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SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 195 THE DAILY TAR HEEL PAOR TWO J GOETTINGEN; LETTERS, WITH PICTURES i ft ' f- 1 1 Proposed New Constitution Is Efficient And Workable Aloiv witli. the presidential andvother student government offices itp for 'election next Tuesday, the student body will -"be presented a pro posed rev ision of -its -constitution. We feel the revision is wortli electron. If it serves no other purpose, it will be shorter than the old oneraiid far easier to read. Here's what the revised constitution does: In the main, it cuts out specific constitutional references to the tmnpoM.mn 01 s. luicm jovr. muc-ui ,t:niHm, merelv makes it eas- organianons. I naer tlie, present constitution you ofren -run across statements like tJiis: "BUDGET COMMITTEE. The IUukjet Committee shall be com posed of a c hairman and 10 mem bers. -The chairinan shall be the treasurer of the student body, mid eight members, shall be appointed by the president of the student bodv and confirmed bv the Stu dent Legislature And so on. The revised edition savs: 'B V D r K T COMM ITT EE. There shall be a liuclet'Commit tee whose duty sliall be fo recom mend a budget to the Student Legislature annually." The rest of the responsibilities for the comosition of the Budget Committee are left tip to the com mittee itself and the student body president, with the approval of the Student Legislature. It is the same with most other organizations of student goveni nicnt. including the honor coun cils. The revised edition also whittles down the lengthy article 011 sum mer school student government. Formerly taking up a whole col umn of details on tjie -system', of summer government, the proposed constitution says in full: "There shall be a summer school student government whose , com position, powers and functions shall be established by the Stu dent Legislature.' 1 We should be, or are. always on the lookout for signs of restric tion of personal liberty. 4 either in the nation, state or on the campus. The constitution is the primary source of personal liberty in all of these places; it serves as effectively to limit thc.ymiTs j$oyt?rninent -as i.t -jeres to limit the -freedom of the- people. Therefore, it would be natural to assume that a short ened student constitution would mesn less freedom. However, in this case, the as sumption doesn't hold true. The ier for student organizations to change their- membership. An act 'of the Student legislature is all that is needed for the cheer leading squad to increase its number or for the Budget. Committee to cut down on its membership. , There is no need to worry about the new constitution's limitations -on -student freedom. They remain the-sivme. The revision promises a more efficient constitution. It should be voted into effect next Tuesday. Palmetto State's Snobbish It's interesting to note that a South Carolina girl's attempts to enter the state's university have been thwarted. The young lady, a majorette ' by cluKsing. wanted to be the Uni versity of South Carolina's major ette. But a law said she couldn't; majorettes aren't wanted At USC. Legislation which would let her in tmyway failed on the state's gen geral assembly this week. South Carolinians. we have noticed, have turned out quite a few Ixeautiful young ladies in re cent years. They can claim a -Miss America, and the beauty of their secretaries and college girls is commonly accepted by conneisseurs as IWing the )est. But South Carolina has - grown fat and lazy on the subject of beauty, it would appear from re ports of the -majorette's -case. Once proud of its girls, the state now wnuts to snub and suppress them. Thank gtxxlness North Carolina, the valley of humility, is more cognizant of local beauty and tal ent than her neighboring mountain of conceit. Without Canvas, It Is Dead An early-morning radio an nouncer this week drifted off into nostalgia as he read a wire rejxirt of the circus train's starting off again. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailev Combined Shows, alter The Daily Tar Heel The official student publication of the Publications Board of 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 post office in Chapel Hill,- N. C, undei the Act of March 8, 187Q. .Subscription rates: mailed, $4 per year, $2.50 a semes ter; delivered. $8 a year. $3.50 a seme ter Editor FRED POWLEDGI Managing Editor CLAJIKE JONES 1 News Editor NANCY HILL , vt.. , -- Sport "Editor LARRY CHEEK Business Manager BILL BOB PLTEL Advertising Manager .... FRED KATZIN EDITORIAL STAFF Woody Sears. Joey Payne, Start Shaw. NEWS STAFF Graham Snyder, Edith MacKinnon, Walter Schruntek, Pringle Pipkin, Bob High, Jim Purks, Ben Tay- ' lor, H. Joost