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SUNDAY , THE DAILY TAR HEEL PAG 1. TWO ler's Gef Ouf 0r liWo ' The Board of Trustees' F.xet utive Commit tee will lile into Governor Hodges' olliee in Raleigh tomorrow for what could be 'the most cruc ial meeting since Gordon Gray's appoint ment" as Consolidated University president was approved. The Kxet utive Committee has two possible courses.: . 1. It can maintain status quo, with Presi-' dent (riay in WashinTon as an assistant sec retary of defense, and an acting president, now Dr. f. Harris Pinks, in the consolidated office. 2. Or it can decide, as it did not when Mr. Gray departed in June, to accent his prolerred resignation. In that case, the Execu tive Committee must think about a perma nent successor. On Quicksand An acting administration stands on quick sand. The atmosphere which surrounds it, and of which it is part, is one. of hesitation, uncertainty, and temporariness. It can fall al most instantaneously at the wishes of the trus tees. The shortcomings of a temporary admin istration are not due to any fault in the personnel who man it: but they are without power to put it on par with an administration of certain tenure. An acting .administration, further, can't escape from the shadow of the actual admin istration, which still rests in Mr. Gray's -hands. A president, even on leave, is responsible for the action of the subordinates who fill his job: and n matter how much real authority is vested in the subordinate, his position is in the final reckoning compromised. The D.-vily Tar Heel feels that these limits on an acting administration make it unsatis factory. The Executive Committee, we hope, will see eye to eye and move to change things. It seemed doubtful, in light of what Presi dent Grav said in a press conference soon af ter he arrived on the Washington scene, that he planned to tome back. He tolit olumnist Doris Fleeson that his reasons for leaving Chapel Hill were "personal." But. in his recently-issued reoort to the trustees on the state of the University, President Gray spoke enigmatically of his leave. He called it a "respite" for the University from the guid andce of a professional administrator. These two, explanations weigh against each other. It would, seem that, if Mr. Gray's -'reasons' were actually "persona',!' time would not bring him bac k: but a :"rhsvfe" is not permanent. The Executi irConunittee,; we . ijiink; ; should .'find out whether President Gray wants . to retinn. )f tt:;:ydiiid JlC 16es,he 'should be'' asked to withdraw his resignation and return immc d'T-'v. Einci.g. contrarily, that he does not intend to i turn, the Executive Committee should rvce)t his resignation with appreciation for his work and' move on to the selection of a successor, ''- :. . - , Educator Called For If a successor is to be chosen, the trustees, we believe, would do well to turn to the ranks of the educators, the teachers, the men who serve in the classrooms, for their choice. Edi tory Weimar Jones of The Franklin Press has put the case for an educator as eloquently as it can be put: ' North Carolina has its own traditions, char acter, and personality. Its university inevitably has grown out of those things: and to be a great university, it', must continue to be distinctively North Carolina, To do that, it need not be pro vincialr every great individual remains true to the best in his background, remains himself, and the same is true of institutions. And unless our uni versity remains true to itself, it is in danger of becoming one of those characterless, colorless aggregations of buildings, professors, and stu dents chiefly remarkable for bigness and a winning football team. If the University is to build honestly and well, it mu;t build on its own past, and on its state; and to do that, it must be headed by a man .who understands and loves North Carolina; who knows where the University's roots lie, and has learned t.ie feel of the soil in which they grow. Finally, and of course mast important of all, the new president must be a great person in his own right an educator who translates learning into human values, a man of tolerance and broad human sympathy, a leader possessed of vision and faith and courage. ! I zzl The official student publication of the Publi ations Board of the University of North Carolina, wnere it is published f ? If f 4 1 ! f I ' ! I i " t J . Editors Managing Editor daily except Monday and examination and vacation period and summer terms. Enter ed as. second class matter in the post of fice in Chapel Rill, N. C, under the Act of March 8. 1879. Sub scription rates: mail ed, $4 per year, $2.50 a semester; delivered. J $9 a year, $3.Z0 t le-mester. LOUIS KRAARED YODER FRED POWLEDGE News Editor JACKIE GOODMAN Business Manager BILL BOB PEEL Point Of View Student Government: A Further A ttempt At World Interrelation Bill Wolf Treason On The -Sports Frontier Dan Saults Missouri Consenwtionist Even if it does irritate old grads, I'd like to think out loud I should like to continue the attempt to relate for a while, about football teams campus ufe and . particularly the opportunity for and their stadia, basketball seir.30vernment offered in Student Government to squads win their monster field the problems of contemporary "society, by proceed- houses, track teams languishing jR,r noxt wjtn what is sure to be a very superficial in loneliness befoore vastly -emp-- andT obvious analysis of the results of political, so- ty stands, and the polo, tennis, cjaj