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THURSDAY THS DAILY TAR HEEL PACE TWO St '1 All Mankind .' Minus One A youiii; C.ieenslxMo attorney, R. D. Dons', las. has refused to. appear on a panel on peace to be spoMiscMed by the American Friends Service Committee because the Communist viewpoint was to be represented by Junius Stales, who lias been convicted under the Smith Act.' j Douglas savs lie "must from now on, be hishfy suspicious and greatly concerned over, any organization operating in our midst which eh a duty to provide Scales with a platform from which to speak." Mr. Doiudas was to have represented the "conservathe approve li," but his attitude to ward dissenters and public debate in which they appear seems to us anything but "con servative; Conservatives, as they stle them selves today, and perhaps as Mr. Douglas stvles himself, feel it their duty to conseive only those institutions which appeal to them or to popular, opinion. But we think real conservatives would be just as interested in conserving the freedom of public debate, the right of a group like the American Friends Service Committee to sponsor generally dis approved expression of opinion without "sus picion" and "great concern," and the right of any, American citizen to speak Ins mind without fear of reprisal. . Hut maybe this is to wish a bit too much from "conservatives" still under, the fear and pall of McCarthvism. who, as Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn of Chicago lias shown, have bolt ed far from John Stuart Mill's ideal freedom of expression: "If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary ooinion. mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justi fied in silencing mankind." Goldfish, Panties 8t UNC Traditions In the roaring twenties, the collegia'te pen chant was for swallowing goldfish. And al though we never have tasted any of the un cooked creatures, we suspect they suited the show-off more than the gourmet. Now, in this decade of the furious fifties, the college fadists favor panty raids. And this collegiate' prac tic ' too, raises doubts in our mind, particular! since the sought after un derwear general K" contain none of the usual feminine occupants. Carclina has a 'ways kept up with the col lege faib f the moment, and at the same time managed to build some individual and meaningful traditions ol its own. What could have been a new tradition for neglect had its beginnings with a pep rally that went bad. A janitor was pushed through a local service station window, breaking the window and suffering injuries that kept hiiii from work. But recent word from the University Club restores our faith in the Carolina' potential lor building proper and just tradition. The club has 'paidjthe janitor for damages to his person and clothing; it has plans to pay for the broken window, too? .The pep rally sponsors have done what decency and the Carolina way requires of them, and The Daily Tar Heel is glad. Student Opinion This space 'is, for student opinion, which some sav the editorial column ought to re flect. Fill in vour own. n - The official student DuhHraHnr. ,.vti . " l"t X uuu atmns Board of the University of North Carolina. where it is published daily except Monday ,. ) vacation periods and J summer terms. Enter ed as second class matter in the post of fice in Chapel Hill. N. I C, under the Act of March 8, 1879. Sub- scription rates: mail- i ed, $4 per year, $2.50 L a semester; delivered, C 1 1 f f Managing Editor li m ester. Editors LOUIS KRAAR, ET YODER - FRED POWLEDGE News Editor JACKIE GOODMAN Business -Manager BELL BOB PEEL Associate Editor sports Editor J. A. C. DUNN WAYNE BISHOP - x) r, 'Well, Here We Go Again' own i IPC - " : Chuck Houser I FEEL sure the majority of students and faculty at A. an T. College in Greensboro, the Negro counterpart of State College, sincerely regrets the action of the few that brought discredit on an entire race . last Friday. What happened, briefly, was this: Several members of the audience at tire A. and T. Founder's Day program were heard to "snicker" and "boo" during Governor Luth er Hodges', speech. The disturb ance came as a reaction to either or both of the following things: (1) The Governor's statement that Negro schools in the state would continue to be needed and used in the future in spite of the Supreme "Court decision ruling segregation unconstitutional; (.2) The Governor's alleged, pro nunciation of the word "Negro" as "Nigra." In the first instance, the Gov ernor was merely discussing his own proposal for "voluntary seg gation" as an alternative to poss ible violence or closing of the public schools. v However- mis guided and impractical this pro gram may seem to some people, there was no excuse for discourt esy being shown to Mr. Hodges during his address. In