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PAG TWO CHAPEL HILL NEWS LEADER TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1755 'Dr. Dulles Will Get Honorary Degree From U. Of South Carolina' As they say, Foster, thank the Lord for South Carolina. A Shibboleth Of The Silent Ones "In college, von should learn to stand up and he ( ounted." Southern editor Ralph McCiil! told Mercer University students this recently, and we cite the vr.iu- ;ioe advice to reticent' student lead ers (Mi the- Carolina campus. I he c invent crop of campus leaders, with few notable exceptions, seem to pussy-foot their way around issues. They refuse to take stands on most couucnersial issues. When presidential capdrclates Manning Muniin. I'd McCurry. and Don Fowler, were runnincr. all sidestepped the issue of im plementing the Supreme Court's segregation dewee. President Fowler is still silent oir the sttbjcc !. The in;it jxipular shibboleth floating from s:i:d.iit leader's lips nowadays is something t; the ttlert that the xwers in the South r;uK!ii:. are out to wreck their government. And n hen they babble this charge, no tidi :! is gi-en to back it up. In short, even vJhu thc half-heartedly take a stand, stu dents are cautious about being specific. No one's ever been booted from the Uni eisity for speaking his mind, and lately hard ly ; nvone has been speaking his mind or speaking for that matter. Mr. Lippman & Public Opinion We would have to pile Pelion on Ossa and climb on top to face that great pundit, Wal ter Lippman. without quaking knees. But minus those vast mountains and plus a bad case of the trembles we want to point out what seems air inconsistency in a recent Lipp manu "Todav And Tomorrow" column. In The Public Philosophy . an analysis of the "maladv in the western democracies" which some accepted as gospel and others de nounced as baloney, Mr. Lippmann leveled serious charges at the force of public opinion, the force -Thomas Jefferson saw as "the great est and roundest on the face of the earth." "Public opinion." charged Mr. Lippmann, "has often been tragically wrong at the criti cal junctures" and has led to a derangement of the goerning power in the democracies. Now. hardlv a month after the stir created by his book, Mr. Lippmann. commenting on the proposed meeting at the summit, gives credit lor the forthcoming meeting to public opinion, and is not pessimistic himself about possible consequences. He writes: The foreign ministers and the diplomats tend by their profesional habits to think of peace as an edifice which has to be built brick by brick, agreement by agreement . . . The popular view, which is now in the ascendant, is that the edi fice will never be built at all unless the ground on which it is to stand is cleared. by a general agreement which reduces radically the dangers of' war. We disagree with Mr. Lippmann if he thinks public opinion is tragically wrong at this "critical juncture." A better thoughTon our part is this: Mr. Lippmann knows, as Lmeison said, that "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little men." has renewed his faith in public opinion and come back to Jefferson where he belongs anvwav The official student publication of the Publi cations Board of the University of North Carolina. where it is published daily except Monday 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. Carolina Front WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: Something To Keep Despite The Bombs 1 A. C. Dunn A YEARBOOK IS a very diffi cult publication to ut out. We know. We once edited one our- self, and the w hole job is more headache than pleasure. I the end result is iften well worth he efort ex- apended, and the L955 Yackety Yack, a sneak preview perusal of which occupied most of lat Sunday afternoon foe. us, falls right at the top of this category. In fact it falls higher. It is more than well worth the effort. If - . " V THE FRUSTRATING THING about yearbooks is that whether or not the book is good depends not on the content, since the con tent of all yearbooks is approxi mately the same, but on the standard of editing, layout, writ ing, etc. This puts the editor in the tense position of having to do an excellent, outstanding job with old hat material. CO-EDITORS Jackie Park and Cornell Wright must have been uncomfortably tense, because their Yackety Yack