WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY 26, 1958
THE DAILY TAR HEIL
FACE TWO
Board, Trustees Pitted
One Against The Other
North C.arolin.i's jm-ss toM the
st.ttc I iumI.ix l a ;4Hin'4 breach
hctxxccn the I'liixcrsity of North
C.molin.i loaid of ' l'nistifs anil
l he Slate loanl of 1 1 i 1 1 . v Icluca-
1 ion and Hie reason is that old
familial piohlem of who should
have the most powei.
The cleavage came to loie when
the loaid ol Higher l'diuation
acting against the recommenda
tions ol the Iioaid of Trustees
slashed horn ,oo to ;;()( w num
ler ol housing units to he huilt
.if State ("olle-e with self-licjuidat-iii4
honds that uutals will utile.
Now. it aptKMis th.U a strong
liht m.iv dce!o in the next Lt'K
islatuie oev xxhuh of the two
hodies the Hoard of Higher Kdu
. cation, netted hv a in;,", leisla
. tie ai t. or the Uoaid of I nistets,
eluted hy the legislature w ill have
ultimate untiol oxer the Consoli
dated I'liixcTMiy.
It should he made tlear here
that when it was treated, the
Iioaid ol Higher I'iIik ation was
( nx isioned as a Ixxlv to haxe Iho.mI
aulhoiitx oxer the "functions ami
actixities' ol tin- state's i ' insti
tutions ol higher learninga rath
er hroad tleleiialioii ol aulhoiitx
oxer the trustees themselxes.
Meanwhile, howexer. tiustees of
the Consolidated I'nixersitx kit
then ol lives lariied some control
oxer the institution and now haxe
arisen apparently in unanimous op
position to any iisiupatiou of th.it
power hx the Hoatd of Higher Yd
iK ation.
It is likelx that tiu.slies ol the
oihei nine state-supported institu
tions cm hiding I NC. at Chajel
I till. . C. State Colle-e in Ral
eigh and Woman's College, (ireeus-loio--liki-wise
uill uphold the re
spot ol their oll'ues a ttaditional
uspevt wliidi has loivj, y.ixen the
n is .'- .i v,ii-.it lc.l authority
in the opeiation ol the institutions.
I . k i 1 1 4 into c oiisideration the
nnmlx-i ol colleges suported hy
the state, it heuunes almost ncccss-
wheie the merits of one can be
weighed against the merits of an
other. And that, in a few words,
is what the Board of Higher 1. du
cat ion does.
Hoxvcxer. the question arises as
to whether that board-appointed
and not elected should haxe a
veto jxnver oxer the recommenda
tions of the trustees who are elect
ed members of the legislature.
It is oxer this veto poxver ex
pressed when the Board of Higher
I duration disregarded recommen
dations of the trustees and State
College administration lor -,oo
housing units instead of ;o at
the Raleigh institution that the
cunent rift betxveen the two
boards has been brought to fore.
II the Board of Higher l.duia
tion is intent on performing the
functions of the board of trustees,
xv i t.h the applause of Cox. Hodges,
then the former should replace the
latter in the operation of our edu
cational institutions. Hoxvcxer. we
don't beliexe the education board
is equipped to serve in that capaci
ty The xery natuie of the trustees
and the fact that thex are limited
to the single Consolidated Univers
itx or, in other cases, to only a
single state - supported institution
in the ir olfices would ' jm idc
them with closer insight into the
needs and ptoblems of the insti
tutions oxer xvhich they haxe con
trol. l or these reasons it is easy to ap
preciate the sentiments ol the trus
ties in their general opposition to
trespassing on their functions bv
the Board of Higher I.ducation.
It now bet onus the duty of the
legislature to define xvhiih ol the
two bodies the Board of Higher
Idiuation or the Board of Trus
ter? will make the uioniiiiciHU
lions lor dexelopmeut ol our edu
cational institutions.
So long .is the txvo are xvorking
against one another, neither can
atx to biiug their xarious jnogiams serxe the purKse for xvhich it xvas
.mil inpiists t a single bodv established.
BUT WHAT ABOUT CAROLINA?
Aristocratic Or Obsolete
The Daily Tar Heel
Thf official stulent pubncar.on ,f ttat
Publication Boaid of the University of
North Carolina, where if is published
daily except Sunday, Monday and exam
ination and vacation period and sum
mer terms. Entered as econd class mat
ter in the post office in Chapel
N. C. under the Act of March 8. 1870
Subscription rates: mailed. $4 per year,
t2.50 a semester; delivered. $fl a year.
$3 50 a semester.
