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v - Sunday, r. THE DAILY TAR HEEL ; : Week Here yrilwe always awed us, and in Iil Al- f ashion wc have stnm-Rted along trying to do our bit to remain law abiding. But when' the verv guardians of law over look the law they have sworn to uphold, we become confused, disappointed, and driven to evoke the "-oils oF editorial justice. The campus honor courts have broken the law. ( " The Yulcbook says that every two weeks, each of the courts shall make reports to The Daily Tar Heel. In these judicial handouts, so says the rulebook, there will be all details of the, cases, save the names. - So far, to the best of our knowledge, Ave have been handed no court reports. Yet, we hear lnuttcrings about the Men's Council trying this case, and we sometimes overhear in Y-Com t nnnoi of certain Women's Coun til cases. ' Despite" bur 'admitted awe for the laws, we've-always accepted the premise that for every valid l.iw there's a reason. The reason for this law is simple: In order to have an effective court system, the juries of our camp us peers must remind those they serve that justice' works every week. Hence, the require ment lor court reports in the newspaper. Surely, the honor courts have been so, busy pursuing the just and lair and still doing their academic duties that they have over looked this problem of communication. lint now let them remember the boys in Lower Quad who know the courts only by heresay and the girls in Mclver who catch muddled rumors of campus justice. It's time for the courts to obey the law they enforce. Our office awaits your reports and so docs the campus you Avere elected to serve. Zut! Back From Billiards To Pool On his latest visit to -Graham Memorial's (?) room, the old cue artist, Charlie Peterson, threw the basement sphere of our favorite student union into an uproar of controversy and reform, or so' we thought. Seems Mr. Peterson despises to play in "pool 7 rooms, prefers to have them labeled, more sedately, "billiard" rooms. With great fanfare and special advertise ment, the GM management straightway an nounced their abandonment of the vulgar "pool;" they were switching to "billiards." We tacitly applauded, learning from old mmi "Webster that bit'iards, deriving from the Old French world l illart, really meant Vstaff" or "cue" rtncLiuui so'meV; connection with the ffame as she is Hvcd. Pool, contrarilv, comes from ihn 'nsophisticated French word, poule, or"hti,"v e-couldonly guess that hens got cmbibilc1 witli i true billiards when live stakes were; posted against . the opponent's savoir faire with Vile cue, and games were played for wings ranH; drumsticks and even the whole bircl. , ..V . ' ' '. ' But .today: Zut!. Here we go again; GM's billiard room has left the cosmopolitan in structions of Mr. Peterson high and dry. Once again, we are playing "pool" in the pool" room Why? In Sir Winston Churchill's words, it is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. au Sar ff eel ; The official student publication of the Publi cations Board of University of North Carolina. "i : ' ; where it is published .'V"-'!)-CX daily except Monday O . X II and examination a "acation periods and ununer terms. Enter ed as second class matter in the post of- rice in Chapel Hill, N. C, under the Act of March 8, 187D. Sub scription rates: mail ed, $4 per year, $2.50 V semester; delivered, 6 a year, $3.50 a ge-ncster. Editors " m r J LOUIS KRAAR, ED YODER Managing Editor FRED POWLEDGE - JACKIE GOODMAN News Editor Business Manager ... BILL BOB PEEL Associate Editor . - J. A. C. DUNN Sports Editor : Advertising Manager .. Assistant Business" Manager Coed Editor ;:;L Circulation Manager Subscription Manager 1 Staff Artist 4 . ' WAYNE BISHOP Dick Sirkin Carolyn Nelson Peg Humphrey Jim Kiley . Jim Chamblee Charlie Daniel EDITORIAL-STAFF Bill O'Sullivan, Charles Dunn, Bill Ragsdale. BUSINESS STAFF - Fred Katzin, Stan Bershaw, Mary Grady Burnette, Charlotte Lilly, Ted Wain er, Darryl Chason. . NEWS STAFF Neil Bass, Charles Dunn, James Nichols, Bennie Baucom, Mary Ackerman, Curtis Gans,; Ethan Tolman, Joan McLean, Bill Corpen ing, Clarke Jones, Nancy Rothschild, Charlie Sloan, Jerry Cuthrell, Peg Humphrey, Betty Bau man. ' OFFICE TELEPHONES News, editorial, subscrfpV tion; 9-3361. News, business: 9-3371. Night phone-8-444 or 8-443, ' The Livespike., Campus Wind: An Eternal Fashion-Maker A Reporter in With P residenT Dreamland Don Fowler Fred Powledge Night Editor ForJThis Issue CHARLES DUNN FROM THE DIRTY office window in Grahani Memorial I can see the sun set every after noon. Jt sets earlier every day. Back in Sep tember and Oc tober, I could see students go i n g downtown t o supper . . . ' --; ; around 5:30 or 6 p.m. The; last rays of the sun would make the nieri and coeds stand out in high contrast; they would give faces and arms a ruddy, reddish look as students went to supper. But now the sun has set when students go to supper. I can only see their cigarets burning and hear coeds laughing as they walk from Graham Memorial, past Si