WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1958
PACE TWO
THI OAll? TkW Hffli-
Need For Planning
lluir !i.s Ixcii ,i sciit's of articles aj
Jf.u ini in litis p.ipci c oik crniiV4 the situa
tion 'ot i !u- I'M. I. unity. Throughout the
art i U- time .tpc;u u! the word "eeunpeti
t i .
The (pillion i uIuiIhm the l Tnixcritv
U piemtlx ahle to iouiKtc with other pub
lic colleges and the private school lor stand
ard ol-education through faculty. The ;m
swev at picscnt - no. ,
The s.il.irx standard of the rnixrrsMy is
Ik lou that ol many other schools in the
I'nited States. The nppoi tunitifs tor useanh .
ate limited. (Ionises here do not challenge
the lii;;ht. ;nd hence inanv pass elsewhere,
luither. the outstanding college ;taduates
aie not eoniin to I'M'.. Moieoxer. the op:
poituniiies lor hiving hooks I mm xvliieli to
xoik are limited, .ind ahoxe all the opjwn
limits to puhlish. in many cases, is limited to
lhoc who can allotd it. Heiue. the salary
ollered piohihits the ie.;tixe work xvliieli
would lead to -adxanc ement.
'I he picture is riot ;ood. Howexer, there
is at le.iNt one lrilit spot. According to
ChaiKclIoi Axcock. thete are plans in the
works for a merit salarv increase budget. This
ill stimulate incentixe in a xvav that no
acioss the boaid increase tan do. since it is
spurring tulitx rather than quantity.
The xvhole problems falls in the hands of
the state leislatute at Raleigh, who must be
made aw ne ol the need at the I'uixersity
and tlx ciitic a! condition of the entire liili
ci education program in general.
It is not enough to meet at crucial times
the olfers of other institutions who are trv
int to ;;et rnixeisitv piolesoi s. It is more
impoitant to be p. yiny; llu-se'people the i iht
txpe of salarx to bein xvith.
It is not enough for research grants to be
linanced bv prixate coronations, lor the state
should take the inteust in its future citi
zens. It is not enough to make promotions de
pendent upon serxice measuied in years: it
must be service measuied in cptality.
It is not even enough to raise salaries,
without the lriiuc beneliu that faculty need
to pursue their prolession adecpiatelx or even
siipoi latixelv.
It his been too lonj; that legislators have
been in the 1 0-4 about the needs ol educa
tion. It his been loo lonj; since theie has
been a realization ol the necessity lor an ade
quate faculty. A leappraisal of the state's
Mlicx towards education in general and in
tellect in particular is due and oxcrduc.
It is all ri'Jit to think of Ininin to thf
state induottv. hut it is moie inioitaut to
develop the unouiccs ol the state. One of
thoNe KNOtyrces hapeiis to 1k- the mind of
its youth. This resource must be cuhixated
and piotectrd.
The need lor ac tion' that looks to the fit
tine ha nevei Ihtii so apparent as it is now.
1 he state must lealize that the I'nixeisity is
one ol the bastions ol democracy. It must
luithei lealize that the vouth xvhich pass
through the- school aie the leadership ol to
inonow .
The cpiesiioii is then. "What kind of
leadcis will theie be tomonow?" A partial
answer 111.x eouie liom the final budget that
is appiopiiated t the I'nixersitx next winter.
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I am terribly sorry to say that I was unable to attend' the recent
appearance of c. e. cummings at Duke University. That talk seems
to have causht the imagination of a great many students, and mut
have been highly stimulating. It is too bad, however, that so many
of them have taken such a superficial look at the poetry and ideas
of the poet, for there have been a good many erroneous, though well
intended, statements about his poetic credo.
Those who really wish to gain an honest under
standing of cummings' poetry would do well to
read his introduction to New poems (1938) which
is axailable aiso in both editions of his collected
poetry; this is the most accurate summation of his
credo available.
