PAiSE TWO
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
A Sill y I nconsisfency
In Memorial Hall
T' "
fir .
The' Daily Tar Heel lias receiv
ed a letter from Mr. W. A. Clement
of Durham regarding the .Villiam
Warfield concert Thursday night.
On last evening, (Mr. Clement says),
my wife, a friend of ours, and I at
tempted to attend Ivir. Warfield's re
cital at Memorial Hall. After pur
chasing our tickets, we were informed
by an usher of the Student Entertain
tainment committee that a section had
been reserved in the balcony for Neg
ro patrons. Certainly we could not
accept this type of arrangement,
hence, we' secured a refund and left
.... it seems so inconsistent that
Mr. "Warfield, a Negro artist, was be
ing forced to . sing to an audience
where members of his own race had
to be segregated I am certain that .
Mr. Warfield was not conscious of
such arrangements. ...
Our sympathies are all with Mr.
Clement,, his wile and friend.- It
seems absurd to us, not to say rude,
that the affront was made But in,
fairness to the S'F.C and the Uni
versity, Mr. Warfield was informed
of the" policy when arrangements
were made for his concert. That
fac t does not remove the guilt of a
se'MV'-ated seating arrangement,
however."
Negro students who happen to
lie enrolled in the University were
seated according to their oa n pre
ference at the concert. What rea
son under the sun Lars the same
treatment for other members of
their racer It seems to us that Mr.
Clement suffered indignity for a
rule which is nothing but silly on
its face. It is sifly because it is in
consistent; and to say that it is in
consistent doesn't begin to speak
(fl the ethical mandates it violates.
We realize that policies, no mat
ter how reprehensible," must, some
times be enforced, lint let some
consistency and soundness of judg
ment in particular situations 'pre
vail. Let those who make policies
incorporating prejudices reinembev
that the University's job is to pro
vide thrust and leadership.
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READER'S RETORT
Cjonfroversy
Rages
Commager s Idea Of
An Ideal U Diversify
If we ' bad a time machine on
campus, a ten-year journey into
the future would startle you. For
in jut the small period of a decade,
the University's enrollment will
double. So will enrollment in atl
American colleges and universities.
Historian Henry Steele Com
mager doesn't have any time ma
chine, but he does possess the per
ception of a great scholar. And he
recently examined the problem of
, expanding enrollments and emerg
ed with some thought provoking
results.
Planners today. Professor Com
mager has concluded, are too
much concerned with bricks, not
enough concerned with brains. The
bricks additional plant facilities
c;-'u be provided .with 'relative
ease in a nat;" on this prosjerous.
The brains additional teachers
are no: so easily obtained.
Right now educational institu
tions aren't turning .out enough
trained vscholars to take care of
even current needs. Meantime,
competition from research groups,
foundations, and business swells.
What are colleges and universities
jjoinor to do?
Professor Commager, in the New
York 'l'intes Magazine, suggests a
reconsideration of the lecture sys
tern: '
One very simple way ... to meet
the shortage of teaching talent is to
cut down on lectures and therewith
reduce the number of professors that
lectures call for. From the point of
view of the student, the time spent
( going to the lecture and preparing
course examinations can be more pro
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Editors : LOUIS KRAAR, ED YODER
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News Editor; CHARLIE JOHNSON
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Jean McLean, Jim Creighton, Peg
Humphrey, Charlie Sloan.
Nig it Editor
Clarke Jones
fitably spent in the study or the li
brary. From the point of view of the
scholar the time spent preparing and
delivering lectures, giving examina
tions, and attending committee meet
ing committee meetings can be more
profitably spent on conferences with
students, or on study.
Xo naive dreamer, Professor
Commager knows such a sharp re
vision in the education pattern
would be difficult. It would "put a
far larger responsibility upon the
students than we do now." And it
would require the proper atmos
phereone which naturally encour
ages academic: endeavor : n d dis
cards the fringe activities. The pub
lic, more than ever, would have to
encourage an academic .itmosphere.
