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PAGi TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1957 Big Member Of The Team' Has Been Losing Contests Now that football Coach Jim Tatum and basketball Coach Frank McGuire have kissed and made up and Carolina's athletics setup is one bi, happy team ajjp'in, We would point a finger at the central 'figure in the trouble. He is C. P. (Chuck) Krickson, the University's director of athletics. Krickson, as director of athle tics, is responsible for all the athle tics, not just football. Yet. from watching his office in the past year or so. we would conclude that football is prime in his mind. We understand why. Football makes money for the University's athletic teams. Basketball, base ball, tennis and the other sports don't make money: they lean on receipts from the Saturday after- non spectaculars. But tliis is no excuse for Erick son to allow Jim Tatum to take over Woollen Gym, to push Frank But Yo u Know, Is Eternal - - , t Meanwhile, over on the other side of the campus, very big things are happening. The University has been award ed nearlv Sj.oo.ooo to spend in educating people in science and mathematics. The Si 00,000 comes in two lumps: SiiTj.ooo from the Nation al' Science Foundation,, to he used to train hinh school rnuthemxics nvd science teachers and college cliemitr teachers: and, $1267,000 for a science - mathematics insti tute during the next school year. What this means cannot be ex plained. Of course, it. means we will i t a I:e;r- of money to spend on science and mathematics. But .it means something else. It meat s that . the University will be able to do something to ward beating the current slump in science and mathematics instruct ors. And it inarms the people who benefit fv: these funds will be receivi:;,, ;he best education possi ble. Undoubtedly this will help Caro lina's reputation in college circles all over the country and world. It will mean something in the minds of educators, be they mathematic ians or historians, scientists or Shakespeare scholars. For the people who worked so that Carolina could get the grants, the, students and people of the slate owe a grer-it deal of thanks. The Daily Tar Heel The official student publication of tbe Publications Board ol the University of North Carolina, where it is published daily except Monday and examinatioE and vacation periods and summer terms Entered as second class matter in the Dost office in Chapel Hill, N. C, undei the Act oi March 3. 1870. Subscription rates: mailed, S4 per year, S2.50 a semes ter; delivered. S6 a vear, $3.50 a semei ter. ' Editor ... FRED POWLEDGE Managing Editor CHARLIE SLOAN News Editor NANCY HILL Business Manager BILL BOB PLEI. Sports Editor LARRY CHEEK Subscription Manager Dale Staley Advertising Manager .. Fred Katzin Circulation Manager Charlie Holt NEWS STAFF Clarke Jones, Ray Link er, Joan Moore. Pringle Pipkin, Anno Drake, Edith MacKinnon, Wally Kuralt, Mary Alys Voorhees, Graham Snyder, Billy Barnes, Neil Bass, Gary Nichols, Page Bernstein, Peg Humphrey, Phylli Maultsby. BUSLVESS STAFF Rosa Moore, Johnny Whitaker, Dick Leavitt, Dick Sirkin. SPORTS STAFF: Bill King, Jim Purks, Jimmy Harper, Dave Wible, Charley Howson. EDITORIAL STAFF; Woody Sears, Frank Crowther, Barry Winston, David Mundy, George Pfingst, Ingrid Clay. Cortland Edwards, Paul McCauley, Bobbi Smith. , Staff Photographer Librarian Night Editor Proof Reader ' Norman Kant or : Sue Gishner Larry Cheek Graham Snyder McGuire off into a corner of the building, to send publicist Jake Wrde down to the football field house. Krickson, as the director of Carolina's athletics, should have spread fairly the space and im portance to all of the University's money they pull in. An alert Krickson .could have stopped the family feud between football and basketball long be fore it got to the cars of the press and the public. lie coidd have done it fairly, without tipping the scales (See cartoon this page) ei ther wav. If Krickson had used all his pressure and prestige as director of athletics especially in the past yenr, when Jim Tatum was set tling down in Chanel Hill he could have stopped some of the rumors, the bad talk, the sugges tions, that have been floating around town In recent months. Cut, obviously, he didn't. When im Tatum, who symbo lizes professional collegiate foot ball as much as any other coach today," came to this town we thought the University could hold its rcademic side up against any thing he would do to increase the emphasis on the sport. Now, we see, the