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Welfare With
A Wide Sere en
Modem American political thinkers have
often referred, to the government's positive
forces in the field of economics as creating
a welfare state. And they yiay have something
there. -
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Nevertheless, the crux of 20th century lib
eralism is that man should use his political
machinery to make economic and social ad
justments. And we go along with this.
However.v when the student Legislature
uses its welfare functions to shower television
sets on dormitories, we begin to draw back.
There is nothing basic, not yet at least, in
owning a TV set. If the. legislators had talked
about food or clothes or books, it would be
different. lint not TV:
This thing could go on and 011, each dorm
(and fraternity and sorority) claiming its just
handout from student funds. Stacy Dorm was
the latest to lay claim to its due handout.
We bristle, not at Stacy, but at a student
government that has taken the -welfare prin
ciple to an alarming extreme.
Is He Or Ain't He?
We admire former President Harry Tru
man's industry, which is going into a fine ad
dition to American -historical archives his
memoirs!: Put it is hard, as of his latest cancel
lation, of plans for the Weil Lectures, to get
away from the idea that he is playing footsy
with the Weil Lectures committee and the
Institute of Human Relations.
His appearance on this campus was sched
uled for last year's Weil Lectures. At the
eleventh hour, he cancelled the engagement
and shifted it to March of this year. His de
cision threw things into a flurry.
This week, again with ''regrets," our favor
ite ex-President has written that he must slide
the date Tor his appearance back.
We understand that the Institute planners
and the Weil Lectures chairman have taken
firm action this time to find out whether
Mr. Truman means to keep his Void. Mr.
Truman seems to find plenty of time for the
campaign wars and his schedule for that
cause on must be piled high with dates.
He explains that his change of plans for the
March Weil Lectures is due to the memoirs.
Their deadline has been shifted forward. Is
this the real . re son? We can't help feeling
that it is not an 1 that he plans to be speaking
from Democrat ic platforms about-that time.
His inrest in the Democratic Party's suc
cess (v !ivh we share) is natural and respect
able. V :
But he has an obligation to appear in
Chapel Hill w hich should be filled, we think,
before any partisan' callings, if he insists on
putting the '."partisan callings first, he ought,
for the sake of both Institute and Weil Lec
tures, to make that fat; t clear.
Lecture plans for the spring in Chapel Hill
should not be overturned again.
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Snuff Sniffer
In Smith Dorm
& -A Letter
Lou is Kraar
SOME GIRLS at Smith Dorm
all but broke up a house meet
in recently with a volley of
sneezes. The girls were sniffing
snuff.
When I heard about the Smith
incident, I recalled, my own snuff
buying days in Atlanta, Georgia.
I never used the ground tobac
co myself. But one kindly, rotund
Negro maid Maggie did, and
I was the one who was hustled
off to buy it.
Maggie had been in my family
since my dad was about 12. So,
even if I disliked the errand, I
was duty bound to purchase that
box of snuff several times a week.
At first I felt quite grownup
asking tbe drugstore clerk for "a
box of Buttercup snuff;" but, as
I grew older, I began ; to notice
the strange looks he'd give me
when I called for the snuff..
Maggie would dip the snuff on
to her tongue, where it, lay all
day as she worked. I liked the
sweet smell fine, so one day I
tried pipping some myself and
almost choked. It was terrible."
That was the, last I had heard, of
"Buttercup sweet snuff" until I
learned of the Smith girls.
Wonder what brand the girls
used.
ONE OF the most enjoyable
times of day for me is when I
get mail, both here at the office
and at home.
At home, it's usually personal.
But here I always look forward to
comments from readers. It's al
most as though you work in a
vacuum writing for a paper; you
wuite, it's printed, then you wait
for reaction.
This paper has always made it
a policy to print letters, when
they are signed. We received an
interesting bulletin a Mimeo
graphed letter posted in the Y
Court called "Rebel Yells." The
letter,, crudely drawn by hand
and written in poor taste, took
issue with an editorial.
The letter accused the editors
of not being men enough to print
it. . Although it was never sub
mitted to us, we'll be glad to
run it if the writer will sign
the rather shoddy document.
Obviously, though, he (or she)
is not man enough. "
THE CAR problem is a com
mon one today in colleges, it ap
pears from the other campus
newspapers that make their way
here.
However, it can be used to ad
vantage. At least Los Angeles
City College did by offering the
dean's parking place to the win
ner, of a cleanup campaign. f
Cleanup campaign, anyone?
the Meaning
Of 'Merit'
Announcement of the Nation
al Merit Scholarship Corporation
is indeed "breath-taking," as ed
ucators have been quoted as call
ing it.