Students, under such a system,
would be given" comprehensive ex
aminations alter their third -or
fourth.
The public, under the Commager-plan,
"would have to show that
it prizes and rewards things of the
mind and spirit."
Perhaps it may sound Utopian to
some, but Professor Commager's
iclea of a1 university sounds perfect.
To those who view- it as impracti
cal or .over-idealistic, we might
point out that the idea of any grow
ing, inquiring, and stimulating
academic community is an ideal.
And the effectiveness of educa
tion depends upon how near our
universities come to the ideal.
The Daily Texan
Don't Walk
On Grass
We feel itMs high time that this- news
paper reprimand students for walking
on the grass.
They, do not realize what they do.
A beautiful campus is one of the prin
ciples uporl which this University was
.founded.
The question is, can we have a beauti
ful campus without having beautiful
gras?
We say no!
That brings up another basic issue. Jt
has been brought to our attention that
the holes in the doughnuts in the Union
soda fountain are far too large.
What does this imply?
It means, simply speaking, the hole.?
should be'smaller.
Students are not getting their money's
worth.
They are getting hungry.
Hungry students sleep in class.
They are not getting an education.
When they are not getting an educa
tion, they have no reason for being here.
People should have reasons for being
places. .
A few other ills must be disclosed:
The grass, even when untramplerl
upon is not green enough.
People here are not kind enough to
other people.
People everywhere are not kind
enough -to other people.
The Boy Scouts need more troop
leaders.
We are not nice enough to the stray
dogs who come to our campus. How
about a Stray Dog Committee?
Etc. ,
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BENNY GOODMAN
King of Swing
Gcodmdn Story
Is Swing Beat
8t Love Story
By Ruthie Sindell
The "swinging" beat of Benny
Goodman, accompanied by Harry
James, Teddy Wilson, Lionel
Hampton, and Gene Krupa,
"sends- us," and that means
straight to the Varsity to see
The Benny Goodman Story,
which will be playing through
Monday.
Steve Allen stars as Benny
Goodman, and Alice Hammond,
the socialite whom he loves, is
played by Donna Reed.--
The fabulous tunes from
"Stomping at the Savoy" to
"Sing, Sing, Sing," overshadow
the love story between Benny
and Alice. Benny's versatility in
music is shown, however, when
he plays ilozarts Clarinet Con
certo for guests' at Alice's home.
Benny's musical career began
at the age of 10 when he was
handed a clarinet because ft
was the only instrument that
was small enough for him to
handle. "That was like handling
Kit Carson a rifle or Paul Bun
yan an ax," as Time magazine
put it.
'
From his very first job in a
band on an excursion boat, Ben-1
ny planned to bring a new kind
of jazz into the hearts of Ameri
cans everywhere. After many set
backs Benny's music was taken
up by teenagers at one of his
performances in California, and.
this was "the night" that T swing -was
bornl" His success is cul
minated in "Don't Be That Way,-'
"Shine," and "The Angels Sing,"
and many other marvelous tunes
which he played at Carnegie
Hall. This performance also was
a "realization of Alice's dream
that Benny would give a concert
in this famous site of classicical
concerts.
As an instrumentalist; a band
leader who created the new
jazz style called "Swing," and
the .man who incorporated many
negro artists into his band, Ben
ny Goodman has carved a triple
niche into the music world of
today..
Recall Election Is
Called A 'Farce
Editors: : ?
The present farce over The
Daily Tar Heel editorship will
be settled next Tuesday.
Anyone with any' rationality
at all should realize Mr. Brum
field's incapabilities. The Clown
Prince, as Chuck Hauser calls
him, has had, as he himself ad
mits, practically no experience
on any newspaper.
