TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1953
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
PAGE TWO
Sissies, Shoes &
God's Chillun
Carolina Front
hiMorv professor, pat in- and peeking
under trie'rmvs of l.arrl-ba ked classroorm
hem lie,, announced Just before (lass began
hst Ividav n-arefKt Day? that he sought
barefoot senior girls. He wanted, heaid. to
step on their Toes. None of the senior gir.s
had come barefooted.
-Sissies!" he thundered and laughed a huge
asbestos laugh.
We felt like thundering and laiighin; with
him. I he le!toed Seniors had the joke on
them. Not only sissies were they for not en
joying the pleasures of barefoot day, but
downright foolish.
Whv? Here's the int, made in a recent
C'reensboro Daily News editorial. That wor
thy journal took a native Southern woman
to task for implying there's a correlation be
tween " bare feet aitd barbarians, recalling
Longfellow's lines alxuit departing and leav
ing footprints on the sands o time. Their
idea was
that the men who made the best footprints on
those sands didn't wear shoes. A shoe is hardly
the criterion of a civilized man. Take David,
Solomon, Pericles, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle,
Caesar, Asoka Gautama Buddha, Mohammed,
Chandi and so on; they didn't wear shoes san
dals maybe that they could scuff off at a mom
ent's notice, but not shoes. On the other Hitler,
Mu-solini and Stalin were confirmed shoe
v.eaiers, but you would hardly call them civil--ized.
a
Whether certain seniors' nnappropriate
shoefulness last Friday was dictated by some
inner voice whispering of that now-debunked
link between naked soles and uncivility or
from sheer modesty we just don't know. But
Friday's "Sissies!" muffed a chance to move
into a pretty fast caravan.
The moral of the story, and prespet lives
for next year's Barefoot Day had better take
note, is that false modesty can harm.
Not all God chillun ain't gotta have
shoes.
Hear The (Hot)
Wind Blow, Dear
Down in the galleys, the galievs so low,
you can, today, lean your head over and hear
the (hot) wind blow.
Once in a while one of those ill winds
through and through which blows no good
at all puffs into "our office, aimed for print.
We, as good Voltairians, believing in defense
of even tawdry disagreement, must satisfy it.
Today's apjx-arance is the second for this par
ticularly humid, ill and hot wind.
But if you have your clothespin securely
clipped atop your.. nostrils you may, perhaps,
find more than humidity and heat within
that missile marked "You Will Cease.'' We
didn't.
Our Crossed Puzzles
Newspapers rustled to the classroom floor,
and the professor valiantly tried to ignore
the sound. Perhaps lie was thankful that this
particular morning's paper carried no cioss
word puzzle; he probably lectured with new
confidence as the pajxrs fell:
Every other day, when professors go before
their undergraduate charges, students are
deeply engrossed in the terribly important
task of figuring out three-letter words for an
cient Greek rulers, or svnomyiis for "endur
ance." AM this strikes us as rather odd that folks
pay their money to attend the University
hear in classes about the world's various and
painful plights (from Formosa to lun- can
cer) yet still center their energies on" word
puzzles.
This is one puzzle, we wish they'd work
on, too.
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Do You Know,
In Sweden . .
Reader's Retort
J. A. C. Dunn
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-Bob Dillard
IN TIME MAGAZINE of April
25 we were brought to a grinding
halt on page 29 by a letter from
one of Time's correspondents in
Sweden concerning the astound
ing candor and
-- ' unconcern with
A ..'jwhich the
f j Swedish have
I legalized unwed
Jimother-
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. uuou. iue se.
--w ' y , iducation given
, ; ' -' fin public
schools would
mi..'- make even the
most modern, broadminded Amer
ican blanch," says wTiter Joe
David Brown. A Mrs. Ottesen
Jensen, Swedish sex educator, in
formed Mr. Brown, "I tell them
that the important thing is that
they must be in love. I tell the
girls it is all right to sleep with
a boy but first they must be
in love. When I tell them that
you see them smiling and nudg
ing each other."
At this point we looked around
to see if there was anyone with
in nudging distance, were dis
appointed to find that there was
n't and read on.
"... What is the use of trying
to change human nature?" said
Mrs. Ottesen-Jensen. Mr. Brown
asked her incredulously "How
can a boy or girl of 17 or 18
know the difference between love
and plain old biological urge?
to which Mrs. Ottesen-Jensen re
plied, "Oh, they can tell love.
They can tell real love."
NEED WE SAY that this mat
ter is interesting? Of course not.
It's fascinating. We wonder what
tappen if that phase of under
graduate extra-curricular activi
ties were transferred to this
country. In fact, since, as we said,
the matter is fascinating, we
wonder very hard.
