SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1953
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
PACE THREE
One Of
Ralph McGill
The Latin words,' "E Pluribus
Unum," fittingly inscribed on
the great seal of the United
States and its coins, were lifted
from a poem by Virgil, contem
porary of the great Horace him
self. (Virgil lived from 70 to 19
B.C.).
Di Clarence Mendell, profes
sor emeritus of Latin language
and English literature at Yale
University, feels very sure about
it. He has so answered in reply
to research in the matter.
The poem is "Moretum." It
describes the life, cooking and
eating habits of the average dirt
farmer of Virgil's time. A hash,
prepared for cold winter morn
ings, consisted of left-overs, bits
of cheese, strips of old bacon,
parsley, garlic and any edible
scrap at hand, was described in
the poem. Virgil, in his poetic
enumeration of the contents of
the hash which was tQ fortify the
Roman farmer for a long day's
work, called it "E pluribus
unum." The words mean "one
out of many."
The United States was so
formed, one nation out of many
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SUN. - MONN.
END OF THE AFFAIR
with
DEBORAH KERR
VAN JOHNSON
-Tuesday - Wednesday-
ESCAPE TO BURMA
with
BARBARA STANWYCK
ROBERT RYAN
-Thursday
AN INSPECTOR CALLS
with
ALASTAIR SIM
Friday - Saturday-
CELL
The final exam schedule for the
All 2 p.m. classes on MWF and BA 180
Tuesday, May 24, 8:30
All noon classes on MWF Tuesday, May 24, 2
All 2 p.m. classes on TTS and
Economics 31 and 32 - Wednesday, May 25, 8:30
All 12 noon classes on TTS and all
Naval Science Wednesday, May 25, 2
All 1 p.m. classes on MWF and
BA 71 and 72 Thursday, May 26, 8:30
All 9 a.m. classes on MWF Thursday, May 26, 2
All 9 a.m. classes on TTS Friday, May 27, 8:30
All 8 a.m. classes on MWF : Friday, May 27, 2
All 10 a.m. classes on MWF Saturday, May 28, 8:30
All 'French, German and Spanish
courses numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and
Economics 170 Saturday, May 28, 2
All 11 a.m. classes on TTS Monday, May 30, 8:30
All 10 a.m. classes on TTS Monday, May 30, 2
All 11 a.m. classes on MWF : Tuesday, May 31, 8:30
All 3 p.m. classes, Chemistry 21,
Economics 81 and all classes not
otherwise provided for in schedule Tuesday, May 31, 2
All 8 a.m. classes on TTS Wednesday, June 1, 8:30
In case of an)' conflict, the regularly scheduled exam will take
precedence over th common exam. (Common exams are indicated
by an asterisk.)
AT THE CAROLINA
Saf., May 21 Late Show THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
Starring Glenn Ford Ann Francis
Sun., May 22' THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
Starring Glenn Ford Ann Francis
Mon., May 23 THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
Starring Glenn Ford Ann Francis
Tues., May 24 THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
Starring Glenn Ford Ann Francis
Wed., May 25 THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
Starring Glenn Ford Ann Francis
Thurs., May 26 THEODORA AND THE SLAVE EMPRESS
starring Georges Marchal Gianna Maria Candle
Fri., May 27 HELL'S ISLAND
starring John Payne Mary Murphy
Sat., May 28 HELL'S ISLAND
starring John Payne Mary Murphy
Sun., May 29 THE MARUDERS
starring Dan Duryea Kenan Wynn
Mon., May 30 THE MARUDERS
Tues., May 31 LONG JOHN SILVER
Wed., June 1 LONG JOHN SILVER
Many: Virgil's Hash
states. Dr. Mendell said he was
convinced Benjamin Franklin
and others wh0 played a role in.
the selection of the motto for
the new nation were aware of
its orgin. Latin, he noted wist
fully, was .more widely read in
Colonial days than now. Many
devout and searching Christians
believed Virgil had prophesied
the coming of The Christ. This
added to the avidity with which
he was read.
READING
Dr. Mendell is quite right in
noting a retreat from both Latin
and Greek. The big argument
today revolves around why so
many boys and girls aren't able
to read at all!