University has not' held up its side well enough. We will have more to say about this after Christmas holidays. Cut, for now, we can point to Chuck Erickson as the person who should, but didn't. Maybe there's still time. May be Krickson, by assuming his of fice with a new sort of strength starting right now can keep football in its proper place. We doubt It, however. Somebody Is Looking At Ideals Somebody in the "University administration is an idealist. No' that being an idealist is bad, but this time it could hurt somebody, 'The people who put the Uni versity's calendar together have scheduled classes to end at f this evening. That means there will be a rush, of traffic tonight leav ing Chapel Hill. Now everybody knows that driving at night isn't quite as safe as daylight driving, and most people have a rough idea of how eager college students ate to get home for Christmas. 1 A kindly soul in South Building explained the late closing hour was necessary because classes must meet a certain minimum of times a semester to be accredited;, and then the good person expressed the hope that students would wait un til morning to leave the campus. Classes ended at 5; for the Thanksgiving recess, but the idea was to let the students get home for Thanksgiving eve. It was only a fortunate accident that the students had several hours of daylight to drive in. It is too late to do anything about it this year except remind people t hat night driving and day driving aren't the same, and a little extra care has to be taken after dark. Cut when the time comes to make next year's calendar, the committee iti charge ought to keep dismissal times in mind, even if it meas a couple of extra: sessions for some classes. Suggestion A suggestion for Christmas Kve: Put away all the textbooks you took home but never opened; close your mind to things com mercial; shut off the babble of the family video set. Think, even for a minute, of the meaning of Christmas. Remember, remember a second, the things for which you are thankful. Contem plate, for a moment, on what It means to be free. FROM SCULPTURE TO NOTHING etters, Forget Left II he L Jkna ! Religion: Some Rules Of Combat Editor: Can I get into this religion squabble, with a few -Marquis of Queensbury rules that have been thoroughly ignored by one contestant or another? 1. Be kind to your opponent. He may be human and you might even like him if you met him. 2. Be generous. Give your opponent the benefit of -the doubt, and don't read outland ish meanings into his letter. After ail, he had to condense his thoughts to get them into a letter. 3. Don't show off. Using big ' words like "empirical generali zation" or "principle of contra diction" do?sn't really impress people. It just shows them that you haven't mastered your own ideas enough to present - them simply. 4. Don't stop thinking. Every college sophomore is apt to be contemptuous of the ideas he held as a freshman. But don't hold to your new ideas too stub bornly some day you will be just as contemptuous of the ideas you are spouting today n in print. . 5. Read, especially ideas you dont like. Then? have been "better thinkers than you in history, who have wondered about the mean ing cf life, the claims of morali ty, the existence of God. Be humble cnoug'i to acknowledge that their insights may, not be. completely outdated. The libra ry is available; use it. 6. Remember, you aren't alone. The campus has plent r( ohilosnohers, students, min isters and just plain smart peo ple who may help your growth more than you knew. Don't condemn them all because one doesn't touch your condition. That only stunts your own growth. 7. Talk it up. Letters to the editor never convince U13 read er of basic issues unless the reader is" already convinced. Real growth only takes place with sustained effort over a long time. And you can begin to feel that you- are reaching maturity when you can enter religious discuss ions with strong conviction, hu mility, charity, a desire both to , learn and to teach and a determ ination to live by the truths you profess. L. Merton P.S. Me? I'm a Christian. Nothing: Just Want . To Ruin Breakfasts The Feud: McGuire s Valuable msswom m Coeds: Here's A Challenge Moire Letters: Editor: I did not read the article in The Daily Tar Heel regarding the supposed feud between Coach Tatum and Coach McGuire, but I did read a recount of it in The Charlotte Observer. To put it mildly, I was very surprised. I and the majority of the student body hate to see. this friction develop between these two capable men. I