FAG t TWO
, THE DAILY' TAR HEEL
SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1957
That -.-Confab On Gravitation
. .
Isn t Just Another Seminar
Although most students and luemhcrs of the general public don't
know; beans about gravitation 01 phyvus. it is xerx good news that the
I'niversity will be the site for an international conference on !th those
subjects.
The first world conference on " The Role of Gravitation in Physics V
to le. Iield in the United States.the meeting will bring to Chapel Hill
.o. top-rate physicists iYom the L'nited Slates anl foreign lands.
I his, not only lootball and bas-
TIME FOR EVALUATION:
YOU Said It:
kctball and the Tgly Club, is pub
licity for the University. It means
those p physicists will go home
with talcs to tell about their meet
ing in Chapel Hill: it means the
University will be spoken and
thought of and written about more
than-4 ever before although "Hot
quite so much as when. Charlie
justice was here.
. liest of all are the reasons the
conference committee those Chapel
Hill:
1. l.stablishment of
thue-gravitat ion project
University jeoplc.
2. The "voung and
physic? fr.ultv at Chapel Hill.",
I he mux excellent
9
ference facilities" here.
This means the world has not-
a space
here bv
energetic
con
ic cd Carolina's experiments along
physical lines. It means the physics
faculty here, has been recognized
as voung and energetic by the rest
of the science's fellows. And it
means the University has establish
ed itself a' name for its conference
holding .vbility.
All this does the University more
good than a thousand ordinary
news bureau releases. It helps to
erase the belief in many; people's
minds that this is .nothing more
than a country club and a haven
for adolescent alcoholics.
' Congratulations to the .Unix ersity
lor getting itself picked as the con
ference site. And a. bunt h of roses
to our "voting and energetic" phys
ics faculty that will be host for the
meeting.
Shame In The Libraries
The North Carolina General
Assembly should be thoroughly
ashamed ot itself. But it probably
Isn't.
The shame should come from
the recently - released fait that
Carolina's Wilson Library has
started slirming in rank with other
Southern libraries.
Jt used to be first in sie. This
year it is third. Next vear it proba
bly w ill be ex en lower.
The, General As,emblv approp
riates monex for the University.
Tor this two-year period the leg
islators, many of them. Carolina
alumni, cut the Unix eisitv's libra
ry budget in lull. That left about
enough to run the library, very lit-'
tie xvith xvhich to buy Iooks for
hungry student minds.
The Legislature' sk -lighter xvas
an act of .pure hIukv. Hut the leg
islators don't seem to mind at all.
Very few citizens of this stattrcuss
ed the General Assembly out for
tutting the Library funds: exery
one seemed to feel the state's solons
were xvise in tutting xvhere they
could.
For xears now the state Legisla
ture has been unfair to Carolina,
very lair to X. C. Stale College
xv hen it tame around to money.
For years now the Legislature has
got axvav .with it.
The Daily Tar Heel
The official student publication of tbe
Publications Board of the University of
North Carolina, where it is published
daily except Monday and examinatiot
nd vacation periods and summer terns
Entered fas second class matter in th
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ter.
Editor i FRED POWLEDGE
Managing Editor . CHARLIE SLOAN
News Editor NANCY HILL
Business Manager " BILL BOB - PLTSl'
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. Pf ingle-Pipkin, .Anne
DrakerEdith MacKinnon, Wally Kuralt,
Mary Alys Voorhees, Graham Snyder,
Billy Barnes, Neil Bass, Gary Nichols,
Page Bernstein, Peg Humphrey, Phyllis
Maultsby.
BUSINESS 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
Norman Kantor
.... . Sue Gishner
Night Editor ... . Ray Linker
Proof Reader -;BI,. Gary Nichols
lut noxv that the University Li
brary has been publicly ranked
third in the South, some people
should st; rt to question the peo
ple who made it that xvay.
It's not the Library's standing
that bothers us; it's the fact that
we haxe only 831,119 volumes"
and that Duke University and the
University of Texas haxe far more
books.
Appropriation time is coming
. ountl in a month or so. It xvill
be interesting to watch the Legis
lature 'and see xvhether UXC's
Library xvill grow as it should or
sink even lower.
Square Off,
Gentlemen,
And Fight
We hate to talk about ourselves,
but every once in a while Daily
Tar Heel staffers get real non
conformist. Ik ing insane enough to work on
a newspaper, they naturally get in
to -trouble quite often.