To begin with, a whole new
branch of public counselling
would probably crop up. We
would not only have marriage
counsellors, we would also have
unmarriage counsellors. In all
liklihood another offshoot of
psychiatry would develop based
on the practice of helping peo
ple decide whether or not they
were really in love. This field of
specialization would probably not
last long, since those who went
into it would, we daresay, soon
discover that most people with
one thought in mind are not go
ing . to take the trouble (and
money) to salve their consciences
by waiting for a go-ahead from
a psychiatrist. They would con
duct their own experiments.
The Swedes also take care of
illegitimate children, instead of
ostracizing them and their moth
ers, and we can see bobby-soxers
and coeds comparing notes on
their offspring fathered, per
haps, by a star football player
or a well-heeled fraternity man.
Of course if the Swedish outlook
on young love was transferred
to this country intact there pro
bably wouldn't be many illegiti- ,
mate children, since the Swedes
go in for abortions (good ones,
performed by creditable doctors)
to quite a considerable extent.
Without a doubt there would
appear motels that specialized
. . . And honeymoon lodges for
very short honeymoons. "True
Confessions" would take on a new
look, and there might well be
some changes made in the Lone
ly Hearts Club.
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BUT FOR ALL" the airy off
handedness of the Swedes, we
think Mr. Brown's question as
to how people, of 17 or 18 can
tell the difference between love
and plain old biological urge
is a good one. Ivory castle at
titudes may be obtainable in
Sweden, but we doubt, Ameri
cans being what they are (and
don't ask usl what an American
is), if love's Voung dream would
see much of the light of day in
this country.
In the middle of writing this
column we went downstairs to
the Rendezvous Room and listen
ed for a moment to the jazz
combo playing there. We peered
. maliciously through the gloom
to see if anyone was nudging
anyone else, but (and perhaps
fortunately) the gloom was too
gloomy.
Editors:
Once again the stench of Daily Tar Heel lib
eralism oozes from its editorial page. This time The
DTH "concurs" with ideas set forth by the defense
comrades at the Scales trial.
The DTH follows the party line remarkably well,
for nigger loving and communism go hand in hand
in America. It is repognized that only cheap lackeys
of the Kremlin will stoop low enough to try to de
ceive and exploit the free American Nejjro in order
that he and all other Ameiricans might ultimately
be enslaved. Scales admitted the value of racial
agitation to the "revolution."
The DTH stood almost alone in its position oi
the Scales trial. The chief journalistic organ of our
state university defended the defenders of a rec
ognized, and now convicted, Communist. It spoke
of Scales in terms of "sincerity" and "dignity,"
while those patriotic men who helped to reveal the
true nature and methods of the scum who would
destroy our entire concept of' life and individual
dignity, were referred to as "paid performers",
and "spies." It praised men like Charles Jones,
who was relieved of his church because he dis
torted the belief that "all men are created equal"
into the doctrine that "all men shall be dragged
to the dead level of mediocrity."
The communism of The DTH. the blindness of
a Chapel Hill minister, and the unfortunate asso
ciation of such trash as Scales with Carolina, have
done incalculable damage to the reputation of our
great University.
Again, as I have said before, a handful of politi
cal freaks are degrading an institution loved by
thousands of North Carolinians. Those now attend
ing the University are within striking range. These
students must recognize their vantage point. They
must realize that the many who love Carolina are
watching for them to remove you and the red
stigma from their university.
"You will cease. That is a fact" Even now the
guillotine of Southern Pride is in motion. There is
activity both within and from outstide the Univer
sity. Lewis Brumfield seems to have had your num
ber, and he. unlike you, speaks for the students.
As I predicted, the state legislature, via the Board
of Trustees, has intervened by eliminating those
among them who were making integration noises.
Because of you, the Carolina student body is
getting a r3w deal. They are being accused of
things of wheh only j-ou are guilty. They must rid
themselves of you. ,
One of our state's great lady journalists, Nell
Battle Lewis, said the hammer and sickle belongs
on the campus flag pole. If I may, I will amend her
statement and tell you that it should fly, instead,
from Graham Memorial, proclaiming that you, not
true Tar Heels, are communists.
Yes, justice does go on. Scales can now vouch
for that. Justice is slow, methodical, . . . but ever
so sure, someday you and your fellow travelers
will find this out. That I may see you get yours!!
William G. Grimes
'Oh, This Takes More Time
l MKEOrJe
Ptff TW
Some Thoughts At 4 A.M.
Ken Pruitt-
Busy people sleeping, sleeping.
Busy people breathing, breathing.