Editor
DOUG E1SELE
Associate Editor . FRAXK CROWTHER
Managing Editor ALYS VOORHEES
News Editor
PAUL RULE
Asst. News Editor
ANN FRYE
Coed Editor
JOAN BROCK
Feature Editor
MARY M. MASON
Sports Editor
BILL KIN Q
City Editor
BILL KINCAID
NEWS STAFF Dax is Young. Prinze
Pipkin. Surah Adams, Dave Jones
Taikcr Maddrey, Charlie Sloan, Ed
Rowland. Eddie Goodman. Wcstbrook
Fowler, Stan Black. Virginia Sand-
Business Mana-er JOHN WIUTAKER
Advertising Manager FRED KATZtN
Subscription Mgr. AVERY THOMAS
Librarian
G LEND A FOWLER
EDIT STAFF Whit Whitfield, Curtis
Gaiis. Jonathan Yardley, Barry Win
ston. Gail Godwin.
SPORTS STAFF: Rusty Hammond. Elli
ott Cooper, Mac Mahaffy, Jim Turks,
Jim Harper.
lit'SLNESS STAFF Walker Blanton,
John Minter, Lewis Rush.
Kt Sports Editor DAVE WTBLE
PHOTOGRAPHERS Normia Kmtw,
Buddy Spoon.
Nizht Editor
PELXUY BAEilOW
A nexvs story reardin ltula
lions allcctin.; Iraternities at State
and Carolina brings out othei in
teiestiii' Luts. Ol the " . 7 1 ir stu
dents at Chapel Hill only i.ifc:
are hatetnity men. At State the
number is Soo out of Vl'-.V Ome
upon .1 time this miht haxe seem
ed ex idem e ol a restricted aristo
cratic taste in democratic colleges.
Maxbe it still does. Apparently,
hoxvexer, the oxerxvhelmin ma
jority ol students in the txvo State
colleges are ;.cttiii alon xery xvell
xvithout benefit ol jins.
Ate Iraternities more exclusive
or out-ol-date? I'ndoubtedlx some
youn; men j;et ninth pleasme out
(( the associations and facilities
pioxidcd by their Iraternities.
Some certainly take from them a
sense of social prestige. Kvidently,
hoxxexer, in a day xhen hardly any
student can Ret aloiiR xvithout a
car, a dub is a luuiy xvith xvhich
many can dispense.
Ome theie xvas a time xvhen
only fraternities prox ided t lub
like RatheiinR places at our col-.
Icrcs. .oxv no Iraternities cm fur
nish Midi a loafing and ;athenn;
place as the State College Union
lor instance. In stuh a building all
ffr fue or for small lees all stu
dents must pay non-liaternity
men at State haxe quarter une
qualled by the richest and most ex
clusixc Iraternities in the past. All
colleges should haxe such build
ings. And in such buildings all
.students should haxe all the prixi
lege of hospitality xvhich in the
just only . Iraternities could oiler
to their members and friends.
Rakish rs'evxs k Observer
VIEW FROM THE HILL
Bias Clauses,
Hazing Should
Be Eliminated
By CURTIS CAN'S
This observer went to a lot of
trouble to build a sound argument
against bias clauses in fraternity
charters, and, then found to his
dismay that the headline above the
column in the paper read: Bias
Clauses Should Be OK'D.
What it should have been was:
BIAS CLAUSE SHOULD BE KO'D.
While on the subject of fraterni
tie. there is another problem that
presents itself in fraternities.
Every year freshmen come to
Carolina and are told in no un
certain terms that there is no haz
ing permitted on the Carolina
campus.
They find for the first few
weeks that freshmen are indeed
treated as equals on the Carolina
campus.
However," some of them have
the misfortune of pledging fraterni
ties and find out that this rule
does not hold true in the ease of
pledging of fraternities.
Many times students are forced
to get their sleep during class
time .either in class or out.
Many suffer acadniically be
cause of last night's scavenger
hunt xvhich has taken them to
Greensboro or Raleigh at 3 a.m.
Other are forced to suffer thta
loss of pride that accompanies
pledging in being personal valet
without pay for some twenty or
thirty people xvho are fondly call
ed brothers, end xvho have gone
through this same type of hell be
fore. This in itself is contrary to
the spirit and letter of the cam
pus rule against hazing.
It is indeed unfortunate that stu
dents, for the privilcdge of becom
ing a member of a Greek letter
society, have to sacrifice both the
time and energy that could be ap
plied to their primary responsibil
ity in college study in order to
participot in a meaningless prank
or to serve as slave labor.
It is equally unfortunate that the
fraternities haxe not realized yet
the immaturity of this type of
pledging, which perhaps serves as
a release for their sadistic urges,
but. serves no other real function,
and can. although it does not al
ways. serve to breed dissension.
It is hoped that fraternity mem
bers themselves will be able to
tea!i7c that they xvill profit by
elimination of hazing in pledging.