Polak, Patsy Miller, W al ly Kuralt, Bill King, Curtis ;Crotty. , BUSINESS STAFF John Minter, Marian Jlobeck, Jane Paften, Johnny Whitaker. SPORTS STAFF: Dave Wible, Stewart Bird,,. Ron lilligan. Subscription Manager Circulation Manager Assistant Sports Editor. ; Dale Staiey Charlie Holt Bill King Staff Photographers Woody Sears, Norman Kantor . Librarians... Sue Gicjiner, Marilyn Strum Night Editor Maaley Springs flding last summer with a great der.l of shame in the midst of rain, mud and striking emplovees, is starting up again. But nostalgia is the only avail able feeling felt for the Big Top. For the circus will not live again under a huge tent: its . sawdust floors are gone, and so are a lot of the people who made it the cir cus. In their 'places will be television-type performers and television-type shows. To think of the new 'Ringling Brother is to cause a pain in a circus-lover's "heart, v It is no use any more, talking about tlie circus in the old terms. Now, that is like taking a dying man out of bed and walking him around anyway, both of you-know-ing lie will be dead 'before heiCan walk far again. We, who Were lucky enough to watch the Big Top nvhen it was something beautiful, are truly for tunate .people. Our younger broth ers and sisters, whose only contact with a circus has been an hour long thing on itcle vision -Satur-days, will go through their lives without a great bit of Americana. And those, of us who are left with thesawdust and canvas mem ories can understand what a wearv young man said last summer. The young man was sitting in the -door of an elephant car, al most dragging his heels on the countryside as the Ringling Broth ers train rolled from the North to Sarasota on its last trip. On the sides of the cars were the words, now meaningless, "The -Greatest Show on Earth." "It's no use," said the young man. "It's no use. She's dead, and there's nothing we can ever do about her." 1 t ti - 1 -A: A . : v : ? y P.-.: i t mm til A -i-' . v. 1 : . y 1 ' V X l i 1 afayaifr mm cxim Goettingen A Picture Postcard View'' Her are three views of Goettingen, where Carolina exchange city limits. When fhe Prince had drunk too moth, says correspond- srudents attend the University of Goettingen under a student gov- ent John Raper, "he used to jump out the window into the canal and ernment plan. Taken from German picture postcards, they show go swimming." On the right is one of the town's streets, showing (left) the "Rathous," Goettingen center, with the "Rathskeller" un- the typical half-wood, half-stucco German houses and a church in derneath and on the plaza; (center) the Bismarck cottage outside rne me MCKgrouna. IT MAY COME TO PASS: - Exchange Of US., Red Students? Frank Crowther Although he was only falling into the line which has turned into a formidable chain gang. President Eisenhower seemed to be the only one able to express his views on disarmament in a single sentence: "The world must finally disarm or suffer catas trophic consequences." Agreed, we would like to dis arm, but who is going to play ball first? Other nations don't trust us, tnd we don't trust them. The vicious circle is grow ing in diameter, and its expanse will soon reach extensions which will prove beyond its tra versable crosspiece. When in New York with the UN Seminar on Disarmament a few weeks ago, I had the chance to sit in on a discussion with the Russian delegate. ta-th.e UN, who spoke on the problem of world arms reduction. The folloM'ing are some disjuncted quotes from Juli M. Vorontsov, Third Secretary of the Perman ent Mission of the USSR to the UN: "We need and want disarma ment because we need men in our , industries and in- agricul ture on a vast scale. Wepalso need the money which we"' are spending on munitions to invest into industry . and agriculture. We are ready and willing to dis arm, but only will agree to uni versal disarmament under, com plete agreement by the world powers. I can forsee a complete disarmament with only a small militia force maintaining the-Jaw. in the respective countries. But, , were told that this isn't possi ble." "We agree to start withf lim ited disarmament, and yurivto ward ultimate :and 'complete withdrawal of arms. The ques- . tion is. how do we startwhat are some practical stpst to strengthen our respective posit ions? ' "One . point is ':very 'StVpft4 on ( our--side;--we must- ha.ve -a com plete elimination of all nuclear weapons. We are developing some solutions in this field, and are willing to meet the United States half way by Mopping all testing. "Many people say that there cannot be disarmament without control, and others claim that Television Preview: Fatman And Ringmaster Wyatt Earp Neither Jackie Gleason or Perry Como look particularly good from here. Gleason's 