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ptej0ri-b- Wit'-?' i'm-"'" ' !aiisfi- FRIDAY, APHIL 12, "5 AGt TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL Ivy League Clothes Are Unjust Scapegoat WISE AND OTHERWISE: FROM THE DUKE CHRONICLE: Much comment' has been lavish ed recently upon such terms as "The Silent Generation," such la bels as "Cautious Young Men," such description as "conformists." Nabbed as the scapegoat for this description is, primarily, mass media.' television, periodicals and the like. The trend is apparent; it is to combated by allowing diverse ideas, differing ideas, without cru cifying their proponents; but we do not see the necessity for hys teria. Buckles on pants are not neces sarily a symbol of conforming minds. Ivy League clothes, we contend, are both trim and pleas ing to the eye and comfortable. A black leather jacket and pegged pants which prevent wind whip ping up your leg might be warm er: but straight-lined Ivy League clothes are assuredly more appro priate and better looking. Further, willingness to pursue newly-created trends and fashions demonstrates, not necessarily con formity, but a liberality and read iness to progress. Conversely, fail ure to progress with this rapidly revolving atomic age- demonstrales a reactionary mind without neces sary adaptablity. , We are not defending conformi ty; we are not condemning those whxare reticent, in both mind and fashion. To each his own. We should and must be tolerant. But we would like to iconoclas tically tear down a symbol which was unjustly, we feel, established as a scapegoat by anti-conformists Ivy League clothes. We believe, in actuality, the symbol was set up by those who were too reactionary to adjust to current trends. And we believe they hid behind the symbol due to a -slothful un willingness to adapt and adjust. University's Tenet; Academics Or Lenoir? "Freedom of inquiry, freedom of expression, freedom to differ, freedom from orthodovy, freedom of students to think, decide and act for themselves all under the influence of directed study . . . this is not mere training; it is liberation. It is the indispensible 'condition of learning. It is the meaning of Lux et Libertas." Dean of Students Fred H. Weaver. The above is a powerful quota tion with which to lead into com ment upon the Lenoir Hall situ ation. But it is applicable. Director George W. Prillaman is apparently an uncompromising individual. Though he has come under fire from -la Student Legis btuie investigating committee and the Lenoir workers themselves, his policies remain unchanged. We think it rather ridiculous that Lenoir Hall Operating Pro cedures should be loaded with such sentences as, "Bear in mind that your employment here is a benefit offered by the University," and. "we wish toimpress upon you the fact that your employment here is a privilege granted by the University," and, "Anything short of lull cooperation will be grounds for immediate dismissal." Undoubtedly many students working in Lenoir Flail would not be able to attend our University were it not for such self-help jobs. But they should not be humbled The Daily Tar Heel The official student publication of the Publications Board of the University of Vnrth Carolina where it i published except Monday and examinatio? nd vacation periods and unPin terms Eutered as second class matter in th oost office in Chapel Hill. N. C. undei in ci of Vfarch t 1870. Subscriptioc rates: mailed. $4 per yar. $2 50 a semes ter: deivrd. $fl a year, S3. 50 a lemet ter ' . . Editor ;.:.: NEIL BASS Managing Editor CLARKE JONES Associate Editor NANCY HILL Sports Editor BILL KING News Editor WALT SCHRUNTEK Business Manager, JOHN C; VHITAKER Advertising Manager FRED KATZIN O NEWS STAFF Graham Snyder, Edith MacKinnon, Prihgle Pipkin, Bob High, Ben Taylor, II. Joost Polak, Patsy Mill er, Wally Kuxalt, Bill King, Curtis Crotty, Ben Taylor, Sue Atchison. " 'EDIT STAFF Whit Whitfield, Anthony Wolff, Stan Shaw, Woody Sears. BUSINESS STAFF John Winter, Marian Hobeck, Jane Patten, Johnny Whitaker. SPORTS STAFF:-pave Wibie, Stu Bird, Ed Rowland, Jim Crownover, Ron Mil ligan. -"-ti Subscription Manager Circulation Manager . . Dale Staifcj Charlie Holt Staff Photographers Woody Sears, Norman Kantor, Bill King. Librarians Sue Gichner, Marilyn, Strum Night News Editor Night Editor Bob High Bill Weekes to their. knees in exchange for the opportunity to work in the dining hall. Director Prillaman appears to constantly remind his workers that it would be much easier for him to hire a staff of outside work ers who would not be harassed by. a double obligation University academics and a job. The logical question is