It is hoped that the emergency
fraternity committee will find
some way of cutting all forms of
hazing from the UN'C campus.
"I'll Have The Law Qui Y011"
THEY LEAD TAME LIFE
POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE
If s Student Reform -Or Else
Couldn't Wait
In Plant City, Fla.. Mrs. Lizzie
B. Morgan took a direct route to
reach the automobile licensing
bureau lor her driving test. She
stepped on the accelerator instead
of the brake and crashed into the
building xvhich houses the bureau.
By PKINGLE PIPKIN
The emergency committee on
social fraternities has the responsi
bility of realistically considering
its problems and of making appro
priate reforms.
The University Administration is
concerned aobai the existing soc
ial regulations regarding fraterni
ties. The xvidely publicized Lamb
da Chi Alpha incident focused this
concern on the matters of off
campus parties and rules dealing
with visiting in fraternity houses.
Unlike other ' universities, here
the Administration itself has not
sought to combat these conditions
by declaring a number of arbit
rary regulations.
Instead the responsibility of re
form has been placed in tho !ajids
of the student gmenrment.
The Administration is, in the
words of Director of Student
Activities Sam Magill. '"laboring
under the assumption that self
government is the best govern
. ment."
"We are looking to the Student
government to solve the problem
itself," he said. The Administra
tion has tried to convey its con
cern to the students and to make
fraternity members recognize that
whatever they did, for good or
bad, affected the whole university,
lie explained.
Director Magill said he xvas
hope that the committees, reforms
will be something that "xve. as
the Administration, can defend to
the people of North Carolina with
some conviction."
He asserted that the University
was concerned with maintaining
and strengthening the good will of
the people of North Carolina be
cause it was their university.
Director Magill felt the student
leaders "were responding realistic
ally" and xvas "very encouraged
by their whole attitude."
In 1954 the present visiting agree
ment was established and a great
deal of talking xvas done about the
fraternities and their relationship
to the rest of the University, but.
no olher action came from the
discussions.
The present discussions will
probably touch on the standards
of conduct and 'the conduct of a
fraternity as a unit.
Undoubtedly the Inter-Fraternity
Council and its responsibility and
relationhip to the rest of the uni
versity will have to be examined
and perhaps revised.
The question of drinking and the
problems related to mixed parties
xvill have to be reviewed. It is
probable that the method of
getting parties approved and the
enforcement of these regulations
will have to be altered.
If Student Body President Sonny
Evans follows his State of the
Campus Address (presented short
ly before Christmas vacation,
discriminatory clauses in fraterni
ty charters and term papers in
fraternity files will be discussed.
Director Magill expects the com
mittee to do a "real rethinking" of
the problems related to fraternity
life.
It is evident that the committee
must take its xvork seriously and
must be willing to compromise
when compromise is necessary.
Any feeling of disdain or un
concern is likely to result in
disaster. The fraternities must be
xvilling to receive the recommenda
tions which the committee makes.
I believe the present system can
be altered so that the fraternities
can retain their independence if
they are prepared to accept more
fully the responsibility xvhich goes
along xvith it.
The public of North'Carolina has
been aroused; changes can no
longer be deferred. If the fraterni
ties are not xvilling to make the
necessary changes, then someone
else xvill have to do so.
I think it xvould be in the interest
of the fraternities to seize the
initiative.
Dorm Men Eulogized
By P. W. CARLTON
The dorm man leads a tame life in comparison
xvith those gay dogs of the campus, the Greeks. But
still, there is a kind of quiet gentility about their
attitude xvhich makes us admire them all the same.
The next lines are a memorial to these stalwart
souls, who daily storm the battlements of educa
tion xvithout the backing of brotherly ties. ,
Their breed is a tough, resilient one that over
comes hardship and failure with agility and, for
the most part, certainty. Let us illustrate some of
these hardships by studying a cross section of dor
mancy, or rather dormitory life. Our hero is Sam .
Studious, fourth year General College major. He
and his faithful roommate, Calvin "Bunko" Coura
geous, third year freshman, occupy a cubicle on
the fourth floor of Joyner Dorm. Cal is a worthy
young soul, arduously engaged in working his way
through school by operating the floating crap game
for the dormitory.
As we join these young stalxvarts, we find them
blissfully dreaming of home and mother. Dawn is
peeping through the xxrindow, when the alarm clock
explodes into action, falls over on it's side, gyrates
across" the desk and lands face down against a bev
erage can from last night's party. For a minute
nothing happens. Then a hand emerges from be
neath a pile of bedclothes, crawls across the desk,
futilely feels for the clock, and, having failed, sub
sides into a relaxed position. The clock blasts away.
Soon, there is a sigh and then an upheaval of cov
ers. Sam's furry physiognamy appears, his eyes flash
bloodily as he snares the pffending "clock and snaps
off the alarm. He then attempts to step out of bed,
tangles a foot in the covers and hits the floor with
a crash.