8 p.m. spot on Channel 2 is again .occupied by a fill-in while the Fat Man is on vacation. Wyatt Earp himself ap pears tonight, acting as ring master for a bunch of circus acts. This should disillusion his followers considerably. Ccmo, at the same time on Channel 5, presents singer Julius La Rosa, among others. . Sid Caesar is in his usual situations on Channel 5 at 9 tonight; opposite him on Channel 4 is a live telecast of the State College freshman-sophomore dance, with Ralph Marterie's band supplying the music. If as many people show up f6r this affair as did hre last week for the Spring Swing, it should be something to see. To depart from television, the Intimate Bookshop has a book which will be of interest to any who enjoyed Robert Frost's, visits to Chapel Hill either this year or in years past. Frost was kind enough to stop in at the shop and autograph several copies-of his Complete Poems. One of these would make a valuable addition, to any library. . ' L'il Abner there cannot be control without first having disarmament. They claim that the two are insepera ble. but we say that this is not the case. We want ultimate and complete reduction. As far as I am concerned, disarmament is disarmament." "The open sky proposal is not practical. Troop movements could be observed, but that's about all.' Also, some control of nuclear production would be observable, but this would be negligible. What we really need is more mutual confidence. We must have confidence if NATO and the Warsaw pacts are to be abolished." "We are not enthusiastic about an international government. How are you going to get any country to drop its sovereignty? The only thing which can be done is have the Security Council create some kind o fa force to protect the peace." "I admit that we were the firs1 to enforce the 25-mile re striction around Moscow before your government placed the same type of restriction on us here in the United States." "The question is whether we can achieve disarmament through the UN or if xit would be better and sooner achieved through the heads of government. Personal ly, I think that the heads of gov ernment would be more fruitful, but this does not mean that the UN is hopeless. I think that the Geneva conference was very worthwhile, but the results were nullified by tension in Hungary and the Mideast. If we release the present tensions, we will again have a better understandr ing." "Russia has had a proposal for complete disarmament since 1922, hoping to create militias and small police forces." "Listen. We are living togeth er in this world, in this one lit tle world, the same planet, and doing so without fighting now. So, why should we fight? Ve are co-existing and must keep do ing so. This is one thought which is in complete agreement on both sides." , "The machinery for disarma ment is perfect right now. I don't see the need for any dras tic changes, just a little concess ion by each party. We are head ing in the right direction." "When the U. S. and Russia become - neutral to each other, it will be perfect." "Our belief is that Commun ism will take over the world eventually of its own accord, and the people will realize and espouse a Communist form -of government. We don't advocate revolt, but will continue to preach Communism." "Russia proposed an exchange, of ' students, artists, specialists, etc., but nothing came of it. We would welcome an exchange of intellectual students." To attempt to synthesize and dispute these points would take thousands of additional words. You can do this for yourself. The only further comment I will make, is that I talked with Vorontsov after the meeting' con cerning an exchange of students from the University of North Carolina and the University of Moscow, and we have started motions through the channels of both governments. We hope that the "Russian gov ernment will finance the U. S. students, and the U. S. govern ment will finance the expenses of the "Russian students. Voront sov is. paving the way for me to visit and discuss this with the Russian ambassador in "Washing ton next month. Each group will spend their three summer vaca tion months in the respective countriesthat is, if all the par ticulars can be worked out. The prospects are not optimistic, but the effort is being made. By A! Capp THATS ODW.'- v;as sure 1 HHARD IT TICKING IN WE'D CALLTH' COPVACRAZV OOI K- EXCEPT WE'RE ALL WANTED.1 1 ' 5118 I'M FAMISHED.'.'- I NEED MONEV TO GET FOOD TO GO ON WITH MS I CRUSADE' WE HEARD THE POLICE. BROADCAST THEY SAV YOU'RE. BANANAS Vfl U PRACTISE . 