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THE DAILY TAR HEEL PACE TV0 Welcome To Our Groves Of Academe The nnmia Parents' Day, now in its fifth seavnt, has claimed a niche among the classic pre ceding of the year. Alpha Phi Omega, an organization which almost daily undertakes unsung service roles on the campus, crowns its calendar with this conclave of parents, professors, administrators, and students. Too often, parents suffer their children to come up unto the I'ntversity's gates rather than send them. A piogram like Parents Day serves a special purjjose for those whom this shoe fits, for this is a day when they may savor, and test for approval, some of the at mosphere which daily surrounds their sons and daughtei s.' We coffer welcome to Chapel f fill's groves of academe. These groves shelter something worth savoring again and again. For those who have been heie one or a dozen or a hun ched times before, for those who spent. their d.ys of forma! tutoring here, this welcome is hardly necessary. To other parents, equally welcome: We hope you discover this intangible charm among the groves. The charm is, as we have heard Dr. Arc hibald Henderson say of the Mecklenburg Declaration, "out there some, where." We know you will find it. Getting Honor Into The Student System The failure of an Honor System at one un iversity was ascribed to the fart -that "the faculty had all the honor and the students had the system." This week a student committee, after two months study, came up with plans for avoid, ing the, separation of honor and svstem at Carolina. While the work of this group touch ed on court mechanics and rehabilitation -of offenders, the emphasis seemed to be on the need for more contact between the Honor System and students. The student committee, headed by Scotiv Hester, suggested manuals for court members, "comprehensive tests" during orientation, re minders on the backs of student identifica tion, and signs with such inspiring mottos as, "Your Honor fs Our System." Aside from the liig-lirother-ls-WatcJiing" tone of the sign idea, all the suggestions would help the cam pus feel and understant the presence of an Honor Svstem. ' However, the I Jester commitfe did not point up one'ol the biggest failures of the present student courts-the failure to report cases to the campus newspaper. Onlv if stu dents can read regular accounts of the various courts' work, will they realize that the Honor System is a living, breathing element of cam pus hfe, instead of a string of shining ideals tossed about during orientation. Unfortunately, this past vear's student courts have not seen fit to rejxut cases ,rnu I'Hly to the camp: there have been a few general summaries of court action, but they have not appeared on a regular basis and were too abbrev iated. Assurances from the new Men's Council thr-t it jvil report cases to the campus on a regular basis have already been made, thouh I he D.uly f ar Heel is heartened v The Council s awareness of this problem. ' Jerhaps with this improvement and im plementation of some of the Hester com nttee suggestions, there will be more honor J"" astern at Carolina. We hope so Carolina Front Show Biz Fine, But In the shadows of a loca'l bistro we heard Sound and Fury's "Satan's Saints" cited en. thusiastually for "sheer undergraduate ver ve We hereby echo that citation. bo liemardin, writer-star of the musicde and Joe, Fleishman, so lately gone from yth then hardworking and talented troupe done themselves proud. P ' SoiP5 becomes the year of resurrection or Sound and Fury. Warm-handed rece ."; " a,es that mutiny will f0Hmv f ;nerred i,ly one thing bothered u? up a bit. ut lets balance things fe map mx The official student publication otlZpum cahons Board of the University of kVUuI, where it is nnhlicw : '"UVU I 1 t f 7 - ihih f.rt -ttrt . r ' 1H S H. in - " 'I dairy except Mnnd and examination and vacation periods and summer terms. Enter ed as second " class matter at the post of fice in Chapel Hill, N. C, under the Act of March 8, 1879. Sub scription rates: mail ed. $4 per year, $2.50 a semester; delivered, $6 a year, $3.50 a semester. OF COURSE THE whole story is nothing but a parody of the rise of the common people and their revolt against one master at the instigation of a Marx or a Lenin (in, curiously enough, pig form), their allegiance to another master, their betrayal by a third who becomes a tyrant, and their final . victory over the dictator by means of mass revolu "Tion effected with the help of the fact that the needle-toothed dogs get drunk while the Kremlin has a party. The movie ends with this defeat of the Big Men with rib bons on their chests (but, we su spect, very little hair); and when one compares the ending of the movie to the present state of Communist Russia, one seriously wonders if the awesome reign of Communism isn't as near the end of its demise as its counterpart in "Animal Farm" indicates JJiat it is. There is a similarity to the Roman Empire, the French Em pire and the Russian rule of fear that sets us thinking. The upper echelons of the Communist Party are certainly not too steady at the moment. People are getting a rather clear picture nowadays of the ways of Communists and how they come and go mostly go. We wonder if the Kremlin and all the little Kremlins are not quite near a fall from which all the king's tanks and all the king's sec ret police cannot repair it. 