the second instance, the Gov ernor was pronouncing "Negro" as it is pronounced by many peo ple in the South. He. did not mispronounce it; he merely pro nounced it with a Southern ac cent. No slur was intended. Had the Governor used the term "nig ger", there would have been no question about his intent. How ever, he apparently said "Nigra," which, is a softened, Southern accent version of "Negro." I con cede that it was impolite of him not to use the carefully enunciat-ed"Nee-grow" which is today preferred by a race that has be come hypersensitive over pro nunciation. The Governor's major mistake in the entire business, however, came on Monday of this week. Replying to an apology written to him by the college president and head of the student council, Governor Hodges wrote back: "I hereby acknowledge receipt of your communication of Novem ber 5 regarding the unfortunate incident at A. and T. College." And that was alL Just 19 words?. Luther Hodges has answered rudeness with rudeness. Cliapel Hill Weekly X ft Z i i , ; J t i ; i . - Y '1 i " f y V!- Allium I ? - ' J , . . , ' 1 ' . ; ' . i I ' r . . .rs, 5'V ' rp t'7-vs. - f . . ' 1 ... - Right Vving Deris Flocsort . WASHINGTON Evidence is accumulating that the Republican party is again being confronted by a right wing conservative ef fort to represent its policy and influence its actions. This group went into eclipse when the Senate disciplined Senator Joe McCarthy. It was further blanketed by President Eisenhower's prestige during the period when it appeared that the Gen6va spirit might really effect a change in the interna tional atmosphere. The approach of the Presidential election in which Eisenhower was seen, as essential to a . G.OP victory ef fectively silenced even th.e most unhappy members of the Old Guard. The implicit challenge to the Eisenhower leadership, which is now shaping ' up takes several forms. A neV weekly , conservative journal of opinion, National Re view,, with vocal , McCarthy sup porter, William F. Buckley Jr., as its editor and publisher, has appeared. Senate Republican leader William Knowland wrote its lead article calling upon U. S. policymakers to return to a poli cy of "liberation" as promised in the 1952 Republican platform. ti'ancois l; ii n roe rer THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR The Assistant Muse T. Morris Longstreth Commencement Day was 6ver. Eighty ex-boys and girls had scattered toward maturity in all di rections. Carl Mandl, however, was not flying to Germany until the morrojy. He and I-Were to have the evening meal together and I walked over to the boys' dorm to detach him from his sorting of papers and letters. ' After Carl's notable talent for writing poetry had been recognized, some wag had painted MUSE ANNEX on the door ol his room. The faculty sup ervisor had let it remain an even greater compli ment. Carl's experience, his" talent for conviction, and his pungent mode of argument in bull sessions had probably given poets a revised rating in that athlete-ridden hall. ter s Retort Editors: Niibt Editor For This Issue Curtii Can j I could hardly believe it. I walked into Bull's Head, and it was there on the magazine table, right out in the open. I ran out as quickly as I could without at tracting attention and went up to the Periodical Room. My god! It was in plain view. Surely I thought, surely But right there on page 9 of the November 12 Saturday Re-vi-etv, in black and white, they were talking about what con stitutes genius, "Well,", protest ed the , general, "Thomas WMfe said genius was 90 percent ener gy and 10 percent talent." "Whoops!" whooped the pro fessor, "That lets in E. Phillips Oppenheim and John Philip Sousa, to say nothing of Thomas Wolfe. You'll have to do better than that." Are we, the undergraduates of Chapel Hill University, to as sume that Thomas Wolfe was not a genius? Surely -Editors, you'll -agree, somebody in the Admin istration's in line for a reprem and or a demotion or something for letting subversive copy like that reach the Hill. Somebody really should take action. They'd better do it quick too, because the word's getting around. Peo ple are gullible . . . you'd really better do something. William Striblir3 "I'm just about done," Carl welcomed me with. I noticed four small piles of residue on his bed letters, poems, clippings, notebooks and a mass of discarded papers up to his ankles. "I make a pretty good demolition squad. Do you suppose that Euter pe,, Thalia, and the other ladies had an Assistant Muse to consult with? Once I start disposing of things, nothing seems worth saving." My eye had already 'been caught by lines on a torn sheet of foolscap on the floor. "Hail, picnic college, home of fellowship. The nest of genius waiting fr its bird. ... ." "Where's the rest of this?" I asked and began matching, yellow sheets. "Oh, that. Dont bother with it. Last March, after the fourth or fifth college scout had shown me over his alleged halls of learning, I had to let off a little steam. Wonderful, wonderful resorts, but not for me, not now." 