an, economic problems on the individual and golf, lacrosse,, boxing, wrestling 0n society. - end cheerleading teams that are ' . " , , In integral par! of high school Most of us would be delighted to spend our days and college life besides filling up in-the company of our ; families and friends, secure sports pages when" the baseball .in the knowledge that we were loved by those close . , to us, 'assured of continuing status in the commun season is over. ' .... , x, . ' , Of course, these, items in the Uy, secure m the knowledge that we were produc- wonderful world of sports are five parts of an economic system ever advancing part of the American way of life nd capable of rcbound.ng from any setbacks, and and musfnot be questioned. They that over all hovered an ever-present diety, reward prepare our young men and fair ins all who abide by the imperatives of his cu t. u i ;;,,; nnri There a-e doubtless many people who manage to, womanhood for citizenship and . ,j,. u teach true sportsmanship. We a 15 H .with these thmSj which mat- could not have won World War to them, and expect to live their hves in this II without exhibition boxing niann(r- ( matches by champions; and with- However, it takes a positive will to ignore the out the football squads of the fact that people in the United States are profoundly armed services, how would the affected by the problems facing most of the rest forces of truth and freedom ever 0f the world, and that it is quite unlikely that we have swept to glorious victory? shall be permitted by circumstances to live in such , , peace and contentment. Most' of the rest in the ' . Unitd States probably recognize the dangers to I do not question these virtues, their existance posed by the possibility cf an atomic But thinking aloud on a personal war with Russia, even if they know nothing of other basis: I quit playing basketball contemporary problems. . 15 years ago and quit dreaming These place their hopes r presume, in "muddling of stardom long before that; I tnroughf at worst, and prefer to think that "it will haven't tossed a baseball for five never happen here," which is much better. Finally, years; I haven't engaged in fisti- there are a fevv individuals who recognize that, cuffs since 1944, when an out- whie hist0ry is largely chance, and'that things are sisS' VMi ' the public school system, for example), and the sometimes equally violent and irrational attacks on institutions, lueals and policies which are felt by some to be holding Wck the tide of progress, to be pernicious anachronisms, intolerable in the face of the exegencies of the -midentury worlcj (aca demic freedom, segregation, the open shop, private provision for medical service, public power, and not using atomic weapons on Red China to "win" the .JCorean War are examples). I should not be surprised. if a good bit of the latter attacks were not the result of a desire to "get it over withf if trouble were inevitable. Needless to 'say, while most of us exhibit these reactions at times and in certain areas, and while they are very tempting in that they provide the adherent with the certainty that government in the field of power, for example, is the cause of all this, most of us will take even revolution in our strides with but little trouble, and a few regrets for the past. A few see in this seeming chaos an opoortunity and a chal lenge to create a world better than ever before. One of the most notable of these is Bertrand Rus sell, a modern renaissance man, "a sane man in an insane world." SUM OF INDIVIDUALS Society, the sum of individuals, reacts to these times of change by calling for new truths to replace the old ones, since many are now impossible to be lieve, and are hoefore useless as imoerative guides -fYv social conduct Some call for new "religions of sr-ienre." others for return to. orthodoxy, and still others for a synthesis of all the ancient religions into a new one, embracing all peoples. With the passage of the mores of the commun ity comes an awareness of social guilt for having cast them aside. Some' find "Peace of Mind," others ranked and second lieutenant de- logically Ukev to happen frequently do not, and lf Wyut0 mental institutions, and most another cided to see if he should have that others logically quite unlikely frequently do, been outranked. But I still go fishin-g; I still hunt a little. as long as there is any chance whatever of an atomic war of a cataclysmic social revolution which migHt destroy Western Civilization, those chances must be Nobody ever really taught me reduced to a minimum by constant efforts, these sports I can practice as a middle-aged man- coaches were A motive for this last group, in addition to that busy trying to develop a hook self-preservation, is one necessitated by belief shot or a fast start in the dashes. that Christianity, a central part of this Civilization, I wish, now, someone had taught is worth trying to save; that they have an obligation me how to fish a little better, be- to their fellow men., less fortunate than themselves, cause that port will be open to to assist them in all possible ways to achieve these me as a participant for a good people's aspirations and incidentally, in so doing, many years yet. God willing, to further their own. Gunning or angling, I don't have to confine myself to indulging in what, we collitch-cultured jour nalists call "vicarious participa There is a common factor among these groups; all recognize explicitly or implicitly the insecurity of their position. For many in all jzrouos. this in- 5 So at-the risk of being disloyal security is exhibited by a feeling that they have ' to the sports sections of the free lost raany of the certainties which used to govern ! American press, I'm wondering Jife at least life in the Good OId Days not suggesting, just wondering if a course in plug casting or This is hot necessarily true at all, but the. feeling gun handling wouldn't prepare that it is, tnat the bedrock of their society is crumb- our American boyhood for life ling,." produces thd-.curious social; life .of pur 'times. just as adequately as football T TT:tW --.'