lent Sam, down to Franklin St. to eat. AUTUMN IS HERE, and win ter is technically more than a month away. But winter, as we in North Carolina's Piedmant know it, is here for good. Winter here means - the men in Lower Quad will stop study ing one, sometimes two times, each night to go over to the Monogram Club for coffee and doughnuts. They'll bring their coffee back, steaming in paper cups, to drink while they read magazines or- start studying again. " In Fraternity Court, the men either get their coffee from their Fraternity house kitchens or go over to the Scuttlebutt. At the Scuttlebutt there's always a fel low and his date, and they are shivering after a long walk from somewhere. The men in town, where I live, either make their own instant coffee in the bathroom or. go to Harry's or the Diary Bar and get a paper cupfull. The waiter always pushes the paper top down too far, and coffee runs over the top. The cup of coffee always tastes good, though, when you are back in the room where there's heat and , four Walls to - keep' -out- the wind. THE WIND THESE DAYS re minds me of the wind that comes to the Piedmont in March and April. If you listen to the wind now, with your eyes closed, you'll hear it is the same wind that comes in March. But the wind is different if you watch it. If you watch the yellow and red and brown leaves shake and sometimes fall when the wind blows these days, you'll be re minded that winter real, bit ter winter, with promises of snow and ice on the sidewalks and clouds of breath in the mornings is really not yet here. The wind and the leaves bring thoughts of the beauty of coeds, the shortness of life, of the grainy beauty of. the campus' brick walks of the comfort of a heated room, the quiet of a good book, the simplicity of a good, home-cooked meal. ' . The wind these days reminds you that before long the trees in the Arboretum and Battle Woods and Kenan Woods and even the old masters in McCorkle Place will soon be cold and . naked. STUDENTS FROM New Jersey . will start wearing big, bulky coats that were made for cold weather, and those from Georgia will wear army combat jackets and overcoats. Foreign students, in America for their first winter, will buy American coats and will -feel funny in them . The first snow will come, and someone from Radio Station WCHL will "call up Chancellor House, and Chancellor House will say that classes will be held, hut students who can't make it won't be counted absent. And the stu- ? dents won't go to class. And all winter the wind will blow. But in March, or maybe as late as April, while students are hold ing campus electioas and botan ists are making plans for field " trips, the wind will change. The March wind will blow just like the Nov. 5 wind, but it will be different. It will promise warm er days, trips to the beach, coeds with less on, graduation for some, trips back home for others. It will promise to everybody a greater, newer existence an other chance at living. I WAS so exhausted after trying to find a cam pus parking spot yesterday that I went home and sacked ouL . And, as I slept, I dreamed what only a reporter can dream. In my sleep, I was interviewing student body President Don Fowler. And President Fowler, smil ing like the friendly fellow he is, answered every question fully and frankly. 'Unfortunately, it was only a dream: Anyway, the interview ran something, like this: ! " : rV Vr QUESTION: President Fowler, just what is your -greatest problem right now as student chief execu-; tive?"s. -."" "" j"" ;;!;;"'"" "."' Answer: Well,. I guess its mygirlsi I never know I Who to date these days. And with this darn student ; auto problem hanging over "me, I don't have much time to really think about my girls either. -' ; '. . r ' . . Q. About this I student auto pro blem, President 'i Fowler. What sort of solution do you have in mind? A. Frankly, I haven't the sligh- I i ' i f It ' " uvn - PRESIDENT FOWLER . . . Oh, Dave I test idea. I talk-, ed to Dave, (At torney General, David Reid), and he told me that I'd better be careful on this thing, or I might make some of the fraternity boys with cars mad at me. I'd hate to have those guys mad, too. You know how they are. Well, any way, Dave told me the best thing to do would be to appoint a committee. So I did. Q. Yes, I heard about the committee. Wrhat an swer did they suggest for your biggest problem? A. None at all. Q. None at all? I thought I read about their' sug gestions in the student paper. A. Oh, you're1 talking about the student auto prob lem. I was talking about my biggest problem who to date. And the committee didn't even discuss it with me. But, you know, I met the cutest little Pi Phi the other-night, and she . . . Q. President Fowler, about this student auto prob lem. I read in The Daily Tar Heel that your com mittee "wants to build an off-campus storage lot.' What about that? A. Hmm. Good idea. As a matter of fact, that sounds like the solution to me. Matter of fact, Dave Reid told me to issue a statement saying it was the best way out. And I think he got around to writing it. , .. Q. Yes, President Fowler, it was in the paper. A. Good. You know, I never read the Tar Heel anymore. Nothing but slanderabout me. Q. But slander. is oral. You mean libel, don't you? , ,;, . , -. ; . A. Ohryes, i'. think that's what I mean. Seems to me Dave Reid said something about it the other day.,': ' ' ; ' " .V - Q. Well. how about this storage lot? How do you propose to; pay for it? ; ' ".A. I'm;glad you asked me. that. I think perhaps we; can persuade the University 'to pay for that. I promised in my-campaign that I'd stop this irration al move to deprive students of the right to own cars, ',.