Hut two of them, staff xvriters
Neil (Politics) ttass anil Cortland
(Religion) Kdwruds. have a fracas
going that is xvorth commenting
on.
liass. who also .is president of
Ikittle-Vance-Pettigrcxv Dormitory,
is angry at Kdwarils. xvho also is
editor of the dormitory's nexvs
pa per. Bass asked Kdwarils to edit
the paper. Kdwarils agreed. Now
Kdwarils has xvritten a pretty x io
lent editorial charging Bass xvith
getting himself elected by unfair
means.
A recent move xvas a statement
by Uass that:
"I decided against bringing suit
.'".linst Cort before our student
judiciary for his libelous editorial
because, being in nexvspaper xvork
mvself, I respect his right to voice
his own opinion.''
.Forgetting 'about who's right
and xvho's xvrong, there is some
thing about this matter that both
ers us:
If Hass. is .riii'ht and Kdwarils is
"iiiltv .ol p inting libel, then liass
has to turn Kd wards in to the
Men's Honor Council Hass' pledge
to uphold the Honor System de
mands th: t he must do so.
If Hiss is right alxnit the libel,
and if he doesn't turn Kdwarils
in. then someone must turn in
Hass for not turning iu Kdxvards
for breaking the rules.
Hut if Hass doesn't turn Kdwarils
in. and Hass doesn't turn himself
in. and no one else turns Hass in,
then xVhoexer should haxe turned
Hass in should turn himself in. If
he doesn't, then someone elser
should turn him in.
And so on;
Maybe thisdeserxes judicial in
terpretation by the honor councils.
Or maybe it would be better if
xvriters Hass and Kdxxards squared
off, armed xvith copypencils, and
dueled it out.
Or, maybe, Linotype slugs at 50
paces.
Looking Over: I he New Year
Woody Sears
Now that the Christmas rush
is over and we've had time to
make our respective New Year's
resolutions, it's time to wonder
just what the new year holds
in store for us.
And L is something to wonder
about, for so many things are
happening now that threaten to
change ourlives drastically.
With things having quieted
down some on the Hungarian
scent, there are still many prob
lems to be resolved there. And
on the Egyptian front, things
are far from normal. For awhile,
things looked mighty bleak, and
though they now look mdch-ros-'
ier, here is still the element of
doubt.
Will there be a World War III
and will it come this year? With
an abundance of optimism, our
leaders say that it won't happen,
but we never know. We can. just
hope and pray that it doesn't.
It's a time to stop and evaluate
our way of life, and be truly
thankful for it. And while we're
evaluating, let's take a look a
Mittle closer to the Carolina home
front.
The Supreme Court has ruled
that segregation on public car
riers is . in violation of their
emancipation program. This has
brought the kind of trouble that
many segregationists have been
promising since the issue become
one of concern.
This trouble is the sniping at
citizens done by over-zealous
segregations (we assume) down
in the nether regions of the
Southland. It would seem that
those folks are putting a v little
too much emphasis on the seating
arrangement "in the buses.
'Oh, You Mean THAT Salvage Job'
PROSPECT & RETROSPECT:
There are a lot of folks around
who don't cotton to the idea of
integration, but shooting at help
less people is' not the best way to
cope with the problem. More
than likely, it's the worst way.
Will 1957 be a Happy New
Year for the Carolinas or will
it be a year of horror?
As the evangelists say, "The
hour of decision is at hand".
Old Coaches
Fade Away
Editor;
Lets face facts. Carolina has
never and will never have an
outstanding team in any major
sport as long as the present ad
ministration is in power. This
has never been more evident
than it is today.
When a coach becomes too suc
cessful, there are those -who be
come resentful, and the screws
are applied. The latest to feel
the pinch is Frank McGuire.
' Five years ago, Carolina's bas
ketball team was the doormat of
the conference. Today, they are
the number tw team in the na
tion. What thanks does Mr. Mc
Guire get? His budget is cut. and
all for the football team, the futil
ist of the futile.
Mr. McGuire, you are a", great
coach. Believe me, there are
many more who are just as dis
gusted with the turn of events
as you. The smartest move that
you cculd make would be to
get away from this coaches grave
yard and move "on to a school
which has an athletic department
of the same calibre as your'
teams.