The primary misunderstanding is that ' cum
mings is "beat" and has no more faith in the world
that he gives the appearance of wishing he had
not been born. Cummings is disappointed with
part of the world. He refers to this segment of th ;
population as "mostpeople." It would be best to let him explain for
himself:
' Life, for mostpeople, simply isn't. Take the socalled standardof
living. What do mostpeople mean by 'living'? They don't mean liv
ing. They mean the latest and closest plufal approximation to singu
lar prenatal passivity which science, in its Unite but unbounded wis
dom, has succeeded in selling their wives."
And on those opposed to "mostpeople," xvhom he refers to as
"ourselves," meaning "you and I": "You and I are not snobs. We
can never be born enough. We are hlritfa ri beings; for whom birth
is a supremely welcome mystery, the mystery of growing; the mys
tery which happens only and whenever we are faithful to ourselves.
You and I wear the dangerous looseness of doom and find it becom
ing. Life, for eternal us, is now; and now is much too busy being a
little more than everything to seem anything, catastrophic included."
Cummings is highly critical of man "pity this busy monster,
manunkind. not" but he is critical in a constructive, thoughtful
way, and he is critical because he loves man. Me loves man as an
individual but not as society. A few quotations from one of his most
Camous poems should bear this out:
"Anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't ne danced his did.
"Women and men (both little and small)
cared for anyone not at all
they sowed their isn't they reaped their same
sun moon stars rain"
This is not quite as difficult as it looks. Anyone Ls the htro. rep
resenting individuality and sensitivity. lie lives in a little town where
public opinion pretty how" is opposed to him. but all year roun I
he was happy "sang his didn't danced his did." The people, how
ever, lived an unalive life of conformity "sowed their isn't they
reaped their same."
Anyone falls in love with a girl named "noone" anyone being
opposed to noone as male to female. Together they live J a happy
life of this society which could not understand them, while the
someones and everyofies were born and grew into moitpeople. Eventu
ally anyone died, and noone followed him. "Busy folk buried them
side by side," and life went on. as the people "reaped their sowing
and reaped their same."
This poem, in its entirety, is the summing up of cummings' be
liefs. If the reader can surmount the initial hurdle of understanding
the complexities of English as cummings sees it, he has opened the
door to not only the understanding and appreciation of a major con
temporary poet, but to a fuller understanding and appreciation of
life on this earth. Cummings. like all of us, can only surmise as to
the ultimate meaning of life, and can only suggest criticisms to im
prove life on this earth, but the mariner in which he expresses his
views is at once beautiful and profound and deserves appreciation
bv us all.
Good Grief! Happy Readers
Sidelight
Ed Rowland
Men Of The Golden Rule
Niht Editor
PEBLEY BARROW
Editor:
I am a junior at Chapel Hill
High School and recent editor
elect of our rchool paper, the
Proconian. This is all insignifi
cant, however, and nothing more
than introductory, for I felt like
dropping a note saying that there
certainly is a noticeable improve
ment in the Daily Tar Heel since
the recent turnover by election.
To me it's the best I've ever
known it to be (that's pretty long)
and I especially like the use of
editorial columns on the editor
ial page, and the big features
elsewhere.
Editorials are sensibly written,
too. Especially the one on the
parkins meters. The sports page
seems to have excellent cover--age.
Actually, the reason I'm espec
ially interested is 'that I plan to
try some of the same things with
the. Proconian next year.
After the Daily Tar Heel's shaky
go of it last year, I think that at
last it's once again a top-notch
publication.
Paul Houston
Editor:
I am sorry it I have said or
written anything to offend you.
I haven't meant it that way.
I think you are putting out an
excellent paper, and congratula
tion are in order.
"O Lost," Daily Tar Heel, May
6, was a brilliant editorial. How
ever, if we have faith only in our
selves for our ultimate security
we are certainly leaning on a
broken reed. He who spends all
of his time worrying about se
curity and how to save his life
will succeed at neither. When
Senator Carter Glass said at the
beginning of World War II, that
people should have some greater
purpose in life than eating and
sleeping and going to the movies,
he touched a sore spot with us.
