four
University professors Doctors Heard, God
frey, Poteat, and Colonel Orr will make up
the round table. Professors were little con
sulted while the station went up and were
later expected to volunteer their services
when they had been given no appreciable
voice in its origins.
Let us hope that the new character passing
from the shadow of the cyclorama is not
merely another poor player, struggling and
fretting and signifying nothing. For perhaps
a new and vigorous policy has appeared on
the scene and Chancellor House's recently
told belief that "the public will find we're
indispensable" is being backed by action.
Gracious Living 3
(Second Series)
Gracious Living in Chapel Hill has been
dealt a primative blow in its most graceful
spot the Arboretum. - .
Almost daily, the herds of school children,
grunting and squealing like our aboriginal
progenitors, swing from the' limbs of Arbore
tum trees. The pint-sized visitors, apparently
not content with the wonders of the Old Well
and the Planetarium, invariably flock to na?
tures haunt to play junior caveman.
We know of no solution to this grave prob
lem, except perhaps the eventual change that
comes to every young caveman when he
passes from childhood- to adolescence, 'from
swinging m trees to pulling pigtails
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RUEBEN LEONARD'S "Y
COURT Corner" yesterday was,
to say the least, a bit disappoint
ing. We were not disappointed
because of what was said in the
column;' what we found disl
column; what we found dis
en throughout.
Mr. Leonard,
in the course
of nine para
graphs, man
aged to throw
a considerable
t; i rather stale mud
j $ at a wide variety
oi targets rang
ing from the
Student Legisla
ture, through the Carolina For
um and two campus leaders,
all the way to the recent panty
raid. Now mudslinging is not
a sin; some occasions demand
it. Mark Antony pitched some
pretty tidy clods, as one can see
if one reads Shawespeare. But
Antony did not call people four
letter names, he called them
nice names with a slightly un
orthodox twist.
Mr. Leonard does not take
the trouble to be gentle. He
just gets himself a soapbox and
screams.
SCREAMING IS OLD, mildew
ed. When people hear it they
know they have heard it before
and, what is more, most scream
ing does not stir up pleasant
reminiscences. There is no need
to be bitter, Mr. Leonard. There
is no need to put one's tongue
in one's cheek so far that it
sticks out the other side; it
is not necessary to call people
names; there is no call to make
underhanded allusions t0 the
alleged practices of a very re
cently elected (and rather im
portant) official; energy is
wasted in slamming at the Leg
islature's . money-handling.
You perhaps will say, Mr.
Leonard, in reply, that you re
call our own column of last
Tuesday in which we were
rather cavalier with certain
legislators' opinions, and that in
view of our Words there we are
here being just a tiny bit hypo
critical. If we still believed in
the need for our having said
then what we did, you would be
right; but we seem to have found
out differently. People have
come to us, tapped us reproach
fully on the shoulder and said,
"Now look, pal; how about the
other side?" They were not too
far from wrong.
Editors
ED YODER, LOUIS KRAAR
Managing Editor
FRED POWIEDGB
Business Manager
TOM SHORES
Associate Editor
J. A. C. DUNN
News Editor
Jackie Goodman
Advertising Manager
Circulation Manager.
Dick Sirkin
Jim Kiley
Subscription Manager
Assistant Business Manager
Photographer
Society Editor
. Jack Godley
Bill Bob Peel
Boyden Henley
Susan Andes
NEWS STAFF Neil Bass, Ed Myers,
Lois Owen, Ebba Freund, Joe Terrell
SPORTS STAFF Al Korschun, Dave Lieberman,
Bob Colbert
BUSINESS STAFF Joan Metz, Carolyn Nelson,
Jack Weisel, Bill Thompson
Night editor for this, issue
.Eddie Crutchfield
IT IS INTERESTING to note
that on the same day Mr. Leon
ard published his acid-ridden
condemnation of everyone in
general a sizeable number of
students from all over the re
gion sat in the neat meetings
and took the trouble t0 investi
gate the countless problems
that arise concomitantly with
the operation of student govern
ment. We recieved the impress
ion from Mr. Leonard's column
that he thinks legislators are
stupid; that they sit around be
ing wheels and big noises and
accomplish nothing; that they
are a . courteous collection ' of
false fronts. We are sure Mr.
Leanord does not actually think
this, since he was once a legis
lator himself, and a floor leader
at that, but unforunately that
impression is created.