think the requests that Coach McGuire has made are small compared to those of any other big time basketball coach . The football team' probably made more money this year than ' any year since the' Justice era; so it seems to me that the basket ball team would get more as a xe sult, not less. There is no reason for this friction. Basketball has just as much a place here as does football, and I'm sure if a poll was tak en of the student body regard ing the issue, I think the stu , dents' tastes would be Mc Guirian rather than Tatumian. . Coach McGuire is too valuable a gentleman and coach to lose. We as. students appreciate what he has dene for basketball here and he deserves to get as much out of basketball as he is putting into it. Donafd McMillan Editor: May an alumna have a few words with the coeds who aired their radical feelings in the Dec. 15 issue of The Daily Tar Heel? I agree with you girls that the typical Carolina Gentleman is probably just as you described him, but I don't believe you are looking in the right corner for what you want. - Have you tried being nice to the guys on campus who care enough about an education to work for it who can't afford to belong to a frat who can't af ford to "party" as a matter of fact, who can afford only a couple of Cokes in the Rendez vous Room or coffee in the Pine Room? These Nguys are just as inter ested in girls as the free-spenders, but -are afraid to expect a coed to spend an evening talk ing over a cup of coffee instead of giggling over a bottle of beer. I challenge you to give this group a chance. Name Withheld By Request Is Erickson Tipping The Scales? 4 W m : 4 k U 1 J A '? -K . Ma- 5i & i a .irnStOrl TV SCULPTURE: I wo More In Ad Show Editor: We do not wish to argue about religion, coeds or the new fra ternity court to each his own. We'd just like to see this let ter in print its importance is at least equal to that of the other letters you've printed for the last few weeks. The vividness in some of these great intellectual epistles ha? contributed toward the ruination of four of our break fasts. Perhaps the authors of the letters will have the oppor tunity of having a meal ruined by us today. With kind regards and our heartfelt sympathies to others who have suffered as we. Dot Coplon y Kay Severance ' r L'il Abner Editor: In regard to Mr. Roniye Milli gan's article of Dec. 12 concern ing James Brewers sculpture and the North Carolina 10th An nual, in the soulfslt interest of ethics and equal representation, I should like to point out that two other Carolina art students, sculptor Fred Crisp and painter William Mangum, were also rep resented in the exhibition (which word is preferable to "contest"). Also, that Mr. Mangum was singled out as a purchase award nominee. ... Of possible further interest is the fact that two of the thre purchase awards were given to former USC art students, Mr. George Bireline, now on the faculty of the School of Design at State College, and Mr. Grove Robinson, presently a student at Columbia University. Thomas Brame Dogs: Heel, Writer Shaw Editor: f Relative the article by Stan Shaw, Dec. 12, in regard to the dog. Wonder if Mr. Shaw could not have written this articls without making any observations about how the dog-catcher looked? Certainly he was dressed for his type of work and not as an office worker. These is a chance that many other peopls would not agree with the adjective Shaw used. And suppose the dog catcher retaliated by calling Mr.4 Shaw a nincompoop. How far wrong would be- be? The first part of Mr. Shaw's article relative to . N. C. laws is ridiculous and therefore de serves io mention. If Mr. Shaw wants to wage a crusade to. have our laws changed he should appear before the N. C. Legis lature next month and present his views. In conclusion, the roads are open and one who does not like it here may move on. Chances are th? community will shed no tears over such a departure. W. H. Thompson By Al Capp WE DONfT HAFTA ABANDON OUR BE'JUVVID DOGPATCH.'.' 