4 I PATIENT FOSDiCK J t I OrtWBTin J r PROFESSOR J WE NEED FIRST-CLASS BRAINS FOR OUR BOYS TO PRACTISE M ON .V -YOU RE. FIRED, FOSDICK.' HOW CAN I TJ r KEE.P UP MY STRENGTH? U I MUST GO ON.T 11 1 t-IMD(H2l.DCp FKI. IVt BRAIN SMbEXyi Pogo By Walt Kelly wmimfw ernvvwu' sow y ' 5oepmsyoi urn teP$QU$M f J rz &vb ycj? YMiHwm l $T3Ue TEETH BZK& M 02TTgff PUT TWS MAl 6lMCg I T2;g0 ! " J "VJS'B MAVN' ' AV A SgT i Of Description Goetringer John Raper GOETTINGEN The city Goettingen. famous through its sausage and university, belongs to the king of Hannover, and contains 999 fireplaces, di verse churches, & maternity hospital, an observa tory ... a library, and a "RaU-keller," where the beer is very good, the part flowing stream is call ed the 'Leine,' and serves in summer tor bathing; the water is very cold and in several places so wide that I must take a long start to sprirg over. The city itself is beautiful and pleases one best, when one sees it with his back." Thus Henrich Heine in his essays on his trip through the Harz Mountains described Goettingen during the first half of the 19th century. Not too badly destroyed durirg the war, Goet tingen today appears as much like that picture of a German town one has after reading the Grimm's Brothers as an of the towns that I have seen. The center of the town is still the "Rathous" (city hall), and under it the "Ratskeller" is still serving good beer just as in the days when Heine was a stu dent here. With the "Rathous'' as a center and a radius of six city blocks runs what is left of the old city wall. It now serves as a large, circular, Sunday after noon stroll route for Goettingers. From the "Ra thous" one can see the austere steeples of the four Goettingen churches, built back during th Middle Ages. The town's houses have the half stucco, half dark wood exterior so typical of the old German towns. One of the really tremendous spectacles that takes place in Goettingen is the Tuesday and Satur day morning market. The farmers bring in every thing from whole cows to flowers .and sell them from little carts. On these two mornings four or five streets are filled with carts, sellers and buyers. The people go to market! It is the American curb market of 200 years ago. If one were taken on a tour of th? traditional or historical points of interest, he would certain ly see where Goettingen University's most famous alumnus. Prince von Bismarck, lived. The Bismarck cottage is just outside the city wall beside the canal running through the city. As a Goettingen student, Bismarck was known far and wide as a riotous drinker and dweller. Bismarck lived at first inside the ity wall, but - was forced to move outside the city limits by a de cree from the city fathers for a rather ungentle manly and unseemly deed one night before his landlord's house after having drunk too much. Among the many stories of Bismarck's Goet tingen escapades, the best is how he got kicked out of the University. Bismarck was a great dueller. One day during a duel he received a cut clean through his cheek and refused -to have it sewed up (the corps men, fraternity men, are proud of their scars even today, to the point of putting an ir ritating obstante on their wounds to keep them rea leiger). several days later he got mad at a professor -nd stuck his tongue out at him through this cut in his cheek. The University could take his excess tfrinking and fighting, but not such an insult to a professor, and told him to leave. I am told that later at another university a girl straightened him out, and he became a serious student. One of the finest institutions in Goettingen is the coffee house. Here one can have a cup of cot fee or tea with a piece of pastry and read the daily newspapers, which the house furnishes for its cus tormers, in the morning and afternoon. As it was in Heine's day, the "Ratskeller" is the meeting place of the students at night. The different corps come in with their little hats and color bands, drink beer from mugs, and sing the traditional student songs. Another famous student meeting place is the late show every night at the Krone movie house (a third class, rat hole type theater.) The main at tractions are -bad movies, mostly American west erns. The management tries to get the worst movies he can to keep up his business. During the show the students go wild. The movie dialogue is forgotten. Everyone tries to catch the remarks flying all over the theater. No one watches the movie, or if so, only long enough to get fuel for his next cutting remark Dan Southcrland and I have found Goettingen. its University, and its people wonderful and in teresting. As a university producing many of Ger many's greatest leaders, it has given us an insight into the direction that Germany is taking. We both would like to urge you to apply for the Goettingen Exchange Scholarship, which has af forded us an immeasurable education and experience.
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