-,,-' ' :iUs ah int. vuuiu ouiica uija i mwn uy me ts- . capism-at-ari-costs (why else, increase the horsepower of automobiles yearly), the apparent apathy or con cern with mere trivialities "; on college campuses across the country, the violent and often irrational reactions against gocial change of any sort anti integrationists threats in the Deep South to abolish NiSht Editor For This Issue Curtij Ganj casting or bask,etball handling. Seems to me the acquired skill might be more useful after boy hood has become manhood, might even teach a man or a woman to live with themselves better than they would learn by watching matched teams beat each other's collective brains out. If this be treason, make the most of it. You can't draw 50,000 people to a fly-basting contest, nor get Old Shvash's name in headlines with an exhibition of gun safety But the air is fresher on Blue Bonnet creek than in Yankee Stadium and there's more exer cise in following a dog across a field than in sitting on a . hard board using eyeballs and vocal cords. Techniques of live-bait fishing may not build school spirit but it surely wouldn't hurt academic standings any more than a 10 day jaunt to Madison Square Garden. Travel may be educa tional, but so few people get on basketball squads someone has to be under seven feet. Tr It's hard to understand why so many schools resist hunting and fishing as "specialized interests" while paying a football coach more than the Dean of Men to instruct one-fiftieth of the student body? There are required "gym" classes, of course, but these gen erally there are notable except ions rate calisthenics more en nobling than plug-flipping. Push ups may build bodies, but their ( value in soul therapy is doubtful . . . and how many of you do push-ups now you're at the age to need 'em? Hunting and fishing aren't particularly virtuous pastimes, ii but they keep a practitioner, in better shape now than lie's kept by the memories of boxing he did 20 years ago. Can you honestly name any sport that's useful to you to day, unless you're a young professional? I'm not griping, you understand ... just wondering if a course in using the outdoors wouldn't be as useful as a class in folk dancing? . . botle of beer, a football game, and Princess Mar garet's romance. The result of all this, in America at least, is certainly not the impending collapse of the social structure due to acute axiety. Quite the contrary, I think that it is because we are not sufficiently, aware of the threat, being in most cases put to only a little inconvenience. The "it will come out all right in the end" philosophy and particularly the "it will never happen here" notion could certainly turn out to be right. I do not think that I would bet on it, and the subject of a later article will be an attempt to dramatize the unhappy past results of such bets. Reader's Retort: A Compliment For Handling Fud-Duds Editors: ' ' I wish to compliment you on your goodnatured yet unequivocal handling of the fuddy-duddy ele ment of Old 'folks as represented by Louis Graves, O. J. Coffin, and C. W. McGee. C B. Ives A Spirit Indeed t ' T ' ; - , t . ' - ' x ; ysS ... y .... ; - , ' - i - - : j , J f , . . . x , . 'Tim - v " " ' .' i " ' ' ' - y r '.. - , " : l ; - . i ."". !" Tfe - :Rli "( , . ,,,.., ..j. f . .... .. -.4 . .... , , "i . i I , ,.'.(' ! - ' i . ., r J .'d i r . " j ...... a, I . '" .. .. .. - -: . .... . . "I - " i i - '- - .; ' . ... " . . .... , ., .. ... - - - ' . ft 0 ' - A Plug For UP By Floorleader Student Party Floorleader Larry McElroy's letter in Tues day's Daily Tar Heel was quite appropriately headlined ' "SP Propaganda." In it, McElroy pro ceeded to criticize the University Party's legislative program; in . deed, the letter said that the Uni versity Party has had no legis lative program this fall. Bear with me, students, through a few words of UP pro paganda just to set the record straight! As floorleader for the. Univer sity Party, I can truthfully say that WE HAVE A VERY CON CRETE LEGISLATIVE PRO GRAM, AND WE HAVE IN LARGE MEASURE SUCCEEDED IN CARRYING IT THROUGH. . Our aim in the Student Legis lature has been: (1) T reduce the amount of superflous and abstract legisla tion and to concentrate legisla tive efforts on concrete measures vhich student leaders can carry out and enforce. (2) To further in the Legisla ' ture the concept that adminis tration and faculty co-operation and support are necessary (and should be desired) for effective and worthwhile student govern ment. The University Party feels this Is a fact which student lead ers have tended to lose sight of in recent years and one which largely accounts for some inef fectiveness in student govern ment. (3) To ensure more conserva tism in spending student govern ment funds. Because of the de pleted condition of the student treasury, this has become a ne cessity. In fact the spending powers of