To be sure, it attacks the prob
lem of "higher education" but
from one side and the financial
plight of privately, endowed col
leges only indirectly. But when
the Ford Foundation follows its
grant of $50,000,000 to raise fac
ility salaries, with another of $20,
000,00d for "merit" scholarships,
and when other foundations join
substantially' in the latter, the
attack becomes an assault of
break-through proportions.
There have been two sides to
the "college problem." One has
been to enable American institu
tions to accommodate the legions
of young men and women who,
usually for laudable reasons,
want to go to college. Quantita
tively speaking, no encourage
ment is needed here. The other
side is to give those young peo
ple best qualified to make the
most of a college education the
opportunity to have one. It Is
tllSs side the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation has chos
en for its target. And the meas
ure of its accomplishments will
hinge on its answering the two
questions: What is merit? And
how can merit be discovered?
The point of reference in this
case is making the most of a col
lege education. Therefore "merit"
must have a very considerable in
tellectual content. Wass to meas
ure that have ong been known.
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Daiquiris In The
A
eeting
Ken Anderson
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as he says, in English.
Editors) ; ' 5
$ Ernet Hemingway is a name
to" conjre with; for, it brings to
mind the romantic enigma of a
man who has constantly flirted
wan death and danger in all of
the strange, desplate, and roman
tic spots of the earth. He looks
the part. .
b Like a rugged, battered old .
prizefighter, his face bears many
ancient scars, earmarks of his
trysting wtih fate. $
He often cups a hand behind
his left' ear and bends towards'
the person who is speaking. He
explained that his ear has not
been right since his plane crash
in Africa. Always .when he is
speaking, his keen blue eyes
seem to be penetrating everything
about him. . x
My meeting with Hemingway
occurred quite by chance down
in Havana this summer. Through
an old drinking buddy of his, a
chief quartermaster on my de
stroyer, I learned that one of the
author's most frequent handouts
was the Florida Bar. The chief
was a 20-year man with a taste ,
for alchohol and a vocabulary of
curse words that Henry Morgan
would have envied. In his years
of service he had seen duty in
every major part of the world.
DAIQUIRI CRADLE
Both American tourists and
Cuba's well-to-do younger set
gather at the Florida ("Floridita"
in Spanish). It has a reputation
for good drinks, hospitality, and
has been called "La Cuna de
Daiquiri," "the cradle of j the
Daiquiri." .
Hemingway's Warm smile and
firm handshake quickly put me
at ease. I mentioned the fact that
I-was an English major and he ,
seemed interested. He was cur
ious to know what contemporary
writers we studied at Carolina. I
ran down the list arid paused
when I reached his name. He
But. educators are well aware
that "merit" in the sense of one's
value to society (andf incidental
ly, to oneself) depends also on
another element. "Socialization"
is the term educators use. And it
acquirement of qualities which
means, in this connection, the
acquirement of qualities which
fit one to live helpfully "with
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THE DAILY TAR HEEL"
Down In Havana
With Pap
seemed pleased that We studied
A Farewell To Arms.
Secretly, I have ' always har
bored the idea that the tragic
love affair of Frederic Henry and
Catherine was an autobiographi
cal event. So I asked how much
of the story was true and how
much was invented? He admitted
that some of the events were act
ual happenings, but that it was
mostly, made-up. V ,
NO TRICKS
Hemingway "was quick to' say
that the story was 'the most im
portant thing to him. "There "are
no tricks to my writing," he said.
"I just write a story. Some auth
ors often employ symbolism to
help tell their stories r to put
their point across. I don't place
much. faith in conscious, symbol
ism." At that point a rather obnox
ious young man who had just
walked up, thrust himself into
the conversation. "Why," he ask-
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'Critics Get Paid'
ed, "is it always raining in A
Farexceli To Arms when anything
important happens?"
Countering quickbj. Heming
way replied, "It was the rainy
season. It generally rained every
day." Personally I think this
tloria
'If You Love Me You'll Get The
otherswith his family, his com
munity,1: his : nation. These quali
ties arc fac less simple to meas
ure objectively and judge com
petitively. . ;
No onejshould discount the
brilliance of an Einstein as an
asset to civilization. Nor could
. one very well undervalue the "so-"fciitifeation"-
of - a Mhtslit whe
a uan
Hemingway
answer was only to put down a
wise guy. Rain is so predominant
in the novel at the appropriate
moment that it adds profoundly
to the mood and meeting.
Rather than stop there, the pest
began to ask about symbolism. ."I
leave that'to the critics," Hem
ingway said. "They get paid for
1 it. I don't." At this the young
'man mustered his dignity and
left, "iv:,
DELICATE SUBJECT '
' Symbolism seemed to be a
delicate subject with Hemingway,
so I decided to drop it. -
Hemingway said that at pres
ent he was at work on another
novel. When I quizzed hinr fur
ther he politely refused to re
veal any of the details about it.