is one of the best yearbooks we have ever seen anywhere. If Cornel Wright dcqsn't eventually g to Lite magazine and tell them rather sternly that what they need is pictures byCornell Wright, we are personally going to look Cornell up and kick him. We don't know how many pictures there are in the Yack, and we haven't half the time it would take to count them, but thre is not one single bad photograph in the whole book; in fact, a large percentage of the pictures are truly excellent, and some of them are downright beautiful. That's a pretty good record for a 432-page book. That standard of photog raphy easily measures up to such pinnacles of photography as Life's pictorial yearbook of the nation, or U. S. Camera. More Opinion On Campus Desgregation 1 i ! Site d the CVitwmtv j Nsrh Cro5ijvt.- , in tnuuy 1 13 ?h ,7-; - I: Editors ED YODER, LOUIS KRAAR Managing Editor FRED POWLEDGE Busmen Manager TOM SHORES Sports Eriitor . BUZZ MERRTTT Associate Editor J. A.' C. DUNN Knvs Editor JACKIE GOODMAN EXCEPT FOR ONE section, the writing in the Yack is good and adequate. It need not be more, since few people read the ex planatory paragraphs. Let us say that those who do read the para graphs will have no cause for complaint. We said "with the exception of one section." For us, the best part of the whole book was a series of eight "Moods" Stillness, Joy, Lonelines. Hope, Anxiety, Medi tation, Companionship, and Ful fillment. These little pieces, sim ple . short paragraphs written by Jackie Park and accompanied by some of Cornell Wright's most striking photography in a rather arresting layout motif on black pages, characterizes Carolina and Carolina students in a way we have never really seen before. In addition to being difficult to put out and frustrating, most yearbooks are also rather unemo tional. They just get 'the record ing down on paper with a little shmaltz here and there and leave it at that. But in the Moods Jac kie Park's writing and Cornell wright's photography put some feeling into the Yack. If all the rest of the book was worthless (which it most certainly is not), we would keep the Yack for those Moods alone. We can see people in later years, looking back through the '55 Yack. chattering over this section, laughing over that one "He was the boy Mho. . ." "I remember that guy "We used to go there and - " "Oh, yes, and this girl " Sarcastic Sextet On 'Mau Mau State' Editors: High congratulations to Louis and Ed, our stout old adversa ries and Liberalites, on their being-choserl by us as first ex change students to Mau Mau State College, M. M. State ex change scholarships, are among the fabulous privileges this, or any, university has to offer its students. We can say that from our own angle, and in praise of the men whQ worked up the M. M. S. exchange idea and mov ed into a pioneering role in student exchange program. The prospect that Mau Mau State may make the keepers of its gates blind to the false and un-Christian criteria of color and race is, in its best sense, the prospect for new optimism. There is much, we are sure, to be said from the M. M. S. angle. The revival of the idea of Black Superiority spermed by the newly-won Supreme Court decision and its pending part in the Liberal society is a force to be handled with lace gloves. The Liberal program and ideas which have gained favor (perhaps forced) among our darker brethren will now be in the open market for closer scrutiny. We need diplomats, student and . otherwise, to keep those Liberal ideas purchasable in the eyes of the newly equalized brethren. We hope Louis and Ed will do their parts! High congratulations again, comrades. You have nothing to lose but your false and un christian criteria of color! T. M. Rich Ed P. Keen Jr. Doyce F. Wise f Bill Noah John Walker John W. Greer Leave Race Issue To Time, Says Student Editors: Neither do I class myself with neo-Nazis, who believe in the ethnic superiority of Caucasians, nor with the rabble-rousing rad icals who dominated the Re construction governments of Johnson and Grant. This is quite an overwhelming statement" for a person to make these days be cause it seems imperative that one who takes issue with the sociological problems of the abolition of Jim Crow must either climb the heights of pure idealism. 