the Legislature have become nearly null, for the trea sury is still feeling the effects of the rampant spending spree un dertaken by the Student Party dominated Legislature in the spring of '54. Here are the results: Since the University Party has been in power, the number of bills introduced has been re duced. We don't believe it's the amount but the kind of legisla tion that counts. A UP-domin-ated Ways and Means Committee reported at one of the first meet ings of the nineteenth session "The whole body is guilty of put- . ting before itself abstract mea sures and ideas, which they have developed no further than the idea stage, and which have little chance of ever promoting con- ' crete action . . . We ask that the legislators ... be willing to work and investigate to discover what may be done to accomplish these ideas, and ... .that they bring them to the body in the form" of definite, concrete suggestions . . ." Certainly this type bill is harder to come by, but in the long run a few good effective and enforc able measures accomplish more than many resolutions which "urge," or "go on record as fav oring." Both parties have, since this report, reduced the amount of such legislation, but the UP led the way. ' The University Party's second major policy has also achieved recognition and acceptance by the nineteenth assembly. Only Thursday night the Legislature defeated unanimously a motion to strike from a bill a clause di recting the new Constitutional, Revisional Commission to seek administrative and faculty aid and advice. The University Party hopes the reinculcating of this concept in the student Legisla ture will be a milestone in Caro lina's Student Government. The UP legislators have also succeeded in carrying out their third major aim, the reduction of legislative spending. The nine teenth session INTRODUCED money bills calling for an ex pense of about $6,000; however only about $4,000 worth of ap propriations was actually passed thereby saving student govern ment approximately $2,000. Com pare these figures with the near ly $20,000 spent by . the last SP dominated legislature. Because such extravagant spending in the past so depleted the student treasury, the nineteenth session of the Legislature has really been restricted from doing, money wise," some of the things it could have done had we had a safe re serve of funds. The University Party Jias,. thea. p0 u - k 1 p '"v. C Readar Charles Ku. Writes A Dramsti; Editors: In response to the editorial of v Chapel Hill is burning: The of student government is afia-. the ashes of what once was, or u" lye been at some time, are : ... .' crazily, riding on the hot drift;.-" ." from the office of The Daily Ta' i the second floor of Graham y7..' haunting strains of fiddle mu,j7 instruments in hand, are danci-i.. of "student government" suspcr' , the ceiling. Around its neck harm "I tried, but student leaders thcr -so I died." A chorus of staff work". in mournful tones somewhere in t' (Enter trustee, visiting on car - "We apologize, we apolog.ve-, (salaaming sil the while), "would , thee worthy representatives from a government. We hope you were p we sent." "You see sir," exclaims one e ernment is adrift, and its never h you know!" "We're sorry that there just v.. dent leaders to send to your mec:; ing situation. Do we stiil have cars "Don't be silly, boy," says the t: dents can't handle yourselves ny your automobiles. Glad you hrou: about student government to the E . Just stopped by to tell you that." c "We need a revolution.'" screa:r, "The Tar Heel must be the voice : ness!" exclaims the other. "I think we have some fine It;.',; government," says a little staff men ly, "things aren't that bad." He is - from the editors. (A solemn column of figures tr.::r swirls of smoke, "pale after the ha:::e mobile, sickened now as well at the ; ture battles.) "Thank you for your well-timed . the spokesman for the rejected om-s "We didn't intend to em harass ywi staff member. "We appreciated your construe:;1. e says the spokesman, "also your 1 .y.. confidence." (The figures turn as one, and il DTH office, away from the source flame.) The staff is silent. The effigy uneasily, as little currents of burn: waver about the room. Editors strangely quiet. One editor looks other. 'Damn! Its hot in here." ChirU The Serenade Of No E Or A Plea For Efficl:: Editors: Why is it that a university that c conirol 6,000 students cannot cause a at the nronpr timpc' Tho hpil nt-.vavs VV,.J ( hours to begin the classes, but free.; not ring at the end of the class peri. This is a source of embarrassimrt professors, who often get carried a lectures and have to be reminded has been over for five minutes, and : ..Viv !it. i . . ,i . - . f - - ciLiict nave ,io remina ict' a oversight, or else be late for the next the bell ring promptly. Let's have a I efficiency on the part of the Adrnir.. not only 'called the plays and carried the ball" but we have scored. We are thankful for those stu dents who helped put UP in the majority. The University Party would ask, however, that you the voters not only look at past leg islative records but also at the ability and integrity of the can candidates now running to take seats in the twentieth legislative assembly. Jim Ccum UP FlserkadV II. I iinmon When a Russian says that some proposal is "unrealistic," he dot n't mean that it's unrealistic. It means only that he i$ turni" ir down because it doesn't suit h bok. The Zlontreal Star )
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