His daily writing chores begin
at six in the morning and last
until around noon. He often quits
earlier if he finds a good stop-
, ping place iri the story. This
place must be' a good place to be
gin anew on the following day.
Much of his time is spent rewrit
ing and revising his work. 500
to 750 words is a good day's
work.
' The rest of the day he spends
in reading, lounging by his pool,
or visiting his friends in Hava
. na. He often drops in at one f
his favorite bars during the after
noon for a drink and a chaf with
friends or patrons.
He says that when he hits a
snag and the story just refuses
to come, he drops it rather than
think about it. "If you don't force
them," he said, "these things al
ways work themselves out in
your subconscious mind.'
With a glance at his watch,
Hemingway broke the spell.
Thanking me. for my interest he
invited me out to see him at his
home. My ship left the following
day so I thanked him. Then, ex
cusing himself to 'meet "mama"
(his wife), he left. I watched the
slightly bent, bear-like figure
cross the floor and pass out the
floor into the street..
Coffee'
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never got to : college arid who'
might not have ranked his class
if he had.
How to define "merit" in spe
cific, cases and how to keep con
sideration of these qualities in
balance throughout its opera
tions will be the challenge the
new enterprise must face.
Christian,. Science Monitor
The Livespike,
Di's Not Too
Circusy Circus;
Gray Report
tmr Powledgo
ALTHOUGH EDITORS Yoder
and Kraar have compared one
campus arguing
society to a
three - ring cir
cus, the Tues
day night de
baters this year
have moved to
' a much higher
plane than the
academic year
before.
Members of the Senate of the
Dialectic Literary Society and
of the General Assembly of the
Philanthropic Literary Society,
. as the Di and Phi are properly
known, have grown in mind dur
ing the summer, or at least they
appear to be more mature in their
selection of topics for debate.
Last year, the societies argued
about abolishing the United States
Senate, and abolishing the states
and redividing America into "re
gions." "
The joint debate of the Di and
Phi, usually a big deal in debat
ing circles, last year concerned
itself with a comparison of the
European mistress system with
the "American" system of hav
ing combination wife and lover.
But this year the societies have
turned to more sane, more local
topics, which is very good. The
head of one of them, announcing
the topic of debate one week,
said his group was "exercising
its power of watchdog of the
campus."
Debate has ranged from the al
leged "present existing ills" in
the local police department to
abolition of "survival schools" in
the armed forces. The Phi has
concerned itself with the ques
tion of election of the United
States chief N delegate to the
United Nations, and the Di talked
about agricultural price supports.
Debate has become more time
ly, with the groups talking about
assumption of presidential dut
ies in case of the President's
death, and arguments about the
possible successor to Gordon
Gray as president of the Con
solidated University.
The societies are getting bet
ter, and their leaders report at
tendance is getting better, too.
NEWS OF THE WEEK from
Chapel Hill was President Gray's .
report to the trustees, governor
and taxpayers of North Carolina.
It contained a well-written, thor-
ough report on the state of the jj
states too separate and not -
pnnnoh ronsnlirtatpd univprsi- "
ties.
s newspapers jumped
esident Gray's recom-
that tho "sitnntinn" I
The state
right on Presid
emndation that the
-his leave of absence as presi-
rfont ".hnni k ,tti ra.
iiuuiiuu -:i
viewed in the months ahead."
And that's where the state's
newsnaners were on the wrnn? f
- - -o.
tra.ck. I
Gray's . resignation, offered to
the trustees and turned down last
summer, won't be "constantly re
viewed." It will be reviewed, I
feel, exactly once by the exec
utive committee of the Board of
Trustees on Nov. 14. They will
accept it, draft a statement of
recognition of Gray's service and
start looking for a new president.
Anyway, Gray's, statement
about his situation" wasn't the
mos,t important thing about his
report. Nor was his statement of
"continued concern" ever big
time athletics and the Universi
ty. It was (and it was hard to find,
I'll grant you) Gray's feelings
about enrollment.
, Students are coming. Gray
knows that. His successor, wheth
er he be sitting in Gray's office
right now, or whether he be on
the other side of the country
right now, will find that the Big
Worry, the big long-range plan
for this University, is its enroll
ment. And how are you going to ed
ucate more and more students
per year when your facilities
aren't enough for the enrollment
two years ago?
The General Assembly knows
this. But the General Assembly
has repeatedly shown especial
ly this year that it tends to
fumble, fool around and in gen
eral act like a bunch of kinder
garten children.
So who is the man with the
Big Worry? Who will sit in an
office all day and sit at home
most of the night and think
about the enrollment problem?
Gordon Gray did, for five and
one-half years, and not many peo
ple thanked him for it.
SUNDAY, Ct..