'Now, If You'll Look At These Columns Here' Pigs Is Pigs On Orwell's Animal Farm J. A. C. Dunn O.V THURSDAY WE went and saw "Animal Farm" in cartoon version at the movies, and were forcibly struck by two or three items. To begin with, of course, there was the cartooning itself, whieh was brilliant better than Walt Disney because as well as soup sweet drawing there was genuine satire in attitudes, gestures and facial expressions; and better than the Mr. Magoo type of car toon because the satire "was leav ened, at points, with beautiful artistry, found mostly in ther landscaping. The satire in the drawing was effected not only through car icature of humans through ani mals, but caricature of humans through humans. Farmer Jones has an unforgettable face, almost Frankenstinian in its ugliness, and a staggering case of five o' clock shadow that would make Burma Shave lick its lathered lips and softly rub its hands in; capitalistic glee. Whimper, the sharp trader who supplies Ani mal Farm with pam and other unnecessary but scrumptious goodies makes on think of mer chants in university towns who know quiete well just where it's safe to drive a bargain too hard. We cannot remember having seen animals in animated cartoons drawn with such lacerating vraisemblance. Napoleon, the pig who takes control of Animal Farm by means of a police force of labradors with filed teeth, is so like Big Brother it is hearten ing to know that Big Brother real ly does look that much like a pig. And it is curious to note that any Big Brother the world has seen fits perfectly easily into the character of Napoleon. Labradors make excellent hoodlums, horses make excellent working classes, sheep are inimitable martyrs and fowls are indescribable "unthink ing followers." But the pigs are the best. It is not because they are fat and slop py; it is not because they- are greedy; it is simply that their eyes change much too readily from the wide, innocent, vacant stare, tef the paternally grandiose, through deceptive emotion, bland ness, cool intelligence, and final ly to with fierce, sneering cruel ty. The pigs are the best tyrants. They look as if they're thinking one thing, and actually they are thinking something else . . -2 4. Pepr. OF if t SOUNDS The Blues & Sorro ws Of Jazz Tom Spain The life of a jazz musician has always been anything but easy. The blues and sorrows brought out in so many jazz styles have seldom been created for effect, but rather they have reflected a way of life and a standard of living. A bright young musician should think twice before enter ing the jazz field, for it often leads to misery in the keenest sense of the word. There are those who are high ly successful, materially speak-, ing, but all too often, their mone tary rewards are not due entirely to their jazz talents. : Louis Arm strong exemplifies this, as he has become more of a showman than a musician. Likewise with count less other successes. Many have turned to the com mercial side of popular music. Here they can find means by which they can support their fam ilies, but it is well known that they must sacrifice the freedom that is essential to jazz. Bobby Hackett, an all-time great Chica go artist, earns his bread and but ter by trying to cage emotions with Gleason's tearful hits of sen timentality.. Bix Beiderbecke was engulfed by the slushy Whiteman band, where he was placed be hind a music stand, never again to perform as he wished. Others pursue different fields and wind up life insurance sales men or restaurant owners, while some seek to enlarge upon their talents. Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Mel Powell have , studied formal music and com position. Their contributions to this part of the music world are not to be overlooked. But few jazzmen have been able to main tain a comfortable living stand ard. Those tha& stick to it are sometimes able to earn large in comes, but suffer an existence of one-niters and constant ' travel. Honest jazz devotees who hang on for no other reason than for jazz alone, care little for material comfort and normal hours. They seldom live long. Occasionally, departed musi cians return to the fold, if only for an hour or two. Public de amnd brought Goodman' out of the Julliard school, and hemade a short road tour,- a few night club stands, and some recordings. Now and then, a benefit concert will reveal an almost forgotten star. After hours jam sessions of pit-orchestra musicians, studio bands, and old friends are becom ing more widely known, and rem iniscent of the days when jazz was an almost secretive form. These impromptu meetings have n't escaped the ears of the re cording industry, and in one of Columbia's latest releases, "we find some former dixieland stars, long-since considered, foreign , to the jazz world. ; ' RAMPART AND VINE is good time jazz. Although the student ' of the American folk art might scream "commercial corn", the talents portrayed are nonetheless excellent. A conglomorate organ ization of representatives of all towns and phases of dixieland jazz, the Rampart Street Paraders know well what they're doing. Their presentation proves that one does not lose his touch, though his tastes may change. The music cannot be compared with any strict style, as it has a style of its own, heretofore sel dom attempted. The musicians are Hollywood studio performers. Their jobs are steady and incomes probably good. Being only part-time jazz artists, they play for fun, and fun they have. Perhaps the only other group to which they might be compared is the Fire House Five comedy group. The difference lies in that the Rampart Street Pa raders rely on music rather than buffoonery for effect The red shirted clowns of the Disney stu dio cannot be classiveld with the Paraders for the sole reason that they are not real musicians. Nick Fatool, Abe Lincoln, Mat ty Matlock, and Eddie Miller made excellent reputations in. the twenties and early thirties. Their latest release does not im pair them. Lincoln's trombone solo in the lengthy version of Hindustan might be considered one of the best ever recorded. Fa tool's drumming in the same number, is clever and thoroughly Lifting Morale Of Professors (The Sanford Herald) Some restriction in the use of automobiles by on-campus stu dents at the University of North Carolina and State College has been recommended by the Visit ing Committee of the Consoli dated University. It brought out 'the amazing -facts that there are 1,932 student-owned automobiles at the Raleigh school and 1,492 at Chapel Hill that 42.8 per cent of the State Freshmen and Sophomores and 17.8 per cent of those at Carolina have cars. No explanation was offered as to why the State lads are so much better wheeled. Parking is a major problem on and near both campuses. Visitors and townspeople are ineonven . ienced by the motor-vehicle sat uration and so, of course, are the students themselves. Whether automobiles add to the campus snobbery with which fraternities generally are associated, we don't know; also, we have no statistics on the relative scholastic quality of driving and nondriving stu dents . Wre are sure, though, that fac ulty morale would be improved by restrictions bn cars at the col leges! Think what must be the effect upon a Kenan Professor of History, say, at Carolina, when he is blocked out of a parking space for his '49-model Chev rolet by a C-average Sopho more in a '55-four-hole Buick. Or consider what might cross the mind of a Chairman of a De , partment who, after saving gas oline money a month to drive up to the Library of Congress, over hears some lout deficient in quality points planning to motor down to Daytona Beach, Fla., for a week-end house party. More than mental attitudes is involved here. If officials of the ' Consolidated University don't re duce the campus car count, half the Instructors and Assistants and more than a scattering of the Associates are likely to put away their books and go into the gasoline and tire business. effective . Fatool has not only maintained his subtle touch, but has developed a more imaginative style since his Condon days. Hindustan is truly in the hot jazz category. The many solos swing with a drive and life sel dom found in jazz recording of today. The accompanying selec tions also have a clear, clean and loud sound, perhaps a trait found only in music of well-fed per formers. One admirable attribute found in the Parader's interpre tations is an element of discip line w-hich doesn't allow for ham ming. This alone makes the re mording worth the attention of the jazz fan. " The West Coast interpretations of dixieland jazz have been gen erally awful, due primarily to the absence of first-rate talent and a strong element of corn, a favorite cover-up for incompet ence. It is worthy to note that the better jazz musicians can come out of hiding at times, and rees tablish their supremacy. The in-, dividual talents of the Rampart Stree Paraders are excellent, and fheir combined talents make up a form of jazz as yet unnamed. It is an orphan of the jazz forms, but the total effect is a good one. R etnodeim Ron Levin By Walt Kelly NC'Ag A Vi'T seueve- oj cons max iToGe'H two two. 7 4 Off w-iSK Tv$ SOME FOI.K5 !J CO THAT jT yiK&$'" r -r A -f CWJZMUVA II -7- - r- ' -J ' 2S-- H TCtS y pojcj F!V SIX $VgN BIGHT NiiNE TEN ACV AKI'AIMT t?kl eiiu7,Vrnl ' OPtftA400S VET-- YOU BOse A asrrea not wait fsoiS'-vost'i l BB BOOM iMTViS BClAJ PSK AOPS'N I n7 -4J 1 A " IT U 4t41f J fat LI'L ABNER By Al Ca pp f OH, BOV.'