However, it was remarked to
us quite soon after we published
our own rather harsh slap at
student government that there
exists in the institution an as
tonishingly large amount of
sincerity. Those people who meet
on Thursday nights really be
lieve that what they are doing
can result in something good,
whether or not it aatually does.
Very often nothing comes of
their efforts, but sometimes
there are commendable results..
Don't dammn a man for do
ing the wrong thing when he
didn't want to, Mr. Leonard. It
is pointless, because a man who
has made a mistake he didn't
mean to make is already mad at
himself and will take criticism
with a smile much sooner than
with a snarl.
'How About Trying To Fix It Right Now?'
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Hopes Brighten In The Straits
An
ment,
Anglo-American agree
which would involve
abandoning the Chinese off
shore islands of Matsu and Que
moy, is now a growing possi
bility. Indeed, such an agree
ment is probable rather than
possible, if only the Chinese
Communists hold off from at
tacking Quemoy and Matsu for
a few more weeks.
The general shape of the deal
which seems to be in the mak
ing is simple enough. The United
States would put all possible
pressure on Chiang Kai-shek to
evacuate the islands, meanwhile
making it clear that American
forces would not defend the is
lands in case of attack. In re
turn, the British would make
some sort of commitment
short of a permanent guarantee
to the present Chinese Nation
alist regime to take part in
the defense of Formosa in case
of an attack by the Communists.
The British would certainly be
joined in such a pledge by Aus
tralia and New Zealand, proba
bly by Canada, possibly by
France and the NATO countries,
conceivably by most of the non
Communist world. But the Brit
ish commitment is the heart and
soul of the proposed agreement,
the essential ingredient.
The deal is by no means all
buttoned . up, of course. It is in
what one of the interested par
ties has called "the floating
around stage," which means
carefully informal chats which
commit no one. It seems to have
reached this stage largely as a
result of Adlai Stevenson's re
cent foreign policy speech. When
Secretary Dulles accused Stev
enson of plagiarizing his own
ideas, the Washington diplo
matic corps was surprised. But
since then, the idea of an Anglo
American agreement to defend
Formosa but not the off-shore
islands, which was vaguely fore
shadowed in the Stevenson
speech, has been floating around
much more visibly than before.
ALLIANCE PRESERVED
The advantages of this kind
of arrangement with the British
are obvious. The British alliance
would be preserved, and at long
last something like an Anglo
American united front in Asia
created. At the same time, the .
Administration would be off the
Quemoy-Matsu hook, and it is
no secret at all that most Ad
ministration policy makers
would give a great deal to be
extricated from the off-short is
land dilemma.
To be sure, there might be
trouble from the Knowland
Bridges faction in the Senate.
But the Administration could
argue with some justice that a
British-Australian-New Zealand
commitment to defend Formosa
which no one would have im
agined possible six months ago
was worth far more to Chiang
than the off-shore islands. As
a straight political matter, in
deed, most observers now agree
that almost any "peaceful"
statement of the Formosa crisis
would be a big political net plus
for the ' Administration at least
for the time being.;
From the British viewpoint,
the kind of deal outlined above
would mean in effect adoption
by this country, of the "two
Chinas" policy Jpng advocated
by the British r and a care
fully qualified commitment to
join in the defense of Formosa
might not be too high a price
to pay for this result. Even so,
it would not be easy for the Brit
ish to make such a commitment,
however hedged about.
To be sure, the Eden govern
ment could present the ."agree
ment as a triumph of British
diplomacy, pulling the impetu
ous Americans back from the
brink of the abyss. But the "not
a single Tommy for Chiang
Kai-shek" line has been so suc
cessfully propagated in Britian
that any British comitment
of any sort to defend Formosa
would be highly dangerous pol
itically. AGREEMENT AFTER
ELECTIONS
For this reason, it is most un
likely that any agreement will
be reached before the British
elections of May 26. But if the
Conservatives are triumphantly
re-elected, an Anglo-American
deal on Formosa will certainly
be up for most serious consider
ation. May 26 may be too late, of
course the Communists may
attack before then. Or Chiang
Kai-shek may flatly and openly
refuse to be eased off the is
lands, in which case such an
Anglo-American deal would
look like a public invitation to
the Communists to attack our
Nationalist allies.
Yet it is a reasonably good bet
all the same that the crisis of
the off-shore island? will even
tually be resolved in some such
way as that outlined above. A
cease fire in the Formosa Strait
has all along been the central
American objective. Originally
it was hoped that the Chinese
Communists would abandon
their claim to Formosa, or at
least make a public pledge not
to attack Formosa, in return for
getting Quemoy and Matsu with
out a fight.