from whence could Director Prillaman get workers with the college level mentality for $1.90 a day? More importantly,, however, is another clause in the dining hall's operating procedures: "Your immediate exam schedule is always subordinated to our work schedule here at Lenoir." The primary purpose which thinking students have in mind when they enter this University's portals is to acquire an education, to strive for academic excellence which will better prepare" fhem for useful citizenship in later life. Such a preparation has the Uni versity as a whole. Academics are to be subordinated to nothing else-Hieither athletics nor socialize ing nor lnoir Hall. Subordination of our academic program to the Lenoir Hall "work schedule" is a blatant mockery of Dean Weaver's assertion: "free dom of students to think, decide and act for themselves all under tlte influence of directed study this is not mere training; it is lib eration." Director Prillaman may turn a deaf ear to grievances that "stu dent workers feel they are not compensated adequately for their labor; that the administration of Lenoir Hall has been too arbi trary;" that student workers want redeemable meal tickets or cash in lieu of straight meal remunera tion which must be taken at the designated time or missed com pletely. But when Director Prillaman begins treading upon the sacred ground of academics and subordi nating thern to Lenoir Hall's work schedule ,then drastic steps should be taken. The summation of our criticism against Director Prillaman is this: (1) The dominating philosophy behind employment of students in -Lenoir 1 1 all appears to -be -that a gracious and God-sent privilege is bestowed upon the few who are allowed such opportunity. Thus students should keep their mouth es shut and forsake all else in hum ble submissioneven academics. (2) The management has ap parentl y set itself upon an un compromising pedestal from which the criticism of plea of student workers may not be heard, and from which no ' negotiation is pos sible. " We suggest that Director Prilla rrik'n make clear the business en tanglements which he asserts will ensue transferance from the pres ent payment in meals to meal tickets. This. would, at least allow students who missed meals, at designated times to get their just recompense. We also suggest that he revise his operating procedures to coin cide with the University's philoso phy, "academics first." A Revolution? Prillokov And Wotery Vodka By, Whit Whitfield Once upon a time before the Revolution, there was ,a state owned Stroganoff and Vodka Palace in St. Petersburg. It was operated by a cruel and heart less man called Anton Priliakov. The profits from, the Palace regularly lined the Czar's trea sury with gold and he, of course, was very interested in its op erations and its public relations. He. nevertheless, only heard reports from Boss Priliakov. He had almost no contact with the proletariat workers. The workers for the most paTt were students who were enroll ed at a nearby, university and needed the jobs badly to further their educations. This Priliakov was well aware of, so he capitalized on it and life for the workers was misera ble. They worked quite often Hinder extreme hardships and justifi able fear. Their conduct was carefuly scrutinized. They were paid three times per day in watered-down Vodka and second rate Stroganoff. They were so fearful of Prilia kov that they dared not speak up for their rights (which they, had relinquished actually when they took, the jobs). Some student workers sold blood to buy texts and other necessities,' while other wore dirty rags because the could not afford to pay laundry bills. The braver ones spoke up for their rights one day buttheir arguments fell upon eaf ears. Some of the workers request ed they be allowed to share their Stroganoff and Vodka with roommates who were dying of starvation. Priliakov refused Some of the starving students died but were removed quietly and caused little distrubance. At about this point, Prillakov's kind heart began to show through. He ordered that each , worker be given two cups of watered Vodka per day extra. This was not enough to ap pease the workers. Finally, they could stand the yoke of oppression no longer. They organized quietly, but ex pertly, and planned a revolution. They decided upon the name "Bolsheviks for their group. The rest is history. Priliakov escaped to the United States where he was granted political asylum. Since that time he has been working in a like capacity at a well known Southern plantation house, whose owners recognize his diabolical genius. 