Cal, meanwhile, has tucked his head under his
pillow to shut out the noise. Now he leaps from
bed and tramples Sam as he rushes to the closet.
He has an eight o'clock class in Integral and Com
parative Mechanics of PTiotosynthetic Trivia. He
and Sam mill around for a time, finally getting
dressed and fall downstairs to head for Lenoir Hall.
At seven forty-seven Sam "and Cal appear out of
the gloom in traditional track style and clatter into
the main dining room.
Outside, a campus policeman has set his stop
watch in motion, to check their form. In exactiy
three minutes Cal and Sam leave the door of Le
noir and charge by the policeman, xvho gix'es them
the thumbs up and yells encouragement. The room
mates separate, Sam to pursue his studies of An
atomical and Phylogenic' relationships between the
Androecium and Pseudo-carpellate Amoebae. (A
highly edifying course) and Cal to his mech. class.
Sam roars into class, plows to a stop, eases pain
fully onto a xvooden bench provided for students
and listens eagerly to the lecturer, xvho is mumbling
something about tardy students receiving automatic
flunks. After losing two pages of notes due to a
dropped pencil, Sam proceeds to his next class.
Lunch is always a thrill for Sam. It is at this
time that he meets his virtuous, fun-loving girl
friend, Mary Smith (Sam feels that her name is a
little common), a self-help student who is working
her xv ay through college. They speak rapturously
to each other, Sam gazing over Mary's shoulder at
a good looking D.A. and she ogling a football play
er. It's true loxe, obviously. They pass a pleasant
hour playing 20 questions, she continually replying
"no", io his queries. Parting with the fond assurance
of a highly rewarding academic experience in the
arboretum that night, the two wend their separate
ways, he to the dorm, where he spends a profitable
afternoon sleeping, and she to a course in Aggra
vated Psychology. At seven that evening they dine
sumptiously on the stu-special. At eight, they are
in the infirmary with acute gastric maladjustment,
xvhich spoils their projected experience. Oh well,
they'd haxe fallen in that hole Dr. Snarf dug foi
the new Polypodium accrostichoides anyway.
The xvriter is a graduate of Weybeloe Normal
College xvith his M.R.S. Degree. (Master of Rural
Sanitation.) He has recently come to the Univer
sity as assistant to the Curator of the Grease Pit
at Lenoir Hall.
Z
25
o.
(VP PERISCOPE
r3
2-26,
M
3
JZ
j
CO
)
JO
to
J
U
JQ
DC
LU
z
pSsrr-SAIRiJr
rS ME, CARYff
SHES
O
o
o
o.
IV C COT A HAVf- J V I I tFm i F" l V
V - ' - j . wmm I V-' . M . ig Tfc
V - if It h
1
m . ... 1 . i. s-.- .....
AsPZ-ah DIDN'T MAKE.
IT.1'-THrS-GuLP.r-CAINT BE
HEWIN, BECUZTH LATE
rAOV ADI 1UT K. UTIDC r
a.
a
u
JQ
ah ?i$Ae e ko ocoo Y you ta& a pg& what
ff&LObVfZO"' NOT GOT A Mil CP HBM
NUY TMAT 3UT THgV i AN'ltL6H0V YOU A V03
& TWO WK&WKG ; VHAT A:NTOt HO PRIVACY
ANP .THGeg
j " i nKwnp.
a
J3
LETTERS TO EDITOR
7Thanks For Service7
To Uie Editor:
1
Ham writing on behalf of the Presbyterian Con
gregation to express our appreciation to the many
students xvho rendered heroic service during and
after the fire xvhich destroyed our sanctuary.
There xvere many who assisted the firemen in
fighting the fire, and many others who, when it
became possible to enter the rear structure, quickly
remox-ed all moveable equipment. Through their
efforts the church records, all books and equipment
in the church office, and almost all of the furnish
ings in the educational structure were saved. The
next morning sereral students appeared and worked
most of the day, helping us to restore some order
from the chaos.
We feel that the University students are a vital
part of the life of our Church. We are always con
cerned for what is happening in their lixes and we
are proud of the splendid qualities which this emer
gency revealed in them. Their reaction in this situ
ation has written another fine chapter in the al
ready grand tradition of the Carolina student.
We know "that, in time, our Church xvill be able
to provide new and completely adequate facilities
for students and for the local congregation. In the
meantime, our Sunday Worship Services will be held
at 9:45 and 11:00 a.m. in' Carroll Hall. The West
minster Felloxvship will resume meetings in "The
Hut" this Sunday. We invite all Presbyterian and
other interested students to join us in those places.
Vance Barron, Pastor
The Presbyterian Church