, In addition to Mr. Brumfield's
inexperience one should remem
ber that the basic issue involved,
in this election is not integra
tion, big time football, or the
schedule of courses for Business
Administration students, but
freedom of the press. This free
dom, contained in our Bill of
Rights, is one of the basic prin
ciples of American democracy.
Chapel Hill is i Warded, both
nationally and internationally,
as a home of freedom and civil
liberties.
One should realize that Dave
Reid, who is Brumfield's room
mate, is trying to control the
policies of the student news
paper as. well as those , of Presi
dent Fowler. Reid is attempting
to limit the power of the editor
in order to prevent their attack
ing him and his cronies.
As true Carolina students let's
maintain freedom of the press
let's end Reid rule lets stop
the farce. As an editor, Brum
field would ceitainly be a pathe
tic figure.
,. Graham. Shanks
Shaw Takes Issue On
MacArfhur Editorial
Editors:
Since you have decided to
bae your anti-MacArthur edi
torial on the grounds that his
(MacArthur) dismissal was a
clear cut case of insubordination
I 'would: appreciate it if you
would quote from . one official
document of the period that
gives the reason for General of
thcArmyMacArlhur's dismissal (
as ; "being insubordination. I ope '
you will limit yourself to official
documents and discount the fi
nancially successful and highly
untruthful Truman memoirs.
While no one disputes a Presi
dent's ability to remove a mili
tary, commander, the reasons
that are given are open to con
siderable doubt, especially in
the case of a man that received
his political training from one
of the most corrupt politicians
of our era.
Stan Shaw
P.S. Good luck in your com
ing election. This by no means'
changes my position on the re
call vote.
Valentine
Brumfield Position
Not Clear Enough
Editors:
I admit no binding preference
for you as editors of this news
paper, however, I would hesi
tate to sack you without knowl
edge of the capabilities of your
successor; at present this issue
stands to be resolved on a basis
of your acknowledged unpopu
larity as opposed to the vogue
currently enjoyed by the dis
tinctive accent of Lewis Brum
field. No one is wholly aware
why you are social lepers and
therefore unfit ' as editors, or
what precisely Mr. Brumfield is
advancing as a reason why he
should be elected.
By rights we voters should be
appraised of the qualifications of
the candidates; you would ren
der everyone, including the Yad
kinville Flash, an inestimable
service if you relinquished to
him for one day the responsibili
ties of editing "The Daily Tar
Heel. We would then have some
basis for deciding between you.
Humphrey C. Earwkker
Says Editors Did
Stimulate Opinions
Editors: v
Mr. Brumfield's statement con
tains one definite charge upon
which his whole campaign seems
to be based. I suggest that he
is so mistaken in his accusation
as not to deserve the vote of
any intelligent student.
Mr. Brumfield has charged
that "student opinion has been
pulverized, rather than stimu
lated, by the vindictiveness of
the present editors' Certainly
this is ridiculous, because by
the very nature of the term "pul
verized," this whole uproar
would not be occurring and the
students would have been in
tellectually stomped into the
ground. That is, if one is going
to accept Mr. Brumfield's theory.
However, the students' opinions
have been actually stimulated to
such an extent that they dis
agree violently with Ithe pres
ent editors. I consider the
course this disagreement has
taken to be unfortunate; never
theless, the very fact that this
disagreement exists . disproves
Mr. Brumfield's only point. Judg-
ing by the sort of reasoning
which Mr. Brumfield has shown
thus far, I don't believe he even
qualifies to be called a student,
much less run for editor of one
of the best college newspapers
in the country.
I do not hold any personal
grudge toward him, however. If
.he ever wants to run for Kins
. of Sound and Fury, I shall be
very willing to support him.
Holland Mc Swain
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Free Campus Newspaper
Heart Of UNC Freedom
Editors:
My interest in the controversy
about The Daily Tar Heel is the
same, I suspect, as that of thous
ands of other alumni: How will
It affect campus freedom?