We! don't like to face up to it that
whe have hard tasks to do and
loads to lift.
Gerald W. Johnston, recently
speaking to the Phi Beta Kappas
at Wake Forest College, points
out that colleges exist not only
to keep a young man from being
infected by error; but to show
him truth.
Tennyson penned these beauti
ful lines about man's quest for
truth: "Some with sad faces
sought for her. Some with cross
ed hands sighed for her. But
Norman Cousins
Inevitably, a man is measured by his largest con
cerns and by what he regards as the ultimate ques
tions. If he is troubled only by what happens to
him here and now or in the hereafter, then his
measurement is quickly taken and it is not neces
sary to use the long rule. '
But if a man places a high value on life, what
ever its accent or station; if he respects a mysteri
ous but real connection between himself and the
people xvho have gone before him and these not
yet born, then there are proportions in his measure
beyond estimate. In such a man, the gift of aware
ness has come fully alive. His perceptions are keen
est when he looks inward and sees others in him
self. He will fix his mind on the things that are
more important to him than xvhether he lives or
dies. The ultimate question for him has to do not
with his personal immortality but with the immor
tality of values and meaningful life beyond his own
time.
Civilizations must submit to the same measure.
No society is smaller than the one that acts as
though history does not exist beyond its own time
and needs, or that sees no obligation to a later
generation. Conversely, a society earns its place in
the future by respecting the unclamorous claims
of the unborn.
How, then, are we to measure ourselves and our
civilization? In using the term "our Civilization"
ATondav nisht at the meeting of the Board of
Aldermen it was apparent that students and the
city fathers are far apart in viewing the parkin
problem in the downtown area.
Student Body President Don Furtado presented
the aldermen with a series of proposals which he
felt represented the students' viewpoint. The alder
men postponed action on the situation until they
had time to look over the proposals.
In the meantime, the Planning Board of Chapel
Hill, under whose direction the overall plan for re
strictions and 1 meters was drawn up, sits on its
hands while first merchants and then students find
fault with the plan. The two groups seem unable
to look at the merits of each other's plan.
The Planning Board employed John Horn of
Traffic and Transportation Planning in Raleigh to
make a comprehensive study of the traffic and park
ing problem in hapel Hill. The study was made
over a period of more than two years, and his pro
posals were adopted into a resolution presented
to the Board of Aldermen.
Students living in Fraternities on Cclumbia St.
between Franklin and Cameron are yelling that
their sacred right to park on these streets is being
removed or infringed, and others living on Franklin
between Henderson and Hillsboro claim the same
thing. They presented their objections to the pro
posals Monday.
The planning board surveyed the Columbia
St. area and found that of 84 parking spaces on the
block (both sides), they were in use 64 per cent of
the time for an average usage of one hour and
47 minutes. At present parking is limited to two
hours in the block. All parking is diagonal.
The Planning Board proposed to cut out all di
agonal parking and permit parallel parking only
from Franklin St. to the south side of theBig Fra
ternity Court driveway. Meters would be installed at
the parallel spaces, limited to two hour usage.
The reasons the board listed for the changes in
clude facilitating the flow of traffic. With the
changes a third lane would be added to permit driv
ers to have separate lanes for right, left and no
turns. The Board feels that the intersection of
Cameron and Columbia is a bottleneck that must
be opened, and clearing the street to the driveway
is the only practical way of solving the problem.
On Franklin St. between the Post Office and the
ATO house the survey found 102 spaces, 85 per
cent used for an average time of one hour 33 min
utes. Presently all parking on the street except for
spaces in front of Kemp's and the Dairy Bar is un
limited. The proposals would eliminate diagonal spaces
on the north side of the street and replace them
with parallel ones, a total loss of 16 spaces. Two
hour metersvwould be installed.
The proposals for other streets will not affect
students as much and the aldermen have encoun
tered no other vocal opposition. At the Monday
night meeting a representative from a parking
meter company was present.
President Furtado has presented a good case of
student objections to portions of the overall plan.