0r walk in the trivial pathways of bigotry. I see my self as a member of a Univer sity's proletariat who in general has a quasi- "I don't give a damn what The DTH's editorial staff says about idyllic idealism," but who trods the lanes of sub lime ignorance as to the prot entous problems facing the thinking portion of this student body, who to me, a member of the illiterate masses, should have been sur named in a "pseudo - everything" manner, as Voltaire, Locke, Bentham, Owen, Wilberforce, etc. Somewhere, in an infinitesi mal moment of erudition when the fogs of ignorance were lift ed from my simian brow, I re member reading in one of Shakespeare's plays, possibly Hamlet, although I'll leave that up to the scholars, that nothing is either true or false but think ing makes it so. Now I don't mean to insinuate that there are thinkers in the student, body for this is Ultima Thule tf absurdity but the fact that there are those who try to think is perhaps justification enough for the application of the Prince of Denmark's little piece of wis dom. Already I see myself being compared to that idiot Grimes. This is not the case. I wish to make a modest proposal (not in Swift's manner: chocolate causes acne), that all our headstrong liberals on The DTH staff leave the entire issue of "race, class consciousness, ethnic superiority, and interracial marriages (this last issue will probably be the next editorial campaign under taken by the Daily Disappoint ment) t0 the only panacea there is Time. Your devoted reader of Pogo, Li'l Abner, and daily worker of crossword puzzles, W, S. Michael Negroes Should Attend The University; Reader Editors: Thursday morning as I cast a glance at the front page of The Daily Tar Heel I noticed that three students from Durham had been refused entrance to Caro lina because of their race. In deed, the Admissions Office had no choice, because the policy of exclusion of Negroes fromthe undergraduate schools here is one formulated by our Board of Trustees. Now I, as a Christian student (which I fancy myself to be), am not able to look at this with approval, because I believe that God creates and has created - everyone, and that when He made us He made us equal. Since this policy of discrimin ation is based ultimately on the belief that Negroes are on a lower level than that of whites, I intend to do all that I can to make it possible for Negroes to attend the same university that I do. Perhaps the efforts of all those of like mind will help make America (and more es pecially the South) really be come a equality. land of freedom and Holland McSwain More. Student Sarcasm On A Serious Problem Editors: After reading the last few is sues of The Daily Tar Heel, we have become thorougly convinc ed that the editors are appro aching the segregation problem with oPen minds and sympathet ic hearts. We should like to ex press our whole-hearthed sup port of the editors and the 99 per cent of the students here at UNC who are in favor of im mediate integration. We sincere ly feel we have embodied their thoughts on the subject in the five point program below, which if put into practice, should ob tain the desired results in no time at all. Here it is: 1. Shut Grimes up. Grimes and his kind are always expressing their own opinions. This hurts. It's too inconsiderate of him not to cease. 2. The Carolina Forum should continue in its ancient liberal traditions by inviting outstand ing Negro leaders to speak on campus. For a starter, we sug gest Father Divine and his white wife be asked to speak on some thing like, "How an Interracial Marriage Can Blossom in a Re ligious Atmosphere," or perhaps, "How to Curse the New Jersey Turnpike." What with all his many converts here at UNC, the Heavenly Father ought to find the visit profitable, and un doubtedly the Forum will appre ciate having a full house for a change. 3. As a gesture of goodwill, -petitions should be circulated through Victory Village, men's and women's dorms, fraterni ties, and sororities demanding that all available residences be opened to entering Negro stu dents and that equal space and privileges be assured them. This may entail some doubling up, but the joy of sharing will more than overcome any inconven ience. In view of the unprece-r dented success of the recent in tegration petition, these petitions on housing should prove to be most effective. 