'Dook' Battles With Segregation L'il Abner (While other universities are witnessing the struggle for or against racial integregatioiv it seems our educational neighbor is still harassed by an entirely different problem segregation of; the sexes. Editor) . The first women students to attend- classes at Trinity College did so with a screen to separate them from their predatory male counterparts. Times have chang ed, and women are common oc currences on the Gothic campus. However, the currents of modern philosophy in education have not swept from the corners in Allen and East Duke the ves tiges of the old tenets, that is: if that coeducational classes are detrimental to students of both sexes, the reason being obvious, and the less said about them the better ... Ve refer to the administra tion's policy prohibiting coed3 from taking classes on West campus which are offered on East, unless there is a schedule conflict. The policy applies equally to men students, but its restriction is not so severely felt, as more courses are offered on West. The reason given for the policy is that it saves students the time, expense and trouble of treking to the other campus. We fail to see that it does any thing but deny coeds the time and trouble they would choose to take if they had the choice. Expense who takes the bus? . . . However, the most serious ob jection to the ruling lies in the fact that it coldly disregards the student's preference in time and professors ... Yet educators and the educat ed advise students to choose courses for the professors, be cause the value of any course depends 90 per cent on the pro fessor In denying a student this opportunity the administration steals $650 ... "Who's Ahead? THE STUDENTS' FORUM: Susie Q Sorosis Speaks Ouv Editor? We would like to call atten tion to the spirit of the Valkyrie Sing. When entered into wiA, th? right attitude, the Sing does, as it is supposed to do, provide fellowship. ' . This spirit of fellowship is, however, lost in one division the sorority division. And for these girls, the true purpose of the Valkyrie Sing is lost. As the merchant has exploited Christmas, so the sorority has used to its own advantage the Valkyrie Sing. It is a time of bitter competition when all that matters is beating the other sororities. Instead of a merry sing, it becomes a production. The sisters don helmets and cleats and rush into battle. Susie Q. Sororis, with a night ingale's voice or a bull frog's vocal cords, is compelled to sing, spending from 20 to 40 hours in practice. In a sorority approximately 1800 man hours are spent in preparation for this event. This appears a gross waste of time. The motivation forHhis waste of time is nothing, more than sorority status. If a sorcrity is rated on the basis of its vocal cords, heaven help it. Whose fault is this? Aloof, inert Panhells? The . individual sororities? We think that ' it is primarily the fault of the senior sorority members who have climbed these ropes before. Our hats are off to the one sorority which did not enter. Disgustedly, Susie Q. Sororis 1r - By A! Capp ONE HOUR LATER YOU KNOW FOR A MERE WHERE EES ZEE TEN TOUSAN' FABU LOUSE ' IN MILLIQN-DOLLAIRE ADVANCE- EE AN FORT KNOX WATCH? -t WILL SHOW VOOSE WHERE IT IS HID.' J" Pogo By Wait Kelly 111 do au7ai. IT-atjbe, if u?e hide cyjietm neve W 15 ICO STUPID 10 KNOW WHAT f ilWhen you said we ao m f voiNoncgp wow that eurreff 'Piy4 -. vr- iv. 11. .rws,,. I it i I? Yd .VWAT Tl trT """ ,,1' iA-il'-r-i S AIN'T I JtA3 IT 5J71 n GOETTINGEN LETTER: Fraternities . Germany Viewed Dan Southcrland (Southerland, like John Raper, is a University student currently on exchange with the University of , Goettingen in Germany. Editor) After the second World War there was a great deal of opposition to any sort of German national ism and consequently opposition to fraternities, which had had nationalistic tendencies. Therefore as fraternities began to appear again in 1949 after the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany, although they claimed no attachment to the old fraternities except for the names, they were forbidden by the universities and not . allowed to wear their identifying colorful caps and bands at university grounds or buildings. Today the fraternities are again active, but have no influence in politics such as they had earlier. They are not recognized by the universities, but are tolerated. About 35 per cent of the students at Goettingen are mejnbers of 37 different fraternities. Law and medical students are most active. There are few science students or humanistic majors such as language or history majors in fraternities. The method of rushing and pledging is similar to that in the United States. The big difference is that