'You're crazy to burn this. It hits the nail on the head," I exclaimed as more pieces turned up. 'Whack! Whack! Whack!" . P "That's the trouble. It hits tod hard. Bends it, is a distortion." . . "Well, of course. But you're addressing a symbol, calling out a warning. You don't whisper warnings. You should call it a Commencement Ode for Fresh men. Let me be your Assistant Muse. Go ahead, -finish up while I copy this out, if you don't mind." , "I do mind. It sounds like the bark of an ungrate ful hyena." ; , I declined to listen to him. This is how it went: ODE v v. Hail and farewell, fond mother who has bred A century's athletes, scholars, gyps, and bores, Leaders and led, . Lawyers and clerks and wealthy men in scores! Thine is a setting worthy of the feet Of Plato strolling with sly Socrates, Thy lawns repeat - . Virgil's green thought, and Frost has dreamt thy ' trees. Thy buildings rise in ivied indolence, UnsVimed by smoke, un vexed by labor's noise Minerva's tents, Whence scatter men who entered ftager boys. Homer and Dante, Plato and Emerson Visit these halls to answer asking youth: How enter on The narrow way that leads alone to truth? Hither come deepeyed lads, they journey, here, Each man a Jason seeking for his Fleece, And year by year Fare somewhat farther from the air of Greece. Comfort bids laugh at dreams now seen a stark: "Be a good fellow with us, and confess Life is a lark, If old vows yield you to the new success. "Be realistic, get the fortune first, A car, a wealthy wife, short hours, high pay And at the worst Enough amusement to assuage" the fray." With book chores done, the day's real use begins. In tennis, football, basketball and track, The brusque coach wins By shout or gibe the scholars' interest back. This is the life! The grandstands roar and surge With fur-swathed beauty in suburban shoals, And frantically urge The changelings of the Muses to kick goals. Hail, picnic-college; home of fellowship, The nest of genius waiting for its bird, Let no flag dip if in our later years we are not heard! Envoi There are a. few, a blessed few there are Who come to thee to keep a greatness living; , Be th6u their star, Their strength, and arm them with thy giving. When the Assistant Muse had finished copying out the collected stanzas' and began praising them, Carl interrupted. don't believe in eriticism with a hatchet," he said. "Why shouldn't the truth have a cutting edge?" T retorted. '"Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth.' The place that drove away dreams, that's your typical college. Can you imagine Mozart belonging to a frat? Can you imagine anyone remaining single-eyed in the hurricane of extra curricular activities t blowing across college cam puses? What becomes of the contemplative men in this general conspiracy against contemplation? Any. way, your 'Envoi'; is the heart of the matter and needs pointing out even to the colleges that have preserved a proper balance." I poked around in the papers at his feet. "What other gems have you destroyed?" r Carl, tapped at his brow.. "You're discharged. If the alleged gem is not remembered, it will remind me of itself again, or prove unworth remembering. Now let me give tongue to a powerful line, to wit: When do wit atr ' - Senator Knowland recently joined Senator Barry Goldwater, chairman of the Senate Repub lican campaign committee, in a vigorous attack on" union leader ship and its : political actions. The Acheson-Hiss refrain was sung again over the weekend by the Senate Republican policy committee of which Styles Bridges of New Hampshire is chairman. The former Secretary of State has written an article for Harper's and a book. on. for eign policy. . Alger Hiss wrote an article on Yalta for Pocket book magazine. vThe Bridges com mittee suggests that'-'the -two friends are together again" in an effort to capture the Democratic party. . .. Right-wing .Republican Sena tors were conspicuous by their absence from the "welcome home" greetings a majority of GOP Senators sent to the Presi dent on his return from Denver. The new journal offers its "whole-hearted wish for the per sonal well-being and happiness of, the min who is elected head of our country and its govern ment." Its Washington newslet ter describes his election in these terms: "Early in 1952 a small band of Eastern financiers, interna tional bankers and industrialists organized the Eisenhower boom and entrusted its inflation to a New York advertising firm. The rest' is history." A Democratic reader remarked appreciatively that he couldn't