The question is: are these objections valid or im
portant enough to destroy the result of studv by
competent officials?
her. At life's dear peril wrought
for her, and tasted the raptured
fleetness of her divine complete
ness. ''They followed her and found
her, where all may hope to find.
Not in the burnt out ashes of the
mind, but beautiful, with dangers'
sweetness round her."
St
these, our brethren, fought for We are not limiting it to one nation or one conti
nent. Whatever the razor's edge of our own em
phasis on national differences, the species of hu
man life as a whole is noxv in jeopardy, for Hi-?
precarious balances which enable life to subsist
are now being altered and damaged. The national
units involved in the life-and-death rivalries are
going far beyond the requirements of mutual total
destruction. The invasion of the Jfuture has already
begun. Day by day, the assault, against later gen
erations is growing in size and power. Even if the
Mr. Johnson, trying to find the present tensions do not culminate in a worldwide
answer to the confusion which explosion, the killing poisons now being put into
envelops mankind, comments as the air and into the genes of human beings will
follows;, "Every great spiritual re- twist and cramp and disfigure later life,
ligion is based on faith (or truth) Several men who are unwilling to participate in
that in man alone among the an- the tyranny of the present over the future have
imals God implanted a spark of attempted to stake their lives on their ability to
divine fire. To search out and awaken people. They believe that the species of
identify this spark of divinity is man is a single organism; and so. they have no trou-
the- first step toward learning ble recognizing and acting on the fact of connec-
how it may be nursed into flame, tion among all men. They believe that people can
which Ls the goal of educatiovi become aware of the implications of what is hap-
nnrt this ran best he arrnmniuho i pening only as their moral senses can come alive.
through, the study of the attri-
horsepower motor. There, are four men in the com
pany. The leader of the group is a former Lieu
tenant Commander in the United States Navy who
is also a former state housing commissioner. The
men of the Golden Rule set sail some weeks ago for
the Eniwetok nuclear proving grounds. It was their
object to expose, themselves to the effects of the
explosions. They put their faith not in the ability
of their bodies to withstand the radioactive bullets
released by the nuclear experiments but in the
power of a universal response the moment the dan
ger -became real. The certainty which sustained
them was that no force in the world was powerful
enough to keep people from seeing the great moral
issues involved as soon as these issues became
visible and clear. In short, they were betting thei
lives that the necessary awakening would come not
on the level of argument but through the strength
of a symbolic offer.
The United States Government has put these
men in jail rather than have them proceed to the
nuclear proving grounds. But there is no law that
is being violated. The United States does not possess
the ocean area from which thesp men are hem?
barred. Nor does it make sense to profess to pro- be leavin Carolina next January to become head
tect them against themselves: rather, it is we who of the department at UCLA.
In other words, the
Carolina Playmakers, and
the DA Dept. as a whole,
are in for a new leading
personality. With all due
respect to the present
chairman, Dr. Selden, it
is high time the depart
ment and the Playmakers
had some more vital lead
ership than is now in evi-
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Anthony Wolff
It has become official that Dr. 'Samuel Selden,
chairman of the Department of Dramatic Arts, will
need the protection they are trying to give us.
. If these men are guilty of anything it Ls of an
effort to break down the idea that the individual
is forever and tragically separated from large
events. They do not satisfy themselves by bemoan
ing the fact of an insane society bent on altering
the conditions on .which life depends. Nor do they
crave the distinction of belonging to the last gen
eration of man on earth. Hence, they affirm the
power of the free will to shape government and to
effect historic decisions.
The men of the Golden Rule have been called
crackpots; but who among the rest of us can call
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denee.