the German fraternities are not. dependent financially on fees from' each new pledge class in order to meet the coming budget. They are strong ly supported financially by the Alumnai, the "Alte Herren," "old men" (translated literally). As a result pledge classes are much smaller, usually "with about four or five pledges and at the most ten or fifteen. Rushing last six weeks at the beginning of the semester and is at first a bit hectic and confused like our rushing. The pledge -or "Fuchs" gots through a one or two semester trial or pledge period. During this time he runs errands and does small jobs for the brothers. Then he is initiated and becomes an ac tive "Bursch". He must remain active for three or four semesters which means he is required to take part in all fraternity functions. The '-Alte Herren" are the graduates who still have an in terest in the fraternities after graduating and at taining a respectable position in the world. On a summer day at the market place, you might sec grey-haired gentlement at beer-laden tables wearing their caps and bands and singing and drinking with the younger fraternity members. They con tribute largely to the support of the fraternities and are especially known for supplying the "beer money." - When you see a student with "one or several scars on his face, the identification of the German student in the old days, you know that he belongs to one of the fraternities which have the "mensur" or fencing. More than two-thirds have fencing. In the Catholic fraternities' it is forbidden. Members are not required to fence in some fraternities; in most, one to four times are required. The "Fuchs" practice regularly on dummies and with masks under the direction of an older member. The traditional fencing is supposed to be a test of courage and a chance for the brother to fight for his colors against another fraternity's man. lit does not know his opDonent until the fight begins. Most of the "frei Studenten, "not in fraternities, are opposed to them, although perhaps not as strongly as just after the war. Their main, criticisms are: (1) that the more radical fraternities are still nationalistic; (2) that they hold too much to tradition and are trying to live' as people did in the "old days". Fraternity men claim they treasure traditions realizing their meaning in their time; (3) that the Alte Herren give preference to fraternity men seeking jobs after graduation. It is known that fraternity men don't need to w:orry agout finding a good job especially in the professional fields; (4) that fenc ing is morally wrong and they contend that some fraternities continue dueling in secret; that many are proud of their scars and purposely do not let them heal properly in order to distinguish them selves; (5) that the fraternities are trying to create an academic man's class which is better than the common man,, the sign of this class being the scar from the "Mensur"; (6") that they are not politically active and take no stand. Fraternity men deny this saying that collectively they do not take a stand, but their leaders do. The strong feeling of the free students against fraternities came out in 1950 in Goettingen. One sunny Sunday morning, two or three hundred Corps students had a "Kneipe" in public for the first time in front of the Ttathaus at the Market place where they sang and drank. Free students paraded to the Market with donk eys wearing fraternity caps and bards, accom panied by a combo playing American jazz to drown out the fraternity songs. It finished in what is known is a "Schlaegerei" or brawl. In 1932, there was another such occurrence. We recently had student government elections for parliament. Someone came to a friend of mine and asked him to run with other free students in order to keep the fraternity students from getting the majority in the legislature. At the last Studentenrat (parliament) meeting, the fraternity members sat on one sideof the hall and the free students on the other, divided 50-30. With almost every issue, it was one group against the other. An hour was spent arguing over a com , plaint that scholarship committees were asking candidates if they were "corporiert" (fraternity members) or not.' They considered this an unfair question. One thing can definitely be said in favor cf the German fraternities; they are the only large group, with the exception of a very few student homes and clubs, which bring students in contact with one another and provide some kind of community life at the German university. Whether they are going about it in the right way or not. they or trying to meet a-definite need, "
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