4. In order that the insignifi cant little kernel of students, not yet thoroughly indoctrinated as to the benefits of immediate in tegration, may be enlightened, we suggest that all faculty mem bers of doubtful allegiance to the cause be asked to resign, and Negro professors be substituted in their places. 5. If all else fails, our illus trious thirteen student leaders should organize a march on South Building and demand the immediate end of segregation at UNC. Advertising Manager Circulation Manager Subscription Manager Assistant Business Manager Photographer I Society Editor Librarian - Dick Sirkin Jim Kiley Jack Godley Bill Bob Peel Boyden Henley Susan Andes Pat Oliver NEWS STAFF . Neil Bass, Dan Strayhorn Jack Wiesel Nii-ht Editor for this issue Jack Wiesel BUT WHEN they come to the Moods, there will be a silence, and the effort to recaptureby re constructing will be abandoned: the Moods will take over and re construct of their own accord without any of the noisy, false tongue wagging that goes along with pointing out people in the background of a croup photo graph. . Little-Four Meeting ' We are certain that you will recognize the vast amount of sober reflection which this pro gram contains. No little credit is due to your inspiring editori als. You will also be pleased to know that we are, devoting this week to formulating a plan for an interracial date bureau in preparation for the fall festivi ties. As soon as it materializes, further correspondence will be forthcoming. Blucher E. Taylor John T. Foster From A Cow College To Country Club WE'LL HEAR no more cracks about that "country club" Presi dent Gordon Gray is running over at Chapel Hill. We'll hear no more of rowdy fraternity parties, gay weekends at the beach and the almost com plete lack of book work handled by the. "Carolina gentleman." Actually, it seems that it's those Stale College fellows who are living high on the hog these days not the po boys in white bucks on The Hill. The index to success these days appears' to be the auto mobile. And from the Visting Committee's report on the Con solidated University, we've cull ed a few pertinent facts: There are 1,932 student-owned autos at Raleigh, 1,492 at Chapel Hill. At State College 42.8 per cent of freshmen and sopho mores have automobiles; at Chapel Hill only 17.8 per cent. After all those embarrassing years as "Cow College," the men of N. C. State may yet inherit the "country club" name tag. Reckon a romp in a roadster is about to take the place of the old fashioned hayride? The Charlotte News. After 10 Years It is 10 years since Franklin " D. Roosevelt died. He had his moments of error. He was sometimes overconfident. Cirsumstances compelled him to look at the future out of the contusion of an armed struggle. He-never had to face the full implications of the atomic age. Today's schoolboy could tell Mr. Roosevelt things he did not know. Nevertheless the influence of this man persists. Let anyone who finds himself within sight of mid-Manhattan's East river' skyline lift up his eyes: There, against the light, are bulidings constructed out of the faith for which Mr. Roosevelt in his high moments eloquently spoke. There stands the visible United Nations; imperfect, echoing dis cords as well as harmonies, pro viding a forum for the world's disputes, carrying on almost in silence a great struggle against hunger and disease. There it stands, and he helped build it. This is his monument, quite as much as that humble slab at Hyde Park where many pilgrims pause, day in and day out, to do him honor. N. Y. Times. Quofe Unquote: Theoretical Life Every teacher soon has forced upon his attention a certain an- 1 thropological fact. That afact is that there is a "deeply rooted dis tinction between two sorts of stu dent . . . The one sort of man is . born for the theoretic life, and is capable of pressing forward in definitely into its subtleties and specialties . . .' The other class of men may be intelligent, but they are not thevreticat, and their interest in most subjects reaches its saturation point when the broader results and the most gen eral laws have been reached. William James U. S. currency, where the risks and hazards aren't worth the big cars and "anxiety, is t0 go berserk. Quite the con trary, since freedom, real free dom, true freedom, carries the life and fable of man nearer and nearer to order, beauty, grace, and meaning all of which must