Here, you will only get a lot
of talk and not much action, just
as did the' fans who were conned
into buying last seasons football
tickets. You won't get your new
gymnasium, and soon you xx'ill
go the way of Carl Snaveley and
all of the rest.
Oh yes, and Mr. Tatum, take -heed.
Your day will come too.
Name Withheld by Request
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Athletic Heads Hove No Comment
Neil Bass
Athletic Director Chuck Erick
son had "no comment" to make
concerning the reputed rift bet
tween Coaches Frank McGuire
and Jim Tatum when questioned
Thursday.
Erickson, who dismissed any
conversation with this reporter
very hastily by saying he had
just '"brisked in from Miami"'
and needed a breathing spell,
said he had not read reports of
the rift.
This statement from Erickson,
coupled with a statement by Mr.
Charles Shaffer of the Educa
tional Foundation, autonomous
fund-raising- organization which
appropriates money, lor athletic
scholarships, that his organiza
tion had no control whatsoever
over the athletic director makes
some wonder if Erickson is the
pitching, driving athletic head
that(UNC needs. It also raises
the question as to whether or
L'il Abner
not proper control from proper
authority student and admini
stration is being exerted on
Erickson tj keep him in line.
Shaffer's taking oyer the purse
controlling Educational Founda
tion's secretary's post from 'pro
McGuire Frank Hogan is an in
dication of the current trend to
ward Tatumian policies.
And with Director Erickson in
the financial driver's seat at
Woollen an admitted devotee of
Tatum is it not conceivable that
he might become a puppet for
the man in the grey felt hat?
It was evident that the Ath
letic Dept. made no arrange
ments for procurement of tickets
to the basketball team's games
on the New York, trip, the same
trip fur which the Carolina dele
gation was financially trimmed
by athletic officialdom.
An interested student helped
procure tickets without sanction
from the athletic folks.
We're not trying to rack the
muck or rabble-rouse; but we do
feel that the Dixie Classic cham
pion and the No. 2 team in the
nation deserves at least 50-50 at
tention along with the football
team when Woollen purse strings
come into play.
We'd aLso like to hear what
"breathless" Miami Traveller
Erickson has to say about the
purported rift.
While on the subject of ath
letics, perhaps a comment should
bo made on the current relation
ship between athletics and scho
lastics. As the News nd Observer
pointed out Thursday,' when it
requires practically all of the
Consolidated University presi
dent's time investigating the N.C.
State "bribe" episode, isn't the
"tail wagging the dog?"
That is to say, athletics are an
important part of an educational
institution; but certainly its main
function, by virtue of its name
alone, is education of uur nation's
youth preparation for useful
citizenship.
We are not asking for de-em-phasization.
Athletic competition
and good sportsmanship are cer
tainly preparation for useful
citizenship.
But as the News and Observer
says...''Let's put first things first!"
The University student who
played cross-burner for the bene
fit of Dr. Frank P. Graham cer
tainly had - his wires crossed.
Not only is a man of .Dr.
Frank's tolerant nature xitally
needed in his United Nations
advisory capacity, but he is
completely harmless to both
;white supremacists helpless to
integrationalists.
As, a matter of fact, the Unit
ed Nations, while idealisticaily
superb, is apparently harmless
to everybody
That is to say. now aren't the
aggression upon Hungary, for
which the U. N. has done noth
ing shades of Mussolini. Ethi
opia and the League of Nations?
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Reader Commenfs?
On Killing Dogs
Editor: ,
I am not oversentimental about animals. Al
though I believe that the variety of nature ought.,
to be preserved and regret such evils as the ex
tinction of our own Carolina parakeet, my feelings'
about the larger animals are limited to this con1 "
cern for the preservation of the species.
The predatory ones also should be encouraged '
in suitable surroundings. It is natural for the wolf
and the panther to kill deer, and it is foolish to'"
denounce them for it.
I sometimes hunt small game, and enjoy if.
Hunting, if properly reg'ulated, stimulates an in
terest in the preservation of nature in a region
densely settled by man. It is the lack of regulation
and education that has led to tragedies in the past
In addition to hunting wild game, I have helped
to butcher hogs, and have killed my share of chick
ens. I do not make pets of that sort of livestock. .
When it comes to killing dogs, by which I mean--killing
domesticated dogs that have in some manner
known the companionship of man, my feelings art---not
as simple. Dogs ought to be controlled by their .
owners, and where dogs run wild, men and women
are to be blamed for the conditions of the dogs.