Statistics show that, on . the
whole, children today read bet
ter than they did in granci
fathdr's time. But populations
are greater. And the shocking
number of otherwise normal
boys and girls who have to be
sent to remedial reading classes
is one of the major problems of
modern education. .
New York has had a board of
inquiry go into juvenile delin
quency. Their findings, without
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doubt applicable in other metro
politan centers, are specific:
.". . . Reading retardation is
associated with juvenile delin
quency . . . Failure in reading
accounts more than any other
single factor for behavior prob
lems, truancy and general
school failure. Reading difficul
ties were reported for 75 per
cent of delinquent children in
the non-school part of children's
court. Eighty-five per cent of
boys sent to New York's Youth
House are handicapped by read
ing difficulties ..."
As a result the New York City
Board .has announced pupils who
fail in reading will not be pro
moted. From a recent educational
conference comes still another
finding: "High school and col
lege professors complain (many)
students reaching their classes
are unable to do advanced work
because of their inability to
read."
INDIVIDUAL
The problem is the individual
child. In general, children read
better today than in the past. It
is not reassuring to know that
the average employee in busi
ness and the average business
man can read no faster today
than the average sixth grader.
One problem is the home.
The night clubs, the bridge
and canasta tables, the chairs in
front of the TV sets nightly are
crowded with parents who don't
know how to entertain or amuse
themselves. Children of parents
who can't read are not likely to
find much encouragement at
home. '
A generation ago reading was
not as important as now.
Today the boy or girl who
can't read isn't going to be able
to compete at a job or in a pro
fession. The Atlanta ConstU
tution.
Read
er's
Retort
Editors:
The "University Party-dominated
Legislature," contrary to
what was implied in last Thurs
day's Daily Tar Heel (in the ar
ticle entitled "Legislature ' Will
Dip In Moneybag Tonight") has
no intention of dipping wildly
into the depleted bag of student
funds and coming up with free
monetary handouts for all.
Appropriating student funds,
however, is probably the Legis
lature's most improtant function,
and the body remains ready and
willing to give to those student
groups who are serving the
campus and who have a legiti
mate need for extra appropria
tions. ,The University Party, having
been entrusted by the students
with a legislative majority,
wants to assure those same stu
dents that we will be a careful
and wise guardian of their stu
dent fees. We will handle the
funds conservatively and with
forethought. We will "think be
fore we spend." The University
Party, favors progress for this
University, but we would like
to see it come about through
concrete, carefully considered
action by our student leaders,
rather than haphazard, inthink
ing, "anything-for-a-vote" leg7
lation that has sometimes been
prevalent in the past.
Jim Exum
(Exum is flootleader for the
University 'Party in the student
. Legislature. Editors).
Department Of
Shoe Shines
That Count
RALIEGII As a sign unto us
that the University of North
Carolina had not done with its
legislative program, a delega
tion of Billy - Carmichael and
Claude Teague lay in wait for
, Sir Joe Hunt on the steps of
the Sir Walter lobby . . .Car
michael reached for Hunt's bag,
and a grinning Teague offered
a shoe,, shine.
"Things are getting right
rough," guoth the Guilford
. Lancelot, "when you boys start
bell-hopping. I expect 'tis those,
self-liquidating dormitories in
the appropriations bill that' eat
ing on you."
Right he was, Burke Davis
in The Greensboro Daily News.
(Bellhop Carmicliael and
Chapel Hill shoe shine boy
Teague are to be congratulated.
We got the dorms. Editors)
An Appraisal
Dave Mundy
Advice costs nothing to the
one offering it, and frequently
is worth as little to the one re
ceiving it. Not desiring to de
preciate my forthcoming advice
too greatly, philosophical re
marks may as well cease, to
make way for the words of wis
dom, this time .those words be
ing subtitled "O Hear Ye, Camp
us Wheels." (They are of course
termed wheels because they con
tinuously revolve about each
other. Few are at the hub of
things, no one wants to be on
the rim, and anyone is willing
to be a spokesman.)
I am hesitant to offer advice
to, or make observations about,
the University Party. They just
don't particularly need any. The
Legislature is theirs for the first
time in years, and they missed
retaining the presidencey of the
student body by not-too-many
votes in a runoff.