always remain cor rectable in details revised, im proved, refined, enlarged, ex tended. William Saroyan in The Atlantic Monthly Charlie Wolf & Evidence Editors: I noticed with mild interest that The Daily Tar I nouceu , make an editorial example oS Party .hat . i iir-a nm fit; i ii im--, TStnXTnt Affairs Office is against stud 0f iUnTO felt that I should not h: student gov- ! ,,.,! ti.. nnt fplt that I shouia nut -- -u-u. ihe remark without .reviueutc. me remain. nte completely out of to that i naa uw h"-- - . J -ith a near-total distortion of meaning. cern context, with a near Now Mr. Editors, if I must prove every remark I make before a private group to the satisfaction of The Heck things have come to a prctly pass. that the editors of The DTH t r,nt ctimriiin' 11 13 i.w o-.--" , . f II,,! are unaware of student neeas nuL u.6 he remark been made for their benefit, undoubt edly more explanation would have been necessary On the other hand, the Student Party is a mon formed group, one familiar with sUjdent prob lems and conscious of student needs, and it i, oLu, not necessary to say everything when you say any thing to them. And while holding forth, I might suggest that m soon as The DTH has exhausted their supply oi negative criticisms of sudent government, taey might undertake an occasional constructive com ment, if the effort is not overly taxing. With privi lege comes responsibilit'. . Charlie Wo!f (Student Partyite Wolfs claim that he was Quot ed out of context docs not stand up factually oc cause he has not seen fit to give the evidence., In this case, the evidence would be exactly what )e did say, and Wolf has told the editors that he doa not care to tell them exactly v:liat he did say. T'V'- . until presented uith the evidence. i e stand behind mir reporter, ivho has given evidence to back up liis story. (As for the remarks being made before a "pri vate group," as Wolf put it, it u a natter of plav fact that Student Party meetings are public; anyone canx attends Since Wolf does not bnck up his serious charge that "the Dean of Student Affairs Ofjice is agav- student government," ice say to use an old .-mcn-can phrase put vp or shut up. Editors.) A Mayor's Race & The GOP r Doris Fleeson WASHINGTON President Eisenhower's politic,; advisors will be staying up late next Tuesday t3 mary in Philadelphia. The reason is that they have . . i u : 1 i - i 4. 1 ' ; ... Muib. men ncufka uui in uicu cuaic&i. aiiu ii i i portant to them to have their man win. I'ennsvivania i nnp nt ihp tfv ?nn!c in wwc: Eisenhower Republicans have moved to take cor.tro of the party with the advice and consent of the Na tional Committee and the White House. It st.; .'uiiiju.i iiviti in iiiii-i i i ifi s i j i i ih r iii4i i'. n i i r .1 - are worried about Pennsylvania but strange thin,; have been happening in that third largest state u the union, so rich in national convention delegate and electoral votes. The Democratic .unxvin hifsn rr-. :? if'.-v,'- in 1951 when young reformers Joseph S. Clark -h and Richardson Dilworth led a successful assaai uu umg naa oy a uepuoiican mscn::: many. Clark was elected mayor; Dilworth. d:-::. attorney. me ,v.tj vcit luuiueu in AovcniDCr. ii' - it was discovered that while Eisenhower was ning in a landslide and carried Pennsylvania. lost Philadelphia by 155.000 votes. The ir.idtcr: election surprise was George Leader who bee; the state's first Democratic governor since the c: . depression years. Dilworth now is unopposed in the Demxr;.:; mayoralty primary. Mayor Clark hopes to :r. :. -Washington by defeating the veteran Senator Jan. Duff next year. Objective observers give both Ik ocrats grounds for optimism about their char.ee.-. Against this backdrop, Eisenhower Kepubl.er decided they must act as if the state were t -saved for Duff and Eisenhower. Control of F.' ' delphia carries with it the important items of r tronage and control of the election machinery would also be a happy psychological ofiet to ' recent Democratic trend. The Republican mayoral candidate i W. TV.... " Longstreth. a 34-vear nlH v.rt;,;n, fits a presently popular pattern. That is. he young, good-looking, and touched but not too aee iuu ana lioeransm. And he has a love wife and four children. Both Mr. and Mrs. L, :. streth were active in r;t;,n.. t-:, , . k 1952.
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