For always it has been its free
dom that distinguished Caro
lina. It was that quality plus
the tolerance that makes free
dom possible that made it a
great university before it be- .
came a big one.
I am too far removed from
the scene to know the situation
in detail. The general outlines,
though, seem clear. Is the edi
tors' competence the issue?
Hardly; for if the editors are
incompetent, surely that would
have . been discovered sooner
than a few weeks before the end
of their term. That seems to
leave only one explanation; The
recall movement has all the ear
marks of an effort to silence and
punish the editors for voicing
unpalatable views.
At the very heart of campus
freedom, it seems to me, is a free
student newspaper. And if it is
to be really free, it must be free
in both a positive and a negative
fashion. Its columns must be
open tq every shade of opinion
especially minority opinion;
open to the ideas of any student, ,
no matter how unorthodox, and
to the convictions of the editors,
no matter how unpopular, or
even how wrong. In the negative
sense, there must be no Univer
sity administration control.
Already there are many strong
- argumentsfor just that. I should
hate to see another added. But
if the students themselves de
stroy the paper's freedom, by
gagging its editors, what argu
ment is there left against ed
ministration control?
Weimar Jones
Franklin, N. C.
Opposes Dance Book;
Will Send Flowers
Editors:
Yesterday a "Book" was bup
(lished by the University Dance
Committee, which tells' young
ladies "many facts concerning
Carolina Dances."
Forgive me, but as a silly Euro
pean, I first "thought it was a
joke. Then I learned the truth.
It is supposed to be serious; that
IS serious, VERY SERIOUS.
As the dance is already lo
cated in Woollen Gymnasium,
why, dear Dance Committee,
don't you announce it as a part
of the physical education pro
gram? This would give you an
opportunity, to separate the
sexes in the dance, a regulation
which would fit in very well
with the rest of your restrictions.
People, who have a little bit
of feeling for atmosphere, who
acknowledge dancing to be more
than the moving of ones feet,
will not attend anyway.
Erhard Kantzenbach
P.S. By the way, I am used to
sending flowers to whom I
WANT!
Washington
He had a liking for forthright
and pugnacious men, and a con
tempt for lawyers, schoolmas
ters, and all other such obscu
rantists. He was not pious. He
drank whiskey whenever he felt
chilly, and kept a jug of it
handy. He knew far more pro
fanity than Scripture, and used
and enjoyed it more. He had no
belief in the infallible wisdom
of the common people, but re
garded them as inflammatory
dolts, and tried to save the Re
public from them. H. L. Men
cken Thoughts Of Spring
As soon as Jan. 1 is over, a
man begins to think about
spring. Even though the bleak
est weather is yet to come, he
notes that the days are longer
and the . afternoon light is no
longer so leaden. The green
chickweed is spreading under
the old weeds of the garden and
in warm corners the green
spikes of jonquils are already
breaking the ground. Spells of
snow and ice may intervene, but
the fact remains that in another
month, plus a couple of weeks,
the winter jessamine, lonicera,
and spirea will be in flower and
the first daffodils will be nod
ding in the breeze.
RecallingUhese things, a man
wonders that so many people
don't abandon life north of the
Potonrac River. Chapel Hill
News Leader. f
Diversity j?
Religion
Editors:
. In the editorial "The Vaticm
ism" DTH, Feb. 7) there appe J3d '
supposition that religious divers J 1
one finds in American protestanV
a necessary thing but a good Vr'3
society." On this fallacy (and i'"3'
that it is a fallacy) rests the
much of the muddled thinking
an the current inability of n j'"1 r
ity to exert an appreciable influent
at large. After reading this edit0-biC "
impression that the editors are -equate
freedom of worship w;th
sity, and to conclude that became
teed by an amendment to our Cr 1
other is also guaranteed as a related"-,
than a possible evil. This line of re
to strike me as logical.