There are many things which might well be ac-
ourselves sane lor sanctioning me action tney seen " "ic iicai iuiuxc, in regara to notn
to slop? The men of the Golden Rule have been e Department and the Playmaker organization,
put in jail, but those who have arranged these Not the least of these is expansion of facilities, en
hideous explosions, with their toll of lives ye un- rHme-nt, and curriculum.
calculated, will go free. What the men of the Golden There is also a crying need to make the Tlay
Rule seek is a simple test of conscience; what the makers an active part of Carolina life both as an
nations seek is a test of devices that can expunge intellectual and educational stimulus, and, equally
human life devices that no longer have meaning in important, as a source of entertainment. These func
military terms. The weapons have nothing to do tions of the organization are almost entirely neg
with victory; what they pulverize is the future of lected at present, Very few students attend Play
man and with it the things that are as valuable maker productions, and the fault is not entirely
. 1 f . . 1 . : p with iha nhcntitnm-. U TV I 1 t .
a aie nseii jusiice, me assertion 01 conscience, ""uku. mc i iuymaKer ironi ottice dews
bute that we call greatness,
wherever and whenever it has
appeared among men."
Mr. Johnston closes on a note
of high hope: If the task before
man is immeasurably great, so
is the promised reward. That
spark of divinity in man that
makes God mindful of him is im
mensely more potent, vaster, and
more wide-ranging than the sput
niks and atom bombs .And to the
extent that xve understand and
use this force "we have the hope
that it will carry us forxvard, not
into a new world, but a new uni
verse of power, and beauty, and
truth."
I certainly haven't done justice
to Mr. Johnston's most delightful
address at Wake Forest College.
I have simply tried te resolve
These are the men of the Golden Rule, a thirty-
foot ketch with a sturdy sail and a twenty-four
freedom to grow, freedom to be.
There is unlimited power in the Golden Rule. If
we would measure it, we have only to stop shield
ing ourselves from the symbolic power of what these
men are and wish .to do.
some questions raised by your
editorial "O Lost."
Olelia C. Connor.
Editor:
Regarding Mr. Dalton's letter
concerning his faith: It is en
couraging to find one so devoted
to his beliefs and so proud of his
faith. The world certainly needs
more men like Mr. Dalton xvith
a missionary zeal which matches
their Episcopalian ire. As a
Baptist (Southern, that is. suh!),
and a member of that "historical
ly, structurally, theologically etc.
etc. etc." division of Christendom
xvhich has had so little influence
in the history of our nation and
the xvorld, I take the liberty! to
speak for my Protestant brothers
in apologizing to Mr. Dalton for
being "classed" among us low
down, po-folk Protestants.
Philip Gamble
Dear Mr. Wolff:
As an avid-and-awed reader of
your column, I would like to join
you on the mourner's bench for
a moment. I have noted, in your
comments on the Sigma Chi Der
by, with what open xlismay you
regarded the attendance at Beau
ty contests as compared with that
of "any event of intellectual in
terest." It's sad but I'm afraid. Mr.
Wolff, that it's the xvay of the
world. Hard as I try, I've had no
absolutely nothing to encourage the students to .it-
tend, and, in fact, make it difficult for them to do
so.
If it is true, as it is supposed to be, that one of
the functions of the local DA Department and oar-
- From The Saturday Review ucuiariy 01 the Playmakers is to encourage pubic
interest in the theatre, then they defeat the r
avowed purpose by withdrawing the Playmake: s
success in trying to convince my from the Carolina students,
friends and colleagues that the PETITE DRAMATIQUES
Saturday Review is a far more The final Petites Dramatiques production of thro-warding
publication than Play- year, playing on Sunday night only, will be a survev
hy- 01 the fielJ of poetry with the emphasis on the con
Perhaps we should follow the temporary efforts of Cummings. Eliot and Gins
old Chinese proverb and fight burg, with a bit of Robert Frost Ahrow'n in for re
fire with fire. To wit, may I sug- spectability.
gest that in forthcoming adver- . PLAYMAKERS
tisement of events of intellectual The most joyous Haymaker production of the
interest, you use as a drawing year, regularly entitled "Capers," will be given on
card a reproduction of a Matisse Saturday evening in the Playmakers Theatre The
nude, or a line or two from John local thespians will spend the evening making fun
Donne's "The Flea." of themselves, their productions, and their facultv.
You may fmd consolation, as I Those who have seen the Playmakers in action this
have, in the fact that our position year will probably get a kick out of this shebang,
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