This hope, unrealistic from the
start, is now dead. The proposed
Anglo-American deal would
Formosa Straits, based not upon
meaningless Communist prom
ises, but on American power
backed by British and common
wealth support. There is much
to be said for this more rea
listic kind of cease fire. There
is only one thing to be said
against it that, however much
it may be dressed up, it repre
sents one more retreat in Asia,
and one more retreat may be
one too many.
Einstein's
Fdith, Works
Raleigh News &
Observer
A little bushy headed, pixie
looking, out-spoken man died in
Princeton on Monday. And that
little man, Albert Einstein, was
not in phrases of praise but in
bare statement of the facts "the
man whose theories led to con
struction of the atom bomb and
provided the basis for the tele
vision and electronic and other
technological advances which
have made the mid-Twentieth
Century what it is." It would be
possible without much exagger
ation to say that no one who
lived during his lifetime was so
responsible for the changes in
the world evident at the time
of his death.
Hardly any man had been so
much honored by the world he
so greatly altered. He, of course,
was a winner of the Nobel Prize.
He had been given honorary de
grees by the universities of
Geneva, Oxford, Cambridge,
Princeton, Paris, Madrid, Zurich,
Harvard, London and Brussels.
When he died, as an American
citizen wh0 had not been so
much refugee from as a rejector
of Hitler's Germany, he was a
life member- of the Institute for
Arvanced Science at Princeton.
Above all, however, he was , a
scientist who kept, through all
his new discoveries in the uni
verse, his faith in the paramount
importance of th dignity of man.
Let every man be respected
as an individual and n0 man
idolized," Albert Einstein said.
That was an enunciation more
important to Einstein than any
of the theories he formulated
And in the age of nuclear
science it remains more import
ant than ever. It is a blessing
of that age that the great man
who initiated it emphasized that
the dignity of man is more im
portant than any force set loose
substitute a cease - fire "in "the on "his" earth.'
Presidential
Memo
Tom Creasy
As I look ,on the past 12
months in Student Government I
find it hard, to believe that 12
months make a year. It seems
Imposible that the 1954-55 era of
Student Government could, al
leady be over. J,t has had. its
difficulties and defeats along
with its enjoyable moments and
successes and as President of the
Student Body this year my only
hope is that I have been able to
give half as much as I have got
ten out of the job. I never spent
a more enjoyable or more
worthwhile year.
In looking at the successes
that we have had this year how
ever few or however many they
have been. I am certain of one
thing they have leen due
to the very capable and con
scientious people that I have
had working with me in Stu
dent Government this, year. I
would like to name all these
people, and their outstanding
contributions, but I could never
get all of them into my allotted
space.
I would like to thank not only
the student leaders but the Stu
dent Body as a whole and the
administration and faculty for
their help and full cooperation
this year. And my especial re
gard and respect goes to the
1954-55- Student Legislature,
which could have made it very
difficult for me, since the op
position party was in control,
and thus cause student govern
ment to reach a stalemate; but
instead they chose to work right
along with me and to cooperate
in every way possible. As a re
sult they have given the Student
Body one of their finest legis
lative programs.
Just three weeks ago you went
to the polls again t0 elect your
new officers They are all ex
cellent people, qualified and
very capable. Help them in every
way possible, praise their suc
cesses and try to be tolerant of
their failures. I wish all of them
evry success and hope and feel
sure that they will give the Uni
versity the best year that she has
ever had in Student Govern
ment. Reader's Retort
Panty-Raiders &
Subversives
EDITORS:
What kind of policy is it to
prosecute pranksters and de
fend those guilty of treason?
I want to know what the hell
is going on through the minds
of our so-called administration
and editors of the DTH. They
dents nee dto be taken in hand,
need tQ be taken in hand-
not the poor misguided students,
students to be arraigned by the
police for a boyish prank, and
who are no more guilty than
the other 2000 boys who took
part in the raid which was just
blowing off steam. No - one is
really guilty of any harm, and
no violence or destruction was
done. At the same time, two of
our noble, liberal-minded pro
fessors go to Greensboro to de
fend in court a known sub
versive communist leader who
is trying to overthrow our gov
ernment. This fellow Scales
should be hung, and poor miss
guided professors who helped
such people, get out so light
are unknowingly undermining
our government and is making
a larger smear on our univer
sity than that 0f a boyish prank
Yet the administration sits by
and does nothing about this
more serious jssue and the DTH,
in its editorials, commends the
like of patriotism shown by the
enlightened professors.