Why the success of their
party? I suspect that it really
results from the nature of their
candidates. Assuming that a SP
and a UP candidate both have
the requisite experience and
capabilities, the UP candidate is
likely to give less the appearance
of being a "POLITICIAN," and
I can imply little falsity. The
"typical" SP member is stigma
tized, either correctly or incor
rectly, as being part of a ma
chine bent on gaining personal
power or prominence over the
students. The UP man, on the
other hand, would be considered
a "Good Joe," perhaps the only
"bad" point being membership
in a fraternity. The UP's suc
cess will continue if these "pre
sentable - electable" candidates
prove themselves able, responsi
ble administrators and legisla
tors. "Smilin' Tom, the fair-haired
boy with the million dollar
smile," (to use a well-worn SP
scriptual reference to President
Creasy), proved himself an ex
ceedingly able administrator and
president. Treasurer Jim Martin
and probably Vice President
Jack Stevens are beginning to
travel the same road.
The UP prospects for next
year are even as promising."
While it has a good supply of
possible candidates, they aren't
stumbling over each other in
behind-the-scenes dealmaking,
as has happened in the past
year's experience of the other
campus party.
But now to the Student Party,
or the conglomeration of person
al and party ambitions now
"dwelling together in brother
hood and amity."
They give the appearance
with some individuals I suspect
more than just an appearance
of "playing politics for the
sake of playing politics and the
students be damned as long as
r-or more
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When you've only had time to and that's the part they ask
cram for part of the course . . . you on the final exam .. .
they let us raise their fees."
This appearance is the one
they must either shed or gloss
over before success is again
theirs. The failure of the party
in the spring elections accentu
ated their failings: Since his first
days at Freshman Camp years
ago, it was a matter of common
knowledge in some political cir
cles that Manning Muntzing was
a candidate for President of the
student body.
And the results of that elec
What young people
Young
scientist
works on new ways
to handle "hot"
radioactive fuel
Whenever uranium is "burned" in an atomic
reactor, certain valuable elements such as
plutonium are left behind in the "ash."
These products are highly radioactive, but
they must be recovered because of their great
value to the atomic energy program.
This is the job of 31-year-old H. Ward
Alter, Supervisor of the Separations Chem
istry Unit at the AEC"s Knolls Atomic Power
Laboratory, which General Electric operates
in Schenectady, N. Y.
Alter's Work Is Vital, Important
Alter is doing his job well. He has already
received the Coffin Award, General ElectricTs
highest honor, for developing an apparatus
that makes possible faster, safer, and more
efficient recovery of the valuable elements in
the "ash."
The work done by Alter and his group
helps lower costs, increase efficiency and ex
pand our knowledge of the chemical process
ing of spent radioactive fuels.
25,000 College Graduates at General Electric
When Alter came to General Electric in
1948, he already knew the work he wanted
to do. Like each of the 25.000 college-graduate
employees, he was given his chance to
grow and realize his full potential. For Gen
eral Electric has long believed this: When
fresh young minds are given freedom to
make progress, everybody benefits the
individual, the company, and the country.
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Of Politics On Campus
tion will be long remembered
as the greatest fiasco in all the
party's existence.
There is afoot a movement for
the dissident elements of the
SP to again unite, this time
around the proposed presidential
candidacy of Bob Young. They
have no better opportunity to
ruin an otherwise "electable"
and what might even be an able
president. That the nomination
is just waiting to settle on Young
is a safe prediction. But like
are doing at General Electric
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Muntzing's halo, it can push the
candidate down just a little too
far.
But where does all this leave
the multitude "independents" on
campus? Their votes were the
ones electing Fowler, but he
is no longer in a position to
openly engage the parties in any
feuds. So what should those per
sons either disinterested or dis
gusted by campus political
parties do? First, ' they should
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just keep plugging along for
whatever they consider advisa
ble, taking stands of various is
sues and working for what they
consider best for the student
body. And next fall, in Legis
lature and class elections, they
should enter the races as in
dependents. It would at least be a warn
ing to the campus parties that
they and their cliques have no
inherent right to govern the stu
dent body.
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