In the hall someone sneezing,
Roommate, roommate wheezing, wheezing.
Nodding, nodding at hy desk.
Slumber, sleep; futile quest.
One more hour; one more round.
One morepage.
Then lie down.
Wonder, wonder where is dawn?
Ponder, ponder night is gone.
Eyes that throb and lids that sting.
Seconds tinkle; minutes ring.
Coughing, coughing; blue-gray smoke.
Hating, hating tower's stroke.
Silly words dance on the page.
Stillness mulls a quiet rage.
Dizzy, dizzy; burning ears.
Blinking, blinking unwept tears. s
Musty books and musty air.
If but, no! I wouldn't dare.
Time and worry; buzzing sounds.
A spigot leeks, a cockroach drowns.
Hurry, hurry, cloudy mind.
Scratching pencil; weary grind.
Fog is drifting through the door.
Clouds are rising on the floor.
Snow is covering all the wall.
Chair - sliding mus t not f-a-M-
Quofe, Unquote: Using Differences Well
The democratic conception is based on the as
sumption that conflicts between individuals and
groups will always exist. This assumption in turn
derives from the principle of diversity. In nature,
and hence in man who is part of nature, difference
is a given fact. Important differences will inevitab
ly lead to confict.
If the democratic theory were left at this point,
those who follow in precepts would soon find them
selves living in chaos. Differences should lead to
increasingly chronic conflicts which, if unresolved,
would weaken and destroy the capacity to achieve
common goals. A democracy without a sense of di
rection would be like a ship with sails and no
rudder. The right to be different is the basis of
freedom and where this right is not respected, and
protected, democracy cannot flourish . . . A funct
ional democracy, if it succeeds, becomes therefore
a method for utilizing differences from common
ends. One of the rules of conduct to wheh citizens
of democracies must subject themselves is, then,
the discipline of finding experimental methods for
dealing with conflict. ' "The Democratic Way of
Life' by T. V. Smith and Eduard C-Lindemcm.
m mm m,
Stevenson
& Harriman
Stewart Alsop
WASHINGTON The rela
tionship between Adlai Stevenson
and New York's Gov. Averell
Harriman is the most interesting
personal -equation in -American
politics today. Stevenson find
Harriman are at -one nd the
same time close personal friends
and potential political rivals.
Harriman made his position
entirely clear to Stevenson, be
fore "Stevenson "left for his care
fully timed sojourn in Africa.
Harriman told Stevenson, in "ef
fect, not to worry about the. nom
ination if he wanted it, it
was in the bag. All he had to do
was to pass the word to five or
sLx key men including Harri
man and they would get be
hind him and push.
But this time, Harriman said,
there could be no indefinite de
lay. This time, in Harriman's
view, the problem is not the
nomination but the election.
Harriman strongly beleives
that the notion that Eisenhower
is unbeatable is a myth. But he
also believes, and has so coun
selled Stevenson, that in order
to beat Eisenhower, Stevenson
has got to start building for elec
tion day, not just after the con
vention next year, but almost
right away. Harriman has also
been completely frank with Stev
enson about his own role he is
a Stevenson man all they way if
Stevenson wants the nomination,
but if Stevenson does not, he
will try for it himself.
The implication of all this is
plain. At some unspecified point,
if Stevenson does not pass the
word, Harriman himself will "go."
To "go" in Harriman's case,
simply means giving a tacit green
light to Carmine DeSapio, able
chieftain of Tammany Hall and
Harriman's principal political
backer.
Just when the point of decision
will come is uncertain. But it
could come rather soon. DeSapio
reportedly favors starting quiet
ly to build a Harriman organiza
tion by early autumn, if Steven
son does not pass the word before
then. Meanwhile, DeSapio is
keeping open his lines of com
munication to such key figures
in the party as Mayor David
Lawrence, of Pittsburgh, and
Sen. Earle Clements, of Ken
tucky, who has the role of hon
est broker between the northern
and southern wing of the party.
Thus provided Stevenson
does not let it be known that he
is avaiable fairly soon after he
returns Harriman must be
taken seriously as a possible
contender. Already, he is cer
tainly being taken a lot more
seriously than in 1952, when he
first tried for the nomination,
and did surprisingly well.
The simple fact of being Gov
ernor of New York has added a
cubit or so to his political sta
ture. So has publication of the
Yalta papers, which show him in
an admirable light there is
a certain irony in the fact that
the only man to benefit political
ly from the Yalta papers is a
New Deal Democrat. Those close
to him say that being elected
Governor of the biggest state has
also "done something to Harri
man. His old diffidence is gone,
he has discovered in himself a
natural bent for politics, and
he is immensely enjoying his
job.