,A11 this will just .create a nice
shelter for other eommunist to
come here even after one
cell has been broken. For they
too can hide behind the skirts
of the so-called benevolent lib
eralism which is . advocated. If
it takes this kind of irrespon
sible policy to raise the standard
of education in this school, I
would rather do without it and
see our, standard hit rock bot
tom. The tax payers of N. C.
should demand that the apro
priations should be cut for the
budget of UNC if the school
allows such a policy to prevail.
Compared to sheltering com
munism here, a panty-raid is
nothing. I do not question their
right to their' opinion, but they
are guilty of using very poor
and illogical judgment on is
sues in general.
ROBERT M. SMITH
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state and even
stories of
Over i he
Charles Dunn
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REDS: For me v
and other papers tnrougnoui u.c
hopn carrving paj
Hi VrTaT of former university student and former
int nf neaT-by Carrttoro Junius Scales, who
clears nasb'en known as a leader of the Com-
tUf int-t in the case develop.,
thJ weeTwhea Carolina student Charlie Child.,
fppeaed as a witness and related his experiences
T, Communist for the F.B.I. And of course, the
:nr,nM at the trial of several proiessors aim
townspeople has had its share of discussions
on
campus
All of this has started some students wondering.
After all, when you go to bca ai n S,u,
know whether your roomie is sleeping or watching
..... ka it know he is watching you, you don l
know whether he is wishing that the revoiuuon
would hurry and come so that he can curb your
capitalistic ways, or waiting for you, in a forgetful -moment,
to utter some statement favoring the vio
lent overthrow of the government or your local
draft board so that he can turn you over to the
authorities.
BITS OF WIT: There are many little sayings
floating around campus as offerings of the Scales
trial. One of them is the old "if they took the F.B.I,
out of the Communist party it would Told up." An
other is: "I'm an F.B.I, man for the Communists."
And then of course there is fie letter home:
"Dear Folks . . . everybody up here was surprised
to hear about the Communists as you-all were.
Beally." ,
SIGN OF THE TIME: In a recent issue of The
New Yorker there was a cartoon showing a young
man in a haberdashery trying on a sport coat and
a pair of walking shorts. Near by his mother was
sitting, with tears in her eyes, and saying some
thing on the order of "I just can't help it. They
are his first pair of short pants."
REASONS: A petite coed from the far western
part of the state was trying to help a way-bchind
fellow catch up on some of his studies. Between
her very southern accent and her special code for
marking her notes, the fellow was getting no
where, but fast. With a laugh, he complained. The
coed leaned back in her chair, smiled and said,
"Well, that's just what my Mom and dad sent me
up here -to go to school for, anyhow: to learn how
to write so as it could be read, and to learn how
to talk so as they could understand me, they did.'
POINT: Several years ago, according to a profes
sor, a Negro man left his wife in Chapel Hill and
went north to find work. The man was forced to
stay longer than he expected, and, even though lie
wrote letters, his wife became a little worried after
several years.. He assured her he was true to her
by writing: ""No woman wants nothing but your
money, and I wants that for myself."
WONDERING: Why calls for a "Panty raid" meet
with such little response since Tuesday night?
IDEA: It has been suggested thgt for the sake
of being original that the name of this column be
changed from "Over the Hill to simply "AWOL."
A Poem
By Ron Levin
The Island Of No One
Un tasted ides now swirling in
the idea ebb of vernal tides
With subtle hints of slimming nights
and images . . . the sacred rites
of milling glost gathered there
of moon washed sand, the naked shore,
and lathered in a thousand frenzies
to excite ten niilion more.
No stale man smells are present here
ingrained within the passive dunes
but only memories of sheer
white feathered pipers' fleeting tunes
along the waves edge . . . screaming fear
of being lound one fatal noon
A Loiter From
three Carpetbaggers
Dear Editors:
ceivilT .rj" P!eCe f PraiSe m PMy re
ceived amid a storm of protest -concerning Mr Rue-
everrardM "Y"CoUrt Crner" AP" 23 iL
ever e could not let such an article go by without
proclaiming, "Halleluia-a columnist wifh gut."
BMOrnaHrd'S CyniCal quips concerning various
decidpHiv vincj : .
addition to The DtIIVT
commend Mr Leonard Tor Wuld HkC
he will keep It Sp Sd Wrk a"d hopC
P.S.: We are all Bermuda
tafists.
Three Carpetbagircr?
shorts-wearinor tfjpi-