- .: " : : " Q. Well, how is the University going to afford a parking lot, when three men occupy most dorm rooms and it is generally broke? A. I've thought of that,-But, you know, those Trustees are rational men; and I thinkthey'll help us.' q; I have heard very definite reports that the trustees ar going to take strong action this spring to regulate student autos. Have you considered possible self-regulation by students? A. I have considered it, but you know darn well if we start taking cars away from freshmen, the next thing, will be beanies and hazing. And I don't want that. 0. Who said anything about limiting freshmen cars? I was just wondering about some sort of limitation? A. No, we just can't have beanies and hazing again. I won't stand for it. I told Dave Reid to make that clear to Dean Weaver too. Q. Well, President Fowler, how about this plan to get cheaper tickets for dates to football games? A. Football games? Dates? Oh, yes, I'm dating the cutest girl from Mclvei to the Notre Dame game. T was a little short of cash, so I went and asked Chuck Erickson down at the Gym what to do. He said he'd put tickets for one game on sale and see how they did. Then, the very next day, that old Daily Tar Heel ruined it .all with an editorial. Q. What editorial? K A. How should I know? I never read the paper. But I just know Mr. Erickson was really mad, and he was not too happy about the cheaper tickets. , Q. Do you have any idea what that editorial said? - A. Oh, Dave, Dave Dave Reid, will you please write me a statement for this reporter? I've got a date in about an hour and must get home and shave. h. K. 'Tell Us More About This' o HEART STOPPED 20 MINUTES A young woman whose heart . stopped beating for more than 20 Miinutes while undergoing an operation here for injuries re ceived in an automobile accident returned .to Wfe after her hus band had"been informed by at tending physicians that she was dead. . Dr. Wayne II. Stockdale, Smithfield surgeon, termed the miracle the "Master's work up stairs" and reported Mrs. Mar jorie Bjrbour Raynor, i 3Q, of Four Oaks, should make a com plete recovery, barring compli cations. Mrs. Raynor was critically in jured in a three-car collision Fri day at 12:30 p.m. on Highway 301 one-half mile south of Four Oaks. . Herman D. Laioson in Smithfield- Herald. . Reader's Retort: The Di Senate, Shirts & Tact Senator Answers Editors: It seems to me that the editors of The Daily Tar Heel have com mitted tfie same crime that they accused the Dialectic Senate of speaking without knowing -What they were talking about. Had they had interest enough to attend the debate concerning the DTH, instead of only reading the incomplete hews story of one of their own reporters, they could not have arrived at such conclusions as they did. The Di Senate debate was bas ed on two points. First, the edi tors -of the DTH have not at tended to their nominal duties of insuring good delivery, print ing all the. news instead of only the news that they prefered," and getting all the facts before print ing any news articles. The second and more import ant point is the question of the newspaper's reflecting student opinion. Surely no newspaper is expected to be just a loudspeak er for student opinion on every problem concerning the students. But the DTH is in a peculiar position in that it does not have to depend on popular approval in order to exist. The students have no choice in the question of supporting the DTH; they help pay for its existence through their student fees. Therefore, it behooves the paper to be some sort of occasional reflection of student opinion, (and typical student opinion is not such a difficult thing to ascertain, as the Editors would have us be lieve). If the editors are incap able of fathoming student opin-, ion, then "they are incapable of being editors. In addition, the DTH goes out to subscribers throughout the state and country, (including the Board of Trustees), as being the spokesman for student opinion. Out of Chapel Hill, the DTH is considered the mouthpiece of student opinion, and it should therefore certainly be the duty of the DTH , not to reflect the ideas of the editors, but the ideas of a more representative bouy of students. The Dialectic Senate lays no claims to being representative of student opinion, and indeed it is not. But the Senate justly feels that the student newspaper should not be controlled by "that potentially dangerous