- I I -HEY )( rO WHAR WE GJTS ) WE'RE. GETTIN' I wuJvq'alLA A REALLY LONG -JP.'. , V A FINE 'J JTrA HOTDOG-MAMMV ) ili&4- f CROWD f J0n C-t YOKUM'ST "' NO MATTER HOW LONG MAJ-IKy VOKUM'S HOr DCC IS-AMrUL KAK ONE LONS&RJ? J us i.iott r- - J 4 C C.wtf fj MM Tajestries torn down from the walls and flung irito a shapeles heap revealing scars in day old plaster once though t to be secure. Here and there a driven nail here once a picture hong, but yesterday declines to hang on nails in front o slashing eyes preferring to carouse with cans and papers in a dusty lot. The last minute shows its seconds out through a hack door, still not dry, leaving only a careless slam that echos in an empty house : and frightens candles in the hallway sputtering in tomorrow's draft. Secretary Dulles Climbs A Tree Ralph McGill 'An' den," said Uncle Remus, "Brer Rabbit, he elime er tree." "But, Uncle Remus," said the Little Boy, "rabbits can't climb trees." 'Dis time, chile," admoried Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit is bleeged to clime er tree," Secretary of State Dulles has climbed a tree. He was "bleeged to." He has announced that this country will, if Red China is sincere in wanting a discussion, meet with her representatives in talks pertaining to a cease-fire in the Formosa Straits . . . and will not insist on Chiang Kai-shek's presence. This is another of the many "turnabouts" which have featured the Eisenhower foreign policy. This last one is what the man in the White House wants. He apparently has had a rude awakenTHg to facts earlier not revealed to him. He had been led into a position during the cam paign of 1952 which tied Chiang tightly about his neck. He Was still uninformed of the true condi tions when he "unleashed" Chiang Kai-shek. IIq was led soon thereafter into the "massive retalia tion" policy. And now, after having said for two consecutive days there would be no talks unless Chiang was included, the Secretary reluctantly and fearfully climbs the tree he just naturally was "bleeged" to climb. OPINION He knows the Knowland-McCarthy faction will shake that tree mighty hard. The overwhelming opinion in this country is against any warfare over the two offshore islands, Quemoy and Matsu. The American people want a cease-fire as they wanted one in Korea. There was much more reason to continue the war in Korea than there is to begin one over Quemoy and Matsu. They will support defense of Formosa. But ex cept for morale value the two islands are of no stra tegic or tactical value either as bases for an assault on the mainland or as steppingstones for one against Formosa. To so insist is to ignore the fate of atomic weapons. One of the larger ones, cynically referred to as "the large economy size" instantly would wipe out any life on either island. Never have the American people been so unin formed as they have been about the entire Quemoy-Matsu-Formosa problem. In this day of atomic wea pons, to continue harping on the Seventh Fleet s ability to come in close and shell the islands' is" 'com plete folly. The Communists 'have enough air" bases nearby on the mainland to put the fleet in the very eornea of the eye of danger. ' MUST! e We defend Formosa and must defend it be cause it. a part of the present perimetej of defense. But this brings us to another tree which the ad ministration may be "bleeged to climb." ' If the Red CfhinPco jTra cinna-r-n u i -v' o.ijv.! c as nicy weniniiy not be ... a cease-fire may be had. Presumably it would then be followed by discussions of the whole. Asian problem, including Formosa. Assuming what . now is the unlikely fact that this staige should be reached, the tree to be climbed wouid then be at hand. i " f Chiang would have to be removed and that island left to the Formosans under trusteeship of the TInJtnJ XT.: ' 1 . We will either have a- settlement of the Formosan problem with either the Reds nor the JCatkmalist Chinese there, or we will 'fight about it. ; 0 Maybe we will have to go to war abotrt it. But if we don't want to fight there, then we must know and face the fact that a settlement otf the For mosan problem will mean a Chiangless i.Uand. TIt' Communist gns continue in Indo china and Indonesia. f Because of the trap into which this administra SuhnL1 by ,hC Knowla Tactiom of the IZ tlTrn 7' Wcare necessarily Preoccupied 7eL arZ.ZTn ' ' ' and unle to con- SUmEST an over Asian y-e:4mnta
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