77 r3 ..cf V.. BUT TH' TEPMITES ET TH' TOP-SO! L. OFFT WE CAIM'T GROW NO MORE, i , TURNIPS.? .5: -J5 i P..V I AN1 WlFOUT 1 TURNIPS J THARS ACRES Cf ) TURNIPS, ISTH' FOOD RIGHT T DOGfWCHERS ) STAFF ) UNDERNEATH L DIES.. O' S YORJ& STOOPfD I LIFE.. A-yFEary 3 NAMEW.'N TH OLD HUD MUSHROOM &ut, rrsso wmut idiot dangerous: NO MORE'N Ct'.'E MAN KiN G1TINTHAR ATA TIME? WOULD I SACK-REE-FCE HISSELF FO'EVRYEODV ry J J Xx it' WUNC & MANTOVANI: tot i on In Com 1 l wq petit SI i i Editor: Several people have mentioned to various mem- bers of our staff a comment made by Wally Kuralt . in 'his review of the recent Mantovani concert on the campus. I am writing in order to clarify a point made in the review. ' Mr. Kuralt said: "Though noticable only in quiet sections, VUNC put in its sounds via Me- '. morial Hall's amplification system. The subdued ; sounds of the station took much away from dram- . atic lulls in the music." The comment was misunderstood by several people as implying an intent on the part of WUNC to feed its program into the Memorial Hall public ; address system. Still others have interpreted the comment to imply some failure or malfunction of WUNC equipment. Neither of these viewpoints is correct. While it is true that WUNC radiates a strong signal in the vicinity of the Swain Hall transmitter, ' the station's equipment is operating properly and ; totally within legal limitation. It is not unusual for poorly designed or inex- pensive amplifiers to pick up and and reproduce radio frequency signals. This fault results from the ; design or function of the amplifier not necesarily -of the radio station which originates the signal. Properly designed professional amplifying equipment will not reproduce the WUNC signal even at a distance closer than the Memorial Halt amplifier is to our transmitter. I do not mean to imply that the Memorial Hall sound installation is not a good one. On the other hand, I am reluctant to see published statements that lead the public to believe that WUNC was at fault, which indeed it was not. In any event, all of us here on the staff deeply r-gret any interference with the wonderful Manto vani music. Joseph B. Young, manager WUNC DRAMA: Desire' Set A 1 lA Now there can be no doubts, if there ever any, that the Carolina P!aymakers need a new and larger theatre! In the first place, the actors, technicians and au dience should be given every possible advantaga to make the most of and get the most out of the productions; and, in the second place, if the Play makers do another show anytime soon that p praaches the quality of "Desire Under The Elms." then there physically won't be room for actors and audience both in the Playmakers Theatre. "Desire . . is the story of two men, Ephraim Cabot and his son, Eten, and their fight with each other for the possession of the farm on which they live and which had belonged to Eben'i ' mother; and of a young woman, Abbie, whom Ephriam takes for his third wife. Eden buys his two brothers' share of the farm; and when Ephraim brings Abbie home as his new bride, Eben at first sees her only as another person between him and ownership of the farm. Animosity between Eben and Abbie turns into "desire," and aided by "nature" this "union yield a son to Abbie that Ephraim believes is his. Eben finally decides to leave rather than torture him self and Abbie by living a lie. To prove her love Abbie kills the child an 1 tells all to Ephraim while Eben has gone for the sheriff. Eben stands by Abbie and shares the guilt, and by doing this wins tne respect of his father. Foster Fitz-Simons as Ephraim gave the most polished, consistent and convincing performance of the evening. In every gesture and movement there was strength, determination and unsurpassed will power that made this this character dominate thoie around him. Jo Jurgensen as Abbie and Albert Gordon as Eben both gave dynamic, believable performances. In my opinion, this is Al Gordon's best effort on the Playmaker stage. Charles Barrett as Simco'i and Ken Lowry as Peter Eben's half brothers - more than filled the biLl with their robust inter pretations of these hardened, lusty, not-to-bright tillers of the soil. Tommy Rezzuto had the un-envied job of fit ting a two story house on the Playmaker state which has only a 19-foot proscenium arch. This was no small task and Rezzuto came up with a set that had many areas easily accessible to'light ing and playing and one that was not only a pro duction necessity but an asset. "IcsLre" is the best cast show I have seen on the iPIaymaker stage. This, plus experience and talent; in all departments, adds up to a successful production. At intermission I heard someone say: "I can't tell where O'Neill stops and the Playmakers start." To Tom Patterson, cast, and crew I can-only say that "Desire Under The Elms" is proof that the Playmakers are capable of professional work a.id that this should be incentive enough for them to quit resting orr their iaurels and turn out more work of this caliber. . If "Desire" set the precedent I would almost be willing to beo:me a "Theatrical Conservative."