Harriman is an essentially un
complicated man. When he wants
something he goes to work - to
get it and usually succeeds.
Thus his advice to Stevenson, to
nail down the nomination and
start right away working to win
the election, is perfectly in
character. It is precisely what
Harriman would do in Steven
son's position. Indeed, if it were
not for Stevenson, his friends
believe that Harriman would be
out beating the bushes for sup
port right now.
But Stevenson is a much more
complex character. Those who
know him well believe that he
really wanted the nomination
very badly last year or at
least that he very badly wanted
to be sure that he could have it
if he wanted it. Then the elect
ion by a smashing majority of
his friend and protege, Paul
Butler, as chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee,
proved to Stevenson that he
could have the nomination by
lifting a finger. At this point
or s0 friends of his believe
he began asking himself, in his
introspective, Wilsonian way,
whether he really wanted to run
after all.
Over The Hill
Charles Dunn
COMPLIMENT: Fellows coming back in from
dates react in different ways. Some are quiet and
tl rieht to bed; other make all graaes of noe md
ZlZ S to stay up all night, and then there
are some in-between who come in quietly but, want
to talk. The following comes from one of the latter:
The boy and girl were corning in from their
first date. They had been to a movie and had had
an ice cream cone. As they heared th girl s res.
dence, the boy spoke: "Well, I sure hope you have
had a good time tonighL"
The girl smiled and said she didn't mean to
sound mushy, but that she "didn't see how anybody
could date him and not have a good time.
The boy was speechless. That is he was speech
less until he got back to the dormitory, and then
oh brother!
FOLLOW UP: Two nights later he came quitely
home and went straight to bed. His dream had pup
ped. She had refused to date him ("because of stu
dies") and he had seen her with a friend.
REACTION: The little girl from'the far western
part of the state who came to Carolina to learn how
to write and talk (in the column on Sunday, April
24) replied with a poem:
I wish I wuz a writer
With words all bright and flow'ry,
A tribute I could pay to you
As you have done to me!
Alas, I've no such talent
Sad case, don't you agree?
That I could not do HALF as much
as you have done for me!
WANT TO BET: The cutest coffee seller in the
Monogram Club was telling a sleepy early morning
coffee customer that she "wouldn't get up" if she
were as tired as he "just to go to an eight o'clock
class."
SEX IN HISTORY: Every year about this time
a history professor reads the following Freudian, or
sexual, interpretation of the statesmanship of Ca
our, one of the leaders in the unification of Italy in
the last century. Needless to say, the interpretation
was written by a Frenchman, probably for the like
of Carolina gentlemen in the springtime:
"From the day Cavour left the Military Academy
at Turin his gallantries were beyond all reckoning;
he was always worshipping at a woman's shrine; h:
youthful passions grew, wore out, and again revived.
Cavour's numerous amours bear witness not only to
his physical virility but also to the numerous trait?
of mind and personality, and the many little
idiosyncracies, to wheih presently he was to owe
his success in polities.
"For example: his strong emotionalism, his cal
culated readiness to accept risks, his exact con
ception of the object he was pursuing, his pere
verence in its "pursuit, his skill in manipulating a
situation for his own ends, his, rapid power of re
covery after a rebuff, his keen appreciation and
understanding of human psychology, his prompt
ness and ability to seize an opportunity, and final
ly his intuitive sense of when to make, and his
courage in making, the decisive move."
COULD BE: The professor was asking about
different kinds of partnerships. Students had vol
unteered: partnerships of doctors, lawyers, en
gineers, tec. Brght coed writes down: "and Indian
Chiefs."
ANOTHER BY ACKER: Many people have
spoken to us with regards to the poem entitled
"Integration and the D.T.H." that appeared in th
column last week. The great majority who com
mented liked the poem and wanted to know more
about the work of its author, Bill Acker, a fresh
man from South Carolina. Today we print another
t I .euS POemS' The title of thi one is "Just
Last Night, or The Night Before."
Just last night, or the night before,
A hundred-fifty coeds came banging at the door.
I hurried downstairs to bar the doors.
They hit me on the head and they took my
drawers.
I went upstairs for another pair.
1 her &nd there weTen'
wide""' rmmate' with th window open
rhovl" l0nS annels to the mo outside.
I shoved him out the window because he wouldn't
1 thS cop telephne and calIe bi
Ke came and 'took the coeds to the Chapel Hill
Just last night, or the night before.
Quarcobb "rV CVery 5ear Whe the Lower
Playmakers start maw " dWn to sU'd'. tht'
Forest TheaieT S niS6 galore over ia the