Of course, all of this depends on -of
view. If in one's thinking demor,
greatest good and Christianity js si!rJ
ful means to this end, then it really
little in what forms the "Christian eLVr
itself. For at this point Christianity cl
a religion for the person concerned
a moral or ethical code as in America it "I
become a'type "of middle class morality !
other hand, one feels that ChrstianHy k"
expression of man's destiny than dc,
hence deserves a higher loyalty, then;;!
a primary concern of the individual chr
to what extent Christianity is watered d
culated, or mutilated by those who
diversity in the guise of religious libe-,
face it: to believe in religious freed;
certainly do) does not preclude a conce-1
part of a Christian over the degrading ;!
some of the practices cuirent among sorre
of American protestantism. To name a ;
American protestantism could have prod,
a man-centered monstrosity as "preach::
ral"; likewise the appalling blunder c! ?
Fundamentalism which has put Chri:..
much on the defensive in a scientific s
from American protestantism could y,'
water version of Christianity such as th?
good, God is useful" cult of reassar;
popular by our latter-day Dale Can:;
Peale. Where else but in certain stgier
American protestant tradition could th;
act of Christian worship for most of fe .
in all ages the Holy Communion or fu
degenerate into a purely memorial er
every four months and at which grape ;
wafers are served. Here one sees all the
needed to indicate that the theologies z
expressed by individual taking an indiw.
grape juice, and the family of God com
gether and with Him from a single cap I
consecrated by the priest or minister r
with all the dramatic acts of tie sera
leads up to this climax) are as different i
and day. Though this diversity may be !
for democracy (I fail to see why it shi
it is hardly so for Christianity.
However, the editors were addressing th
to an article in a Roman Catholic pp
thpv staled. Home achieves uniformity a! i
mnst nf nc are unwilling to Dav. This, in :
is the dilemma of modern Christians, a
been of Chritians in the past how tod;,
, form of unity, some semblance or order :
maintain freedom of conscience. Those
most violently against misused authority .
cases swung a full cycle and in effect t
stituted the authority of their own or a :
ly not too brilliant preacher's inter?
the Bible for the authcCty of Rome-
the latter.
At this point one might well ask iH
the only alternatives; is Christianity t:!ht:
ly Catholic or entirely Protestant: is it
on one side and all chaos on the others
repudiation of an authority which was a-
Via ronn r? i otinn nt all oiifhnritv SO
... , ... U Afitip?.
have literally millions ot auwu"
whom can agree with each other; must
hood of all believers preclude a true r.
in' another sense; must the Church and
he mntiiallv exclusive as sources of 2y -'
other words, if Rome continues on hen
is a chaotic diversity the only answer
can Protestantism? Frankly, I dnt J
Another way has been found and is 'n Pl
over the world, combining the ancsen
creeds, and practices of the Church -testnnt
emnhasis on the Bible, the pr '
all believers (freedom of conscience l.
"invicihio r-ViMivh " Tt is a way
unity without uniformity, which Pre
without destroying the liberty of the -
a healthy Christian must have; it "
some as the "Via Media." .
Preston Bro
(In our editorial, "The Vatican and
ism," we attempted to make the J;J
ligiotis diversity of the type one fl'r(
can protestantism is necessary. But
presupposition that diversity is O00.-,.
vis other denominations and the 'ait
nml: it hns nnthina to do With t'' e ...
Christian Church. "American
said, "has always willingly accept
which can come to a church ''"'"j
individual chmrch autonomy chc ,
authority .... ." We did not endorse r'4 ...
as such; tie did endorse the esseW
conscience which makes it possible- .
The story of Abraham and a',,j;
Bihlica I authority that the merely ..
firri'm? -1)1(111'
Mr. Browning that a mere ernc v
version of Christianity' propound
Vincent Peale fall a long way short
religion. But dish-water religion, " ...
been and will perhaps reimin ,!t tf
American Protestantism if " e a'e
religious diversity Editors)
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