Dogs ought not to be let go wild, because they
are not a part of nature on this continent, and to---that
extent I can agree with H. Mack Owens, who
wrote about the subject in the December issue of
"Wildlife in North Carolina."
However, I would not care for the task of shoe'
ing dogs. In particular, I would not care for it where
the dog'is -obviously very well domesticated, and i-;
probably the property of some child who knows
little and understands less of the dog confinement
laws, or is unable to obey them because of a lack
of help from the child's father and mother.
The hangman xvas never a popular figure in
any society that I have read cf. His is a profession
that few men envy, and many there are who care
not for his companionship. In the minds of hoys
and of thoughtful men, the dog catcher shares the
profession and the personality of the hangman. BotlL
are hired killers of helpless creatures, profiting fronr
the deaths of ' beings who in most cases have in'
no way offended them.
The afternoon of Dec. 10. . . . , as I walked,
from Venable Hall across the campus towards the
Post Office, I saw the same thing described cy
Stan Shaw in Dec. 12th's Daily Tar Heel. A small
gathering of dogs and people xvere watching a fol
low who was dragging off a good-sized black dog
by means of some sort of noose about the dog's
throat.
By the time I talked over there, he was back
after the small white one that he had killed. He had
shot her, and somewhere there on the grass by the
Caldwell monument, in the shadow of the Davie
Popular, not far from the place where the Univer
sity holds its outdoor concert in the springtime, she
had bled out her officially unwanted life.
It seems to me that if there are clogs to be
destroyed, that is hardly the place for it. To kill one
there under the trees between Person Hall and
the' Morehead building is a little too much like
shooting a man in church. Although executions of
men are sometimes necessary, they are not usually
carried . out in a school yard.
I recall looking with some interest at a hang
man's tree near an old mining camp in Arizona, but
my feeling is that the Davie Poplar would not" be
properly used as a hangman's tree, and that the lawn
nearby ought not to be used for the shooting ot
dogs.
Aside from the inappropriateness of the setting,
there are a couple of other points on which I xvou-d
like information. Does the law make any provision
for confining dogs before their killing, and what is
the official attitude towards shooting on the campu?
With every Dick Tracy of the dog-killing squad
out blasting holes in the lawn, is there not some
danger of losing a few students and professors lo
stray bullets? The nature cf a man is such that when
he finds himself living in a continual gunfire, he
seeks weapons for himself. If the men students toke
to wearing Bowie knives and 44 caliber Peieemk
ers, xvill the administration object? '(
Loose dogs do not fit very well into the ae
of mechanized bureaucracy, but they do serve as
reminders that some of the rest of us da not fit
very well, either. Rebellious Hungarians do not ii
and neither do believers in the traditional American
form of government.
I recall several pleasant visits to Clinton, Ten
nessee, where I sometimes went with frisnds to
look for a' good dinner served family style at tr.e
little Park Hotel, which belonged to a level of civi
lization that the "Atomic City" has not yet achieved.
I have no great desire at this moment to go
back to work on a government research project, and
it is probably just as well that I do not, because 1
should not care to feel like a traitor every time the
secret police came to drag away a few of the neigh
bors, as they have been doing in Clinton lately, to
charge them with impeding the approach of the
great High Yellow Milleiiium.
What decent man will be able to watch the
coming schedule of mass arrests and trials without
jury, already beginning in Tennessee, without des
pising the tyranny of Washington? There is a c!o-e
parallel between , the demands of Soviet satellite
students for classes in their own languages and the
demands of Southerners for the right to live out
their lives among their own people.
Who will be abie to watch the local traitors be
traying their own state for the sake of an alien fad
or a political favor, without wanting to go home
after his gxin?
- How many xvill cringe at home when the grand
fathers, mothers, and little brothers of their friends
are dragged away by the secret police, and when
children assembled in a schoolroom are threatened,
as they have been threatened in.Tennessee, that the
all-powerful Federal Bureau of the 1 Eyeballs is
watching them?
IIoxv many, at least in the South and the West,
will not wait cowering in the dark for the knock in
the door, but xvill choose to die under the pclit'cul
guns in the broad light of day,, as the Hungarians
died in Budapest, or as the dog died under the Davie
Poplar?
Jfthn M. Ruth -