element," the vociferous minority, which now controls the DTH. I think that it is significant tha.t the Di Senate considered most of the complaints against the capabilities and lack of al truistic motives of the editors rather than against the freedom and integrity of the newspaper itseif. Stephen A. Moss 'Stuffed Shirt' Editors: Reference is made to The Daily Tar Heel, November 3; article by Louis Graves of The Chapel Hill Weekly, entitled "Something For Grown People To Decide." - " In his article concerning the restriction of' student automo biles, Mr. Graves stresses his be lief that the students of this un . iversity are not capable .of mak ing sound decisions on matters of ....jiji mitt. ne ai.o ciiiicizcs our administration for allowing the students to have a hand in their own government. When I read iiie article the first time, I thought that it had been origin ally intended for the comic page, and was printed as an editorial by mistake. I read it again and came to the conclusion that our editors had uncovered another "stuffed shirt." I wonder if Mr. Graves, if ask ed, could give a reasonably sound definition of democracy. Charlie Young . Tact & Common Decency Editors: If the Daily Tar Heel editors tried for the remainder of the school year I don't think they could come up with two editor als which show less tact and common decency than the ones entitled, "Our Elders Show Lack Of Faith" and "Duke in Nurse's Arms." Bill Johnson m3 ngen Drama At Pri:". Explodes 'Unm Germans' , , Dave MUnj The Germans are an emot -not in what can be called the : ion." They just take time to rj:,' in waterproof logic and wtiu V propagandist who created the c-- many populated by hard, calcuv'.V . and closely-cropped Prussian b. '. a mote in his eye. , There were Bismarck's ' blood days of Wilhelm'I when Germa- ing; ,the WorldWar of Wilhelm n -Germans, least of all Wilhelm, ' which there was a quick emotion,; it began; the 20's of the Weimar prosperity, albeit inflation, enou-v flourishing of literary and othenC movements in all directions; the x" era from 1933 to 1945, a long (-. turing three-hour speeches, para Is ing with a fervor to match anvthir sades. It has taken Germany ten year; under the rubble and to attain a c able to emotional indulgences of c exhibited in such ways as the "Old Man," Chancellor Adenauer, 2 ment leader in Europe, excluding in East Europe, Spain and Porta:,;, has an actual minority of the p seemingly permanent division of ;h the flight of millions from corr.r.:: ninety thousand soldiers in Soviet p; charged with emotional potential c when conditions forbade a mass r ..: tential. But that time has come. For!.:-, rectly capitalize on it; the causes cf: uation are too easily laid at their c remnants of the Nazis are so few in . their political voice is exceeded by :L: Witnesses. That time was ushered in a fr.v v, pealing of the Freedom Bell of Frio:... slightly south of Goettingen. Frirdi,:.: disembarkation point for PW's returr. Soviet Union; few go to relatives ir zone; most cross the border of the F lie at Herleshausen and proceed by Friedland. All of the S626 promLvj should be in their homeland before :!v month. Until then, Friedland is packed v. : joicing, sobbing, tens-of-thousands. I" awaiting, or hoping, for the return whom in most cases they will re :' There are Ion lines of half-rejoicir.:. ing people, holding little signs a?k;r: tion about long-lost loved ones. The conception of Germans be ir: is impossible to one who has this rr. land: The Federal President. Dr. IK: ; cellor Blucher, assorted cabinet nt testant bishop, a cardinal, all stand.'.. beribboned platform, all cry ins ino or robes. Dozens of Wehrmacht p:r. : led the world's best fighting forces. ' of those armies who have also sten Soviet prisons, join the bishop or u Lord's Prayer, sing the Deutschlar.i small police band, shed their tear? r or fifteen years so home to their fr still have families. The reaction to the newsreels of F". ther on the audience of an "art th rile audience waiting for "Daur Buster Crabbe," is the same: liar '- ' out of pockets, there is a murmur ( -tuated only by the blowing ef " as I, head for the nearest evit ii r what they can of a stiff upper lip , For this once, fortunately, pn ' not being made of the Germans' f" Even the rabid anti-communists by the situation to take the freely offered them. -JOOV AUi'ilO' Two weeks ago we requested a r from the Board of Trustees statin? -segregation. We do not believe "" ' unreasonable or presumptuous. 5 y. that board members consciously - ence of anything resembling a Fr("s" .. prefer to be guided in their riec:?;"'; sciences. We, from our humble " low The Authority, acknowledge t f having a university governed by ' group of policy-makers. Student and faculty opinion. 1" than a pressure group. The b-.'- 1 teachers and students; certainly tn-'-ion should not be disregarded. The Board of Trustees refuse' t1 controversy. We must read between tract the essence of their s''1'3" Duke Chronicle if'
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