The Roundabout Paper?
Ugefsu, trial
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3 Kinds Of Cao
THE CRITERION Theatre in I:
had a showing of "Trial" which 1
expecting to see juvenile dclir, .
verely by the scruff of its un h
and made to sit up and bchaw t
for canonization. I couldn't have -taken.
The movie is filled with that t!Ul
of actor whom or... .
t , eral times 1 . V,
1 eon only ident "
. movies he hs l" .
scribing his (or b--Glenn
Ford, j,,' :.
Dorothy McGuire a , '
: y to remember th.o -
the other actor.,' r .
:; ly departed mv r
. as I walked out f.n
ter the show.
The story centers around a ytur- '
who went on a private beach uh r,. -long,
met a girl he knew, and r
briefly in a spirit of passionate r..:
fied in court that after havin rm ..
course he wasn't sure just how to ,
which doesn't speak very well r
course. As a result of the neck:..;
rectly or indirectly I was never r.;
girl died of a heart attack. She hi! a
begin with, which made it easier.
AT THIS point Glenn Foi l, (i
stammering, and learned in the hx,
tagonistic foot in the dramatic !, r
ing to defend the boy (Ironically na; , :
vez) in court. Incidentally, Mr. Ford j
once more the pedagogue getting (:
letting the world scar him a hit so ;,
the harsher facts of life back into h;.;.
Many people will recall him drir j x
hacked his way through the Elackb,;,:
an eraser.
A local lawyer, brilliant and eruu
earnest Mr. Ford on as a law parin r
and-cruel-lawyer is also (a) a deepdw;
and (b) the employer of Dorothy McCr
a super-efficient secretary with a un i
munistic background of her own. I
the wire is up, the betting is off, an i ::
will Mr. Ford marry Dorothy? Of c
Will the lynch-mob be dispersed by c
warden "Fats" Sanders, to whose pu '
dollar bills stick like leeches? Of c-
Will handsome young district attorr.;.
school football captain and now buck,
tion so he can lated run for governor .'
get Angel Chavez convicted? Not so s.
Ford pant through enough of the I t,:
in three hours to find a legal loo'r :
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uui win 11 wuik uu int. iNt'ru jui;,.e v
has already shortsightedly (ihoaJi i
insulted? Slim chance. Will the ! r.:..
lawyer raise Vnough money at the r
New York to pay for the trial. Why y
and enough for about seventeen n.oret
win tney all live happily ever after?
Angel starts necking with weak hr.r.J
they probably will.
AS F0R Ugetsu r the tongue f
quite so glib j had ncver sccn 3 ,
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before, and I doubt if my spiritual.
psycho
ed if x
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Dsvchnlnpiral dpvplonmpnt will be s .'
don't see any more.
movie, as in "Trial" only to a
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whom G s not only unable to n c ..-.
rt names one cannot conceive of as evtr
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lUiU ynxa bum mia,.,
turtle" in Japanese, but unl'ortur.a'f'y
"Ugetsu" called anyone else's m ,r '
have heard of samurai before a; bt
sword one trips and falls on v. hen
Samurai was mentioned, but more
of warlike person, and not necesnnb :
one tripped and fell on at that.
Of course there were English mk'
one in front of me in the Yar-v Tr
ncau 111 me way, wnicn i;.c
ing. In general I was, by strcn,:' r
able to glean from a very well ( '
deftly mingled realism with myth.
the movie dealt chiefly with pottery "
fare and ladies' ghosts in the ICth c '
ence, greed, and sin," the words w:'.
Cuticrrcz described themovie on !:;
quee, sum it up pretty well. Actuary
in Japanese with murky photorai by -crying
at the drop of a hat - fn i :
benefit of the hat.
IN RESPONSE to my insatiable b:-'
fertilizer, I bought a pack of Cauru'S
other day. As I picked up my char-1 5
gentleman standing next to me if '
me, sir, but I see you're a cira-' 'te
I pardoned him.
"I'd like to do something for y -
Kianuiy. i.a, lei me nave a p - "
The man behind the counter s-M 1: "
pack of Luckies. "I represent the
Company," he announced, "and N rr
that pack of Camels, I'd like yf a ! '
fresher, smoother Lucky." He s:r " '
the cleaner pack and shook a fresh (y1
it between my pearly white tttt-' i
I puffed. Cleaner, fresher . .
"Now let me do something for ' '
generosity welling up from the s
of "my saintly soul. I took out th' -cf
Churchman's No. 1 cigarette !(
JillllC 1UIU Illl'IIliy LlWU-,i"
Churchman's are made with very !
bacco, colored a lighter
blends, and much more tightly rKN ,
one. He mouthed it. I lit it for b
I leered at him: "Cleanah, f re -h-b- ;
hole tobacco, what?"