have put it better himself. Na tional Review, he suggests hope fully, will prove to be the kind of problem child for Republicans that the highly articulate Amer icans For Democratic Action rep resents to many Democrats. "We will hang, it around their necks as they hang ADA around ours," he predicted. The far. right has'been having a thin time since the late Colonel McCormick felL ill. He 'first sold The Washington Times - Herald which had espoused its cause to the liberal Eugene Meyer who amalgamated it with his Washing ton Post. Since the, colonel's death, The Chicago Tribune has noticeably veered to a more mod erate tone. t 1 An interesting aspect of the new journal is that it mentions Senator McCarthy only casually. Senator Knowland seems to be their man and they hint that he will enter the New Hampshire primary in March. ; As for the labor and Acheson Hiss propaganda, it is clearly out of line with the President's own philosophy and political methods. Under his leadership, the party would not so campaign and the Senators responsible know it. " ' English Club On Early Verr.- Dan Mc!ntv.9 (Continued From Ye - . Death, discolors him, makes h ; The nose grows hooked, tne T The neck swells up, the fie . Joints, nerves, muscles, L Feminine body, soft and tend -Polished, smooth, so highly p7, , Must you expect this Great OfC You must, or go quick to the Tell me where, or in what la Are Thais, Archibiades; Flora the Roman courtesan Who. was of such close kin j0 f Qr Echo, answering when the C Sound-filled on pond or river f A beauty past what a mortal j. But where are all the melted v And where the learned Eloise For yhpse love Abelard was 1: And made a monk at St. DenLv For his love had this reprimand Likewise the Queen who had t Buridan who, in a sack enclosed, Was thrown in the Seine by hor'c But where are all the melted sr. - Where Queen Blanche of the l.lv Whose voice like a siren's voice" c Beatrice, Arembour of Noyan, Big-foot Bertha, and Ali.se? And Joan of Arc, through treach Burned at Rouen by Enslis.i f Virgin Queen, where ar? all the,,4 ' But-where are all the melted , PRINCE, this week make no ir.r Nor yet this, year, where Beamv Lest this flow back upon the br: , But where are all the melted sn ,,.- FINALLY, sitting here all al, This evening, getting this wri::-.-: Feeling high spirits, and almot i I hear the clock of the Sorbonne s As it does when nine o'clock roll: Curfew and Angelus, three timer. So I interrupt this work profound To pray, as my heart is urging n.e. And doing so I was seized and tr But not from wine drunk to exctv: My spirit was arrested, hobbled: I felt Dame Memory in burlesque Take and pigeonhole in her de.k All her collateral sureties, - -Each Intellectual due-process And the mind's true and false s - : crees. But when, my senses had unbent And my consciousness unkinked j: 4 I thought I would finish my Te. -: But the ink was frozen in my pen. My candle burned down to it i end. And I had no wood to rebuild the : So I wrap my cloak against the : Around me, and muffled up, retire. Written on the above-named d-e By F. Villon, the world-renowned. He owns no tent, no .steed. :' Which he hasn't willed to swr.e t -And now he's down to pocket ch.v To which he quickly will put an e: CODICIL ITEM, I wish that around my gr;e Be written the following epitaph. No other, in letters big and hrive. If you! have no ink or writing A charcoal chunk to print this ch: If it don't crack plaster, could be -At least it will be the cenotaph. Such as it is, of a natural fool. VILLON'S EPITAPH Human brothers, who after us l;ve Don't harden your hearts aairbt ": For if yon have some pity on P God will the sooner take pity You see us hanging here, five, s:s: As for the flesh we nourished cn-t It is long since devoured and re" --And we, the bones, are become! -Let, no man laugh about our eyii ; But pray, that God absolve tl r ' ' And if we call you '"Brothers", no Should seize vou. though ye)U kne11 killed By Justice. Even so, you ur. un-' All men don't have enough of c Excuse us, since we are derui. To the Son of the Virgin Mary. And may His Fount of Grace never : But preserve us from the inferno We're dead: let no soul harry us: But pray that God absolve a "' The rain has muddied us and :- ' The sun has mummified and t--: Magpies, and "ravens have enved " And pecked, our beards and 'eyf-- Never again, no time, can we ;t First here, then there, as the vur- At its pleasure, never ceasin?. it c More pecked by birds than a se----" Therefore, don't join our brot'"tr ' But pray that God absolve i: ir n ' Prince Jesus, Who. over all has Guard that Hell not gain a.-cf"--' We have, no business Uiere. no ' " Brothers, here let there be r But pray that God absolve us ir-" ILXPLICiT ; ! v.
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